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… Declines Interim Orders Sought In Duplicated Petition<\/p>\n

… holds AGM 10th May<\/p>\n

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has formally struck out the criminal charge brought by the Nigeria Immigration Service against the Seplat Energy Plc and some of its Officers.<\/p>\n

According to a statement by the company, and made available to national wire on Saturday, the Court fully discharged all named defendants.<\/p>\n

It will be recall that, the charges against Seplat Energy had earlier been withdrawn by the Nigerian Immigration Service on the 20th April (RNS Number : 9385W) and was in relation to the immigration status of Mr. Roger Brown and the withdrawal of his immigration visa by the Ministry of Interior.<\/p>\n

In addition, a new separate legal case, Boniface Okezie & 4 ors V. Seplat & 9 ors (Suit No. FHC\/ABJ\/PET\/8\/2023), was brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja.<\/p>\n

The petition as advised by independent legal advisors, was an unlawful duplication of the Petition already before the Federal High Court in Lagos (Suit No. FHC\/L\/CP\/402\/2023 \u2013 Moses A. Igbrude & 4 ors v. Seplat Energy Plc & 2 ors), where the Court recently vacated the Interim Orders against the Chief Executive Officer and adjourned the case to 16 May 2023.<\/p>

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The new case also included a request to restrain the Company from holding its Annual General Meeting on 10 May 2023.<\/p>\n

The Federal High Court did not accede to the request of Petitioners to grant ex parte Interim Orders restraining the Company from holding its AGM. The petition has been adjourned to 31 May 2023. As such, the Company\u2019s AGM will go ahead as planned on 10 May 2023.<\/p>\n

Seplat Energy refutes all allegations made in these petitions, which, given their almost identical wording, are clearly part of an orchestrated attempt to damage the Company in response to its efforts to improve corporate governance by eliminating related party transactions and implementing other governance initiatives.<\/p>\n

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 17.10 of the Rulebook of the Nigerian Exchange, 2015 (Issuer\u2019s Rule).<\/p>\n

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