Completed Placing

RNS Number : 4433Q
Kibo Energy PLC
18 October 2019
 

Kibo Energy PLC (Incorporated in Ireland)

(Registration Number: 451931)

(External registration number: 2011/007371/10)

Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO

Share code on the AIM: KIBO

ISIN: IE00B97C0C31

("Kibo" or "the Company")

 

Dated: 18 October 2019

 

Kibo Energy PLC ('Kibo' or the 'Company')

Completed Placing

 

Kibo Energy PLC, the multi-asset, Africa focused, energy company, is pleased to announce that further to the announcement dated 9 October 2019, it has raised £1,990,000 via the issue of 442,222,280 ordinary shares of par value €0.001 each ('New Ordinary Shares') through a placing at a price of 0.45 pence per New Ordinary Share (the "Placing Price") (the "Fundraising").  The proceeds from the Placing will be utilised primarily to further develop the Company's diverse energy portfolio and working capital requirements.

 

Louis Coetzee, CEO of Kibo, commented, "We are pleased to have raised capital during a particularly turbulent time in the global market through new and existing investors including the Directors. With this money, we will be able to continue developing our diverse portfolio of major energy assets towards commercialisation.  We look forward to providing updates on progress in this regard in the near future."

 

Details of the Placing

Kibo has raised gross proceeds of £1,990,000 from the Underwriter, third party investors, Directors and Management and other parties arranged by them including Sanderson Capital Partners Ltd ("Sanderson"). 

 

Additionally, shares issued in the Placing ("Placing Shares") will have warrants attached (together with the Placing Shares, "Units") with each Unit comprising one Placing Share, one warrant exercisable at 0.8p per share for the period of 18 months from the date of issue and half a warrant exercisable at 1p per share for the period of 36 months from the date of issue.

 



 

Details of the shares purchased by Directors and Management are as follows:

 

Table 1: Directors' & Senior Management's Shareholding Before & After Placing

 



BEFORE PLACING


AFTER PLACING



Shares Held Prior to Issue of Placing Shares

% Holding in Kibo Before Issue of Placing Shares

 

 

 

Number of Placing Shares Issued

Number of Kibo Shares Held after Issue of Placing Shares

Total Value of Placing Shares Issued at Deemed Value of GBP 0.0045 per Kibo Share

 

% Holding in Kibo After Issue of Placing Shares

 

Name

Position

Christian Schaffalitzky & Related Parties

Non-Exec Chairman

2,119,842

0.26


3,885,000

6,004,842

£17,483

0.48

Louis Coetzee & Related Parties

Exec. Director

8,065,996

1.00


11,440,000

19,505,996

£51,480

1.56

Tinus Maree & Related Parties

Exec Director

2,934,200

0.36


4,485,600

7,419,800

£20,185

0.59

Andreas Lianos & Related Parties

Non-Exec. Director

7,588,633

0.94


9,485,000

17,073,633

£42,683

1.37

Noel O'Keeffe & Related Parties

Non-Exec. Director

3,591,447

0.45


3,445,600

7,037,047

£15,505

0.56

Wenzel Kerremans

Non-Exec Director

376,241

0.05


815,000

1,191,241

£3,668

0.10

Louis Scheepers & Related Parties

Senior Management

3,009,914

0.37


7,380,600

10,390,514

£33,213

0.83

Pieter Krugel

Senior Management

0

0.00


12,330,000

12,330,000

£55,485

0.99

TOTALS


27,686,273

3.44


53,266,800

80,953,073

£239,701

6.49

 

 



 

Table 2: Directors' and Senior Management's Warrant Holding Position Before & After Placing

 



BEFORE PLACING


AFTER PLACING





Warrants Issued at 0.8p

Warrants Issued at 1p




Warrants Held Prior to Issue of Placing Shares

 

 

Number of Placing Warrants exercisable at 0.8p

Expiry Date

Number of Placing Warrants exercisable at 1p (half warrants)

Expiry Date

 

Total Number of Warrants

Name

Position


Christian Schaffalitzky & Related Parties

Non-Exec Chairman

0


3,885,000

3 May 2021

 1,942,500

3 Nov 2022

5,827,500

Louis Coetzee & Related Parties

Exec. Director

0


11,440,000

3 May 2021

 5,720,000

3 Nov 2022

17,160,000

Tinus Maree & Related Parties

Exec Director

0


4,485,600

3 May 2021

 2,242,800

3 Nov 2022

6,728,400

Andreas Lianos & Related Parties

Non-Exec. Director

0


9,485,000

3 May 2021

 4,742,500

3 Nov 2022

14,227,500

Noel O'Keeffe & Related Parties

Non-Exec. Director

0


3,445,600

3 May 2021

 1,722,800

3 Nov 2022

5,168,400

Wenzel Kerremans

Non-Exec Director

0


815,000

3 May 2021

407,500

3 Nov 2022

1,222,500

Louis Scheepers & Related Parties

Senior Management

0


7,380,600

3 May 2021

 3,690,300

3 Nov 2022

11,070,900

Pieter Krugel

Senior Management

0


12,330,000

3 May 2021

 6,165,000

3 Nov 2022

18,495,000

TOTALS


0


53,266,800


26,633,400


79,900,200

 

The Directors and Management of the Company shown in the above tables are Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") under the Market Abuse Regulation 2016 ("MAR"). In compliance with MAR and the Company's Share Dealing Code they have submitted dealing request forms to the designated Company executives seeking permission to participate in the Placing and authority has been granted. Dealing notification form will be completed by the PDMRs and submitted to the FCA within 3 days of completion of the Placing in accordance with MAR.

 

Sanderson has subscribed for 55,555,556 Placing Shares, pursuant to the Placing. Sanderson is a related party of the Company for the purposes of the AIM Rules by virtue of their status as a substantial shareholder, holding 10% or more of the existing Ordinary Shares. The Board of Directors consider, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, RFC Ambrian Limited, that the terms of the transaction are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

 

Application will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and the JSE AltX markets. Trading in the New Ordinary Shares is expected to commence on AIM and the JSE on or around 4 November 2019 ('Admission'). Following Admission, the Company will have 1,247,276,078 shares in issue and this figure may be used by shareholders 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. Following the Placing the expected changes in the shareholding of the Company's existing Significant Shareholders are shown on Table 3 below.



 

 

Table 3: Expected Changes in Significant Shareholders shareholding in Kibo after Placing

 


AFTER PLACING


Number of Placing Shares subscribed for

Number of Kibo Shares Held after Issue of Placing Shares *

% Holding in Kibo After Issue of Placing Shares

 

Name

Sanderson Capital Partners Limited & Related Parties

55,555,556

175,555,556

14.08

Shumba Energy Limited & Related Parties

0

128,053,893

10.27

Yakoub Yakoubov & Related Parties

3,333,333

36,333,333

2.91

TOTALS

58,888,889

339,942,782

27.25

* These figures are calculated based on the most recent shareholding figures available to the Company.

 

**ENDS**

 

This announcement contains inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) no. 596/2014.

 

For further information please visit www.kibo.energy or contact:

 

Louis Coetzee

info@kibo.energy

Kibo Energy PLC

Chief Executive Officer

Andreas Lianos

+27 (0) 83 4408365

River Group

Corporate and Designated

Adviser on JSE

Jason Robertson

+44 (0) 20 7374 2212

First Equity Limited

Joint Broker

Bhavesh Patel/Stephen Allen

+44 20 3440 6800

RFC Ambrian Limited

NOMAD on AIM

Isabel de Salis /

Beth Melluish

+44 (0) 20 7236 1177

St Brides Partners Ltd

Investor and Media Relations Adviser

 

Notes

Kibo Energy PLC is a multi-asset, Africa focused, energy company positioned to address the acute power deficit, which is one of the primary impediments to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. To this end, it is the Company's objective to become a leading independent power producer in the region.

 

Kibo is simultaneously developing three similar coal-fuelled power projects: the Mbeya Coal to Power Project ('MCPP') in Tanzania; the Mabesekwa Coal Independent Power Project ('MCIPP') in Botswana; and the Benga Independent Power Project ('BIPP') in Mozambique.  By developing these projects in parallel, the Company intends to leverage considerable economies of scale and timing in respect of strategic partnerships, procurement, equipment, human capital, execution capability / capacity and project finance.

 

Additionally, the Company has a 60% interest in MAST Energy Developments Limited ('MED'), a private UK registered company targeting the development and operation of flexible power plants to service the Reserve Power generation market. 

 

Johannesburg

18 October 2019

Corporate and Designated Adviser

River Group


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