Abraxas Closes Successful Offer For Grey Wolf Exploration Inc.Business Editors SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :ABP 1. (networking) ABP - Alternating bit protocol. 2. ABP - Microsoft Address Book Provider. ) ("Abraxas") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Abraxas Acquisition Corporation, announced that approximately 6.0 million common shares of Grey Wolf Exploration Inc. ("Grey Wolf") have been tendered to Abraxas' offer for the common shares of Grey Wolf, representing approximately 90.4% of the outstanding Grey Wolf shares that Abraxas and its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Canadian Abraxas Petroleum Limited, did not previously own. All conditions of Abraxas' offer have been satisfied or waived and all common shares validly tendered up to the expiry time of the offer have been taken up. Abraxas will acquire the remainder of the Grey Wolf common shares pursuant to the compulsory acquisition provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) resulting in 100% of Grey Wolf being owned by Abraxas and its subsidiaries. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual of an offer to exchange the securities of abraxas for the securities of grey wolf. Any such offer or solicitation will be subject to certain customary conditions and will be made only by abraxas' prospectus and other exchange offer materials, which have been filed with the united states United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. securities and exchange commission ("sec") and have been mailed to grey wolf's stockholders. Grey wolf's stockholders are urged to read these documents because they contain important information about the offer. The documents are also available at no charge from the sec's web site, www.sec.gov, and from abraxas petroleum corporation at 500 north loop 1604 east, suite 100, san antonio, texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. 78232. Abraxas Petroleum Corporation is a San Antonio-based crude oil and natural gas exploitation and production company that also processes natural gas. The Company operates in Texas, Wyoming and western Canada
Western Canada, commonly referred to as the West . For additional information about the Company, please visit our web site, www.abraxaspetroleum.com for the most current and updated information. The web site is updated daily in order to comply with the SEC Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure). Grey Wolf Exploration Inc. is a junior crude oil and natural gas company which focuses its efforts on exploring for, developing, acquiring, and producing crude oil and natural gas in western Canada and the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories, territory (2001 pop. 37,360), 532,643 sq mi (1,379,028 sq km), NW Canada. The Northwest Territories lie W of Nunavut, N of lat. 60°N, and E of Yukon. . Natural gas in central and northern Alberta Norhern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. Its primary industry is oil and gas, with large heavy oil reserves being exploited at the Athabasca Oil Sands and Wabasca Area in the east of the region. accounts for over 90% of Grey Wolf Exploration's reserves and production. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for forward-looking statement forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. : Statements in this release looking forward in time involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance suggested in this release. Such factors may include, but may not be necessarily limited to, changes in the prices received by the Company for crude oil and natural gas. In addition, the Company's future crude oil and natural gas production is highly dependent upon the Company's level of success in acquiring or finding additional reserves. Further, the Company operates in an industry sector where the value of securities is highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Company's control. In the context of forward-looking information provided for in this release, reference is made to the discussion of risk factors detailed in the Company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission during the past 12 months. Filed by Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (Commission File No. 0-19118) Pursuant to Rule 425 Under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, And Deemed Filed Pursuant to Rule 14a-12 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Subject Company: Grey Wolf Exploration Inc. (no Commission File No.) |
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