Orca Exploration Group announced on 16 January 2018 that the escrow release conditions have been met regarding the first tranche of investment by Swala Oil & Gas in the Orca Group. The definitive agreements for the US$130 million investment were released, and the first tranche is now complete.
Under the first tranche, the BVI Group sold 7.93% of shares that were held in PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation to Swala (PAEM) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swala, for US$25,782,250 (or US$21,022,450 net after some purchase adjustments), which is payable in US$17,055,950 cash and the right to receive either US$3,966,500 in Swala convertible preferred shares by 2 March 2018, or US$3,966,500 in cash if shares are not issued by that date.
Orca Exploration also entered into an amendment and consent letter with PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (PAET) and International Finance Corporation (IFC), as part of the agreement. According to this agreement, PAET will prepay the IFC loan facility in part no later than 10 December 2019. As part of the amendment and consent letter, Orca guaranteed the prepayments owed by PAET to IFC. After the first tranche, BVI Group’s guarantee covers US$4,759,800 in prepayments, and would cover an aggregate of US$24,000,000 in prepayments due 10 December 2019.