Petrowest Announces Completion of Enviro-Mulch Acquisition

CALGARY, May 27, 2014 /CNW/ - Petrowest Corporation ("Petrowest") (PRW: TMX) announced today that it has closed the previously announced (May 5, 2014) acquisition of all the shares of Enviro-Mulch Land Clearing Solutions Ltd. for the purchase price of $6.36 million plus the assumption of approximately $2.3 million of debt. Subsequent to closing, approximately $0.8 million of this assumed debt will be converted to an operating lease. The purchase price was paid with approximately $3.64 million in cash and the issuance of approximately 2.87 million Class A common shares of Petrowest having a value of approximately $2.73 million (based on a price per share of $0.95).

Enviro-Mulch Land Clearing Solutions Ltd. is an environmentally sound land clearing and construction site preparation company operating in northeast British Columbia and northern Alberta.

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Petrowest is an Alberta corporation involved in pre-drilling and post-completion energy services as well as industrial and civil infrastructure projects, gravel crushing and hauling for non-energy sector customers. Petrowest's primary operations are based in the Grande Prairie area of northern Alberta and in northeastern British Columbia.

SOURCE: Petrowest Corporation

Richard Quigley, President and Chief Executive Officer, at (780) 830?0881, or Ian Hogg, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, at [phone] or [email protected].