CWC Energy Services Corp. Announces Issuance of Stock Options and Restricted Share Units

CALGARY, Dec. 7, 2016 /CNW/ - (TSXV: CWC) CWC Energy Services Corp. ("CWC" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved the granting of 5,591,000 stock options and 4,001,333 restricted share units of the Company on December 7, 2016 to certain directors, officers and employees of the Company.  The stock options have an exercise price of $0.19 per common share and expire five years from the date of grant with one-third vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries from the date of grant.  Of the 4,001,333 restricted share units granted, 2,133,333 units vest immediately and 1,868,000 units vest one third annually on each of the first, second and third anniversaries from the date of grant.  All 4,001,333 restricted share units expire on December 15 of the third year following the year in which the restricted share units were granted.  

About CWC Energy Services Corp.

CWC Energy Services Corp. is a premier contract drilling and well servicing company operating in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin with a complementary suite of oilfield services including drilling rigs, service rigs, and coil tubing. The Company's corporate office is located in Calgary, Alberta, with operational locations in Nisku, Grande Prairie, Slave Lake, Red Deer, Drayton Valley, Lloydminster, Provost, and Brooks, Alberta. The Company's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "CWC".

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SOURCE CWC Energy Services Corp.

please contact: CWC Energy Services Corp., 610, 205 - 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V7, Telephone: [phone], Email: [email protected], Duncan T. Au, CPA, CA, CFA, President & Chief Executive Officer, Craig Flint, CPA, CA, Chief Financial Officer