RE: 12-cent financing announced ...Altima Arranges Equity Financing for Up to $2,400,000
7:40 PM ET, October 15, 2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 15, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Altima Resources Ltd. (ARH) ("Altima" or the "Company") announces that it is negotiating a private placement for gross proceeds of up to $2,400,000, subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Up to $1.2M will be raised by the Company issuing up to 10,000,000 Flow-Through Units (the "FT Units") at a price of $0.12 per FT Unit. Each FT Unit will consist of one flow-through share and one-half share purchase warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder to acquire one non flow-through share for 24 months from the date of issuance at a price of $0.275 for the first year and $0.40 for the balance of the 24 month term. Proceeds of up to $1,200,000 raised from the Flow-Through private placement will be used for exploration and development of the Company's oil and gas properties located in Alberta, such that the exploration work will qualify as Canadian Exploration Expense for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), which will then be renounced by the Company to the placees.
Up to $1.2M will be raised by the Company issuing up to 10,000,000 Non Flow-Through Units (the "NFT Units") at a price of $0.12 per NFT Unit, each NFT Unit consisting of one common share and one share purchase warrant, each warrant entitling the holder to acquire one common share for 24 months from the date of issuance at a price of $0.20 for the first year and $0.40 for the balance of the 24 month term. Proceeds from the Non Flow-Through private placement will be used for development of the Company's properties and for general working capital.
Certain of the directors and/or officers of the Company may together directly and indirectly subscribe for up to 3,000,000 FT or NFT Units, and upon closing of this private placement, those related parties may therefore acquire up to an additional 3,000,000 shares in the capital stock of the Company which will increase their pro rata shareholdings in the Company (the "Related Party Transaction"). All of the independent directors of the Company, acting in good faith, have determined that the fair market value of the securities being issued and the consideration paid is reasonable and, with the value of the Related Party Transaction being less than 25% of the Company's market capitalization, is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of the Ontario Securities Commission's Rule 61-501.
The Company may pay finders fees in connection with the private placement in accordance with TSX Venture Exchange policies.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Richard Switzer, President
SOURCE: Altima Resources Ltd.