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10 March 2022
Borders & Southern Petroleum plc
("Borders & Southern" or the "Company")
Open Offer to raise up to approximately US$1.2 million (£0.9 million)
Borders & Southern (AIM: BOR), a London-based independent oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that, further to the Company's announcement on 4 March 2022 regarding a fundraising to raise up to US$1.8 million, the Company will tomorrow be posting a Circular to Qualifying Shareholders regarding the Open Offer of up to 69,156,914 Open Offer Shares in the Company at the Issue Price of 1.3 pence per Open Offer Share to raise up to approximately US$1.2 million (£0.9 million) before expenses.
Pursuant to the Open Offer, Qualifying Shareholders will be given the opportunity to subscribe for:
1 Open Offer Share for every 7 Existing Ordinary Shares
held by each Qualifying Shareholder on the Record Date.
Any Open Offer Shares not subscribed for by Qualifying Shareholders will be available to Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility and as such, Qualifying Shareholders seeking to limit their dilution from the Subscription can also request additional Open Offer Shares under the Excess Application Facility. The Open Offer is not being underwritten.
The Open Offer is conditional, inter alia, upon the passing of the Resolutions by Shareholders at the General Meeting of the Company to be held on 6 April 2022.
Posting of Circular
Further details regarding the Open Offer are available in the Circular, which is expected to be posted tomorrow to Qualifying Shareholders, along with the Application Form (where applicable). The Circular will also be made available on the Company's website: https://www.bordersandsouthern.com/investor-relations/
Notice of General Meeting
A notice convening a General Meeting of the Company will be set out at the end of the Circular. The General Meeting is being convened for 11.00 a.m. on 6 April 2022 at the offices of Wedlake Bell LLP at 71 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4AY.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Circular, unless the context provides otherwise.
For further information please visit www.bordersandsouthern.com or contact:
| Borders & Southern Petroleum plc Howard Obee, Chief Executive Tel: 020 7661 9348
|
| Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated & Financial Adviser and Joint Broker) Ritchie Balmer / James Bellman Tel: 020 7409 3494
|
| Auctus Advisors LLP (Joint Broker) Jonathan Wright Tel: 07711 627449
Tavistock (Financial PR) Simon Hudson / Nick Elwes Tel: 020 7920 3150 |
Expected timetable of principal events:
| | 2022 |
| Record date of Open Offer
| 6.30 p.m. on 9 March |
| Ex-entitlement date for Open Offer
| 8.00 a.m. on 10 March |
| Posting of Circular, Form of Proxy and Application Form
| 11 March |
| Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements credited to stock accounts of Qualifying CREST Shareholders in CREST
| 14 March |
| Latest recommended time and date for requesting withdrawal of Open Offer entitlements from CREST
| 4.30 p.m. on 29 March |
| Latest time and date for depositing Open Offer entitlements into CREST
| 3.00 p.m. on 30 March |
| Latest time and date for splitting application forms (to satisfy bona fide market claims only)
| 3.00 p.m. on 31 March |
| Latest time and date for receipt of Open Offer application forms and payment in full under the Open Offer and settlement of relevant CREST instructions (as appropriate)
| 11.00 a.m. on 4 April |
| Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy and CREST voting instructions
| 11.00 a.m. on 4 April |
| Announcement of results of Open Offer
| 5 April |
| General Meeting
| 11.00 a.m. on 6 April |
| Announcement of results of General Meeting
| following General Meeting on 6 April |
| Admission of the New Ordinary Shares
| 8.00 a.m. on 7 April |
| New Ordinary Shares credited to CREST Members' accounts in respect of the Open Offer Shares | 7 April |
| Dispatch of definitive share certificates in certified form (where required)
| by 21 April |
Notes to Editors:
Borders & Southern Petroleum plc is an oil & gas exploration company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange (AIM: BOR). The Company operates and has a 100% interest in three Production Licences in the South Falkland Basin covering an area of nearly 10,000 square kilometres. The Company has acquired 2,517 square kilometres of 3D seismic data and has drilled two exploration wells, making a significant gas condensate discovery with its first well.
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