Hurricane Energy Says Review Concludes Board Discharged Fiduciary Duties Diligently; Shares Fall
20 Dicembre 2021 - 10:30AM
Dow Jones News
By Anthony O. Goriainoff
Hurricane Energy PLC's shares fell Monday after the company said
that a review requested by some shareholders concluded that its
previous board discharged their fiduciary duties diligently, and
that no further action was necessary.
Shares at 0844 GMT were down 0.70 pence, or 17%, at 3.50
pence.
The U.K.-based oil-and-gas company said that the review, which
was overseen by the company's nonexecutive directors and carried
out by an independent solicitor, dealt with the events that led to
the rejection in court of its restructuring plan. The company said
this included decisions made by the previous board on its $230
million 7.5% convertible bonds due in 2022.
Hurricane Energy said the review found that the previous board
acted in good faith at the time to address the fact that there was
projected to be "a significant shortfall upon maturity of the
bonds, and they received extensive advice from outside
professionals on whom the company's previous board could and did
properly rely."
The company said some shareholders had suggested that an earlier
tender offer for the bonds would have been in the interest of the
company.
Hurricane Energy said it has continued to carry out repurchases
of the bonds when attractive terms have arisen.
Write to Anthony O. Goriainoff at
anthony.orunagoriainoff@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 20, 2021 04:15 ET (09:15 GMT)
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