RNS Number : 3463T
  D1 Oils Plc
  04 June 2009
   
    4 June 2009
    D1 Oils plc ("D1 Oils" or "the Company")
    Statement re Fundraising for D1-BP Fuel Crops   
    On 4 February 2009, D1 Oils and BP International ("BP") announced their intention to market a substantial share in
their joint venture for the global planting of Jatropha, D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited ("D1-BP Fuel Crops" or "the Joint
Venture"). 
    It is now judged that the outcome of this fundraising process is uncertain, and the Board of D1 Oils anticipates
that the Joint Venture will therefore have a carrying value of zero for accounting purposes in D1's preliminary results
for the year ended 31 December 2008.  
    Nevertheless, the board of D1 Oils strongly believes there remains value in the D1-BP Fuel Crops business, and D1
Oils and BP are entering discussions on its future that may result in the restructuring of the Joint Venture.  
    The Company will keep the market updated on further material developments. 
    Enquiries:
    D1 Oils plc 
    Graham Prince,                                                                    020 7367 5600
    Director, Corporate Communications                               07973 323840
    Brunswick 
    Kevin Byram
    Camilla Gore                                                                        020 7404 5959
    Piper Jaffray  Michael Covington                                     020 3142 8700
Paul Dwyer Will Carnwath (Qualified Executive)
    Notes to Editors:
    D1 Oils plc is a biofuels technology company. Our strategy is to develop new energy crops into sustainable
commercial fuels. We provide technology and services for the breeding, development, planting and harvesting of new
varieties of commercial biofuel crops, focusing on alternative, sustainable feedstocks that are not subject to the same
price pressures as food-grade crops. We have an established plant science and planting programme for Jatropha curcas, a
robust, tropical oilseed bearing tree. Jatropha produces inedible oil feedstock for biodiesel and is able to make use of
land not suitable for arable agriculture. 
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