20th Dec 2018 18:25
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20 December 2018
Faroe Petroleum plc (the "Company" or "Faroe")
Statement from Faroe regarding press commentary
Faroe clarifies that the following quotation which appeared in an article titled "Faroe CEO Expects Owners to Reject DNO's Bid Despite Oil Slump" on Bloomberg Intelligence on 20 December 2018 of:
"Faroe again hit back Thursday, urging its shareholders to reject the bid. "I would definitely expect" them to do just that, Chief Executive Officer Graham Stewart said in a phone interview."
was intended to express a management belief and should not be construed as a formal statement of support as outlined in Rule 19.3 of the UK Takeover Code.
Faroe Petroleum plc Graham Stewart, CEO
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Tel: +44 (0) 1224 650 920
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N M Rothschild & Sons Limited Emmet Walsh / Elias Mitropoulos
| Tel: +44 20 7280 5000
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Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited Callum Stewart / Nicholas Rhodes / Ashton Clanfield
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 7710 7600 |
BMO Capital Markets Tom Rider / Jeremy Low
| Tel: +44 (0) 207 236 1010 |
FTI Consulting Ben Brewerton / Sara Powell
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
Publication on website and hard copies
A copy of this announcement and the documents required to be published by Rule 26 of the Takeover Code will be available, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, on Faroe' website at https://www.fp.fo/ by no later than 12 noon on the Business Day following the date of this announcement. For the avoidance of doubt, the content of the website is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.
This announcement does not contain inside information.
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