Issue of shares under general mandate for settlement of trade creditor
Hong Kong (August 16, 2019) / Calgary, Alberta (August 15, 2019) - The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (the “Corporation” or “Sunshine”) (HKEX: 2012) wishes to announce the following:
ISSUANCE OF RELEVANT SHARES
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement entered into between the Corporation and the Trade Creditor on Hong Kong (August 16, 2019) / Calgary, Alberta (August 15, 2019), the Corporation will allot and issue the Relevant Shares at the Issue Price to the Trade Creditor as full and final settlement of the Trade Payable.
THE RELEVANT SHARES
Assuming no further issue of new Shares or repurchase of Shares (other than those failing to be issued upon full exercise of the share options), the Relevant Shares represent (i) approximately 1.62% of the existing issued share capital of the Corporation as at the date of this announcement; and (ii) approximately 1.60% of the total enlarged issued share capital of the Corporation immediately following completion of the Issuance.
ISSUE PRICE
The Issue Price is HK$0.070, which represents
- a discount of approximately 8.85% as to the average closing price of HK$0.077 per Share as quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for the last five consecutive trading days immediately prior to and including August 14, 2019; and
- a discount of approximately 2.78% to the closing price of HK$0.072 per Share as quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on August 15, 2019.
It was arrived after arm’s length negotiation between the Corporation and the Trade Creditor with reference to the market condition and the prevailing market price of the Shares.
GENERAL MANDATE TO ISSUE THE RELEVANT SHARES
The Relevant Shares will be allotted and issued pursuant to the General Mandate and the issue of the Relevant Shares is not subject to Shareholders’ approval. The maximum number of Shares that can be issued under the General Mandate is 1,227,169,324 Shares. Up to the date of this announcement, the Board has allotted and issued 57,690,480 Shares under the General Mandate. No shareholders’ approval is required for the allotment and issue of the Relevant Shares.
RANKING AND APPLICATION FOR LISTING
The Relevant Shares will be issued under the General Mandate and will rank pari passu in all respects among themselves and with the existing Shares in issue on the Completion Date. Application will be made to the Stock Exchange for the grant of the listing of, and permission to deal in the Relevant Shares.
CONDITIONS
Completion of the Settlement Agreement shall be subject to and conditional upon the following:
- the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange granting the listing of, and permission to deal in the Relevant Shares; and
- all relevant approvals and consents from governmental or other competent authority or in accordance with applicable laws having been obtained, if necessary.
None of the above conditions are capable of being waived. In the event that the conditions of the Issuance are not fulfilled on or before August 30, 2019 (or such other time and date as may be agreed between the parties to the Settlement Agreement), the Settlement Agreement shall cease and determine and neither the Corporation nor the Trade Creditor shall have any obligations and liabilities under the Settlement Agreement.
EFFECTS ON SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE OF THE CORPORATION
As at the date of this announcement, the Corporation has 6,215,317,006Shares in issue. The shareholding structure of the Corporation as at the date of this announcement and immediately after completion of the Issuance (assuming that there are no other changes to the shareholding structure of the Corporation from the date of this announcement to the date of completion of the Issuance) are as follows:
REASONS FOR AND BENEFITS OF ENTERING INTO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
As at the date of the Settlement Agreement, the Corporation has a Trade Payable balance of CDN$ 1,200,000 with the Trade Creditor (approximately HK$ 7,062,978.22 ) this Trade Payable will be fully settled by the issuance of 100,900,000 Shares.
The Directors are of the view that the settlement of the Trade Payable by way of Issuance would not result in significant cash outflow of the Corporation while reducing the indebtedness of the Corporation. Accordingly, the Directors consider that the terms of the Settlement Agreement are fair and reasonable and the Issuance is in the interests of the Corporation and its Shareholders as a whole.
FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPORATION IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Save as disclosed below, the Corporation has not conducted any other fundraising activities during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of this announcement.
Shareholders and potential investors should note that completion of the Issuance is subject to fulfilment of the conditions under the Settlement Agreement. As the Issuance may or may not proceed, Shareholders and potential investors are reminded to exercise caution when dealing in the Shares.
DEFINITIONS
In this announcement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings when used herein:
ABOUT SUNSHINE OILSANDS LTD.
The Corporation is a Calgary based public corporation listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since March 1, 2012. The Corporation is focused on the development of its significant holdings of oil sands leases in the Athabasca oil sands region. The Corporation owns interests in approximately one million acres of oil sands and petroleum and natural gas leases in the Athabasca region. The Corporation is currently focused on executing milestone undertakings in the West Ells project area. West Ells has an initial production target of 5,000 barrels per day.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Mr. Kwok Ping Sun
Executive Chairman
Tel: (852) 3188 9298
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sunshineoilsands.com
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
This announcement contains forward-looking information relating to, among other things, the plans and expectations of the Corporation. Such forward-looking information is subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors. All statements other than statements and information of historical fact are forward-looking statements. The use of words such as “estimate”, “forecast”, “expect”, “project”, “plan”, “target”, “vision”, “goal”, “outlook”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “believe”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “potential”, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the Corporation’s experience, current beliefs, assumptions, information and perception of historical trends available to the Corporation, and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to those associated with resource definition and expected reserves and contingent and prospective resources estimates, unanticipated costs and expenses, regulatory approval, fluctuating oil and gas prices, expected future production, the ability to access sufficient capital to finance future development and credit risks, changes in Alberta’s regulatory framework, including changes to regulatory approval process and land-use designations, royalty, tax, environmental, greenhouse gas, carbon and other laws or regulations and the impact thereof and the costs associated with compliance. Although the Corporation believes that the expectations represented by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions and factors discussed in this announcement are not exhaustive and readers are not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as the Corporation’s actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. The Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, subsequent to the date of this announcement, except as required under applicable securities legislation. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement and are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing lists are not exhaustive and are made as at the date hereof. For a full discussion of the Corporation’s material risk factors, see the Corporation’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2018 and risk factors described in other documents we file from time to time with securities regulatory authorities, all of which are available on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at www.hkexnews.hk, on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com or on the Corporation’s website at www.sunshineoilsands.com.