Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Hamilton, Bermuda, 9 November 2024: Seacrest Petroleo Bermuda Limited ("Seacrest Petroleo" or the "Company") announces that, as part of its plan to comprehensively restructure the Group's balance sheet, it entered last night into a forbearance agreement with the lenders party to its US$300 million credit facility.
Pursuant to the forbearance agreement, the consenting lenders have agreed not to exercise any voting rights, or take any other actions, in respect of certain events of default that may arise under the US$300 million credit facility as a result of the Company’s subsidiaries not making an interest payment or complying with certain other covenants, until and including the earlier of 3 December 2024 and any termination of the agreement. The Company expects to hold similar discussions with holders of its US$120 million senior unsecured Nordic bonds.
One of the purposes of the forbearance agreement is to allow the Company sufficient time to complete the transactions with MBD Partners SA and Trafigura announced by the Company on 30 October 2024, as well as to enable the Company to refinance the Group's US$300 million credit facility.
For further information, please contact:
John de los Santos, Head of Investor Relations
Seacrest Petroleo Bermuda Limited
Tel. +44 79 4971 4756
E-mail: john.santos@seacrestpetroleo.com
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements in article 19 of the Regulation EU 596/2014 (the EU Market Abuse Regulation) and section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
About Seacrest Petroleo
Seacrest Petroleo is an independent oil and gas production company with an integrated portfolio of onshore producing oil fields and export infrastructure onshore in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The fields have estimated oil and gas in place volumes of 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalents and certified 2P reserves of 144 million barrels of oil equivalents. The Company has exclusive control over its infrastructure, continuously from field production to offshore tanker loading terminal, allowing for cost-effective operations, and enabling direct access to markets for its premium grade products. The Company has offices in Bermuda, Norway and Brazil.
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