PERTH, Western Australia, June 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Aurora Oil & Gas Limited
(ASX:AUT) (TSX: AEF) (Aurora) is pleased to announce that the Scheme of Arrangement between Aurora
and its shareholders approved by Aurora shareholders on 21 May 2014 and
by the Court on 26 May 2014 (Scheme) was implemented today. Accordingly:
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Baytex Energy Australia Pty Ltd now holds all the issued shares in
Aurora; and
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the Scheme Consideration of AU$4.20 for each Aurora share held as at
7.00pm on 3 June 2014 (Perth time) (or the Canadian dollar equivalent
for Canadian beneficial shareholders and those shareholders with an
address shown on the Register as being in Canada, in each case,
determined in accordance with the process set out in section 3.4(c) of
the Scheme Booklet) will be paid to Scheme Shareholders (as defined in
the Scheme) within the next 5 Business Days.
As a result of the implementation of the Scheme, 7,050,000 options to
issue shares in Aurora and 2,147,580 performance rights granted by
Aurora have been cancelled.
Further, directors Mr Jonathan Stewart, Mr Douglas E. Brooks, Mr Graham
Dowland, Mr John Atkins, Ms Fiona Harris, Mr Frederick Molson and Mr
Alan Watson have resigned as directors of Aurora. Mr Murray
Desrosiers, Mr Richard Homsany and Mr Andrew Birch have been appointed
as new directors of Aurora.
Aurora's shares ceased trading on the ASX and the TSX on 27 May 2014,
and Aurora has applied to have its shares removed from the official
lists of the ASX and the TSX on 12 June 2014.
SOURCE Aurora Oil & Gas Limited
Shaun Duffy
FTI Consulting
Tel: +61 8 9485 8888
Mob: +61 404 094 384
Shaun.Duffy@fticonsulting.com
Head Office
Level 1, 338 Barker Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia
PO Box 20, Subiaco, WA 6904
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Houston
Aurora USA Oil & Gas, Inc. a subsidiary of Aurora Oil & Gas Limited
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