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February 20, 2025
Diversified Energy Company PLC
("Diversified" or the "Company")
Pre-Stabilisation Notice
Citigroup Global Markets Inc (Contact: Gabriel Xia +1 212-723-3224) hereby gives notice that the Stabilising Manager named below and its affiliates may stabilise the offer of the following securities in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation EU/2016/1052 under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU/596/2014), including as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) and the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.
| The securities: | |
| Issuer: | Diversified Energy Company PLC (the "Company") |
| Securities: | Ordinary Shares with a par value of £0.20 each |
| ISIN: | GB00BQHP5P93 |
| Offering size: | 8,500,000 Ordinary Shares (excluding the over-allotment option) |
| Description: | An underwritten public offering in the United States of up to 8,500,000 ordinary shares |
| Offer price: | US$14.50 |
| Stabilisation: | |
| Stabilising manager: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc, 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, United States of America |
| Stabilisation period expected to start on: | 20 February 2025 |
| Stabilisation period expected to end no later than: | 22 March 2025 (close of business), being the date which is 30 calendar days from the beginning of the stabilisation period |
| Existence, maximum size and conditions of use of over-allotment facility: | The Stabilising Manager may over-allot the securities to the extent permitted in accordance with applicable law, up to the maximum size of 850,000 Ordinary Shares (representing a maximum of 10% of the total number of Ordinary Shares comprised in the offer). |
| Stabilisation trading venue: | All Stabilisation activity will occur in the United States |
| Over-allotment Option: | |
| Terms: | In connection with the offer, the Stabilising Manager or any of its agents may (but will be under no obligation to), to the extent permitted by applicable law, over-allot Ordinary Shares or effect other stabilisation transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Ordinary Shares at a higher level than that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. The Stabilising Manager is not required to enter into such transactions and such transactions may be effected on any securities market, over-the-counter market, stock exchange or otherwise and may be undertaken at any time during the period commencing on the date of adequate public disclosure of the final price of the securities and ends no later than 30 calendar days after the date of allotment. However, there will be no obligation on the Stabilising Manager or any of its agents to effect stabilising transactions and there is no assurance that stabilising transactions will be undertaken. Such stabilisation, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time without prior notice. Except as required by law or regulation, neither the Stabilising Manager nor any of its agents intends to disclose the extent of any over-allotments made and/or stabilisation transactions conducted in relation to the offer.
For the purposes of allowing the Stabilising Manager to cover short positions resulting from any over-allotments and/or from sales of Ordinary Shares effected by it during the stabilising period, the Company has granted the Stabilising Manager an option (the "Over-allotment Option"), pursuant to which the Stabilising Manager may subscribe or procure subscribers for up to 850,000 additional Ordinary Shares (representing a maximum of 10% of the total number of Ordinary Shares comprised in the offer (the "Over-allotment Shares") at the offer price. The Over-allotment Option is exercisable in whole or in part upon notice by the Stabilising Manager, at any time during the stabilisation period. |
| Duration: | The Over-allotment Option may be exercised in full or in part at any time during the stabilisation period. |
Important Notice to UK and EU Investors
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities of the Company in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful. No reliance may be placed by any person for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy, fairness or completeness.
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