27th Jun 2011 10:47
ENEGI OIL PLC
AIM ticker: 'ENEG'
27 June 2011
Enegi Oil Plc
('Enegi' or 'the Company')
Completion of Fundraising Programme
Highlights:
·; £1.35 million of funds raised via "Flow Through" funding and Equity Line Facility
·; New funds raised will be used to:
o complete remaining elements of the PaP#1 Well, Garden Hill South (GHS) work over programme;
o advance seismic activities over PL2002-01;
o continue the ongoing due diligence programme in respect of the ABT Option; and
o general working capital purposes.
Placing
"Flow Through" Funding
Further to the announcement made on 10th June 2011 that Enegi was seeking "Flow Through" funding, the Company is pleased to announce today that it has raised approximately C$1.64 million (approximately C$1.55 million net of expenses), which at current exchange rates is approximately £1.05 million (£1 million net of expenses), through a placing ("the Placing") of 6,554,500 new ordinary shares ("New Shares"). These new funds have been raised by placing one New Share at a price 16 pence per share ("Placing Price"), together with a corresponding one half purchase warrant per New Share. Each full purchase warrant will allow the subscriber to purchase one additional new ordinary share in the Company at an exercise price of 30 pence per new share, for a period of 18 months from 24th June 2011 (the "Warrant").
The Placing has been conducted by Jordan Capital Markets, Inc. ("Jordan Capital") based in Vancouver, Canada, who will also be also be issued with 147,708 New Shares ("Fee Shares") and a corresponding 73,854 Warrants. The Placing Price was slightly lower than the Board had originally expected due to difficult market conditions. However, the Placing Price still represents a significant premium to current market price.
Equity Line Facility
Via its announcement on 19th May 2011, shareholders will be aware that the Company has secured a three year Equity Line Facility of up to £7.5 million (the "ELF") with Dutchess Opportunity Cayman Fund ("Dutchess"). The Company has drawn down approximately £300,000 from the ELF by issuing 2,144,474 new ordinary shares ("ELF Shares") to Dutchess at a price of 13.75 pence.
Issue of Shares
An application for admission of the New Shares, the Fee Shares and the ELF Shares (in total, 8,846,682 new ordinary shares) has been made to AIM and admission is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on 1 July 2011 ("Admission"). Following Admission, the Company's total issued share capital will be 97,200,993 shares. In total, the New Shares, Fee Shares and the ELF Shares will represent approximately 9.1 per cent of Enegi's enlarged issued share capital.
Use of Proceeds
The new funds will be used to complete the remaining elements of the PaP#1 Well work over programme and to further advance seismic activities over PL2002-01. Remaining monies will be used for continuing the due diligence activities on the ABT Option announced on 19th May 2011 and for general working capital purposes. A comprehensive due diligence programme in respect of the ABT Option is underway and the Company will provide further updates, as appropriate, in due course.
Alan Minty, Enegi's CEO, commented:
"We are delighted to have successfully concluded this funding programme. This allows the Company to accelerate the development of Enegi's future activities. In particular, we will be continuing apace to complete the next phase of the work program at Garden Hill South.
The coming months will be an exciting and active period for the Company."
Enegi Oil Tel: + 44 161 817 7460
Alan Minty, CEO
Cenkos Securities Tel: + 44 207 397 8900
Jon Fitzpatrick
Beth McKiernan
College Hill Tel: + 44 207 457 2020
Nick Elwes
www.enegioil.com
Qualified Persons
The information in this release has been reviewed by Barath Rajgopaul MSc (Mech. Eng.) C. Eng, a director of Enegi. Mr. Rajgopaul has over 29 years experience in the petroleum industry.
The Company
Enegi Oil Plc is an independent oil and gas company. Current operations are focused on opportunities around the Port au Port Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada and the Clare Basin in County Clare, Ireland. The Port au Port Peninsula is located in western Newfoundland, which, although lightly explored, is in an active petroleum system with light oil having been discovered on a number of occasions. The Clare Basin is located in western Ireland and initial technical studies show that it has the potential to contain shale gas.
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