Dec 18 (Reuters) - Forbes Energy Services Ltd FLSS.PK :
* FORBES ENERGY SERVICES ANNOUNCES COMBINATION OF FORBES
ENERGY
SERVICES WITH US ONSHORE OILFIELD SERVICES BUSINESS OF SUPERIOR
ENERGY
* FORBES ENERGY SERVICES- SUPERIOR ENERGY HAS AGREED THAT
NEWCO
WILL LIST ON NASDAQ
* FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD - CO'S COMMON STOCK HOLDERS
WILL
RECEIVE 50.1% OF VOTING CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF COMBINED CO
* FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD - COMBINED CO EXPECTS TO
GENERATE
ANNUALIZED RUN-RATE COST SYNERGIES OF ABOUT $23 MILLION WITHIN A
YEAR AFTER CLOSING TRANSACTION
* FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD - TRANSACTION HAS BEEN
UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED BY A SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF CO'S DIRECTORS & BY BOARDS OF
CO & SUPERIOR ENERGY
* FORBES ENERGY SERVICES LTD - NEWCO'S CLASS A STOCK WILL
INITIALLY TRADE IN OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET
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