Archive for October 2014

In accordance with paragraph 3.4 (b) of the Listing Requirements of the JSE Limited, companies are required to inform shareholders as soon as there is a reasonable degree of certainty that the earnings of the company are likely to vary by more than 20% compared to the previous reporting period.
Shareholders are advised that for the six months ended 31 August 2014 the Group is expected to report basic earnings per share (“EPS”) and headline earnings per share (“HEPS”) of between 0.65 cents and 0.79 cents per share, being a decrease of 64% to 84% compared to the reported EPS and HEPS of 2.76 cents for the six months ended 31 August 2013.

Further to the announcement dated 23 October 2014, where the Board of SacOil confirmed that all the conditions precedent, as contained in the sale and purchase agreement dated 9 September 2014, to acquire Mena International Petroleum Company Ltd had been met and the acquisition had become unconditional. The Company can now confirm that application has been made for the 183,666,947 ordinary shares in the Company (“Consideration Shares”) to be admitted and traded on AIM and it is expected that dealings will commence on 29 October 2014.

Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS and RNS on 10 September 2014 wherein the Company announced that it had entered into a sale and purchase agreement dated 9 September 2014 (the “Agreement”) to acquire a Cyprus-registered exploration and production company, Mena International Petroleum Company Ltd (“MIP”), from Mena International Petroleum Holdings Company Ltd (the “Seller”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSX Venture listed Mena Hydrocarbons Inc. (TSXV:MNH) (“Mena Hydrocarbons”) (the “Acquisition”).

SacOil, the South African based independent African oil and gas company listed on the JSE and AIM (JSE: SCL / AIM: SAC), is pleased to provide the following update on its on-going operational activities in Nigeria, Malawi and Botswana.