SERVICE SECTOR / Northline Energy Services Acquires Company
NORTHLINE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF COILED TUBING COMPANY AND FINANCING
Date: 6/24/98 6:34:41 PM Stock Symbol: NES
NORTHLINE ENERGY SERVICES INC. ("Northline") (ASE: NES) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced Major Transaction, pursuant to which Northline has acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Northline Energy Ltd. ("NEL") for $2,000 in cash and the payment by Northline of all outstanding shareholder loans of NEL, which loans plus interest at a rate of 5.5% per annum were $375,263.22. The acquisition of the shares of NEL constitutes the major transaction of the Corporation as defined in ASC Policy 4.11 and ASE Circular Number 7.
Northline also announces it has raised gross proceeds of $1,050,000 pursuant to the private placement of 1,000,000 units of Northline (the "Units") at a price of $1.05 per unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share of Northline and one share purchase warrant (the "Warrants"), with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share of Northline for a period of six months at a price of $1.50.
NEL is a company that is engaged in the business of marketing, selling and providing endless coiled tubing, drilling and related services to the oil and gas industry in Alberta. |