Board update
Updated : 09:53
Press Release
7 February 2019
BOARD UPDATE ON UK SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE INVESTIGATION
This morning the Serious Fraud Office announced that a former employee of a Petrofac subsidiary yesterday admitted bribery under the UK Bribery Act 2010.
Petrofac confirms that no charges have been brought against any Group company or any other officers or employees. Although not charged, a number of Petrofac individuals and entities are alleged to have acted together with the individual concerned.
No current Board member of Petrofac Limited is alleged to have been involved.
René Médori, Chairman of Petrofac, said:
"The SFO has chosen to bring charges against a former employee of a subsidiary company. It has deliberately not chosen to charge any Group company or any other officer or employee. In the absence of any charge or credible evidence, Petrofac intends as a matter of policy to stand by its employees."
"Petrofac has policies and procedures in place designed to ensure that we operate at the highest levels of compliance and ethics."
ENDS
For further information contact:
Petrofac Limited
+44 (0) 207 811 4900
Jonathan Low, Head of Investor Relations
Alison Flynn, Group Head of Communications
+44 (0) 207 811 4913
Tulchan Communications Group
+44 (0) 207 353 4200
petrofac@tulchangroup.com
Martin Robinson
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Petrofac
Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the oil and gas production and processing industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world's leading integrated, independent and national oil and gas companies. Petrofac is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PFC).
Petrofac designs and builds oil and gas facilities; operates, maintains and manages facilities and trains personnel; enhances production; and, where it can leverage its service capability, develops and co-invests in upstream and infrastructure projects. Petrofac's range of services meets its clients' needs across the full life cycle of oil and gas assets.
With around 12,750 employees, Petrofac operates out of seven strategically located operational centres, in Aberdeen, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Woking, Chennai, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur and has a further 24 offices worldwide.
For additional information, please refer to the Petrofac website at www.petrofac.com
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