I believe erhc still also has the rights/option for 15% of two eez blocks…. Plus some future consideration, should oil be found, for kosmos eez block 11 sale, now shell.
ERHE BVI (British Virgin Island) owns the rights and as of the last filing of 4 years ago ERHE owned ERHE BVI. That being said a lot could have happened in 4 years.
The management and share structure of the BVI entity has always been opaque to the common shareholders of ERHE. It would be a simple thing to transfer control of ERHE BVI by selling the majority of the BVI company to a third party. If the rights remained with ERHE BVI and the ownership of the BVI company changed but the entity remained, there might not be any notice to / from São Tomé. Heck the BVI company could have a share structure with voting and non voting shares from the beginning. Who knows how the compensation structure is set up and if PN / SO are paid by the BVI company and / or if they own shares in it.
In any event it would be my guess that the common shareholders of ERHE are at the bottom of any deal.