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Afren plc was an international independent oil exploration and production company. It was formerly fully listed on the London Stock Exchange but is now in administration. ==History== The company was founded in 2004 as an exploration and production company focused on Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Afren plc : About Afren )〕 Most of Afren's production was in Nigeria. After the Initial Public Offering in March 2005, Afren rapidly expanded its portfolio across six countries: Nigeria, São Tomé & Príncipe JDZ, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Iraqi Kurdistan.〔(How Afren rewrote the rules on developing Africa's oil wealth ) Daily Finance, 13 February 2011〕 In March 2015, Afren reported lenders approved a three-month payment deferral for a $300 million debt facility. Afren said it won a payment deferral for a $50 million amortization payment for a $300 million Ebok debt facility that was due January 31. On March 4, 2015 Afren defaulted on its 2016 bonds after refusing to make a $15 million interest payment in order to preserve cash for an ongoing capital structure review. In April 2015, Afren appointed Alan Linn its new chief executive,〔http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b13f132-dd22-11e4-975c-00144feab7de.html#axzz3pkwSVjr4 Retrieved 27 October 2015〕 following the sacking of CEO Osman Shahenshah (along with chief operating officer Shahid Ullah〔http://www.cityam.com/1413333227/troubled-afren-s-shares-rise-after-firing-directors Retrieved 27 October 2015〕) over allegations of unauthorised payments. On July 15, 2015, Afren shares were suspended after its failure to raise enough funds to continue operating, and reduced production levels. On 31 July 2015 Afren plc released a corporate update announcing that, having failed to secure refinancing, the board of the company would file papers to put the organisation into administration. AlixPartners were appointed as administrators.〔http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2015/07/31/all-over-for-shareholders-as-afren-plc-is-put-into-administration/〕 On 10 August 2015 the company was delisted from the London Stock Exchange.〔http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=z08ffrca&headline=Afren_Exits_London_Stock_Exchange_As_Shares_Are_Delisted〕 On 27 October 2015, a Financial Times article reported on estimates that the sale of Afren's assets would raise only $200 million, leaving $1.7 billion of outstanding debt.〔"Afren's art collection on the block at Bonhams" Financial Times, 27th October 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Afren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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