OANDO PLC - Statement on Media Reports Claiming Oando PLC has to Pay Ansbury Inc. the Sum of $680million

Statement on Media Reports Claiming Oando PLC has to Pay Ansbury Inc. the Sum of $680million

Oando PLC
(Incorporated in Nigeria and registered
as an external company in South Africa)
Registration number: RC 6474
(External company registration number 2005/038824/10)
Share Code on the JSE Limited: OAO
Share Code on the Nigerian Stock Exchange: UNTP
ISIN: NGOANDO00002
(“the Company”)


Oando PLC’s Statement on Media Reports Claiming that a Ruling by the International London
Court of Arbitration has Ordered Oando PLC to Pay Ansbury Inc. the Sum of $680million

Our attention has been drawn to reports in print and digital news media purporting that the International
London Court of Arbitration has ordered Oando PLC or Wale Tinubu to pay $680 million to Gabriel Volpi,
following an investment dispute between Whitmore Asset Management Limited, jointly owned by Adewale
Tinubu and Omamofe Boyo and Ansbury Investment Inc. owned by Gabriel Volpi.


This press statement is issued to provide clarity to our shareholders and the general public:


    1. Oando PLC (“the Company” or “Oando”) is not a party to the arbitration;


    2. The London Court of International Arbitration did not order Oando PLC to pay any sum of
        money to Ansbury Investments Inc.; and


    3. Oando PLC is not in any way indebted to Ansbury Investments Inc.


We understand that the parties involved in the arbitration are Whitmore Asset Management Limited (a
company beneficially owned by Jubril Adewale Tinubu and Omamofe Boyo) and Ansbury Investments
Inc. (a company beneficially owned by Gabrielle Volpi). We confirm that neither party is a shareholder in
Oando PLC.


We are informed that the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) on July 6, 2018 ruled that
Whitmore Limited should pay Ansbury Inc. the sum of $80m. The LCIA also ordered Ocean and Oil
Development Partners OODP BVI (OODP BVI), a joint venture company incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands by Ansbury Inc. and Whitmore Limited, to pay Ansbury Inc. the sum of $600m.


OODP BVI are in turn 99% shareholders in Ocean and Oil Development Partners Nigeria (OODP Nigeria)
the majority shareholder in Oando PLC by way of 57.37% stake in the Company.
The stories also make mention of the petition that Ansbury Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) about mismanagement of Oando PLC and indebtedness arising from Ansbury’s
interpretation of the published 2016 Audited Financial Statements of Oando PLC.


This is to remind our shareholders and the general public alike that following the petition to the SEC and
in line with the SEC’s directives on October 18, 2017, a forensic audit into the affairs of the Company
officially began with an on-site review by the appointed external auditor commencing in March 2018.


In the spirit of goodwill, transparency and full disclosure, the Company will continue to cooperate with the
SEC in the discharge of their duties as the Capital Markets regulator during this exercise as well as
update the market on any reports that may have a bearing on investors’ decision and the value of their
shares.




For more information, please contact:

Ayotola Jagun
Chief Compliance Officer & Company Secretary
ajagun@oandoplc.com


Alero Balogun
Head, Corporate Communications
albalogun@oandoplc.com


For: Oando PLC

Ayotola Jagun
Chief Compliance Officer & Company Secretary
The Wings Complex, 17a Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue
Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, July 17, 2018
Sponsor: Sasfin Capital (a member of the Sasfin group)

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