NewsSea Dragon announces mutual termination of agreement with Golden Crescent (cnw)
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CALGARY, July 23, 2012/CNW/ - Sea Dragon Energy Inc. ("Sea Dragon") (TSX VENTURE: SDX) announces that Sea Dragon and Golden Crescent Investments Ltd. ("Golden Crescent") have entered into a termination agreement (the "Agreement") pursuant to which Sea Dragon and Golden Crescent have mutually agreed to terminate the Second Amended and Restated Share Purchase Agreement dated May 10, 2012between Sea Dragon and Golden Crescent in respect of the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by Sea Dragon of all of the issued and outstanding shares of National Petroleum Company EgyptLimited (the "Acquisition"). In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the remaining US$2 million of the deposit which Sea Dragon previously paid into escrow shall be returned in full to Sea Dragon.
In light of the uncertainty regarding the date on which the Acquisition could be completed, Sea Dragon and Golden Crescent decided jointly to terminate the Agreement and not to proceed with the Acquisition. Prior to the decision to terminate the Agreement being reached by the parties, Sea Dragon had made arrangements for financing with banks and private equity funds to provide for sufficient funds to allow the Acquisition to close as planned.
As Sea Dragon will no longer be issuing common shares or preferred shares of Sea Dragon to Golden Crescent as partial consideration for the purchase price of the Acquisition, Sea Dragon will not be proceeding with the proposed share consolidation of its common shares ("Consolidation") which was approved by the Sea Dragon shareholders at the special meeting held on April 30, 2012. In the event that Sea Dragon shareholders forwarded share certificates to Sea Dragon's transfer agent, Equity Financial Trust Company, in anticipation of the completion of the Consolidation, such certificates will be returned to the shareholder as soon as practicable.
Based on current funds available to Sea Dragon and ongoing cash flow from its existing operations, Sea Dragon believes it will have adequate working capital to fund its scheduled capital programs for the balance of 2012 and into 2013. Sea Dragon continues to investigate opportunities for the expansion of its asset base.
About Sea Dragon Energy Inc.
Sea Dragon is an international exploration and development company with a focus on the Middle Eastand an office in CairoEgypt. For further information please see the website of Sea Dragon at www.seadragonenergy.com and/or Sea Dragon's filed documents at www.sedar.com.
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Readers are cautioned that there is no assurance that Sea Dragon will have adequate funds based on current fund availability and cash flows to adequately fund its 2012 and 2013 capital programs.
With respect to the forward-looking statements contained herein, the Corporation has made assumptions regarding anticipated cash flows, size of capital programs and general economic conditions. Many factors could cause the performance or achievement by Sea Dragon to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include changes to available credit, decreases in cash flows, unanticipated increases in capital programs and changes to economic conditions. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Sea Dragon is not under any duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release or to conform such statements to actual results or to changes Sea Dragon's expectations and Sea Dragon disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, other than as required by applicable securities laws.
SOURCE: Sea Dragon Energy Inc.
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