NOT
FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN,
INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE PRESENTATION REFERRED TO HEREIN IS
AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS OR PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT
DOCUMENT AND INVESTORS SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN
RELATION TO THE NEW TOUCHSTONE SHARES EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF THE
INFORMATION IN THE SCHEME DOCUMENT WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE
PUBLISHED IN DUE COURSE
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TOUCHSTONE EXPLORATION
INC.
INVESTOR
PRESENTATION
CALGARY, ALBERTA (May 3, 2024) -
Touchstone Exploration Inc. ("Touchstone" or the "Company") (TSX, LSE: TXP) is pleased to announce that Paul R. Baay, President and Chief
Executive Officer, will give a presentation regarding the Company's
announcement on 1 May 2024 (the "Rule 2.7 Announcement") of a firm
intention to make a recommended all-share offer for Trinity
Exploration and Production Plc ("Trinity").
The presentation will be at 10:30
a.m. BST today via Investor Meet Company platform. Investors can
sign up to Investor Meet Company for free and add to meet
Touchstone via:
https://www.investormeetcompany.com/touchstone-exploration-inc/register-investor
Investors who already follow
Touchstone on the Investor Meet Company platform will automatically
be invited.
A recorded version of the
presentation and associated materials will also subsequently be
made available (subject to certain restrictions relating to persons
in Restricted Jurisdictions) on Touchstone's website at:
https://www.touchstoneexploration.com/trinity-acquisition
Capitalised terms used in this
announcement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings set
out in the Rule 2.7 Announcement.
- Ends
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Touchstone Exploration Inc.
Touchstone Exploration Inc. is a
Calgary, Alberta based company engaged in the business of acquiring
interests in petroleum and natural gas rights and the exploration,
development, production and sale of petroleum and natural gas.
Touchstone is currently active in onshore properties located in the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Company's common shares are
traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the AIM market of the
London Stock Exchange under the symbol "TXP". For further
information about Touchstone, please visit the Company's website
at
www.touchstoneexploration.com or
contact:
Touchstone
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Paul Baay, President and Chief
Executive Officer
Brian Hollingshead, Vice President
Engineering and Business Development
John Wright, Chair of the Board of
Directors
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+1 403 750
4487
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Shore Capital (Lead Financial
Adviser, Nominated Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker to
Touchstone)
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Daniel Bush
Toby Gibbs
Tom Knibbs
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+44 (0)20
7408 4090
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Canaccord Genuity Limited
(Co-Financial Adviser, and Joint Corporate Broker to
Touchstone)
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Adam James
Ana Ercegovic
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+44 (0)20
7523 8000
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FTI Consulting (PR Adviser to
Touchstone)
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Ben Brewerton
Nick Hennis
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+44 (0) 20
3727 1000
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Important
notices
Shore Capital & Corporate Limited and Shore Capital
Stockbrokers Limited (either individually or collectively
"Shore Capital") which are
authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the
United Kingdom, are acting exclusively as lead financial adviser
and joint corporate broker for Touchstone and for no-one else in
connection with the subject matter of this announcement and will
not be responsible to anyone other than Touchstone for providing
the protections afforded to clients of Shore Capital, or for
providing advice in relation to the Acquisition or any other matter
referred to herein. Neither Shore Capital & Corporate Limited
nor Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited, nor any of their
subsidiaries or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or
responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in
contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is
not a client of Shore Capital in connection with this announcement,
any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Canaccord Genuity Limited ("Canaccord Genuity"), which is
authorised and regulated in the UK by the FCA, is acting as
co-financial adviser and joint corporate broker to Touchstone and
no one else in connection with the matters set out in this
announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Touchstone for providing the protections afforded to clients of
Canaccord Genuity or for providing advice in relation to contents
of this announcement or any other matters referred to in this
announcement. Neither Canaccord Genuity nor any of its affiliates
owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever
(whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under
statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of
Canaccord Genuity in connection with this announcement, any
statement contained herein or otherwise.
Further
information
This announcement and the presentation are for information
purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or an
invitation to purchase any securities or the solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities, pursuant to the Acquisition or
otherwise.
The Acquisition will be made solely by means of the Scheme
Document (or, if the Acquisition is implemented by way of a
Takeover Offer, any document by which the Takeover Offer is made)
which, together with the Forms of Proxy, will contain the full
terms and conditions of the Acquisition, including details of how
to vote in respect of the Acquisition.
Neither this announcement nor the presentation constitutes a
prospectus or prospectus exempted document. The New Touchstone
Shares are not being offered to the public by means of this
announcement or the presentation.
If
you are in any doubt about the contents of this announcement or the
action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own
independent financial advice immediately from your stockbroker,
bank manager, solicitor, accountant or independent financial
adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (as amended) if you are resident in the United Kingdom or,
if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial
adviser.
Overseas
shareholders
The release, publication or distribution of this announcement
in or into certain jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may
be restricted by law. Persons who are not resident in the United
Kingdom or who are subject to other jurisdictions should inform
themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements. Further
details in relation to Overseas Shareholders will be contained in
the Scheme Document.
Unless otherwise determined by Touchstone or required by the
Code, and permitted by applicable law and regulation, the
Acquisition shall not be made available, directly or indirectly,
in, into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would
violate the laws in that jurisdiction and no person may vote in
favour of the Acquisition by any such use, means, instrumentality
or form within a Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction
if to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of that
jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this announcement and all
documents relating to the Acquisition are not being, and must not
be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded,
distributed or sent in, into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction
where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, and
persons receiving this announcement and all documents relating to
the Acquisition (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must
not mail or otherwise distribute or send them in, into or from such
jurisdictions where to do so would violate the laws in that
jurisdiction.
The availability of the Acquisition to Trinity Shareholders
who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the
laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are resident.
Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform
themselves of, and observe, any applicable
requirements.
The New Touchstone Shares may not be offered, sold or
delivered, directly or indirectly, in, into or from any Restricted
Jurisdiction or to, or for the account or benefit of, any
Restricted Overseas Persons except pursuant to an applicable
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, applicable
securities laws of those jurisdictions.
Publication on
website
In
accordance with Rule 26.1 of the Code, a copy of this Announcement
will be made available (subject to certain restrictions relating to
persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions), free of charge, on
Touchstone's website at https://www.touchstoneexploration.com/
by no
later than 12:00 noon on the business day following the date of
this Announcement. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of
these websites are not incorporated into and do not form part of
this announcement.