Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Hamilton, Bermuda, 21 January 2025: Reference is made to the announcement made this morning by Seacrest Petroleo Bermuda Limited ("Seacrest Petroleo" or the "Company") of the acceleration of indebtedness under the Company’s 16.00% senior unsecured USD 120,000,000 bonds 2024/2027 (the “Bonds”).
Nordic Trustee AS, the trustee for the Bonds (the “Bond Trustee”), has this afternoon notified the Company that the Bond Trustee has:
- declared the outstanding Bonds, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents for the Bonds, to be in default and due for immediate payment; and
- enforced the Bond Trustee’s rights under the debt service reserve account pledge for the Bonds and transferred the funds standing to the credit of that account to the Bond Trustee on behalf of the bondholders.
A copy of the notice received from Nordic Trustee accompanies this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
John de los Santos, Head of Investor Relations
Seacrest Petroleo Bermuda Limited
Tel. +44 79 4971 4756
john.santos@seacrest.com
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements in article 17 of the Regulation EU 596/2014 (the EU Market Abuse Regulation) and section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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