Petrichor Partners LP agreed to acquire remaining 56% stake in Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR ) from group of sellers and others for £13.7 million on May 17, 2023. Egdon shareholders will be entitled to receive 4.5 pence cash for each Egdon share. The acquisition will be effected by means of a Scheme of Arrangement. The cash consideration payable by Petrichor under the terms of the acquisition will be funded from the existing cash resources of Petrichor which are drawn and fully funded. Petrichor intends that existing employees of Egdon will continue to contribute to Egdon's ongoing success and does not intend to make any headcount reductions.

Petrichor has received irrevocable undertakings, from the Egdon Directors; Mark Abbott, Kenneth Ratcliff, Philip Stephens, Walter Roberts, Timothy Davies and Martin and from Harbour Energy plc and Union Jack Oil plc, in respect of, in aggregate, 77,382,106 Egdon shares, representing approximately 14.23%. The Egdon Directors intend to recommend unanimously that scheme shareholders vote in favour of the scheme at the Court Meeting and at the Genera Meeting. The scheme is subject to Egdon shareholder?s approval, Court approval, Third Party clearances, to the applicable requirements of the Takeover Code, the Panel, the London Stock Exchange, the AIM Rules and the FCA. As of August 29, 2023, the North Sea Transition Authority condition for has been satisfied. As of September 12, 2023, at the court sanction hearing held earlier today the High Court of Justice of England & Wales issued the court order sanctioning the scheme. The acquisition is expected to become effective in the third calendar quarter of 2023. As of September 12, 2023, the scheme is expected to become effective on September 14, 2023.

Andrew Raca and Evon Chan of VSA Capital provided independent financial advice to the Egdon Directors. Antonio Bossi, Chris Hardie and James Bavister of WH Ireland Limited acted as nominated adviser and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP acted as legal adviser to Egdon. Andrew Emmott and Neil Baldwin of SPARK Advisory Partners Limited acted as financial adviser and Fieldfisher LLP acted as legal adviser to Petrichor. DWF Law LLP is acting as legal adviser to SPARK in connection with the acquisition. Dwf Law Llp acted as legal advisor to Petrichor, Andrew Emmott and Neil Baldwin of SPARK Advisory Partners Limited acted as financial advisors to Petrichor. Link Group acted as registrar of Egdon.

Petrichor Partners LP completed the acquisition of remaining 56% stake in Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR ) from group of sellers and others on September 15, 2023.