Blackbird Energy Inc. and Pennant Energy Inc. announce that the Supreme Court of British Columbia has approved the plan of arrangement between Blackbird and Pennant (the "Arrangement") pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia).

As previously announced on February 18, 2014, Blackbird and Pennant entered into an arrangement agreement dated February 17, 2014 (the "Arrangement Agreement"), whereby Blackbird will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Pennant from the shareholders of Pennant (the "Pennant Shareholders") in exchange for shares of Blackbird on the basis of one Pennant share for 0.42857 corresponding shares of Blackbird (the "Transaction"). The Arrangement is expected to result in Pennant becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackbird and Blackbird continuing to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol "BBI". The consolidated entity is expected to carry on business as an oil and liquids focused emerging producer.

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