Canetic Resources Trust provides update on acquisition of Titan Exploration Ltd. and extension of offer to December 31, 2007
December 20 2007 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CALGARY, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (CNE.UN - TSX; CNE -
NYSE) - Canetic Resources Trust ("Canetic") and Titan Exploration
Ltd. ("Titan") jointly announced today that as of 4:30 p.m. (MST)
on December 19, 2007, approximately 24,635,175 Titan A Shares
(TTN.A) and 736,030 Titan B Shares (TTN.B) had been validly
deposited pursuant to the previously announced offer of Canetic
Titan Ltd. (the "Offeror") (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canetic)
to acquire all of the issued Titan A Shares and Titan B Shares, on
a fully diluted basis. The Offeror will take-up the deposited Titan
A Shares and Titan B Shares representing approximately 85 percent
and 73 percent of each respective share class or approximately 84
percent of Titan A Shares, calculated on a fully diluted basis,
including the number of outstanding Titan A Shares that may be
issued on conversion of all outstanding Titan B Shares into Titan A
Shares. As all of the conditions of the Offer to acquire the issued
and outstanding Titan A Shares and Titan B Shares were met at the
initial expiry the Offer is now wholly unconditional. Accordingly,
the Offer has been extended until 12:00 p.m. (MST) on December 31,
2007, to allow Titan shareholders an additional opportunity to
tender their shares. A notice of extension will be mailed to Titan
shareholders. In connection with payment for the deposited Titan A
Shares and Titan B Shares taken-up by the Offeror, all members of
the current board of directors of Titan will resign and J. Paul
Charron, Brian Evans, David J. Broshko and Richard Tiede will be
newly appointed as directors of Titan. Canetic is one of Canada's
largest oil and gas royalty trusts. Canetic trust units and
debentures are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the
symbols CNE.UN, CNE.DB.A, CNE.DB.B, CNE.DB.C, CNE.DB.D, and
CNE.DB.E and the trust units are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol CNE. For further information, please see
the website at http://www.canetictrust.com/ or contact Canetic
investor relations by email at: or toll free telephone at
1-877-539-6300. ADVISORY: Certain information regarding Canetic,
including statements relating to the Offer, any related extensions
to the Offer, and the closing date thereof, production estimates,
reserve estimates, reserve life index, acreage to be acquired,
business strategy, benefits of the acquisition of Titan, drilling
plans, recovery estimates, cost estimates, production efficiencies
may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable
securities law and necessarily involve risks, including, without
limitation, risks associated with oil and gas exploration,
development, exploitation, production, marketing and
transportation, failure to realize expected acquisition synergies,
loss of markets, volatility of commodity prices, currency
fluctuations, imprecision of reserve estimates, environmental
risks, competition, incorrect assessment of the value of
acquisitions, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of
acquisitions, ability to access sufficient capital from internal
and external sources, failure to obtain required regulatory,
shareholder and other approvals, and changes in legislation,
including but not limited to tax laws and environmental
regulations. As a consequence, actual results may differ materially
from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Readers
are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.
Additional information on these and other factors that could affect
Canetic's operations or financial results are included in reports
on file with applicable securities regulatory authorities and may
be accessed through the SEDAR website (http://www.sedar.com/), the
SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov/) or at Canetic's website
(http://www.canetictrust.com/). United States Considerations The
Offer will be made for the securities of a Canadian trust. The
Offer will be subject to Canadian disclosure requirements that are
different from those of the United States. Financial statements
included in the takeover bid circular, or incorporated by reference
therein, as well as financial statements of Canetic, have been
prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards that may
not be comparable to the financial statements of United States
companies. It may be difficult for shareholders of Titan in the
U.S. to enforce their rights and any claim they may have arising
under the U.S. federal securities laws, since Canetic is located in
a foreign country, and some or all of its officers (if any) and
trustees and the officers and directors of Canetic Resources Inc.
may be residents of a foreign country. Shareholders of Titan in the
U.S. may not be able to sue a foreign trust or its officers (if
any) or trustees, or the officers or directors of Canetic Resources
Inc., in a foreign court for violations of U.S. securities laws. It
may be difficult to compel a foreign trust and its affiliates,
including its officers (if any) and trustees and the officers and
directors of Canetic Resources Inc. to subject themselves to a U.S.
court's judgment. DATASOURCE: Canetic Resources Trust CONTACT:
Investor Relations, (403) 539-6300, Toll Free - 1-877-539-6300, ,
http://www.canetictrust.com/
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