Radiant Communications announces termination of special committee

VANCOUVER, April 29, 2013 /CNW/ - Radiant Communications Corp. ("Radiant" or the "Company") (TSX-V: RCN) announces that the special committee struck for the purpose of dealing with the proposed arrangement among Radiant, Maxam Opportunities Fund LP and its affiliated entity, Maxam Opportunities Fund (International) LP (together, "Maxam"), Pender Growth Fund (VCC) Inc. and its affiliated entity, Pender Financial Group Inc. (together, "Pender") has been disbanded. As previously announced on April 26, 2013 the proposed arrangement was terminated in light of the offer to the Radiant shareholders of $1 per share made by Frontier Networks Inc.("Frontier"). As a result of the termination of the proposed arrangement with Maxam and Pender, the Board of Directors of Radiant as a whole will consider the proposal to be made by Frontier. All members of the board of directors are independent as defined by National Instrument 52-110 and have no conflict of interest with respect to the Frontier proposal. Frontier, in its communications with the Radiant special committee indicated that it would promptly be making a formal takeover bid for the shares of Radiant and, in any event, is obliged to commence the bid on or before May 3, 2013.

As part of the normal course of business Radiant will be calling its annual general meeting for fiscal 2012 and formal notice, including record date and meeting date will be provided shortly.

About Radiant Communications Corp.

Radiant is a leading provider of managed network and cloud hosting solutions for medium-size enterprises. Leveraging one of the largest Internet footprints across Canada, Radiant offers a comprehensive portfolio of reliable, secure and scalable IT infrastructure services, simplified under a single point of contact. For over 15 years, many of Canada's most recognized brand names have been relying on Radiant to support their mission-critical business operations.

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SOURCE: Radiant Communications Corp.

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