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Cadogan Petroleum Plc - Issue of EquityCadogan Petroleum Plc - Issue of Equity
PR Newswire
London, September 22
Cadogan Petroleum Plc
("Cadogan" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity
Payment of CEO’s 2015 and 2016 bonus
Cadogan Petroleum plc (“Cadogan” or the “Company”) announces that it has issued 4,637,588 Ordinary shares of £0.03 each, (“New Ordinary Shares”) in the capital of the Company for cash on the basis of £0.0825 per share to the CEO, Mr Guido Michelotti.
Cadogan confirms that the payment for the New Ordinary Shares in the Company was satisfied in full, by using the entire amount of the 2015 and 2016 bonuses due to the CEO, Mr Guido Michelotti (but which had not yet been paid), totalling €431,000 (2015: €231,000 and 2016: €200,000).
The number of shares allocated was calculated using the prevailing market value of such shares on the 19th September 2017, being the date that the bonuses were deemed to be paid.
In addition, the Company confirms that Mr Michelotti has agreed to fund the income tax due on both the 2015 and 2016 bonuses from his own resources. Therefore there is no immediate need for any of the above shares to be sold to fund the tax liability arising on the bonuses. Also, as a consequence, there will be no cash outflow for the Company arising from the award of the bonuses, with the exception of any related social security contributions that fall due following the payment of the bonuses. In addition, Mr Michelotti has undertaken not to sell the shares for a period of three years from the date of subscription.
Save for the undertaking not to sell the shares for three years, this is as set out in the ‘Annual Report on Remuneration’ on page 33 of the Company’s 2016 Annual Financial Report and in the ‘Explanatory Notes on the resolutions – attachment to notice of 2016 AGM’ on page 7 of the Notice of AGM Circular sent to shareholders on 26 May 2017.
Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange (the "Admission"), and dealings in the new Ordinary Shares are expected to commence on or around 28th September 2017.
Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 235,729,322. There are 66 Ordinary Shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 235,729,256. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
About
Cadogan is an independent oil and gas company. Cadogan operates exploration and production licenses in Ukraine, conducts gas trading operations, and provides services to E&P companies.
For further information, please contact:
Cadogan Petroleum plc
Guido Michelotti, Chief Executive Officer
+380 (44) 594 5870
Ben Harber, Company Secretary
+44 0207 264 4366
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
David Porter
Sarah Wharry
+44 (0) 20 7894 7000
Appendix
The notification detailed above and summarised in the table below is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations as follows:
Guido Michelotti , CEO purchased 4,637,588 shares at 0.0825pence per share on 20th September 2017
| 1. | Details of PDMR/ person closely associated with them (‘PCA’) | |
| a) | Name | Guido Michelotti |
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer |
| b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial notification of purchase of shares |
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
| a) | Name | Cadogan Petroleum plc |
| b) | LEI | 213800JIBKL29FAK1213 |
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 3 pence each GB00B12WC938 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of ordinary shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) 0.0825p 4,637,588 |
| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | 4,637,588 0.0825p |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20th September 2017 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | XLON |