IN BRIEF: Touchstone says takeover offer for Trinity won't be raised
Trinity Exploration & Production PLC - Trinidad & Tobago-focused oil exploration and production firm - Calgary, Canada-based Touchstone Exploration Inc says its takeover offer for fellow AIM listing Trinity is final and won't be raised but will remain open. The board of Trinity Exploration earlier this month switched its support to a rival offer from Lease Operators Ltd, but Touchstone on Wednesday reports that it has acceptances for its offer from shareholders in Trinity representing 41.3% of its shares. Touchstone asks Trinity shareholders to take no action on the Lease Operators offer. "We continue to believe that the Touchstone offer represents an attractive opportunity to materially enhance value for both Trinity's and Touchstone's shareholders, and we have therefore decided not to allow the Touchstone offer to lapse at this juncture" says Touchstone Chief Executive Officer Paul Baay. Read More