Petro Matad Regulatory News (MATD)

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This Announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the UK version of the market abuse regulation (EU No. 596/2014) as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR"). In addition, market soundings (as defined in UK MAR) were taken in respect of certain of the matters contained in this Announcement, with the result that certain persons became aware of such inside information, as permitted by UK MAR. Upon the publication of this Announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain and such persons shall therefore cease to be in possession of inside information.

For immediate release

15 July 2021

Petro Matad Limited

("Petro Matad" or the "Company")

Results of Fundraise

Petro Matad Limited ("Petro Matad" or the "Company") (AIM: MATD), the AIM quoted Mongolian oil company, is pleased to announce that following the accelerated bookbuild which was announced on 14 July 2021, the Company has conditionally raised gross proceeds of US$ 9.7 million through the oversubscribed placing (the "Placing") of, and subscriptions by a director and shareholder of the Company (the "Subscription" or "Subscriptions") for, 200,624,830 new Ordinary Shares ("Placing Shares" and "Subscription Shares") at a price of 3.5p (the "Placing Price") per share.

The Company is also pleased to announce that, following the further announcement made yesterday regarding the launch of a proposed retail offering via PrimaryBid (the "Retail Offer"), it has successfully conditionally placed 14,285,714 new Ordinary Shares (the "Retail Shares") at the Placing Price, raising gross proceeds of approximately US$0.7 million.

Shore Capital Stockbrokers ("Shore Capital") and Arden Partners ("Arden") acted as Joint Bookrunners.

Highlights

· The Company has conditionally raised, in aggregate, approximately US$10.4 million at a price of 3.5 pence per new Ordinary Share.

· Petrovis Matad Inc. (a Substantial Shareholder as defined under the AIM Rules) is participating in the Subscription for a total of 43,321,299 New Ordinary Shares with a total value of approximately US$2.1 million.

· Mike Buck, CEO of Petro Matad, is participating in the Subscription for a total of 2,062,919 New Ordinary Shares with a total value of approximately US$100,000.

· Conditionally, in aggregate, a total of 214,910,544 New Ordinary Shares will therefore be issued, representing approximately 24 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital.

Admission

Application will be made for the admission of the Placing Shares and the Retail Shares to trading on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange plc ("Admission"). It is ‎expected that such Admission will take place at or around 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 22 July 2021.

Subject to the passing of the Resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting (as referred to below), application will also be made for the admission of the Subscription Shares and the Open Offer Shares (as defined below) to trading on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange plc ("Second Admission"). It is ‎expected that such Second Admission will take place at or around 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 6 August 2021.

Open Offer

As announced yesterday, Petro Matad also intends to raise up to approximately US$ 2 million through the issue of up to 42,588,894 new Ordinary Shares (the "Open Offer Shares") pursuant to an open offer (the "Open Offer"), to allow Qualifying Shareholders, including those who are not participating in the Placing or the Retail Offer, to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares at the Placing Price. This is on the basis of 1 Open Offer Share for every 16 Existing Ordinary Shares held by the Qualifying Shareholder at the Record Date of 14 July 2021. Completion of the Open Offer remains subject, inter alia, to the passing of the Resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting. The Company intends to publish and send a circular to Shareholders in connection with the Open Offer (the "Circular") on or around 19 July 2021. The Circular will also be available on the Company's website: www.petromatadgroup.com.

Total voting rights

Following Admission of the Placing Shares and the Retail Shares, the total number of Ordinary Shares and voting rights in the Company is expected to be 850,948,632. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

The above figure may be used by Shareholders 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 in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Following Second Admission of the Subscription Shares and the Open Offer Shares (assuming full take up of the Open Offer), the total number of Ordinary Shares and voting rights in the Company is expected to be approximately 938,921,744. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

Following Second Admission of the Subscription Shares and the Open Offer Shares (assuming full take up of the Open Offer), the above figure may be used by Shareholders 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 in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms in this Announcement are defined in the Company's announcement released yesterday.

Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

Completion of the Subscription and Open Offer is subject, inter alia, to Shareholder approval of the Resolutions to authorise the issue of the Subscription Shares and Open Offer Shares.

A Circular explaining the background to and reasons for the Open Offer and containing the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting, which will take place on 5 August 2021, is expected to be posted to shareholders on or around 19 July 2021. A copy of the Circular and the Notice will thereafter be made available on the Company's website: www.petromatadgroup.com.

Directors and related parties' participation

On completion of the Fundraising, the following are expected to be the shareholdings of existing substantial shareholder and Director who have participated in the Subscription:

*Following completion of the Placing, Retail Offer and Subscriptions, but excluding the Open Offer.

As a substantial shareholder, Petrovis Matad Inc.'s intended participation in the Subscription is deemed to be a related party transaction for the purposes of AIM Rule 13. The independent Director of Petro Matad (being for this purpose Tim Bushell), having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Shore Capital, considers that the terms of Petrovis's participation in the Subscription are fair and reasonable insofar as Shareholders are concerned.

As a Director, Mike Buck's intended participation in the Subscription is deemed to be a related party transaction for the purposes of AIM Rule 13. The independent Director of Petro Matad (being for this purpose Tim Bushell), having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Shore Capital, considers that the terms of his participation in the Subscription are fair and reasonable insofar as Shareholders are concerned.

Mike Buck, CEO of Petro Matad, commented:

"The Board is delighted by the support we have received from new and existing shareholders, and is pleased to welcome a number of new blue chip institutions to the register.

This fundraise will allow us to commence production from the Heron Field, with the completion of the Heron 1 well and the drilling of the H2 and H3 wells."

This Announcement has been approved by the Board of Petro Matad Limited.

Enquiries:

About Petro Matad

Petro Matad is the parent company of a group focussed on oil exploration, as well as future development and production in Mongolia. At the current time, Petro Matad holds 100% working interest and the operatorship of two Production Sharing Contracts with the Government of Mongolia. Block XX has an area of 218 square kilometres in the far eastern part of the country and Block V has an area of 7,937 square kilometres in the central western part of the country.

Petro Matad Limited is incorporated in the Isle of Man under company number 1483V. Its registered office is at Victory House, Prospect Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1EQ.

Market Abuse Regulation

This Announcement is released by Petro Matad Limited and contains inside information for the purposes of the UK MAR and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under UK MAR. The person who arranged for the release of this Announcement on behalf of Petro Matad Limited was Mike Buck, Chief Executive Officer.

Important Notices

Shore Capital is a member of the London Stock Exchange and is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and Arden is regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA. Each of Shore Capital and Arden is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the Placing, and Shore Capital and Arden will each not be responsible to anyone (including any Placees) other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any other matters referred to in this Announcement.

Forward-looking statements

This Announcement contains statements about Petro Matad that are or may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements".

All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Announcement may be forward-looking statements. Without limitation, any statements preceded or followed by, or that include, the words "targets", "plans", "believes", "expects", "aims", "intends", "will", "may", "should", "anticipates", "estimates", "projects", "would", "could", "continue" or words or terms of similar substance or the negative thereof, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to the following: (i) future capital expenditures, expenses, revenues, earnings, synergies, economic performance, indebtedness, financial condition, dividend policy, losses and future prospects and (ii) business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of the operations of Petro Matad.

These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of any such person, or industry results, to be materially different from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the present and future business strategies of such persons and the environment in which each will operate in the future. Investors should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements and, save as is required by law or regulation (including to meet the requirements of the AIM Rules, UK MAR, the Prospectus Rules and/or the FSMA), Petro Matad does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements (including to reflect any change in expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based). All subsequent oral or written forward-looking statements attributed to Petro Matad or any persons acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statement above. All forward-looking statements contained in this Announcement are based on information available to the Directors at the date of this Announcement, unless some other time is specified in relation to them, and the posting or receipt of this Announcement shall not give rise to any implication that there has been no change in the facts set forth herein since such date.

No statement in this Announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no statement in this Announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings or losses per share of the Company for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings or losses per share of the Company.

The New Shares will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than AIM.

Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this Announcement.

Information to Distributors

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that the Placing Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "Target Market Assessment").

Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Placing Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in Placing Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Joint Bookrunners will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to Placing Shares.

Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Placing Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of above transactions.