RE: RNS (2)1 Jul 2024 12:46
"Oisin Fanning, Chief Executive Officer, said: "I appreciate shareholders may be disappointed with today's Cancellation, but in fact it makes no difference to the activities we are undertaking to complete our refinancing - and, in many respects, may simplify some of the processes. As we have announced previously, part of our proposed refinancing is to support our further investments in ELI which, as an AIM listed company, would require an admission document. The fact that this type of document is now intended to be produced as part of a new listing, rather than a reverse takeover, means little change to that workstream but it provides greater clarity to the funding process and reduces the inter-conditionality of our activities.
"I want to reassure shareholders that, firstly, I believe that we are close to achieving our objectives through our refinancing plans; secondly, despite no longer trading on AIM, we will continue to provide regular updates on our progress; and, thirdly, we are fully committed to returning San Leon to a listing later this year in either the UK or on an international stock exchange. As I have said before, the commissioning of the FSO Akaso Terminal is a game changer, not only for OML 18 but for the industry in that region. We are confident that once operational, the FSO and the ACOES pipeline will be a significantly profitable and cash-generative project from which San Leon expects substantial upside through majority ownership following completion of our proposed further investments in ELI."