Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
15 Dec 2017material agreement termination▼ BadMajor
Guinea verbally refused Hyperdynamics' request for a two-year appraisal extension, and the CLNG stock sale collapsed when the buyer walked away - closing out the Fatala campaign without the well ever being drilled and leaving the company without its rescue financing.
Auditor Hein & Associates declined to stand for reappointment for fiscal 2018, again citing no disagreements but a standing going-concern qualification.
With SAPETRO gone, Hyperdynamics lined up a new outside investor, Hong Kong's CLNG Limited, to buy $6 million of stock at a steep discount of $0.15/share, contingent on due diligence and preferred-holder waivers.
13 Oct 2017material agreement termination▼ BadMajor
SAPETRO withdrew from the Fatala joint venture before drilling began, paying Hyperdynamics $4.9 million to settle its share of costs and unwinding the farm-in agreed just six months earlier.
Hyperdynamics farmed out 50% of its Guinea concession to South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO), a privately held Nigerian E&P company, ahead of the planned Fatala well.
Hyperdynamics, Guinea, and new partner South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) signed a tri-party protocol committing to spud the Fatala well by May 30, 2017.
Hyperdynamics settled a 2012 shareholder lawsuit from five hedge funds with stock and a $1.35 million insurance-covered payment, and swapped its planned drillship for the more capable Pacific Scirocco ahead of a planned April 2017 spud.
Guinea approved a Second Amendment to the PSC, clearing the way for Hyperdynamics - now sole concession holder again after Tullow and Dana's exit - to restart its own exploration push.
Hyperdynamics settled its arbitration with Tullow and Dana: both withdrew from the Guinea concession and PSC, handing back $8.1 million of long-lead drilling equipment plus a modest cash payment - ending Tullow's three-year run as operator without a well ever drilled under it.
NYSE announced it was starting delisting proceedings against Hyperdynamics for falling below the exchange's $50 million market-cap and equity standard.
Hyperdynamics settled its litigation with AGR Well Management over the Sabu-1 drilling program, recovering about $15.6 million net from an escrow account - a partial reimbursement of the well's ballooned costs.
NYSE notified Hyperdynamics that its market capitalization and stockholders' equity had fallen below the exchange's $50 million continued-listing thresholds.
Deloitte notified Hyperdynamics it would not stand for re-election as auditor, though its prior opinions carried no adverse findings beyond an earlier internal-controls weakness.
The Tullow farm-out closed: Tullow paid $27 million - well short of what Hyperdynamics and Dana had spent drilling Sabu-1 - for its 40% stake and took over as operator, leaving Hyperdynamics with 37%.
Hyperdynamics agreed to sell Tullow Oil a 40% interest in the Guinea concession and hand over operatorship, with Tullow covering up to $100 million of future costs - a sign the company could no longer afford to fund the play alone after Sabu-1's overruns.