Annual Report & Accounts and Notice of Meeting

RNS Number : 1034E

Soco International PLC

04 April 2014

 



SOCO International plc

("SOCO" or the "Company")

Annual Report & Accounts and Notice of Meeting

The Company announces that the following documents are available to view and download from the Company's website, www.socointernational.com.

1.   The Annual Report and Accounts 2013

2.   A Shareholder Circular, which includes a Notice of Annual General Meeting

Paper copies of the above two documents are available on request from the Company Secretary at the Company's registered office at 48 Dover Street, London, W1S 4FF, United Kingdom.

Paper copies of the above two documents, together with a Form of Proxy, have been mailed to those shareholders having elected to receive paper copies.

In accordance with LR 9.6.1, copies of the above two documents, together with a Form of Proxy, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism's website, www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held at The Bulgari Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, London SW7 1DW on 13 June 2014 at 10.00 a.m.

This dissemination announcement is based upon the Company's announcement of Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2013 made on 5 March 2013 with the addition of information required by DTR 6.3 set out below in the Appendix.

ENQUIRIES

SOCO International plc

Carol Fan

Tel: [phone]

NOTES TO EDITORS

SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London, traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Company has interests in Vietnam, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) and Angola, with production operations in Vietnam.

APPENDIX

Following the release of the Company's Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2013 made on 5 March 2014 additional information is set out below in accordance with DTR 6.3.

1. Directors' Responsibility Statement 

Directors' Responsibility Statement pursuant to DTR 4 is prepared in connection with the full annual accounts and Annual Report of the Directors.

Directors' Responsibility Statement

The Directors confirm that, to the best of each person's knowledge:

(a) the financial statements set out on pages 74 to 97, which have been prepared in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law and International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Company and of the Group taken as a whole;

(b) this Directors' Report along with the Strategic Report, including each of the management reports forming part of these reports, includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the Group taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face; and

(c) the annual report and the financial statements, taken as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable and provide the information necessary for the shareholders to assess the Group's performance, business model and strategy.

By order of the Board

4 March 2014

Cynthia Cagle

Company Secretary

 2. Related Party Transactions

See Note 34 to the financial statement on page 97 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2013 at www.socointernational.com

 3. Risks and Uncertainties

See the Risk Management Report on pages 28 to 31 and Note 4 to the financial statements on page 82 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2013 at www.socointernational.com

 

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