Prairie Provident Resources Announces Appointment of Dale Miller as Additional Director, AGM Voting Results and Interim Filings Update
August 24 2023 - 5:00AM
Prairie Provident Resources Inc. (TSX:PPR) (“Prairie Provident” or
the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Dale
Miller to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), voting results from
its annual shareholders' meeting held yesterday, and an update on
its pending interim filings.
Board Appointment
Mr. Miller has been appointed as an additional
director of the Company, joining the other Board members re-elected
at yesterday's shareholders' meeting.
“We are delighted to have Dale join the Board
and look forward to his contributions to the continuing
transformation of the Company. Mr. Miller
brings extensive experience serving as senior executive and member
of corporate boards in the oil and gas exploration and production
industry,” said Board Chairman Patrick McDonald.
Mr. Miller is a professional engineer with 40
years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry. He is currently
President of Dark Horse Energy Consultants Ltd., and serves on the
Board of Directors of Yangarra Resources Ltd. Prior thereto, Mr.
Miller was President & COO of Long Run Exploration Ltd. Mr.
Miller has an extensive senior management resume with exploration
and production companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree,
Petroleum Engineering, from the University of Tulsa, and is a
member of APEGA.
Shareholders' Meeting
Results
Mr. Miller's appointment to the Board is
supplemental to the election of directors at yesterday's annual
meeting of Prairie Provident shareholders, at which each of Patrick
McDonald, Glenn Hamilton, Ajay Sabherwal, Matthew Shyba and Kathy
Turgeon were re-elected for the ensuing year. Each Board member's
term of office runs until the close of the next annual meeting of
shareholders.
Following are details as to the number of votes
cast 'for' the election of each director nominated at the meeting,
and the percentage that figure represented of the total shares
voted or withheld from voting in respect of that nominee.
Director |
Number of votes FOR election |
% of total votes FOR or WITHHELD |
Patrick McDonald |
555,568,207 |
97.59% |
|
Glenn Hamilton |
569,040,062 |
99.96% |
|
Ajay Sabherwal |
554,479,458 |
97.40% |
|
Matthew Shyba |
569,039,030 |
99.96% |
|
Kathy Turgeon |
569,013,407 |
99.95% |
|
Mr. Miller, Mr. Hamilton and Ms. Turgeon were
nominated by PCEP Canadian Holdco LLC (“PCEP”), which currently
holds approximately 75.6% of the Company's outstanding common
shares following completion in May 2023 of previously-announced
recapitalization transactions that included the issue of common
shares in settlement of US$53.4 million of subordinated note
indebtedness and concurrent exercise of warrants previously held by
PCEP. PCEP has the right to nominate three directors pursuant to an
Investor Rights Agreement entered into with Prairie Provident in
connection with the closing of those transactions.
Shareholders also passed an ordinary resolution
at the meeting appointing Ernst & Young LLP as the auditor of
the Company for the ensuing year, to hold office until the close of
the next annual meeting of shareholders.
Interim Filings for period ended June
30, 2023
Further to its announcement on August 14, 2023
of a delay in the filing of its interim financial report and
related management's discussion and analysis and certifications for
the period ended June 30, 2023 past the prescribed deadline, the
Company continues to work diligently to complete the filings and
related interim review by its auditor. The Company had previously
anticipated completion by not later than August 22, 2023, and now
anticipates that outside date to be August 28, 2023.
Also further to the prior announcement, the
Executive Director of the Alberta Securities Commission did accept
Prairie Provident's request that a 'management cease trade order'
(“MCTO”) be issued in respect of the filing default pursuant to
National Policy 12-203 of the Canadian Securities Administrators.
The MCTO bars any trading in the securities of the Company by its
interim chief executive officer and senior financial officer until
two full business days after the outstanding filings are completed,
but does not affect trading by other holders. All directors,
officers and insiders of Prairie Provident continue to be subject
to the quarterly 'blackout' on trading under the Company's
corporate disclosure and trading policy, which will also remain in
effect until after the outstanding filings are completed.
ABOUT PRAIRIE PROVIDENT:
Prairie Provident is a Calgary-based company
engaged in the exploration, development and production of its low
decline, long life oil reserves in Alberta. The Company is
currently producing oil and gas in western Canada with significant
growth opportunities from a deep inventory of low-risk horizontal
drilling locations and waterflood potential.
For further information, please contact:
Prairie Provident Resources Inc.Patrick R.
McDonaldChairman and Interim Chief Executive OfficerTel: (403)
292-8150Email: investor@ppr.ca
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