Canetic Resources Trust provides update on acquisition of Titan Exploration Ltd. and extension of offer to December 31, 2007

CALGARY, Dec. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (CNE.UN - TSX; CNE - NYSE) - Canetic Resources Trust ("Canetic") and Titan Exploration Ltd. ("Titan") jointly announced today that as of 4:30 p.m. (MST) on December 19, 2007, approximately 24,635,175 Titan A Shares (TTN.A) and 736,030 Titan B Shares (TTN.B) had been validly deposited pursuant to the previously announced offer of Canetic Titan Ltd. (the "Offeror") (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canetic) to acquire all of the issued Titan A Shares and Titan B Shares, on a fully diluted basis. The Offeror will take-up the deposited Titan A Shares and Titan B Shares representing approximately 85 percent and 73 percent of each respective share class or approximately 84 percent of Titan A Shares, calculated on a fully diluted basis, including the number of outstanding Titan A Shares that may be issued on conversion of all outstanding Titan B Shares into Titan A Shares. As all of the conditions of the Offer to acquire the issued and outstanding Titan A Shares and Titan B Shares were met at the initial expiry the Offer is now wholly unconditional. Accordingly, the Offer has been extended until 12:00 p.m. (MST) on December 31, 2007, to allow Titan shareholders an additional opportunity to tender their shares. A notice of extension will be mailed to Titan shareholders.

In connection with payment for the deposited Titan A Shares and Titan B Shares taken-up by the Offeror, all members of the current board of directors of Titan will resign and J. Paul Charron, Brian Evans, David J. Broshko and Richard Tiede will be newly appointed as directors of Titan.

Canetic is one of Canada's largest oil and gas royalty trusts. Canetic trust units and debentures are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols CNE.UN, CNE.DB.A, CNE.DB.B, CNE.DB.C, CNE.DB.D, and CNE.DB.E and the trust units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CNE. For further information, please see the website at http://www.canetictrust.com/ or contact Canetic investor relations by email at:  or toll free telephone at 1-877-539-6300.

ADVISORY: Certain information regarding Canetic, including statements relating to the Offer, any related extensions to the Offer, and the closing date thereof, production estimates, reserve estimates, reserve life index, acreage to be acquired, business strategy, benefits of the acquisition of Titan, drilling plans, recovery estimates, cost estimates, production efficiencies may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable securities law and necessarily involve risks, including, without limitation, risks associated with oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation, production, marketing and transportation, failure to realize expected acquisition synergies, loss of markets, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, imprecision of reserve estimates, environmental risks, competition, incorrect assessment of the value of acquisitions, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, failure to obtain required regulatory, shareholder and other approvals, and changes in legislation, including but not limited to tax laws and environmental regulations. As a consequence, actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Canetic's operations or financial results are included in reports on file with applicable securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR website (http://www.sedar.com/), the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov/) or at Canetic's website (http://www.canetictrust.com/).

United States Considerations

The Offer will be made for the securities of a Canadian trust. The Offer will be subject to Canadian disclosure requirements that are different from those of the United States. Financial statements included in the takeover bid circular, or incorporated by reference therein, as well as financial statements of Canetic, have been prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards that may not be comparable to the financial statements of United States companies.

It may be difficult for shareholders of Titan in the U.S. to enforce their rights and any claim they may have arising under the U.S. federal securities laws, since Canetic is located in a foreign country, and some or all of its officers (if any) and trustees and the officers and directors of Canetic Resources Inc. may be residents of a foreign country. Shareholders of Titan in the U.S. may not be able to sue a foreign trust or its officers (if any) or trustees, or the officers or directors of Canetic Resources Inc., in a foreign court for violations of U.S. securities laws. It may be difficult to compel a foreign trust and its affiliates, including its officers (if any) and trustees and the officers and directors of Canetic Resources Inc. to subject themselves to a U.S. court's judgment. 

DATASOURCE: Canetic Resources Trust



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