Diversified Gas & Oil PLC Proposed Placing (3140K)

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RNS Number : 3140K

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC

12 December 2018

12 December 2018

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INCLUDING THE APPICES AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE PLC, NOR IS IT INTED THAT IT WILL BE SO APPROVED.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY INVITATION, SOLICITATION, RECOMMATION, PROSPECTUS, OFFERING MEMORANDUM, OFFER OR ADVICE TO ANY PERSON TO SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES IN DIVERSIFIED GAS & OIL PLC OR ANY OTHER ENTITY IN ANY JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR THE FACT OF ITS DISTRIBUTION SHOULD FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN RESPECT OF DIVERSIFIED GAS & OIL PLC OR OTHER EVALUATION OF ANY SECURITIES IN DIVERSIFIED GAS & OIL PLC OR ANY OTHER ENTITY.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU No. 596/2014) ("MAR"). IN ADDITION, MARKET SOUNDINGS (AS DEFINED IN MAR) WERE TAKEN IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN OF THE MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WITH THE RESULT THAT CERTAIN PERSONS BECAME AWARE OF SUCH INSIDE INFORMATION, AS PERMITTED BY MAR. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND SUCH PERSONS SHALL THEREFORE CEASE TO BE IN POSSESSION OF INSIDE INFORMATION.

PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Proposed Placing of up to 29.9 million existing ordinary shares in Diversified Gas & Oil PLC ("DGOC" or the "Company")

Trive Capital (Trive Capital Fund I and TCFII Core SPV LP or the "Seller") announces its intention to sell up to 29.9 million ordinary shares ("Placing Shares") in the capital of Diversified Gas & Oil PLC (the "Placing"). Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited ("Stifel") and Mirabaud Securities Limited ("Mirabaud") are acting as Joint Bookrunners. The Placing Shares will be offered to institutional investors.

The bookbuilding period will commence immediately at the publication of this announcement and is expected to close by 7.45am on 13 December 2018 but may close at any time on short notice. The results of the Placing will be announced as soon as practicable after the closing of the bookbuilding process. The timing for the close of the bookbuild process and allocations are at the absolute discretion of Joint Bookrunners and the Seller.

The Seller currently owns 29,872,974 ordinary shares in DGOC, corresponding to 5.51 per cent of DGOC's entire issued share capital. The Seller is looking to sell substantially all of its stake, but may decrease the number of Placing Shares it chooses to sell to match investor demand.

In the context of the Placing, those ordinary shares in DGOC held by the Seller which are not sold in the Placing will be subject to the original lock-in agreements, entered into on 10 October 2018, in accordance with the terms of the Company's acquisition of Core Appalachian Holding Company LLC.

DGOC will not receive any proceeds from the Placing.

Dealing Codes:

Ticker: DGOC.L

ISIN for the Ordinary Shares: GB00BYX7JT74

SEDOL for the Ordinary Shares: BYX7JT7

Company's legal entity identifier: 213800YR9TFRVHPGOS67

For further information, please contact:

 
 Cenkos Securities plc 
  (Nominated Adviser) 
  Russell Cook 
  Katy Birkin                      [phone] 
 Mirabaud Securities Limited 
  (Joint Broker) 
  Peter Krens 
  Edward Haig-Thomas               [phone] 
 Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited 
  (Joint Broker) 
  Ashton Clanfield 
  Callum Stewart 
  Nicholas Rhodes                  [phone] 
 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the 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 MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Placees should note that: the price of the Placing Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in 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, the Banks 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 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 Placing Shares.

In member states of the European Economic Area ("EEA") which have implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a "Relevant Member State"), this announcement and any offer of Placing Shares if made subsequently is directed exclusively at persons who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive ("Qualified Investors"). For these purposes, the expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU, to the extent implemented in a Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State. In the United Kingdom this announcement is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, Qualified Investors who are (i) investment professionals falling with Article 19(5) of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order"); or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, or (iii) other persons to whom an offer of the Placing Shares may otherwise be lawfully communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this announcement and should not act or rely on it.

No prospectus or offering document has been or will be prepared in connection with the Placing. Any investment decision in connection with the Placing must be made on the basis of all publicly available information relating to DGOC and DGOC's shares. Such information has not been independently verified by the Seller, Stifel, Mirabaud or any of their respective affiliates. The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness.

In connection with the Placing, Joint Bookrunners and any of their affiliates may take up a portion of the Placing Shares as a principal position and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell for their own accounts such Placing Shares and other securities of DGOC or related investments in connection with the Placing or otherwise. Accordingly, references to the shares being issued, offered, subscribed, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should be read as including any issue or offer to, or subscription, acquisition, placing or dealing by Joint Bookrunners and any of their affiliates acting as investors for their own accounts. Joint Bookrunners and any of their affiliates do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.

This announcement does not purport to identify or suggest the risks (direct or indirect) which may be associated with an investment in DGOC or DGOC's shares. Stifel and Mirabaud are authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority. Joint Bookrunners and any of their affiliates are acting for the Seller only in connection with the Placing and no one else, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Seller for providing the protections offered to clients of Joint Bookrunners and any of their affiliates, nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing Shares or the Placing.

Neither the Seller nor any of its directors, partners, officers, employees, advisers or agents accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from the announcement) or any information relating to DGOC or its subsidiaries or associated companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.

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