Storm Cat Energy Corporation Announces Annual Shareholders' Meeting; Approves All Business
30 Junho 2006 - 2:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
CALGARY, Alberta and DENVER, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Storm Cat Energy Corporation (Amex: SCU; TSX: SME) is pleased to
announce that the Company's shareholders approved all special and
routine business matters submitted for their consideration at the
annual general and special meeting held in Vancouver, B.C.
yesterday afternoon. Shareholders passed a special resolution
amending the Articles of the Company to, among other things, create
a class of Preferred Shares issuable in series. In addition,
resolutions were adopted to: (i) give the directors the authority
to seek additional equity financing over the coming year; (ii)
adopt a Restricted Share Unit Plan; and (iii) to amend the
Company's Share Option Plan to, among other things, increase the
number of Common shares reserved for issuance under the Plan. Hein
& Associates LLP were re-appointed auditors for the ensuing
year, and the following persons were elected to the Company's Board
of Directors: J. Scott Zimmerman, Michael O'Byrne, Robert D.
Penner, Michael J. Wozniak, Robert J. Clark, David G. Wight, and
Jon R. Whitney. Further particulars about the Company's annual
meeting can be found in the Company's management proxy circular
dated May 12, 2006. At the Directors' meeting held immediately
following the annual shareholders' meeting, the Directors appointed
the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: J. Scott
Zimmerman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Paul Wiesner,
Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer; Keith Knapstad,
Vice-President, Operations (USA); and, Don Martin, Vice-President,
Canada & International Operations. Other routine business was
approved at the meeting of the Directors, including the appointment
of members of the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating Committees,
the creation of and appointment of members to an Executive
Committee and the adoption of an Executive Committee Charter, and
increasing the quorum requirement for Directors meetings. In
addition, the Board approved amendments to the Company's equity
compensation plans to bring them in line with the rules and
policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange. About Storm Cat Energy
Storm Cat Energy is an independent oil and gas company focused on
the pursuit, exploration and development of large unconventional
gas reserves from fractured shales, coal beds and tight sand
formations. The Company has producing properties in Wyoming's
Powder River Basin, exploitation and development acreage in Canada
and Alaska, and high-risk, high-reward exploration acreage in
Mongolia. The Company's shares trade on the American Stock Exchange
under the symbol "SCU" and in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange
under the symbol "SME." NO STOCK EXCHANGE HAS REVIEWED OR ACCEPTS
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DATASOURCE: Storm Cat Energy Corporation CONTACT: Scott Zimmerman,
President and Chief Executive Officer, or Paul Wiesner, Chief
Financial Officer, both of Storm Cat Energy Corporation,
+1-87-STORMCAT Web site: http://www.stormcatenergy.com/
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