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Birchcliff Energy Ltd. has announced:

its intention to redeem all of its 2,000,000 issued and outstanding cumulative redeemable preferred shares, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) and all of its 1,528,219 issued and outstanding cumulative redeemable preferred shares, Series C (the “Series C Preferred Shares”) on September 30, 2022 (the “Redemption Date”) for a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share (the “Redemption Price”), less any tax required to be deducted or withheld by the Corporation. The aggregate Redemption Price payable by the Corporation to redeem the Series A and Series C Preferred Shares will be approximately $88.2 million. As September 30, 2022 is a federal statutory holiday in Canada, the aggregate Redemption Price will be paid by the Corporation to the sole registered holder of the Series A and Series C Preferred Shares on the next business day, being October 3, 2022.

In addition, the Corporation’s board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.527677 per Series A Preferred Share and $0.441096 per Series C Preferred Share, which dividends will be paid on October 3, 2022 to the holders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2022. The dividends have been designated as eligible dividends for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). These will be the final quarterly dividends on the Series A and Series C Preferred Shares and will be paid separately from the Redemption Price. Upon the payment of these dividends, there will be no accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A or Series C Preferred Shares.

The Corporation has provided notice today of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Date to the sole registered holder of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Series C Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the shares as set out in the Corporation’s articles. Non-registered holders of Series A and Series C Preferred Shares should contact their broker or other intermediary for information regarding the redemption process for the Series A and Series C Preferred Shares in which they hold a beneficial interest. The Corporation’s transfer agent for the Series A and Series C Preferred Shares is Computershare Investor Services Inc. Questions regarding the redemption process may also be directed to Computershare Investor Services Inc. at 1-800-564-6253 or by email to corporateactions@computershare.com.

BIR.PR.A was issued as a FixedReset, 8.00%+683 that commenced trading 2012-8-8. It reset to 8.374% in 2017.

BIR.PR.C was issued as a seven-year retractible, 7.00%, that commenced trading in 2013.

Neither issue has been tracked by HIMIPref™. This company notice confirms their earlier, less official announcement.

Thanks to Assiduous Reader newbiepref for bringing this to my attention!

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