Capital/Financing Update • Aug 5, 2019
Capital/Financing Update
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("Zenith" or the "Company")
Zenith Energy Ltd., ("Zenith" or the "Company"), (LSE: ZEN; TSX.V: ZEE), the international oil & gas production company operating the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan, is pleased to provide an update on its short and longterm debt position.
The Company can confirm that the outstanding balance of the Convertible Loan is now US\$770,000.
• On January 7, 2019, the Company announced that it had entered into a new unsecured convertible loan facility (the "Loan Facility") with a consortium of lenders.
The Loan Facility has an interest rate of 8% per annum, payable quarterly, it is repayable on January 15, 2021 and, to date, the Company has only drawn down £544,500 in relation to the Loan Facility.
• On March 25, 2019, the Company announced that it had issued unsecured notes (the "Notes") for a total amount of £90k (CAD\$153k) with 900,000 share purchase warrants attached. The payment date of the Notes is September 20, 2019.
The Company has adopted a funding strategy directed towards debt financing in order to minimise equity dilution. To facilitate the securing of debt financing to support Zenith's expansion, on October 10, 2018, the Company announced that ARC Ratings, SA. had assigned the Company a medium to long-term issuer credit rating of "B+" with Positive Outlook.
"As is clear, we are taking important steps to progressively improve the Company's debt position and minimise our reliance on the issue of equity to finance Zenith's development.
We expect the prospective success of our drilling operations during the period ahead to enable us to make further significant improvements to our balance sheet."
| Zenith Energy Ltd | |
|---|---|
| Andrea Cattaneo, Chief Executive Officer |
Tel: +1 (587) 315 9031 |
| E mail: [email protected] |
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| Peterhouse Capital - Joint Broker |
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 469 0930 |
| Lucy Williams | |
| Charles Goodfellow | |
| Novum Securities Limited - Joint Broker |
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 399 9400 |
| Charlie Brook-Partridge | |
| Hugh McAlister | |
| IFC Advisory Limited - Financial PR & IR |
Tel: + 44 (0) 203 934 6630 |
| Graham Herring | |
| Miles Nolan | |
| Zach Cohen |
Zenith Energy Ltd. is an international oil and gas production company, listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX.V: ZEE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE: ZEN). In addition, the Company's common share capital was admitted to trading on the Merkur Market of the Oslo Børs (ZENA:ME) on November 8, 2018. The Merkur Market is a multilateral trading facility owned and operated by the Oslo Børs.
The Company was assigned a medium to long-term issuer credit rating of "B+ with Positive Outlook" on October 8, 2018 by Arc Ratings, S.A.
The Company operates the largest onshore oilfield in Azerbaijan following the signing of a 25-year REDPSA, (Rehabilitation, Exploration, Development and Production Sharing Agreement), with SOCAR, State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in 2016.
The Company's primary focus is the development of its Azerbaijan operations by leveraging its technical expertise and financial resources to maximise low-cost oil production via a systematic field rehabilitation programme intended to achieve significantly increased revenue. Zenith also operates, or has working interests in, a number of natural gas production concessions in Italy. The Company's Italian operations produce natural gas, condensate and electricity.
Zenith's development strategy is to identify and rapidly seize value-accretive hydrocarbon production opportunities in the onshore oil & gas sector. The Company's Board of Directors and senior management team have the experience and technical expertise to develop the Company successfully.
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