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EDMONTON, AB, April 26, 2021 /CNW/ - Wolverine Energy and
Infrastructure Inc. ("Wolverine" or the "Company")
(TSXV: WEII) held its special meeting of shareholders on
April 26, 2021 (the "Meeting")
to consider a resolution approving the previously announced reverse
takeover transaction involving Wolverine and Blackheath Resources
Inc. (the "Transaction"), part of which will be completed by
an arrangement under the Business Corporations Act
(Alberta) (the
"Arrangement"), pursuant to an amalgamation and arrangement
agreement dated February 16, 2021
among Wolverine and Blackheath, among others (the "Amalgamation
and Arrangement Agreement").
The Transaction and the details of the Meeting are described in
detail in the information circular of Wolverine, dated March 26, 2021 (the "Circular"). The
Circular was mailed to shareholders of Wolverine and is available
under Wolverine's company profile on the SEDAR website at
www.sedar.com.
At the Meeting, the special resolution to approve the
Transaction was passed by Wolverine's shareholders in accordance
with the below voting results.
Votes
For
|
%
|
Votes
Against
|
%
|
64,906,032
|
100
|
20
|
0
|
Shareholder approval at the Meeting represents an important step
in the completion of the Transaction, which remains subject to a
number of conditions, including but not limited to, TSX Venture
Exchange acceptance and written approval of the holders of a
majority of Blackheath's shares. Where applicable, the Transaction
cannot close until the required conditions have been met. There can
be no assurance that the Transaction will be completed as proposed
or at all.
About Wolverine
Wolverine will continue as an industry leading, TSXV
publicly–traded diversified energy and infrastructure service
provider in western Canada and
the United States, providing a
wide range of services including: water management, production
testing, oilfield/energy rentals, and environmental services.
Wolverine's original business roots and operations began in
1952. Over the course of its history, Wolverine has a
strategy combining organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
As a result of the Transaction, Wolverine will have material
additional capital and will be strongly positioned to continue its
focus on driving shareholder value, through return on capital
deployed, market diversification, and maintaining best-in-class
services throughout the full life cycle of its diverse clients'
projects.
About Blackheath (including Green Impact Operating Corp.) and
Green Impact Partners (the "Resulting Issuer" or
"GIP")
Blackheath currently has no ongoing operations and previously
operated as a junior mineral exploration company. Blackheath
is listed under the trading symbol "BHR" on the TSXV. Blackheath
was incorporated under the laws of British Columbia in May
2011 and was engaged in the exploration and development of
mineral properties in northern Portugal, primarily for tungsten and
tin. Blackheath currently has no operations but does maintain
a royalty interest in the Borralha tungsten project, which is
subject to an option agreement with another company.
As noted in the joint February 16,
2021 press release of Wolverine and Blackheath, after giving
effect to the Transaction, GIP (formerly named Blackheath) will
operate as an ESG and renewables company incorporated under
the laws of British Columbia, the
shares of which will be listed on the TSXV under the symbol
"GIP". Following completion of the Transaction, GIP will
operate with a focus on renewable energy through by-products, waste
water and carbon reduction.
The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the
merits of the proposed Transaction and has neither approved nor
disapproved the contents of this news release.
Cautionary Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements and/or
forward-looking information (collectively, "forward-looking
statements") within the meaning of applicable securities
laws. When used in this release, such words as "would",
"will", "anticipates", believes", "explores" and similar
expressions, as they relate to Blackheath, Wolverine, GIP or their
management, are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements reflect the
current views of Wolverine and Blackheath (including its
subsidiary, Green Impact Operating Corp.) with respect to future
events, and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. Many factors could cause Wolverine's or GIP's
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any expected future results, performance or
achievement that may be expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. In particular, this news release
contains or implies forward-looking statements pertaining to: the
Transaction (including closing of the Transaction) and the future
business and prospects of GIP and Wolverine. These forward-looking
statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties,
including but not limited to: the impact of general economic
conditions in Canada and
the United States, including the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; industry conditions including changes in
laws and regulations and/or adoption of new environmental laws and
regulations and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced,
in Canada and the United States; volatility of prices for
energy commodities; changes in demand for energy and infrastructure
services offered by Wolverine and change in demand for clean energy
to be offered by GIP; competition; lack of availability of
qualified personnel; obtaining required approvals of regulatory
authorities, in Canada and
the United States; ability to
access sufficient capital from internal and external sources;
satisfaction of the conditions to the Transaction; many of which
are beyond the control of Blackheath, Wolverine and GIP. These
forward-looking statements reflect material factors, expectations
and assumptions, including the terms of the Amalgamation and
Arrangement Agreement. Forward-looking statements included in
this news release should not be read as guarantees of future
performance or results. Such statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from those implied by such forward-looking statements. Although the
forward-looking statements contained in this document are based
upon assumptions which management of Blackheath and Wolverine
believes to be reasonable, Blackheath and Wolverine cannot assure
readers that actual results will be consistent with these
forward-looking statements.
Readers are encouraged to review and carefully consider the
risk factors pertaining to Wolverine's business and GIP's proposed
ownership and operation of the Clean Energy Assets described in the
Circular, which is accessible on Wolverine's SEDAR issuer profile
at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking statements contained in this
release are made as of the date of this release, and except as may
be expressly be required by law, Wolverine and Blackheath disclaim
any intent, obligation or undertaking to publicly release any
updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained
herein whether as a result of new information, future events or
results or otherwise, other than as required by applicable
securities laws.
Management of Blackheath and Wolverine has included the above
summary of assumptions and risks related to forward-looking
statements provided in this release in order to provide
shareholders with a more complete perspective on Wolverine's,
Blackheath's and GIP's current and future operations and such
information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Wolverine
and GIP's actual results, performance or achievement could differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these
forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurance can be
given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking
statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what
benefits Wolverine and GIP will derive therefrom.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any
jurisdiction. The securities have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities
laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States except in certain
transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S.
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
Readers are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the
management information circular of Wolverine dated April 26, 2021 or the filing statement of
Blackheath to be prepared in connection with the Transaction
(including the Subscription Receipt Financing), any information
released or received with respect to the Transaction may not be
accurate or complete and should not be relied upon.
SOURCE Wolverine Energy and Infrastructure Inc.