OEX.L Regulatory News (OEX)

ASX-RNS Announcement

30 September 2019

ASX: OEX

AIM: OEX

Oilex Ltd (Oilex or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has arranged an equity capital raising to secure funding of £0.6 million (A$1.14 million) to advance the Cambay Project and new ventures together with reducing debt and meeting its working capital requirements.

The equity capital raising is by way of a placing of 315,789,474 shares (Placing Shares) at 0.19 pence (A$0.3480) per share (the "Placing") has been undertaken by Novum Securities Limited (Novum) to new and existing shareholders. The Placing price represents a 16.5% discount to the 10-day VWAP as traded on AIM.

Completion of the Placing is conditional, inter alia, upon admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM. The Placing Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing shares. Application will be made in due course to the London Stock Exchange for the shares the subject of the Placing to be admitted to trading on AIM and the Company will make an announcement at that time.

Pursuant to advisory agreements with Novum, the Company will issue 11,842,105 unlisted options exercisable at 0.19 pence on or before two years following the completion with the capital raising.

Following admission, the Company's share capital and total voting rights will comprise 3,193,853,957 shares. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Consequently, 3,193,853,957 is the figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Managing Director, Joe Salomon, said "While the Company is loath to dilute its shareholders, it does become necessary from time to time to complete a capital raising to fund our activities in Cambay as well as our new ventures and pay down debt. We have endeavoured to minimize its effect maintaining our low-cost overhead structure, avoiding the SIAC arbitration proceedings and carefully leveraging new acquisitions. 

With the support of existing and new institutional shareholders, the Placing helps position the Company in anticipation of a successful outcome from the GSPC Cambay Basin sales process. Oilex is looking forward to a reinvigorated Cambay JV which can focus on advancing the appraisal and ultimate commercialization of the significant tight gas resource already identified.

The Company appreciates the strong support from shareholders as we embark on an exciting period for the Company in 2020 with drilling planned at Cambay and new acquisitions planned in the Cooper Basin and UKCS."

For and on behalf of Oilex Ltd

Joe Salomon

Managing Director

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