Pyramid Petroleum and Capco Energy announce plan for business combination
Last Update: 6/8/2007 3:26:01 PM
CALGARY and HOUSTON, Jun 8, 2007 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Pyramid Petroleum Inc. (TSXV: PYR) ("Pyramid" or the "Company") and Capco Energy, Inc (CYGN.PK) ("Capco") announced today that their respective boards of directors have approved the execution of a Letter of Intent whereby Pyramid would acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Capco in exchange for common shares of Pyramid ("Common Shares"), as a result of which Capco will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Pyramid. The number of Common Shares to be issued will be based upon the net asset value ("NAV") of Pyramid and Capco, determined by, among other factors, the discounted NAV of the oil and gas reserves of each company. An independent committee will select an independent third party appraiser to provide a fairness opinion on the transaction. Both companies have agreed to abide by the results of this opinion. The completion of this business combination will be subject to all necessary documentation, due diligence, and regulatory and shareholder approvals.
Capco is currently trading on the pink sheets in the US, but has not filed current financial information with the appropriate regulatory authorities. It anticipates that financial statements for the period ending December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007 will be completed and filed within two to three months. A follow-up press release will be issued at that time.
Due diligence by both parties is on-going, and this transaction will be subject to disinterested shareholder approval and review by the TSX Venture Exchange. There is no assurance that the Exchange will accept the proposed transaction, the disinterested shareholders will approve it, or that both companies will be satisfied with their due diligence results.
Mr. Ilyas Chaudhary, the majority shareholder in both companies, as well as being the CEO of both companies, will not participate in the selection of the third party appraiser for the transaction, nor will he vote on any issue concerning this transaction. No other Capco directors have been identified at this time to join the board of Pyramid.
Following the transaction, Pyramid is expected to have the following key characteristics:
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Operation of approximately 125 wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ownership of producing onshore oil and gas assets in Texas, Montana
and Alberta.
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As of December 31, 2006, Pyramid owned net proved reserves of
6,297 million cubic feet of gas ("MMcf") and 67 thousand barrels of
oil ("Mbbl"), and net probable reserves of 160 MMcf and 5 Mbbl, based
on a report prepared by Haas Petroleum Engineering Services, Inc., an
independent qualified reserves evaluator for the purposes of
NI 51-101 (a "Qualified Reserves Evaluator"). Pyramid has acquired
additional reserves since the preparation of these reports, which
reserves are being evaluated by a Qualified Reserves Evaluator and
will be disclosed when such review is complete. The reserves of the
combined Company shall be audited by a Qualified Reserves Evaluator.
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A net undeveloped land position of 82,000 acres in various prolific
areas.
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Certain Gulf of Mexico prospects developed with 3-D seismic
interpretation being marketed for exploratory drilling purposes.
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Primary business headquarters will be in Houston, Texas.
