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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28 June 2023
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings Plc / Index: LSE / Epic: PRD / Sector: Oil & Gas
LEI 213800L7QXFURBFLDS54
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings Plc
("Predator" or the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries the "Group")
Loan of net proceeds of Directors' share sales through Novum Securities Limited to raise £1,890,000
Loan of net proceeds of Directors' share sales
The Company does not have sufficient headroom to enable issue and admission of new ordinary shares without the production of an FCA approved prospectus.
Accordingly, Novum Securities have received firm orders to buy 18,000,000 existing ordinary shares of no par value in the Company at a price of 10.5 pence each.
Paul Griffiths and Lonny Baumgardner will sell17,500,000 and 500,000 ordinary shares respectively (the "Sales Shares") at a price of 10.5 pence each (the "Sales Price") to raise £1,890,000 (before expenses) (the "Sales Proceeds"). The transfer of the Sales Shares is expected on or around 28 June 2023.
The net Sales Proceeds are being loaned to the Company (the "Loans").
Use of Net Proceeds
The additional funding allows for MOU-4 drilling to progress on schedule without incurring potential standby time waiting on advance payments for well services.
WORK PROGRAMME | COSTS (GBP) |
MOU-4 Advance payments for well services and site build | 1,300,000 |
MOU-3 Additional, diesel chemicals and drilling fluids | 400,000 |
General working capital and broker expenses | 190,000 |
Loan Agreement
The Loans will be documented in separate agreements between Paul Griffiths and Lonny Baumgardner and the Company (the "Loan Agreements").
Under the unsecured Loan Agreements the Loans will be capitalised with the return of the same number of Sales Shares to Mr Griffiths (17,500,000 ordinary shares of no par value) and Mr. Baumgardner (500,000 ordinary shares of no par value) when the Company has additional headroom and at an appropriate time, subject to the Company's dealing policy. When repayment of the Loans are due pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreements the Company will make the necessary applications to the FCA and LSE to have those new ordinary shares admitted to trading.
It is anticipated that the Company will complete and publish a Prospectus in the coming weeks to, amongst other things, enable the return of all shares due to Paul Griffiths and Lonny Baumgardner (including those loaned previously) before the rigless well testing programme commences in Guercif. Additional working capital will be required in the future to help accelerate a potential Compressed Natural Gas development.
An updated Competent Person's Report will be produced at the time of a Prospectus.
Interest shall accrue on the Loans at a rate of 4% (four per cent.) above SONIA of the principal sums lent of £1,837,500 and £52,500, being the market value of the Sales Shares at the Sales Price. The default rate of interest under the Loan Agreements for any sum which is not repaid when due is 12% per annum.
Related Party Transaction
Paul Griffiths and Lonny Baumgardner are directors of the Company. The Loan Agreements are therefore considered to be a material related party transaction.
Alistar Jury and Carl Kindinger, being the independent directors for the purposes of the Related Party Transaction consider that the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement are fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of the Company are concerned.
Total Voting Rights
The total number of voting rights in the Company remains unchanged. The figure of 426,403,418 may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for calculations to determine if they have a notifiable interest in the share capital of the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, or if such interest has changed.
For further information visit www.predatoroilandgas.com
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This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse
For more information please visit the Company's website at www.predatoroilandgas.com:
Enquiries:
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings Plc Paul Griffiths Executive Chairman Lonny Baumgardner Managing Director | Tel: +44 (0) 1534 834 600 Info@predatoroilandgas.com |
Novum Securities Limited David Coffman / Jon Belliss
Fox-Davies Capital Jerry Keen
Optiva Securities Limited Christian Dennis |
Tel: +44 (0) 207 399 9425
Tel +44 (0)2038847447 jerry@fox-davies.com
Tel: +44 (0) 203 137 1902
|
Flagstaff Strategic and Investor Communications Tim Thompson Mark Edwards Fergus Mellon
| Tel: +44 (0) 207 129 1474 predator@flagstaffcomms.com |
Notes to Editors:
Predator is operator of the Guercif Petroleum Agreement onshore Morocco which is prospective for Tertiary gas less than 10 kilometres from the Maghreb gas pipeline. The MOU-1 well drilled in 2021 is being prepared for a follow-up testing programme to coordinate with a further drilling programme to move the project to a CNG development stage.
Predator is seeking to further develop the remaining oil reserves of Trinidad's mature onshore oil fields through the application of CO2 EOR techniques and by sequestrating anthropogenic carbon dioxide.
Predator owns and operates exploration and appraisal assets in licensing options offshore Ireland, for which successor authorisations have been applied for, adjoining Vermilion's Corrib gas field in the Slyne Basin on the Atlantic Margin and east of the decommissioned Kinsale gas field in the Celtic Sea.
Predator has developed a Floating Storage and Regasification Project ("FSRUP") for the import of LNG and its regassification for Ireland and is also developing gas storage concepts to address security of gas supply and volatility in gas prices during times of peak gas demand.
The Company has a highly experienced management team with a proven track record in operations in the oil and gas industry.