Convertible loan note - issue of equity

RNS Number : 0451K

Rose Petroleum PLC

19 June 2014

 



Rose Petroleum plc

("Rose" or the "Company")

Convertible loan note - issue of equity

Rose Petroleum plc (AIM Ticker: ROSE) announces that it has applied for the 80,000,000 shares to be issued to the holders of its convertible loan note, namely Geiger Counter Limited and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc, (the "Conversion Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM. Further details of the Conversion Shares are set out in Rose's announcement on 6 June 2014. Dealings in the Conversion Shares are expected to commence on or about 20 June 2014.

40,000,000 shares are to be issued to each of Geiger Counter Limited and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc and, following the issue of the Conversion Shares, they will each be interested in 4.80% of the issued share capital of Rose as enlarged by the Conversion Shares.

Following the issue of the Conversion Shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 872,673,658 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each, with one voting right each, together with 190,108,108 deferred shares of 9.9p each with no voting rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore the total number of ordinary shares and voting rights in the Company will be 872,673,658.

The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Rose Petroleum Plc                                                                                                               [phone]

Matthew Idiens, CEO

Allenby Capital (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)                                            [phone] Jeremy Porter / Alex Price

Pareto Securities (Joint Broker)                                                                                                       [phone]

Guy Wilkes

Lionsgate Communications (Public Relations)                                                          [phone] Jonathan Charles / Lynn Carratt

About Rose Petroleum

Rose Petroleum plc (AIM Ticker: ROSE) is focusing on developing its Oil & Gas portfolio, whilst seeking to create value from its existing mining portfolio.  In 2013, Rose Petroleum raised additional capital, brought in an in-house technical team including geological and drilling expertise to pursue new Oil & Gas assets and, post year end, appointed John Blair as Head of New Ventures.

 In January 2014, the Company announced that it had completed the acquisition of three licences in Germany, two licences in Baden-Württemberg covering approximately 635,000 acres (2,560 square kilometres) with each licence area represented to have at least four target pay zones, and the third licence covering 657,000 acres (2,640 square kilometres) located in the Weiden Basin (northeast Bavaria). 

In March 2014, Rose signed a farm-in agreement under which its newly formed subsidiary, Rose Petroleum (Utah) LLC, can earn 75% of certain oil, gas and hydrocarbon leases covering approximately 195,000 net acres in Grand and Emery Counties, Utah, USA, within the Paradox and Uinta basins. This acreage was then increased to 230,000 in May 2014.

In May 2014, Rose published the results of its reserve report prepared by Ryder Scott Company on the Mancos and Paradox Oil & Gas Projects. Unrisked Prospective (Recoverable) Hydrocarbon Resources on a Best Case (P50 equivalent) basis for the collective total Mancos Shale and Paradox Formation combined was 1,452.86 MMBO (million barrels of oil) and 4,791.85 BCFG (billion cubic feet gas).

Management intends to build on these projects to establish a balanced international asset portfolio. For further information please consult the Company's website: www.rosepetroleum.com

 

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