Taken for a ride Act 1 Danube Petroleum20 Dec 2023 16:04
On 9 May 2019, Reabold announced that it had agreed to subscribe for a further 375,940 new ordinary shares in Danube ("Danube Shares") at an issue price of £1.00 per share. This increased Reabold's shareholding in Danube from 33.3% to 37.5%, with ADX holding the remaining 62.5%. In addition, ADX, on behalf of Danube, agreed to engage Reabold for a period of 12 months to provide corporate advisory services to Danube for a fee of approximately £75,000.
On 16 September 2019, Reabold subscribed for 810,811 Danube Shares at an issue price of £1.00 per share via two tranches, with the first tranche being for 237,838 Danube Shares and the second tranche being for of 572,973 Danube Shares. Simultaneously, ADX subscribed for 540,541 Danube Shares at an issue price of £1.00 per share, comprising 158,559 first tranche Shares and 381,982 second tranche shares. Following completion of the Subscription, this increased Reabold's equity interest in Danube to 41.6%, with ADX holding the remaining 58.4%.
On 22 November 2019, Reabold exercised its option to subscribe for 200,000 Danube Shares at a price of £1.20 per share for a total sum of £240,000, taking Reabold's interest in Danube to 43.2%, with ADX holding the remaining 56.8%.
On 2 December 2019, Reabold, announced that it had fully exercised the remainder of its option to increase its investment in Danube through the subscription for additional shares. Reabold exercised its options over a further 1,427,604 Danube Shares at a subscription price of £1.20 per share, being an investment of £1,713,125. ADX elected to partially exercise its own corresponding options, subscribing for 241,929 Danube Shares at £1.20 per share. Following these investments, Reabold now owns 50.8% of Danube, with the remaining 49.2% held by ADX.