Magellan Petroleum (MPET) Turns Down Cash, Stock Takeover Offer from Stratex


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Magellan Petroleum Corporation (Nasdaq: MPET) announced that its Board of Directors has carefully considered the unsolicited proposal by Stratex Oil & Gas Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: STTX) that Stratex announced on August 28, 2012. After consulting with its financial and legal advisors, the Magellan Board has determined not to pursue the Stratex proposal. The proposal, as set forth in a letter from Stratex dated August 27, 2012, was a proposal to acquire each outstanding share of Magellan common stock for $0.65 in cash and one share of Stratex common stock, the closing price for which as reported by the OTCQB on August 27, 2012, was $1.65 per share.

In making its determination, the Board of Directors noted that Stratex did not respond to a written request for preliminary information regarding, among other things, Stratex's financial statements, organizational structure, oil and gas properties, and the terms and conditions of the "committed financing" for the cash component of the proposal. The Magellan Board and its advisors reviewed the most recent public disclosures by Stratex, from which it appears:
  • Stratex is a development stage company that lacks significant financial or other assets;

  • the audit opinion dated June 27, 2012, for the most recent audited financial statements of Stratex Oil & Gas, Inc. contains an explanatory paragraph regarding factors which raise substantial doubt about Stratex's ability to continue as a going concern, and the financial statements in Stratex's Form 8-K dated July 6, 2012, contain the following statement: "the company (Stratex) believes its current available cash along with anticipated revenues may be insufficient to meet its cash needs for the near future.";

  • the proposed transaction presents significant corporate governance concerns for Magellan shareholders given, among other things, the effective 100,000,000 share super-voting rights in Stratex held by the two principal officers of Stratex;

  • the majority of the asserted value of the Stratex proposal is based on the value of Stratex common stock, a security with extremely limited trading volume that trades only sporadically; and

  • the manner in which Stratex has reported its oil and gas reserve quantities, future net cash flows, and the number of its gross and net wells raises concerns about accurately understanding the value of these metrics.


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