CHANCELLOR GROUP INC.
11 story beats from 2007 to 2015
The story so far
The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.
shares on issue market cap (log scale)
201574.5m shares · US$223k market cap
- 12 May
CHANCELLOR GROUP INC. deregistered its securities, ending its obligation to file reports with the SEC.
listing compliance notice
74.5m shUS$223k
201474.6m shares · US$1.6m market cap
- 25 July
Chancellor sold its last remaining oil and gas assets -- four wells and a water disposal well in Gray County, Texas -- to S&W Oil & Gas for $95,000, exiting the oil and gas business entirely to focus on its Pimovi and Fuelist technology investments.
asset acquisition disposition
74.6m shUS$1.6m
201371.6m shares · US$5.7m market cap
- 20 Aug
Chancellor agreed to acquire 51% of Fuelist, LLC, a California startup, for $271,200 paid over 12 months plus 2 million shares of Chancellor stock -- a second bet on technology ventures far from its oil and gas roots.
debt financing
71.6m shUS$5.7m - 15 Jan
Chancellor moved further from oil and gas, agreeing to fund a new 61%-owned technology startup, Pimovi, Inc., with $250,000 over eight months in exchange for preferred equity and board control.
material agreement
69.6m shUS$2.5m
201167.6m shares · US$1.3m market cap
- 16 Dec
Chancellor closed the LCB Resources sale, covering about 82% of its remaining consolidated assets, for $2.05 million cash.
asset acquisition disposition
67.6m shUS$1.3m - 20 Oct
Chancellor agreed to sell substantially all of Gryphon's remaining oil and gas assets to LCB Resources for $2.05 million, keeping only four producing wells -- continuing to wind down its original oil and gas business.
material agreement
67.1m sh - 23 Mar
Chancellor's board terminated the Zimbabwe gold exploration agreement with Munda We Gold, citing governance concerns and regional political instability -- the diversification bet abandoned within four months.
material agreement termination
2010
- 2 Dec
Chancellor agreed to fund a new Zimbabwe gold exploration venture with local partner Munda We Gold at $50,000 a month during a 90-day diligence period -- a striking diversification attempt for a small Texas Panhandle oil and gas company just two years removed from bankruptcy.
capital raising announcement
2008
- 5 Sept
Chancellor closed the Legacy Reserves sale: the $13.25 million deal paid off Western National Bank and Capwest Resources in full, funded a $110,000 buyback of dissenting shareholder New Concept Energy's stock as part of a litigation settlement, and left Chancellor debt-free with about $3 million in working capital and roughly 30% of its original oil and gas acreage.
asset acquisition disposition
- 19 Aug
Rather than reorganize, Chancellor agreed to sell about 80% of its oil and gas production to Legacy Reserves for $13.25 million -- enough to pay its secured lenders in full and leave it debt-free -- and the bankruptcy court dismissed its and its subsidiaries' Chapter 11 cases so the sale could close, over the objection of shareholder New Concept Energy.
bankruptcy or receivership
2007
- 2 Nov
Chancellor Group and its two operating subsidiaries, Gryphon Production and Gryphon Field Services, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Northern District of Texas, intending to reorganize while continuing operations as debtor-in-possession and repay creditors in full.
bankruptcy or receivership