Can say that now on
#80M but that RNS was available long before yesterday and the comments in the interview created so much uncertainty that even you had to go and check with the company to clarify :-) RNS aren't always totally clear and it was a bit of a calamity yesterday.
So what's the status of the 30% and what does the valuation actually mean and where does it come from? It isn't an independent valuation. From the filings:
"the parties negotiated the $215 million pre-money enterprise valuation, with March GL providing technical data to support a valuation that reflected a discount to the $275 million replacement value of historical seismic and field data inherited from ARCO.
The $215 million pre-money enterprise valuation was proposed by management of March GL and Greenland, each of which has extensive experience in upstream oil and gas development and geological analysis. Based on their technical expertise and experience with comparable projects, management believed the valuation reasonably reflected the risk-adjusted portfolio value of the Jameson Land Basin project and its potential to be advanced to a drill-ready state.
The Board did not attempt to independently derive a separate numerical valuation under this approach, but instead evaluated whether the proposed valuation was reasonable based on, among other things: the project’s geological characteristics, development stage, capital requirements, market conditions, and the technical data inherited from ARCO. The Board also highly considered the fairness opinion of ERShares, which concluded that the consideration to be paid in the business combination was fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company’s shareholders.
March GL provided technical data relating to historical seismic and field data inherited from ARCO. Management of March GL and Greenland estimated that recreating this data today would cost approximately $275 million, based on current costs for seismic acquisition, well data reproduction, processing, and interpretation, adjusted for inflation and market conditions.
Management used this figure as a conservative estimate of replacement value, reflecting what it would cost to generate comparable data today. The Board did not treat this amount as a direct valuation of the business, but considered it as one supporting data point in assessing the strategic significance of the data and the reasonableness of the $215 million enterprise valuation.
Based on these factors, the Board determined that the $215 million pre-money enterprise valuation was reasonable and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders."
The docs (clause 10.3) simply state "The Parties agree that, following completion of the Second Transfer, the Parties will commence negotiations in good faith for March GL to acquire the remaining thirty percent (30%) Participating Interest in the Jameson Concession from 80 Mile on the same terms as the Pelican Transaction (to the extent such transaction completes)."
While it doesn't make sense for 80M to agree to sell at the current IPO price, this isn't totally clear from just this clause or the RNS. Why state at all "on the same terms as the Pelican Transaction" if it was just an open negotiation starting with a blank sheet of paper?
However, clause 25.4 states explicitly "In the event that Second Closing does not take place prior to the end of the Option Period or the Parties fail to agree to the terms of the acquisition by March GL from 80 Mile of the remaining thirty percent (30%) Participating Interest in the Jameson Concession in accordance with Clause 10.3 within sixty (60) days of Second Closing, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Party shall have the right to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Farm-out Interests held by them, to a third party (at their sole discretion), on any terms determined solely by such Party, provided that they have first offered such Farm-out Interests to the other Party first on the same terms as to be offered to the third party and given the other Party at least twenty (20) Business Days to consider whether to accept the offer or not. For the avoidance of doubt, the consent of the other Party is not required for a sale, transfer or disposal of Farm-out Interests pursuant to this Clause 25.4 provided that the pre-emption process set out in this Clause 25.4 has been followed."
Not trying to stir the pot - I have no skin in this game. Thought clarification of the facts might be helpful.