CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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, 2019 and will terminate on September 22, 2020.
The Fund had 4,630,098 equity shares issued and outstanding as at September 9, 2019. The Fund may, during the 12 month period commencing September 23, 2019 purchase on the TSX up to 354,128 equity shares, being 10% of the public float and may not, in any 30 day period, purchase more than 92,601 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 9, 2019 the Fund had purchased 390,700 equity shares on the TSX at an average price of $6.74 per equity share under its previously approved normal course issuer bid. The Fund had the ability to purchase up to 398,448 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”.
For further information, visit our website at www.middlefield.com or contact the undersigned:
Nancy Tham
Managing Director, Sales and Marketing
(416) 847-5349
September 16, 2019
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.