Samson Oil & Gas Limited (ASX: SSN; NYSE MKT: SSN):
Vendor Note
Further to the announcement made on May 1st, 2017, Samson
confirms that the $4,000,000 promissory note payable to the vendor of
its Foreman Butte properties has been paid in full. The source of funds
was a new term loan in such amount obtained from Mutual of Omaha Bank
which is in addition to the Company’s existing credit facility. Both the
new term loan and the $20 million revolving line under that credit
facility will mature on October 31, 2017. The new interest rate on
Samson’s revolving line is 5.0% whilst the rate on the term loan is 6.5%.
Sale of State GC assets
Samson is proposing entering into a Purchase and Sale agreement with
respect to its State GC assets in New Mexico. While these assets do not
contribute significantly to the Company’s operating cashflow, they are
located in the Permian basin and the Company expects to receive
consideration over and above the Company’s carrying value of
approximately $0.6 million.
NYSE MKT Listing
On May 2nd, 2017, Samson received notification from the NYSE
MKT LLC that following the loss recorded for the year ended June 30,
2016, Samson is not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(iii) requiring
stockholders equity of $6.0 million or more since it has reported losses
from continuing operations and/or net losses in four of its five most
recent fiscal years.
Samson’s plan to regain compliance, which was originally submitted to
the NYSE MKT in April, 2016 and updated quarterly, anticipated this
non-compliance as well as a return to shareholders equity greater than
$6 million by September 2017. The update to the Company’s compliance
plan for the six months ended December 31, 2016 has already been
submitted and is currently being reviewed by NYSE MKT.
Samson’s plan acknowledges that compliance with NYSE MKT standards may
be achieved through the monetization of the Company’s assets or future
production growth or a combination of both, with the latter resulting
from the currently planned drilling of PUD locations in the Company’s
Foreman Butte field as well as other recompletion and production
enhancement opportunities.
As previously announced, Samson’s American Depositary Shares will
continue to be listed on the NYSE MKT while it regains compliance with
the stockholders equity listing standards, subject to Samson’s
compliance with NYSE MKT’s other continued listing requirements. The
NYSE MKT notification does not affect Samson’s business operations or
its SEC reporting requirements and does not conflict with or cause an
event of default under any of the Company’s material debt or other
agreements.
SAMSON OIL & GAS LIMITED
TERRY BARR
Managing Director
Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts may
be forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements
using words like “may”, “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “should” or
“will.” Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any
forward-looking statement. There are a number of important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated
or estimated by any forward-looking information, including uncertainties
inherent in estimating the methods, timing and results of exploration
activities. A description of the risks and uncertainties that are
generally attendant to Samson and its industry, as well as other factors
that could affect Samson’s financial results, are included in the
prospectus and prospectus supplement for its recent Rights Offering as
well as the Company's report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on Form 10-K, which are available at www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm.
Samson’s Ordinary Shares are traded on the Australian Securities
Exchange under the symbol "SSN". Samson's American Depository Shares
(ADSs) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange MKT under the symbol
"SSN". Each ADS represents 200 fully paid Ordinary Shares of Samson.
Samson has a total of 3,283 million ordinary shares issued and
outstanding, which would be the equivalent of 16.41 million ADSs.
Accordingly, based on the NYSE MKT closing price of US$0.51 per ADS on
May 5th, 2017, the Company has a current market
capitalization of approximately US$8.4 million. Correspondingly, based
on the ASX closing price of A$0.003 for ordinary shares on May 5th,
2017, the Company has a current market capitalization of approximately
A$9.8 million.
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