ASC Alberta Securities Commission DIRECT LINE: 403.297.4220 DIRECT FAX: 403.297.2082 E-MAIL: blaine.young@asc.ca Citation: Celtic Exploration Ltd., Re, 2013 ABASC 116 Date: 20130320 File No.: CMP0044324 Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP 3500 Bankers Hall East 855 - 2 Street SW Calgary, AB T2P 4J8 Attention: Richard Maclean Dear Sir: Re: Celtic Exploration Ltd. (the Applicant) - Application for a decision under the securities legislation of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador (the Jurisdictions) that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer The Applicant has applied to the local securities regulatory authority or regulator (the Decision Maker) in each of the Jurisdictions for a decision under the securities legislation (the Legislation) of the Jurisdictions that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer. In this decision, "securityholder" means, for a security, the beneficial owner of the security. The Applicant has represented to the Decision Makers that: (a) the outstanding securities of the Applicant, including debt securities, are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by fewer than 15 securityholders in each of the jurisdictions of Canada and fewer than 51 securityholders in total worldwide; (b) no securities of the Applicant, including debt securities, are traded in Canada or another country on a marketplace as defined in National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operation or any other facility for bringing together buyers and sellers of securities where trading data is publicly reported; (c) the Applicant is applying for a decision that it is not a reporting issuer in all of the jurisdictions of Canada in which it is currently a reporting issuer; and (d) the Applicant is not in default of any of its obligations under the Legislation as a reporting issuer, SUITE 600,250 - 5TH STRfET S.W., CAlGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, T2P OR4 TEL: 403.297.6454 FAX: 403.297.6156 _ .albertasecuritles.com
- 2 each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the test contained in the Legislation that provides the Decision Maker with the jurisdiction to make the decision has been met and orders that the Applicant is deemed to have ceased to be a reporting issuer and that the Applicant's status as a reporting issuer is revoked. #4448613 vI
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