Capital/Financing Update • Jun 20, 2018
Capital/Financing Update
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Denne melding til obligasjonseierne er kun utarbeidet på engelsk. For informasjon vennligst kontakt Nordic Trustee AS
ISIN NO0010810062:
Okea AS 7.50% open callable senior secured USD 150,000,000 bonds 2017/2020
(the "Bond Issue").
Oslo, 20 June 2018
Nordic Trustee AS (the "Bond Trustee") acts as trustee for the bondholders in the Bond Issue under the bond terms originally dated 14 November 2017 (the "Bond Terms").
Capitalised terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Bond Terms.
The information in this summons regarding the Issuer, market conditions, the described transactions and otherwise is provided by the Issuer, and the Bond Trustee expressly disclaims all liability whatsoever related to such information.
The Issuer is in the process of acquiring the following licence interests (the "Licence Interests") on the Norwegian Continental Shelf from A/S Norske Shell, including an office building in Kristiansund (the "Transactions"):
| Field name Licence no. | Acquired working interest | |
|---|---|---|
| Draugen | PL093, PL093B, PL093C, PL093D, PL158 and PL176 44.56% | |
| Giøa | PL153, PL153B and PL153C | 12% |
The total purchase price payable by the Issuer for the Licence Interests is NOK 4,520,000,000 as of 1 of January 2018.
The Transactions will be financed partly by the net proceeds from an approx. USD 180,000,000 bond issue ("New Bond Issue") and with the proceeds from an approx. USD 130,000,000 issuance of new shares in the capital of the Issuer ("Equity Issue").
The Issuer currently has approx. USD 110,000,000 of the proceeds from the Bond Issue deposited on the blocked and pledged Escrow Account and which, under Clause 2.3 (Use of proceeds) of the Bond Terms and until the First Oil Date for Yme Licences, shall only be employed to fund the Issuer's part of the Yme Development Costs. According to the Company's estimates, approx. USD 50,000,000 of the funds on the Escrow Account would be used towards Yme Development Costs in the period up to the estimated time of closing of the Transactions.
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The Draugen and Gjøa assets have been producing for more than 30 years combined, and the Company estimates that assets will have generated more than USD 230,000,000 in net cash flow to the Company in the period from settlement of the Transaction until Q4 2019, which is sufficient to cover all planned development expenses of the Issuer's current development portfolio, including Yme. Since the cash flow from the Draugen and Gjøa assets will be sufficient to fund the development of Yme, the Company wishes to use the funds on the Escrow Account towards financing the Transaction.
By this notice, the Issuer is therefore requesting the consent of the Bondholders to (i) use the entire balance on the Escrow Account towards financing the completion of the Transactions and (ii) make other changes to the provisions of the Bond Terms to align the same with the terms of the new bond issue intended to partly finance the Transaction, including for calculation of EBITDA to reflect the acquisition of producing assets and change the definition of the Change of Control of the Bond Terms to reflect the new Equity injection, in each case as further set out in section 2 (The Proposal) below. By submitting the Proposal to the Bondholders the Issuer has agreed to be bound by the terms.
In furtherance of the above, the Issuer proposes that the Bondholders resolve the following (the "Proposal"):
The financial covenants (other than Liquidity) shall be calculated in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles and tested by reference to each of the financial statements and/or each Compliance Certificate delivered to the Bond Trustee pursuant to "Compliance Certificate" above, provided that:
"Change of Control Event" means if any person, other than any of Okea Holdings Ltd or Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited (or any of their respective Affiliates), or two or more persons being under the same Decisive Influence or acting in concert obtains Decisive Influence over the Issuer.
The definition of Minor Asset Disposal Event in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Bond Terms shall $(iv)$ be amended to read as follows:
"Minor Asset Disposal Event" means one or more reductions in any Group Company's direct or indirect ownership interest from time to time in any Hydrocarbon Asset(s) and which is not (i) a Significant Asset Disposal Event or (ii) a farm-out transaction for any Hydrocarbon Asset and where the consideration received is the obligation of the other party to carry or cover a portion of the costs on that Hydrocarbon Asset or (iii) swap of participating interests in Hydrocarbon Assets in exchange of participating interest in other Hydrocarbon Assets.
The definition of Permitted Financial Indebtedness in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Bond Terms $(v)$ shall be amended by adding a new paragraph (j) thereto with the following wording:
any Financial Indebtedness in the form of a deferred payment obligation of acquisition costs to the seller of a Hydrocarbon Asset;
The definition of Permitted Financial Support in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Bond Terms shall $(vi)$ be amended by adding a new paragraph (d) thereto with the following wording:
Financial Support to or for the benefit of a seller of a Hydrocarbon Asset under or in connection with a decommission security arrangement for the Hydrocarbon Assets acquired by that Group Company and in relation to such acquisition.
The definition of Permitted Security in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Bond Terms shall be $(vii)$ amended by adding a new paragraph (d) thereto with the following wording:
Security over cash or cash deposits on a bank account (the account used for such purpose only, a "DSA Account") granted by a Group Company under or in connection with a decommission security arrangement for a Hydrocarbon Assets acquired by that Group Company and in relation to such acquisition;
The definition of Put Option Threshold Amount in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the Bond Terms (viii) shall be amended to read as follows:
"Put Option Threshold Amount" means USD 25,000,000.
The Outstanding Bonds will mature in full on the Maturity Date and shall be redeemed by the Issuer on the Maturity Date at a price equal to 103 per cent. of the Nominal Amount.
Paragraph (a) of Clause 10.2 (Voluntary early redemption - Call Option) of the Bond Terms shall $(xi)$ be amended to read as follows:
The Issuer may redeem all or parts of the Outstanding Bonds (the "Call Option") on any Business Day from and including:
Any amount required to be applied for the redemption of Bonds under Clauses 10.3 (Mandatory repurchase due to a Put Option Event) and 10.4 (Mandatory redemption due to a Mandatory Prepayment Event) and which are also required to be applied for the redemption of any Permitted Additional Bond Issue shall be split pro rata between the Bond Issue and the Permitted Additional Bond Issue and the number of Bonds to be redeemed shall be recalculated accordingly.
Paragraph (a) (Minimum Liquidity) of Clause 13.12 (Financial covenants) of the Bond Terms shall, $(xiii)$ from the date funds on the Escrow Account are released to the Issuer pursuant to paragraph (i) above, be amended to read as follows:
The Issuer shall at all times maintain a minimum Liquidity of USD 10,000,000.
In the Issuer's opinion, the Proposal gives the Issuer the flexibility to pursue its strategy to the benefit of all stakeholders, including the Bondholders, in the best possible way.
The Proposal is put forward to the Bondholders without further evaluation or recommendations from the Bond Trustee. Nothing herein shall constitute a recommendation to the Bondholders by any of the Bond Trustee, the Issuer or any of their respective advisors. The Bondholders must independently evaluate whether the Proposal is acceptable and vote accordingly. Neither the Bond Trustee nor its legal counsel has performed any due diligence or similar with respect to the Issuer or its assets, business or operations.
The Issuer has informed the Bond Trustee that it has received support with respect to the Proposal from
Bondholders representing approx. 85% of the Bonds.
Bondholders may contact CFO Knut Evensen (+47 950 77 622 or knut, [email protected]) with the Issuer, for further information to the Issuer and the Proposal:
Okea AS CFO Knut Evensen +47 950 77 622 Email: [email protected]
The Issuer has retained ABG Sundal Collier ASA as financial advisor (the "Advisor"). Bondholders may contact the Advisor for further information:
ABG Sundal Collier ASA Harald Erichsen +47 22 01 60 23/+47 48 01 60 23 Email: [email protected] ABG Sundal Collier ASA Ola Nygård +47 22 01 61 86/+47 41 21 34 10 [email protected]
For further questions to the Bond Trustee, please contact:
Nordic Trustee AS Jørgen Andersen +47 22 87 94 21/+47 90 84 30 33 Email: [email protected]
Bondholders are hereby provided with a voting request for a Bondholders' written resolution pursuant to Clause 15.5 (Written Resolutions) of the Bond Terms. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bondholders' Meeting will be held.
In order for a vote to be valid, the Bond Trustee must have received a completed voting form in the form enclosed ("Voting Form"), together with evidence of the Bondholder's holding of Bonds satisfactory to the Bond Trustee, by mail, courier or e-mail to the address indicated in the Voting Form by no later than 27 June 2018 at 13.00 hours (Oslo time) (the "Voting Deadline").
Notwithstanding the Voting Deadline, and subject to the provisions of Clause 15.5 of the Bond Terms, the Proposal will be approved automatically upon receipt of affirmative votes by or on behalf of Bondholders who at the date of this notice represent such majority of votes as would be required if the Proposal was voted on at a Bondholders' Meeting at which all Bondholders entitled to attend and vote were present and voting.
Votes which are submitted are final and cannot be withdrawn. In the event that the Bonds are transferred to a new owner after votes have been submitted in respect of such Bonds, the new Bondholders shall accordingly not be entitled to vote.
If the Bonds are held in custody $-i.e.$ the owner is not registered directly in the CSD – evidence of holdings from the custodian must confirm: (i) the owner of the Bonds; (ii) the aggregate nominal amount of the Bonds; and (iii) the account number in CSD on which the Bonds are registered.
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Yours sincerely
Nordic Trustee AS
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Enclosed: - Voting Form
| ISIN NO0010810062: | Okea AS 7.50% open callable senior secured USD 150,000,000 bonds |
|---|---|
| 2017/2020 |
The undersigned holder or authorised person/entity, votes in the following manner:
$\Box$ In favour of the Proposal
$\Box$ Against the Proposal
| ISIN ISIN NO 0010810062 |
Amount of bonds owned |
|---|---|
| Custodian name | Account number at Custodian |
| Company | Day time telephone number |
Enclosed to this form is the complete printout from our custodian/CSD,1 verifying our bondholding in the bond issue as of 2018
We acknowledge that Nordic Trustee AS in relation to the written Bondholders' resolution for verification purposes may obtain information regarding our holding of bonds on the above stated account in the securities register CSD.
................................. Place, date
....................................... Authorised signature
Return:
Nordic Trustee AS P.O.Box 1470 Vika N-0116 Oslo
Telefax: +47 22 87 94 10 +47 22 87 94 00 Tel: [email protected] mailto:
<sup>1 If the bonds are held in custody other than in the CSD, an evidence provided from the custodian – confirming that (i) you are the owner of the bonds, (ii) in which account number the bonds are hold, and (iii) the amount of bonds owned.
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