ALTACANADA ANNOUNCES A RECAPITALIZATION
November 29 2010 - 7:51PM
PR Newswire (Canada)
CALGARY, Nov. 29 /CNW/ -- TSX-V SYMBOL: ANG CALGARY, Nov. 29 /CNW/
- Our strategic process concluded in early November and resulted in
the following plan to recapitalize. AltaCanada has entered into a
letter of understanding and has secured the agreement of its
primary corporate lender and the holders of AltaCanada's subdebt to
a series of transactions that will result in a reduction and
extension of the senior debt and sufficient capital to service the
Corporation's working capital requirements and to pursue drilling
of the next several wells on the Corporation's Bakken play located
in Northern Montana. AltaCanada recently announced the encouraging
results of its oil directed drilling program. AltaCanada drilled a
Bakken test well under a farmout agreement with an industry partner
and a joint venture with a recognized industry Bakken participant.
That well which showed high porosity values and indications of both
the generation of oil within the system and migration of oil
through the system, has set up three additional wells that will be
drilled on the play the first commencing in January, 2011.
AltaCanada's share of the expenses of those wells will be 12% under
the farmout to retain a 30% interest on a nine section earning
block for each well on native lands. AltaCanada also participated
in a Shaunavon well. Although that well came in structurally lower
than anticipated it did produce oil and will hopefully lead to the
drilling of additional Shaunavon prospects. These steps will result
in a significant rebranding of the Corporation from a natural gas
producer to a Bakken and Shaunavon oil exploration Corporation. Key
Elements of the proposed refinancing transactions are as follows:
1. Private Placements totaling a minimum of $4.5 million will be
completed and subject to regulatory approval at $0.05/share to be
raised as follows a. $1.5 million from our Montana partner b. $1.5
million from the board of directors, employees and insiders c. An
additional $1.5 million (to $2.5 million) from third parties during
December 2010 2. Subordinated debt holders have agreed to convert
their subordinate debt totaling $4.3 million to a secured
convertible debenture at the private placement price of
$0.05/share. 3. Under the term sheet from our banker we will have a
one year extension on our bank facility and requires paying down
our senior debt from $7.975 million to $6.2 million. 4. Our Montana
farmin partner will have a 6 month option to purchase AltaCanada's
Canadian assets for cash proceeds on the full amount of the
engineering value of those properties. 5. The remaining proceeds of
the private placement will partially reduce trade payables and
enable AltaCanada to pursue its drilling program. After closing of
all three proposed equity issues totaling $4.5 million, a total of
approximately 258.0 million shares will be outstanding, the
ultimate conversion of the subdebt. AltaCanada will have reduced
total indebtedness from in excess of $18 million to $6 million over
the past 6 months and positioned the company to move forward as an
exploration company with prospects on almost 266,000 net acres of
undeveloped lands in Montana. Attached is a one page summary of key
financial details with complete details contained in the full
quarterly report, available from the Corporation or on Sedar. The
Corporation is engaged in the acquisition, exploitation and
production of crude oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada
and Montana. For more information on the Corporation, visit
www.altacanada.com. NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS
REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE
POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE. HIGHLIGHTS Three Months
Nine Months Period Ended 2010 2009 2010 2009 September 30
(unaudited) FINANCIAL Total Revenue ($) 704,201 424,713 2,590,698
2,700,047 Cash Flow (Deficit) (519,934) (258,154) (1,448,483)
(979,470) from Operations ($) Per Common Share ($) (0.00) 0.00
(0.01) (0.01) - Basic/Diluted Net Loss and (4,399,858) (6,673,774)
(5,984,635) (8,622,003) Comprehensive Loss ($) Per Common Share ($)
(0.03) (0.09) (0.06) (0.12) - Basic/Diluted Capital Expenditures
386,939 323,762 515,620 2,207,829 ($) Net Debt at September
13,985,422 16,853,608 13,985,422 16,853,608 30 ($) Shareholders'
Equity 9,328,910 16,195,132 9,328,910 16,195,132 at September 30
($) Total Assets at 26,569,712 35,244,195 26,569,712 35,244,195
September 30 ($) Common Shares - (weighted average for the period)
Basic 168,003,760 74,381,538 107,681,416 74,381,538 Diluted
168,003,760 74,381,538 107,681,416 74,381,538 Common Shares -
168,573,310 74,381,538 168,573,310 74,381,538 (outstanding
September 30) OPERATIONS Average Daily Sales: Natural Gas (Mcf/d)
1,466 1,918 1,495 1,986 Oil and NGL (Bbls/d) 5 9 6 5 Total (BOE/d)
249 329 255 336 % Gas/Oil Ratio 98/2 97/3 98/2 99/1 Average Prices:
Natural Gas ($/Mcf) 3.52 3.02 4.08 3.84 Oil and NGL ($/Bbl) 51.29
26.75 56.00 41.12 Total ($/BOE) 21.73 18.36 25.22 23.28 WELLS
DRILLED Gross - - - 5 Net - - - 2.7 Gross Success Rate (%) table
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Telephone:br/ Fax:br/ Email:/td tdDon Foulkes, President &
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br//td tdbr/ br/ br//td tdDon Jackson, Exec VP & COObr/ (403)
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