CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – April 19, 2017) – Total Energy Services Inc. (TSX:TOT) (“Total” or the “Corporation“) announced today that, in connection with its previously announced Offer (as defined below) to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common shares (“Savanna Shares“) of Savanna Energy Services Corp. (“Savanna“), it has purchased, through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX“), 60,000 Savanna Shares (the “Acquired Shares“). All of the Acquired Shares were purchased on April 19, 2017.
On December 9, 2016, Total commenced an offer to purchase all of the outstanding Savanna Shares. On March 1, 2017, Total filed a Notice of Change and Notice of Variation, which amended its original offer to, among other things, increase the consideration payable for Savanna Shares taken up by Total to 0.1300 of a Total common share and $0.20 in cash per Savanna Share and on March 13, Total filed a Notice of Variation indicating that it waived the 66 2/3 minimum tender condition (together, the “Offer“). At 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time) on March 24, 2017, Total Energy took up 60,952,797 Savanna common shares validly tendered to the Offer (and not previously withdrawn) and announced that it had extended the period for the tender of additional Savanna common shares under its Offer to 12:00 p.m. on April 7, 2017. At 12:00 p.m. (Pacific time) on April 7, 2017, Total Energy took up an additional 35,641,916 Savanna common shares validly tendered to the Offer (and not previously withdrawn) and announced that it had extended the period for the tender of additional Savanna common shares under its Offer to 12:00 p.m. on April 27, 2017.
Full details of the further extension of the period during which additional Savanna Shares may be tendered under the Offer are included in a Notice of Extension, filed on SEDAR (under Savanna’s profile) at www.sedar.com and mailed to registered securityholders of Savanna on April 10, 2017.
The highest price paid for the Acquired Shares was $1.99. During the currency of the Offer, Total has purchased on the TSX an aggregate of 1,460,000 Savanna Shares at an average price of $1.95. After giving effect to the purchase of the Acquired Shares, Total owns 98,054,713 Savanna Shares.
Total previously announced its intention to purchase Savanna Shares through the facilities of the TSX, subject to applicable law, from time to time commencing on January 13, 2017 until the expiry of the Offer. The purchase by Total of the Acquired Shares was undertaken in support of Total’s objective of acquiring 100% of the Savanna Shares.
About Total
Total is a growth oriented energy services corporation involved in contract drilling services (Chinook Drilling), rentals and transportation services (Total Oilfield Rentals) and the fabrication, sale, rental and servicing of natural gas compression (Bidell Gas Compression) and process equipment (Spectrum Process Systems).
The TSX has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein.
This News Release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Total has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“) a Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement“), which includes the Original Offer and Circular, the Notice of Change and Variation, Notice of Variation and Notices of Extension relating to its offer to Savanna Shareholders. TOTAL URGES INVESTORS AND SECURITYHOLDERS TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE ORIGINAL OFFER AND CIRCULAR, NOTICE OF CHANGE AND VARIATION, NOTICES OF EXTENSION AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC AND CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors may obtain a free copy of the Original Offer and Circular, the Notice of Change and Variation, the Notice of Variation, the Notices Of Extension and other documents filed by Total with the Canadian securities regulators at www.sedar.com (under the issuer profile for Savanna) and with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Original Offer and Circular, the Notice of Change and Variation, the Notice of Variation and Notices of Extension and other documents may also be obtained free of charge from Total’s website at www.totalenergy.ca/savannaoffer or upon request made to Total at 2550, 300 – 5th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 3C4.
Securityholders should be aware that Total may purchase Savanna Shares otherwise than under the Offer, such as in open market purchases.
Forward-Looking Information Cautionary Statement
This News Release contains certain forward-looking information (referred to herein as “forward-looking statements“). Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “scheduled”, “intend”, “objective”, “continuous”, “ongoing”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “should”, or similar words suggesting future events, circumstances or outcomes. In particular, this News Release contains forward-looking information concerning Total’s intention to acquire 100% of the Savanna Shares.
Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions and expectations of management of Total as at the effective date of such statements. Although Total believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or outcomes to differ materially from those anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such things as changes in general economic conditions in Canada, the United States and elsewhere, the volatility of prices for oil and natural gas and other commodities, fluctuations in currency and interest rates and fluctuations in market prices for the publicly traded securities of Total and Savanna, and new laws and regulations (domestic and foreign). The forward-looking statements made in this News Release are based upon various assumptions and factors, including, in the case of the statement relating to Total’s intention to acquire 100% of the Savanna Shares, assumptions with respect to the success of the Offer and any subsequent compulsory acquisition or subsequent acquisition transactions.
Having regard to the various risk factors, readers should not place undue reliance upon the forward-looking statements contained in this News Release and such forward-looking statements should not be interpreted or regarded as guarantees of future outcomes.
The forward-looking statements contained in this News Release are made as of the date hereof and Total does not undertake any obligation to update or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities laws in force in Canada. The forward-looking statements contained in this News Release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
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