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ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") | |||||||||
COMPANY NAME: | |||||||||
Echo Energy plc ("Echo" or the "Company")
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COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) : | |||||||||
40 George Street London W1U 7DW
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COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: | |||||||||
England & Wales
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COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: | |||||||||
https://www.echoenergyplc.com/
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COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: | |||||||||
From the launch of Echo in March 2017, the Company has raised a total of £24 million in equity and debt funding which the Directors intend to deploy in the evaluation, drilling and development of any assets acquired in line with the Company's South and Central American strategy.
On 1 November 2017, the Board of Echo Energy announced that the Company had entered into a farm-in agreement (the "Farm-In") with Compañía General de Combustibles S.A. ("CGC"), a privately-owned affiliate of the Argentinian conglomerate Corporación América International, for the acquisition by Echo of a 50 per cent. working interest in each of the Fracción C, Fracción D, Laguna De Los Capones Concessions and the Tapi Aike Exploration Permit, onshore Argentina (the "Licences").
The Licences all sit in the Austral basin (also known as the Magallanes basin) in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina, in the southern part of the country, and cover a total of 11,153km2. The acquisition of the Licences is expected to provide the Company with a compelling blend of multi trillion standard cubic feet gas exploration potential, appraisal and production of both oil and gas.
In view of the size of the Farm-In relative to the Company, in aggregation with the changes to the business since March 2017, the acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover of Echo under Rule 14 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
The Company will continue its evaluation of the onshore Huayco and Rio Salado blocks in Bolivia, but the acquisition of any interest by the Company in the Huayco and/or Rio Salado blocks remains contingent on final commercial terms being agreed.
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DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): | |||||||||
Number of Ordinary Shares to be admitted:
Existing Ordinary Shares - 364,539,733 Placing Shares - 36,391,412 Total - 400,931,145
Nominal value of Ordinary Shares to be admitted: 0.25 pence
Placing Price of Ordinary Shares to be admitted: 17.5 pence
All of Echo Energy plc's AIM securities will be freely transferable
No ordinary shares will be held as treasury shares on Admission to AIM
The Company intends to undertake an open offer of up to 11,428,572 Open Offer Shares to raise gross proceeds of up to £2 million in January 2018, further details of which will be included in a separate circular to Shareholders
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CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: | |||||||||
Capital to be raised on admission: £6.37 million
Anticipated market capitalisation on admission: £70.2 million
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PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION: | |||||||||
10.04%
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DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED: | |||||||||
Echo has in issue secured 8 per cent. loan notes with an aggregate principal amount of €20 million maturing on 15 May 2022 (the "Loan Notes"). The Loan Notes are admitted to the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange Euro MTF Market.
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FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): | |||||||||
James Parsons, Non-executive Chairman Fiona Margaret Barkham (former names: MacAulay, Oxley), Chief Executive Officer Marco Fumagalli, Non-Executive Director Stephen James Whyte, Non-Executive Director
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FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): | |||||||||
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NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: | |||||||||
N/A
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(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information) (iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19: | |||||||||
(i) 31 December
(ii) 30 June 2017
(iii) 30 June 2018, 30 September 2018, 30 June 2019
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EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: | |||||||||
4 January 2018
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: | |||||||||
Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited 25 Moorgate London EC2R 6AY
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: | |||||||||
Hannam & Partners (Advisory) LLP 2 Park Street London W1K 2HX
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited 14 Clifford Street London W1S 4JU
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OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: | |||||||||
The admission document, which will contain full details about Echo Energy plc and the admission of its ordinary shares, will be available from the Company's website at https://www.echoenergyplc.com/ .
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DATE OF NOTIFICATION: | |||||||||
18 December 2017
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