Circle Oil PLC Financial Update (4582G)
August 05 2016 - 11:56AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCOP
RNS Number : 4582G
Circle Oil PLC
05 August 2016
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JURISDICTION.
5 August 2016
CIRCLE OIL PLC
("Circle" or the "Company")
Financial Update
Further to the announcement of 14 July 2016, Circle Oil plc
(AIM:COP) the international oil and gas exploration, development
and production company, is pleased to announce that International
Finance Corporation ("IFC") has agreed to further extend the
suspension of the December 2015 redetermination and any repayments
due under its Reserve Based Lending ("RBL") facility until 2
September 2016. In addition, IFC has indicated its willingness to
consider further waivers as may be required to continue the
Strategic Review process based on circumstances applying at the
time of any application.
Notwithstanding the waiver of the redetermination, under the
terms of the RBL facility the Company was scheduled to make an
interest payment on 29 July 2016. In the light of the current
financial position of the Company, the IFC have agreed to the
deferral of this interest payment until 2 September 2016. A
condition of this deferral is that the interest will be repaid if
the Company receives significantly better than anticipated amounts
from the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation ("EGPC").
As noted, most recently in the announcement of 14 July 2016, the
Company's financial position remains under significant pressure. US
dollar payments from EGPC have continued to be unpredictable and to
date there has not been a sustained improvement in the cash flow
profile of the Company. However, as a result of the deferral of
this payment, the Company is in a position to discharge its
financial obligations during the period of the waiver and will
continue to explore options for additional funding during this
period in order to be able to discharge its financial obligations
thereafter.
The Strategic Review process remains ongoing and further updates
will be provided as appropriate.
For further information contact:
Circle Oil plc (+44 20 7182 4913)
Mitch Flegg, CEO
Investec (+44 20 7597 5970)
Chris Sim
George Price
James Rudd
Jonathan Wynn
Murray (+353 1 498 0300)
Joe Heron
Pat Walsh
This information is provided by RNS
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