Nostra
Terra Oil and Gas Company Plc
("Nostra
Terra", "NTOG" or "the Company")
29 July 2024
£450,000
Fundraise aimed at increasing production
and cash flow at Pine Mills
Nostra Terra (AIM: NTOG), the
international oil & gas exploration and production company with
development and production assets in Texas, USA, is pleased to
announce a successful fundraise supported by institutional
investors, Directors and Management, existing shareholders and new
investors.
The Company has raised £450,000
(before expenses) through a subscription and placing of
1,499,999,998 new ordinary shares (the "Fundraise Shares") at a
price of 0.03p per share (the "Placing Price") (the "Fundraise").
Net funds will be used to invest in a workover and ongoing
development programme at its principal producing asset Pine Mills,
to increase production and cash flow in the near term along with
general working capital.
Paul Welch, Nostra Terra's
Chief Executive Officer, said:
"Today's fundraise is an important step in the rebuilding of
NTOG as it enables us to put the proceeds to work into identified
workover opportunities that should significantly increase
production at Pine Mills. I would like to thank those
shareholders and new institutional investors who supported the
fundraise, and I look forward to updating everyone on our
operational progress over the coming months."
Application for Admission and Total
Voting Rights
An application will be made to the
London Stock Exchange for the 1,499,999,998 Fundraise Shares to be
admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that
Admission will become effective on or around 2 August
2024.
In accordance with the FCA's
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms
that on issue of the Fundraise Shares and following Admission, the
Company's enlarged issued ordinary share capital will comprise
2,521,520,532 Ordinary Shares.
The Company does not hold any
Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, following Admission,
the above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the
denominator for the calculations to determine if they are required
to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the
Company, under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules.
Director participation
The following Directors of the
Company have subscribed for Fundraising Shares (the "Director's
Subscription"):
Director
|
Subscription amount
|
Number of
Fundraise Shares
|
Resultant
shareholding
|
Resultant
interest in enlarged share capital
|
Paul Welch
|
£5,000
|
16,666,667
|
16,666,667
|
0.66%
|
Dr Stephen Staley
|
£5,000
|
16,666,667
|
24,833,334
|
0.98%
|
Jim Newman
|
£30,000
|
100,000,000
|
215,000,000*
|
8.53%
|
*including 115,000,000 existing
ordinary shares held by Dos Hermanos International, LLC, of which
Mr Newman is a principal.
The subscription by the Directors in
the Fundraise, as outlined above and when aggregated with past
subscriptions in the last 12 months, along with a subscription
amounting to £50,000 for 166,666,662 Ordinary Shares by Premier
Miton Group plc (the "Premier Miton Subscription"), a 10.13%
shareholder in the Company, are related party transactions under
the AIM Rules for Companies. Accordingly, John Stafford, the
independent director, having consulted with
the Company's nominated adviser, Beaumont Cornish Limited,
consider the terms of the Director's Subscription and Premier Miton
Subscription to be fair and reasonable insofar as shareholders
are concerned. The Placing Price is at a discount
of 0.05p ("Discount") to the closing price on AIM on Friday 26 July
2024 of 0.08p and the Fundraise Shares represent
approximately 147% of the Company's existing ordinary shares in
issue. In coming to his conclusion, the Independent Director has
inter alia considered the requirement for funding to develop the
Company's main asset and terms which investors generally are
prepared to invest the necessary funding as advised by the
Company's Broker.
In connection with the Fundraise,
41,000,000 broker warrants have been granted to SP Angel Corporate
Finance LLP, exercisable at the Placing Price with a two-year
expiry.
Beaumont Cornish Limited, which is authorised and regulated in
the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as
nominated adviser to the Company in relation to the matters
referred herein. Beaumont Cornish Limited is acting exclusively for
the Company and for no one else in relation to the matters
described in this announcement and is not advising any other person
and accordingly will not be responsible to anyone other than the
Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of
Beaumont Cornish Limited, or for providing advice in relation to
the contents of this announcement or any matter referred to in
it.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014, as
it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement,
this inside information is now considered to be in the public
domain.
For further information,
contact:
Nostra Terra Oil and Gas Company
plc
Paul Welch, CEO
|
Email:
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paul@ntog.co.uk
|
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Beaumont Cornish Limited
(Nominated Adviser)
James Biddle / Roland
Cornish
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Tel:
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+44 (0) 20 7628 3396
|
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SP Angel Corporate Finance
LLP
(Broker)
Richard Hail / Adam Cowl
|
Tel:
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+44 (0) 20 3470 0470
|
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Celicourt Communications
(PR/IR)
Mark Antelme / Jimmy Lea
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Tel:
Email:
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+44 (0) 20 7770 6424
NTOG@celicourt.uk
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NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
1
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
1) Paul
Welch
2) Dr Stephen
Staley
3) Jim
Newman
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
1) Chief Executive
Officer
2) Non-Executive
Chairman
3) Non-Executive
Director
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
Nostra Terra Oil and Gas
Company plc
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800JO9A4LO19YJ129
|
4
|
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i)
each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each
date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted
|
a)
|
Description of the financial
instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares of £0.0001
each
GB00BZ76F335
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Fundraise of ordinary
shares
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
PDMR
|
Price
|
No. of shares
|
Paul Welch
|
£0.0003
|
16,666,667
|
Stephen Staley
|
£0.0003
|
16,666,667
|
Jim Newman
|
£0.0003
|
100,000,000
|
|
d)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
N/A, single
transaction
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
29 July 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|