Related Party Transaction • Jun 27, 2017
Related Party Transaction
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C.O. CYPRUS OPPORTUNITY ENERGY PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (the "Company") would like to announce to the investing public, further to the announcement dated 7 March 2017, that it has, together with Israel Opportunity, Energy Recourses, Limited Partnership (IO) and an American company named Radian Partnership, LP. ("Radian") (the "Buyers"), entered into a Farmout agreement with independent third parties (the "Sellers"), for the acquisition of rights in ten sections each (approximately 640 acre and total area of approximately 6,400 acre) in oil fields in North Dakota, USA (the "Properties"; "The "Agreement"). The Agreement main terms are as follows:
It should be noted that in this context, the cost of every Re-completion in the Properties is estimated at \$1.5 million and the cost of every regular drilling in the Properties is estimated at \$3 million.
1 Further to the announcement of the Company dated June 15, 2017 that it shall acquire a shelf holding company or incorporate a new private company (Cypriot Company) which will be held 100% by the Company ("the New Company") and will hold 100% of a new INC (American company), which will conduct the oil and gas operations in USA.
2 The holding of the Sellers in the sections (from 100%), are different between the sections and are as follows: 100% (in 4 sections), approx. 99.2%, approx. 99.15%, approx. 98.5%, approx. 92.17%, approx. 87.16% and approx. 63.23%.
the signing of the Agreement, the rights acquired in the first two sections (The First Two Sections) will be transferred and registered under the Buyers' name while the acquisition of rights acquired for every additional sections and the transfer and registration of said acquired rights, to the Buyers will be completed following completion of the drilling in that area.
Despite the aforementioned, once the Buyers have invested the full amount of the committed investment, the rights acquired in all sections will be transferred and registered under their name, whether drilling was performed or not.
To ensure the transfer and registration of the rights acquired in the eight additional sections, the transfer documents were deposited with a trustee.
With regards to every sections, the Buyers will be added as party to the Operating Agreement, upon completion of the acquisition of the rights contained therein.
The Company - 3% of the Acquired Rights in a manner it will hold on average approx. 2.82% (from 100%);
Israel Opportunity - 67% of the Acquired Rights in a manner it will hold on average approx. 62.98% (from 100%)3 ;
3 IO and Radian agreed between them that Radian had options to increase its share in a manner that if it will exercise the options IO will hold 48.88% (from 100%) and Radian will hold 18.8% (from 100%).
Radian - 5% of the Acquired Rights in a manner it will hold on average approx. 4.7% (from 100%);
The Buyers agreed between them that any right they have according to the Farmout Agreement and the Operating Agreement shall be exercised based on the resolution of the majority of working interest in the Acquired Rights and should Radian and/or the Company fail to bear their portion (according to their WI) of the payment to the Sellers then IO may pay such payment and assume the Radian and/or the Company (as applicable) Working interest in the Acquired Rights.
In addition, in accordance with the service provision agreement signed between the Company, Israel Opportunity and Radian simultaneously with the signing of the agreement with the Sellers (The Services Agreement), it was agreed that Radian would provide the Company and Israel Opportunity with supervisory services over project activity as well as accounting services with regards to the project, in consideration for a monthly sum (including expenses of Radian) of \$32 thousand (of which Israel Opportunity will assume \$30.578 thousand and the Company \$1.422 thousand). The Service Agreement was signed for an initial period of 12 months that can be extended upon consent, and it was set forth that each party may terminate the agreement after having issued a 30 days' notice.
Nicosia, 27 June 2017
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