Relinquishment of Share Options

RNS Number : 4594I
Bahamas Petroleum Company PLC
03 July 2013
 



3 July 2013

 

Bahamas Petroleum Company plc

("Bahamas Petroleum" or the "Company")

 

Relinquishment of Share Options

 

Bahamas Petroleum announces that, following his departure, Mr Paul Gucwa has relinquished 8 million options over ordinary shares of 0.002 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), details of which are as follows:

 

·    4 million share options becoming exercisable on (a) the conclusion of a suitable farm in agreement to allow the drilling of a well or (b) the securing of independent finance for the drilling of a well.

·    4 million share options becoming exercisable in the event of a corporate sale of the Company at a price per share equal to or exceeding 37.5 pence.

·     All options have an exercise price of 18.75 pence each.

·     All options expire on 2 April 2017.

 

Mr Gucwa has retained 6 million share options in the Company, the details of which are as follows:

 

·     2 million options, only exercisable once the Company share price reaches 18.75 pence, with an exercise price of 7.4 pence and an expiry date of 31 May 2015,

 

·     4 million options, only exercisable once the Company has successfully spudded a well, with an exercise price of 18.75 pence and an expiry date of 31 May 2015.

 

Following this relinquishment there is a total of 61,500,000 options over Ordinary Shares outstanding, representing 5.00 per cent of the shares currently on issue.

 

- Ends -

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Bahamas Petroleum Company plc

Simon Potter, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Tel: +44 (0) 1624 647 883

Strand Hanson Limited - Nomad

Rory Murphy / James Spinney

 

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494

 

FTI Consulting

Billy Clegg / Natalia Erikssen / Ed Westropp

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7831 3113

 

 


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