Operating update and shareholder activism
December and January have seen the emergence of shareholder activism at Bowleven (BLVN), bringing its strategy and management into greater focus. Its largest shareholder (Crown Ocean Capital, COC) evolved from being a supportive shareholder to voting against a number of resolutions at the December AGM, to recently calling for the widespread removal of the board and a radically different company structure. Operationally, the company reports that a new development concept is under review by the stakeholders in Etinde, where production would be piped to existing gas processing facilities in Equatorial Guinea. Such a solution would (if approved) require significantly less capex and could be brought online relatively quickly vs other solutions (fertiliser, FLNG, gas to power). We leave our valuation largely unchanged, save for a revision to cash holding to reflect the recent operational update. Our new core NAV is 49p/share.Bowleven is an oil and gas company focused on Africa, where it holds a combination of development and exploration interests in Cameroon. Co.'s assets are aggregated into a single reporting segment: Africa operations, which focus on exploration and appraisal activities in Cameroon. All assets that are aggregated in this segment are in the exploration phase.
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