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FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $55.15 (Toronto symbol FSV; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-960-9500; www.firstservice.com; Shares outstanding: 34.6 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Dividend yield: 1.1%) has bought Century Fire Protection, one of the largest full-service fire protection companies in the Southeastern U.S. Century installs, maintains and repairs the fire protection systems that it creates for commercial and residential clients. It employs 600 workers, operating from 12 offices throughout Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. FirstService will be able to sell Century’s services to its existing property management clients....
BIRCHCLIFF ENERGY $4.67 (Toronto symbol BIR; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-261-6401; www.birchcliffenergy.com; Shares outstanding: 152.3 million; Market cap: $711.3 million; No dividends paid) explores for, develops and produce oil and gas, mainly in the Peace River Arch area near the Alberta-B.C. border. About 87% of its output is gas. The remaining 13% is oil. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, Birchcliff’s cash flow per share dropped 46.3%, to $0.22 from $0.41 a year earlier. Sharply lower oil and gas prices offset a 7.3% rise in daily production. The company continues to cut costs to support its cash flow. As well, in response to low prices, Birchcliff has reduced exploration and development spending for 2016. It will likely spend $128 million this year, down 45.0% from $242.7 million in 2015....
DELPHI ENERGY $1.17 (Toronto symbol DEE; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-265-6171; www.delphienergy.ca; Shares outstanding: 155.5 million; Market cap: $182.0 million; No dividends paid) explores for, develops and produces oil and natural gas in Alberta. About 66% of its output is gas; the remaining 34% is oil. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, Delphi’s production fell 26.8%, to 8,814 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 12,035 a year earlier. That was after the company sold some fields. The lower output offset a 9.9% average increase in realized oil and gas prices. The higher prices were due to hedging contracts, whereby the company sold its oil and gas forward at above-market prices. As a result, cash flow per share fell just 10%, to $0.09 from $0.10. For the rest of 2016, Delphi has sold 75% of its gas production at nearly double current market prices. It has also sold 50% of its 2017 gas output at similar prices....
MART RESOURCES $0.25 (Toronto symbol MMT; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403- 270-1841; www.martresources.com; Shares outstanding: 356.6 million; Market cap: $89.2 million; No dividends paid) has been successfully taken over at $0.25 a share by a consortium. Midwestern Oil and Gas Company Ltd., San Leon Energy plc and 1038221 B.C. Ltd. make up the group of buyers. Apart from regulatory and shareholder approvals, the deal was contingent on the consortium arranging financing. The transaction ran into a number of delays, but was finally able to attract the funds it needed for the takeover....