United Kingdom, 6 November 2014. Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement dated 6 November 2014 regarding the successful completion of the application period for the initial public offering of the shares (the "Offering") of RAK Petroleum plc (the "Company", OSE ticker code: "RAKP") and to the stock exchange announcement dated 6 November 2014 regarding the Company's revised capital structure.
The Company announces that as a result of the issue of the new shares in connection with the Offering and the completion of the reorganisation described in the prospectus dated 27 October 2014, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 915,327,982, comprised of 34,058,067 class A shares carrying one vote each, 293,756,638 restricted class A shares carrying one vote each, 587,513,276 votes attributable to class B shares (as a result of each class B share carrying two votes, in accordance with the Company's articles of association) and 1 ordinary share carrying one vote. The 50,000 redeemable shares that will be redeemed following the listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange do not carry any voting rights.
The following shareholders and indirect shareholders holding 3% or more of the voting rights in the Company hold the voting rights shown opposite their name as of 6 November 2014:
Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani...... 212,329,768 votes.. 23.2%
Al Majid Investment CO (L.L.C)... 84,000,000 votes.. 9.2%
RAK Gas................ 57,965,821 votes....6.3%
DNO ASA ................44,379,263 votes ...4.8%
Afaq AlRoaya Company........28,000,000 votes....3.1%
ENOC................... 28,000,000 votes....3.1%
TransAsia Gas International LLC..28,000,000 votes....3.1%
For further queries, please contact:
Kevin Toner, Managing Director
RAK Petroleum plc
Tel: +1 917 518 2837
Email: kevin.toner@rakpetroleum.ae
About RAK Petroleum plc
RAK Petroleum plc is an oil and gas investment company established under the laws of England and Wales as a public limited company. Its principal holdings are 42.8% of DNO ASA and 33.33% of Foxtrot International LDC held through Mondoil Enterprises LLC.
DNO ASA is a Norwegian oil and gas operator active in six countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Shares in the company have traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange since 1981. DNO ASA is headquartered in Oslo with more than 1,000 employees and contractors worldwide. Foxtrot International LDC is a privately-held company active in West Africa whose principal asset is a 24% interest in and operatorship of Block CI-27 offshore Cote d'Ivoire. Block CI-27 contains the two largest gas fields in the country, meeting over 70% of Cote d'Ivoire's needs.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer for sale of securities.
Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, outside Norway.
Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by means of a prospectus. This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive"). Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information contained in the aforementioned prospectus.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "should", "will" and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although RAK Petroleum plc believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements.
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