RE: Lock in period17 Feb 2025 14:01
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FUNDRAISING
• The Fundraising comprised a placing of 15,500,000 new Common Shares (the "Fundraising Shares") at a price of 25p (approximately C$0.45) (the "Issue Price") per Fundraising Share.
• As announced on 3 September 2024, the Company closed a pre-IPO cornerstone investment of £1.125 million (the "Cornerstone Investment") by way of a subscription for special warrants of the Company by Jerome Anthony Keen, a principal of OAK Securities (a trading name of Merlin Partners LLP). The Cornerstone Investment has converted, at the Issue Price, into 4,500,000 new Common Shares.
• The net proceeds of the Fundraising (together with the Company's existing funds, including the Cornerstone Investment) are expected to be used primarily to accelerate the development of Topaz through undertaking further drilling to deepen the Jetstream #1 well, acquire further seismic studies and complete a preliminary economic assessment, undertake additional (as yet uncommitted) Topaz project related activities, and for general working capital uses.
• Strand Hanson Limited acted as nominated and financial adviser to the Company in connection with Admission.
• OAK acted as broker in connection with the Fundraising, having sourced the initial £1.125m Cornerstone Investment, and then built a heavily oversubscribed book for the Fundraising. OAK is acting as joint broker from Admission.
Warrants and dilutions both have been flipping. They do not need to inform the market unless someone above 3%.