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RNS Number : 3169O Seascape Energy Asia PLC 02 December 2024
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FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN ANY
JURISDICTION. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICES AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
(INCLUDING THE APPENDICES).
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE
MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO. 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY
VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE
PUBLIC DOMAIN.
2 December 2024
Seascape Energy Asia plc
(the "Company", "Seascape Energy" or "Seascape")
Placing and Subscription
Seascape Energy, an E&P company focused on Southeast Asia, is pleased to
announce a fundraising by way of a direct subscription by certain Directors,
senior management and certain shareholders (the "Subscription"), and an
institutional placing (the "Placing") of new Ordinary Shares (together, the
"Fundraising") to follow on from the successful conditional farm-out of a
42.5% participating interest in the Block 2A Production Sharing Contract (the
"PSC" or "Block 2A") to INPEX CORPORATION ("INPEX") (the "Block 2A farm-out").
The Fundraising raised gross proceeds of £2.0 million (£1.8 million net),
through the successful Placing and Subscription of 5,710,810 new Ordinary
Shares (the "Fundraising Shares"), in each case at an issue price of 35 pence
per new Ordinary Share (the "Issue Price").
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited ("Stifel") is acting as Sole Bookrunner to the
Company in connection with the Fundraising.
Background to the Fundraising and Use of Proceeds
Following a strategic review of its operations during 2024, the Board and
management of Seascape announced on 17 June 2024 the Company's exit from
Norway and its focus on building a full-cycle E&P business in Southeast
Asia, where the supportive attitude of the host governments towards
small-and-medium sized E&P companies offers significant growth
opportunities to the Company.
Seascape entered Malaysia in the Malaysian Bid Round 2022 by being awarded
operatorship of Block 2A, offshore Sarawak. Block 2A was awarded along with
high-quality 3D seismic data at nil cost. Following a further acquisition in
December 2023 (the Topaz acquisition), the Company's working interest in Block
2A increased to 52.5%.
Block 2A contains the giant Kertang prospect, which is believed to be one of
the largest undrilled structures in Malaysia. The CPR undertaken by ERCE in
June 2024 confirmed the giant scale of the Kertang prospect assigning total
gross unrisked mean prospective resources of 9.1 TCF as well as 146 mmbbls of
NGLs (1.7 billion boe) (approximately 900 BCF as well as 15 mmbbls, on a net
basis) (approximately 165 mmboe) across four target horizons.
Seascape commenced a farm-out process to identify the right partner for Block
2A and following intense interest from major global energy companies,
announced earlier this morning a farm-out agreement with INPEX, Japan's
largest E&P company, in return for a cash and carry consideration on the
Company's retained interest (10%) in the PSC. Completion of the farm-out is
anticipated at the end Q1 2025.
Under the terms of the Block 2A farm-out, Seascape will receive:
· An uncapped carry for Seascape's retained interest (10%) through the
remaining exploration phase including one firm wildcat well and one contingent
appraisal well (subject to a commercial discovery);
· US$20 million cash consideration including:
o US$10 million payable in full at completion of the Block 2A farmout (the
"Initial Farmout Consideration"); and
o US$10 million contingent cash consideration to be paid following
confirmation of a commercial discovery; and
· Reimbursement of certain historic costs associated with the PSC
totalling approximately US$0.5 million.
In October 2024, Seascape announced the award at nil cost of a 28%
participating interest in a small field asset production sharing contract over
the DEWA Complex Cluster (the "DEWA PSC", or "DEWA"), off the coast of
Sarawak. The DEWA PSC is comprised of 12 shallow water gas fields and
discoveries dating from the 1980s, with approximately 500 BCF GIIP 1 on a
gross basis (83 mmboe) that were overlooked by previous operators which had
been focused on oil production.
DEWA provides Seascape with an immediate portfolio of gas fields, with net
estimated resources of approximately 85-100 BCF (14-17 mmboe) 2 , unlocked by
new favourable Small Field Asset fiscal terms, with approximately 50% profit
for the contractor (increased from approximately 30% prior to the new fiscal
terms).
Given the shallow water depths and nearby infrastructure, the partners in the
DEWA PSC are targeting a low-cost development plan utilising existing
technology, which could support a potential production plateau of up to 100
mmscfd (17 kboped). DEWA has a low-cost initial work commitment of
approximately US$0.6 million net to Seascape, to conduct a detailed resource
estimate and deliver a Field Development and Abandonment Plan ("FDP") within
two years, currently targeting first gas in 2027.
The farm-out of Block 2A marks an important milestone in the transformation of
Seascape into a fully funded, Southeast Asian focused E&P business with a
combination of firm value in discovered resources on the DEWA PSC and
significant upside associated with its retained interest in the world-class
Kertang prospect.
Since refocussing its activities on Southeast Asia, the directors have
substantially reduced the ongoing costs of the business and the Company
previously announced that it has sufficient cash until Q1 2025. Seascape has
existing cash of approximately £1 million 3 and costs of approximately £250
thousand per month, including forecasted spend at DEWA and minimal spend on
Block 2A prior to completion of the farm-out. While the Initial Farmout
Consideration is substantial, the timing of completion is uncertain and the
Directors believe that it is appropriate to ensure that the Company has
sufficient financing to enable the Company to execute the Block 2A farm-out,
progress DEWA towards FDP and pursue further growth opportunities in Malaysia
and across Southeast Asia. With the Company's share price having appreciated
approximately 204% per cent. since 17 June 2024 4 , the Fundraising will be
conducted within the Company's existing shareholder authorities, keeping
dilution to a minimum, while also introducing several new shareholders into
the register with deep knowledge of the oil and gas industry.
Fundraising Highlights
Certain Directors, senior management and certain shareholders of the Company
have subscribed for a total of 2,370,121 new Ordinary Shares (the
"Subscription Shares"), at the Issue Price, pursuant to the Subscription. In
addition, a total of 3,340,689 new Ordinary Shares (the "Placing Shares") have
been placed with new and existing institutional investors pursuant to the
Placing by Stifel, at the Issue Price.
A total of 5,710,810 new Ordinary Shares will therefore be issued pursuant to
the Fundraising. The Fundraising Shares represent in aggregate 10 per cent. of
the Company's existing Ordinary Shares. The Issue Price represents a discount
of approximately 4.1 per cent. to the closing mid-market price of 36.5 pence
on 29 November 2024 (being the latest practicable date prior to the date of
this Announcement).
The Fundraising Shares will, when issued, be credited as fully paid and will
rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares, including
the right to receive all dividends or other distributions made, paid or
declared in respect of such shares after the date of issue of the new Ordinary
Shares.
James Menzies, Executive Chairman of Seascape, commented:
"Whilst we are today announcing an important transaction in the farm-out of
Block 2A offshore Sarawak, we are simultaneously announcing a small
fundraising. This funding will ensure that the Company is able to close the
farm-out deal, work on our DEWA project and continue to work on new
opportunities, without stressing the balance sheet.
"This is also an opportunity to bring new institutional investors onto the
share register, who appreciate our Southeast Asian strategy and who will be
supportive long-term holders. This fund raising, together with proceeds from
the Block 2A farm-out announced today, will put the Company in a strong
position to deliver near-term growth through our portfolio of assets in
Malaysia and across the wider Southeast Asian region."
Participation by Directors and Related Party Transaction
Certain Directors and members of the Company's senior management have
participated in the Subscription to raise gross proceeds of £415 thousand, as
set out below.
Details of the Directors' and senior management participation in the
Subscription are as follows:
The FCA notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of MAR, are
appended below.
James Menzies, Nick Ingrassia and Geraldine Murphy as directors of the Company
are considered to be "related parties" as defined under the AIM Rules and
accordingly their participation in the Subscription constitutes a related
party transaction for the purposes of Rule 13 of the AIM Rules.
Graham Stewart, having not participated in the Subscription or the Placing, is
independent of the Fundraising and considers, having consulted with Stifel,
the Company's Nominated Adviser, that the terms of the participation by the
Directors in the Subscription are fair and reasonable insofar as shareholders
are concerned.
Admission and Total Voting Rights
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission to
trading of the Fundraising Shares on AIM. It is expected that Admission will
become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 4 December 2024.
Following Admission, the Company's issued and fully paid share capital will
consist of 62,818,946 Ordinary Shares. The Company has no Ordinary Shares in
treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be
62,818,946 Ordinary Shares. This number may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are
required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest in, the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Capitalised terms have the meaning given to them in Appendix 2 to this
Announcement, unless the context requires otherwise.
Ends
Enquiries:
Seascape Energy Asia plc IR@Seascape-energy.com
James Menzies (Executive Chairman)
Nick Ingrassia (Chief Executive)
Pierre Eliet (EVP Corporate Development, Country Chair Malaysia)
Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker) Tel: +44 20 7710 7600
Callum Stewart SNELSeascape@Stifel.com
Jason Grossman
Natalia Vangelatou
Ashton Clanfield
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 20 7397 8900
Neil McDonald
Pete Lynch
Standard
Estimates of reserves and resources have been carried out in accordance with
the June 2018 SPE/WPC/AAPG/ SPEE/SEG/SPWLA/EAGE Petroleum Resources Management
System ("PRMS") as the standard for classification and reporting. A summary of
the PRMS can be downloaded from:
https://www.spe.org/en/industry/petroleum-resources-management-system-2018/.
Review by Qualified Person
The technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr Pierre
Eliet, EVP Corporate & Business Development, Country Chair Malaysia, who
is a qualified person for the purposes of the AIM Guidance Note for Mining,
Oil and Gas Companies. Dr Eliet is a geologist with more than 25 years'
experience in the oil and gas industry. Dr Eliet has a BA Degree in Earth
Sciences from Trinity College, Dublin and PhD in Geology from Manchester
University, UK.
Glossary
"BCF" means billion standard cubic feet
"boe" means barrels of oil equivalent
"CPR" means Competent Persons Report
"E&P" means Exploration & Production
"ERCE" means ERC Equipoise Ltd
"GIIP" means gas initially in place
"m" means metres
"mmboe" means million barrels of oil equivalent
"mmscf" means million standard cubic feet
"mscf" means thousand standard cubic feet
"NGL" means natural gas liquids
"PSC" means Production Sharing Contract
"TCF" means trillion standard cubic feet
IMPORTANT NOTICES
This Announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate
to the Company's future prospects, developments and business strategies.
Forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases
such as "potential", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will" or the negative of
such terms and phrases, variations or comparable expressions, including
references to assumptions. The forward-looking statements in this Announcement
are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by those statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as at
the date of this Announcement. No statement in this Announcement is intended
to constitute a profit forecast or profit estimate for any period. Neither the
Directors nor the Company undertake any obligation to update forward-looking
statements other than as required by the AIM Rules or by the rules of any
other securities regulatory authority, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
No offer document or prospectus has been, or will be, delivered to the
Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the Fundraising.
This Announcement, including the information contained herein, is for
information purposes only, is not intended to and does not constitute or form
part of any offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for, underwrite, sell
or issue or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for, sell,
acquire or dispose of the Fundraising Shares or any other security in Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of South Africa or Japan or in any
jurisdiction in which, or to persons to whom, such offering, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful.
This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or
indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This announcement is
not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities
referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the
United States, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration.
No public offering of securities is being made in the United States.
Stifel, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is
acting exclusively for the Company as Sole Bookrunner for the purposes of the
Fundraising and is not acting for any other persons in relation to it and
accordingly will not be responsible to anyone else in relation to the matters
described in this Announcement. Apart from the responsibilities and
liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on Stifel by the FSMA or the
regulatory regime established under it, Stifel does not accept any
responsibility whatsoever for the contents, completeness or accuracy of this
Announcement, and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made
by Stifel with respect to the accuracy or completeness of this Announcement,
or any part of it.
The price of the Ordinary Shares may go down as well as up and investors may
not get back the full amount invested on disposal of the Ordinary Shares.
Market soundings, as defined in MAR, were taken in respect of the Placing,
with the result that certain persons became aware of inside information, as
permitted by MAR. That inside information is set out in this announcement and
has been disclosed as soon as possible in accordance with paragraph 7 of
article 17 of MAR. Therefore, those persons that received inside information
in a market sounding are no longer in possession of inside information
relating to the Company and its securities.
APPENDIX 1
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING
TERMS AND CONDITIONS - IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLACING.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THIS APPENDIX (TOGETHER, THE "ANNOUNCEMENT") AND
THE INFORMATION IN IT, IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR
DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR
DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE PLACING FOR INVITED PLACEES ONLY.
EACH PURCHASER SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS OWN ADVISERS AS TO LEGAL, TAX, BUSINESS
AND RELATED ASPECTS OF AN INVESTMENT IN SHARES IN THE COMPANY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ENTITLED TO TAKE PART IN THE PLACING AND THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMMUNICATED TO THEM FOR THE PURPOSES OF INFORMATION ONLY AND
IS DIRECTED ONLY TO: (A) PERSONS IN MEMBERS STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
AREA (THE "EEA") WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE
2(E) OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (WHICH MEANS REGULATION (EU) NO 2017/1129 OF
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 14 JUNE 2017) (THE "PROSPECTUS
REGULATION"); (B) PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHO (i) HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY
STIFEL AND WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS
AND ARE "INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS
AMENDED) (THE "ORDER") OR ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D)
("HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.") OF THE ORDER;
AND (ii) WHO, ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(E) OF
THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION AS RETAINED AS PART OF UK LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018) (THE "UK PROSPECTUS REGULATION"); OR (C)
ARE OTHERWISE PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE BE LAWFULLY COMMUNICATED (ALL
SUCH PERSONS IN (A), (B) AND (C) TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT
PERSONS").
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN MUST NOT BE RELIED ON,
ACTED ON OR RESPONDED TO BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. PERSONS
DISTRIBUTING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO DO
SO. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS APPENDIX AND THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS
AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS. THIS APPENDIX DOES NOT
ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE
COMPANY. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO WHETHER YOU ARE A RELEVANT PERSON YOU
SHOULD CONSULT A PROFESSIONAL ADVISER FOR ADVICE.
No action has been taken by the Company, Stifel (as defined in paragraph 1.2
below) or any of their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers or
employees that would permit an offer of the Placing Shares or possession or
distribution of this Announcement or any other offering or publicity material
relating to such Placing Shares in any jurisdiction where action for that
purpose is required.
Persons who are invited to and who choose to participate in the Placing (as
such term is defined in paragraph 1.1 below) by making an oral or written
offer to subscribe for Placing Shares (as such term is defined in
paragraph 1.1 below), including any individuals, funds or others on whose
behalf a commitment to acquire Placing Shares is given, will be deemed to have
read and understood this Announcement in its entirety and to be making such
offer on the terms and conditions, and to be providing the representations,
warranties, acknowledgements, undertakings and agreements, contained in this
Appendix. In particular, each such prospective Purchaser (as defined in
paragraph 2.4.1) represents, warrants and acknowledges that:
1. it is a Relevant Person and undertakes that it will
acquire, hold, manage or dispose of any Placing Shares (as such term is
defined below) that are allocated to it for the purposes of its business;
2. if it is a financial intermediary, as that term is used
in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Regulation or the UK Prospectus Regulation
(as applicable), any Placing Shares acquired by it in the Placing will not be
acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor will they be acquired
with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may
give rise to an offer of securities to the public other than an offer or
resale in the United Kingdom, or in circumstances in which the prior consent
of Stifel has been given to each such proposed offer or resale; and
3. it is not in the United States.
The Company and Stifel will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing
representations, warranties, acknowledgments and undertakings. Stifel does not
make any representation to the Purchasers regarding an investment in the
Placing Shares referred to in this Announcement.
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained
within the FCA Handbook and in particular the Product Intervention and Product
Governance Sourcebook and any other UK domestic legislation and measures which
implement EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as
amended ("MiFID II") and Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive
(EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II (together, the "UK MiFID II Product
Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether
arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the
purposes of the UK MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise
have with respect thereto, the Placing Shares have been subject to a product
approval process, which has determined that the Placing Shares are: (i)
compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who
meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as
defined in the UK MiFID II Product Governance Requirements; and (ii) eligible
for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by the UK
MiFID II Product Governance Requirements (the "Target Market Assessment").
Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that:
the price of the Placing Shares may decline and investors could lose all or
part of their investment; the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no
capital protection; and an investment in the Placing Shares is compatible only
with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who
(either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other
adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment
and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may
result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the
requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in
relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the
Target Market Assessment, Stifel will only procure investors who meet the
criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an
assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of the MiFID II
Product Governance Requirements; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or
group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action
whatsoever with respect to the shares the subject of the Placing. Each
distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in
respect of the shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.
This Announcement does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with,
an offer or invitation to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or
dispose of, or any solicitation of any offer or invitation to underwrite,
subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of, any securities or investment
advice in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the United Kingdom,
any member state of the EEA, the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, New
Zealand or the Republic of South Africa. No public offer of securities of the
Company is being made in the United Kingdom, any member state of the EEA, the
United States or elsewhere. This Announcement and the information contained
herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, to
persons in the United States (or to any U.S. Person), Australia, Canada,
Japan, New Zealand or the Republic of South Africa or in any other
jurisdiction in which such publication or distribution is unauthorised or
unlawful. Any persons (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees and
trustees) into whose possession this Announcement may come, are required by
the Company to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions on
transfer of this Announcement.
The Placing Shares are being offered only outside the United States in
reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "U.S. Securities Act") ("Regulation S").
In particular, the offer and sale of the Placing Shares have not been and will
not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or with any securities
regulatory authority of any State or other jurisdiction of the United States,
and, accordingly, the Placing Shares may not be offered or sold, directly or
indirectly, within the United States, except: (i) outside the United States in
"offshore" transactions within the meaning of, and in reliance on, Regulation
S; or (ii) otherwise in compliance with an exemption from the registration
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act.
No public offering of the Placing Shares or any other securities is being made
in the United States.
No money, securities or other consideration from any person inside the United
States is being solicited pursuant to this Announcement or the Placing and, if
sent in response to the information contained in the Announcement, will not be
accepted. This Announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the
United States.
The relevant clearances have not been, and nor will they be, obtained from the
securities commission of any province or territory of Canada; no prospectus
has been lodged with and/or registered by, the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission, the Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand or the
Japanese Ministry of Finance; the relevant clearances have not been, and will
not be, obtained for the South Africa Reserve Bank or any other applicable
body in the Republic of South Africa in relation to the Placing Shares, and
the Placing Shares have not been, and nor will they be, registered under or
offered in compliance with the securities laws of any state, province or
territory of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan or the Republic of South
Africa. Accordingly, the Placing Shares may not (unless an exemption under the
relevant securities laws is applicable) be offered, sold, resold or delivered
or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United
States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of South Africa or
any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom or EEA. If you are in any
doubt about any of the contents of this Announcement, you should obtain
independent professional advice.
The price of securities and the income from them may go down as well as up and
investors may not get back the full amount of their investment on disposal of
the securities.
Any indication in this Announcement of the price at which ordinary shares of
ten pence (£0.10) each in the capital of the Company have been bought or sold
in the past cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. No
statement in this Announcement is intended to be a profit forecast and no
statement in this Announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per
share of the Company for the current or future financial years would
necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings per share of the
Company.
The Fundraising Shares will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange
other than the AIM market of London Stock Exchange plc.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by
hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this
Announcement.
Persons (including, without limitation, nominees and trustees) who have a
contractual or other legal obligation to forward a copy of this Appendix or
the Announcement of which it forms part should seek appropriate advice before
taking any action.
1. PLACING AND SUBSCRIPTION
1.1 Seascape Energy Asia plc (company number 12020297) (the
"Company"), intends to conduct a placing (the "Placing") and direct
subscription (the "Subscription" and, together with the Placing, the
"Fundraise"). New ordinary shares of ten pence (£0.10) nominal value each
will be issued to existing and new investors pursuant to the Placing ("Placing
Shares") and Subscription ("Subscription Shares") at 35 pence per share
("Issue Price") as determined by Stifel and the Company.
1.2 The Company has appointed Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
("Stifel") as its agent in respect of the Placing.
1.3 The terms and conditions set out in this Appendix apply to
persons making an offer to subscribe for Placing Shares under the Placing.
Each Purchaser shall be deemed to have read the Announcement, and this
Appendix, in its entirety.
2. ALLOCATION AND CONDITIONS TO PLACING
2.1 The Placing Shares under the Placing will be issued on the
Closing Date (as defined below).
2.2 Participation in the Placing will only be available to
persons who may lawfully be, and are, invited to participate by Stifel.
2.3 The Issue Price will be a fixed price of 35 pence per new
ordinary share.
2.4 Acceptances of the Placing and allocations of Placing
Shares (including the subscription amount payable) will be:
2.4.1 as confirmed (orally or in writing) with prospective
purchasers who are in the United Kingdom (or as Stifel and Company may agree,
in any other jurisdiction) by Stifel (or its broker dealers or its agents as
agent of the Company). That confirmation constitutes an irrevocable legally
binding commitment of that person (who will at that point become a purchaser
("Purchaser")) to subscribe for the number of Placing Shares allocated to it
on the terms and conditions set out in this Appendix (a copy of this Appendix
having been provided to the Purchaser prior to or at the same time as such
confirmation) and in accordance with the Company's articles of association; or
2.4.2 (unless paragraph 2.4.1 applies) by the completion and return
of such letter of confirmation and registration or other forms as Stifel or
its agents may in its absolute discretion require and in that event the terms
and conditions set out in such letter of confirmation and registration or
other form shall apply to the exclusion of this Appendix.
2.5 Except as required by law or regulation, no press release
or other announcement will be made by Stifel or the Company using the name of
any Purchaser (or its agent), in its capacity as Purchaser (or agent), other
than with such Purchaser's prior written consent.
2.6 Each Purchaser will have an immediate, separate,
irrevocable and binding obligation, owed to Stifel, to pay in cleared funds
immediately on the settlement date, in accordance with the registration and
settlement requirements set out below, an amount equal to the product of the
Issue Price and the number of Placing Shares such Purchaser has agreed to take
up. Stifel will procure the allotment of the Placing Shares to each Purchaser
following each Purchaser's payment to Stifel of such amount.
2.7 Each Purchaser agrees that its rights and obligations in
respect of the Placing will terminate only in the circumstances described in
paragraph 4 below, and will not be capable of rescission or termination by
the Purchaser.
2.8 In making an investment decision, Purchasers must rely on
their own examination of the Company and its prospects and the terms of the
Placing, including the merits and risks involved in investing in the Placing
Shares.
2.9 Irrespective of the time at which a Purchaser's allocation
pursuant to the Placing is confirmed, settlement for all Placing Shares to be
acquired pursuant to the Placing will be required to be made at the same time,
on the basis explained below under "Registration and Settlement".
2.10 Settlement will occur on a date to be advised but expected to
be on or around 4 December 2024 ("Closing Date").
2.11 To the fullest extent permissible by law and applicable FCA
rules, none of (a) Stifel, (b) any of its affiliates, agents, directors,
officers, employees, (c) to the extent not contained within (a) or (b), any
person connected with Stifel as defined in the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (the "FSMA") ((b) and (c) being together "affiliates" and
individually an "affiliate" of Stifel), or (d) any person acting on behalf of
Stifel, shall have any liability (including to the extent permissible by law,
any fiduciary duties) to any Purchaser or to any other person whether acting
on behalf of a Purchaser or otherwise. In particular, neither Stifel nor any
of its affiliates shall have any liability (including, to the extent
permissible by law, any fiduciary duties) in respect of their conduct of the
Placing or of such alternative method of effecting the Placing as Stifel and
the Company may agree.
3. SHARES AND QUOTATION
3.1 The Fundraising Shares will be issued fully paid and will
rank equally, from the date of issue, in all respects with the Company's
existing issued ordinary shares, including the right to receive all dividends
and other distributions declared, made or paid in respect of such ordinary
shares after the date of issue of the Placing Shares and the Subscription
Shares.
3.2 Application will be made to London Stock Exchange plc for
admission to trading of the Fundraising Shares on AIM ("Admission"). It is
anticipated that Admission will become effective on or around 4 December 2024
and that dealings in the Placing Shares and Subscription Shares will commence
at that time.
4. PLACING AGREEMENT
4.1 On 2 December 2024, the Company and Stifel entered into a
placing agreement in connection with the Placing (the "Placing Agreement").
Pursuant to the Placing Agreement, Stifel has agreed to use its reasonable
endeavours to place the Placing Shares with prospective Purchasers.
4.2 Stifel's obligations under the Placing Agreement in
respect of the Placing Shares are conditional, inter alia, on:
4.2.1 in the opinion of Stifel (acting in good faith), none of the
warranties contained in the Placing Agreement being untrue, inaccurate or
misleading as at the date of the Placing Agreement or at any time up to the
date of Admission, which in any such case is material in the context of the
Fundraise;
4.2.2 the publication of this Announcement through a Regulatory
Information Service by no later than 8.00 a.m. on the date of the Placing
Agreement or such other time and/or date as may be agreed between the Company
and Stifel;
4.2.3 the Company allotting, subject only to Admission, the
Fundraising Shares in accordance with the Placing Agreement;
4.2.4 Admission taking place not later than 8.00 a.m. on 4 December
2024 or such later date as the Company and Stifel may otherwise agree but not
being later than 8.30 a.m. on 11 December 2024;
4.2.5 the Subscription Agreements having become unconditional in all
respects (save in relation to Admission); and
4.2.6 prior to Admission, there having been no development or event
which will have or is, in the opinion of Stifel (acting in good faith), likely
to have a material adverse effect on the Company (or of its group), and which,
in any such case, could, in the opinion of Stifel (acting in good faith),
materially and adversely affect the Placing or the Subscription or dealings in
the ordinary shares immediately following Admission.
4.3 If:
4.3.1 any of the conditions contained in the Placing Agreement in
relation to the Placing Shares are not fulfilled or waived (if capable of
being waived) by Stifel by the respective time or date where specified (or
such later time or date as the Company and Stifel may agree);
4.3.2 any of such conditions becomes incapable of being fulfilled;
or
4.3.3 the Placing Agreement is terminated in the circumstances
specified below,
the Placing in relation to the Placing Shares will lapse and the Purchaser's
rights and obligations hereunder in relation to the Placing Shares shall cease
and terminate at such time and each Purchaser agrees that no claim can be made
by the Purchaser in respect thereof.
4.4 Stifel may, at its absolute discretion and upon such terms
as it thinks fit, waive, or extend the period for, compliance by the Company
with the whole or any part of any of the Company's obligations in relation to
the conditions in the Placing Agreement save that the conditions relating to
Admission and the allotment and issue of the Placing Shares (subject only to
Admission) may not be waived. Any such extension or waiver will not affect
Purchasers' rights and obligations under the terms and conditions set out in
this Appendix.
4.5 Neither Stifel nor the Company shall have any liability to
any Purchaser (or to any other person whether acting on behalf of a Purchaser
or otherwise) in respect of any decision they may make as to whether or not to
waive or to extend the time and/or date for the satisfaction of any condition
to the Placing nor for any decision they may make as to the satisfaction of
any condition or in respect of the Placing generally and by participating in
the Placing each Purchaser agrees that any such decision is within the
absolute discretion of Stifel.
4.6 Stifel is entitled, at any time before Admission, to
terminate the Placing Agreement by giving notice to the Company in certain
circumstances, including, inter alia, a material breach of the warranties
given to Stifel in the Placing Agreement, the failure of the Company to comply
with material obligations under the Placing Agreement, or if an event has
occurred which, in the opinion of Stifel (acting in good faith), constitutes
or is likely to cause a material adverse change or on the occurrence of
certain force majeure events. Following Admission, the Placing Agreement is
not capable of rescission or termination.
4.7 The rights and obligations of the Purchasers shall
terminate only in the circumstances described in these terms and conditions
and will not be subject to termination by the Purchaser or any prospective
Purchaser at any time or in any circumstances. By participating in the
Placing, Purchasers agree that the exercise by Stifel of any right of
termination or other discretion under the Placing Agreement shall be within
the absolute discretion of Stifel, and that it need not make any reference to
Purchasers and that it shall have no liability to Purchasers whatsoever in
connection with any such exercise.
5. NO UNDERWRITING
The Fundraising is not being underwritten by any party.
6. OFFER PERSONAL
The offering of Placing Shares and the agreement arising from acceptance of
the Placing is personal to each Purchaser and does not constitute an offering
to any other person or to the public. A Purchaser may not assign, transfer, or
in any other manner, deal with its rights or obligations under the agreement
arising from the acceptance of the Placing, without the prior written
agreement of Stifel in accordance with all relevant legal requirements.
7. NO PROSPECTUS
7.1 No offer document or prospectus has been or will be
delivered to the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") or any competent
authority of any relevant member state of the EEA in relation to the Placing,
and a Purchaser's commitments will be made solely on the basis of the
information contained in the Announcement released by the Company today which
this Appendix forms part of.
7.2 Each Purchaser, by making an offer to subscribe for
Placing Shares, agrees that the content of this Announcement (including this
Appendix) is exclusively the responsibility of the Company and confirms that
it has neither received nor relied on any other information, representation,
warranty or statement made by or on behalf of the Company or Stifel or any
other person and none of the Company or Stifel nor any other person will be
liable for any Purchaser's decision to participate in the Placing based on any
other information, representation, warranty or statement which Purchasers may
have obtained or received, and if given or made, such information,
representation, warranty or statement must not be relied upon as having been
authorised by Stifel, the Company or their respective officers, directors,
employees or agents. Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that it has relied
on its own investigation of the business, financial or other position of the
Company in accepting a participation in the Placing. Neither the Company nor
Stifel make any undertaking or warranty to any Purchaser regarding the
legality of any investment in the Placing Shares by such Purchaser under any
legal, investment or similar laws or regulations. Each Purchaser should not
consider any information in this Announcement to be legal, tax or business
advice. Each Purchaser should consult its own solicitor, tax adviser and
financial adviser for independent legal, tax and financial advice regarding an
investment in the Placing Shares. Nothing in this paragraph shall exclude the
liability of any person for fraudulent misrepresentation.
8. REGISTRATION AND SETTLEMENT
8.1 Settlement of transactions in the Placing Shares will,
unless otherwise agreed, take place on a delivery versus payment basis within
the CREST system administered by Euroclear UK and International Limited
("CREST").
8.2 The Company will (or will procure its registrar or
transfer agent to) deliver the Placing Shares to CREST accounts operated by
Stifel for the Company and Stifel will enter their respective delivery (DEL)
instructions into the CREST system. The input to CREST by each Purchaser of a
matching or acceptance instruction will then allow delivery of the relevant
Placing Shares to that Purchaser against payment.
8.3 Each Purchaser allocated Placing Shares in the Placing
will be sent a conditional trade confirmation stating the number of Placing
Shares and the subscription amount payable to be allocated to it and will be
required to provide Stifel with funds sufficient to purchase such securities
prior to the Closing Date.
8.4 Each Purchaser is deemed to agree that, if it does not
comply with these obligations, the Company may sell any or all of the Placing
Shares allocated to that Purchaser on such Purchaser's behalf and retain from
the proceeds, for the Company's account and benefit, an amount equal to the
aggregate amount owed by the Purchaser plus any interest due. The relevant
Purchaser will, however, remain liable for any shortfall below the aggregate
amount owed by it and may be required to bear any stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax (together with any interest or penalties) which may arise upon the
sale of such Placing Shares on such Purchaser's behalf.
8.5 It is expected that settlement will take place on or about
4 December 2024 in CREST in accordance with the instructions set out in the
conditional trade confirmation.
8.6 The Company reserves the right to require settlement for
and delivery of the Placing Shares (or a portion thereof) to any Purchaser in
any form it requires if, in Stifel's or the Company's opinion, delivery or
settlement is not possible or practicable within CREST or would not be
consistent with the regulatory requirements of the Purchaser's jurisdiction.
8.7 Each Purchaser agrees that it will do all things necessary
to ensure that delivery and payment is completed in accordance with the
applicable registration and settlement procedures, including if applicable,
CREST rules and regulations and settlement instructions that it has in place
with Stifel.
8.8 If Placing Shares are to be delivered to a custodian or
settlement agent, Purchasers should ensure that the conditional trade
confirmation is copied and delivered immediately to the relevant person within
that organisation. Each Purchaser shall ensure that, insofar as Placing Shares
are registered in a Purchaser's name or that of its nominee or in the name of
any person for whom a Purchaser is contracting as agent or nominee, such
person shall not be a person who is or may be liable to any UK stamp duty or
stamp duty reserve tax or securities transfer tax.
8.9 Interest is chargeable daily on payments to the extent
that value is received after the due date at the rate per annum of 4
percentage points above the Barclays Bank PLC base rate.
9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
9.1 Each Purchaser and prospective Purchaser (and each person
acting on its behalf) represents, warrants, acknowledges and undertakes for
the benefit of the Company, Stifel and the respective officers, directors,
employees, agents and advisers of the Company and Stifel, and any person
acting on behalf of any of them (each a "Beneficiary" and together the
"Beneficiaries") as follows:
9.1.1 if it is a Purchaser in the United Kingdom it:
(a) is a Qualified Investor as defined under the UK
Prospectus Regulation; and
(b) is also a person falling within one or more of the
categories of persons referred to in article 19 (investment professionals) or
49 (high net worth companies, etc.) of the Order or is a person to whom the
Placing may otherwise be made or to whom the Placing Shares may otherwise be
directed without an approved prospectus having been made available to the
public in the UK before the Placing Shares are offered and without making an
unlawful financial promotion; and
(c) understands, recognises and acknowledges that no
prospectus has been or will be approved in connection with the Placing by the
FCA in the United Kingdom under section 87A of FSMA;
9.1.2 if it is not in the United Kingdom but is acting for the
account of a Purchaser in the United Kingdom, that each of
paragraphs 9.1.1(a), 9.1.1(b) and 9.1.1(c) applies in respect of each such
Purchaser;
9.1.3 if it is a Purchaser in a member state of the EEA it:
(a) is a Qualified Investor as defined under the Prospectus
Regulation; and
(b) understands, recognises and acknowledges that no
prospectus has been or will be approved in connection with the Placing by any
competent authority of any relevant member state of the EEA;
9.1.4 if it is not in a member state of the EEA but is acting for
the account of a Purchaser in a member state of the EEA, that each of
paragraphs 9.1.3(a) and 9.1.3(b) applies in respect of each such Purchaser;
9.1.5 it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will
only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to
engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA)
relating to the Placing Shares in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA
does not require approval of the communication by an authorised person. For
the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser has not made and will not make any offer
to the public of the Placing Shares for the purposes of section 102B of FSMA;
9.1.6 if it is in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom or the
EEA, it is a person to whom the Placing or an invitation to subscribe for the
Placing Shares in the manner contemplated by this Appendix and any
communication or correspondence therewith is permitted by the laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is situated or from where the Purchaser submitted its
bid to subscribe for Placing Shares and it is a person to whom the Placing
Shares can lawfully be offered and issued under all applicable laws, without
the need for any approval, registration, filing or lodgement of any kind,
including a prospectus or other disclosure document;
9.1.7 it (and any account for which it is purchasing):
(a) is outside the United States,
(b) is acquiring the Placing Shares in an offshore
transaction (as this term is used in Regulation S), and
(c) understands that the offer and sale to it of the Placing
Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act
or the laws of any state of the United States;
9.1.8 time shall be of the essence as regards obligations pursuant
to this Appendix;
9.1.9 unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing with Stifel,
neither it nor the beneficial owner of such Placing Shares is or will be a
resident of, or subject to the laws of the United States, Australia, Canada,
Japan, New Zealand or the Republic of South Africa, or will otherwise be
considered a U.S. Person;
9.1.10 the Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under
the securities legislation of the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, New
Zealand or the Republic of South Africa and may not be offered, sold, taken
up, renounced or delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly, within
those jurisdictions except subject to certain exceptions;
9.1.11 if required by applicable securities laws or as otherwise
reasonably requested by the Company, the Purchaser will execute, deliver and
file and otherwise assist the Company in filing reports, questionnaires,
undertakings and other documents with respect to the issue of the Placing
Shares;
9.1.12 if it is acting as a "distributor" (for the purposes of MiFID II
Product Governance Requirements):
(a) it acknowledges that the product approval process has
determined that the Placing Shares are:
(i) compatible with an end target market of:
(A) retail investors,
(B) investors who meet the criteria of professional clients;
and
(C) eligible counterparties (each as defined in MiFID II); and
(ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution
channels as are permitted by MiFID II, and that the product approval process
undertaken by Stifel (the "Target Market Assessment") does not constitute:
(A) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the
purposes of MiFID II; or
(B) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to
invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to
the Placing Shares and each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own
target market assessment in respect of the Placing Shares and determining
appropriate distribution channels;
(b) notwithstanding any Target Market Assessment undertaken
by Stifel it confirms that, other than where it is a providing an
execution-only service to investors, it has satisfied itself as to the
appropriate knowledge, experience, financial situation, risk tolerance and
objectives and needs of the investors to whom it plans to distribute the
Placing Shares and that is has considered the compatibility of the risk/reward
profile of such Placing Shares with the end target market; and
(c) it acknowledges that the price of the Placing Shares may
decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the Placing
Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment
in the Placing Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a
guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction
with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be
able to bear any losses that may result therefrom;
9.1.13 the Purchaser has not received or requested, nor does it have any
need to receive, any offering memorandum or any other document describing the
business and affairs of the Company in order to assist it in making an
investment decision to subscribe for the Placing Shares;
9.1.14 it is purchasing the Placing Shares for its account or for the
account of one or more persons for investment purposes only and not with the
purpose of, or with a view to, the resale, transfer or distribution or
granting, issuing or transferring of interests in, or options over, the
Placing Shares;
9.1.15 it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters and expertise in assessing credit and all other relevant risks that it
is capable of evaluating independently, and has evaluated independently and
conducted an in-depth detailed analysis on, the merits and risks of a purchase
of the Placing Shares for itself and each other person, if any, for whose
account it is acquiring any Placing Shares, and it has determined that the
Placing Shares are a suitable investment for itself and each other person, if
any, for whose account it is acquiring any Placing Shares, both in the nature
and the number of the Placing Shares being acquired;
9.1.16 if applicable, it is, or any beneficial Purchaser for whom it is
contracting is, acquiring the Placing Shares pursuant to and in compliance
with an exemption from the prospectus requirements of securities laws of the
jurisdiction of residence and will provide the Company and Stifel, on request,
whether before or after the Closing Date, with evidence of such compliance;
9.1.17 it has had access to all information that it believes is
necessary or appropriate in connection with, and for an adequate time prior
to, its purchase of the Placing Shares. It acknowledges and agrees that it
will not hold Stifel responsible for any misstatements in, or omissions from,
any publicly available information concerning the Company;
9.1.18 it has made and relied entirely upon its own assessment of the
Company, and has conducted its own independent investigation with respect to
the Placing Shares and the Company;
9.1.19 it shall obtain its own advice regarding the tax consequences in
any jurisdiction of purchasing, owning or disposing of any Placing Shares;
9.1.20 it has not relied on any investigation that any Beneficiary may
have conducted with respect to the Placing Shares or the Company. No
Beneficiary has made any representation to it, express or implied, with
respect to the Placing Shares or the Company;
9.1.21 it acknowledges that the Placing does not constitute a securities
recommendation or advice in relation to any securities, and that no securities
recommendation or advice has been made or given to it by any Beneficiary in
relation to the Placing;
9.1.22 it acknowledges that an investment in the Placing Shares involves
a degree of risk;
9.1.23 except to the extent that liability cannot by law be excluded, it
acknowledges that none of the Beneficiaries accept any responsibility in
relation to the Placing or for the accuracy or completeness of any information
given to it in connection with the Placing;
9.1.24 it acknowledges and agrees that it will accept the decisions and
actions of Stifel and/or the Company in respect of the Placing and the
acceptance of any Placing of Placing Shares does not oblige Stifel and/or the
Company to consult with it as to any matter or qualify the exercise or
non-exercise of rights arising under or in relation to the Placing;
9.1.25 it has been independently advised as to any resale restrictions
under applicable securities laws in its own jurisdiction;
9.1.26 it acknowledges and agrees that if Stifel takes title to the
Placing Shares it does so only as agent for the Purchaser for the purposes of
effecting settlement and it agrees to release Stifel from any liability
incurred by it in acting in such capacity (whether arising out of any act or
omission by the Company in relation to the Placing or to the Placing Shares or
otherwise);
9.1.27 if it is acquiring any Placing Shares for an account of one or
more persons, it has full power to make the acknowledgements, representations,
warranties and agreements hereunder on behalf of each such person and it will
take reasonable steps to ensure that each such person will comply with its
obligations hereunder;
9.1.28 it acknowledges that the Beneficiaries will rely upon the truth
and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgements, representations, warranties
and agreements in conducting and undertaking the Placing;
9.1.29 it has read this Announcement, including this Appendix, in its
entirety and its subscription of the Placing Shares is subject to and based
upon only the terms, conditions, representations, warranties,
acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings and other information contained
herein;
9.1.30 the exercise by Stifel of any right of termination or any right
of waiver exercisable by it contained in the Placing Agreement including,
without limitation, the right to terminate the Placing Agreement, is within
its absolute discretion and Stifel will not have any liability to any
Purchaser whatsoever in connection with any decision to exercise or not
exercise any such rights;
9.1.31 if:
(a) any of the conditions in the Placing Agreement are not
satisfied (or, where relevant, waived), or
(b) the Placing Agreement is terminated or does not
otherwise become unconditional in all respects prior to the admission of the
Placing Shares, the Placing will lapse and its rights shall cease and
determine at such time and no claim shall be made by any Purchaser in respect
thereof;
9.1.32 no offer document or prospectus has been, or will be, prepared in
connection with the Placing and it represents and warrants that it has not
received a prospectus or other offer document in connection therewith;
9.1.33 the ordinary shares of ten pence (£0.10) each in the capital of
the Company are (and the Placing Shares issued pursuant to the Placing will
be) admitted to trading on AIM, and the Company is therefore required to
publish certain business and financial information in accordance with the
rules and practices of AIM and that it is able to obtain or access such
information without undue difficulty, and is able to obtain access to such
information or comparable information concerning any other AIM quoted company,
without undue difficulty;
9.1.34 none of Stifel or the Company nor any of their respective
affiliates nor any person acting on behalf of any of them has provided it, and
will not provide it, with any material regarding the Placing Shares or the
Company or any other person other than this Announcement; nor has it requested
any of Stifel or the Company nor any of their respective affiliates or any
person acting on behalf of any of them to provide it with any such
information;
9.1.35 the content of this Announcement is exclusively the
responsibility of the Company and none of Stifel nor any person acting on its
behalf has or shall have any liability for any information, representation or
statement contained in this Announcement or any information previously
published by or on behalf of the Company (except for any information or
statements relating solely to Stifel and furnished by Stifel specifically for
use in such documents) and will not be liable for any Purchaser's decision to
participate in the Placing based on any information, representation or
statement contained in this Announcement or otherwise. Each Purchaser further
represents, warrants and agrees that the only information on which it is
entitled to rely and on which such Purchaser has relied in committing itself
to subscribe for the Placing Shares is contained in this Announcement and any
information previously published by the Company, such information being all
that it deems necessary to make an investment decision in respect of the
Placing Shares and that it has neither received nor relied on any other
information given or representations, warranties or statements made by either
of Stifel or the Company and neither Stifel nor the Company will be liable for
any Purchaser's decision to accept an invitation to participate in the Placing
based on any other information, representation, warranty or statement;
9.1.36 in subscribing for Placing Shares, it has consented to receive
"inside information" for the purposes of MAR , and it agrees not to deal in
any securities of the Company until such time as the inside information of
which it has been made aware has been made public for the purposes of MAR or
it has been notified by Stifel or the Company that the proposed Placing will
not proceed and any unpublished price sensitive information of which the
Purchaser is aware has been publicly announced, and, other than in respect of
its knowledge of the proposed Placing, it has neither received nor relied on
any confidential price sensitive information concerning the Company or the
Placing Shares;
9.1.37 it has complied with its obligations in connection with the
Criminal Justice Act 1993, money laundering and terrorist financing under the
Anti Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002,
the Terrorism Act 2003, MAR, the Prospectus Regulation, the Terrorism Act
2006, the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, the Money Laundering, Terrorist
Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
and Part VIII of FSMA (the "Regulations"), including identifying its clients
in accordance with the Regulations, and, if making payment on behalf of a
third party, that satisfactory evidence has been obtained and recorded by it
to verify the identity of the third party as required by the Regulations. If
within a reasonable time after a request for verification of identity Stifel
has not received such satisfactory evidence, Stifel may, in its absolute
discretion, reject an application for Placing Shares in which event all funds
delivered by such Purchaser to Stifel (if any) will be returned without
interest to the account of the drawee bank from which they were originally
debited;
9.1.38 if it is a financial intermediary, as that term is used in
Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Regulation or the UK Prospectus Regulation, any
Placing Shares acquired by it in the Placing will not be acquired on a
non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor will they be acquired with a view to
their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may give rise to an
offer of securities to the public other than an offer or resale in the United
Kingdom or the EEA to Qualified Investors, unless Stifel has given prior
consent to such proposed offer or resale;
9.1.39 it has complied and will comply with all applicable laws with
respect to anything done by it or on its behalf in relation to the Placing
Shares (including all relevant provisions of the FSMA in respect of anything
done in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom);
9.1.40 it will (or will procure that its nominee will), if applicable,
make notification to the Company of the interest in the Company's ordinary
shares in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules;
9.1.41 it and any person acting on its behalf is entitled to subscribe
for and purchase the Placing Shares under the laws of all relevant
jurisdictions which would apply to it, and that it and any person acting on
its behalf is in compliance with applicable laws in the jurisdiction of its
residence, the residence of the Company, or otherwise;
9.1.42 it (and any person acting on its behalf) will make or procure
payment for the Placing Shares allocated to it in accordance with this
Announcement on the due time and date set out herein, failing which the
relevant Placing Shares may be placed with other subscribers or sold as Stifel
and the Company may in their absolute discretion determine and without
liability to such Purchaser, and it will remain liable for any shortfall below
the net proceeds of such Placing Shares and may be required to bear the
liability for any stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax or security transfer
tax (together with any interest or penalties due pursuant to or referred to in
in these terms and conditions) which may arise upon the placing or sale of
such Purchaser's Placing Shares on its behalf;
9.1.43 the person whom it specifies for registration as holder of the
Placing Shares will be (i) itself or (ii) its nominee, as the case may be, and
none of Stifel nor the Company will be responsible for any liability to stamp
duty or stamp duty reserve tax resulting from a failure to observe this
requirement. Each Purchaser and any person acting on behalf of such Purchaser
agrees to participate in the Placing and it agrees to indemnify the Company
and Stifel in respect of the same on the basis that the Placing Shares will be
allotted to the account of Stifel who will hold them as nominee on behalf of
such Purchaser until settlement in accordance with its standing settlement
instructions;
9.1.44 it will indemnify on an after-tax basis and hold the Company and
Stifel and their respective affiliates, agents, directors, officers and
employees harmless from any and all costs, claims, liabilities and expenses
(including legal fees and expenses (including any VAT thereon)) arising out of
or in connection with any breach of the representations, warranties,
acknowledgements, agreements and undertakings in this Announcement or incurred
by the Company, Stifel or their respective affiliates, agents, directors,
officers and employees arising from the performance of the Purchaser's
obligations as set out in this Announcement, and further agrees that the
provisions of this Appendix shall survive after completion of the Placing;
9.1.45 its commitment to subscribe for Placing Shares on the terms set
out herein will continue notwithstanding any amendment that may in future be
made to the terms of the Placing and the Purchaser will have no right to be
consulted or require that its consent be obtained with respect to the
Company's conduct of the Placing. The foregoing representations, warranties
and confirmations are given for the benefit of the Company and Stifel. The
agreement to settle a Purchaser's subscription (and/or the subscription of a
person for whom such Purchaser is contracting as agent) free of stamp duty and
stamp duty reserve tax depends on the settlement relating only to the
subscription by it and/or such person direct from the Company for the Placing
Shares in question. Such agreement assumes, and is based on the warranty above
from each Purchaser, that neither it, nor the person specified by it for
registration as holder, of Placing Shares is, or is acting as nominee or agent
for, and that the Placing Shares will not be allotted to, a person who is or
may be liable to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax in excess of 0.5% under
any of sections 67, 70, 93 and 96 of the Finance Act 1986 (depositary receipts
and clearance services). If there are any such arrangements, or the settlement
relates to any other dealing in the Placing Shares, stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax may be payable. In that event the Purchaser agrees that it shall
be responsible for such stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax, and neither the
Company nor Stifel shall be responsible for such stamp duty or stamp duty
reserve tax. If this is the case, each Purchaser should seek its own advice
and notify Stifel accordingly;
9.1.46 no action has been or will be taken by any of the Company, Stifel
or any person acting on behalf of the Company or Stifel that would, or is
intended to, permit a public offering of the Placing Shares in any country or
jurisdiction where any such action for that purpose is required;
9.1.47 it will be liable for any stamp duty and all other stamp, issue,
securities, transfer, registration, documentary or other duties or taxes
(including any interest, fines or penalties relating thereto) payable outside
the United Kingdom by them or any other person on the subscription by them of
any Placing Shares or the agreement by them to subscribe for any Placing
Shares;
9.1.48 Stifel or any of its affiliates may, at its absolute discretion,
agree to become a Purchaser in respect of some or all of the Placing Shares;
9.1.49 when a Purchaser or person acting on behalf of the Purchaser is
dealing with Stifel, any money held in an account with Stifel on behalf of the
Purchaser and/or any person acting on behalf of the Purchaser will not be
treated as client money within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the
FCA made under FSMA;
9.1.50 it acknowledges that the money will not be subject to the
protections conferred by the client money rules and as a consequence, this
money will not be segregated from Stifel's money in accordance with the client
money rules and will be used by Stifel in the course of its own business; and
the Purchaser will rank only as a general creditor of Stifel;
9.1.51 it acknowledges that all times and dates in this Announcement may
be subject to amendment and Stifel shall notify the Purchasers and any person
acting on behalf of the Purchasers of any changes;
9.1.52 that past performance is no guide to future performance and
persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser;
9.1.53 all obligations entered into by the Purchaser pursuant hereto
with Stifel are entered into with it as agent for the Company and are
therefore enforceable directly by the Company;
9.1.54 if a company, it is a valid and subsisting company and has all
the necessary corporate capacity and authority to execute its obligations in
connection with the Placing participation;
9.1.55 it is not presently acting in concert, as defined in the City
Code on Takeovers and Mergers, with any existing shareholder of the Company or
other Purchaser; and
9.1.56 it irrevocably appoints any director of Stifel as its agent for
the purposes of executing and delivering to the Company's and/or its
registrars any documents on its behalf necessary to enable it to be registered
as the holder of any of the Placing Shares offered to it.
The Purchaser agrees that the Company and Stifel will rely upon the truth and
accuracy of the foregoing confirmations, representations, warranties,
acknowledgments, undertakings and agreements which are given by each Purchaser
(or persons acting on their behalf) and are irrevocable.
10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The terms set out in this Appendix and the allocation of Placing Shares
(including the subscription amount payable) as confirmed to a Purchaser,
constitute the entire agreement to the terms of the Placing and a Purchaser's
participation in the Placing to the exclusion of prior representations,
understandings and agreements between them. Any variation of such terms must
be in writing.
11. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
The agreement arising out of acceptance of the Placing and any dispute or
claim arising out of or in connection with the Placing or formation thereof
(including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of England. Each Purchaser irrevocably
agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England to
settle any claim or dispute that arises out of or in connection with the
agreement arising out of acceptance of the Placing or its subject matter or
formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
APPENDIX 2
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions apply throughout this Announcement (including the
Appendices), unless the context requires otherwise:
"Admission" means admission of the Fundraising Shares to trading on AIM;
"AIM" means AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange;
"AIM Rules" means the AIM Rules for Companies, as published by the London
Stock Exchange from time to time;
"Directors" or "Board" means the directors of the Company from time to time;
"EEA" means The European Economic Area;
"EUWA" means the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended);
"Fundraising Shares" means the Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares;
"London Stock Exchange" means London Stock Exchange plc;
"MAR" means the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No.596/2014, as it forms part of
UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA and as amended from time to time;
"Ordinary Shares" means ordinary shares of ten pence (£0.10) each in the
capital of the Company;
"Placees" means the placees subscribing for Placing Shares pursuant to the
Placing;
"Placing" means the conditional placing by Stifel, as agents for the Company,
of the Placing Shares at the Issue Price on a non-pre-emptive basis, on the
terms and conditions set out in the Placing Agreement;
"Placing Agreement" means the conditional placing agreement dated 2 December
2024 between the Company and Stifel;
"Placing Shares" means 3,340,689 new Ordinary Shares to be allotted pursuant
to the Placing on the terms of the Placing Agreement and this Announcement;
"Subscribers" means certain investors, who have each subscribed for
Subscription Shares at the Issue Price;
"Subscription" means the proposed subscription for the Subscription Shares by
the Subscribers at the Issue Price;
"Subscription Agreements" means the agreements between the Company and each of
the Subscribers relating to the Subscription; and
"Subscription Shares" means 2,370,121 new Ordinary Shares to be allotted
pursuant to the Subscription on the terms of the Subscription Agreements.
APPENDIX 3
PDMR Dealing Notifications
DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED PERSONS
1 Based on internal Seascape Energy estimates
2 Internal Seascape Energy estimates based on a recovery factor range of
60-80%, conversion of 6 mscf = 1 boe
3 Excludes $640 thousand restricted cash-backed guarantee held against
DEWA's initial work programme
4 Based on FactSet as at 29 November 2024
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