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ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT2013Cadogan Petroleum plc is an independent 
oil and gas exploration, development and 
production company with onshore gas, 
condensate and oil assets in Ukraine.

OVERVIEW
Summary of 2013 
Group Overview 

STRATEGIC REPORT
Chairman’s Statement 
Chief Executive’s Review 
Operations Review 
Financial Review 
Risks and Uncertainties 
Statement of Reserves and Resources 
Corporate Responsibility  

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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Report of the Directors 
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Corporate Governance Statement 
Board Committee Reports  
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Annual Report on Remuneration 2013  31

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statement of Directors’  
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Independent Auditor’s Report  
Consolidated Income Statement 
Consolidated Statement of  
Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Balance Sheet  
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
Consolidated Statement of Changes  

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Notes to the Consolidated  

Financial Statements  
Company Balance Sheet 
Company Cash Flow Statement 
Company Statement of Changes  

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Notes to the Company  

Financial Statements  

NOTICE FOR ANNUAL GENERAL 
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Key developments during 2013:
 > In Pokrovskoe Field, new prospects have been identified in 

the Permian formation and Upper Carboniferous

 > Borynya 3 well re-entered and tested with promising results
 > Significant, further reductions to the Company’s cost base to 
maintain financial strength pending results from operations

 > Monastyretska production back up to previous levels and 

expected to rise further

 > $29.5 million received in full and final settlement of the 

GPS litigation.

 > Net cash and cash equivalents at year-end of $56.5 million 

(2012: $40.5 million) excluding $0.2 million (2012: $0.7 million) 
of Cadogan’s share of cash and cash equivalents in 
joint ventures. Cash and cash equivalents at 28 April of 
$47.8 million excluding $1.4 million of Cadogan’s share of 
cash and cash equivalents in joint ventures and excluding 
$5.3 million of yield-generating fixed income investments.

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Group Overview

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The Group’s assets are located in two of 
the three proven hydrocarbon basins in 
Ukraine, the Dniper-Donets basin and the 
Carpathian basin.

1.  Zagoryanska field
The Zagoryanska licence covers an 
area of 49.6 square kilometres. Five 
wells have been drilled to date in the 
field. Wells in the field encountered 
gas in the Upper and Lower Visean 
and Tournaisian reservoirs, and 
in one well hydrocarbons have 
been encountered in the Devonian 
reservoir. Reservoir depths vary 
from 4,500 to 5,500 metres.

On 6 July 2011 Eni S.p.A (“Eni”), 
the major Italian integrated 
energy company acquired a 60% 
interest in the licence.

Following the mechanical failure 
in the Zag 3 production tubing a 
work-over to open new intervals 
was completed but commercial 
production was not achieved due to 
formation low permeability. A work-
over activity on Zag 2 well started 
in November and is still continuing.

As at 31 December 2012 and 2013 the 
Group assessed the recoverability 
of the carrying value of the 
development and production assets 
related to the Zagoryanska licence. 
This has resulted in the impairment 
of the mentioned assets to nil.

2. Pokrovskoe field
The Pokrovskoe licence area covers 
49.5 square kilometres and is located 
in the Dnieper-Donets basin. The 
Pokrovskoe field is approximately 
10 kilometres from the UkrTransGas 
system. On 6 July 2011 Eni acquired a 
30% interest in the licence. The work 
obligations on the licence have been 
fulfilled.

Following the 3D seismic 
interpretation, new prospects have 
been identified in the Permian 
formation and Upper Carboniferous.

3.  Pirkovskoe field
Pirkovskoe is adjacent to the Group’s 
Zagoryanska licence. The exploration 
and appraisal licence covers 71.6 
square kilometres and holds 
2.5 million barrels of oil equivalent 
(‘mmboe’) of Proved and Probable 
(‘2P’) Reserves and 138.2 mmboe of 
2C Contingent Resources. Cadogan 
owns the Krasnozayarska gas 
treatment plant, on the Pirkovskoe 
licence area, which is connected to 
the UkrTransGas system.

A work-over activity on Pirk 1 
well started in October 2013 and 
is still continuing. 3D seismic 
reinterpretation is ongoing.

4. Borynya and Bitlya fields
The Bitlyanska exploration and 
development licence covers an area 
of 390 square kilometres, tectonically 
belonging to the Krosno zone of the 
folded Carpathians and includes the 
Bitlya, Borynya and Vovchenska 
areas. The Bitlya and Borynya areas 
are approximately 9 kilometres 
apart and both fields are close to 
the UkrTransGas pipeline at Turka, 
approximately 15 kilometres away. 
The Borynya and Bitlyanska fields 
hold 219.2 mmboe (100 per cent – 
2012: 219.2 mmboe) and 117.3 mmboe 
(100 per cent – 2012: 117.3 mmboe) of 
Contingent Resources respectively, 
while no Reserves and Resources 
have been attributed to the depleted 
Vovchenska field.

Borynya 3 well was re-entered and 
tested in the Krasno 1 interval with 
promising results. The decision was 
made to put fracturing job on hold 
due to lack of data from the previous 
drilling activity.

5.  Minor fields
Cadogan owns exploration, 
development and production 
licences either directly or through 
subsidiaries or joint ventures in 
several minor fields, of which two are 
currently in commercial production 
(Debeslavetska and Cheremkhivska) 
and one (Monastyretska) is in 
pilot commercial development.

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Strategic Report

The Strategic Report has been prepared 
in accordance with Section 414A of the 
Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”). Its 
purpose is to inform members of the 
Company and help them assess how the 
Directors have performed their legal 
duty under Section 172 of the Act to 
promote the success of the Company.

Our consistent business model

Principal activity and status of 
the Company
The Company is registered as a 
public limited company (registration 
number 05718406) in England and 
Wales. Its principal activity is oil and 
gas exploration, development and 
production.

The Company’s shares have a 
standard listing on the Official List 
of the UK Listing Authority and are 
traded on the main market of the 
London Stock Exchange.

We aim to increase value through:
 > Our unique expertise and 

knowledge of both the Ukrainian 
market and best Western 
practices;

 > Having very disciplined 

investment process with capital 
used as underwriting capital to 
farm-out;

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Focusing our stand-alone drilling 
or workover activities to lower 
risk initiatives with limited 
capital commitment until we 
obtain success in generating new 
or increased production; and

 > Obtaining a high return on 
cash to achieve material 
impact on the company’s 
profitability or cash flow 
focusing on yield-generating 
fixed income investments, 
within the company’s or 
its management’s areas of 
expertise.

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Chairman’s Statement

2013 saw the continuation of 
operations as planned on the 
Company’s assets in the East and the 
West of the Country while significant, 
further reductions have been 
made to the Company’s cost base 
to maintain its financial strength 
pending results from operations. 
Revenue, largely reflecting 
production from the Group’s 
Cheremkhivska and Debeslavetska 
fields and services provided to 
third parties was stable at the level 
$3.8 million. The loss before tax was 
$14.4 million (2012: $92.4 million).

At 31 December 2013 the Group 
had cash and cash equivalents of 
$56.5 million.

Operations
As anticipated, the principal focus 
for 2013 was to reduce the risk of 
present and anticipated operations 
while maximising the potential 
existing production potential. 
With workover activity on Zag 2 
having commenced in November 
2013, new prospects having been 
identified in Pokrovskoe following 
3D seismic interpretation and 
continuing workover activity on 
Pirk 1 since October 2013 with 
so far promising indications, the 
de-risking targets set for our 
technical operations and sub-
surface explorations teams have 
largely been met. Borynya 3 has 
thus far proved disappointing with 
lack of data from previous drilling 
activities having hampered our 
current efforts. However, we remain 
confident in its potential value and 
our assessment work continues. 
Production has increased moderately 
in Debeslavetska while potential gas 
production from Cheremkhivska 
appears promising at this stage. In 
Monastyretska production is now 
back up to 25 bopd and expected 
to rise further. The re-evaluation of 
the Groups’ assets continues and we 
remain positive in our outlook.

The Board
There were no changes to the Board 
during the year, reflecting a year of 
internal stability as we continue to 
reshape the Group. The presence of 
a high-quality, experienced Board 
able and available to steer the Group 
through challenging and occasionally 
volatile periods should not be taken 
lightly and I wish to thank all the 
Board members for their continuing 
efforts on behalf of the Company.

The Company is committed to 
acting professionally, fairly and with 
integrity in all of its dealings and 
relationships wherever it operates, 
and to implementing and enforcing 
effective systems to counter bribery 
and corruption in all its forms. The 
Board recently undertook an update 
to all our policies, statements and 
programmes entitled, “Working 
with Integrity”. All policies have 
been disseminated to staff and are 
available to view on the Company’s 
website. Our adherence to the 
principles contained in these policy 
documents remains unshakeable and 
I would urge shareholders to review 
these.

Recent Political Developments
At the outset of this Report, I wish 
to state the great personal pride I 
have taken in the performance and 
dedication of our employees and 
senior management based in Kiev 
and across the regions, during this 
very difficult period for Ukraine and 
its people. It is people, not bricks 
and mortar, which make a company. 
The continuing bravery, honesty 
and commitment of our employees 
in such turbulent times do them and, 
by extension, the Company, great 
credit.

The Company is an apolitical 
organisation that will always 
support the democratic process in 
the countries in which it operates. 
As stated in our “Working with 
Integrity” policy documents, we 
stand for the principles of greater 
transparency and the highest 
standards of corporate governance. 
These overriding principles form 
the framework for our relations and 
relationships with all governmental 
and non-governmental institutions 
both within Ukraine and elsewhere.

Ukraine is and always has been, a 
bridge between East and West, with a 
rich and diverse cultural history. It is 
now nine years since our activities in 
Ukraine first began and the country 
continues to fascinate all of us at 
the Company, driving us to continue 
to make a success of our operations 
and forge closer relationships in 
Ukraine.

Strategy and Prospects
Following any period of 
uncertainty comes the certainty 
of opportunity, and recent events 
in Ukraine have provided many 
opportunities for the Company. 
While the Board continues to 
develop further relationships 
and opportunities overseas, our 
established presence in Ukraine, our 
skilled staff both in Kiev and also 
in the east and west of the country 
and our adherence to the highest 
standards of corporate governance, 
give us the opportunity to act as 
a beacon for western industrials 
and industry standards. We believe 
that the Company is uniquely 
placed to afford such companies an 
opportunity to commence or expand 
their presence in Ukraine in a secure 
environment working alongside 
people who know and understand the 
country, its people and its culture.

We look forward to an exciting 
and successful 2014 for both the 
Company and the people of Ukraine.

Annual General Meeting
I look forward to meeting 
shareholders at the Company’s 
Annual General Meeting to be held 
at 10.30am on Monday 23 June 2014 
at Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne 
Street, London W1G 9LQ.

Zev Furst
Non-executive Chairman
28 April 2014

GROUP OVERVIEWDIRECTORS’ REPORTCORPORATE GOVERNANCEREMUNERATION REPORTFINANCIAL STATEMENTSGLOSSARYSHAREHOLDER INFORMATIONwww.cadoganpetroleum.comCadogan Petroleum plc   Annual financial report 2013It is the management’s goal to 
achieve a recurrent positive cash 
flow in 2014 regardless of success 
in the core E&P activity thanks to 
the contribution of non-core service, 
trading and investment activities 
in addition to cost reduction 
initiatives. Management expects 
to monetize further balance sheet 
recoveries in 2014 to complement 
the cash generation from core 
and non-core activities, principally 
relating to existing, complex tax 
claims receivables.

Outlook
Ukraine has never been more 
relevant on the world geopolitical 
map and Cadogan management 
continues to believe that it is 
ideally placed, thanks to its ongoing 
efforts to maximize its resources 
while minimizing costs, to turn 
this opportunity into value for 
shareholders.

Bertrand des Pallieres
Chief Executive Officer
28 April 2014

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Strategic Report continued

Chief Executive Review

The shale gas project with WGI has 
been progressing and the planning 
on the first exploratory well is now 
at an advanced stage, although we 
may anticipate some delay to drilling 
operations  as a consequence of the 
unstable political situation.

Non-Core Business
While the company progresses 
carefully and assesses its options 
in its core business, we have 
put an increased emphasis on 
non-core activities as a means 
to stabilise the company’s cash 
flows. Management has worked 
hard to strike a balance between 
shrinking our costs and maintaining 
our presence in and commitment 
to, Ukraine while finding alternative 
ways to compensate for low oil and 
gas sales from production. After 
only two years since its launch and 
without the need for any meaningful 
investment, our service subsidiary, 
Astro Service, has produced more 
than a third of our revenues in 
2013 and should continue its 
progression in 2014. The company 
also commenced at the end of 2013 
a physical gas trading activity that 
has produced limited revenues so 
far but opened up new horizons that 
we hope will enable us to exploit 
significant market distortions in 
the future. Finally, Cadogan is 
increasingly proactive in prudent 
management of its cash balance, 
given its size in comparison with its 
current revenues and P&L and the 
skill-set of several senior executives 
within the Group. Conservative use 
of this cash will maximize its utility 
and availability for a significant 
period as the company continues to 
explore its strategic options in oil 
and gas. Obtaining a proper return 
on this cash should therefore be an 
important objective with material 
impact on the company’s profitability 
or cash flow. Management believes 
that the main focus of this activity 
should be on yield-generating 
fixed income investments, within 
the company’s or its management’s 
areas of expertise.

Chief Executive Officer’s Report
2013 has been another challenging 
year for Cadogan. Results from oil 
and gas operations and activities 
have so far not, in general, met 
expectations. However, while 
this and the political events of 
the last few months have added 
an unhelpful layer of complexity 
to the execution of our strategy, 
these circumstances should not 
overshadow other, tremendous 
achievements. In particular our 
continued balance sheet recoveries 
have increased Cadogan’s financial 
strength despite the negative cash 
flow of our core business. This 
positions us to take full advantage 
of the unprecedented opportunities 
in the following quarters that we 
believe will follow the current 
political upheavals, as Ukraine gets 
an increased focus and support from 
the international community.

Core Operations
This year’s purposely limited 
workover activity in the Zagoryanska, 
Bitlyanska and Monastyretska 
licenses has not yet delivered the 
expected results despite some 
success in Blazh-1. This has led 
management to implement further 
cuts to our cost base at the end of 
2013 and beginning of 2014 that 
should materially reduce the G&A 
figures in 2014. Our continuous 
efforts in seismic acquisition and 
interpretation across all our licenses 
have allowed Cadogan to achieve 
a more systematic understanding 
of the potential of its resources, 
as well as identifying promising 
new horizons. The Company’s 
strategy of focusing its stand-alone 
drilling or workover activities to 
lower risky initiatives with limited 
capital commitment will be 
intensified, until it obtains success in 
generating new or increased 
production. The main, low-cost project 
currently underway is the targeting 
of shallow horizons across several 
of our Western licenses and drilling 
of the first well in Deb is expected 
this summer. For this upcoming 
well, as well as future shallow wells, 
Cadogan’s ability to use its own 
rig will keep capital expenditures 
moderate. The activities requiring 
larger risk or capital commitment 
in comparison with the company’s 
current financial resources will for 
now remain conditional on farm-out 
agreements.

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Operations Review

In 2013 the Group held working interests 
in nine conventional (2012: nine) gas, 
condensate and oil exploration and 
production licences in the East and West 
of Ukraine. All these assets are operated 
by the Group and are located in either the 
Carpathian basin or the Dnieper-Donets 
basin, in close proximity to the Ukrainian 
gas distribution infrastructures. The 
Group’s primary focus during 2013 was on 
the four biggest licences in which the main 
reserve and resource potential is located: 
Zagoryanska, Pokrovskoe, and Pirkovskoe 
in the Dnieper-Donets basin of East 
Ukraine and Bitlyanska, in the Carpathian 
Basin of West Ukraine.

Summary of the Group’s licences (as at 31 December 2013)

Working interest (%)

Major licences
40.0
70.0
100.0
99.8
Minor licences
99.2
99.2
53.4
100.0
99.2

Licence

Expiry

Licence type (1)

Zagoryanska 
Pokrovskoe
Pirkovskoe
Bitlyanska

Debeslavetska(2)
Debeslavetska(2)
Cheremkhivska(2)

Slobodo-Rungerska
Monastyretska

April 2014(3)

August 2016
October 2015
December 2014(3)

November 2026
September 2016
May 2018
April 2016

November 2014(3)

E&D
E&D
E&D
E&D

Production
E&D
Production
E&D
E&D

(1)  E&D = Exploration and Development.
(2)  Debeslavetska  and  Cheremkhivska  licences  are  held  by  WGI,  in  which  the  Group  has  a  15%  interest.  The  Group  has  99.2%  and  53.4%  of  economic  benefit  in 

conventional activities in Debeslavetska and Cheremkhivska licences respectively through Joint Activity Agreements (“JAA”).

(3)  License extension process is ongoing

In addition to above licences the Group has a 15% interest in Westgasinvest LLC (“WGI”), which holds the Reklynetska, 
Zhuzhelianska, Cheremkhivsko-Strupkivska, Debeslavetska Exploration, Debeslavetska Production, Baulinska, 
Filimonivska, Kurinna, Sandugeyivska and Yakovlivska licences for unconventional activities.

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Strategic Report continued

Operations Review continued

Zagoryanska licence
The Group has a 40 per cent working 
interest in the Zagoryanska licence 
area. The Zagoryanska licence 
previously reported 96.4 mmboe 
of contingent resources but, in 
light of the 2012 drilling campaign 
and a recent expert review carried 
out in Kiev by Brand Vick, the total 
contingent resources (gas and 
condensate) (2C) have been reduced 
to 7.7 mmboe.

The exploration and development 
licence covers 49.6 square 
kilometres and in 2009 the licence 
was extended until April 2014. The 
work obligations have been fulfilled.

Following the joint venture (“JV”) 
formed with Eni in July 2011, under 
which Eni acquired a 60 per cent 
interest in the Zagoryanska licence, 
a work-over and drilling plan was 
implemented to verify and exploit 
the potentially productive intervals.

The work over in the wells Zag 1, 2, 
and 8 did not bring to commercial 
production.

The well Zag 3 was worked over after 
a mechanical failure, the V19 and V18 
intervals were perforated, lifted and 
tested but no commercial production 
was achieved.

The Zag 11 well drilling assessed and 
tested the V24, V23, V19, and V18 
intervals. Hydrocarbons were proven 
but with no commercial flow.

As at 31 December 2012 the Group 
assessed the recoverability of the 
carrying value of the development 
and production assets related 
to the Zagoryanska licence. This 
has resulted in the impairment of 
the mentioned assets to nil (for 
details refer to Note 4(b) of the 
Consolidated Financial Statements).

An extensive revision and 
reinterpretation of the 3D seismic 
and Geological and Geophysical 
(“G&G”) studies to value and price all 
the possible reserves potential is still 
ongoing.

Zag 3 for V18 and V19 perforation 
and nitrogen lifting did not bring 
to commercial production results.

Zag 2 for V17 perforation and 
nitrogen lifting did not bring 
to commercial production results. A 
coiled tubing intervention is planned.

Zag 1 and Zag 11 wells are under 
evaluation for possible work-over 
intervention.

Pokrovskoe licence
The Group holds a 70 per cent 
working interest in the Pokrovskoe 
licence. Prospective resources 
reported by GCA at the end 
of December 2009 were 51.1 mmboe.

The exploration licence covers 49.5 
square kilometres and the initial 
licence was extended until August 
2016.

After the JV with Eni, that acquired 
30 per cent of the Group’s 
Pokrovskoe licence, the drilling of 
the Pokrovskoe 2a well indicated 
the presence of hydrocarbons 
in the deeper Tournasian levels, 
beneath both the Pokrovskoe 1 
and Pokrovskoe 2 wells, but due to 
mechanical problems the well was 
suspended with a future option of 
re-entry.

On 9 March 2012 the Group was 
advised by Eni that, following their 
analysis of the results for the 
Pokrovskoe 1 and Pokrovskoe 2a 
wells, they did not intend to exercise 
the option to acquire the additional 
30 per cent. Notwithstanding Eni’s 
decision not to exercise the option, 
Eni continues to hold a 30 per cent 
share in the Pokrovskoe licence.

On the basis of the previous 
results and the clear indication 
of the presence of a positive 
hydrocarbons generation and 
migration system, it was decided 
to continue the investigation of the 
area. The thorough 3D seismic re-
interpretation has been successfully 
concluded for the relative shallow 
horizons. One drillable new prospect 
in the Permian formation (about 
2,200m deep) and other two leads 
in the moderately deeper horizons 
have been identified.

Portfolio composition
(2P case)

Oil
1%

Condensate
23%

Gas
76%

Pirkovskoe licence
The Group has a 100 per cent 
working interest in the Pirkovskoe 
licence which holds 2.5 mmboe of 
2P Proven and Probable Reserves 
(2012: 2.5 mmboe) and 138.2 mmboe 
of 2C Contingent Resources. This 
exploration and appraisal licence 
covers 71.6 square kilometres and 
expires October 2015.

The remaining work programme 
includes: (a) the testing of 
Pirkovskoe 1, which is ongoing; (b) 
deepening to 5,450 metres and 
testing of the suspended Pirkovskoe 
2 well; (c) the drilling of a new well; 
and (d) calculation of the potential 
hydrocarbon reserves.

The Pirkovskoe 2 well is currently 
suspended. The revision and 
reinterpretation of the 3D seismic and 
G&G studies is still ongoing to value 
and price all the possible reserves 
potential.

The Group owns the Krasnozayarska 
gas treatment plant located in the 
Pirkovskoe licence area, which is 
connected to the UkrTransGas 
system and is continuing the 
service contract with a nearby local 
operator.

Reserves and resources (mmboe)
Reserves and resources (mmboe)

0.4
1P reserves

2P reserves

2.6

3P reserves

2C contingent resources 

P50 prospective resources 

7.8

522.2

35.7

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The work-over in Pirk 1 started 
in October 2013 with the objective 
to perforate V17 interval, lifting and 
testing. Results were encouraging but 
no sustainable production with gas 
and liquid hydrocarbon was achieved. 
Operations are still ongoing.

Bitlyanska licence area
The Bitlyanska exploration and 
development licence covers an area 
of 390 square kilometres with the 
Group’s interest at 99.8 per cent. 
There are three hydrocarbon 
discoveries in this licence area, 
namely Bitlyanska, Borynya and 
Vovchenska. The Borynya and 
Bitlyanska fields hold 219.2 mmboe 
(gross) (2012: 219.2 mmboe) and 
117.3 mmboe (gross) (2012: 117.3 
mmboe) of Contingent Resources 
respectively, while no Reserves and 
Resources have been attributed to 
the depleted Vovchenska field.

In the 1970s drilling of the Borynya 
1 resulted in a blow out and Borynya 
2 reportedly tested gas at very high 
rates. In 2009 Cadogan drilled the 
Borynya 3 well down to 5,325m, 
proximal to these two Soviet era 
wells, suspended due to very highly 
pressured gas bearing zones. Several 
intervals showed very interesting 
evidence of gas during drilling, 
confirmed by logging. Due to the 
difficult operations’ conditions, 
three very limited open hole drill 
stem tests were run. In particular, 
from one of the secondary reservoir 
targets at around 3,600m gas was 
tested at a maximum flow rate 
of 128,000 cubic metres per day.
In 1994 the Bitlya 1 well tested 
non-commercial gas from several 
zones down to 3,200 metres. 
Although, at that time, the presence 
of an active hydrocarbon system was 
established, the recent 2D seismic 
data interpretation demonstrates 
that the well was poorly located in 
relation to any structural closure.

In 2010 a 2D survey was completed 
in the southern part of the licence 
area to complement the Soviet 
era 2D seismic data that had 
been reprocessed by Cadogan. 
This integrated data set has been 
interpreted with the benefit of 
recent surface geological mapping 
and balanced section generation, 
and a series of prospects for future 
exploration drilling have been 
identified.

Based on the new prospect 
structures model, and internal 
re-evaluation, 430 mmboe of 
contingent resources have been 
estimated (p50) in house.

data, using the “InSar” technologies, 
will be applied to understand 
and predict the gas depletion in 
the area for better wells location 
identification.

Borynya 3 well has been re-entered 
and tested in two Krosno 1 intervals 
(2685-2745m and 2890m- 2935m) 
with interesting flows of gas, 
condensate and oil. The planned 
fracturing job remains on hold 
because the engineering study 
was inconclusive due to essential 
information not being available from 
the previous drilling data collection; 
a way forward is under evaluation 
and the deeper horizons will be 
considered.

The planned vintage seismic lines in 
the Vovchenska area were purchased 
and interpreted; a new additional 
seismic program has been prepared 
to define possible prospective areas.

The remaining work obligations for 
this licence are under re-negotiation.

Minor fields
The Group has a number of minor 
licence areas located in Western 
Ukraine. These include the following:

 > Debeslavetska Production licence 

area

A production licence containing 
0.860 mmboe of Proved Reserves 
(2012: 0.845 mmboe). The field is 
currently producing 95.0 boepd 
(2012: 84.0 boepd). New compressor 
unit and dehydration facilities for 
production optimisation have been 
installed as per the programme 
and are contributing to energy and 
emissions saving in 2013.

 > Debeslavetska Exploration 

licence area

An exploration licence surrounding 
the Debeslavetska Production 
licence area which is considered 
quite promising in shallow gas 
production potential following 
the positive preliminary results of 
Amplitude versus Offset (“AVO”) and 
Inversion Analysis. The purchase of 
vintage seismic data was completed 
in 2013. The acquisition of 100 linear 
kilometres of 2D seismic lines is in 
progress, expected to be completed 
in April 2014. One shallow well is 
approved for drilling from July 
2014, a second one is contingent. A 
geomechanical model from satellite 

 >

Cheremkhivska Production 
licence area

A production licence containing 
0.038 mmboe of proved reserves 
(2012: 0.029 mmboe). This licence 
is currently producing 23.9 boepd 
(2012: 32.8 boepd).

Potential gas production from 
shallow intervals seems to be 
promising from this licence. 
Preliminary studies have not yet 
been conclusive. Vintage seismic 
data were purchased. Acquisition of 
30 linear kilometres of 2D seismic 
lines to assess and estimate the 
reserves will be considered in 2014.

 >

Slobodo-Rungerska licence area

An exploration and development 
licence, with no booked Reserves and 
Resources (2012: nil). Seismic data 
for this area was reprocessed in 2010 
and the results indicate a deeper 
structure underlying the depleted 
and abandoned Slobodo-Rungerska 
Field. The ongoing re-evaluation of 
the block has identified 6.7 mmboe 
of oil prospective resources (best 
estimate), further petrophysical 
and reservoir studies are currently 
underway.

 > Monastyretska licence area

An exploration and development 
licence, with no booked Reserves or 
Resources (2011: nil). The Blazhiv 1 
well was re-entered during the year.

After the formation cleaning 
performances deteriorated from 
20-25 to 10-15 bopd. It was decided 
to clean the formation with a light 
acid chemical that is showing 
good results. The well is now 
spontaneously producing at a rate 
of 25 bopd and sucker rod pump 
is going to be installed. Expected 
production is 40 bopd.

The other two presently shut-in wells 
could be suitable for intervention 
and are under evaluation.

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Financial Review

 >

Overview
In 2013 the Group focused on the 
operations in west Ukraine on 
Borynya 3 well, re-interpretation of 
the existing seismic, and preparation 
for the seismic acquisition in the 
selected western assets.

Revenue was stable at the level of 
$3.8 million; however the sales mix 
has changed from that in 2012. Sales 
of hydrocarbons have decreased 
from $3.0 million to $2.5 million 
due to decreasing production 
volumes at Debeslavetska and 
Cheremkhivska fields. Revenue 
from service business has increased 
from $0.8 million to $1.3 million. 
The cash position of $56.5 million 
at 31 December 2013 has increased 
from $40.5 million at 31 December 
2012 mainly due to receivable from 
Global Process Systems (“GPS”) paid 
in April 2013.

Income statement
Loss before tax was $14.4 million 
(2012: $92.4 million). Revenues 
of $3.8 million (2012: 
$3.8 million) comprised sales of 
gas from the Debeslavetska and 
Cheremkhivska fields, and revenue 
from the service business. Cost of 
sales, which represents production 
royalties and taxes, depreciation 
and depletion of producing wells 
and direct staff costs increased to 
$3.0 million in 2013 from $2.6 million 
in 2012 to give a gross profit of 
$0.8 million (2012: $1.1 million).

 > Other administrative expenses 

of $8.9 million (2012: 
$7.5 million) comprise other 
staff costs, professional fees, 
Directors’ remuneration and 
depreciation charges on non-
producing property, plant 
and equipment. In addition 
to recurring administrative 
expenses, $0.5 million (2012: 
$0.5 million) of professional 
costs were incurred in relation 
to litigation and $0.5million 
(2012: nil) of shortfall between 
the receivable from GPS and the 
amount of settlement.

Share of losses in joint 
ventures of $6.7 million (2012: 
$58.3 million), represents 
the loss from the operations 
of joint ventures, which have 
been consolidated using equity 
method. This comprised of loss 
of i) $2.8 million from operations 
on Zagoryanska license of 
which $0.4million is the foreign 
exchange loss on the loans 
to Cadogan Group, ii) loss of 
$3.4 million from operations 
on Pokrovska license of which 
$2.3 million is the foreign 
exchange loss on the loans to 
Cadogan Group, and iii) loss of 
$0.5 million from operations of 
Westgasinvest LLC.

 > Other operating expenses of 

$0.3 million (2012: $2.9 million) 
includes $0.3 million of net 
foreign exchange losses (2012: 
$3.6 million) related to the 
revaluation of USD denominated 
monetary assets of the Group’s 
UK entities which have GBP as 
the functional currency.

Cash flow statement
The Consolidated Cash Flow 
Statement on page 44 shows cash 
from operations of $24.0 million 
(2012: cash used in operations of 
$0.5 million) which related mainly to 
receivable from GPS of $30.0 million, 
$29.5 million of which has been 
recovered under the settlement 
in April 2013. In addition, the Group 
has incurred capital expenditure of 
$3.0 million (2012: $0.1 million) on 
intangible Exploration and Evaluation 
(“E&E”) assets and $0.8 million (2012: 
$1.1 million) on Property, Plant and 
Equipment (“PP&E”). In 2013 the 
Group invested into joint ventures 
$4.7 million (2012: $22.5 million), 
mainly to cover the historical capex 
incurred in 2012 and to repay the 
operating service charges to Cadogan 
as the operating services provider.

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Balance sheet
As at 31 December 2013, the Group 
had net cash and cash equivalents of 
$56.5 million (2012: $40.5 million). 
Intangible E&E assets of $6.0 million 
(2012: $3.0 million) represent 
the carrying value of the Group’s 
investment in exploration and 
appraisal assets as at 31 December 
2013. The PP&E balance of 
$43.9 million at 31 December 2013 
(2012: $46.4 million), reflects 
the cost of developing fields 
with commercial reserves and 
bringing them into production. 
Investments in joint ventures of 
$65.9 million (2012: $67.9 million) 
mainly represents the carrying 
value of the Group’s investment 
into Pokrovska licenses and 
Westgasinvest LLC (costs related to 
Zagoryanska license have been fully 
impaired), which are accounted for 
in accordance with IFRS 11 using the 
equity method (for details please see 
Note 19). Trade and other receivables 
of $6.9 million (2012: $39.6 million) 
includes $4.1 million (2012: 
$6.9 million) receivable from joint 
ventures in respect of management 
charges, loan issued to Oil and Gas 
Management Services Group Limited 
(“OAGSG”) of $1.6 million, VAT 
recoverable of $0.3 million (2012: 
$0.1 million) in respect to VAT arose 
at UK companies, and $0.4 million 
(2012: $0.8 million) in prepayments.

Key performance indicators
The Group monitors its performance 
in implementing its strategy with 
reference to clear targets set out 
for four key financial and one key 
non-financial performance indicators 
(‘KPIs’):

 >

 >

 >

 >

 >

to increase oil, gas and 
condensate production measured 
on number of barrels of oil 
equivalent produced per day 
(‘boepd’);
to increase the Group’s oil 
and gas reserves by de-
risking possible resources and 
contingent reserves into 2P 
Reserves. This is measured 
in million barrels of oil equivalent 
(‘mmboe’);
to increase the realised price per 
1,000 cubic metres;
to increase the Group’s basic and 
diluted earnings per share; and
to maintain no lost time 
incidents.

The Group’s performance in 2013 
against these targets is set out in the 
table below, together with the prior 
year performance data. No changes 
have been made to the source of 
data or calculation used in the year.

Unit

2013

2012

Financial KPIs
Average production 
(working interest 
basis)(1)

2P reserves(2)
Realised price 

per 1,000 cubic 
metres(3) 

Basic and diluted 
loss per share(4)

Non-financial KPIs
Lost time 

boepd
mmboe

88
2.6

181
2.6

$ 483.8

486.0

cents

(6.4)

(40.1)

incidents(5)

incidents

0

0

(1)  Average production is calculated as the 

average daily production during the 
year.

(2)  Quantities of 2P reserves as at 

31 December 2012 and 2013 are 
based on Gaffney, Cline & Associates’ 
independent reserves report on 2P 
Reserves as at 31 December 2009, 
dated 16 March 2010, as adjusted for 
the actual production during 2012 and 
2013 respectively.

(3)  This represents the average price 

received for gas sold during the year 
(including VAT).

(4)  Basic and diluted profit per Ordinary 

share is calculated by dividing the net 
profit for the year attributable to equity 
holders of the parent company by the 
weighted average number of Ordinary 
shares during the year.

(5)  Lost time incidents relate to injuries 

where an employee/contractor is 
injured and has time off work.

Related party transactions
Related party transactions are set 
out in note 29 to the Consolidated 
Financial Statements.

Treasury
The Group continually monitors 
its exposure to currency risk. It 
maintains a portfolio of cash and cash 
equivalent balances mainly in US 
dollars (‘USD’) held primarily in the 
UK. Production revenues from the 
sale of hydrocarbons are received in 
the local currency in Ukraine (‘UAH’), 
however the hydrocarbon prices are 
linked to the USD denominated gas 
and oil prices. To date funds from 
such revenues have been held in 
Ukraine for further use in operations 
rather than being remitted to the 
UK. Funds are transferred to the 
Company’s subsidiaries in USD to 
fund operations at which time the 
funds are converted to UAH.

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Risks and Uncertainties

There are a number of potential risks 
and uncertainties, which could have a 
material impact on the Group’s long-
term performance and could cause 
the actual results to differ materially 
from expected and historical results. 
Executive management review the 
potential risks and then classify 
them as having a high impact, above 
$5 million, medium impact above 
$1 million but below $5 million, 
and low impact below $1 million. 

They also assess the likelihood 
of these risks occurring. Risk 
mitigation factors are reviewed and 
documented based on the level and 
likelihood of occurrence. The Audit 
Committee reviews the risk register 
and monitors the implementation of 
improved risk mitigation procedures 
via Executive management.

The Group has analysed the following 
categories as key risks:

Operational risks

Risk

Mitigation

Health, Safety and Environment (“HSE”)
The oil and gas industry by its nature conducts 
activities which can be seriously impacted by health, 
safety & environmental incidents. Serious incidents 
can have not only a financial impact but can also 
damage the Group’s reputation and the opportunity 
to undertake further projects.

Drilling operations
The technical difficulty of drilling wells in the Group’s 
locations and equipment limitations can result in the 
unsuccessful completion of the well.

Production and maintenance
Some of the Group’s facilities have been inherited, 
and although fully checked were not installed under 
our supervision and there is a risk of plant failure.

There is a risk that production or transportation 
facilities can fail due to poor performance of the 
Group’s suppliers and control of some facilities being 
with other governmental or commercial organisations. 

Work over and abandonment
Certain of the Group’s wells were drilled by the State 
and other private companies and will be worked over. 
There is a risk that Cadogan’s activities fail because 
of problems inherited with these sites.

Any well stock that is not considered satisfactory for 
purpose or poses an environmental hazard will need 
to be abandoned.

Sub-surface risks
Risk

The success of the business relies on accurate and 
detailed analysis of the sub-surface. This can be impacted 
by poor quality data, either historic or recently gathered, 
and limited coverage. Certain information provided by 
external sources may not be accurate.
Some local contractors may not acquire data accurately, 
and there is frequently limited choice of locally available 
equipment or contractors of a desirable standard.

Data can be misinterpreted leading to the construction of 
inaccurate models and subsequent plans. 

The Group maintains HSE system in place and demands that 
management, staff and contractors adhere to it. The system 
ensures that the Group meets Ukraine legislative standards 
in full and achieves international standards to the maximum 
extent possible.

The incorporation of detailed sub-surface analysis into 
a robust engineered well design and work programme, 
with appropriate procurement procedures and on site 
management competence aims to minimise risk.

All plants are operated at standards above the Ukraine 
minimum legal requirements. Operative staff is chosen for its 
experience and receives supplemental training to ensure that 
facilities are operated and maintained at a high standard.

Service providers are rigorously reviewed at the tender stage 
and are monitored during the contract period.

Work programmes are designed to assess the status of 
the wells and any work that is not safe or is not technically 
feasible will be abandoned. Qualified professionals will be used 
to design a step-by-step approach to re-entering old wells.

All sites that are abandoned will be restored and re-
cultivated to meet or exceed standards required by the 
relevant environmental control authorities and in compliance 
with recognised international standards.

Mitigation

All externally provided and historic data is rigorously examined 
and discarded when appropriate. New data acquisition is 
considered and appropriate programmes implemented, but 
historic data can be reviewed and reprocessed to improve the 
overall knowledge base.
Detailed supervision of local contractors by Cadogan 
management is followed. Plans are discussed well in advance with 
both local and international contractors in an effort to ensure that 
appropriate equipment is available.
All analytical outcomes are challenged internally and peer 
reviewed. Interpretations are carried out on modern geological 
software. A staff training programme has been put in place.

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Financial risks
Risk

The Group may not be successful in 
achieving commercial production from an asset and 
consequently the carrying values of the Group’s 
oil and gas assets may not be recovered through 
future revenues. 

There is a risk that insufficient funds are available to 
meet development obligations to commercialise the 
Group’s major licences. 

The Group could be impacted by failing to meet 
regulatory reporting requirements in the UK, and 
statutory tax and filing requirements in both Ukraine and 
the UK. 
The Group operates primarily in Ukraine, an emerging 
market, where certain inappropriate business 
practices may from time to time occur. This includes 
bribery, theft of Group property and fraud, all of 
which can lead to financial loss.
The Group is at risk from changes in the economic 
environment both in Ukraine and globally, which can 
cause foreign exchange movements, changes in the 
rate of inflation and interest rates and lead to credit 
risk in relation to the Group’s key counterparties. 

Mitigation

The Group performs a review of its O&G assets for 
impairment on an annual basis. The Group considers on an 
annual basis whether to commission a Competent Person’s 
Report (‘CPR’) from an independent reservoir engineer. 
The CPR provides an estimate of the Group’s reserves and 
resources by field/licence area. As no new production has 
been achieved during 2013, Management has decided not 
to commission a new CPR during 2013.

As part of the annual budget approval process the Board 
considers and evaluates projects for the forthcoming year and 
considers the appropriate level of risk. The Board has approved a 
work programme for 2014. Further attempts to bring in partners 
and mitigate the Group’s risk exposure are underway.
The Group manages the risk by maintaining adequate cash 
reserves and by closely monitoring forecast and actual cash flow, 
as well as short and longer funding requirements. Management 
reviews these forecasts regularly and updates are made where 
applicable and submitted to the Board for consideration.

The farm-out campaign to conserve cash and mitigate risk 
will continue through 2014.
These risks are mitigated by employing suitably qualified 
professionals who, working with advisers when needed, are 
monitoring regulatory reporting requirements, and who 
ensure that timely submissions are made.
Clear authority levels and robust approval processes are in 
place, with stringent controls over cash management and 
the tendering and procurement processes. Adequate office 
and site protection is in place to protect assets. Anti-bribery 
policies are in place.
Revenues are received in UAH and expenditure is made in 
UAH, but funds are transferred in US dollars to Ukraine. 
The Group continues to hold most of its cash reserves in 
the UK mostly in US dollars. Cash reserves are placed with 
leading financial institutions which are approved by the 
Audit Committee. The Group is predominantly a US dollar 
denominated business. Foreign exchange risk is considered 
a normal and acceptable business exposure and the Group 
does not hedge against this risk.

Refer to note 27 to the Consolidated Financial Statements 
for detail on financial risks.

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Corporate risks
Risk

Should the Group fail to comply with licence 
obligations there is a risk that its entitlement to the 
licence will be lost. 

Ukraine is an emerging market and as such the 
Group is exposed to greater regulatory, economic 
and political risks than other jurisdictions. Emerging 
economies are generally subject to a volatile political 
environment which could adversely impact on 
Cadogan’s ability to operate in the market.

Since November 2013, Ukraine has been in a political 
and economic turmoil. The Ukrainian Hryvnia 
devalued against major world currencies and 
significant external financing is required to maintain 
stability of the economy. In February 2014, Ukraine’s 
sovereign rating has been downgraded to CCC with 
a negative outlook. The Government however is 
expecting significant funding from the international 
creditors in 2014, with the International Monetary 
Fund (“IMF”) being the largest.

The further political developments are currently 
unpredictable and may adversely affect the Ukrainian 
economy.
The Group’s success depends upon skilled 
management, technical and administrative staff. The 
loss of service of critical members from the Group’s 
team could have an adverse effect on the business.

Mitigation

The Group designs a work programme and budget to ensure that 
all licence obligations are met. The Group engages proactively 
with government to re-negotiate terms and ensure that they are 
not onerous.
The Group minimises this risk by maintaining the funds in 
international banks outside Ukraine and by continuously 
maintaining a working dialogue with the regulatory 
authorities. 

The Group periodically reviews the compensation and 
contract terms of its staff.

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Statement of Reserves and Resources

The Group did not commission an independent Reserves and Resources Evaluation of the Group’s oil and gas assets 
in Ukraine as at 31 December 2013, due to insufficient new information arising from operational activity before the 
year end. The summary of the Reserves and Resources below are based on the Independent Reserves and Resources 
Evaluation performed by Gaffney Cline and Associates as at 31 December 2009, adjusted for subsequent actual 
production and expert review and studies performed with an external firm in Kiev and in house.

Summary of Reserves as of 31 December 2013

Proved and Probable Reserves at 1 January 2013
Production
Proved and Probable Reserves at 31 December 2013
Possible Reserves at 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013

Summary of Contingent Resources as of 31 December 2013

Contingent Resources at 1 January 2013
Change in working interest
Contingent Resources at 31 December 2013

Working interest basis

Gas bcf

Condensate
mmbbl

Oil
mmbbl

11.3
(0.2)
11.1
19.5

0.6
–
0.6
1.5

Working interest basis

Condensate
mmbbl

Oil
mmbbl

97.9
–
97.9

–
–
–

Gas bcf

2,357.3
–
2,357.3

–
–
–
–

Total
mmboe

522.2
–
522.2

Reserves are assigned only to the Pirkovskoe, Debeslavetska and Cheremkhivska fields.

Contingent Resources are assigned to the Zagoryanska, Pirkovskoe, Borynya and Bitlya fields, where development is 
contingent on further appraisal.

Prospective Resources of 165.9 billion cubic feet (“bcf”) (2011: 165.9 bcf) of gas and 5.9 mmbl (2011: 5.9 mmbl) of 
condensate are attributed to the Pokrovskoe field (reflecting Cadogan’s working interest), where there has not yet 
been a production test.

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Corporate Responsibility

The Board recognises the 
requirement under Section 414C 
of the Act to detail information 
about employees, human rights 
and community issues, including 
information about any policies it has 
in relation to these matters and the 
effectiveness of these policies.

The Group considers the 
sustainability of its business as a 
key and competitive element of its 
strategy. Meeting the expectations 
of our stakeholders is the way in 
which we secure our licence to 
operate, and to be recognised 
in the values we declare is the 
best added value we can bring in 
order to profitably prolong our 
business. The Board recognises 
that the health and safety of its 
employees and of the communities 
and protecting the environment 
it impacts are the key drivers for 
the sustainable development of 
the Company’s activity. Our Code 
of Ethics and the adoption of 
internationally recognised best 
practices and standards are our 
and our employees’ references for 
conducting our operations.

Our activities are carried out in 
accordance with a policy manual, 
endorsed by the Board, which has 
been disseminated to all staff. The 
manual includes policies on business 
conduct and ethics, anti-bribery, the 
acceptance of gifts and hospitality, 
and whistleblowing.

The Group’s Health, Safety and 
Environment Manager reports 
directly to the Chief Operations 
Officer. His role is to ensure that 
the Group has developed suitable 
procedures and that operational 
management have incorporated 
them into daily operations, and he 
has the necessary level of autonomy 
and authority to discharge his duties 
effectively and efficiently.

The Board believes that health 
and safety procedures and 
training across the Group should 
be to the standard expected in 
any company operating in the oil 
and gas sector. Accordingly, it has 
set up a Committee to review and 
agree health and safety initiatives 
and report back on progress. The 
monthly management report to the 
Board contains a full report on both 
health and safety, and environmental 
issues, and key safety and 
environmental issues are discussed 
by the Executive Management. The 
Health, Safety and Environment 
Committee Report is on page 28.

Health, safety and environment
The Group has developed an 
integrated Health, Safety and 
Environmental (‘HSE’) management 
system. The system aims, by 
a continuous improvement 
programme, to ensure that a safety 
and environmental protection culture 
is embedded in the organisation. 
The HSE management system 
ensures that both Ukrainian and 
international standards can be met 
with the Ukrainian HSE legislation 
requirements taken as an absolute 
minimum although the international 
requirements are in the main met 
or exceeded. All the Group’s local 
operating companies in East and 
West Ukraine have all the necessary 
documentation and systems in place 
to ensure compliance with Ukrainian 
legislation.

A proactive approach to the 
prevention of incidents has been in 
place throughout 2013, which relies 
on an observation cards system 
and reliable near-miss reporting. 
Staff training on HSE matters is 
recognised as the key factor to 
generate continuous improvement. 
In-house training is provided to help 
staff meet international standards 
and follow best practice. At present, 
special attention is being given 
to training on risk assessments, 
incident reporting and investigation, 
as well as hazard and operational 
(‘HAZOP’) studies to ensure 
that international standards are 
maintained even if they exceed those 
required by Ukrainian legislation.

The Board monitors lost time 
incidents as a key performance 
indicator of the business, to 
reasonably verify that the 
procedures in place are robust. 
The Board has benchmarked 
safety performance against the 
HSE performance index measured 
and published annually by the 
International Association of Oil & 
Gas Producers. In 2013, the Group 
recorded a total of 440,386 man 
hours worked. There were no Lost 
Time Incidents (‘LTIs’) recorded in 
2013 and a total of over one million 
man hours have been worked 
without an LTI since the previous 
incident was recorded in July 2011.

Vehicle safety and driving conduct 
remain among the Company’s 
priorities in controlling hazards and 
preventing injuries. As of the end 
of 2013, the Company has recorded 
almost 8.4 million kilometres driven 
without an LTI.

The European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development 
(‘EBRD’) was, until February 2013, 
a substantial shareholder in the 
Company and closely monitored 
the environmental and community 
aspects of the Group’s activities. An 
environmental report was submitted 
to the EBRD each year summarising 
the Group’s compliance with local 
HSE regulation and standards. The 
EBRD required and reviewed the 
results of audits undertaken by 
external consultants which were 
used to generate an environmental 
action plan. The Group remains 
highly conscious of the need to 
optimise its activities in order to 
reduce their environmental impact 
of its operations. In 2012, a number 
of steps were taken in this direction, 
such as replacing the old compressor 
unit at the Debeslavetske Gas 
Treatment Facility, which benefited 
the environment by decreasing fuel 
consumption and air emissions while 
improving the overall efficiency of 
the plant.

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Gender diversity
The Board of Directors of the 
Company comprised of five 
male Directors throughout the 
year to 31 December 2013. The 
appointment of any new Director 
is made on the basis of merit. See 
page 18 for more information on 
the composition of the Board. There 
were no females holding Senior 
Manager’ position as at 31 December 
20131. As at 31 December 2013, the 
Company comprised a total of 121 
employees, as follows:

Non-executive directors
Executive directors
Other employees

All employees

Male Female

3
2
85

90

0
0
31

31

Human rights
Cadogan’s commitment to the 
fundamental principles of human 
rights is embedded in our HSES 
polices and throughout our 
business processes. We promote 
the core principles of human rights 
pronounced in the UN Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights. Our 
support for these principles is 
embedded throughout our Code of 
Conduct, our employment practices 
and our relationships with suppliers 
wherever we do business.

Community
The Group’s activities are carried 
out in rural areas of Ukraine and the 
Board is aware of its responsibilities 
to the local communities in which 
the Group operates and from which 
some of the employees are recruited. 
At current operational sites, 
management works with the local 
councils to ensure that the impact of 
operations is as low as practicable 
by putting in place measures to 
mitigate their effect. Key projects 
undertaken include improvement of 
the road infrastructure in the area, 
which provides easier access to the 
operational sites while at the same 
time minimising inconvenience for 
the local population and allowing 
improved road communications 
in the local communities. Specific 
charitable activities are undertaken 
for the direct benefit of local 
kindergartens, schools, sporting 
facilities and medical services, as 
well as other community-focused 
facilities. All activities are followed 
and supervised by managers who are 
given specific responsibility for such 
tasks.

The Group’s local companies see 
themselves as part of the community 
and are involved not only with 
financial assistance, but also with 
practical help and support. The 
recruitment of local staff generates 
additional income for areas that 
otherwise are predominantly 
dependent on the agricultural sector.

Approval
The Strategic Report was approved 
by the Board of Directors on 28 April 
2014 and signed on its behalf by:

Laurence Sudwarts
Company Secretary
28 April 2014

Starting from 2013, the Company 
is committed to prepare a 
baseline to assess and monitor 
its environmental performance, 
namely, the consumption of 
electricity and industrial water and 
fuel consumption by cars, plant 
and other work sites. We have 
developed procedures necessary for 
improving the Group’s environmental 
performance, taking into account 
the requirements of any applicable 
policies, such as UK regulations on 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse 
gas emissions.

Employees
Certain of the Group’s operations 
are undertaken by sub-contractors’ 
specialists having the technical 
knowledge required for complex 
wells’ drilling operations. Local 
interest is part of the Company’s 
sustainable development policy 
and wherever possible local staff 
are recruited and procedures 
are in place to ensure that all 
recruitments are undertaken on a 
transparent and fair basis with no 
discrimination against applicants. 
Each operating company has its own 
Human Resources staff to ensure 
that the Group’s employment policies 
are properly implemented and 
followed. As required by Ukrainian 
legislation, Collective Agreements 
are in place with the Group’s 
Ukrainian subsidiary companies 
which provide an agreed level of 
staff benefits and other safeguards 
for employees. The Group’s Human 
Resources policy covers key areas 
such as equal opportunities, wages, 
overtime and non-discrimination. 
All staff are aware of the Group’s 
grievance procedures.

Sufficient levels of health insurance 
are provided by the Group to 
employees to ensure they have 
access to good medical facilities. 
Each employee’s training needs are 
assessed on an individual basis to 
ensure that their skills are adequate 
to support the Group’s operations, 
and to help them to develop.

1 

 Senior Managers are directors of 
subsidiary companies or who otherwise 
have responsibility for planning, directing 
or controlling the activities of the 
company or a strategically significant 
part of it.

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Board of Directors

Enrico Testa, 62, Italian
Independent non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 
2011, Mr Testa has a long and varied 
background in the energy market. 
He was Chairman of the Board of 
ACEA (the Rome electricity and 
water utility company) from 1996 
to 2002. He was Chairman of the 
Board of Enel S.p.A, the major 
Italian electricity supplier, during 
its privatisation. From 2005 to 
2009 he was Chairman of Roma 
Metropolitane, the Rome council-
owned company constructing 
new underground lines. He was 
also Chairman of the Organising 
Committee for the 20th World 
Energy Congress held in Rome 
in November 2007, Senior Partner 
at the Franco Bernabè Group which 
owns several investments in the IT 
sector and, from 2002 to 2005, he 
was member of the Advisory Board of 
Carlyle Europe and Chairman of the 
Italian Nuclear Forum since 2010. In 
addition, between 2004 and August 
2012 Mr Testa was Managing Director 
of Rothschild S.p.A.

He is currently Chairman of the AIM 
listed telecommunications company 
Telit Communications Plc, Vice 
Chairman of Intecs S.p.A and 
Chairman of E.VA – Energie 
Valsabbia S.p.A. – a company 
developing hydropower and solar 
generating plants.

Mr Testa is Chairman of the 
Company’s Remuneration Committee 
and a member of the Audit and 
Nomination Committees.

Adelmo Schenato, 62, Italian
Chief Operating Officer
Mr Schenato was appointed to the 
Board as Chief Operating Officer 
on 25 January 2012. He joined the 
Company after a 35 year career at 
Eni S.p.A (‘Eni’), the Italian integrated 
energy business, where he served in 
senior global and regional positions.

His global roles at Eni included 
Well Operations Research and 
Development and Technical 
Management, and Vice President 
HSE & Sustainability. His regional 
roles include General Manager 
of Tunisia, Gabon and Angola as 
well as CEO of Eni’s Italian gas 
storage company.

Gilbert Lehmann, 68, French
Senior Independent 
non-executive Director
Mr Lehmann was appointed to the 
Board on 18 November 2011. He is 
currently acting as an adviser to 
the Executive Board of Areva, the 
French nuclear energy business, 
having previously been its Deputy 
Chief Executive Officer responsible 
for finance. He is also a former Chief 
Financial Officer and deputy CEO 
of Framatone, the predecessor to 
Areva, and was CFO of Sogee, part of 
the Rothschild Group. Mr Lehmann is 
also Deputy Chairman and Chairman 
of the Audit Committee of Eramet, 
the French minerals and alloy 
business. He is Deputy Chairman 
and Audit Committee Chairman of 
Assystem SA, the French engineering 
and innovation consultancy. He was 
Chairman of ST Microelectronics 
NV, one of the world’s largest 
semiconductor companies, from 
2007 to 2009, and stepped down as 
Vice Chairman in 2011.

Mr Lehmann is currently Chairman of 
the Company’s Audit Committee and 
a member of the Remuneration and 
Nomination Committees.

Zev Furst, 66, American
Chairman
Appointed to the Board on 2 August 
2011, Mr Furst is a leading global 
business and communications 
strategist who has advised political 
leaders, foreign principals and 
corporate executives of Fortune 
100 companies. He is the Chairman 
and CEO of First International 
Resources, an international corporate 
and political consulting firm he 
founded in 1992. Mr Furst specialises 
in providing strategic counsel on crisis 
management, market entry, corporate 
positioning and personal reputational 
issues. In recent years, he has also 
advised and consulted with candidates 
running for national office in Israel, 
Japan, Mexico and Ukraine.

In 1986, Mr Furst was a founding 
partner of Meridian Resources 
and Development Ltd, an 
international commodities 
trading company specialising in 
chemicals and petroleum products.

Mr Furst currently serves as Chairman 
of the International Board of the Peres 
Center for Peace and is a member 
of the Advisory Board of the Kennan 
Institute in Washington, DC. He has 
written and lectured extensively on 
international affairs, business and 
political strategy and the role of 
media in politics and diplomacy.

Mr Furst is Chairman of the Company’s 
Nomination Committee and a member 
of the Remuneration Committee.

Bertrand des Pallieres, 47, French
Chief Executive Officer
Mr des Pallieres was appointed as 
Chief Executive Officer on 1 August 
2011, having joined the Board as a 
non-executive Director on 26 August 
2010. Mr des Pallieres is also the CEO 
of SPQR Capital Holdings SA, a major 
shareholder of the Company.

Previously he was the Global Head of 
Principal Finance and member of the 
Global Market Leadership Group of 
Deutsche Bank from 2005 to 2007. 
From 1992 to 2005 he held various 
positions at JPMorgan including Global 
Head of Structured Credit, European 
Head of Derivatives Structuring and 
Marketing, and Co-head of sales for 
Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is 
a non-executive director of Versatile 
Systems Inc. listed on the Toronto and 
London Stock Exchanges and Equus 
Total return, Inc., listed on the NYSE.

Mr des Pallieres is a member of the 
Nomination Committee.

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Report of the Directors

Directors
The Directors in office during the year and at the date of this report are as shown below:

Non-executive Directors 
Zev Furst (Chairman) 
Gilbert Lehmann 
Enrico Testa

Executive Directors
Bertrand des Pallieres
Adelmo Schenato

Directors’ re-election
The Board has decided previously that all Directors must be subject to annual election by shareholders, in accordance 
with the best practice guidance for FTSE 350 companies contained in the UK Corporate Governance Code that was 
issued in 2012 by the Financial Reporting Council (the ‘Code’). As such, all of the Directors will be seeking re-election 
at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 26 June 2014.

The biographies of the Directors in office at the date of this report are shown on page 18.

Appointment and replacement of Directors
The Board may appoint any individual willing to act as a Director either to fill a vacancy or act as an additional 
Director. The appointee may hold office only until the next annual general meeting of the Company whereupon his or 
her election will be proposed to the shareholders.

The Company’s Articles of Association prescribe that there shall be no fewer than three Directors and no more than 
fifteen.

Directors’ interests in shares
The beneficial interests of the Directors in office as at 31 December 2013 and their connected persons in the Ordinary 
shares of the Company at 31 December 2013 are set out below.

Shares as at December 31

Z Furst
B des Pallieres
G Lehmann
E Testa
A Schenato

2013

2012

–
200,000
–
–
–

522.2
200,000
–
–
522.2

Directors’ indemnities and insurance
The Company continues to maintain Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance. The Company’s Articles of Association 
provide, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, an indemnity for Directors in respect of any liability 
incurred in connection with their duties, powers or office. Save for such indemnity provisions, there are no qualifying 
third party indemnity provisions.

Powers of Directors
The Directors are responsible for the management of the business and may exercise all powers of the Company 
(including powers to issue or buy back the Company’s shares), subject to UK legislation, any directions given by 
special resolution and the Articles of Association. The authority to buy back shares, granted at the 2013 Annual 
General Meeting, remains unused.

Dividends
The Directors do not recommend payment of a dividend for the year to 31 December 2013 (2012: $nil).

Principal Activity and Status
The Company is registered as a public limited company (registration number 05718406) in England and Wales. Its 
principal activity is oil and gas exploration, development and production.

Structure of share capital
The authorised share capital of the Company is currently £30,000,000 divided into 1,000,000,000 Ordinary shares of 
3 pence each. The number of shares in issue as at 31 December 2013 was 231,091,734 Ordinary shares of 3 pence each 
with a nominal value of £6,932,752. The Companies (Acquisition of Own Shares) (Treasury Shares) Regulations 2003 
(the ‘Regulations’) allow companies to hold shares in treasury rather than cancel them. Following the consolidation of 
the issued capital of the Company on 10 June 2008, there were 66 residual Ordinary shares which were transferred 
to treasury. No dividends may be paid on shares whilst held in treasury and no voting rights attach to shares held 
in treasury.

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Report of the Directors continued

Rights and obligations of Ordinary shares
On a show of hands at a general meeting every holder of Ordinary shares present in person or by proxy and entitled 
to vote shall have one vote and, on a poll, every member present in person or by proxy, shall have one vote for every 
Ordinary share held. In accordance with the provisions of the Company’s Articles of Association, holders of Ordinary 
shares are entitled to a dividend where declared and paid out of profits available for such purposes. On a return of 
capital on a winding up, holders of Ordinary shares are entitled to participate in such a return.

Exercise of rights of shares in employee share schemes
None of the share awards under the Company’s incentive arrangements are held in trust on behalf of the beneficiaries.

Agreements between shareholders
The Board is unaware of any agreements between shareholders which may restrict the transfer of securities or voting 
rights.

Restrictions on voting deadlines
The notice of any general meeting of the Company shall specify the deadline for exercising voting rights and 
appointing a proxy or proxies to vote at a general meeting. It is the Company’s policy at present to take all resolutions 
at a general meeting on a poll and the results of the poll are published on the Company’s website after the meeting.

Substantial shareholdings
As at 31 December 2013 and 28 April 2014, the Company had been notified of the following voting rights attached to the 
Company’s shares:

Major shareholder

SPQR Capital Holdings SA
Mr Pierre Salik
Mr Michel Meeus
J Benaim
Credit Agricole Indosuez (Suisse) SA
Credit Suisse Private Banking

 31 December 2013

 28 April 2014

Number of  
shares held

% of total  
voting rights

Number of  
shares held

% of total  
voting rights

67,298,498
40,550,000
26,000,000
21,660,582 
12,050,000
7,477,091

29.12
17.55
11.25
9.37
5.21
3.24

67,298,498
40,550,000
26,000,000
21,660,582 
12,050,000
7,477,091

29.12
17.55
11.25
9.37
5.21
3.24

Amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association
The Company’s Articles of Association may only be amended by a special resolution of shareholders.

Disclosure of information to auditors
As required by section 416 of the Companies Act 2006, each of the Directors as at 28 April 2014 confirms that:
(a)  so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company’s auditor is unaware; and
(b)  the Director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a Director in order to make himself aware of 

any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company’s auditor is aware of that information.

This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with section 416 of the Companies Act 2006.

Going concern
After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate 
resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the 
going concern basis in preparing the Consolidated and Company Financial Statements. For further detail refer to the 
detailed discussion of the assumptions outlined in note 3(b) to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Change of control – significant agreements
The Company has no significant agreements containing provisions which allow a counterparty to alter and amend the 
terms of the agreement following a change of control of the Company.

Should a change in control occur then certain senior staff are entitled to a payment of salary and benefits for a period 
of six months.

Certain of the Company’s long-term incentive arrangements contain provisions which permit awards or options to 
vest or become exercisable on a change of control in accordance with the rules of the plans.

Global greenhouse gas emissions
This section contains information on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions required by the Companies Act 2006 
(Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013 (“the Regulations”).

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Reporting year
The reporting year coincides with the Company’s fiscal year, which is 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013. This is 
the first year in which GHG reporting has been conducted by the Company, and it will be used as the baseline year 
for comparison in future years.

Methodology
The principal methodology used to calculate the emissions is drawn from the ‘Environmental Reporting Guidelines: 
including mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting guidance (June 2013)’, issued by the Department 
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“DEFRA”). Additionally, ‘Petroleum Industry Guidelines for Reporting 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2nd edition, May 2011)’ were used to cover issues specific for the petroleum industry. 
DEFRA GHG conversion factors for company reporting were utilised to calculate the CO2 equivalent of emissions 
from various sources. In certain limited cases, where information was available only for a part of the reporting period, 
the total emissions were extrapolated by extending the available information to cover the full reporting period. This 
occurred where it was not possible to retrieve information on the amount of heating supplied to one of the Company’s 
office buildings, due to an office move.

The Company has reported on all of the emission sources required under the Regulations.

The Company does not have responsibility for any emission sources that are not included in our consolidated 
statement.

Consolidation approach and organisation boundary
An operational control approach was used to define the Company’s organisational boundary and responsibility 
for GHG emissions. All material emission sources within this boundary have been reported upon, in line with the 
requirements of the Regulations.

Scope of reported emissions
Emissions data from the sources within Scope 1 and Scope 2 of the Company’s operational boundaries is detailed 
below. This includes direct emissions from assets that fall within the Company’s organisational boundaries (Scope 1 
emissions), as well as indirect emissions from energy consumption, such as purchased electricity and heating (Scope 2 
emissions).

Intensity ratio
In order to express the GHG emissions in relation to a quantifiable factor associated with the Company’s activities, 
wellhead production of crude oil, condensates and natural gas has been chosen as the normalisation factor for 
calculation of the intensity ratio. This will allow comparison of the Company’s performance over time, as well as with 
other companies in the Company’s peer group.

Total greenhouse gas emissions data for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013

Greenhouse gas emissions source

Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Scope 1
Direct emissions, including combustion of fuel and operation of facilities

Scope 2
Indirect emissions from energy consumption, including electricity and heating purchased for own use
Total (Scope 1 & 2)

1,313

705
2,018

Annual General Meeting
A notice for the Annual General Meeting (the ‘AGM’) to be held at 10.30 am on 23 June 2014 at Chandos House, 2 
Queen Anne Street, London W1G 9LQ is set out on pages 80 to 82. The following notes provide an explanation of 
all of the Resolutions to be put to the AGM. Resolutions 1 to 12 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions requiring 
the approval of more than 50 per cent. of the votes cast at the meeting and Resolutions 13 to 15 will be proposed as 
special resolutions requiring the approval of at least 75 per cent of the votes cast at the meeting. The Board considers 
that the resolutions to be put to the meeting are in the best interests of the Company and the shareholders as a 
whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of the proposed resolutions at the 
AGM, as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.

Annual Financial Report (Resolution 1)
Shareholders are being asked to receive the Annual Financial Report of the Company for the financial year ended 
31 December 2013. The Annual Financial Report comprises the Annual Accounts of the Group together with the 
Directors’ Report, Annual Report on Remuneration and the auditor’s report on those Accounts and the auditable part 
of the Annual Report on Remuneration.

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Report of the Directors continued

Approval of Annual Report on Remuneration (Resolution 2)
Shareholders are being asked to approve the Annual Report on Remuneration for the financial year ended 
31 December 2013, as set out on pages 31 to 34.

Approval of Directors’ Remuneration Policy (Resolution 3)
A new directors’ remuneration reporting regime came into effect on 1 October 2013. Shareholders will now have an 
annual advisory vote on the report on Directors’ remuneration and a binding vote, to be held every three years, on 
the remuneration policy of the Directors. Accordingly, shareholders are being requested to vote on the receipt and 
approval of the Annual Report on Remuneration 2013 as set out on pages 31 to 34 and on the Directors’ Remuneration 
Policy as set out on page 33.

Election and re-election of Directors (Resolutions 4 to 9)
Under Article 118 of the Company’s Articles of Association, every Director must seek re-election by members at least 
once every three years. However, it is now the Board’s practice for every Director to seek re-election by shareholders 
every year as recommended by the Code. Accordingly, resolutions 4 to 8 deal with the re-election of each of the 
Company’s Directors.

Biographies of each of the Directors seeking re-election are set out on page 18. All of the Directors proposed 
for re-election have wide ranging business knowledge and bring valuable skills and experience to the Board and 
the Board considers that each of the Directors continues to make an effective and valuable contribution and 
demonstrates commitment to the role. Accordingly, the Board recommends the re-election of each of these Directors.

Resolution 9 deals with the election of Mr Michel Meeus to the Board of Directors of the Company. Given Mr Meeus’ 
more than three decades’ experience spanning both the financial and the energy sectors, sectors of vital importance 
to the Company at the present time, the Board believes that Mr Meeus will make a valuable and effective contribution 
to the Company and therefore recommends that shareholders vote in favour of his election.

Auditor (Resolutions 10 and 11)
Deloitte LLP have indicated that they are willing to continue in office as the Company’s auditor. Resolution 10 seeks 
shareholders’ approval to reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of 
the next general meeting at which the Annual Financial Report is laid before the shareholders. Resolution 11 seeks 
shareholders’ authorisation for the Directors to determine the auditor’s remuneration.

Authority to Allot Shares (Resolution 12)
The Directors may allot or grant rights over Ordinary shares only if authorised to do so by a resolution of 
shareholders. Resolution 12 seeks a new authority under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to authorise the 
Directors to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company. It will 
expire at the conclusion of next year’s AGM or, if earlier, on 30 June 2015. Resolution 12 follows institutional investor 
guidelines regarding the authority to allot shares.

Paragraph (a) of resolution 12 would give the Directors authority to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for, 
or convert any security into, shares (‘Rights’) up to a maximum nominal amount of £2,310,917, representing 
approximately one third of the Company’s existing issued share capital. This maximum is reduced by the nominal 
amount of shares allotted or Rights granted pursuant to paragraph (b) of resolution 12 in excess of £2,310,917. 
Paragraph (b) of resolution 12 gives the Directors authority to allot shares or grant Rights in connection with a rights 
issue only up to a maximum nominal amount of £4,621,834 representing approximately two-thirds of the Company’s 
existing issued share capital. This maximum is reduced by the nominal amount of shares allotted or Rights granted 
pursuant to paragraph (a) of resolution 12.

Therefore, the maximum nominal amount of shares allotted or Rights granted under resolution 12 is £4,621,834, 
representing approximately two-thirds of the Company’s existing issued share capital.

As at close of business on 28 April 2014, the Company did not hold any treasury shares.

The Directors do not currently intend to use this authority. However, if they do use it, then they intend to follow best 
practice (including as regards standing for re-election in certain cases), as recommended by institutional investor 
guidelines.

Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights (Resolution 13)
If the Directors wish to allot any shares or grant rights over shares or sell treasury shares for cash (other than under 
an employee share scheme) they are required by the Companies Act 2006 to offer them to existing shareholders pro 
rata. In certain circumstances, it may be in the interests of the Company to raise capital without such a pre-emptive 
offer. Resolution 13 therefore seeks a waiver of shareholders’ pre-emptive rights and (aside from rights issues or other 
pro rata offers), the authority will be limited to the issue of securities for cash up to a maximum aggregate nominal 
value of £346,637 – approximately five per cent of the Company’s issued Ordinary share capital as at 23 April 2014 
(being the latest practicable date prior to the date of the Notice of AGM).

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The Directors confirm their intention to adhere to the provisions in the Pre Emption Group Statement of Principles 
regarding cumulative usage of authorities over more than 7.5 per cent of the Company’s issued Ordinary share capital 
in any three-year period.

This resolution also seeks a disapplication of the pre-emption rights on a rights issue to permit such arrangements as 
may be appropriate to resolve legal or practical problems which, for example, might arise with overseas shareholders. 
The authority will expire at the conclusion of next year’s AGM or, if earlier, on 30 June 2015.

Directors’ Authority to Purchase Shares (Resolution 14)
The Company may wish to purchase its own shares and resolution 14 seeks authority to do so. If passed, the Company 
would be authorised to make market purchases up to a total of 23,109,173 shares – just under ten per cent of the 
Company’s issued Ordinary share capital as at 28 April 2014. The Directors will generally only exercise this power 
when the effect of such purchases is expected to increase earnings per share and will be in the best interests of 
shareholders generally. Shares purchased may be cancelled and the number in issue will be reduced accordingly. The 
Company may hold in treasury any of its own shares that it purchases in this manner.

The Company does not have any outstanding share options.

Notice of General Meetings (Resolution 15)
The purpose of resolution 15 is to allow the Company to continue to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on 
14 clear days’ notice. The Directors do not expect to use this power unless urgent action is required on the part of 
the shareholders. If resolution 15 is passed, the approval will be effective until the Company’s next AGM when it is 
expected that a similar resolution will be proposed.

It should be noted that, in order to be able to call a general meeting on less than 21 clear days’ notice, the Company 
must make a means of electronic voting available to all shareholders for that meeting.

This Directors’ Report comprising pages 4 to 23 has been approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by:

Laurence Sudwarts
Company Secretary
28 April 2014

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Corporate Governance Statement
This Corporate Governance Statement forms part of the Directors’ Report

The Board of the Company is committed to the highest standards of corporate governance and bases its actions on 
the principles set out in the Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council (‘FRC’) in September 2012 (the ‘Code’). The 
Code can be found on the FRC’s website at www.frc.org.uk

This statement describes how the Group applies the principles of the Code. On 20 December 2011 the Company’s 
listing category on the London Stock Exchange was transferred from ‘Premium Listing’ to ‘Standard Listing’. 
Although companies with a standard listing are subject to less stringent corporate governance requirements, the 
Board has decided that the Group will continue to govern itself in accordance with the principles of the Code and 
explain why it has chosen not to comply with any of the provisions of the Code.

During the year under review, the Group has complied with the Code’s provisions with the following exceptions:
 >

Code provision A.4.2 – During the year, the Chairman did not hold meetings with the non-executive Directors 
without the executives present
Code provision E.1.1 – The Senior Independent Director has not attended meetings with major shareholders

 >

The reasons for these two areas of non-compliance are as follows:
 > Although the Chairman did not hold formal meetings of the non-executive Directors during the year, regular 

 >

discussions took place by telephone and email.
The Senior Independent Director, Mr Lehmann, did not attend meetings with major shareholders as this responsibility 
was undertaken by the Chairman and the Executive Directors. Mr Lehmann is available to shareholders who have 
concerns that they feel would be inappropriate to raise via the Chairman or Executive Directors.

Board
The Board provides leadership and oversight. The Board comprises a non-executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 
Chief Operating Officer and two independent non-executive Directors. The membership of the Board and biographical 
details for each of the Directors are incorporated into this report by reference and appear on page 18.

As at the date of this report, the Chairman had no significant commitments that might affect his ability to allocate 
sufficient time to the Company to discharge his responsibilities effectively.

Under the Company’s Articles of Association, all Directors must seek re-election by members at least once every 
three years. However, the Board has agreed that all Directors will be subject to annual election by shareholders, as 
recommended by the Code in respect of FTSE 350 companies. Accordingly, all members of the Board will be standing 
for re-election at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 26 June 2014.

The Board has a formal schedule of matters specifically reserved for it to decide, including approval of acquisitions 
and disposals, major capital projects, financial results, Board appointments, dividend recommendations, material 
contracts and Group strategy. Five Board meetings took place during 2013.

The Chairman, in conjunction with the Company Secretary, plans the programme for the Board during the year. The 
agenda for Board and Committee meetings is considered by the relevant Chairman and issued with supporting papers 
during the week preceding the meeting. For each Board meeting, the Directors receive a Board pack including detailed 
monthly management accounts, briefing papers on commercial and operational matters and major capital projects 
including acquisitions. The Board also receives briefings from key management on specific issues. The attendance of 
those Directors in place at the year end at Board and Committee meetings during the year was as follows:

No. Held
No. Attended:
Z Furst
B des Pallieres
G Lehmann
E Testa
Schenato

Board

Audit
Committee

Nomination
Committee

Remuneration
Committee

5

4
5
5
4
5

3

n/a
n/a
3
3
n/a

1

0
0
1
1
n/a

1

0
n/a
1
1
n/a

A procedure exists for the Directors, in the furtherance of their duties, to take independent professional advice if 
necessary, under the guidance of the Company Secretary and at the Company’s expense. All Directors have access 
to the advice and services of the Company Secretary, who is responsible to the Chairman for ensuring that Board 
procedures are complied with and that applicable rules and regulations are followed.

Board independence
The roles and responsibilities of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer are separate. A formal division of each individual’s 
responsibilities has been agreed and documented by the Board. Mr Lehmann is the Senior Independent Director.

The non-executive Directors bring an independent view to the Board’s discussions and the development of its 
strategy. Their range of experience ensures that management’s performance in achieving the business goals is 
challenged appropriately. The three non-executive Directors, Messrs Furst, Lehmann and Testa, are considered by the 

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Board, in accordance with the Code, to be independent. The letters of appointment for the independent non-executive 
Directors are available for review at the Registered Office and prior to the Annual General Meeting. For information 
regarding the Annual General Meeting please refer to the Notice of Meeting on pages 80 to 82.

Responsibilities and membership of Board Committees
The Board has agreed written terms of reference for the Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and Audit 
Committee. The terms of reference for all three Board Committees are published on the Company’s website, www.
cadoganpetroleum.com, and are also available from the Company Secretary at the Registered Office. A review of the 
terms of reference, membership and activities of all Board Committees is provided on pages 26 to 30.

Board performance evaluation
Principle B.6 of the Code recommends that boards undertake a formal and rigorous annual evaluation of its own 
performance and that of its committees and individual directors. The Board is mindful that it needs to continually 
monitor and identify ways in which it might improve its performance and recognises that board evaluation is a useful 
tool for enhancing a board’s effectiveness. For the year ended 31 December 2013, the Board opted to undertake self-
evaluation by way of a questionnaire designed specifically to assess the strengths of the Board and identify any areas 
for development.

The process was led by Mr Furst as Chairman and the evaluation of the Chairman’s performance was led by Mr Lehmann 
as the Senior Independent Director. The Board discussed the evaluation questionnaire findings, which were also used 
by the Nomination Committee in its annual assessment of the Board’s composition. The Directors are committed to 
ensuring that the Board continues to represent a broad balance of skills, experience, independence and knowledge 
and that there is sufficient diversity within the composition of the Board. All appointments are made on merit against 
objective criteria – which include gender and diversity generally – in the context of the requirements of the business 
and the overall balance of skills and backgrounds that the Board needs to maintain in order to remain effective.

Internal control
The Directors are responsible for the Group’s system of internal control and for maintaining and reviewing its 
effectiveness. The Board has delegated responsibility for the review of the Group’s internal controls to the Audit 
Committee. The Group’s systems and controls are designed to safeguard the Group’s assets and to ensure the 
reliability of information used both within the business and for publication.

Systems are designed to manage, rather than eliminate, the risk of failure to achieve business objectives and can 
provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance against material misstatement or loss.

The key features of the internal control systems which operated during 2013 and up to the date of signing the 
accounts are documented in the Group’s Corporate Governance Policy Manual and Finance Manual. These manuals 
have been circulated throughout the Group. In addition, the Company’s joint venture entities adopted policies that 
mirror the Company’s own, except WGI, where ENI’s policies are adopted.

Day-to-day responsibility for the management and operations of the business has been delegated to the Chief 
Executive Officer and senior management.

Certain specific administrative functions are controlled centrally. Taxation, treasury and insurance functions report 
to the Director of Group Finance who reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer. The legal function is managed 
by the General Counsel who reports to the Board and also attends all Board meetings. The Health and Safety and 
Environment functions report to the Chief Operating Officer. An overview of the Group’s treasury policy is set out on 
page 11.

The Group does not have an internal audit function. Due to the small scale of the Group’s operations at present, the 
Board do not feel that it is appropriate or economically viable to have this function in place. The Audit Committee will 
continue to consider the position annually.

The Board has reviewed the process, which has been in place from the start of the year to the date of approval of 
this report and which is in accordance with revised guidance on internal control published in October 2005 (the 
‘Turnbull Guidance’). During the course of its review of the risk management and internal control systems, the Board 
has not identified nor been advised of any failings or weaknesses which it has deemed to be significant. Therefore a 
confirmation in respect of necessary actions has not been considered appropriate.

Relations with shareholders
The Chairman and Executive Directors of the Company have a regular dialogue with analysts and substantial 
shareholders. The outcome of these discussions is reported to the Board and discussed in detail. Mr Lehmann, as the 
Senior Independent Director, is available to shareholders who have concerns that they feel would be inappropriate to 
raise via the Chairman or Executive Directors.

The Annual General Meeting is used as an opportunity to communicate with all shareholders. In addition, financial 
results are posted on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com, as soon as they are announced. The 
Notice of the Annual General Meeting is contained in this report on pages 80 to 82. It is intended that the Chairmen of 
the Nomination, Audit and Remuneration Committees will be present at the Annual General Meeting. The results of all 
resolutions will be published on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com.

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Board Committee Reports

Audit Committee Report
The Audit Committee is appointed by the Board, on the recommendation of the Nomination Committee, from the non-
executive Directors of the Group. The Audit Committee’s terms of reference include all matters indicated by the Code. 
They are reviewed annually by the Audit Committee and any changes are then referred to the Board for approval. The 
terms of reference of the Committee are published on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com, and are 
also available from the Company Secretary at the Registered Office. Two members constitute a quorum.

Responsibilities
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To monitor the integrity of the annual and interim financial statements, the accompanying reports to 
shareholders, and announcements regarding the Group’s results.
To review and monitor the effectiveness and integrity of the Group’s financial reporting and internal financial 
controls.
To review the effectiveness of the process for identifying, assessing and reporting all significant business risks and 
the management of those risks by the Group.
To oversee the Group’s relations with the external auditor and to make recommendations to the Board, for 
approval by shareholders, on the appointment and removal of the external auditor.
To consider whether an internal audit function is appropriate to enable the Audit Committee to meet its objectives.
To review the Group’s arrangements by which staff of the Group may, in confidence, raise concerns about possible 
improprieties in matters of financial reporting or other matters.

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Governance
Mr Testa and Mr Lehmann, who are both independent non-executive Directors under provision B.1.1 of the Code, are 
the members of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is chaired by Mr Lehmann who has recent and relevant 
financial experience as a former finance director of major European companies as well as holding several non-
executive roles in major international entities.

At the invitation of the Audit Committee, the Group Director of Finance and external auditor regularly attend. The 
Company Secretary attends all meetings of the Audit Committee.

The Audit Committee also meets the external auditor without management being present.

Activities of the Audit Committee
During the year, the Audit Committee discharged its responsibilities as follows:

Financial statements
The Audit Committee examined the Group’s consolidated and Company’s financial statements and, prior to 
recommending them to the Board, considered the appropriateness of accounting policies adopted and whether the 
financial statements represented a true and fair view.

Internal controls and risk management
The Audit Committee reviews and keeps under review financial and control issues throughout the Group including the 
Group’s key risks and the approach for dealing with them.

External auditor
The Audit Committee is responsible for recommending to the Board, for approval by the shareholders, the 
appointment of the external auditor.

The Audit Committee considers the scope and materiality for the audit work, approves the audit fee, and reviews the 
results of the external auditor’s work. Following the conclusion of each year’s audit, it considers the effectiveness 
of the external auditor during the process. An assessment of the effectiveness of the audit process was made, 
giving consideration to reports from the auditors on their internal quality procedures. The Committee reviewed and 
approved the terms and scope of the audit engagement, the audit plan and the results of the audit with the external 
auditors, including the scope of services associated with audit-related regulatory reporting services. Additionally, 
auditor independence and objectivity were assessed, giving consideration to the auditors’ confirmation that their 
independence is not impaired, the overall extent of non-audit services provided by the external auditors and the past 
service of the auditors who were first appointed. We have also taken account of the latest recommendations of the 
Code in relation to the regular tendering of the external audit appointment.

Deloitte LLP was first appointed in 2005. Having satisfied itself as to their qualifications, expertise, resources and 
independence and the effectiveness of the audit process, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board, for 
approval by shareholders, the reappointment of Deloitte LLP as the Company’s external auditor.

There is an agreed policy on the engagement of the external auditor for non-audit services to ensure that their 
independence and objectivity are safeguarded. Work closely related to the audit, such as taxation or financial reporting 
matters, can be awarded to the external auditor by the executive Directors provided the work does not exceed £50,000 in 
fees per item. Work exceeding £50,000 requires approval by the Audit Committee. All other non-audit work either requires 
Audit Committee approval or forms part of a list of prohibited services, where it is felt the external auditor’s independence 
or objectivity may be compromised.

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A breakdown of the non-audit fees is disclosed in note 10 to the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The 
Company’s external auditor, Deloitte LLP, has provided non-audit services (excluding audit related services) which 
amounted to $105,000 (2012: $119,000). The Audit Committee has reviewed the level of these services in the course 
of the year and is confident that the objectivity and independence of the auditor are not impaired by the reason of 
such non-audit work.

Internal audit
The Audit Committee considers annually the need for an internal audit function and believes that, due to the size of 
the Group and its current stage of development, an internal audit function will be of little benefit to the Group.

The Group’s whistleblowing policy encourages employees to report suspected wrongdoing and sets out the 
procedures employees must follow when raising concerns. The policy, which was implemented during 2008, was 
refreshed in 2013 and recirculated to staff as part of a manual that includes the Company’s policies on anti-bribery, 
the acceptance of gifts and hospitality, and business conduct and ethics.

Political and economic uncertainty in Ukraine
Recent political turmoil in Ukraine has made it necessary for management to assess the extent of its impact on the 
Group’s operations and assets.

The Committee reviewed reports from management which considered whether adjustments are required to the carrying 
values of assets and the appropriateness of the going concern assumption. As a result management have concluded that 
there were no significant adverse consequences in relation to the Group’s operations, cash flows and assets that impact 
the 2013 financial statements, apart from continuous uncertainty related to key assumptions used by management in 
assessment of the recoverable amount of production assets including the gas price and the discount factor in particular. 
Any further escalations of the political crisis may impact the Group’s normal business activities, and increase the risks 
relating to its business operations, financial status and maintenance of its Ukrainian production licences.

In discussion with the external auditors, the Committee acknowledged the inherent difficulty in making any 
assessment as to the eventual outcome of the present political situation and, as a consequence, the difficulty of 
making a reliable judgement as to the future impact, if any, on the Group’s business. The Committee concurs with 
conclusions reached by management summarized in Note 4 to the financial statements.

Other significant issues related to 2013 financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2013 the Audit Committee identified the significant issues that should be considered 
in relation to the financial statements, being areas which may be subject to heightened risk of material misstatement.

The Group estimates of oil and gas reserves have a significant impact on the financial statements, in particular in 
relation to depletion, depreciation and decommissioning (“DD&A”) and impairment. Oil and gas reserves, as discussed 
in the Statement of Reserves and Resources, are based on the Independent Reserves and Resources Evaluation 
performed by Gaffney Cline and Associates as at 31 December 2009, adjusted for subsequent actual production and 
expert review and studies performed with external firm in Kiev and in house.

Following discussions with management and the auditors, including discussing the range of sensitivities, the 
Committee is satisfied with results of the assessment of recoverable amount of production assets. However, reserves 
estimates are inherently uncertain, especially in the early stages of a field’s life, and are routinely revised over the 
producing lives of oil and gas fields as new information becomes available and as economic conditions evolve. The 
Audit Committee acknowledges that such revisions may impact the Group’s future financial position and results, in 
particular, in relation to DD&A and impairment testing of oil and gas property, plant and equipment.

The Audit Committee considered the Group’s intangible exploration and evaluation assets and interests in exploration 
and evaluation assets held through joint ventures individually for any indicators of impairment including those 
indicators set out in IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral resources. The Audit Committee has not found 
any evidence for the existence of any such indicators of impairment. The Audit Committee has discussed the Group’s 
exploration and evaluation assets with both management and the auditor’s and concur with the treatment adopted.

Overview
As a result of its work during the year, the Audit Committee has concluded that it has acted in accordance with its 
terms of reference and has ensured the independence and objectivity of the external auditor. A formal review of the 
Audit Committee’s performance was undertaken after the year end and concluded that the Committee is effective 
in its scrutiny of the accounts and financial reporting process, its oversight of risk management systems and its 
monitoring of internal control testing.

The Chairman of the Audit Committee will be available at the Annual General Meeting to answer any questions about 
the work of the Audit Committee.

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Health, Safety and Environment Committee Report
The Health, Safety and Environment Committee (the ‘HSE Committee’) is appointed by the Board, on the 
recommendation of the Nomination Committee. The HSE Committee’s terms of reference are reviewed annually 
by the HSE Committee and any changes are then referred to the Board for approval. The terms of reference of the 
Committee are published on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com, and are also available from the 
Company Secretary at the Registered Office. Two members constitute a quorum, one of whom must be a Director.

Responsibilities
 >

To develop a framework of the policies and guidelines for the management of health, safety and environment 
issues within the Group.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the Group’s policies and systems for identifying and managing health, safety and 
environmental risks within the Group’s operation.

 >

 > Assess the policies and systems within the Group for ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental 

regulatory requirements.

 > Assess the performance of the Group with regard to the impact of health, safety, environmental and community 

relations decisions and actions upon employees, communities and other third parties and also assess the impact of 
such decisions and actions on the reputation of the Group and make recommendations to the Board on areas for 
improvement.

 > On behalf of the Board, receive reports from management concerning any fatalities and serious accidents within 

 >

the Group and actions taken by management as a result of such fatalities or serious accidents.
Evaluate and oversee, on behalf of the Board, the quality and integrity of any reporting to external stakeholders 
concerning health, safety, environmental and community relations issues.

 > Where it deems it appropriate to do so, appoint an independent auditor to review performance in regard to health, 
safety, environmental and community relations matters and review any strategies and action plans developed 
by management in response to issues raised and, where appropriate, make recommendations to the Board 
concerning the same.

Governance
The HSE Committee was in place throughout 2013. Members of the HSE Committee as of April 2014 are Mr Adelmo 
Schenato (Chief Operating Officer and HSE Committee Chairman), Mr Oleg Sybira (HSE Manager), Mr Luciano Kovacic 
(Exploration Manager). The Company Secretary attends meetings of the HSE Committee. The HSE Committee meets 
monthly to monitor continuously progress by management.

Activities of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee
During the year the HSE Committee discharged its responsibilities as follows:

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The ongoing review of existing HSE policies and procedures, as well as development of new ones, was regularly 
discussed at the Committee meetings in relation to the current activities.
Compliance with HSE regulatory requirements was ensured through discussion of any inspections, both internal 
ones and those carried out by the Authorities.

 > HSE statistics were a standing item on the agenda, allowing the HSE Committee to assess the Company 

performance by analysing any lost-time incidents (of which there were none during 2013), near misses, HSE 
training and other indicators.
Interaction with contractors, Authorities, local communities and other stakeholders was discussed among other 
HSE activities.

 >

Overview
As a result of its work during the year, the HSE Committee has concluded that it has acted in accordance with its 
terms of reference.

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Nomination Committee Report
The Nomination Committee is appointed by the Board predominantly from the non-executive Directors of the Group. 
The Nomination Committee’s terms of reference include all matters indicated by the Code. They are reviewed annually 
by the Nomination Committee and any changes are then referred to the Board for approval. The terms of reference 
of the Nomination Committee are published on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com, and are also 
available from the Company Secretary at the Registered Office. Two members constitute a quorum.

Responsibilities
 >

 >

 >

To regularly review the structure, size and composition (including the skills, knowledge and experience) required of 
the Board compared to its current position and make recommendations to the Board with regard to any changes.
Be responsible for identifying and nominating for the approval of the Board candidates to fill Board vacancies as 
and when they arise.
Before appointment is made by the Board, evaluate the balance of skills, knowledge, experience and diversity 
on the Board and, in the light of this evaluation, prepare a description of the role and capabilities required for a 
particular appointment.

In identifying suitable candidates, the Nomination Committee shall use open advertising or the services of external 
advisers to facilitate the search and consider candidates from a wide range of backgrounds on merit, taking care that 
appointees have enough time available to devote to the position.

The Nomination Committee shall also make recommendations to the Board concerning:

 >

Formulating plans for succession for both executive and non-executive Directors and in particular for the key roles 
of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

 > Membership of the Audit and Remuneration Committees, in consultation with the Chairmen of those committees.
The reappointment of any non-executive Director at the conclusion of their specified term of office, having given 
 >
due regard to their performance and ability to continue to contribute to the Board in the light of the knowledge, 
skills and experience required.
The re-election by shareholders of any Director having due regard to their performance and ability to continue to 
contribute to the Board in the light of the knowledge, skills and experience required.

 >

Any matters relating to the continuation in office of any Director at any time including the suspension or termination 
of service of an executive Director as an employee of the Company subject to the provisions of the law and their 
service contract.

Governance
Mr Zev Furst (Board and Nomination Committee Chairman), Mr Bertrand des Pallieres (Chief Executive Officer), and 
Messrs Gilbert Lehmann and Enrico Testa (independent non-executive Directors) are the members of the Nomination 
Committee. The Company Secretary attends all meetings of the Nomination Committee.

Activities of the Nomination Committee
The Nomination Committee carried out a review of the size, structure and composition of the Board after the year end 
and concluded that it had the appropriate balance of skills, knowledge, independence and experience.

Overview
As a result of its work during the year, the Nomination Committee has concluded that it has acted in accordance with 
its terms of reference. The Chairman of the Nomination Committee will be available at the Annual General Meeting to 
answer any questions about the work of the Nomination Committee.

This report has been prepared in accordance with Schedule 8 of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and 
Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations Amendment 2013 and an Ordinary resolution will be submitted to the 
shareholders seeking their approval of the report at the Annual General Meeting of the Company.

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Statement from the Chairman
I am pleased to present the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2013.

Shareholders may be aware that new rules for the reporting of directors’ remuneration came into effect on 1 October 
2013. These now require companies to ask shareholders to approve the annual remuneration paid to directors 
every year and to formally approve the directors’ remuneration policy on a three-yearly basis. Any change to the 
Directors’ Remuneration Policy will require shareholder approval. The vote on the Annual Report on Remuneration 
is, as previously, an advisory vote, whilst the Directors’ Remuneration Policy is subject to a binding vote. Accordingly, 
Ordinary Resolutions will be put to Shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting to be held on 23 June 
2014, to receive and approve the Annual Report on Remuneration and to receive and approve the Directors’ 
Remuneration Policy.

Given the challenging political situation present in Ukraine over the past months, the company’s aim to develop a 
revised, long-term and balanced Remuneration Policy aligned to strategy and performance and linked to shareholder 
preferences has of necessity taken second precedence to other pressing matters. In the circumstances, the Company 
proposes to maintain its current approach to remuneration, already long-term, balanced and aligned to strategy 
and performance, until the situation in the country has settled. At that point, the Company will bring its revised 
Remuneration Policy to shareholders for consideration.

Enrico Testa
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
28 April 2014

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Annual Report on Remuneration 2013

Information not subject to audit: Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee is committed to principles of accountability and transparency to ensure that 
remuneration arrangements demonstrate a clear link between reward and performance. In its work, the Remuneration 
Committee considers fully the principles and provisions of the Code. In designing performance-related remuneration 
schemes for executive Directors, the Remuneration Committee has considered and applied Schedule A of the Code.

Remuneration Committee Report

Responsibilities
In summary, the Remuneration Committee’s responsibilities, as set out in its terms of reference, are as follows:

 >

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To determine and agree with the Board the policy for the remuneration of the executive Directors, the Company 
Secretary and other members of executive management as appropriate.
To consider the design, award levels, performance measures and targets for any annual or long-term incentives 
and approve any payments made and awards vesting under such schemes.

 > Within the terms of the agreed remuneration policy, to determine the total individual remuneration package of 

each executive Director and other senior executives including bonuses, incentive payments and share options or 
other share awards.
To ensure that contractual terms on termination, and any payments made, are fair to the individual and the 
Company, that failure is not rewarded and that the duty to mitigate loss is fully recognised.

 >

Governance
The Remuneration Committee consists of Mr Enrico Testa, Mr Zev Furst and Mr Gilbert Lehmann. At the discretion 
of the Remuneration Committee, the Chief Executive Officer is invited to attend meetings when appropriate, but is 
not present when his own remuneration is being discussed. The Remuneration Committee is also supported by the 
Company Secretary.

Activities of the Remuneration Committee
During the year, the Remuneration Committee:

 > Approved the outline structure of a Long-Term Incentive Plan (as recommended by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 
the Group’s appointed external advisers) and directed management to develop a detailed proposal for the 
Remuneration Committee’s consideration.

 > Reviewed and confirmed the Company’s remuneration policy, as set out in the Annual Report on Remuneration 

2013 on page 33.

No awards or payments were made under incentive schemes during 2013. No new incentive schemes were introduced 
during the period.

Overview
As a result of its work during the year, the Remuneration Committee has concluded that it has acted in accordance 
with its terms of reference. The chairman of the Remuneration Committee will be available at the Annual General 
Meeting to answer any questions about the work of the Committee.

The Remuneration Committee unanimously recommends that shareholders vote to approve the Annual Report on 
Remuneration and the Directors’ Remuneration Policy at the 2014 Annual General Meeting.

Your Company’s performance
The graph below highlights the Company’s total shareholder return (‘TSR’) performance since listing compared to the 
FTSE All Share Oil & Gas Producers index. This index has been selected on the basis that it represents a sector specific 
group which is an appropriate group for the Company to compare itself against. TSR is the return from a share or 
index based on share price movements and notional reinvestment of declared dividends.

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Annual Report on Remuneration 2013
continued

The Chairman and Executive Directors of the Company have a regular dialogue with analysts and substantial 
shareholders, which includes the subject of Directors’ Remuneration. The outcome of these discussions are reported 
to the Board and discussed in detail both there and during meetings of the Remuneration Committee. Mr Lehmann, as 
the Senior Independent Director, is available to shareholders who have concerns that they feel would be inappropriate 
to raise via the Chairman or Executive Directors.

The Annual General Meeting is used as an opportunity to communicate with all shareholders. In addition, financial 
results, including details of Directors remuneration, are posted on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com, 
as soon as they are announced. It is intended that the Chairmen of the Nomination, Audit and Remuneration Committees 
will be present at the Annual General Meeting. The results of all resolutions will be published on the Company’s website, 
www.cadoganpetroleum.com.

Arrangements for past Directors
Mr Ian Baron resigned as a Director on 15 June 2012 and received compensation of £80,000 for termination of his 
consultancy agreement without notice. Whilst a Director, Mr Baron was entitled to a payment of 10 per cent of his 
base salary into a suitable pension arrangement as long as he could demonstrate that he had made a contribution 
equating to 5 per cent of salary to the arrangement. A payment relating to the accrued value from February 2011 
to February 2012 was made in 2013 and 2014.

Arrangements for existing Directors
During 2013, Mr Bertrand des Pallieres continued as Chief Executive Officer. Mr des Pallieres’ salary is £246,000 
($384,941) per annum, comprising £216,000 ($337,997) per annum under a consultancy agreement (the terms of which 
are reviewed by the Remuneration Committee annually) and £30,000 ($46,944) per annum under a services agreement. 
Any bonus to be awarded to Mr des Pallieres is at the discretion of the Board. In addition, Mr des Pallieres is entitled to 
participate in an incentive scheme, the performance conditions for which are set by the Remuneration Committee.

Adelmo Schenato continued as Chief Operating Officer of the Company throughout 2013. Mr Schenato’s basic salary is 
£212,093 ($331,728) comprising €225,000 per annum under a consultancy agreement and £21,000 under a services 
agreement. Any bonus to be awarded to Mr Schenato is at the discretion of the Board. In addition, Mr Schenato is entitled 
to participate in an incentive scheme, the performance conditions for which are set by the Remuneration Committee.

Information subject to audit:
2013 Directors’ emoluments

Director

Z Furst 
B des Pallieres 
A Schenato
G Lehmann 
E Testa 
I Baron (resigned 15 June 2012)

TOTAL 

$
Salary/fees

133,008
384,941
331,728
70,416
54,768
–

974,861

$
Pension

$
Loss of office

$
Total in 2013

$
Salary/fees

$
Pension

$
Loss of office

$
Total in 2012

–
–
–
–
–
–

–

131,714
–
133,008
– 384,941
389,935
– 331,728 308,849
–
71,330
55,479
–
121,524
–

70,416
54,768
–

–
–
–
–
–
31,966

131,714
–
–
389,935
– 308,849
71,330
–
55,479
–
126,808 280,298

– 974,861

1,078,831

31,966

126,808 1,237,605

The remuneration of the highest paid Director, Mr des Pallieres, was $384,941 (2012: $389,935).

There were no performance payments or benefits in kind paid in 2013 (2012: $nil).

Mr des Pallieres is a non-executive Director of Versatile Systems Inc. and Equus Total Returns Inc. Any fees paid are 
retained by Mr des Pallieres.

Share Incentive Arrangements
The Company currently operates the following incentive plans:

2008 Performance Share Plan (‘PSP’)
The PSP offers the opportunity to earn shares in the Company subject to the achievement of stretching performance 
targets. Awards can be made under the PSP at the direction of the Remuneration Committee with a value of up to a 
maximum of 200 per cent of base salary (400 per cent in exceptional circumstances).

No Directors who held office during the year have received any awards under the PSP.

Share options
The Company operates two share option plans: the 2008 Share Option Plan (unapproved for HMRC purposes) and the 
2008 Approved Option Plan (‘CSOP’) (which is an HMRC approved plan).

No options have been exercised under any Option Scheme and thus no gain on exercise has been realised.

There are no options outstanding at 31 December 2013.

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Non-Executive Directors
In May 2011 the Board agreed that the Chairman’s fee be set at £85,000 ($131,714) and that the fee for acting as an 
independent non-executive Director be set at £35,000 ($55,479) with an additional £10,000 ($15,851) for acting as 
Chairman of the Audit Committee. There has been no increase in non-executive Directors’ fees since that time.

Directors’ Remuneration Policy
The Company adheres to the recommendation of the Code, that levels of remuneration should be sufficient to attract, 
retain and motivate directors of the quality required to run the Company successfully. The Company, however, will not 
pay more than is necessary to achieve these objectives.

Those aspects of executive directors’ remuneration which relate to performance will be testing in nature, and designed to 
promote the long-term success of the Company. At present, however, there are no plans to increase the level of fees paid 
to directors. In addition, views expressed by shareholders on the fees paid to directors, will be taken into consideration by 
the Board, when reviewing the Directors’ Remuneration Policy and in the annual review of directors’ fees. The Company’s 
policy when determining the duration of notice periods, and the extent of termination payments, will be based on prevailing 
best practice. The Directors’ Remuneration Policy will be put to a shareholders’ vote, at least once every three years.

An Ordinary Resolution, for the approval of the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, will be put to shareholders at the 
forthcoming Annual General Meeting. The Directors’ Remuneration Policy will be effective immediately, if and when 
the Ordinary Resolution is passed by shareholders.

The Remuneration Committee is appointed by the Board from the non-executive Directors of the Group. The 
Remuneration Committee’s terms of reference include all matters indicated by the Code. They are reviewed annually 
by the Remuneration Committee and any changes are then referred to the Board for approval. The terms of reference 
of the Remuneration Committee are published on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com, and are also 
available from the Company Secretary at the Registered Office. Two members constitute a quorum.

Service agreements
The Company’s policy on service agreements is that executive Directors’ agreements should, following any necessary 
initial notice period, be terminable by either the Company or the Director on not more than six months’ notice. 
The service agreements contain provision for early termination, among other things, in the event of a breach by 
the executive but make no provision for any termination benefits except in the event of a change of control of the 
Company where the executive becomes entitled to 12 months’ salary on termination by the Company. The service 
agreements contain restrictive covenants for a period of 12 months following termination of the agreement. Details of 
service agreements in place as at the date of this report are set out below:

Director

B des Pallieres
A Schenato

Current agreement start date

1 August 2011
25 January 2012

Notice period

Six months
Six months

Remuneration policy and package for executive Directors
The Remuneration Committee’s philosophy is that remuneration arrangements should be appropriately positioned 
to support the Group’s business strategy over the longer term and create value for shareholders. In this context the 
following key principles are considered to be important:

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remuneration arrangements should align executive and employee interests with those of shareholders;
remuneration arrangements should help retain key executives and employees; and
remuneration arrangements should incentivise executives to achieve short, medium and long-term business 
targets which represent value creation for shareholders. Targets should relate to the Group’s performance in 
terms of overall revenue and profit and the executive’s own performance. Individual targets should reflect the role 
of the executive in question but might relate, for example, to the generation of new revenue streams protection 
of the Company’s existing tangible and intangible assets and the promotion of the Company’s business interests. 
Exceptional rewards should only be delivered if there are exceptional returns.

Share Incentive Arrangements
The Company currently operates the following incentive plans:

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2008 Performance Share Plan; and
2008 Share Option Plan with a corresponding HMRC approved plan.

The Company made no awards in 2013 under the 2008 Share Option Plan. There were no outstanding options as at 
31 December 2013.

2008 Performance Share Plan (‘PSP’)
The PSP offers the opportunity to earn shares in the Company subject to the achievement of stretching performance 
targets. Awards can be made under the PSP at the direction of the Remuneration Committee with a value of up to a 
maximum of 200 per cent of base salary (400 per cent in exceptional circumstances).

No Directors who held office during the year have received any awards under the PSP.

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Annual Report on Remuneration 2013
continued

Directors’ interests in shares
The beneficial interests of the Directors in office as at 31 December 2013 and their connected persons in the Ordinary 
shares of the Company at 31 December 2013 are set out below.

Shares as at December 31

Z Furst
B des Pallieres
G Lehmann
E Testa
A Schenato

2013

2012

–
200,000
–
–
–

–
200,000
–
–
–

Share options
The Company operates two share option plans: the 2008 Share Option Plan (unapproved for HMRC purposes) and the 
2008 Approved Option Plan (‘CSOP’) (which is an HMRC approved plan).

No options have been exercised under any Option Scheme and thus no gain on exercise has been realised.

There are no options outstanding at 31 December 2013.

Remuneration policy for non-executive Directors

Independent non-executive Directors
The payment policy for independent non-executive Directors is to pay the market rate to secure persons of a suitable 
calibre. The remuneration of the non-executive Directors is determined by the Board. External benchmarking data and 
specialist advisers are used when setting fees, which will be reviewed at appropriate intervals.

In May 2011 the Board agreed that the Chairman’s fee be set at £85,000 ($131,714) and that the fee for acting as an 
independent non-executive Director be set at £35,000 ($55,479) with an additional £10,000 ($15,851) for acting as 
Chairman of the Audit Committee. There has been no increase in non-executive Directors’ fees since that time.

The non-executive Directors’ fees are non-pensionable. The non-executive Directors have not to date been eligible 
to participate in any incentive plans; however, the Board considers that it may be appropriate in the future to enable 
such participation, subject to suitably stretching performance thresholds. All non-executive Directors have a letter 
of appointment that appoints them to the Board for an initial three year period. Under the Company’s Articles of 
Association, they are subject to retirement and reappointment by shareholders at the first Annual General Meeting 
following appointment, and then at least once every three years thereafter. The Board has agreed, however, that all 
Directors should stand for annual re-election by the shareholders. Appointments can be terminated by the Company 
on three months’ notice or immediately due to a breach.

Other non-executive Directors
The dates of the non-executive Directors’ original appointment and expiry of current term in accordance with their 
letters of appointment are:

Non-executive Director

Z Furst
E Testa
G Lehmann

Date of
appointment

2 August 2011
1 October 2011
18 November 2011

Expiry of
current term

1 August 2014
1 October 2014
Six months

Approval
The Annual Report on Remuneration 2013 was approved by the Board on 28 April 2014 and signed on its behalf by:

Zev Furst
Chairman
28 April 2014

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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities

Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities in respect of the Annual Report and the Financial Statements
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with 
applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. The Directors are required 
under that law to prepare the Group financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting 
Standards (‘IFRSs’) as adopted by the European Union and Article 4 of the IAS regulation and have also elected to 
prepare the Parent Company financial statements under IFRSs as adopted by the European Union. Under Company 
law, the Directors must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the 
state of affairs of the Company and Group and of the profit or loss for that period. In preparing the Company and 
Group’s financial statements, International Accounting Standards (‘IAS’) Regulation requires that Directors:

 >
 >

 >

properly select and apply accounting policies;
present information, including accounting policies, in a manner that provides relevant, reliable, comparable and 
understandable information;
provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific requirements in IFRSs are insufficient to enable 
users to understand the impact of particular transactions, other events and conditions on the entity’s financial 
position and financial performance; and

 > make an assessment of the Company’s and Group’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the 
Company and Group’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the 
Company and Group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. 
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the 
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Under applicable law and regulations, the Directors are also responsible for preparing a Directors’ Report (including 
Business Review), Annual Report on Remuneration, Directors’ Remuneration Policy and Corporate Governance 
Statement that comply with that law and those regulations.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included 
on the Company’s website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation 
and dissemination of the financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Responsibility Statement of the Directors in respect of the Annual Report
We confirm to the best of our knowledge:

(1)  the financial statements, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by 
the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the 
Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation as a whole; and

(2)  the management report, which is incorporated into the Directors’ Report along with the Strategic Report, includes 

a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the 
undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and 
uncertainties that they face; and

(3)  the annual report and the financial statements, taken as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable and 

provide the information necessary for the shareholders to assess the Group’s performance, business model and 
strategy.

On behalf of the Board

Zev Furst
Chairman
28 April 2014

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the 
Members of Cadogan plc

Independent Auditor’s Report to Members of Cadogan Petroleum plc
We have audited the financial statements of Cadogan Petroleum plc for the year ended 31 December 2013 
which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the 
Consolidated and Parent Company Balance Sheets, the Consolidated and Parent Company Cash Flow Statements, 
the Consolidated and Parent Company Statements of Changes in Equity and the related notes 1 to 42. The financial 
reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union, as regards the parent company financial statements, as applied 
in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the 
Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those 
matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent 
permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company’s 
members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of Directors and auditor
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement, the Directors are responsible for the preparation 
of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and 
express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing 
(UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give 
reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud 
or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group’s and the 
Parent Company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness 
of significant accounting estimates made by the Directors; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. 
In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report to identify material 
inconsistencies with the audited financial statements. If we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or 
inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Opinion on financial statements of Cadogan plc
In our opinion:

 >

 >

 >

 >

the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent Company’s affairs 
as at 31 December 2013 and of the Group’s profit for the year then ended;
the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union;
the Parent Company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by 
the European Union and as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and
the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 
and, as regards the Group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

The financial statements comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Group and Company 
Balance Sheets, the Group and Company Statement of Changes in Equity, the Group and Company Cash Flow Statements 
and the related notes.

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and IFRSs as adopted by the 
European Union and, as regards the Parent Company financial statements, as applied in accordance with the provisions of the 
Companies Act 2006.

Emphasis of matter – political and economic turmoil in Ukraine
As discussed in note 4 Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty, the impact of ongoing 
political and economic turmoil in Ukraine and its final resolution remains uncertain. The current situation in the country 
may adversely affect the economy and therefore undermine certain key assumptions made by management in assessing 
the recoverable amounts of oil and gas assets such as, but not limited to, future gas prices and the discount factor.

We describe below how the scope of our audit has responded to this risk. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this 
matter.

Going concern
We have reviewed the Directors’ report on page 20 that the Group is a going concern. We confirm that:

 > we have concluded that the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the 

financial statements is appropriate; and

 > we have not identified any material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the group’s ability to continue 

as a going concern.

However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this statement is not a guarantee as to the 
group’s ability to continue as a going concern.

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Our assessment of risks of material misstatement
The assessed risks of material misstatement described below are those that had the greatest effect on our audit 
strategy, the allocation of resources in the audit and directing the efforts of the engagement team:

Risk

How the scope of our audit responded to the risk

Political and economic turmoil in Ukraine
All Group business activity and assets are located in 
Ukraine. The potential future impact of the political 
and economic situation on the business operations is 
highly uncertain. Consideration is required whether 
the carrying values of assets remain recoverable, 
whether the going concern assumption is appropriate 
and whether appropriate disclosures have been made.

Recoverability of intangible exploration and 
evaluation (E&E) assets
IFRS 6 “Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral 
Resources” requires management to consider 
whether there are facts and circumstances indicating 
that they should test E&E assets for impairment. 

This involves the use of significant judgment both 
in the review of impairment indicators and, in any 
subsequent impairment test, the consideration of 
estimates which are dependent on assumptions about 
the future.

Recoverability of development and producing oil and 
gas properties within property, plant and equipment
Management is required to assess whether there 
are any indications of impairment, and if so test for 
impairment by measuring the recoverable amount 
of the asset. In forming their judgements as to 
whether indications of impairment are present, 
management considers estimates involving oil and 
gas reserves, future oil and gas prices, future costs 
and discount rates.

We have analysed the potential impact of ongoing political 
instability in Ukraine on the key assumptions used by 
management in the assessment of the recoverable amount 
of production assets, including gas prices and the discount 
factor. We also assessed the potential impact of the ongoing 
crisis on the going concern assumption by modelling the 
impact of various downside scenarios, including inflation 
caused by depreciation of national currency, potential 
difficulties with the upcoming extension of licences and 
issues related to the protection of assets.

We considered the adequacy of the disclosures made in both 
the financial statements and the front half of the annual report.

Details of the Group’s assessment of the operating environment 
in Ukraine and uncertainties about key assumptions made by 
management in assessing the recoverable amount of oil and 
gas assets are disclosed in note 4.

We evaluated management’s assessment whether there were 
any indicators of impairment for the Group’s E&E assets, 
taking into consideration the impairment indicators outlined 
in IFRS 6.

Our audit procedures included discussion of the latest status 
and future appraisal plans on each licence with operational 
staff and Group management, confirming that the E&E assets 
are included in capital expenditure plans and budgets, and 
verifying whether the current phase of the Group’s licence 
to explore is at, or close to, expiry. We have also obtained 
and reviewed documentary evidence, such as budgets, field 
working programmes, contracts for future geological and 
geophysical (G&G) activities, and licence documents.

Details of the Group’s policy on E&E assets are disclosed in 
note 3.

We have challenged management’s assessment of potential 
impairment indicators in light of the performance of each 
asset, future development plans and external factors such as 
the outlook for gas and oil prices and the social and political 
unrest in the country.

With ongoing delays to gas and gas condensate production 
at the Pirkovskaya acreage, management has carried out an 
impairment review and calculated the recoverable amount 
based on fair value less cost to sell. We have considered gas 
price assumptions and discount rates for reasonableness 
by reference to available market data and compared future 
expenditures with approved budgets. We also performed 
sensitivity analysis around the key drivers of the cash flow 
forecasts being future gas prices, production forecasts, 
capital expenditure and discount factor.

Details of the Group’s policy on impairment are disclosed in 
note 4

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the 
Members of Cadogan plc continued

Risk

How the scope of our audit responded to the risk

Recoverability of investments in joint ventures
Following the adoption of IFRS 11 as described in note 
2, interests in joint ventures are being accounted 
for under the equity method where previously 
they were proportionately consolidated. All joint 
ventures the Group has interests in are involved 
in the development of exploration and evaluation 
oil and gas assets, therefore management, in 
forming their judgements as to whether indications 
of impairment are present, considers estimates 
involving future committed capital spending of joint 
venture partners, assessment of recoverability of 
accumulated capital spending and ability to meet 
licence requirements. 

Going Concern
The Group has generated losses for a number of years 
and cash flows the Group generates from gas sales are 
not sufficient to finance capital expenditures required 
for further fields’ exploration and development and to 
finance ongoing business needs.

We evaluated management’s assessment of whether there 
were any indicators of impairment for the Group’s interests 
in joint ventures, taking into consideration the impairment 
indicators outlined in IFRS 6. We held discussions of the 
latest status and future appraisal plans on each licence with 
operational staff and Group management and compared 
these plans with approved budgets. We have reviewed 
correspondence and meeting minutes with joint venture 
partners, confirming that the partners are committed to 
certain further investments.

Details of the Group’s policy on joint ventures are disclosed 
in note 4.

We have assessed the extent to which the Group has 
sufficient funds to meet its obligations and continue in 
operational existence for at least 12 months from the date 
of the Annual Report. We have agreed to approved budgets 
the key judgments and assumptions within the Group’s 
future cash flow forecasts, including sales volume, operating 
and administrative expenses and capital expenditures 
and obtained evidence for all material deviations from 
2013 assumptions. We also assessed the sensitivity of the 
director’s calculations to changes in key inputs, in particular 
forecast underlying profits from trading activities.

The Audit Committee’s consideration of these risks is set out on page 26.

Our audit procedures relating to these matters were designed in the context of our audit of the financial statements 
as a whole, and not to express an opinion on individual accounts or disclosures. Our opinion on the financial 
statements is not modified with respect to any of the risks described above, and we do not express an opinion on 
these individual matters.

Our application of materiality
We define materiality as the magnitude of misstatement in the financial statements that makes it probable that the 
economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable person would be changed or influenced. We use materiality both in 
planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work.

When setting materiality, among other factors we considered the Group’s pre-tax profit and net assets in the current 
period as well as in recent periods; the occurrence of any non-recurring or fluctuating gains and losses (such as 
exploration and evaluation assets impairments and exceptional gains and losses) and the level of consolidated 
shareholders equity. We determined materiality for the Group to be $4,000,000, which is below 2.3% of consolidated 
shareholders equity.

We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to the Committee all audit differences in excess of 
$80,000, as well as differences below that threshold that, in our view, warranted reporting on qualitative grounds. We 
also report to the Audit Committee on disclosure matters that we identified when assessing the overall presentation 
of the financial statements. 

An overview of the scope of our audit
Our group audit was scoped by obtaining an understanding of the group and its environment, including group-wide 
controls, and assessing the risks of material misstatement at the group level. Based on that assessment, we have 
included in the group audit scope the full audit of significant entities in Ukraine and in the UK. These businesses 
account for over 90% of the Group’s net assets, revenue and profit before tax. Our audit work used individual levels 
of materiality applicable to significant entities in Ukraine and UK-registered entities which were lower than Group 
materiality. The group audit team included members from Deloitte Ukraine as all assets are located there and in-depth 
knowledge of local legislation and tax regulations is required, thus no component auditors were involved.

At the parent entity level we also tested the consolidation process and carried out analytical procedures to confirm 
our conclusion that there were no significant risks of material misstatement of the aggregated financial information of 
the remaining components not subject to audit or audit of specified account balances.

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Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion:

 >

 >

the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the 
Companies Act 2006; and
the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the 
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

Adequacy of explanations received and accounting records
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:

 > we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
 >

adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Parent Company, or returns adequate for our audit have 
not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the Parent Company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns.

 >

We have nothing to report in respect of these matters.

Directors’ remuneration
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are also required to report if in our opinion certain disclosures of directors’ 
remuneration have not been made, or the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited is not in agreement 
with the accounting records and returns. We have nothing to report arising from these matters or our review.

Our duty to read other information in the Annual Report
Under International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland), we are required to report to you if, in our opinion, 
information in the annual report is:

 > materially inconsistent with the information in the audited financial statements; or
 >

apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, our knowledge of the Group acquired in 
the course of performing our audit; or
otherwise misleading.

 >

In particular, we are required to consider whether we have identified any inconsistencies between our knowledge 
acquired during the audit and the Directors’ statement that they consider the annual report is fair, balanced and 
understandable and whether the annual report appropriately discloses those matters that we communicated to the 
audit committee which we consider should have been disclosed. We confirm that we have not identified any such 
inconsistencies or misleading statements.

Other matter
Although not required to do so, the directors have voluntarily chosen to make a corporate governance statement 
detailing the extent of their compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code. We reviewed the part of the 
Corporate Governance Statement relating to the company’s compliance with nine provisions of the UK Corporate 
Governance Code. We have nothing to report arising from our review.

Respective responsibilities of Directors and Auditor
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement, the Directors are responsible for the preparation 
of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit 
and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on 
Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards 
for Auditors. We also comply with International Standard on Quality Control 1 (UK and Ireland). Our audit methodology 
and tools aim to ensure that our quality control procedures are effective, understood and applied. Our quality controls 
and systems include our dedicated professional standards review team, strategically focused second partner reviews 
and independent partner reviews.

This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the 
Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those 
matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and/or those further matters we have expressly 
agreed to report to them on in our engagement letter and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, 
we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company’s members as a body, 
for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the 
Members of Cadogan plc continued

Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give 
reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud 
or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group’s and the 
Parent Company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness 
of significant accounting estimates made by the Directors; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. 
In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the annual report to identify material 
inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to identify any information that is apparently materially 
incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the 
audit. If we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for 
our report.

Timothy Biggs FCA 
(Senior statutory auditor)
for and on behalf of Deloitte LLP 
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor 
London, United Kingdom 
28 April 2014

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For the year ended 31 December 2013

CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Revenue
Cost of sales

Gross profit
Administrative expenses:

Other administrative expenses 
Impairment of oil and gas assets
Reversal of impairment of other assets

Share of losses in joint ventures
Other operating expenses, net 

Operating loss
Investment revenue
Finance (costs)/income

Loss before tax 
Tax charge

Loss for the year 

Attributable to:
Owners of the Company
Non-controlling interest

Loss per Ordinary share

Basic and diluted

41

Notes

2013
$’000

Restated
2012
$’000

5

3,772
(3,019)

3,761
(2,616)

753

1,145

8
8

(8,919)
–
234
(8,685)
19 (6,630)
(266)
6

(14,828)
434
(6)

(7,456)
(25,717)
669
(32,504)
(58,277)
(2,926)

(92,562)
118
34

(14,400)
(289)

(92,410)
(251)

12
13

14

9 (14,689)

(92,661)

(14,660)
(29)

(92,631)
(30)

(14,689)

(92,661)

cents

(6.3)

cents

(40.1)

15

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 31 December 2013

Loss for the year
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Unrealised currency translation differences

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Attributable to:
Owners of the Company
Non-controlling interest

2013
$’000

(14,689)

(3,551)

(18,240)

(18,211)
(29)

(18,240)

Restated
2012
$’000

(92,661)

4,384

(88,277)

(88,247)
(30)

(88,277)

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As at 31 December 2013

43

ASSETS
Non-current assets
Intangible exploration and evaluation assets
Property, plant and equipment
Investments in joint ventures

Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Long-term provisions

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Current provisions

Total liabilities

NET ASSETS

EQUITY
Share capital
Retained earnings
Cumulative translation reserves
Other reserves

Equity attributable to owners of the Company
Non-controlling interest

TOTAL EQUITY

Notes

2013
$’000

Restated
2012
$’000

Restated
2011
$’000

16
17
19

20
21
21

22
24

23
24

25

5,958
43,886
65,965

115,809

2,951
6,879
56,484

66,314

3,017
46,378
67,908

117,303

3,482
39,621
40,477

83,580

2,207
47,985
106,286

156,478

4,007
63,647
64,301

131,955

182,123

200,883

288,433

(675)
(195)

(870)

(3,442)
(513)

(3,955)

(4,825)

(586)
(219)

(805)

(4,087)
(453)

(4,540)

(5,345)

(458)
(395)

(853)

(3,625)
(140)

(3,765)

(4,618)

177,298

195,538

283,815

13,337
282,871
(120,838)
1,589

176,959
339

13,337
297,438
(117,287)
1,682

195,170
368

177,298

195,538

13,337
388,407
(121,671)
3,344

283,417
398

283,815

The consolidated financial statements of Cadogan Petroleum plc, registered in England and Wales no. 5718406, were 
approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 28 April 2014. They were signed on its behalf by:

Bertrand Des Pallieres
Chief Executive Officer
28 April 2014

The notes on pages 46 to 79 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
For the year ended 31 December 2013

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
Investing activities
Investments in joint ventures
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
Purchases of intangible exploration and evaluation assets
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
Interest received

Net cash used in investing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Note

26

2013
$’000

23,994

(4,687)
(783)
(3,069)
127
434

(7,978)

16,016
(9)

40,477

56,484

Restated
2012
$’000

(525)

(22,478)
(1,083)
(87)
227
118

(23,303)

(23,828)
4

64,301

40,477

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 December 2013

Other reserves

Share
capital
$’000

Retained
earnings
$’000

Cumulative
translation
reserves
$’000

Share-based
payment
$’000

Reorganisation
$’000

Non-
controlling
interest
$’000

Total
$’000

As at 1 January 2012

13,337 389,734 (123,784)

Adoption of new standard
As at 1 January 2012 (as restated)
Net loss for the year
Exchange translation differences on 

foreign operations

Total comprehensive loss for the year
Share–based payments
Adoption of new standard

As at 1 January 2013 (as restated)
Net loss for the year
Exchange translation differences on 

foreign operations

Total comprehensive loss for the year
Share-based payments

–

(1,327)
13,337 388,407
(93,106)

–

2,113
(121,671)
–

–
–
–
–

–
(93,106)
1,662
475

4,384
4,384
–
–

13,337 297,438
(14,660)

–

(117,287)
–

–
–
–

–
(14,660)
93

(3,551)
(3,551)
–

As at 31 December 2013

13,337 282,871

(120,838)

1,755

–
1,755
–

–
–
(1,662)
–

93
–

–
–
(93)

–

1,589

–
1,589
–

–
–
–
–

1,589
–

–
–
–

398 283,029

–
398
(30)

786
283,815
(93,136)

–
(30)
–
–

4,384
(88,752)
–
475

368
(29)

195,538
(14,689)

–
(29)
–

(3,551)
(18,240)
–

1,589

339

177,298

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2013

1.  General information
Cadogan Petroleum plc (the ‘Company’, together with its subsidiaries the ‘Group’), is registered in England and Wales 
under the Companies Act. The address of the registered office is 1st Floor, 40 Dukes Place, London, EC3A 7NH. The 
nature of the Group’s operations and its principal activities are set out in the Operations Review on pages 7 to 9 and 
the Financial Review on pages 10 to 11.

2.  Adoption of new and revised Standards
In the current year, the following new and revised Standards and Interpretations are effective but have not had any 
significant impact on the financial statements:

IFRS 3 (amended)

IFRS 13

IAS 24 (amended)

IAS 32 (amended)

IFRIC 19

IFRIC 14 (amended)

Business Combinations

Fair Value Measurement

Related Party Disclosures

Classification of Rights Issues

Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments

Prepayments of a Minimum Funding Requirement

At the date of authorisation of the financial statements, the following Standards and Interpretations which have not 
been applied in the financial statements were in issue but not yet effective (and in some cases had not yet been adopted 
by the EU):

IFRS 9

Financial Instruments (effective 1 January 2015)

IFRS 10, IFRS 12, IAS 27 (amended)

Investment entities (effective 1 January 2014)

IAS 32 (amended)

Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (effective 1 January 2014)

The Directors do not expect that the adoption of the standards listed above will have a material impact on the 
financial statements of the Group in future periods, except as follows:

 >

IFRS 9 will impact both the measurement and disclosures of financial instruments.

Beyond the information above, it is not practicable to provide a reasonable estimate of the effect of these standards 
until a detailed review has been completed.

The following accounting amendments, standards and interpretations were not yet effective in the current reporting 
period but were early adopted:

IFRS 10 

IAS 27 

IFRS 11 

IAS 28 

IFRS 12 

Consolidated Financial Statements

Separate Financial Statements

Joint Arrangements

Investment in Associates and Joint Ventures

Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities

The Group has not early adopted any other amendment, standard or interpretation that has been issued but is not yet 
effective. It is expected that where applicable, these standards and amendments will be adopted on each respective 
effective date. A number of other amendments to accounting standards issued by the International Accounting 
Standards Board also apply for the first time in 2013. These do not have a significant impact on the accounting 
policies, methods of computation or presentation applied by the Group.

The nature and the impact of each new amendment, standard or interpretation are described below:

IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and IAS 27 Separate Financial Statements
IFRS 10 replaces the parts of the previously existing IAS 27 that dealt with consolidated financial statements. The new 
standard changes the definition of control such that an investor controls an investee when it is exposed, or has rights, 
to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the ability to control those returns through its power 
over the investee. The adoption of IFRS 10 has had no impact on the consolidation of investments held by the Group.

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2.  Adoption of new and revised Standards continued
IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements and IAS 28 Investment in Associates and Joint Ventures
IFRS 11 replaces IAS 31 Interests in Joint Ventures and SIC-13 Jointly-controlled Entities – Non-monetary Contributions 
by Venturers and changes the classifications for joint arrangements. Under IFRS 11, investments in joint arrangements 
are classified as either joint ventures or joint operations based on the rights and obligations of the parties to the 
arrangement. When a joint arrangement has been structured through a separate vehicle, consideration is given to 
the legal form of the separate vehicle, the terms of the contractual arrangement and, when relevant, other facts and 
circumstances. When the activities of an arrangement are primarily designed for the provision of output to the parties 
and the parties are substantially the only source of cash flows contributing to the continuity of the operations of the 
arrangement, this indicates the parties to the arrangement have rights to the assets and obligations for the liabilities. 
The Group has considered these facts and circumstances, among others, in assessing whether the arrangement is a 
joint operation or a joint venture. The standard removes the option to account for joint ventures using proportionate 
consolidation and instead joint arrangements that meet the definition of a joint venture under IFRS 11 must be 
accounted for using the equity method.

The application of this standard has resulted in the existing joint ventures LLC Astroinvest-energy, LLC 
Gazvydobuvannya and LLC Westgasinvest being accounted for under the equity method where previously they were 
proportionately consolidated. No other material joint arrangements within the Group were affected. The Group has 
applied IFRS 11 retrospectively in accordance with the transitional provisions and the 2012 results have been restated 
accordingly. Further detail of the impact on the Group financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013 and 
the year ended 31 December 2012 is set out in note 30.

3.  Significant accounting policies
(a)  Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’) 
as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (‘IASB’) and as adopted by the European Union (‘EU’), and 
therefore the Group financial statements comply with Article 4 of the EU IAS Regulation.

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost convention basis, except for share-based 
payments, accounting for the WGI transaction, and other financial assets and liabilities, which have been measured at 
fair values, and using accounting policies consistent with IFRS.

The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below:

(b)  Going concern
The Group’s business activities, together with the factors likely to affect future development, performance and position 
are set out in the Business Review on pages 6 to 11. The financial position of the Group, its cash flow and liquidity position 
are described in the Financial Review on pages 10 to 11.

The Group’s cash balance at 31 December 2013 was $56.5 million (2012: $40.5 million) excluding $0.2 million (2012: 
$0.7 million) of Cadogan’s share of cash and cash equivalents in joint ventures with no external debt (2012: $nil) and 
the Directors believe that the funds available at the date of the issue of these financial statements is sufficient for the 
Group to manage its business risks successfully.

The Group’s forecasts and projections, taking into account reasonably possible changes in operational performance, 
start dates and flow rates for commercial production and the price of hydrocarbons sold to Ukrainian customers, 
show that there are reasonable expectations that the Group will be able to operate on funds currently held and those 
generated internally, for the foreseeable future without the requirement to seek external financing.

As the Group engages in oil and gas exploration and development activities, the most significant risk faced by the Group 
is delays encountered in achieving commercial production from the Group’s major fields. The Group also continues to 
pursue its farm-out campaign, which, if successful, will enable it to farm-out a portion of its interests in its oil and gas 
licences to spread the risks associated with further exploration and development.

After making enquiries and considering the uncertainties described above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation 
that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable 
future and consider the going concern basis of accounting to be appropriate. Thus they continue to adopt the going 
concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. In making its statement the Directors have 
considered the recent political and economic uncertainty in Ukraine, as described further in the note 4 (f).

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

3.  Significant accounting policies continued
(c)  Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and entities controlled by 
the Company (its subsidiaries) made up to 31 December each year. IFRS 10 defines control to be investor control over 
an investee when it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee and has the 
ability to control those returns through its power over the investee.

The results of subsidiaries acquired of or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated income statement 
from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate. Where necessary, 
adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring accounting policies used into line with those 
used by the Group. All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.

Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries are identified separately from the Group’s equity therein. Those interests of 
non-controlling shareholders that are present ownership interests entitling their holders to a proportionate share of 
net assets upon liquidation may be initially measured at fair value or at the non-controlling interests’ proportionate 
share of the fair value of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. The choice of measurement is made on an acquisition-
by-acquisition basis. Other non-controlling interests are initially measured at fair value.

Subsequent to acquisition, the carrying amount of non-controlling interests is the amount of those interests at initial 
recognition plus the non-controlling interests’ share of subsequent changes in equity. Total comprehensive income is 
attributed to non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

Changes in the Group’s interests in subsidiaries that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity 
transactions. The carrying amount of the Group’s interests and the non-controlling interests are adjusted to reflect 
the changes in their relative interests in the subsidiaries. Any difference between the amount by which the non-
controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognised directly in 
equity and attributed to the owners of the Company.

When the Group loses control of a subsidiary, the profit or loss on disposal is calculated as the difference between 
(i) the aggregate of the fair value of the consideration received and the fair value of any retained interest and 
(ii) the previous carrying amount of the assets (including goodwill), less liabilities of the subsidiary and any non-
controlling interests. Amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the subsidiary are 
accounted for (i.e. reclassified to profit or loss or transferred directly to retained earnings) in the same manner as 
would be required if the relevant assets or liabilities are disposed of. The fair value of any investment retained in the 
former subsidiary at the date when control is lost is regarded as the fair value on initial recognition for subsequent 
accounting under IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement or, when applicable, the costs on initial 
recognition of an investment in an associate or jointly controlled entity.

(d)  Business combinations
The acquisition of subsidiaries is accounted for using the acquisition method. The cost of the acquisition is measured 
at the aggregate of the fair values, at the date of exchange, of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity 
instruments issued in exchange for control of the acquiree. Acquisition-related costs are recognised in profit or loss as 
incurred. The acquiree’s identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities that meet the conditions for recognition 
under IFRS 3 Business Combinations are recognised at their fair value at the acquisition date, except for non-current 
assets (or disposal groups) that are classified as held for resale in accordance with IFRS 5 Non-Current Assets held for 
sale and Discontinued Operations, which are recognised and measured at fair value less costs to sell.

(e)  Investments in joint ventures
A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to 
the net assets of the arrangement. A joint venturer recognises its interest in a joint venture as an investment and 
shall account for that investment using the equity method in accordance with IAS 28 Investments in Associates and 
Joint Ventures.

(f)  Revenue recognition
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable 
for hydrocarbon products and services provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts, value added tax 
(‘VAT’) and other sales-related taxes.

Sales of hydrocarbons are recognised when the title has passed.

Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate 
applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the 
financial asset to that asset’s net carrying amount on initial recognition.

To the extent that revenue arises from test production during an evaluation programme, an amount is charged from 
evaluation costs to cost of sales, so as to reflect a zero net margin.

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3.  Significant accounting policies continued
(g)  Foreign currencies
The individual financial statements of each Group company are presented in the currency of the primary economic 
environment in which it operates (its functional currency). The functional currency of the Company is pounds sterling. 
For the purpose of the consolidated financial statements, the results and financial position of each Group company 
are expressed in US dollars, which is the presentation currency for the consolidated financial statements.

In preparing the financial statements of the individual companies, transactions in currencies other than the functional 
currency of each Group company (‘foreign currencies’) are recorded in the functional currency at the rates of 
exchange prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At each balance sheet date, monetary assets and liabilities 
that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the functional currency at the rates prevailing on 
the balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign 
currencies are translated at the rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items 
that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Exchange differences are recognised in the profit or loss in the period in which they arise except for exchange 
differences on monetary items receivable from or payable to a foreign operation for which settlement is neither 
planned nor likely to occur, which form part of the net investment in a foreign operation, and which are recognised in 
the foreign currency translation reserve and recognised in profit or loss on disposal of the net investment.

For the purpose of presenting consolidated financial statements, the results and financial position of each entity of 
the Group are translated into US dollars as follows:

i.  assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign operations are translated at the closing rate on the balance sheet date;
income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for the period, unless exchange rates fluctuate 
ii. 
significantly during that period, in which case the exchange rates at the date of the transactions are used; and
iii.  all resulting exchange differences arising, if any, are recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated 
equity (attributed to non-controlling interests as appropriate), transferred to the Group’s translation reserve. Such 
translation differences are recognised as income or as expenses in the period in which the operation is disposed of.

Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of a foreign entity are treated as assets and liabilities of 
the foreign entity and translated at the closing rate.

The relevant exchange rates used were as follows:

Closing rate 
Average rate 

Year ended 31 December 2013

GBP/USD

1.6491 
1.5648 

USD/UAH

8.3920 
8.2545 

(h) Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in 
the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years 
and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated 
using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or recoverable on differences between the carrying amounts of assets 
and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit, and 
is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable 
temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be 
available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilised. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised 
if the temporary difference arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in 
a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the 
accounting profit. Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary differences arising on investments in 
subsidiaries and associates, and interests in joint ventures, except where the Group is able to control the reversal of the 
temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each balance sheet date and reduced to the extent that it is no 
longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred 
tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is 
realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited 
in other comprehensive income, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in other comprehensive income.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets 
against current tax liabilities and when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the 
Group intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

3.  Significant accounting policies continued
(i)  Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment (‘PP&E’) are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and any recognised 
impairment loss.

Depreciation and amortisation is charged so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets, other than land, over their 
estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method, on the following bases:

Buildings

4%

Fixtures and equipment

10% to 30%

The gain or loss arising on the disposal or retirement of an asset is determined as the difference between the sales 
proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognised in income.

(j)  Impairment of Property, plant and equipment
At each balance sheet date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its PP&E to determine whether there is any 
indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount 
of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where the asset does not 
generate cash flows that are independent from other assets, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-
generating unit to which the asset belongs. The recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and 
value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a 
pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the 
asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, 
the carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is 
recognised as an expense immediately.

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is increased 
to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the 
carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (cash-
generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised as income immediately.

(k)  Intangible exploration and evaluation assets
The Group applies the modified full cost method of accounting for intangible exploration and evaluation (‘E&E’) 
expenditure as set out in IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources. Under the modified full cost 
method of accounting, expenditure made on exploring for and evaluating oil and gas properties is accumulated and 
initially capitalised as an intangible asset, by reference to appropriate cost centres being the appropriate oil or gas 
property. E&E assets are then assessed for impairment on a cost pool basis as described below.

E&E assets comprise costs of (i) E&E activities which are in progress at the balance sheet date, but where the 
existence of commercial Reserves has yet to be determined (ii) E&E expenditure which, whilst representing part of 
the E&E activities associated with adding to the commercial Reserves of an established cost pool, did not result in the 
discovery of commercial Reserves.

Costs incurred prior to having obtained the legal rights to explore an area are expensed directly to the income 
statement as incurred.

Exploration and Evaluation costs
E&E expenditure is initially capitalised as an E&E asset. Payments to acquire the legal right to explore, costs of 
technical services and studies, seismic acquisition, exploratory drilling and testing are also capitalised as intangible 
E&E assets.

Tangible assets used in E&E activities (such as the Group’s vehicles, drilling rigs, seismic equipment and other 
property, plant and equipment) are normally classified as PP&E. However, to the extent that such assets are 
consumed in developing an intangible E&E asset, the amount reflecting that consumption is recorded as part of the 
cost of the intangible asset. Such intangible costs include directly attributable overheads, including the depreciation 
of PP&E items utilised in E&E activities, together with the cost of other materials consumed during the exploration and 
evaluation phases.

E&E assets are not amortised prior to the conclusion of appraisal activities.

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3.  Significant accounting policies continued
Treatment of E&E assets at conclusion of appraisal activities
Intangible E&E assets related to each exploration property are carried forward, until the existence (or otherwise) 
of commercial Reserves has been determined. If commercial Reserves have been discovered, the related E&E assets 
are assessed for impairment on a cost pool basis as set out below and any impairment loss is recognised in the income 
statement. Upon approval of a development program, the carrying value, after any impairment loss, of the relevant E&E 
assets is reclassified to the development and production assets within PP&E.

Intangible E&E assets that relate to E&E activities that are determined not to have resulted in the discovery 
of commercial Reserves remain capitalised as intangible E&E assets at cost less accumulated amortisation, subject to 
meeting a pool-wide impairment test in accordance with the accounting policy for impairment of E&E assets set out 
below. Such E&E assets are amortised on a unit-of-production basis over the life of the commercial Reserves of the 
pool to which they relate.

Impairment of E&E assets
E&E assets are assessed for impairment when facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amount may exceed 
its recoverable amount. Such indicators include, but are not limited to, those situations outlined in paragraph 20 of 
IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and include the point at which a determination is made as 
to whether or not commercial Reserves exist.

Where there are indications of impairment, the E&E assets concerned are tested for impairment. Where the E&E 
assets concerned fall within the scope of an established full cost pool, they are tested for impairment together with all 
development and production assets associated with that cost pool, as a single cash generating unit.

The aggregate carrying value of the relevant assets is compared against the expected recoverable amount of the 
pool, generally by reference to the present value of the future net cash flows expected to be derived from production 
of commercial Reserves from that pool. Where the E&E assets to be tested fall outside the scope of any established 
cost pool, there will generally be no commercial Reserves and the E&E assets concerned will generally be impaired in 
full. Impairment losses are recognised in the income statement as additional depreciation and amortisation and are 
separately disclosed.

The Group considers the whole of Ukraine to be one cost pool and therefore aggregates all Ukrainian assets for the 
purposes of determining whether impairment of E&E assets has occurred.

(l)  Development and production assets
Development and production assets are accumulated on a field-by-field basis and represent the cost of developing 
the commercial Reserves discovered and bringing them into production, together with E&E expenditures incurred in 
finding commercial Reserves transferred from intangible E&E assets.

The cost of development and production assets comprises the cost of acquisitions and purchases of such assets, 
directly attributable overheads, finance costs capitalised, and the cost of recognising provisions for future restoration 
and decommissioning.

Depreciation of producing assets
Depreciation is calculated on the net book values of producing assets on a field-by-field basis using the unit of 
production method. The unit of production method refers to the ratio of production in the reporting year as a 
proportion of the proved and probable Reserves of the relevant field, taking into account future development 
expenditures necessary to bring those Reserves into production.

Producing assets are generally grouped with other assets that are dedicated to serving the same Reserves for 
depreciation purposes, but are depreciated separately from producing assets that serve other Reserves.

(m) Inventories
Raw materials and oil stock are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Costs comprise direct materials 
and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories 
to their present location and condition. Cost is allocated using the weighted average method. Net realisable value 
represents the estimated selling price less all estimated costs of completion and costs to be incurred in marketing, 
selling and distribution.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

3.  Significant accounting policies continued
(n)  Financial instruments
Recognition of financial assets and financial liabilities
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the Group’s balance sheet when the Group becomes a party 
to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities
The Group derecognises a financial asset only when the contractual rights to cash flows from the asset expire; or it 
transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another entity. If 
the Group neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership and continues to control 
the transferred asset, the Group recognises its retained interest in the asset and an associated liability for the amount 
it may have to pay. If the Group retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of a transferred financial 
asset, the Group continues to recognise the financial asset and also recognises a collateralised borrowing for the 
proceeds received.

The Group derecognises financial liabilities when the Group’s obligations are discharged, cancelled or expired.

Financial assets
The Group classifies its financial assets in the following categories: loans and receivables; available-for-sale financial 
assets; held to maturity investments; and financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”). The 
classification depends on the purpose for which the financial assets were acquired. Management determines the 
classification of its financial assets at initial recognition and re-evaluates this designation at every reporting date.

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in 
an active market. They are included in current assets, except for those with maturities greater than twelve months 
after the balance sheet date which will then be classified as non-current assets. Loans and receivables are classified 
as “other receivables” and “cash and cash equivalents” in the balance sheet.

Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables are measured at initial recognition at fair value, and are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand, on-demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid 
investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with three months or less remaining to maturity 
and are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.

Financial assets at FVTPL
Financial assets at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognised in 
profit or loss which is included in the ‘Other gains and losses’ line item in the consolidated income statement. Fair 
value is determined in the manner described in note 28.

Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those at FVTPL, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. 
Appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts are recognised in profit or loss when there is objective 
evidence that the asset is impaired. The allowance recognised is measured as the difference between the asset’s 
carrying amount of the financial asset and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the 
effective interest rate computed at initial recognition.

Evidence of impairment could include:

 >
 >
 >

significant financial difficulty of the issuer or counterparty;
default or delinquency in interest or principal payments; or
it becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or financial re-organisation.

For certain categories of financial assets, such as trade receivables, assets that are assessed not to be impaired 
individually are, in addition, assessed for impairment on a collective basis.

The carrying amount of the financial assets is reduced by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets with 
the exception of trade receivables, where the carrying amount is reduced through the use of an allowance account. 
Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the allowance account. Changes in the 
carrying amount of the allowance account are recognised in profit or loss.

If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively 
to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed 
through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the investment at the date the impairment is reversed 
does not exceed what the amortised cost would have been had the impairment not been recognised.

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3.  Significant accounting policies continued
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities ‘at FVTPL’ or ‘other financial liabilities’.

Financial liabilities at FVTPL
Financial liabilities at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any resultant gain or loss recognised in profit or loss and 
is included in the ‘Other gains and losses’ line item in the income statement. Fair value is determined in the manner 
described in note 28.

Trade payables and short-term borrowings
Trade payables and short-term borrowings are initially measured at fair value, and are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

(o)  Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it 
is probable that the Group will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount 
of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present 
obligation at the balance sheet date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. When 
a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the 
present value of those cash flows.

(p)  Decommissioning
A provision for decommissioning is recognised in full when the related facilities are installed. The decommissioning 
provision is calculated as the net present value of the Group’s share of the expenditure expected to be incurred 
at the end of the producing life of each field in the removal and decommissioning of the production, storage and 
transportation facilities currently in place. The cost of recognising the decommissioning provision is included as 
part of the cost of the relevant asset and is thus charged to the income statement on a unit of production basis in 
accordance with the Group’s policy for depletion and depreciation of tangible non-current assets. Period charges 
for changes in the net present value of the decommissioning provision arising from discounting are included within 
finance costs.

(q)  Leases
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards 
of ownership to the lessee. All other leases are classified as operating leases. Rentals payable under operating leases 
are charged to income on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

(r)  Share-based payments
The Group issued equity-settled share-based payments to certain parties in return for services or goods. The goods 
or services received and the corresponding increase in equity are measured directly at the fair value of the goods 
or services received at the grant date. The fair value of the services or goods received is recognised as an expense 
except in so far as they relate to the cost of issuing or acquiring its own equity instruments. The costs of an equity 
transaction are accounted for as a deduction from equity to the extent they are incremental costs directly attributable 
to the equity transaction that would otherwise have been avoided.

The Group also issued equity-settled share-based payments to certain Directors and employees. Equity settled share-
based payments are measured at fair value (excluding the effect of non market-based vesting conditions) at the date 
of grant. The fair value determined at the grant date for each tranche of the equity-settled share-based payments is 
expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Group’s estimate of shares that will eventually 
vest and adjusted for the effect of non market-based vesting conditions. At each balance sheet date, the Group 
revises its estimate of the number of equity instruments expected to vest as a result of the effect of non market-
based vesting conditions.

The impact of the revision of the original estimates, if any, is recognised in profit or loss such that the cumulative 
expense reflects the revised estimate, with a corresponding adjustment to the equity-settled employee benefits reserve.

For those equity-settled share-based payments with market-based performance conditions, fair value is measured by 
use of the Stochastic model. For those which are not subject to any market based performance conditions, fair value 
is measured by use of the Black-Scholes model. The expected life used in the models has been adjusted, based on 
management’s best estimate, for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions, and behavioural considerations.

4.  Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the Group’s accounting policies, which are described in note 3, the Directors are required to make 
judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities that are not readily 
apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other 
factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

4.  Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty continued
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are 
recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the 
revision and future periods if the revision affects both the current and future periods.

The following are the critical judgements and estimates that the Directors have made in the process of applying the Group’s 
accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements:

(a)  Impairment of E&E and PP&E
IAS 36 Impairment of Assets and IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources require that a review for 
impairment be carried out if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may 
not be recoverable.

For PP&E assets the aggregate carrying value of each cash generating unit (‘CGU’) was compared against the 
expected recoverable amount of the related asset, by reference to the net present value of the future cash flows 
expected to be derived from the production of commercial Reserves (2P Reserves) of that unit.

The Group considers the whole of Ukraine to be one cost pool and therefore aggregates all Ukrainian assets for the 
purposes of determining whether impairment of E&E assets has occurred. E&E assets are assessed for impairment 
when facts and circumstances suggest that the carrying amount may exceed its recoverable amount. Such indicators 
include, but are not limited to, those situations outlined in paragraph 20 of IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of 
Mineral Resources and include the point at which a determination is made as to whether or not commercial Reserves 
exist. In 2013, the Group has performed significant volume of work which it continues in 2014, including the extension 
of the Pokrovskoe license exploration for a shallow stratigraphic levels, re-interpretation of the existing 3D seismic, in 
order to evaluate the remaining potential of the full Pokrovskoe license.

Management assessed whether any impairment triggers were present at 31 December 2013 and concluded that the 
following impairment indicators existed for the Pirkovska license area:

 > High uncertainty about the impact of political and economic turmoil in Ukraine on Group operations;
Significant market capitalization discount to the carrying amount of the net assets of the entity; and
 >
Lack of production at Pirkovska license area since 2009
 >

Management determined the recoverable amount of the Pirkovska license as its fair value less cost to sell (FVLCS). 
The key assumptions for the FVLCS calculations are those regarding the production flow rates, discount rates, 
relevant elements of Ukraine fiscal regime for petroleum operators, and expected selling prices and direct costs. 
These assumptions reflect management’s best estimates. Management estimates discount rates that reflect the 
current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the CGUs. Changes in selling prices 
and direct costs are based on past practices and expectations of future changes in the market.

 >

 >

 >

 >

 >
 >

The key assumptions used to forecast cash flows from Ukraine operations are as follows:pre-tax discount rate 
of 17.86% (post-tax of 15%); Due to the recent events in Ukraine, there is an increased level of risk associated 
with operating in Ukraine, and consequently a revision of discount rate might be required if escalation of political 
turmoil result in significant downgrading of country risk, or company’ own risk, or both;
expected future selling prices based on current and anticipated market conditions for oil, condensate and gas. 
The regulated gas price for the industrial users in Ukraine was set at about 10% lower than during 2013. However, 
it has been announced by Gazprom that the price for Ukraine, which is the reference price for the Regulator 
setting the maximum price for the industrial consumers, from 1 April 2014 onwards will not include any discounts 
and will be in line with the original Gazprom and Naftogaz contract. Nevertheless, there continues to be a level of 
uncertainty in forecasting the Ukraine gas price due to the current events. The estimate used in the calculation 
uses the gas price referenced to Gazprom and Naftogaz contract (conservatively including $100/mcm discount 
as the result of Kharkiv agreements of 2010), there is however declarations by Gazprom that this discount will no 
longer apply;
cash flows projected up to 2034 depending on the field to which they relate and an assumption has been made 
that the relevant licenses will be extended. The assumption has been made based on the most recent analysis 
of political turmoil impacts. Further escalations of the political crisis may impact the Group’s normal business 
activities, including maintenance of its Ukrainian production licences;
production flow rates confirmed by experienced in-house geologists and engineers, supported by report produced 
in 2009 by an independent reservoir engineer, Gaffney, Cline & Associates Ltd;
costs based on best estimates with consideration to previous experience and inflation; and
inclusion of relevant elements of Ukraine fiscal regime for petroleum operators (such as production and royalty 
tax relevant to each license;

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4.  Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty continued
(b)  Reserves
Commercial Reserves are proven and probable (‘2P’) oil and gas reserves, which are defined as the estimated 
quantities of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids which geological, geophysical and engineering data 
demonstrate with a specified degree of certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs and which 
are considered commercially producible. There should be a 50 per cent statistical probability that the actual quantity 
of recoverable Reserves will be more than the amount estimated as proven and probable Reserves and a 50 per cent 
statistical probability that it will be less.

Commercial Reserves used in the calculation of depreciation and for impairment test purposes are determined using 
estimates of oil and gas in place, recovery factors and future oil and gas prices. Management base their estimate of oil 
and gas Reserves and Resources upon the Report provided by independent advisers.

(c)  Recoverability of VAT
The Group has significant receivables from the State Budget of Ukraine relating to reimbursement of VAT arising 
on purchases of goods and services from external service and product providers. Due to the budgetary problems of 
Ukraine, the recovery of VAT has been an issue for most companies operating in Ukraine. In the past the Group has 
taken a conservative view in relation to VAT and has impaired all outstanding balances due to the uncertainty of the 
recovery of these balances in cash from the State Budget of Ukraine and uncertainty of future production, VAT on 
which would be offset against the VAT recoverable amounts the Group has.

The Group will continue to use an approach consistent with prior years by impairing Ukrainian VAT and recognising 
the recovery in the period it has been made. A cumulative provision of $9.5 million (2012: $10.1 million) against 
Ukrainian VAT receivable has thus been recognised as at 31 December 2013, excluding VAT recoverable balances in 
the JV which are reported under equity method in these financial statements.

(d)  Accounting for the WGI transaction
As a consequence of the WGI transaction, outlined in note 19, two areas of significant judgement were identified by the 
Group, being the accounting treatment of the WGI transaction and the valuation of the Group’s contribution of the two 
licenses to WGI. After considering the requirements per IAS 31 Interest In Joint Ventures, the Directors have deemed 
the criteria under this standard to have been met, and have therefore accounted for WGI as a joint venture.

In accounting for the contribution of the licenses, the Group have applied IAS 31 and SIC Interpretation 13 – Jointly 
Controlled Entities – Non-Monetary Contributions by Venturers, which states that any profit or loss arising on the 
contribution of non-monetary assets in exchange for an equity interest should be recognised to the extent they 
are attributable to the equity interests of the other venturers. Whilst the licenses contributed had a nil NBV in the 
books of the Group at the date of contribution, the associated fair value of the licenses contributed in return for the 
15.0% interest in WGI has been estimated at $6.4 million. The resultant profit recognised in the income statement is 
$5.4 million which represents the un-eliminated 84.9% share of the gain on contribution of these licenses. The Group 
has accordingly recognised an intangible asset of $5.4 million as its share of the licenses.

As at 31 December 2012 the Group has adopted IFRS 11, according to which joint ventures have been recognized in the 
financial statements of the Group using equity method (see note 19).

(e)  Assessment of political and economic turmoil in Ukraine impact on Group operations
Since November 2013, Ukraine has been in a political and economic turmoil. The Ukrainian Hryvnia devalued against 
major world currencies and significant external financing is required to maintain stability of the economy. In February 
2014, Ukraine’s sovereign rating has been downgraded to CCC with a negative outlook. The Government however is 
expecting significant funding from the international creditors in 2014, with International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) being 
the largest.

In February 2014, the Parliament of Ukraine voted for reinstatement of the 2004 Constitution and dismissal of the 
incumbent President. New presidential elections are scheduled for May 2014 and a transitional government has been 
formed. In March 2014, Crimea, an autonomous republic of Ukraine, was effectively annexed by the Russian Federation. 
The further political developments are currently unpredictable and may adversely affect the Ukrainian economy.

Management is monitoring how the political and economic situation is affecting the Group operations, and has 
considered whether adjustments are required to the carrying values of assets and the appropriateness of the going 
concern assumption. As a result management have concluded that there were no significant adverse consequences 
in relation to the Group’s operations, cash flows and assets that impact the 2013 financial statements, apart from 
continuous uncertainty related to key assumptions used by management in assessment of the recoverable amount of 
production assets as described above. Any further escalations of the political crisis may impact the Group’s normal 
business activities, and increase the risks relating to its business operations, financial status and maintenance of its 
Ukrainian production licences.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

5.  Revenue

Sale of hydrocarbons
Other revenues

2013
$’000

2,619
1,153

3,772

2012
$’000

2,999
762

3,761

Other revenues represent revenues from services provided to third parties of $1.2 million (2012: $0.8 million).

Information about major customers
Included in revenues for the year ended 31 December 2013 are revenues of $1.2 million (2012–$2.4 million) which arose 
from sales to the Group’s largest customer.

6.  Other operating expenses, net

Out of court settlements
Transactions with JV partner
Net foreign exchange losses

2013
$’000

65
(60)
(271)

(266)

2012
$’000

597
88
(3,611)

(2,926)

Net foreign exchange loss of $0.3 million mainly relates to the revaluation of the USD-denominated monetary assets 
of the Group’s UK entities which have GBP as a functional currency.

7.  Business and geographical segments
The Directors continue to consider there to be only one business segment, the exploration and development of oil and 
gas assets and only one geographical segment, being Ukraine.

8.  Impairment

Impairment of oil and gas assets

Inventories (note 20)
VAT recoverable (note 4(d))

Impairment of other assets

2013
$’000

–

97
137

234

2012
$’000

(25,717)

(323)
992

669

The carrying value of inventory as at 31 December 2013 and 2012 has been impaired to reduce it to net realisable 
value (see note 20). During 2013 the Group gross sales of inventory to third parties comprised $0.4 million (2012: 
$1.6 million) and some sales were for the higher amounts than the book value of inventories, therefore $0.1 million of 
the inventory impairment provision previously recognised has been released.

During the year a net release of impairment $0.1 million (2012: $0.9 million) in respect of Ukrainian VAT as the result 
of VAT recovery of historical balances through offset of VAT liabilities arising on sales.

Total impairment for 2012 of oil and gas assets of $25.7 million includes $24.7 million ($35.0 million undiscounted) 
impairment of the bonus to be received from Eni on obtaining the production licence on Zagoryanska licence which 
formed part of the consideration on disposal of 60% in the Zagoryanska licence to Eni in 2011.

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9.  Loss for the year
The loss for the year has been arrived at after charging/(crediting):

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Reversal of impairment of other assets (note 8)
Impairment of oil and gas assets (note 8)
Staff costs 
Net foreign exchange losses

2013
$’000

(1,201)
(227)
234
–
(4,790)
(271)

Restated
2012
$’000

(1,352)
(285)
669
(25,717)
(4,753)
(3,611)

In addition to the depreciation of PP&E of $1.2 million (2012: $1.4 million) in the year ended 31 December 2013, 
depreciation of $0.2 million (2012: $0.4 million) was capitalised to E&E assets being depreciation of tangible assets 
used in E&E activities.

10. Auditor’s remuneration
The analysis of auditor’s remuneration is as follows:

Audit fees

Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and their associates for the audit  

of the Company’s annual accounts

Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and their associates for other  

services to the Group:

– The audit of the Company’s subsidiaries

Total audit fees

Non-audit fees
– Audit-related assurance services
– Taxation compliance services
– Other taxation advisory services

Non-audit fees

11.  Staff costs
The average monthly number of employees (including Executive Directors) was:

Executive Directors
Other employees

Total number of employees at 31 December

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

Wages and salaries 
Other pension costs
Social security costs

2013
$’000

Restated
2012
$’000

201

13

214

20
45
40

105

232

27

259

21
98
–

119

2013
Number

2012
Number 

2
116

118

118

2
124

126

126

 $’000

$’000

5,102
–
725

5,827

5,191
36
748

5,975

Within wages and salaries $0.7 million (2012: $0.7 million) relates to amounts accrued and paid to executive Directors 
for services rendered.

Included within wages and salaries, is $0.3 million (2012: $0.2 million) capitalised to intangible E&E assets and 
$0.1 million (2012: $0.2 million) capitalised to development and production assets.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

12. Investment revenue

Interest on bank deposits
Interest on loans issued

13. Finance (costs)/income

Unwinding of discount on decommissioning provision (note 24)

14. Tax

Current tax
Deferred tax (note 22)

 2013
$’000

283
151

434

2013
$’000

(6)

2013
$’000

169
120

289

2012
$’000

118
–

118

2012
$’000

34

2012
$’000

121
130

251

The Group’s operations are conducted primarily outside the UK. The most appropriate tax rate for the Group is 
therefore considered to be 19 per cent (2012: 21 per cent), the rate of profit tax in Ukraine which is the primary 
source of revenue for the Group. Taxation for other jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the respective 
jurisdictions.

The taxation charge for the year can be reconciled to the loss per the income statement as follows:

Loss before tax

Tax credit at Ukraine corporation tax rate of 19% (2012: 21%)
Permanent differences
Foreign exchange on operating activities
Tax losses generated in the year not yet recognised
Other temporary differences 
Effect of different tax rates

Tax credit and effective tax rate for the year

2013
$’000

(14,400)

(2,736)
3,004
(552)
857
–
(284)

289

2013
%

100

19
(21.0)
3.8
(6.0)
0.0
2.0

(2.1)

2012
$’000

(92,410)

(19,406)
17,776
730
1,041
446
(336)

251

2012
%

100

21
(19.2)
(0.8)
(1.1)
(0.5)
0.4

(0.2)

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15. Loss per Ordinary share
Basic loss per Ordinary share is calculated by dividing the net loss for the year attributable to owners of the Company 
by the weighted average number of Ordinary shares outstanding during the year. The calculation of the basic and 
diluted loss per share is based on the following data:

Loss attributable to owners of the Company

Loss for the purposes of basic loss per share being net loss attributable to owners of 

the Company

Number of shares

Weighted average number of Ordinary shares for the purposes of  

basic profit per share

Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares:

Options and warrants outstanding 

Weighted average number of Ordinary shares for the purposes of  

diluted profit per share

Loss per Ordinary share
Basic
Diluted 

2013
$’000

2012
$’000

(14,660)

(92,631)

2013
Number
‘000

2012
Number
‘000

231,092

231,092

–

93

231,092

231,185

2013
Cent

(6.3)
(6.3)

2012
Cent

(40.1)
(40.1)

Diluted loss per Ordinary share equals basic loss per Ordinary share as there is no dilutive effect from the outstanding 
share warrants.

16. Intangible exploration and evaluation assets
Cost

At 1 January 2012 (as restated)

Additions 
Change in estimate of decommissioning assets (note 24)
Transfer to property, plant and equipment (note 17)
Disposals
Exchange differences

At 1 January 2013 (as restated)

Additions 
Change in estimate of decommissioning assets (note 24)
Transfer from property, plant and equipment (note 17)
Disposals
Exchange differences

At 31 December 2013

Impairment

At 1 January 2012 (as restated)

Exchange differences

At 1 January 2013 (as restated)

Exchange differences

At 31 December 2013

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2013
At 31 December 2012 (as restated)

$’000

31,951
973
(89)
(31)
30
215

33,049
3,276
16
34
(118)
(1,362)

34,895

29,941

91

30,032

(1,095)

28,937

5,958
3,017

Additions during the year include $0.2 million (2012: $0.3 million) of capitalised depreciation of development and 
production assets used in exploration and evaluation activities.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

17.  Property, plant and equipment

Cost

At 1 January 2012 (as restated)

Additions
Transfer from intangible exploration and evaluation assets
Change in estimate of decommissioning assets (note 24) 
Disposals
Exchange differences

At 1 January 2013 (as restated)

Additions
Transfer to intangible exploration and evaluation assets
Transfer to other assets
Change in estimate of decommissioning assets (note 24) 
Disposals
Exchange differences

At 31 December 2013

Accumulated depreciation and impairment

At 1 January 2012 (as restated)

Impairment
Charge for the year
Disposals
Exchange differences

At 1 January 2013 (as restated)

Charge for the year
Disposals
Exchange differences

At 31 December 2013

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2013
At 31 December 2012 (as restated)

 Development
and
production 
assets
$’000

59,712
783
3
263
(1,381)
493

59,873
585
(34)
(80)
42
(416)
(2,479)

57,491

13,182
1,036
1,315
(985)
182

14,730
1,062
(360)
(724)

Other
$’000

2,846
293
28
–
(156)
43

3,054
217
–
80
–
(138)
(112)

3,101

1,448
–
397
(59)
33

1,819
326
(82)
(65)

Total
$’000

62,558
1,076
31
263
(1,537)
536

62,927
802
(34)
–
42
(554)
(2,591)

60,592

14,630
1,036
1,712
(1,044)
215

16,549
1,388
(442)
(789)

1,998

14,708

16,706

1,103
1,235

42,783
45,143

43,886
46,378

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18. Subsidiaries
The Company had investments in the following subsidiary undertakings as at 31 December 2013, which principally 
affected the profits and net assets of the Group:

Name

Directly held
Cadogan Petroleum Holdings Ltd
Ramet Holdings Ltd
Indirectly held
Rentoul Ltd
Cadogan Petroleum Holdings BV
Cadogan Bitlyanske BV
Cadogan Delta BV
Cadogan Astro Energy BV
Cadogan Pirkovskoe BV
Momentum Enterprise (Europe) Ltd
Cadogan Ukraine Holdings Limited
Cadogan Momentum Holdings Inc.
USENCO International Inc.
Radley Investments Ltd
Cadogan Petroleum Trading SAGL
LLC AstroInvest – Ukraine
LLC Astro Gas
DP USENCO Ukraine
LLC USENCO Nadra
JV Delta
LLC WestGasInvest
LLC Astro-Service
OJSC AgroNaftoGasTechService
LLC Cadogan Ukraine

Country of 
incorporation
and operation

Proportion
of voting
interest %

Activity

UK
Cyprus

100
100

Holding company
Holding company

Isle of Man
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Cyprus
Cyprus
Canada
USA
UK
Switzerland
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine

Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Holding company
100
Trading company
100
Exploration
100
Exploration
100
Exploration
100
Exploration
95
Exploration
100
Exploration
100
100
Service Company
79.9 Construction services
Corporate services
100

During the year ended 31 December 2013, the Group structure continued to be rationalised both so as to reduce the 
number of legal entities inside Ukraine and also to replace the structure of multiple jurisdictions with one based on a 
series of sub-holding companies incorporated in the Netherlands for each licence area.

19.  Joint ventures
Details of each Group’s joint ventures at the end of the 2013 and 2012 reporting periods are as follows:

Company name

Licenses held

LLC Astroinvest-Energy
LLC Industrial Company 
Gazvydobuvannya

LLC Westgasinvest

Zagoryanska exploration license
Pokrovska exploration license

Reklynetska, Zhuzhelianska, Cheremkhivsko-
Strupkivska, Baulinska, Filimonivska, Kurinna, 
Sandugeyivska, Yakovlivska, and Debeslavetska 
Exploration, Debeslavetska Production license 

Country of 
incorporation
and operation

Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine

Ownership
share %

Activity

40
70

Exploration
Exploration

15

Exploration

All of the above joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method in these consolidated financial statements. 
According to the shareholders’ agreements, which regulate the activities of the jointly controlled entities, all key 
decisions require unanimous approval from the shareholders, therefore these entities are jointly controlled.

Summarised financial information in respect of each of the Group’s material joint ventures is set out below. The 
summarised financial information below represents amounts shown in the joint venture’s financial statements 
prepared in accordance with IFRSs.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

19.  Joint ventures continued
LLC Astroinvest-Energy

Non-current assets
Current assets
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities

Revenue
Loss for the period
Other comprehensive income/(loss)
Total comprehensive loss

Net deficit of the joint venture

LLC Industrial Company Gazvydobuvannya

Non-current assets
Current assets
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities

Revenue
Loss for the period
Other comprehensive income/(loss)
Total comprehensive loss

Net assets of the joint venture

2013
$’000

34
3,001
(1,194)
(4,288)

–
(6,997)
111
(6,886)

(2,447)

2013
$’000

101,041
1,041
(8,484)
(2,617)

–
(4,899)
71
(4,828)

90,981

2012
$’000

392
6,941
(2,228)
(12,369)

4,711
(155,124)
(174)
 (155,298)

(7,264)

2012
$’000

101,556
2,224
(8,126)
(2,231)

–
(2,349)
(40)
(2,389)

93,423

2012 transactions: LLC Westgasinvest
In February 2012, the Group set up a joint venture LLC Westgasinvest (“WGI”) with a Ukrainian state-owned company, 
NAK Nadra Ukrainy. As part of the transaction the Group contributed two unconventional licenses, the Debeslavetske 
production license and the Debeslavetske exploration license to WGI, while keeping all the economic benefit from the 
existing conventional activities on these licenses.

Whilst the licenses contributed had a nil NBV in the books of the Group at the date of contribution, the associated 
fair value of the licenses contributed in return for the 15% interest in WGI has been estimated at $6.4 million. The 
resultant profit recognised in the income statement is $5.4 million which represents the un-eliminated 85% share of 
the gain on contribution of these licenses. The Group accordingly recognised an intangible asset of $5.4 million.

The Group’s resultant equity holding, post this transaction was 15.01%, with Nadra owning the remaining 84.99%.

On 3 October 2012, 50.01% of ownership in WGI was sold by Nadra and Cadogan to ENI completing the current 
ownership structure of WGI.

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LLC Westgasinvest

Non-current assets
Current assets
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities

Revenue
Loss for the period
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive loss

Net assets of the joint venture

63

2013
$’000

164
662
–
(2,672)

–
(3,364)
55
(3,309)

(1,846)

2012
$’000

25
20
–
(102)

–
(93)
–
–

57

The carrying amounts of the Group’s interest in joint ventures recognized in the financial statements of the Group 
using the equity method are set out in the tables below:

LLC Astroinvest
Energy
$’000

LLC Industrial
company
Gazvydobuvannya
$’000

LLC Westgasinvest
$’000

(Deficit)/net assets recognized as at 31 December 2012
Investments during the year
Loss for the year

(2,906)
4,420
(2,754)

65,396
267
(3,380)

5,418
–
(496)

Total
$’000

67,908
4,687
(6,630)

Carrying amount of Group’s interest as at

31 December 2013

(1,240)

62,283

4,922

65,965

The Group is committed together with ENI to fund LLC Astroinvest-Energy subsequently to year end with the 
necessary amount of $1.2 million in order to close current liabilities of the joint venture.

20. Inventories

Cost
Impairment provision for obsolete inventory

Carrying amount

2013
$’000

3,846
(895)

2,951

Restated
2012
$’000

4,596
(1,114)

3,482

The impairment provision as at 31 December 2013 and 2012 is made so as to reduce the carrying value of the obsolete 
inventories to net realisable value.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

21. Other financial assets
Trade and other receivables

Other receivables
Receivable from joint venture
Loans issued
VAT recoverable
Prepayments

2013
$’000

591
4,077
1,559
251
401

6,879

Restated
2012
$’000

31,796
6,907
–
81
837

39,621

All sales are made on a prepayment basis, so there are no trade debtors.

Out of $31.8 million of other receivables $30.0 million as at 31 December 2012 represent receivables from the 
settlement agreement with GPS which has been repaid in April 2013.

Receivable from joint ventures comprise $1.6 million from Astroinvest-energy LLC (2012: $5.2 million) and $2.5 million 
from \ LLC (2012: $1.7 million).

Loans issued of $1.6 million as at 31 December 2013 represents loan issued in June 2013 to Oil and Gas Management 
Services Group Limited (“OAGSG”) as part of $3 million Loan Facility on a fully secured basis against receivables due 
to OAGSG with the term of loan of 24 months and annual interest of 15%.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents as at 31 December 2013 of $56.5 million (2012: $40.5 million) comprise cash held by the Group 
and the Company. The Directors consider that the carrying amount of these assets approximates to their fair value.

22.  Deferred tax
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the Group and movements thereon during 
the current and prior reporting period:

Liability as at 1 January 2012 (as restated)

Deferred tax expense
Exchange differences

Liability as at 1 January 2013 (as restated)

Deferred tax expense
Exchange differences

Liability as at 31 December 2013

Temporary
differences
$’000

458
130
(2)

586
120
(31)

675

At 31 December 2013, temporary differences of $6.0 million (2012: $6.3 million) existed in respect of foreign exchange 
gains arising on net investments in foreign subsidiaries for which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognised. No 
deferred tax liabilities have been recognised in respect of these differences because the Group is in a position to 
control the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences and it is probable that such differences will not reverse 
in the foreseeable future.

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23. Deferred tax continued
At 31 December 2013, the Group had the following unused tax losses available for offset against future taxable profits:

UK
Netherlands
Ukraine

2013
$’000

13,623
938
46,719

61,280

Restated
2012
$’000

9,486
–
46,906

56,392

Deferred tax assets have not been recognised in respect of these tax losses owing to the uncertainty that profits will 
be available in future periods against which they can be utilised.

The Group’s unused tax losses of $13.6 million (2012: $9.5 million) relating to losses incurred in the UK are available 
to shelter future non-trading profits arising within Cadogan Petroleum plc. These losses are not subject to a time 
restriction on expiry.

Unused tax losses incurred by Ukraine subsidiaries amount to $46.7 million, (2012: $46.9 million). Under general 
provisions, these losses may be carried forward indefinitely to be offset against any type of taxable income arising 
from the same company of origination. Tax losses may not be surrendered from one Ukraine subsidiary to another. 
However, in the past, Ukrainian legislation has been imposed which restricted the carry forward of tax losses. During 
2011 a new tax legislation in Ukraine was implemented which resulted in the restriction to recognition of accumulated 
losses at 1 April 2011. Starting 1 January 2012 only 25% of accumulated losses as at this date are allowed to be 
utilised each year for the period from 2012 till 2015 in the calculation of taxable income of the company. Tax losses 
accumulated after 1 January 2012 have no restrictions. There are further temporary differences arising on intangible 
exploration and evaluation assets and property, plant and equipment assets in Ukraine for which deferred tax assets 
of $5.2 million (2012: $4.6 million) have not been recognised due to the uncertainty of future recovery.

23. Other financial liabilities
Trade and other payables

Trade creditors 
Payables to joint ventures
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors and payables
Accruals 

2013
$’000

1,125
801
21
347
1,148

3,442

Restated
2012
$’000

1,122
423
31
166
2,345

4,087

Trade creditors and accruals principally comprise amounts outstanding for capital work program purchases and 
ongoing costs. The average credit period taken for trade purchases is 70 days (2012: 55 days). The Group has financial 
risk management policies to ensure that all payables are paid within the credit timeframe.

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates to their fair value. No 
interest is generally charged on balances outstanding.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

24. Provisions

At 1 January 2012 (as restated)

Change in estimate (note 16 and 17)
Unwinding of discount on decommissioning provision (note 13)
Exchange differences

At 1 January 2013 (as restated)

Change in estimate (note 16 and 17)
Unwinding of discount on decommissioning provision (note 13)
Exchange differences

At 31 December 2013

At 1 January 2012 (as restated)

Included in long-term provisions
Included in current provisions 

At 1 January 2013 (as restated)
Included in long-term provisions
Included in current provisions 

At 31 December 2013

Decommissioning
$’000

Total
$’000

528
174
(34)
3

671
58
6
(27)

708

528

219
453

672
195
513

708

528
174
(34)
3

671
58
6
(27)

708

528

219
453

672
195
513

708

In accordance with the Group’s environmental policy and applicable legal requirements, the Group intends to restore 
the sites it is working on after completing exploration or development activities.

A short-term provision of $0.5 million (2012: $0.5 million) has been made for decommissioning costs, which are expected 
to be incurred within the next year as a result of the demobilisation of drilling equipment and respective site restoration.

The long-term provision recognised in respect of decommissioning reflects management’s estimate of the net 
present value of the Group’s share of the expenditure expected to be incurred in this respect. This amount has been 
recognised as a provision at its net present value, using a discount rate that reflects the market assessment of time 
value of money at that date, and the unwinding of the discount on the provision has been charged to the income 
statement. These expenditures are expected to be incurred at the end of the producing life of each field in the 
removal and decommissioning of the facilities currently in place (currently estimated to be between one and 17 years).

25. Share capital
Authorised and issued equity share capital

Authorised
Ordinary shares of £0.03 each

Issued
Ordinary shares of £0.03 each

2013
Number

2012
Number

’000

$’000

’000

$’000

1,000,000

57,713

1,000,000

57,713

231,092

13,337

231,092

13,337

Authorised but unissued share capital of £30 million has been translated into US dollars at the historic exchange rate 
of the issued share capital.

The Company has one class of Ordinary shares which carry no right to fixed income.

Issued equity share capital

At 31 December 2012 and 2013

Ordinary shares
of £0.03
Number

231,091,734

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26. Notes to the cash flow statement

Operating loss
Adjustments for:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

Share of losses in joint ventures

Reversal of impairment of inventories (note 8)
Reversal of impairment of VAT recoverable (note 8)
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

Operating cash flows before movements in working capital

Decrease in inventories
Decrease in receivables

Decrease in payables and provisions

Cash from/(used in) operations

Income taxes paid

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities

2013
$’000

Restated
2012
$’000

(14,828)

(92,562)

1,201

6,630

(97)
(137)
103
(1,571)

(8,699)
628
32,879

(645)

24,163
(169)

23,994

1,352

63,987

(787)
(994)
285
4,536

(24,183)
1,429
23,759

(1,409)

(404)
(121)

(525)

27. Financial instruments
Capital risk management
The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Group will be able to continue as a going concern, while 
maximising the return to shareholders.

The capital resources of the Group consists of cash and cash equivalents arising from equity attributable to owners of 
the Company, comprising issued capital, reserves and retained earnings as disclosed in the Consolidated Statement of 
Changes in Equity.

Externally imposed capital requirement
The Group is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements.

Significant accounting policies
Details of the significant accounting policies and methods adopted, including the criteria for recognition, the basis 
of measurement, the basis on which income and expenses are recognised, in respect of each class of financial asset, 
financial liability and equity instrument are disclosed in note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Categories of financial instruments

Financial assets – loans and receivables (includes cash and cash equivalents)
Cash and cash equivalents
Receivable from joint venture
Loans issued
Other receivables (current and non-current)

Financial liabilities – measured at amortised cost
Trade creditors
Payables to joint ventures
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors and payables 
Accruals 

2013
$’000

56,484
4,077
1,559
590

62,710

1,259
801
21
347
1,148

3,576

Restated
2012
$’000

40,477
6,907
–
31,796

79,180

1,545
423
31
166
2,345

4,510

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

27. Financial instruments continued
Financial risk management objectives
Management provides services to the business, co-ordinates access to domestic and international financial markets 
and monitors and manages the financial risks relating to the operations of the Group in Ukraine through internal risks 
reports which analyse exposures by degree and magnitude of risks. These risks include commodity price risks, foreign 
currency risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow interest rate risk. The Group does not enter into or trade financial 
instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes.

As the Group has no committed borrowings, the Group is not exposed to any significant risks associated with 
fluctuations in interest rates on loans.

The Audit Committee of the Board reviews and monitors risks faced by the Group through meetings held throughout 
the year.

Commodity price risk
The commodity price risk related to Ukrainian gas and condensate prices and, to a lesser extent, prices for crude 
oil are the Group’s most significant market risk exposures. World prices for gas and crude oil are characterised by 
significant fluctuations that are determined by the global balance of supply and demand and worldwide political 
developments, including actions taken by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

These fluctuations may have a significant effect on the Group’s revenues and operating profits going forward. The 
principal factor in the current Ukrainian gas price is bilateral negotiations with Gazprom to establish the price of gas 
imports from Russia. The price for Ukrainian gas is based on the current price of these gas imports from Russia, which 
are nonetheless influenced by world prices. Management continues to expect that the Group’s principal market for gas 
will be the Ukrainian domestic market.

The Group does not hedge market risk resulting from fluctuations in gas, condensate and oil prices, and holds no 
financial instruments which are sensitive to commodity price risk.

Foreign exchange risk and foreign currency risk management
The Group undertakes certain transactions denominated in foreign currencies. Hence, exposures to exchange rate 
fluctuations arise. 

The Group to date has elected not to hedge its exposure to the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

The carrying amounts of the Group’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities at the 
reporting date are as follows:

US dollars (‘$’)

Liabilities

 Assets

2013
$’000

106

2012
$’000

2013
$’000

2012
$’000

51

53,277

66,388

Foreign currency sensitivity analysis
The Group is exposed primarily to movements in currencies against the US dollar as this is the presentation currency 
of the Group. In order to fund operations, US dollar funds are converted to UAH just before being contributed to the 
Ukrainian subsidiaries. Sensitivity analyses have been performed to indicate how the profit or loss would have been 
affected by changes in the exchange rate between the GBP and US dollar. The analysis is based on a weakening of 
the US dollar by 10 per cent against GBP, a functional currency in the entities of the Group which have significant 
monetary assets and liabilities at the end of each respective period. A movement of 10 per cent reflects a reasonably 
possible sensitivity when compared to historical movements over a three to five year timeframe. The sensitivity 
analysis includes only outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and adjusts their translation at the 
period end for a ten per cent change in foreign currency rates.

A number below indicates a decrease in profit where US dollar strengthens 10 per cent against the other currencies. 
For a 10 per cent weakening of the US dollar against the other currencies, there would be an equal and opposite 
impact on the profit or loss, and the balances would be negative.

The Group is not exposed to significant foreign currency risk in other currencies.

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27. Financial instruments continued
Inflation risk management
The following table details the Group’s sensitivity to a 10 per cent decrease in the US dollar against the GBP.

Income statement

2013
$’000

(4,587)

2012
$’000

(5,912)

Foreign currency sensitivity analysis continued
Inflation in Ukraine and in the international market for oil and gas may affect the Group’s cost for equipment and 
supplies. The Directors expect that the Group’s practices of keeping deposits in US dollar accounts until funds are 
needed and selling its production in the spot market, coupled with the linkage of the currency in Ukraine to the US 
dollar, to enable the Group to manage the risk of inflation.

Credit risk management
Credit risk refers to the risk that counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to 
the Group. The Group does not have any significant credit risk exposure on trade receivables as the normal terms for 
sales of gas and condensate to the Group’s customers require payment before delivery.

The Group makes allowances for impairment of receivables where there is an identified event which, based on 
previous experience, is evidence of a reduction in the recoverability of cash flows.

The credit risk on liquid funds (cash) is considered to be limited because the counterparties are financial institutions 
with high and good credit ratings, assigned by international credit-rating agencies in the UK and Ukraine respectively.

The carrying amount of financial assets recorded in the financial statements represents the Group’s maximum 
exposure to credit risk.

Liquidity risk management
Ultimate responsibility for liquidity risk management rests with the Board of Directors, which has built an appropriate 
liquidity risk management framework for the management of the Group’s short, medium and long-term funding and 
liquidity management requirements. The Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate cash reserves and by 
continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows.

The following tables set out details of the expected contractual maturity of financial liabilities.

At 31 December 2013
Trade and other payables

At 31 December 2012
Trade and other payables

Within
3 months
$’000

1,326
1,326

4,115
4,115

3 months
to 1 year
$’000

2,250
2,250

395
395

More than
1 year
$’000

–
–

–
–

Total
$’000

3,576
3,576

4,510
4,510

28. Commitments and contingencies
Joint activity agreements
The Group has working interests in nine licences for the conduct of its exploration and development activities within 
Ukraine. Each licence is held with the obligation to fulfil a minimum set of exploration activities within its term and 
is summarised on an annual basis, including the agreed minimum amount forecasted expenditure to fulfil those 
obligations. The activities and proposed expenditure levels are agreed with the government licensing authority.

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

28. Commitments and contingencies continued
The required future financing of exploration and development work on fields under the licence obligations are 
as follows:

Within one year
Between two and five years

2013
$’000

1,258
1,863

3,121

Restated
2012
$’000

18,506
20,315

38,821

The Group has revised its minimum working programs and resubmitted the required documentation to the 
government authorities; updated commitments has decreased for all licenses from $38.8 million to $3.1 million. 
License obligations of the joint ventures as at 31 December 2013 amounted to $0.4 million (2012: $0.5 million) of 
obligations within one year and $0.1 million (2012: $10.5 million) of obligations between two and five years.

29. Related party transactions
All transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, have been eliminated on 
consolidation and are not disclosed in this note. The application of IFRS 11 has resulted in the existing joint ventures 
LLC Astroinvest-energy, LLC Gazvydobuvannya and LLC Westgasinvest being accounted for under the equity method 
and disclosed as related parties.

During the period, Group companies entered into the following transactions with joint ventures who are considered as 
related parties of the Group:

Revenues from services provided and sales of goods
Purchases of goods
Amounts owed by related parties
Amounts owed to related parties

2013
$’000

1,892
22
4,077
801

2012
$’000

4,487
51
6,907
423

Remuneration of key management personnel
The remuneration of the Directors, who are the key management personnel of the Group, is set out below in 
aggregate for each of the categories specified in IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures. Further information about the 
remuneration of individual Directors is provided in the audited part of the Annual Report on Remuneration on pages 31 
and 34.

Short-term employee benefits
Share-based payments

Purchase of services

Amounts owing 

2013
$’000

911
–

911

2012
$’000

1,048
(695)

353

2013
$’000

69
–

69

2012
$’000

973
–

973

The total remuneration of the highest paid Director was $0.3 million in the year (2012: $0.4 million).

The amounts outstanding are unsecured and will be settled in cash. No guarantees have been given or received and 
no provisions have been made for doubtful debts in respect of the amounts owed by related parties.

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30. Accounting policy changes – adoption of IFRS 11
As discussed in note 2, the Group has restated the financial performance and position of the Group for the year ended 
31 December 2012 to reflect the adoption of IFRS 11. The quantitative impact of adopting these standards on the prior 
year consolidated financial statements is set out in the tables below:

Adjustments to the Consolidated Income Statements

CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Revenue
Cost of sales

Gross profit
Administrative expenses:

Other administrative expenses 
Impairment of oil and gas assets
(Impairment)/reversal of impairment of other assets

Other losses
Other operating income/(expenses) 

Operating loss
Investment revenue
Finance costs

Loss before tax 
Tax 

Loss for the period/year 

Year ended 31 December 2012

as previously
reported
$’000

IFRS 11
$’000

restated
$’000

5,653
(4,158)

1,495

(10,783)
(83,584)
(2,684)

(97,051)
5,417
(2,940)

(93,079)
128
67

(92,884)
(252)

(93,136)

(1,892)
1,542

(350)

3,327
57,867
3,353

64,547
(63,694)
14

517
(10)
(33)

474
1

475

3,761
(2,616)

1,145

(7,456)
(25,717)
669

(32,504)
(58,277)
(2,926)

(92,562)
118
34

(92,410)
(251)

(92,661)

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Notes to the Consolidated  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

30. Accounting policy changes – adoption of IFRS 11 continued
Adjustments to the Consolidated Balance Sheets

as at 1 January 2012

as at 31 December 2012

as
previously
reported
$’000

IFRS 11
adjustments
$’000

restated
$’000

as
previously
reported
$’000

IFRS 11
adjustments
$’000

65,972
99,373
–

(63,765)
(51,388)
106,286

2,207
47,985
106,286

78,231
46,627
–

165,345

(8,867)

156,478

124,858

6,556
66,251
65,039

(2,549)
(2,604)
(738)

4,007
63,647
64,301

137,846

(5,891)

131,955

5,177
35,537
42,404

83,118

(75,214)
(249)
67,908

(7,555)

(1,695)
4,084
(1,927)

462

restated
$’000

3,017
46,378
67,908

117,303

3,482
39,621
40,477

83,580

303,191

(14,758)

288,433

207,976

(7,093)

200,883

(11,538)
(548)

(12,086)

(7,552)
(524)

(8,076)

11,080
153

11,233

3,927
384

4,311

(20,162)

15,544

(458)
(395)

(853)

(3,625)
(140)

(3,765)

(4,618)

283,029

786

283,815

13,337
389,734
(123,784)
3,344

–
(1,327)
2,113
–

13,337
388,407
(121,671)
3,344

(4,553)
(414)

(4,967)

(7,793)
(939)

(8,732)

(13,699)

194,277

13,337
298,290
(119,400)
1,682

3,967
195

4,162

3,706
486

4,192

8,354

1,261

–
(852)
2,113
–

(586)
(219)

(805)

(4,087)
(453)

(4,540)

(5,345)

195,538

13,337
297,438
(117,287)
1,682

ASSETS
Non-current assets
Intangible exploration and 

evaluation assets

Property, plant and equipment 
Investments in joint ventures

Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Long-term provisions

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Current provisions

Total liabilities

Net assets

EQUITY
Share capital
Retained earnings 
Cumulative translation reserves
Other reserves

Equity attributable to equity holders 

of the parent

282,631

786

283,417

193,909

1,261

195,170

Non-controlling interest

398

–

398

368

–

368

Total equity

283,029

786

283,815

194,277

1,261

195,538

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30. Accounting policy changes – adoption of IFRS 11 continued
Adjustments to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statements

Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating activities
Investing activities
Disposal of subsidiaries
Investments in joint ventures
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
Purchases of intangible exploration and evaluation assets
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
Interest received

Net cash used in investing activities

Financing activities
Proceeds from short-term borrowings

Net cash used in financing activities

Year ended 31 December 2012

as
previously
reported
$’000

IFRS 11
adjustments
$’000

(5,609)

5,084

4,142
–
(15,749)
(6,239)
688
128

(4,142)
(22,478)
14,666
6,152
(461)
(10)

restated
$’000

(525)

–
(22,478)
(1,083)
(87)
227
118

(17,030)

(6,273)

(23,303)

–

–

–

–

–

–

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

(22,639)

(1,189)

(23,828)

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period/year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period/year

4
65,039

42,404

–
(738)

4
64,301

(1,927)

40,477

Adjustments to Notes to the condensed cash flow statements

Operating loss
Adjustments for:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Impairment of oil and gas assets
Gain on acquisition of jointly controlled entity / disposal of subsidiaries
Loss from investments into joint ventures
Reversal of impairment of inventories
(Reversal of impairment)/Impairment of VAT recoverable 
(Gain)/loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

Operating cash flows before movements in working capital

Decrease in inventories
Decrease/(increase) in receivables
(Decrease)/Increase in payables and provisions

Cash (used in)/from operations

Income taxes paid

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities

Year ended 31 December 2012

as
previously
reported
$’000

(93,079)

1,967
83,584
(5,454)
–
291
2,394
52
4,014

(6,231)
1,269
(766)
241

(5,487)
(122)

(5,609)

IFRS 11
adjustments
$’000

restated
$’000

517

(92,562)

(615)
(83,584)
5,454
63,987
(1,078)
(3,388)
233
522

(17,952)
160
24,525
(1,650)

5,083
1

5,084

1,352
–
–
63,987
(787)
(994)
285
4,536

(24,183)
1,429
23,759
(1,409)

(404)
(121)

(525)

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Company Balance Sheet
As at 31 December 2013

31. Events after the balance sheet date
Political and economic turmoil in Ukraine
We are monitoring the current political situation in Ukraine carefully and there have been no disruptions to the 
Company’s operations in either of our operating locations.

As a result of the recent political and economic turmoil in Ukraine, there has been a significant devaluation of the 
Ukrainian Hryvnia against the US Dollar which is likely to affect the carrying value of the Group’s assets in the future. 
Since 1 January 2014, the Ukrainian Hryvnia has devalued against the US Dollar by approximately 35%.

We have reassessed the key judgements and critical accounting estimates as at the date of this report and, based on 
the current status of operations, no adjustments have been made.

ASSETS
Non-current assets
Investments
Receivables from subsidiaries

Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables

Total liabilities

Net assets

EQUITY
Share capital
Retained earnings
Cumulative translation reserves
Share-based payment reserve

Total equity

Notes

2013
$’000

2012
$’000

34
35

35
35

36

37

38

–
77,506

77,506

1,763
50,280

52,043

–
97,289

97,289

102
32,092

32,194

129,549

129,483

(1,211)

(1,211)

(1,211)

(1,290)

(1,290)

(1,290)

128,338

128,193

13,337
210,297
(95,296)
–

128,338

13,337
212,497
(97,734)
93

128,193

The financial statements of Cadogan Petroleum plc, registered in England and Wales no. 5718406, were approved by 
the board of Directors and authorised for issue on 28 April 2014.

They were signed on its behalf by:

Bertrand Des Pallieres
Chief Executive Officer 
28 April 2014

The notes on pages 46 to 79 form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Company Cash Flow Statement
For the year ended 31 December 2013

Net cash outflow from operating activities
Investing activities
Interest received
Settlement received 
Repayment of loans to subsidiary companies 

Net cash from investing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Note

39

2013
$’000

(4,034)

258
–
19,783

20,041

16,007
2,181

32,092

50,280

2012
$’000

(1,007)

13
1,070
(1,037)

46

(961)
2,197

30,856

32,092

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Company Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 December 2013

Cumulative
 translation
reserves
$’000

Share-based
payment
reserve
$’000

As at 1 January 2012
Share-based payment
Net loss for the year
Exchange translation differences 

As at 1 January 2013
Share-based payment 
Net loss for the year
Exchange translation differences 

As at 31 December 2013

Share
capital
$’000

13,337
–
–
–

13,337
–
–
–

13,337

Retained 
earnings
$’000

212,428
1,662
(1,593)
–

212,497
93
(2,293)
–

(102,176)
–
–
4,442

(97,734)

–
2,438

210,297

(95,296)

Total
$’000

125,344
–
(1,593)
4,442

128,193
–
(2,293)
2,438

128,338

1,755
(1,662)
–
–

93
(93)
–
–

–

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2013

32. Significant accounting policies
The separate financial statements of the Company are presented as required by the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘Act’). 
As permitted by the Act, the separate financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards.

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis. The principal accounting policies adopted 
are the same as those set out in note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements except as noted below.

As permitted by section 408 of the Act, the Company has elected not to present its profit and loss account for the 
year. Cadogan Petroleum plc reports a loss for the financial year ended 31 December 2013 of $2.3 million (2012: 
$1.6 million).

Investments
Investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less, where appropriate, provisions for impairment.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The Company’s financial statements, and in particular its investments in and receivables from subsidiaries, are affected 
by certain of the critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty described in note 4 to the 
Consolidated Financial Statements.

33. Auditor’s remuneration
The auditor’s remuneration for audit and other services is disclosed in note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

34. Investments
The Company’s subsidiaries are disclosed in note 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The investments in 
subsidiaries are all initially stated at cost.

35. Financial assets
Receivables from subsidiaries
At the balance sheet date gross amounts receivable from the fellow Group companies were $348.5 million (2012: 
$363.0 million). No impairment was recognised in 2012 or 2013. The carrying value of the receivables from the fellow 
Group companies as at 31 December 2013 was $77.5 million (2012: $97.3 million). There are no past due receivables.

Trade and other receivables

Loans issued
VAT recoverable
Prepayments
Other receivables

2013
$’000

1,559
138
51
15

1,763

2012
$’000

–
–
71
31

102

The Company’s principal financial assets are bank balances and cash and cash equivalents and receivables from 
related parties none of which are past due. The Directors consider that the carrying amount of receivables from 
related parties approximates to their fair value.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash held by the Company and short-term bank deposits with an original maturity 
of three months or less. The carrying value of these assets approximates to their fair value.

36. Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables

Trade creditors
Other creditors and payables
Accruals

2013
$’000

317
238
656

1,211

2012
$’000

321
969
–

1,290

Trade payables principally comprise amounts outstanding for trade purchases and ongoing costs. The average credit 
period taken for trade purchases is 45 days (2012: 42 days).

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates to their fair value. No 
interest is charged on balances outstanding.

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Notes to the Company  
Financial Statements continued
For the year ended 31 December 2013

37. Share capital
The Company’s share capital is disclosed in note 25 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

38. Cumulative translation reserve
The functional currency of the Company is pounds sterling. The financial statements of the Company are expressed in 
US dollars, which is its presentation currency. Cumulative translation reserve represents the effect of translating into 
US dollars the results and financial position of the Company.

39. Notes to the cash flow statement

Operating loss from continuing operations

Operating cash flows before movements in working capital

(Increase) in receivables
(Decrease) in payables

Cash used in operations
Income taxes paid

Net cash outflow from continuing operations

2013
$’000

(2,293)

(2,293)
(1,662)
(79)

(4,034)
–

(4,034)

2012
$’000

(1,593)

(1,593)
(38)
624

(1,007)
–

(1,007)

40. Financial instruments
The Company manages its capital to ensure that it is able to continue as a going concern while maximising the return 
to shareholders. Refer to note 27 for the Group’s overall strategy and financial risk management objectives.

The capital resources of the Group consists of cash and cash equivalents arising from equity, comprising issued 
capital, reserves and retained earnings.

Categories of financial instruments

Financial assets – loans and receivables (includes cash and cash equivalents)
Cash and cash equivalents
Amounts due from subsidiaries 

Financial liabilities – measured at amortised cost
Trade creditors

2013
$’000

50,280
77,506

127,786

2012
$’000

32,092
97,289

129,381

(317)

(317)

(321)

(321)

Interest rate risk
All financial liabilities held by the Company are non-interest bearing. As the Company has no committed borrowings, 
the Company is not exposed to any significant risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates.

Credit risk
Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to 
the Company. For cash and cash equivalents, the Company only transacts with entities that are rated the equivalent 
to investment grade and above. Other financial assets consist of amounts receivable from related parties.

The Company’s credit risk on liquid funds is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit-ratings 
assigned by international credit-rating agencies.

The carrying amount of financial assets recorded in the Company financial statements, which is net of any impairment 
losses, represents the Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk.

Liquidity risk management
Ultimate responsibility for liquidity risk management rests with the Board of Directors, which has built an appropriate 
liquidity risk management framework for the management of the Company’s short, medium and long-term funding 
and liquidity management requirements. The Company maintains adequate reserves, by continuously monitoring 
forecast and actual cash flows.

The Company’s financial liabilities are not significant and therefore no maturity analysis has been presented.

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40. Financial instruments continued
Foreign exchange risk and foreign currency risk management
The Company undertakes certain transactions denominated in foreign currencies. Hence, exposures to exchange 
rate fluctuations arise. The Company holds a large portion of its foreign currency denominated monetary assets 
and monetary liabilities in US dollars. More information on the foreign exchange risk and foreign currency risk 
management is disclosed in note 27 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

41. Related parties
Amounts due from subsidiaries
The Company has entered into a number of unsecured related party transactions with its subsidiary undertakings. The 
most significant transactions carried out between the Company and its subsidiary undertakings are mainly for short 
and long-term financing. Amounts owed from these entities are detailed below:

Cadogan Petroleum Holdings Limited

2013
$’000

77,506

77,506

2012
$’000

97,289

97,289

Refer to note 35 for a discussion on the Company’s receivables due from subsidiaries.

The remuneration of the Directors, who are the key management personnel of the Group, is set out below in 
aggregate for each of the categories specified in IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures. Further information about the 
remuneration of individual Directors is provided in the audited part of the Annual Report on Remuneration 2013 on 
pages 31 to 34.

Short-term employee benefits

 Remuneration

Amounts owing 

2013
$’000

326

326

2012
$’000

296

296

2013
$’000

–

–

2012
$’000

476

476

The total remuneration of the highest paid Director was $0.3 million in the year (2012: $0.4 million).

42. Events after the balance sheet date
Events after the balance sheet date are disclosed in note 31 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Notice of Annual General Meeting

This document is important and requires your immediate attention
If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own personal finance 
advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, fund manager, solicitor, accountant or other appropriate 
independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. If you have sold or 
otherwise transferred all of your shares in Cadogan Petroleum plc, please send this document and the accompanying 
documents to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission 
to the purchaser or transferee.

Notice of Annual General Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (the ‘AGM’) of Cadogan Petroleum plc (the ‘Company’) will 
be held at Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London W1G 9LQ on Monday 23 June 2014 at 10.30am to consider 
the following resolutions, of which resolutions 1 to 12 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 
as special resolutions.

1.  To receive the Annual Financial Report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2013.

2.  To receive and approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual Financial Report for the 

financial year ended 31 December 2013.

3.  To receive and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy.

4.  To re-elect Zev Furst as a Director of the Company.

5.  To re-elect Gilbert Lehmann as a Director of the Company.

6.  To re-elect Enrico Testa as a Director of the Company.

7.  To re-elect Bertrand des Pallieres as a Director of the Company.

8.  To re-elect Adelmo Schenato as a Director of the Company.

9.  To elect Michel Meeus as a Director of the Company.

10.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this AGM until the 

conclusion of the next meeting at which the Annual Financial Report is laid before the Company.

11.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.

12.  That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in substitution for any such 

existing authority, for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘Act’) to exercise any power 
of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into 
shares in the Company (‘Rights’):

(a)  up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,310,917, including within such limit the aggregate nominal amount of 

any shares allotted and Rights granted under paragraph (b) below in excess of £2,310,917; and

(b)  comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount 

of £4,621,834, including within such limit the aggregate nominal amount of any shares allotted and Rights 
granted under paragraph (a) above, in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue:
(i)  to Ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their respective existing 

holdings; and

(ii)  to holders of other equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) as required by the rights of 
those securities or as the Directors otherwise consider necessary, and so that the Directors may impose 
limits or restrictions and make arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with 
treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under 
the laws of, any jurisdiction or other matter, such authority to apply until the earlier of the conclusion of 
the Company’s next Annual General Meeting and 30 June 2015 but, in each case, so that the Company may 
make offers and enter into agreements during the relevant period which would, or might, require shares to 
be allotted or Rights to be granted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot shares or grant 
Rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.

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13.  That, in substitution for all existing powers, and subject to the passing of resolution 12 above, the Directors be 
given the general power under section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of 
the Act) for cash under the authority granted by such resolution, and/or where the allotment is treated as an 
allotment of equity securities under section 560(3) of the Act, as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any 
such allotment, such power to be limited:

(a)  to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (but, in the case of the 

authority granted under paragraph (b) of resolution 12 above, by way of a rights issue only):

(i)  to Ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their respective existing 

holdings; and

(ii)  to the holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities or as the Directors 
otherwise consider necessary, and so that the Directors may impose limits or restrictions and make 
arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional 
entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any jurisdiction 
or other matter; and

(b)  in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (a) of resolution 12 above and/or in the case of a transfer 
of treasury shares which is treated as an allotment of equity securities under section 560(3) of the Act, to the 
allotment (otherwise than under paragraph (a) of this resolution 12) of equity securities up to an aggregate 
nominal amount of £346,637,

such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting or, if earlier, the close of business 
on 30 June 2015, unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company, save that the Company may make 
offers and enter into agreements before such authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities 
to be allotted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities under any such offer or 
agreement as if the authority had not expired.

14.  That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Act to make 

one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of Ordinary shares with a nominal 
value of 3 pence each in the capital of the Company, subject to the following terms:

(a)  the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 23,109,173;

(b)  the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any such Ordinary share is 1 pence per share;

(c)  the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any such Ordinary share shall be the higher of:

(i)  the amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the closing middle market quotations for an Ordinary 

share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately 
preceding the day on which the Ordinary share is purchased; and

(ii)  the amount stipulated by article 5(1) of the Buy-back and Stabilisation Regulation 2003 (in each case 

excluding expenses); and

(d)  the authority conferred by this resolution shall, unless previously revoked or varied, expire at the conclusion 
of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, or if earlier, the close of business on 30 June 2015 save 
in relation to any purchase of Ordinary shares, the contract for which was concluded before the expiry of this 
authority and which will or may be executed wholly or partly after such expiry, where the Company may make 
a purchase of Ordinary shares under such contract.

15.  That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice 
during the period from the date of the passing of this resolution 15 until the conclusion of the next Annual General 
Meeting of the Company.

By order of the Board

Laurie Sudwarts
Company Secretary
28 April 2014 
Registered Office: 
1st Floor,  
40 Dukes Place,  
London EC3A 7NH

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Notice of Annual General Meeting continued

Notes
1. 

A member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is also entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, and on a poll, vote instead of them. A proxy 
need not also be a member of the Company.

2.  To be valid, the instrument appointing a proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed (or a notarially  
certified  copy  of  such  power  of  authority)  must  be  deposited  with  the  Company’s  registrars,  Capita  Asset  Services,  at  PXS,  34  Beckenham  Road, 
Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the AGM. A proxy form is enclosed with this Notice. Completion and return 
of the proxy form will not preclude a shareholder from attending or voting at the meeting in person if they wish.

3.  You may, if you wish, appoint more than one proxy, but each proxy must be appointed in respect of a specified number of shares within your holding. 
If you wish to do this, each proxy must be appointed on a separate proxy form. Please photocopy the enclosed proxy form the required number of 
times before completing it. When appointing more than one proxy you must indicate the number of shares in respect of which the proxy is appointed.

4.  As at 28 April 2014, being the latest practicable date before the publication of this Notice, there have been no changes to the details of substantial 
shareholdings set out on page 20 of the Annual Financial Report 2013, nor to the Directors’ interests in the Ordinary shares of the Company detailed 
on page 19 of the report.

5.  All of the non-executive Directors have a letter of appointment that appoints them to the Board for an initial three year period. These appointments can 

be terminated by the Company by giving three months’ notice or immediately if there is a breach of their terms.

6.  Any person to whom this Notice is sent who is a person nominated under section 146 of the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘Act’) to enjoy information rights 
(a ‘Nominated Person’) may, under an agreement between them and the shareholder by whom they were nominated, have a right to be appointed (or to 
have someone else appointed) as a proxy for the AGM. If a Nominated Person has no such proxy appointment right or does not wish to exercise it, they 
may, under any such agreement, have a right to give instructions to the shareholder as to the exercise of voting rights. The statement of the rights of 
shareholders in relation to the appointment of proxies of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above and paragraph 8 below does not apply to Nominated Persons. The 
rights described in these paragraphs can only be exercised by shareholders of the Company.

7.  CREST  members  who  wish  to  appoint  a  proxy  or  proxies  through  the  CREST  electronic  proxy  appointment  service  to  attend  the  AGM  and  any 
adjournment(s) of the AGM may do so by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual. CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored 
members and those CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), 
who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.

In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a ‘CREST Proxy Instruction’) 
may be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited’s specifications and must contain the information required for such 
instructions, as described in the CREST Manual. The message, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or an amendment to the 
instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer’s agent (ID RA10) by the 
latest time(s) for receipt of proxy appointments specified in the Notice. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined 
by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Applications Host) from which the issuer’s agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to 
CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to 
the appointee through other means.

CREST members, and where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited does not 
make available procedures in CREST for any particular messages. Normal system timings and limitations will therefore apply in relation to the input of 
CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal member or 
sponsored member or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s) such action as 
shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In this connection, CREST members 
and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers are referred, in particular to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning 
practical limitation of the CREST system and timings.

The  Company  may  treat  as  invalid  a  CREST  Proxy  Instruction  in  the  circumstances  set  out  in  Regulation  35(5)(a)  of  the  Uncertificated  Securities 
Regulations 2001.

8.  The  Company,  under  Regulation  41  of  the  Uncertificated  Securities  Regulations  2001,  specifies  that  only  those  members  entered  in  the  register  of 
members of the Company at 6.00pm on 21 June 2014, or if the AGM is adjourned, in the register of members 48 hours before the time of any adjourned 
meeting, shall be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM in respect of the number of Ordinary shares registered in their name at the time. Changes to 
the entries in the register of members after 6.00pm on 21 June 2014 or, if the AGM is adjourned, in the register of members 48 hours before the time 
of any adjourned meeting, shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the AGM.

9.  Except as provided above, members who wish to communicate with the Company in relation to the AGM should do so using the following means: 1) by 
writing to the Company Secretary at the Company’s registered office, 1st Floor, 40 Dukes Place, London, EC3A 7NH; or 2) by writing to the Company’s 
registrars, Capita Asset Services, at PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU. No other methods of communication will be accepted, in 
particular you may not use any electronic address provided either in this Notice or in any related documents (including the proxy form).

10.  As at 28 April 2013, being the latest practicable date before the publication of this Notice, the Company’s issued share capital consisted of 231,091,734 

Ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company at that date were 231,091,734.

11.  The Annual Financial Report incorporating this Notice and other information required by section 311A of the Act will be available on the Company’s 

website, www.cadoganpetroleum.com.

12.  Under section 527 of the Act, members meeting the threshold requirements set out in that section have the right to require the Company to publish on 

a website a statement setting out any matter relating to:

a. 

b. 

the audit of the Company’s Accounts (including the auditor’s report and the conduct of the audit) that are to be laid before the AGM; or

 any circumstances connected with an auditor of the Company ceasing to hold office since the previous meeting at which the Annual Accounts and 
Reports were laid in accordance with section 437 of the Act.

The Company may not require the members requesting any such website publication to pay its expenses in complying with sections 527 or 528 of the 
Act. Where the Company is required to place a statement on a website under section 527 of the Act, it must forward the statement to the Company’s 
auditor not later than the time when it makes the statement available on the website. The business which may be dealt with at the AGM includes any 
statement that the Company has been required under section 527 of the Act to publish on a website.

Under section 319A of the Act, the Company must cause to be answered at the AGM any question relating to the business being dealt with which is put 
by a member attending the AGM, but no such answer need be given if: (a) to do so would interfere unduly with the preparation for the meeting or would 
involve the disclosure of confidential information, (b) the answer has already been given on a website in the form of an answer to a question, or (c) it is 
undesirable in the interests of the Company or the good order of the AGM that the question be answered.

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Glossary

PO

IFRSs

JAA

UAH

GBP

$

bbl

boe

mmboe 

mboe

mboepd

boepd

bcf

mmcm

mcm

Reserves

Proved Reserves 

Initial public offering

International Financial Reporting Standards

Joint activity agreement

Ukrainian hryvnia

Great Britain pounds

United States dollars

Barrel

Barrel of oil equivalent

Million barrels of oil equivalent

Thousand barrels of oil equivalent

Thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day

Barrels of oil equivalent per day

Billion cubic feet

Million cubic metres

Thousand cubic metres

Those quantities of petroleum anticipated to be commercially recoverable by application 
of development projects to known accumulations from a given date forward under defined 
conditions. Reserves include proved, probable and possible reserve categories.

Those additional Reserves which analysis of geoscience and engineering data can be 
estimated with reasonable certainty to be commercially recoverable, from a given date 
forward, from reservoirs and under defined economic conditions, operating methods and 
government regulations.

Probable Reserves 

Those additional Reserves which analysis of geoscience and engineering data indicate are 
less likely to be recovered than proved Resources but more certain to be recovered than 
possible Reserves.

Possible Reserves 

Those additional Reserves which analysis of geoscience and engineering data indicate are less 
likely to be recoverable than probable Reserves.

Contingent Resources

Those quantities of petroleum estimated, as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable from 
known accumulations by application of development projects, but which are not currently 
considered to be commercially recoverable due to one or more contingencies.

Prospective Resources

Those quantities of petroleum which are estimated as of a given date to be potentially 
recoverable from undiscovered accumulations.

1P

2P

3P 

Proved Reserves

Proved plus probable Reserves

Proved plus probable plus possible Reserves

Carboniferous

A geological period 295 million to 354 million years before present

Devonian

Visean

Spud

TD

Workover

LWD

A geological period between 417 million and 354 million years before present

Geological period within the early to middle Carboniferous

To commence drilling, once the cement cellar and conductor pipe at the well-head have 
been constructed

Target depth

The process of performing major maintenance or remedial treatment of an existing oil or 
gas well

Logging while drilling

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Shareholder Information

Enquiries relating to the following administrative matters should be addressed to the Company’s registrars:  
Capita Registrars Limited, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU

Telephone number: 

UK: 0871 664 0300 (calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras.) 
International: +44 (0) 208 639 3399 
Lines are open 9am – 5.30pm, Monday – Friday, excluding public holidays.

Loss of share certificates.

 >
 > Notification of change of address.
 >
 > Amalgamation of accounts: if you receive more than one copy of the Annual Financial Report, you may wish to 

Transfers of shares to another person.

amalgamate your accounts on the share register.

You can access your shareholding details and a range of other services at the Capita website www.capitashareportal.com.

Information concerning the day-to-day movement of the share price of the Company can be found on the Group’s 
website www.cadoganpetroleum.com or that of the London Stock exchange www.prices.londonstockexchange.com.

Boiler room scams
Over the last year, many companies have become aware that their shareholders have received unsolicited phone calls 
or correspondence concerning investment matters. These are typically from overseas based ‘brokers’ who target UK 
shareholders, offering to sell them what often turn out to be worthless or high risk shares in US or UK investments. 
These operations are commonly known as ‘boiler rooms’. These ‘brokers’ can be very persistent and extremely 
persuasive, and a 2006 survey by the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’) has reported that the average amount lost 
by investors is around £20,000.

It is not just the novice investor that has been duped in this way; many of the victims had been successfully investing 
for several years. Shareholders are advised to be very wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a 
discount or offers of free company reports. If you receive any unsolicited advice:

 > make sure you get the correct name of the person and organisation;
 >

check that they are properly authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’) before getting involved by 
checking the
Financial Services Register: www.fsa.gov.uk/register/home.do;
report the matter to the FCA either by calling +44 (0)800 111 6768 or visiting: www.fca.org.uk/consumers/scams; 
and
if the call persists, hang up.

 >
 >

 >

If you deal with an unauthorised firm, you will not be eligible to receive payment under the Financial Services 
Compensation Scheme.

Details of any share dealing facilities that the Company endorses will be included in Company mailings.]

Unsolicited mail
As the Company’s share register is, by law, open to public inspection, shareholders may receive unsolicited mail from 
organisations that use it as a mailing list. To reduce the amount of unsolicited mail you receive, contact: The Mailing 
Preference Service, FREEPOST 22, London W1E 7EZ. Telephone: 0845 703 4599. Website: www.mpsonline.org.uk.

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Financial calendar 2014/2015
Interim Management Statement 
Annual General Meeting 
Half Yearly Report 
Interim Management Statement 
Results announcement for 2014 

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Ukraine
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Registered in England and Wales no. 5718406

Ukraine
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Ukraine

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Email: 
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