Company Retires $2.6 Million Convertible Note
April 09 2024 - 6:00AM
Trio Petroleum Corp (NYSE American: “TPET”, “Trio” or the
“Company”), a California-based oil and gas company, announced that
on April 8, 2024, filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) detailing the terms and conditions under which
the Company retired $2.6 million in outstanding convertible notes.
These notes had been previously funded in two tranches in October
of 2023.
“This is a positive first step in strengthening
the Company’s balance sheet,” commented Michael Peterson, Chief
Executive Officer of Trio Petroleum. “Improving the Company’s
financial footing has been my top priority since taking the role of
CEO in October of last year.”
“The first step in this process was the
acquisition of the McCool Ranch Field where we could restart
production and could drill over 20 new wells. Next was the
resumption of production on our existing well in the South Salinas
Project in Monterey County, CA. As we have recently disclosed, this
process is progressing well, with more work to be done in the
immediate term. This has jump started the Company’s cash flows, and
the development has been well received by the investor community.
Simultaneously, we have had active discussions with our largest
creditor, and we recently negotiated the acceleration of all
payments, effectively retiring all our convertible debt in a few
short days.”
“We are now positioned to focus on our immediate
future. We have a clean balance sheet. We have producing wells
generating cash flows. We have opportunities to rework wells, drill
new wells, and develop new assets. These are all compelling
near-term milestones in strengthening the Company’s financial
outlook in a methodical, disciplined fashion. This is what I have
done repeatedly in similar situations with prior companies, and
this is my sole focus at Trio today.” concluded Mr. Peterson.
As previously reported in a Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
on October 4, 2024, Trio Petroleum Corp., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with
an institutional investor (the “Investor”) for convertible debt
financing in an aggregate amount of up to $3,255,000, to be funded
in up to two tranches in which the Company would issue senior
secured original issue 7% discount convertible promissory notes in
an aggregate principal amount of $3.5 million.
The Company issued to the Investor two
promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount $2,550,000 in two
tranches. On April 2, 2024, the Company and the Investor mutually
agreed to permit the acceleration of more than six monthly payments
pursuant to the Second Tranche Note, so that the entire outstanding
balance of the Second Tranche Note could be repaid.
About Trio Petroleum Corp
Trio Petroleum Corp is an oil and gas
exploration and development company headquartered in Bakersfield,
California, with operations in Monterey County, California, and
Uinta County, Utah. Trio has a large, approximately 9,300-acre
asset called the “South Salinas Project” in Monterey County,
California, where it owns an 85.75% working interest, an
approximate 22% working interest in the McCool Ranch Oil Field in
Monterey County, and an option to acquire a 20% working interest in
the approximately 30,000 acre Asphalt Ridge project in Uinta
County, Utah.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
All statements in this press release of Trio
Petroleum Corp (“Trio”) and its representatives and partners that
are not based on historical fact are "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Acts”). In particular, when used in the
preceding discussion, the words "estimates," "believes," "hopes,"
"expects," "intends," “on-track”, "plans," "anticipates," or "may,"
and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Acts and are
subject to the safe harbor created by the Acts. Any statements made
in this news release other than those of historical fact, about an
action, event or development, are forward-looking statements. While
management has based any forward-looking statements contained
herein on its current expectations, the information on which such
expectations were based may change. These forward-looking
statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events
and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other
factors, many of which are outside of the Trio's control, that
could cause actual results to materially and adversely differ from
such statements. Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors
include, but are not necessarily limited to, those set forth in the
Risk Factors section of the Trio’s S-1 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC). Copies are of such documents are
available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Trio undertakes
no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes
after the date of this release, except as required by law.
Investor Relations Contact:Redwood Empire
Financial CommunicationsMichael Bayes(404) 809
4172michael@redwoodefc.com
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