Final Regulatory Approval for NOVA Chemicals Transaction With IPIC Received
03 Juli 2009 - 7:09PM
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NOVA Chemicals Corporation (�NOVA Chemicals�) announced today
that all regulatory approvals required to complete the acquisition
of NOVA Chemicals by International Petroleum Investment Company
(�IPIC�) have been received. The final approval was received today
from the Canadian Minister of Industry under the Investment Canada
Act.
IPIC will, directly or indirectly, pay US $6.00 in cash for each
of the issued and outstanding common shares of NOVA Chemicals. NOVA
Chemicals� shareholders previously approved the arrangement
involving IPIC at a shareholders meeting held on April 14, 2009.
NOVA Chemicals anticipates that the closing of the arrangement will
occur on or about July 6, 2009.
NOVA Chemicals develops and manufactures chemicals, plastics and
end-products that make everyday life safer, healthier and easier.
NOVA Chemicals� employees work to ensure health, safety, security
and environmental stewardship through its commitment to Responsible
Care�. NOVA Chemicals shares are traded as NCX on the Toronto and
New York stock exchanges.
Additional information on NOVA Chemicals can be found at
www.novachemicals.com.
Responsible Care� is a registered trademark of the Canadian
Chemical Producers Association (CCPA) in Canada and is a registered
service mark of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) in the United
States.
Forward-Looking Information:
This news release contains forward-looking information within
the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws
relating, but not limited to, the timing for closing the
arrangement and payments made, directly or indirectly, by IPIC.
Forward-looking information can often be identified by
forward-looking or similar words suggesting future outcomes, or
other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions,
intentions or statements about future events or performance. Any
statements contained herein that are not statements of historical
facts may be deemed to be forward-looking information.
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
information. By its nature, forward-looking information involves
numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties, of
both a general and specific nature, that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking
information or contribute to the possibility that predictions,
forecasts or projections will prove to be materially
inaccurate.
These risks include that the completion of the proposed
transaction is subject to a number of terms and conditions,
including, without limitation certain termination rights available
to the parties under the arrangement agreement. The other
conditions to the transaction may not be satisfied in accordance
with their terms, and/or the parties to the arrangement agreement
may exercise their termination rights, in which case the proposed
transaction could be modified, restructured or terminated, as
applicable. You are cautioned that the list of risks and
assumptions set forth or referred to above is not exhaustive. Some
of the risks, uncertainties and other factors which negatively
affect the reliability of forward-looking information are discussed
in NOVA Chemicals� public filings with the Canadian and United
States securities regulatory authorities, including its most recent
annual information form, annual report, management�s discussion and
analysis, quarterly reports, and news releases. NOVA Chemicals�
public filings are available through NOVA Chemicals� website at
www.novachemicals.com. Copies of NOVA Chemicals� Canadian public
filings are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. NOVA Chemicals�
public filings in the United States, including NOVA Chemicals� most
recent annual report on Form 40-F, as supplemented by its filings
on Form 6-K, are available at www.sec.gov. You are further
cautioned that information contained on, or accessible through,
these websites is current only as of the date of such information
and may be superseded by subsequent events or filings. The
forward-looking information in this news release is expressly
qualified in its entirety by this cautionary statement. In
addition, the forward-looking information is made only as of the
date of this news release, and except as required by applicable
law, NOVA Chemicals does not undertake any obligation to update
publicly this forward-looking information to reflect new
information, subsequent events or otherwise.
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