Hong Kong-listed Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited (Brightoil) on Wednesday (12 June) issued an update on its winding-up petitions at Hong Kong and Singapore, and the sale of vessels.
Hong Kong
The troubled company will be facing a winding-up petition at the High Court of Hong Kong on 17 July; a petitioner is seeking US $25,684,013.27 together with late payment charges and costs, which arose from a deed of settlement dated 1 June 2018.
At Hong Kong, Brightoil also faces an addendum to the deed of settlement entered into between the company, petitioner and Brightoil Petroleum (S’pore) Pte. Ltd. (Brightoil Singapore).
“As such, the Company wishes to remind its shareholders and potential investors that as the Petition was presented to the High Court of Hong Kong on 17 May 2019, the transfer of the shares of the Company made thereafter would be void without a validation order from the High Court of Hong Kong, unless the Petition has been struck out, dismissed or permanently stayed.”
Singapore
At Singapore, Brightoil Singapore has applied for a moratorium under section 211B of the Singapore Companies Act to restrain legal action or proceedings against Brightoil Singapore and Brightoil; the moratorium has been extended until 2 July 2019.
Sale of vessels
Brightoil, meanwhile, says it has raised a total sum of approximately US $201,584,000 from the sale of four vessels to repay the liabilities of the group.
The Brightoil Glory was sold for USD$58,775,575 on 17 May; the Brightoil Gravity was sold for KRW 72,440,000,000 on 4 June; the Brightoil Lion was sold for SG $36,608,000 on 4 June; the Brightoil Grace was sold for SG $75,106,063 on 4 June.
“The Company anticipates that the rest of the tanker fleet of the Group will continue to be disposed with the proceeds to be applied further for satisfaction of the liabilities of the Group so as to resolve the actions relating to the Petition and the Application.”
A chronologically organised list of articles concerning Brightoil’s potential debt reorganization is below:
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Photo credit: Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited
Published: 12 June, 2019
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