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RNS Number : 4063I 
BPC Ltd 
11 March 2010 
 

11 March 2010 
 
                                    BPC Ltd 
                            ("BPC" or the "Company") 
 
                 Placing and update re intention to re-domicile 
 
BPC, the oil and gas exploration company with licences in The Bahamas, announces 
that the Company's brokers, Novus Capital Markets and FirstEnergy Capital LLP, 
on behalf of the Company, have placed a total of 69,842,860 new ordinary shares 
(the "Placing Shares") in the capital of the Company, conditional on admission 
of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM, at a placing price of 3.5 pence per 
share (the "Placing") with institutional shareholders to raise approximately 
GBP2.4 million, gross of expenses. 
 
Highlights 
 
·     Placing of 69,842,860 Placing Shares at a price of 3.5 pence per new 
ordinary share to raise approximately GBP2.4 million. 
 
·     New funds will be utilised for the Company's ongoing working capital 
requirements. 
 
·     Placing Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 16 March 
2010. 
 
The Placing Shares will rank pari passu with all existing ordinary shares in the 
capital of the Company, and application will be made for the Placing Shares to 
be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission").  Admission is expected to commence 
on 16 March 2010, when the enlarged issued share capital of the Company will 
total 859,482,698 shares. 
 
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Placing to provide 
additional working capital. 
 
Following the Placing, the above figure of 859,482,698 ordinary shares may be 
used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by 
which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a 
change to their interest in, BPC under the Financial Service Authority's 
Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Company does not hold any shares in 
treasury. 
 
Intention to re-domicile 
 
Further to the announcement of 3 December 2009, the board re-iterates its 
intention to change the holding company for the Company and its subsidiaries 
from a Falkland Islands company to an Isle of Man company.  However, BPC now 
intends to undertake this re-domicile following the approval of the licences, to 
be awarded to the BPC/Statoil JV as per the announcement of 18 May 2009.  A 
further announcement will be made in due course. 
 
Alan Burns, Chairman and Chief Executive of BPC, said: 
"We are very pleased to announce this placing of shares, which was well received 
by institutional investors. The Placing includes a number of new institutional 
investors, which further widens the Company's shareholder base and will provide 
stability for the business in its next stage of development. The Board believes 
that this represents a glowing endorsement by the investment community of the 
BPC strategy and our assets in the Bahamas, and we look forward to delivering 
shareholder value throughout the development process. 
 
"We are confident of securing the licences for the BPC/Statoil JV which will 
represent a significant milestone for the Company and look forwarding to 
updating the market in due course." 
 
 
For further information contact: 
 
+------------------------------+------------------------------+ 
| BPC Limited                  |                              | 
| Alan Burns, Chairman and CEO |                         Tel: | 
|                              |          44 (0) 1624 64 1199 | 
| Dr Paul Crevello, Chief      |                              | 
| Operating Officer            |      Tel:    +1 720 771 7583 | 
|                              |                              | 
+------------------------------+------------------------------+ 
| Strand Hanson Limited        |                              | 
| Rory Murphy / Liam Buswell   |     Tel: +44 (0)20 7409 3494 | 
|                              |                              | 
+------------------------------+------------------------------+ 
| Novus Capital Markets Ltd    |                              | 
| Charles Goodfellow / David   |     Tel: +44 (0)20 7107 1872 | 
| Rae                          |                              | 
|                              |                              | 
+------------------------------+------------------------------+ 
| FirstEnergy Capital LLP      |                              | 
| Richard Hail / Derek Smith   |     Tel: +44 (0)20 7448 0200 | 
|                              |                              | 
+------------------------------+------------------------------+ 
| Financial Dynamics           |                              | 
| Billy Clegg / Ed Westropp    |     Tel: +44( 0)20 7831 3113 | 
+------------------------------+------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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