CALGARY, Sept. 18, 2018 /CNW/ - MBN Corporation
announced that it has filed a notice with the Toronto Stock
Exchange (the "TSX") and received its approval to make a normal
course issuer bid ("NCIB") for its equity shares through the
facilities of the TSX. This NCIB will commence on September 23, 2018 and will terminate on
September 22, 2019.
The Fund had 5,051,598 equity shares issued and outstanding as
at September 10, 2018. The Fund
may, during the 12 month period commencing September 23, 2018 purchase on the TSX up to
398,448 equity shares, being 10% of the public float and may not,
in any 30 day period, purchase more than 101,031 equity shares,
being 2% of the equity shares issued and outstanding. The Fund will
cancel all equity shares purchased pursuant to the bid. As at
September 10, 2018 the Fund had
purchased 201,800 equity shares on the TSX at an average price of
$6.26 per equity share under its
previously approved normal course issuer bid. The Fund had the
ability to purchase up to 295,683 equity shares under its last
NCIB. The manager of the Fund believes that such purchases are in
the best interest of the Fund and are a desirable use of its
available funds.
MBN Corporation trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the
symbol "MBN".
This press release may contain forward-looking information,
including with respect to future purchases of Equity Shares by the
Corporation. The forward-looking information contained in this
press release constitutes current expectations, as of the date of
this press release, with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Investors and others should not assume that any forward-looking
statement contained in this press release represents an estimate as
of any date other than the date of this press release.
SOURCE MBN Corporation