Magnolia Petroleum Plc Proposed cancellation of admission to trading on AIM
23 Mai 2018 - 8:00AM
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Magnolia Petroleum plc / Index: AIM / Epic: MAGP / Sector: Oil & Gas
22 May 2018
Magnolia Petroleum plc ('Magnolia' or 'the Company')
Proposed cancellation of admission to trading on AIM
Magnolia Petroleum plc, the AIM quoted US focused oil and gas exploration and
production company, announces that it is proposing to cancel the admission to
trading on AIM of its Ordinary Shares ("Cancellation").
A circular will be posted to Shareholders today setting out the background to
and reasons for the Cancellation, the reasons why the Directors believe that
this is in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole
and their recommendation to Shareholders to vote in favour of the proposal. The
circular will also contain a notice convening a general meeting for 15:30 p.m.
BST (09:30 a.m. local time) on 7 June 2018 to be held at the offices of Pray
Walker P.C., 100 West Fifth Street, Suite 900, Tulsa, OK 74103, USA.
Attached below are extracts from the circular which will also be available on
the Company's website http://www.magnoliapetroleum.com/ and which should be
read in full.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
EU Regulation 596/2014.
For further information on Magnolia Petroleum Plc visit http://
www.magnoliapetroleum.com/ or contact the following:
Rita Whittington Magnolia Petroleum Plc +01918449 8750
Jo Turner / James Caithie Cairn Financial Advisers +44207213 0880
LLP
Daniel Gee Cornhill Capital Limited +44207710 9610
Lottie Brocklehurst St Brides Partners Ltd +44207236 1177
Frank Buhagiar St Brides Partners +44207236 1177
Ltd
Proposed Cancellation from Trading on AIM
Notice of General Meeting
Dear Shareholder,
1. Introduction
The Company is proposing to seek Shareholder consent to cancel admission of its
Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM ("Cancellation"). The Directors consider the
Cancellation to be in the best interests of Shareholders having taken into
account the Company's ability to raise further funds and the costs of
maintaining its AIM quotation.
This Circular sets out the background to and reasons for the Cancellation,
additional information on the implications of the Cancellation for the Company
and its Shareholders and why the Board believes the Cancellation to be in the
best interests of the Company and of the Shareholders as a whole. Having
disclosed their interests in the Company and their intentions with regard to
their individual holdings, the Directors unanimously recommend the
Cancellation.
Pursuant to Rule 41 of the AIM Rules for Companies the Company is required to
obtain the consent of not less than 75 per cent. of the votes cast by
Shareholders at a general meeting in order to request that the Company's
Ordinary Shares are cancelled from trading on AIM. A notice of a general
meeting is included at the end of this document convening a general meeting to
be held at the offices of Pray Walker, P.C. at 100 West Fifth Street, Suite
900, Tulsa, OK 74103, USA at 15:30 p.m. BST (to be held at 09:30 a.m. local
time) on 7 June 2018.
2. Reasons for the Cancellation
The Company is an oil and gas exploration and production company that was
founded on 2 July 2008 to engage in the acquisition, exploitation and
development of oil and gas properties primarily located onshore in the United
States. The Company was admitted to trading on AIM on 25 November 2011.
The Company's business model revolves around its ability to invest funds in
maintaining and expanding its portfolio of working interests in wells. In the
last few years, the Company has found it increasingly difficult to raise
sufficient funds through the AIM market to provide the business with the scale
it requires. Despite the recent rise in oil prices, the Company's share price
remains depressed which further adds to the difficulty of raising funds through
the AIM market. To this extent, the Directors consider that any future
investment is likely to need to come from internally generated revenue or from
other sources other than placing of new shares.
In the Company's operations update of 16 April 2018, it provided a current
overview of its reserves and portfolio of interests in 119 producing well. The
Company further stated its intention to continue with its debt reduction
programme. With the backdrop of rising oil prices and asset prices, the
Directors are of the view that it is an favourable time to consider the
disposal of certain interests in order to allow the Company to significantly
reduce, if not eliminate, debt whilst maintaining a portfolio of revenue
producing working interests. The effect of these future disposals will not only
reduce net debt, but also reduce the company's revenue generating asset base
and scale of the business placing further emphasis on the costs and benefits of
maintaining the Company's AIM quotation. The Directors estimate that the
recurring administrative costs savings of Cancellation will be approximately GBP
100,000 per annum.
The Directors have conducted a review of the benefits and costs of maintaining
the Company's quotation on AIM and, after careful consideration of the matters
laid out above, the Board considers the costs of maintaining the Company's AIM
quotation to exceed the benefits and opportunities of the Company remaining
quoted on AIM. Accordingly, the Board has convened the General Meeting as it
believes the Cancellation to be in the best interests of Shareholders and the
Company as a whole.
The Company will consider putting in place a matched bargain facility as a
mechanism to assist shareholders buy and sell ordinary shares should
Cancellation become effective.
3. Effects of Cancellation
Should the Cancellation take place, Shareholders are reminded, inter alia, that
there will no longer be a formal market mechanism for Shareholders to trade in
the Ordinary Shares and no price will be publicly quoted for the Ordinary
Shares. In the absence of another trading mechanism being put in place, there
will be no liquidity and marketability of the Ordinary Shares and the value of
such Ordinary Shares may be consequently adversely affected. It will be very
difficult for Shareholders to realise value from their Ordinary Shares. The
Ordinary Shares will remain transferable through CREST.
Further, the AIM Rules will no longer apply to the Company and levels of
corporate governance and transparency will no longer be dictated by those
rules. Shareholders will no longer be afforded the protections given by the AIM
Rules, such as the requirement to be notified of certain events, including
substantial transactions, financing transactions, related party transactions
and fundamental changes in the Company's business, including certain
acquisitions and disposals.
In addition, the Company will no longer be required to retain a nominated
adviser or broker.
Shareholders should note that that Takeover Code will continue to apply to the
Company following the Cancellation
4. Process for Cancellation
In accordance with Rule 41 of the AIM Rules, the Company has notified the
London Stock Exchange plc of its proposed Cancellation from trading on AIM.
Under the AIM Rules, it is a requirement that the Cancellation is approved by
the requisite majority of Shareholders voting at a general meeting (being not
less than 75 per cent. of the votes cast). Accordingly, a resolution set out
in the Notice of General Meeting seeks Shareholders' approval for the
Cancellation. Subject to the resolution approving the Cancellation being passed
at the General Meeting, it is anticipated that trading in the Ordinary Shares
on AIM will cease at close of business on 21 June 2018 with the Cancellation
taking effect at 07:00 a.m. on 22 June 2018.
Upon the Cancellation becoming effective, Cairn Financial Advisers LLP will
cease to be nominated adviser to the Company and the Company will no longer be
required to comply with the rules and corporate governance requirements to
which companies admitted to trading on AIM are subject, including the AIM
Rules.
5. General Meeting
You will find set out at the end of this document a notice convening the
General Meeting to be held at the offices of Pray Walker, P.C. at 100 West
Fifth Street, Suite 900, Tulsa, OK 74103, USA at 15:30 p.m. BST (to be held at
09:30 a.m. local time) on 7 June 2018 to consider the resolution seeking
approval for the Cancellation.
6. Action to be taken
Holders of Existing Ordinary Shares will find enclosed with this document a
Form of Proxy for use by them at the General Meeting.
Whether or not you are able to attend the General Meeting, you are requested to
complete the enclosed Form of Proxy and return it to Neville Registrars
Limited, Neville House, 18 Laurel Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 3DA as
soon as possible and, in any event, so as to arrive by 15:30 p.m. on 5 June
2018. The completion and return of a Form of Proxy will not prevent you from
attending the General Meeting and voting in person if you subsequently wish to
do so.
Shareholders are reminded that, if their Ordinary Shares are held in the name
of a nominee, only that nominee or its duly appointed proxy can be counted in
the quorum at the General Meeting.
If you are in any doubt as to what action you should take, you are recommended
to seek your own personal financial advice from your broker, bank manager,
solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser authorised under
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) if you are resident in
the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised
independent financial adviser, immediately.
7. Recommendation
The Directors consider the Cancellation to be in the best interests of the
Company and Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously
recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of the resolution to be proposed at
the General Meeting as they intend to do in respect of their aggregate
interests.
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions apply throughout this document (including the Notice
of General Meeting) and the form of proxy unless the context requires
otherwise:
"Act" the Companies Act 2006 (as amended)
"AIM Rules" the AIM Rules for Companies and the AIM Rules
for Nominated Advisers, as issued by the
London Stock Exchange from time to time
"AIM" the market of that name operated by the London
Stock Exchange
"Cairn" Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, the Company's
Nominated adviser as at the date of this
document
"Cancellation" cancellation from trading of the Company's
Ordinary Shares from trading on the AIM market
of the London Stock Exchange
"certificated" or "in a share or security which is not in
certificated form" uncertificated form (that is, not in CREST)
"CREST" a relevant system (as defined in the CREST
Regulations) in respect of which Euroclear is
the Operator (as defined in the CREST
Regulations)
"CREST Regulations" the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001
(SI 2001/3755), as amended from time to time
"Directors" or "Board" the existing directors of the Company whose
names are set out on page 4 of this document
"Euroclear" Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited
"Ordinary Shares" the 34,906,992 Ordinary Shares in issue at the
date of this document
"General Meeting" a general meeting of the Company to be held at
15:30 p.m. BST (09:30 a.m. local time) on 7
June 2018 at the offices of Pray Walker P.C.,
100 West Fifth Street, Suite 900, Tulsa, OK
74103, USA or any adjournment thereof, notice
of which is set out in the Notice of General
Meeting
"Group" the Company and its subsidiary undertakings
"Magnolia" or "the Company" Magnolia Petroleum plc
"Notice of General Meeting" the notice convening the General Meeting which
is set out at the end of this document
"Ordinary Shares" ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the share
capital of the Company
"Resolution" the resolution to be proposed at the General
Meeting, details of which are set out in the
Notice of General Meeting
"Shareholder" a holder of Ordinary Shares from time to time
"United Kingdom" the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
"United States" or "US" United States of America and its territories
EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
2018
Notice given to London Stock Exchange notifying it of the 22 May
proposed Cancellation
Publication of this document 23 May
Latest time and date for receipt of Form of Proxy 15:30 p.m. on 5 June
General Meeting (to be held at the offices of Pray Walker 15:30 p.m. on 7 June
P.C., 100 West Fifth Street, Suite 900, Tulsa, OK 74103, USA -
BST-6)
Announcements of result of the General Meeting 7 June
Expected last day of dealings in Ordinary Shares on AIM 21 June
Expected time and date that the admission to trading of the With effect from 07:00
Ordinary Shares on AIM will be cancelled a.m. on 22 June
Notes:
1. References to times in this document are to London time (unless otherwise
stated).
2. The General Meeting is being held in the United States and will take place
at 09:30 a.m. local time (BST -6)
3. The times are subject to change by the Company, in which case details of
the new times and dates will be notified to the London Stock Exchange and
the Company will make an appropriate announcement through a Regulatory
Information Service.
EQUITY STATISTICS
Issued Share Capital of the Company as at the date 34,906,992
of this document
ISIN code for the Ordinary Shares GB00B63QSF76
SEDOL for the Ordinary Shares B63QSF7
TIDM Code MAGP
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