Silvercorp Announces Share Repurchase Program
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Trading Symbol: TSX/N NYSE AMERIC CAN: SVM
SILVERCORP P ANNOUNCES SHARE REP PURCHASE PR ROGRAM
VANCOUV VER, British Columbia – March 17, 2020 – Silv vercorp Met tals Inc. (“Silvercorp” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a normal course issue er bid to acq quire up to 8,670,104 com mmon shares of f the Compan ny, represent ting approxim mately 5% th he 173,402,08 84 common shares issued d and outstanding as of Mar rch 16, 2020. The repurcha ase program will run from m March 19, 2 2020 to Marc ch 18, 2021. The e Company is taking this action beca ause it believ ves that prev vailing marke et conditions have resulted i in Silvercorp’
’s shares being undervalu ued relative to the imme ediate and lo ong term val lue of properties in China and other strategic investments.
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Purchases s will be ma ade at the di iscretion of t the directors s at prevailin ng market pr rices, through the facilities o of the TSX, the NYSE American, and a alternative tr rading platfor rms in Canad da and the U United States, in compliance w with regulatory requireme ents. There ca an be no assu urance as to th he precise nu umber of shares that will be repurchased under the sh may discontinue its hare repurcha ase program.
. Silvercorp m purchases s at any time e, subject to compliance with applicab ble regulator ry requirements. The Com mpany cancellation. T intends to
- hold all shares acquired under the iss suer bid for c The price the e Company will pay
for any co ommon share es will be the e market price e at the time e of purchase e or such othe er price as m may be permitted d by the CSA A. Any private e purchase m made under an exemptio on order issued by a secu urities regulatory y authority w will generally b be at a discou unt to the pre evailing marke et price.
10% or more of the secu The Comp pany is not aware of any officers, dire ectors or pers sons holding urities normal course issuer bid, but such off that inten nd to sell the eir securities at the inception of the n ficers, he securities may sell the eir securities during the course directors or persons h holding 10% o or more of th tances may require. If during the course of of the no ormal course issuer bid, as their perso onal circumst the normal course issuer bid the C Company bec comes aware e that officers s, directors o or persons ho olding 10% or m more of the securities inte end to sell th heir securitie es, then the C Company will not intentio onally acquire su uch securities pursuant to
- the normal course issuer bid.
The maximum numbe er of shares t that may be purchased o on the TSX du uring any tra ading day ma ay not exceed 25% of the average daily trading volu ume on the TSX based o on the previo ous six comp pleted calendar m months of 67 79,536, exclud ding purchase es made by Si ilvercorp und der its normal course issue er bid, for a daily total of 16 69,884 comm mon shares. T This limit, for r which there are permit tted exceptio ons, is determine purchases made by ed in accorda ance with TSX X regulatory requirements s and does no ot apply to p the Comp pany on the alternative trading platform ms in the Unit ted States.
Pursuant to the Company’s normal course iss suer bid whic ch commenc ced on Febru uary 25, 2019 9 and terminate ed on Februa ary 24, 2020, Silvercorp pu urchased 1,7 717,100 comm mon shares o of the Compa any at a price of f $3.09 per co ommon share e through the e facilities of f the TSX, the e NYSE Ameri ican or altern native trading platforms in C Canada and t the United St tates, in com mpliance with regulatory r requirements s. The Company was authorized to purchase up to 8,484,682 common shares under the 2019 normal course issuer bid.
About Silvercorp Metals Inc.
Silvercorp is a profitable Canadian mining company producing silver, lead and zinc metals in concentrates from mines in China. The Company’s goal is to continuously create healthy returns to shareholders through efficient management, organic growth and the acquisition of profitable projects. Silvercorp balances profitability, social and environmental relationships, employees’ wellbeing and sustainable development. For more information please visit our website at www.silvercorp.ca.
For Further Information
Lon Shaver Vice President Silvercorp Metals Inc.
Phone: (604) 669‐9397 Toll Free: 1(888) 224‐1881 Email: [email protected] Website: www.silvercorp.ca
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Certain of the statements and information in this news release constitute “forward‐looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and “forward‐ looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws (collectively, “forward‐looking statements”). Any statements or information that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “expects”, “is expected”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”, “projects”, “estimates”, “assumes”, “intends”, “strategies”, “targets”, “goals”, “forecasts”, “objectives”, “budgets”, “schedules”, “potential” or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward‐looking statements.
In particular, this press release contains forward‐looking statements pertaining, among other things, to the Company’s normal course issuer bid, the process the Company plans to follow to evaluate purchases under the normal course issuer bid and the expected benefits to shareholders associated with the normal course issuer bid and its operation. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company’s forward‐looking statements.
Forward looking statements are statements about the future and are inherently uncertain, and actual achievements of the Company or other future events or conditions may differ materially from those reflected in the forward‐looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, without limitation, those referred to in the Company’s Annual Information Form for the year ended March 31, 2019 under the heading “Risk Factors”. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, described or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward‐looking statements. The Company’s forward‐looking statements are based on the assumptions, beliefs, expectations and opinions of management as of the date of this news release, and other than as required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not assume any obligation to update forward‐looking statements if circumstances or management’s assumptions, beliefs, expectations or opinions should change, or changes in any other events affecting such statements. For the reasons set forth above, investors should not place undue reliance on forward‐ looking statements.