CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 02/23/12 — The Toronto Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) has accepted ATCO Ltd.–s (the “Corporation”) Notice of Intention to Make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the “Notice”) pursuant to which the Corporation intends to make a normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”) for certain of its outstanding Class I Non-Voting Shares (“Class I Shares”) on the terms set forth in the Notice. At the time of filing the Notice, the Board of Directors of the Corporation was of the belief, and continues to be of the belief, that the purchase of Class I Shares from time to time at appropriate prices will minimize any dilution resulting from the exercise of stock options to purchase Class I Shares and is an advantageous use of the Corporation–s funds.
On February 16, 2012, 50,892,556 Class I Shares were issued and outstanding. Under the terms of the Notice and the rules of the Exchange, the Corporation may acquire up to 1,526,777 Class I Shares of the Corporation (being 3% of the Class I Shares issued and outstanding as at February 16, 2012, excluding any Class I Shares held by or on behalf of the Corporation on such date), during the period commencing on March 1, 2012 and ending on February 28, 2013 or such earlier date on which the Corporation completes its purchases of Class I Shares under the NCIB or terminates the NCIB at its option.
The aggregate number of Class I Shares that the Corporation may purchase under the NCIB during any trading day is subject to a maximum daily purchase limit of 13,641 Class I Shares (being 25% of the average daily trading volume for the six calendar months preceding the date of the acceptance of the Notice) from March 1, 2012 to the termination of the NCIB. Exceptions may be made to this daily purchase limit in accordance with the “block purchase” exemptions of the Exchange policy.
Any Class I Shares purchased pursuant to the Notice will be cancelled. Class I Shares will be purchased at the market price of the Class I Shares at the time of purchase and will be purchased on behalf of the Corporation by a registered investment dealer through the facilities of the Exchange and any alternate trading systems through which trades of the Class I Shares may be effected under applicable securities laws. Any purchase of Class I Shares pursuant to the NCIB will be financed out of working capital of the Corporation.
The Corporation purchased 324,200 Class I Shares at an average trading price of $60.65 during the most recent 12- month period preceding the date hereof pursuant to a normal course issuer bid which commenced on March 1, 2011 and expires on February 29, 2012. All of such purchases were made by means of open market transactions through the facilities of the Exchange.
A copy of the Notice may be obtained by any shareholder without charge by contacting the Vice President, Administration & Corporate Secretary of the Corporation at the head office of the Corporation.
Alberta-based ATCO Ltd., with more than 8,800 employees and approximately $12 billion in assets, delivers service excellence and innovative business solutions worldwide with leading companies engaged in structures & logistics (manufacturing, logistics and noise abatement), utilities (pipelines, natural gas and electricity transmission and distribution), energy (power generation, natural gas gathering, processing, storage and liquids extraction) and technologies (business systems solutions). More information can be found at .
Forward-Looking Information:
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Contacts:
ATCO Ltd.
B.R. (Brian) Bale
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(403) 292-7502