# Serinus Energy raises $21m through oversubscribed placing

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/serinus-energy-raises-21m-through-oversubscribed-placing/412942176
- Published: 2020-11-27T07:10:05+00:00
- Author: Giles

**[Serinus Energy plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/serinus-energy-plc/senx.l)**(
[LON:SENX](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/serinus-energy-plc/senx.l)),
an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company that owns
and operates projects in Tunisia and Romania, has announced that following the accelerated
bookbuild which was announced at 4.35 p.m. on 26 November 2020, the Company has 
conditionally raised gross proceeds of USD21 million through the oversubscribed 
placing of 787,936,852 Placing Shares and Subscription Shares, both at a price of
2 pence per new Ordinary Share.

**Directors participation in the Subscription**

Jeffrey Auld, Andrew Fairclough and Eleanor Barker have agreed to subscribe for 
Subscription Shares at the Placing Price. The number of Subscription Shares subscribed
for by Jeffrey Auld, Andrew Fairclough and Eleanor Barker pursuant to the Subscription,
and their resulting shareholding on Admission, is set out below:

|  | As at the date of this announcement |  |  |  | Immediately following Admission |  |  | 
| Name | Role | No. of Existing Ordinary Shares | % of Existing Ordinary Share capital | No. of Placing Shares subscribed for | No. of Ordinary Shares held following Admission |  | % of Enlarged Share capital | 
| Jeffrey Auld | CEO | 557,166 | 0.23 | 2,000,000 | 2,557,166 |  | 0.22% | 
| Andrew Fairclough | CFO | 382,121 | 0.16 | 500,000 | 882,121 |  | 0.09% | 
| Eleanor Barker | NED | 100,000 | 0.04 | 400,000 | 500,000 |  | 0.05% |

**Notice of General Meeting**

A Circular explaining the background to and reasons for the Placing and Subscription
and containing the Notice of General Meeting, which will take place at 10.00 a.m.
on 15 December, is expected to be posted to shareholders today. A copy of the Circular
and Notice of General Meeting will thereafter be made available on the Company’s
website: www.serinusenergy.com.The further terms and conditions of the Placing and
subscription are set out in the Company’s announcement at 4.35 p.m. yesterday.

**Admission**

Completion of the Placing and Subscription remains subject, inter alia, to the passing
of the Resolutions at the General Meeting and to Admission of the New Ordinary Shares.
It is expected that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.
m. on 17 December 2020.

**Total voting rights**

Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares and voting rights in Serinus
Energy will be 1,027,735,227. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

The above figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations
by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA’s 
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms in this announcement are defined
in the announcement released yesterday at 4.35 p.m.

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