Bahamas Petroleum Company PLC Exercise and Issuance of Warrants (4255J)

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RNS Number : 4255J

Bahamas Petroleum Company PLC

22 December 2020

22 December 2020

Bahamas Petroleum Company plc

("BPC" or the "Company")

Exercise and Issuance of Warrants

BPC, the Caribbean and Atlantic margin focused oil and gas company, with exploration, production, appraisal and development assets across the region, advises that it has received notification for the exercise of warrants in respect of 3,624,800 ordinary shares of 0.002p each in the capital of the Company. The exercise price in connection with these share options is 2p per share.

Application has been made for the shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"), and Admission is expected to occur on or about 24 December 2020. These shares will rank pari passu with the ordinary shares of the Company in issue.

The Company's total issued share capital, following the issue of the shares, will comprise of 4,506,673,349 ordinary shares. As the Company does not hold any shares in Treasury, this 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 following Admission.

Further, the Company advises that, in relation to Funding Agreement announced on 14 December 2020, the Company has issued 42,500,000 warrants in relation to advisory fees. These warrants are valid for 3 years from the date of grant and with an exercise price of 2 pence per share. If exercised, these warrants would result in gross proceeds being received by the Company of approximately GBP850,000.

For further information, please contact:

 
     Bahamas Petroleum Company plc                Tel: +44 (0) 
      Simon Potter, Chief Executive Officer        1624 647 882 
 Strand Hanson Limited - Nomad                    Tel: +44 (0) 
  Rory Murphy / James Spinney / Jack               20 7409 3494 
  Botros 
 Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited               Tel: +44 (0) 
  - Joint Broker                                   207 408 4090 
  Jerry Keen / Toby Gibbs 
 Investec Bank Plc - Joint Broker                 Tel: +44 (0) 
  Chris Sims / Rahul Sharma                        207 597 5970 
 CAMARCO                                          Tel: +44 (0) 
  Billy Clegg / James Crothers / Hugo              20 3757 4983 
  Liddy 
 

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Notes to editors

BPC is a Caribbean and Atlantic margin focused oil and gas company, with a range of exploration, appraisal, development and production assets and licences, located offshore in the waters of The Bahamas and Uruguay, and onshore in Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname. BPC is currently drilling an initial exploration well in The Bahamas, Perseverance #1, with the well targeting recoverable P(50) prospective oil resources of 0.77 billion barrels, with an upside of 1.44 billion barrels. In Trinidad and Tobago, BPC has five producing fields, two appraisal / development projects and a prospective exploration portfolio in the South West Peninsula. BPC's exploration licence in Uruguay is highly prospective, with a potential resource of 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. In Suriname, BPC has an onshore appraisal / development project.

   BPC is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.   www.bpcplc.com 

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