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Non-Tech : SpinOffs

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To: 249443 who wrote (48)4/22/2006 1:12:00 AM
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Penn West to buy Petrofund Trust for C$3.1 bln

today.reuters.com

By Scott Haggett
Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:07 PM ET

CALGARY, Alberta, April 17 (Reuters) - "Penn West Energy Trust (PWT_u.TO) has agreed to buy rival Petrofund Energy Trust (PTF_u.TO) for about C$3.1 billion ($2.7 billion) in cash and units, creating Canada's second-largest energy trust with the heft to boost production while maintaining monthly payments to investors.

The deal, announced late Sunday, will create a trust with daily production of about 135,000 barrels of oil equivalent with an expected market capitalization of nearly C$10 billion. When the merger is complete, Penn West also plans to spin off a small conventional oil company owned by its unitholders...."
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