WELLAND, ON,
In connection with the Private Placement, a significant shareholder of Lakeside Steel, Jaguar Financial Corporation (TSX: JFC), or certain other insiders of the Company may complete a "gypsy swap" whereby they would sell up to 17,000,000 common shares of Lakeside Steel in pre-arranged trades over the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange, and then buy up to 17,000,000 units under the Private Placement and thereafter transfer the associated warrants to the applicable counterparties to the pre-arranged trades for nominal consideration pursuant to applicable prospectus and registration exemptions.
The Private Placement will be led by a syndicate of agents led by Northern Securities Inc. and will also include Octagon Capital Corporation and Byron Securities Limited (together, the "Agents"). Lakeside Steel is a connected issuer to Northern Securities Inc. under applicable securities laws. Lakeside Steel will pay the Agents a cash commission of 8% of the gross proceeds of the Private Placement, and that number of broker warrants equal to 10% of the number of Units sold in the Private Placement. Each broker warrant will be exercisable into one Unit. Lakeside Steel has granted the Agents an over-allotment option to raise up to an additional
The Private Placement and any gypsy swap are scheduled to close on or about
About Lakeside Steel
Lakeside Steel is a 2010 TSX Venture Exchange 50 company and the parent company of Lakeside Steel Corp. ("Lakeside") Lakeside, located in Welland, Ontario, is a diversified steel pipe and tubing manufacturer. Lakeside's list of customers includes large oil and gas, mining, automotive and commercial and industrial supply companies. In addition to supplying its products in these industries, Lakeside manufactures pipe and mechanical tubing for the resale market, which is sold to distributors in Eastern
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For further information: Ron Bedard, President & Chief Operating Officer, Lakeside Steel Inc., Tel: (905) 735-7473, Fax: (905) 735-9069, [email protected]; Ken Hunter, Chief Financial Officer, Lakeside Steel Inc., Tel: (905) 735-7473, Fax: (905) 735-9069, [email protected]
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