Noranda Income Fund Sets Date for Unitholder Meeting
December 14 2022 - 5:05PM
Noranda Income Fund (TSX:NIF.UN) (the “Fund”) announced today that
a special meeting of unitholders (the “Meeting”) will be held on
March 28, 2023 in response to the meeting requisition notice
received from certain unitholders, including Riverstyx Capital
Management and LM Asset Fund Limited Partnership, dated November
24, 2022.
Over the last week, independent members of the
Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Noranda Operating Trust (the
“Trust”) initiated engagement with Riverstyx Capital Management and
LM Asset Fund Limited Partnership. The goal was to come to a shared
understanding and identify a mutually agreeable path forward. While
no such path as yet has been agreed, the Trust’s Board regularly
engages in conversations with unitholders and remains open to
maintaining a dialogue with Riverstyx Capital Management and LM
Asset Fund Limited Partnership.
The past few years have been a difficult for the
resource industry, with supply chain disruptions and labour
shortages presenting challenges to the sector globally. Following
recently announced production issues, the Fund has made the
necessary investments to make immediate repairs and is advancing on
its longer-term cellhouse revitalization plan. With challenges
still on the horizon, the Board remains focused on continuing to
pursue opportunities to create value for unitholders.
Further details, including the exact time and
location of the Meeting, will be announced in due course and will
be contained in a formal notice of meeting and management
information circular to be prepared by the Fund and sent to
unitholders in accordance with the disclosure and timing
requirements of applicable securities laws. Unitholders as of
January 27, 2023, will be entitled to vote at the
Meeting. Unitholders will receive detailed
information about the matters presented at the Meeting and how to
vote in a management information circular in advance of March 28,
2023. Unitholders are encouraged to vote and have their say.
Unitholders should read the information carefully before deciding
how to vote. There is no need for unitholders to take any voting
action.
Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this press release, including statements
regarding the Fund’s response to the Requisition, the holding of
the Meeting, and repairs and investments to the cellhouse, are
forward-looking information. In some cases, but not necessarily in
all cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "targets",
"expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "an opportunity
exists", "is positioned", "estimates", "intends", "assumes",
"anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes", or variations
of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or
results "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" or "will be
taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Statements containing
forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead
represent management's expectations, estimates and projections
regarding future events.
Forward-looking information is necessarily based
on a number of opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while
considered reasonable as of the date of this press release, are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and
other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including
but not limited to the factors described in greater detail in the
"Risk Factors" section of the Fund’s Annual Information Form dated
March 30, 2022 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Fund’s
other periodic filings available at www.sedar.com. These factors
are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that
could affect the Fund; however, these factors should be considered
carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and
assumptions will prove to be correct. The forward-looking
statements contained in this press release are made as of the date
of this press release, and the Fund expressly disclaims any
obligation to update or alter statements containing any
forward-looking information, or the factors or assumptions
underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as required by law.
About the Noranda Income FundNoranda Income
Fund is an income trust whose units trade on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol “NIF.UN”. Noranda Income Fund owns the
electrolytic zinc processing facility and ancillary assets (the
“Processing Facility”) located in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec.
The Processing Facility is the second-largest zinc processing
facility in North America and the largest zinc processing facility
in eastern North America, where the majority of zinc customers are
located. It produces refined zinc metal and various by-products
from sourced zinc concentrates. The Processing Facility is operated
and managed by Canadian Electrolytic Zinc Limited, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Glencore Canada Corporation. Further information
about Noranda Income Fund can be found at:
www.norandaincomefund.com.
Kingsdale Advisors is acting as strategic
shareholder advisor and proxy solicitation agent to Noranda Income
Fund.
For more information: |
Paul EinarsonChief Executive Officer of Canadian Electrolytic
Zinc Limited, Noranda Income Fund’s ManagerTel.:
514-745-9380info@norandaincomefund.com |
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