CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Feb. 11, 2016) - Long Run Exploration Ltd. ("Long Run" or the "Company") (TSX:LRE) is pleased to announce that Glass Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis") has recommended that shareholders vote in favor of the arrangement involving Long Run, Long Run securityholders and Calgary Sinoenergy Investment Corp. (the "Arrangement"). Glass Lewis is widely recognized as a leading independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firm, whose analyses and recommendations are relied upon by many major institutional investment firms, mutual funds and fiduciaries throughout North America.
After an extensive review of the Company's strategic and financial options to improve its capital structure, Long Run's Board of Directors and management believe that pursuing the Arrangement is in the best interest of Long Run and its stakeholders. Long Run's Board of Directors unanimously recommends that shareholders and debentureholders vote in favor of the Arrangement.
Long Run has scheduled a special meeting (the "Special Meeting") of securityholders to vote on the Arrangement to be held at 2:00 pm (Calgary time) on February 29, 2016 at the Livingston Place Conference Centre, 222 - 3rd Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta. Securityholders may attend the Special Meeting in person or be represented by proxy. Further details can be found in Long Run's information circular and proxy statement dated January 29, 2016 (the "Information Circular") filed on SEDAR.
The Company also announces that it has filed and is mailing an addendum (the "Addendum") to its Information Circular, which was mailed to Long Run securityholders. The Addendum includes the written fairness opinion of Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. which was not included in the Information Circular as a result of a clerical error made on compiling the Information Circular.
Further details can be found in the Information Circular and the Addendum which have been filed under Long Run's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
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