COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) (the “Corporation”) announced today the acceptance by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) of the Corporation’s Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the “Notice”) through the facilities of the TSX and alternative trading systems.
Pursuant to the Notice, the Corporation proposes to repurchase up to an aggregate of 3,827,717 common shares during the 12 month period (the “Bid Period”) commencing March 23, 2015 and ending March 22, 2016. The Corporation shall make available a maximum of $7,500,000 to fund the repurchase of common shares during the Bid Period. The Corporation will determine the number of common shares to be repurchased and the timing of such purchases subject to the normal course issuer bid policy of the TSX. All common shares repurchased by the Corporation during the Bid Period will be cancelled.
As of March 13, 2015, there were 76,554,355 common shares of the Corporation outstanding. The 3,827,717 common shares the Corporation intends to repurchase under the TSX normal course issuer bid represent 5% of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding common shares, the maximum number of shares permitted to be purchased under the TSX’s normal course issuer bid policy. Further, except for block purchase exceptions, pursuant to such policy the Corporation cannot acquire more than 19,919 shares on any given trading day, this number being 25% of the average daily trading volume of the Corporation’s shares for the six calendar months ending on February 28, 2015.
The normal course issuer bid that is the subject of the Notice is a successor to the Corporation’s normal course issuer bid that commenced on March 21, 2014 and will terminate on March 20, 2015 (the “Previous Bid”). To date, the Corporation has purchased 291,300 common shares under the terms of its Previous Bid.
The Corporation believes that its common shares have been trading in a price range which does not adequately reflect their value in relation to the Corporation’s business and its future business prospects. As a result, depending upon future price movements and other factors, the Corporation believes that the repurchases of its common shares are in the best interest of the Corporation and represent a desirable use of corporate funds.
About COM DEV
COM DEV International Ltd. (www.comdev.ca) is a leading global provider of space hardware and services. The company has a staff of 1,200, annual revenues of $208 million, and facilities in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, India and China. COM DEV designs manufactures, and integrates advanced products, subsystems and microsatellites that are sold to major satellite prime contractors, government agencies and satellite operators, for use in communications, space science, remote sensing and defence applications. The company has won contracts to supply its equipment on over 900 spacecraft. COM DEV’s majority-owned subsidiary, exactEarth Ltd., provides satellite data services for global maritime surveillance.
