SeaBird Exploration: Private Placement successfully completed
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15 September 2017, Limassol, Cyprus
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Reference is made to the stock exchange release from SeaBird Exploration PLC
("SeaBird" or the "Company") published today regarding the intention to carry
out a private placement of up to 1,000,000,000 new shares in the Company (the
"Private Placement").
The Company announces today that it has received subscription commitments for
1,000,000,000 new Class A shares (the "Offer Shares") at a price of NOK 0.10 per
Offer Share, which will raise NOK 100 million in gross proceeds. The completion
of the Private Placement is conditional upon an extraordinary general meeting of
the Company (the "EGM") authorizing the issue of the Offer Shares (the "EGM
Condition"). The EGM is expected to be held on or around the 2nd of October
2017.
Each Offer Share will rank pari passu with the ordinary shares of the Company in
all respects (including carrying the same voting rights and dividend rights as
the ordinary shares), and will be converted automatically into ordinary shares
of the Company (the "Conversion") at a rate of 1 Offer Share to 1 ordinary share
of nominal value US$ 0.001 each, upon effective completion of the reduction of
the Company's authorized and issued share capital, through the reduction of the
nominal value of its ordinary shares from US$ 0.1 to US$ 0.001, such reduction
to be proposed to be resolved in a separate extraordinary general meeting of the
Company expected to be held in primo/medio October 2017. The Offer Shares will
be delivered on a separate ISIN, and will upon Conversion and approval of a
listing prospectus be transferred to the Company's ordinary ISIN and listed. The
conversion process is expected to be finalized by late Q4, pending court
approval of the reduction of the share capital.
The net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for working capital
purposes to strengthen the financial position of the Company as well as for
general corporate purposes. The payment date for the Offer Shares will be set by
the Company, and will fall as soon as practicable following the EGM.
Subject to approval by the EGM and completion of the Private Placement, the
Company may carry out a subsequent repair offering of Class A shares raising
proceeds of up to 5m NOK at the Offer Price to its existing shareholders as of
close of trading 15 September 2017, as subsequently recorded in the VPS, who
were not contacted with respect to the Private Placement and who are not
resident in a jurisdiction where such offering would be unlawful, or would (in
jurisdictions other than Norway) require any prospectus filing, registration or
similar action.
The following pre-subscriptions have been made by the Company's key management,
who are guaranteed 100% allocation and are subject to a lock up period of two
years provided that the relevant employee is employed by the Company:
· CEO Christophe Debouvry, NOK 800,000
· CFO Nils Haugestad, NOK 800,000
· VP Business Development Kjell Mangerøy, NOK 400,000
The Board, together with the Company's management and the Managers, has
considered various transaction alternatives to secure new financing. Based on an
overall assessment, taking into account inter alia the need for funding,
execution risk and possible alternatives, the Board has on the basis of careful
considerations decided that the Private Placement is the alternative that best
protects the Company's and the shareholders' joint interests. Thus, the waiver
of the preferential rights inherent in a share capital increase through issuance
of new shares is considered necessary.
ABG Sundal Collier ASA and Arctic Securities AS act as financial advisors to the
Company. Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS acts as Norwegian legal counsel to the
Company.
For further information, please contact:
Christophe Debouvry
CEO SeaBird Exploration
Phone: +47 22402705
Nils Haugestad
CFO SeaBird Exploration
Phone: +47 22402717
Important information:
The release is not for publication or distribution, in whole or in part directly
or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States
(including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and
the District of Columbia).
This release is an announcement issued pursuant to legal information
obligations, and is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. It is issued for information
purposes only, and does not constitute or form part of any offer or solicitation
to purchase or subscribe for securities, in the United States or in any other
jurisdiction. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be,
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US
Securities Act"). The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States
except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the US
Securities Act. The Company does not intend to register any portion of the
offering of the securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering
of the securities in the United States. Copies of this announcement are not
being made and may not be distributed or sent into Australia, Canada, Japan or
the United States. The issue, exercise, purchase or sale of subscription rights
and the subscription or purchase of shares in the Company are subject to
specific legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. Neither the
Company nor the Managers assumes any responsibility in the event there is a
violation by any person of such restrictions.
The distribution of this release may in certain jurisdictions be restricted by
law. Persons into whose possession this release comes should inform themselves
about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these
restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. The Managers are acting for the Company and no one else in
connection with the Private Placement and will not be responsible to anyone
other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their
respective clients or for providing advice in relation to the Private Placement
and/or any other matter referred to in this release.
Forward-looking statements:
This release and any materials distributed in connection with this release may
contain certain forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking
statements involve risk and uncertainty because they reflect the Company's
current expectations and assumptions as to future events and circumstances that
may not prove accurate. A number of material factors could cause actual results
and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: SeaBird Exploration Plc via GlobeNewswire
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Datum: 15.09.2017 - 19:07 Uhr
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