Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. Announces Closing of Acquisition and the Conversion of $210 Million of Subscription Receipts to Common Shares

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 21, 2015) -

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Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. ("Tidewater" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:TWM) is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced acquisition of a 63% operated working interest in a gas processing facility and related pipelines located in the West Pembina region in central Alberta (the "Acquisition") for $180 million. The $180 million is comprised of $170 million in cash and $10 million in common shares of Tidewater ("Common Shares") at a price of $1.35 per Common Share (being a total of 7,407,408 Common Shares, which are subject to a statutory hold period until November 22, 2015). The Acquisition is more fully disclosed in the news release of the Corporation dated June 2, 2015.

To finance the acquisition, Tidewater completed the issuance of 155,557,000 subscription receipts of Tidewater (the "Subscription Receipts") at $1.35 per Subscription Receipt on June 16, 2015, raising gross proceeds of approximately $210 million. As a result of the completion of the Acquisition, each holder of Subscription Receipts received one Common Share for each Subscription Receipt held. Holders of Subscription Receipts are not required to take any action in order to receive their Common Shares. Such Common Shares are subject to a statutory hold period that expires on October 17, 2015.

As a result of the completion of the Acquisition and the conversion of the Subscription Receipts to Common Shares, Tidewater has 174,744,208 Common Shares outstanding.

Tidewater Overview

Tidewater is a public company listed on the TSX-V that was formed to pursue the purchase, sale, and transportation of NGLs and related infrastructure throughout North America and export to overseas markets.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless an exemption from such registration is available.

Cautionary Notes

Advisory Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

In the interest of providing Tidewater's shareholders and potential investors with information regarding Tidewater, including management's assessment of Tidewater's future plans and operations, certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "could", "estimate", "expect", "forecast", "intend", "may", "objective", "ongoing", "outlook", "potential", "project", "plan", "should", "target", "would", "will" or similar words suggesting future outcomes, events or performance. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date thereof and are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

Specifically, this press release contains forward-looking statements relating to but not limited to: our business strategies, plans and objectives. These forward-looking statements are based on certain key assumptions regarding, among other things: our ability to execute on our business plan and our operating activities; the availability and cost of labour and other industry services; the continuance of existing and, in certain circumstances, proposed tax and royalty regimes; and current industry conditions, laws and regulations continuing in effect (or, where changes are proposed, such changes being adopted as anticipated). Readers are cautioned that such assumptions, although considered reasonable by Tidewater at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect.

Actual results achieved will vary from the information provided herein as a result of numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors.

The above summary of assumptions and risks related to forward-looking statements in this press release has been provided in order to provide shareholders and potential investors with a more complete perspective on Tidewater's current and future operations and such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. There is no representation by Tidewater that actual results achieved will be the same in whole or in part as those referenced in the forward-looking statements and Tidewater does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities law.

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