Results of Special General Meeting in connection with the proposed Scheme & applications for admission of Nostrum Oil & Gas plc
Nostrum Oil & Gas LP
17 June 2014
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Results of Special General Meeting in connection with the proposed Scheme and applications for admission of Nostrum Oil & Gas plc to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market
On 20 May 2014, the Directors of Nostrum Oil & Gas LP (the “Partnership”), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in north western Kazakhstan, posted a Scheme Document to its existing security holders to approve among other things a new corporate structure (the “Scheme”), as described in the Scheme Document, and admission to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s main market (“Admission”) of a public limited liability company newly incorporated in England and Wales, namely Nostrum Oil & Gas plc (the “Company”), which will be the new holding company for the business of the Partnership and its subsidiary undertakings (together, the “Group”).
The Partnership is pleased to announce that on 17 June 2014 the limited partners of the Partnership duly passed all proposed resolutions at the special general meeting of limited partners (the “Special General Meeting”).
The resolutions passed by the limited partners included a resolution to approve the Scheme and special resolutions to approve the amendment to the limited partnership agreement (to permit implementation of the Scheme) and the dissolution of the Partnership.
The results of the voting were as follows:
Resolutions | Votes for(1) | Votes against | Abstain | |||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | ||
1 | To approve the scheme | 188,165,254 | 99.99 | 0 | – | 17,704 |
2 | To amend the limited partnership agreement | 188,182,958 | 100.0 | 0 | – | 0 |
3 | To approve the dissolution of the partnership | 188,182,958 | 100.0 | 0 | – | 0 |
(1) Including 21,679,891 discretionary votes in favour of the Chairman
The Partnership and the Company now propose to undertake the implementation of the Scheme and the reorganisation of the Group in preparation for Admission.
The anticipated timetable of the remaining principal events required to implement the Scheme and for Admission are set out in the Scheme Document posted to Existing Security Holders on 20 May 2014 and in the Prospectus published by the Company on 20 May 2014, both of which are available on the website of the Partnership at www.nostrumoilandgas.com and of the Company at www.nog.co.uk.
Further information
For further information please visit www.nostrumoilandgas.com.
Further enquiries
Nostrum Oil & Gas LP – Investor Relations
Bruno G. Meere
Kirsty Hamilton-Smith
investor_relations@nostrumoilandgas.com
+ 31 20 737 2288
Instinctif Partners – UK
+ 44 (0) 207 457 2020
David Simonson
Tony Friend
Catherine Wickman
Anca Spiridon
Promo Group Communications – Kazakhstan
Asel Karaulova
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Deutsche Bank
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Ben Lawrence
Rob Abbott
VTB Capital plc
+ 44 (0) 203 334 8000
Alexander Metherell
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About Nostrum Oil & Gas
Nostrum Oil & Gas is an independent oil and gas enterprise currently engaging in the production, development and exploration of oil and gas in north-western Kazakhstan. Its Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) are listed on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker symbol: NOG). The principal producing asset of Nostrum Oil & Gas LP is the Chinarevskoye field, in which it holds a 100% interest and is the operator, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Zhaikmunai LLP. In addition, Nostrum Oil & Gas holds a 100% interest in and is the operator of the Rostoshinskoye, Darinskoye and Yuzhno-Gremyachenskoye oil and gas fields. Located in the pre-Caspian basin to the north-west of Uralsk, these exploration and development fields are approximately 60 and 120 kilometres respectively from the Chinarevskoye field.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this document are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the intent, belief and current expectations of the Partnership or its officers with respect to various matters. When used in this document, the words “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “should” and similar expressions, and the negatives thereof, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are not promises or guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those suggested by any such statements.
