Sona Petroleum signs SPA with UK-listed Salamander


Dateline 2014-07-22, The Malaysian Reserve:

Sona Petroleum Bhd is a step closer to concluding its maiden oil and gas (O&G) asset acquisition before year end after signing the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with UK listed Salamander Energy plc and Salamander Energy (Bualuang) Ltd (SEBG) for the purchase of a share in a brownfield asset off Thailand.

The SPA in relation to the proposed acquisition of shares of SEBG would give Sona 40% effective interest in SEBG’s Thai O&G blocks of B8/38 and G4/50, at a cost of of US$281.2 million (RM893.09 million) to Sona with the additional US$1.2 million representing 66.67% of the agreed net working capital amount in SEBG as at Jan 1, 2014.

Sona will do the deal via its wholly owned unit Sona Exploration and Production (Thailand) Ltd.

The acquisition will be funded with US$141.2 million cash raised from initial public offering in July 2013, and a bridging loan of US$140 million from BNP Paribas and the RHB Banking Group.

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