Northern Petroleum Plc ("Northern Petroleum" or "the Company")
Subscription to raise £1.2 million Production and reserves acquisition in Canada Open Offer Operations update
Northern Petroleum, the AIM quoted oil company focusing on production led growth, announces subject to shareholder approval, a proposed direct subscription of 40,000,000 new ordinary shares at three pence per share, to raise gross proceeds of £1.2 million ("the Subscription") and an acquisition of assets in northwest Alberta with production and reserves ("the Acquisition"), which is conditional upon financing. The Company also announces that a proposed open offer for up to a further 40,000,000 new ordinary shares at three pence per share will be made shortly to existing qualifying shareholders ("the Open Offer").
Highlights
§ Non-brokered subscription of 40,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of three pence per share to be taken up by two existing shareholders, raising proceeds of £1.2 million, before expenses
§ Funds raised pursuant to the Subscription to be used primarily to fund the consideration for the Acquisition, which will allow the Company to:
- acquire assets near to existing Canadian operations, including wells and facilities, with current production of approximately 211 barrels of oil equivalent per day ("boe/d"), of which approximately 80 per cent. is oil, and proved and probable reserves of 1.185 million barrels of oil equivalent ("boe")
- execute an identified work programme of well and facility reinstatement, expected to double production over the next 12 months
§ Open Offer to be made to enable all qualifying shareholders to participate in the fundraising at the same issue price as the Subscription
§ Net cashflow from the Acquisition and the Company's existing assets forecast to broadly cover all of the Company's general and administrative cost using an oil price of US$47 per barrel through 2016
§ Processing and pipeline tie-in facilities included in the Acquisition are forecast to result in operating cost synergies for existing Virgo operations
§ The Subscription and Open Offer are subject to shareholder approval in a general meeting
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