Cabot Energy Regulatory News (CAB)

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25 June 2019

Cabot Energy Plc

("Cabot", the "Group" or the "Company")

AGM Statement

Cabot Energy Plc (AIM: CAB), the AIM quoted oil and gas company focussed on creating predictable production growth in Canada, will be holding its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today at 11.00am (UK time) at the offices of Baker Botts LLP, 41 Lothbury, London EC2R 7HF. Mr. James Dewar, Interim Non-Executive Chairman, will make the following statement: 

"2018 was an important year of transition for the Group which included the appointment of a new management team and Board. Our immediate focus was to stabilise the business with the aim of creating a sustainable production platform to unlock the long-term growth potential of the Company. 

"To that end, a comprehensive strategic, operational and financial review of the business was undertaken in the second half of 2018 and a series of key progressive changes were implemented, which have led to significant improvements in the Group's financial controls, corporate governance, and operations.

"As a result, the Group entered 2019 in a stronger position to create a sustainable platform and deliver our strategy of creating predictable production growth and investing in high-impact exploration. The funds raised in February 2019, plus the recent funding arrangement announced on 5 June 2019 with our supportive majority shareholder, High Power Petroleum LLC ("H2P"), are sufficient to see the Group through to mid July 2019. The Company continues to work with the specialist financial advisory firm it has engaged to source Canada asset-level debt financing to ensure full funding to commence a late-summer 2019 work programme. In the interim, the Company is in discussions with H2P to provide additional short-term funding, pending the satisfactory progression of the ongoing debt finance discussions. Whilst the Board remains confident that these financing discussions will result in a successful outcome for the Group, no new commitments have yet been secured. I look forward to providing Cabot's shareholders with further updates as appropriate.

"The Directors believe that Cabot's assets and reserves remain fundamentally strong and our aim, subject to securing future funding, is to position the Group to unlock the inherent value of its production and development assets to deliver value to our shareholders.

"Finally, I would like to thank all our shareholders for their continued support. I would also like to extend my thanks to the management team for the significant progress made over the last year and their tireless commitment towards Cabot." 

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Cabot Energy Plc (AIM: CAB) is an oil and gas company focussed on creating predictable production growth in Canada. Comprehensive information on Cabot and its oil and gas operations, including press releases, annual reports and interim reports are available from Cabot's website: www.cabot-energy.com