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Precision Drilling Trust

5/26/2013, 2:00 AM ET
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Sector: Basic Materials
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Country: Canada

Precision Drilling Trust (the “Trust”) is an unincorporated open-ended investment trust established under the laws of the Province of Alberta pursuant to a declaration of trust dated September 22, 2005 (the “Declaration of Trust”). The Trust maintains its head office and principal place of business at 4200, 150 – 6th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3Y7, telephone (403) 716-4500, facsimile (403) 264-0251, email info@precisiondrilling.com and website www.precisiondrilling.com.

Pursuant to a reorganization of the former Precision Drilling Corporation (“Precision”) into a “mutual fund trust” for purposes of the Tax Act (as defined herein), the Trust issued units (“Trust Units”) to certain former shareholders of Precision in exchange for such holders’ common shares pursuant to a plan of arrangement which was approved by the former shareholders of Precision at a special meeting held on October 31, 2005 (the “Plan of Arrangement”).

Precision Drilling Limited Partnership

Precision Drilling Limited Partnership (“PDLP”) is a limited partnership formed pursuant to the laws of the Province of Manitoba pursuant to a limited partnership agreement dated as of September 28, 2005 (the “Limited Partnership Agreement”). The Trust holds a 99.91% partnership interest in PDLP through its holding of Class A Limited Partnership Units (the ‘‘PDLP A Units”) and the remaining 0.09% limited partnership interest in PDLP is held by former shareholders of Precision who elected to receive Class B Limited Partnership Units (“Exchangeable Units”) which are exchangeable into Trust Units on a one-for-one basis and are the economic equivalent of Trust Units. The general partner of PDLP is 1194312 Alberta Ltd. (the “General Partner”) which holds a nominal (0.001%) interest in PDLP. The head and principal offices of PDLP are located at 4200, 150 – 6th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3Y7, telephone (403) 716-4500, facsimile (403) 264-0251 and email info@precisiondrilling.com.

Precision Drilling Corporation

Precision was originally incorporated on March 25, 1985 and carried out amalgamations with wholly-owned subsidiary companies on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2002 and January 1, 2004 pursuant to Articles of Amalgamation and the Business Corporations Act (Alberta). On November 7, 2005, Precision became a wholly-owned subsidiary of PDLP. As part of the Plan of Arrangement, Precision amalgamated with a number of its wholly-owned subsidiaries: 1195309 Alberta ULC on November 23, 2005; Live Well Service Ltd. (“Live Well Service”) on January 1, 2006; and Terra Water Group Ltd. (“Terra”) on January 1, 2007. In each amalgamation, the name of the amalgamated company remained “Precision Drilling Corporation”. The head and principal offices of Precision are located at 4200, 150 – 6th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3Y7, telephone (403) 716-4500, facsimile (403) 264-0251, email info@precisiondrilling.com and website www.precisiondrilling.com.

Precision’s continuing operations are carried out in two segments: Contract Drilling Services and Completion and Production Services. In Canada, the Contract Drilling Services segment included land drilling services, camp and catering services, procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies and the manufacture and refurbishment of drilling and service rig equipment, and the Completion and Production Services segment included service rig well completion and workover services, snubbing services, wastewater treatment services and the rental of oilfield surface equipment, tubulars and well control equipment and wellsite accommodations. In the United States, the Contract Drilling Services segment includes land drilling services and trucking services for the movement of Precision rigs. Internationally, the Contract Drilling Services segment includes land drilling services. As at December 31, 2008, Precision had over 7,200 employees.