Stratic Announces Shareholder Approval of Proposed Plan of Arrangement with
EnQuest PLC
CALGARY and LONDON , Nov. 2 /CNW/ - Stratic Energy Corporation (TSX Venture: 'SE', AIM: 'SE.') ("Stratic" or the "Company") announces that, at a special meeting held today, the Company's shareholders approved the previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") with EnQuest PLC ("EnQuest") under the Business Corporations Act (Yukon) pursuant to which EnQuest proposes to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Stratic shares on the basis of 0.089626 of an EnQuest share for each Stratic share. Of the total number of votes cast at the Meeting, 99.8% were voted in favour of the special resolution approving the Arrangement.
The Company intends to apply to the Supreme Court of Yukon for a final order approving the Arrangement at a hearing scheduled for November 4, 2010. If the final order is granted and all other conditions precedent are satisfied or waived at such time, the Company expects that the Arrangement will be completed and become binding upon all shareholders on or about November 5, 2010. If the Arrangement becomes effective the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of EnQuest and all Stratic shareholders will be entitled to receive EnQuest shares in exchange for their Stratic shares based on the exchange ratio of 0.089626 of an EnQuest share for each Stratic share.
Details of the Arrangement, including the conditions precedent to its completion, and the business of EnQuest are contained in the Information Circular and Proxy Statement of Stratic dated September 28, 2010. Copies of the Information Circular and Proxy Statement, together with the letter of transmittal by which registered shareholders of the Company may surrender the certificates representing their Stratic shares in exchange for the EnQuest shares issuable under the Arrangement, were posted to shareholders and are also available electronically on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company's website at www.straticenergy.com.
Notes to Editors:
EnQuest (www.enquest.com) is an independent oil and gas production and development company focused on the UK Continental Shelf ("UKCS"). On 6 April 2010 EnQuest was formed from the demerged UK North Sea assets of Petrofac Limited and Lundin Petroleum AB. The EnQuest shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and are included in the FTSE250 and OMX Nordix index on the respective exchanges. EnQuest is completely unrelated to the company EnQuest Energy Services Corp., which was formerly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Reader Advisories:
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This news release does not constitute or form part of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, securities to any person to whom or in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities to be offered have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements thereof.
Certain statements made herein constitute forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the anticipated dates for applying to the Supreme Court of Yukon for a final order approving the Arrangement and for completing the Arrangement. Although the Company believes these statements to be reasonable, the assumptions upon which they are based may prove to be incorrect.
Completion of the Arrangement is subject to a number of conditions precedent as more particularly described in the Information Circular and Proxy Statement of Stratic dated September 28, 2010. The Arrangement could be delayed if any condition to closing is not satisfied on expected timelines and may not be completed at all if any such condition cannot be satisfied. There can be no assurance that the Arrangement will be completed as proposed, or at all.
For further information:
Company: | |
Kevin Watts, President and Chief Executive Officer John van der Welle, Chief Financial Officer Mark Bilsland, Chief Operating Officer |
+44 20 7766 7900 +44 20 7766 7900 +44 20 7766 7900 |
Public and investor relations: | |
Patrick d'Ancona, M:Communications (London) Roger Fullerton (Canada) Email: [email protected] |
+44 20 7920 2347 +1 952 929 7243 |
Financial advisor and NOMAD: David Kotler, Lazard Nick Fowler, Lazard |
+44 20 7187 2000 +44 20 7187 2000 |
Website:www.straticenergy.com |
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