22 Jan 2016 07:44
Proxima Repeats Critical Need for JKX Leadership Change
22 January 2016, London - Proxima Capital Group ("Proxima"), the independent investment firm that is the second largest single shareholder in JKX Oil & Gas Plc ("JKX" or "the Company"), has today repeated the critical need for leadership change at JKX, in the run in to next week's General Meeting.
It notes that in the 11 days since Proxima raised a list of serious concerns about the Company in its circular to shareholders, and laid out its turnaround strategy for JKX, there has been no response from the current Board, either in detail or general. This inaction and lack of engagement would seem to be symptomatic of the way the company has been managed in the recent past.
The Proxima circular highlighted the current Board's:
· consistent failure to deliver on their own promises and targets
· years of value destruction and underperformance against any objective set of metrics
· unsatisfactory operational, financial and strategic management - a legal strategy and not an oil and gas strategy
· apparently precarious cash flow position with no obvious way to repay their debts
· unacceptable corporate governance.
Proxima Capital Group CEO Vladimir Tatarchuk said: "In the near two weeks since our circular the Board has shown its disregard for shareholders by not even responding to our concerns and proposed strategy. Instead, we have only received further private legalistic enquiries from the Board concerning how Proxima holds its shares, when we could not have been clearer or more consistent about our ownership, independence and our intentions. The Board appear more focused on yet more legal strategies to assure their survival, rather than confronting the substantive issues facing JKX. It has never been clearer that the time for change at JKX has come. I respectfully urge all shareholders to vote for our proposals at next week's General Meeting. Every vote counts, and we repeat our call to all shareholders to help us build a better JKX"
The General Meeting for shareholders of JKX Oil & Gas PLC will be held at 11 a.m. on 28 January 2016 at The Kings Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN
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About Proxima Capital Group
Founded in 2013, Proxima Capital Group is an independent proprietary investment and advisory firm. Our independent status, without any external affiliations, ensures that we always act in the best interest of clients and it helps us to seek out the most effective solutions without any vested interest constraints.
PCG employs a team of highly skilled professionals, including four partners. Each of the partners has had at least 15 years of successful practice in their sector. Members of our team have completed more than 100 M&A and fund-raising transactions.
The highest priority of our work is mutual trust and client-focused service. PCG believes in a comprehensive and tailor-made approach - our team is able to provide our customers with a variety of business services simultaneously. Our specific areas of expertise include turnaround management, M&A, fund raising and debt restructuring. More details can be found at www.proximagroup.ru
A full copy of the Proxima Capital Group circular, which contains more details on Proxima's proposed turnaround strategy, can be downloaded here: (http://www.proximagroup.ru/en/news/)
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