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Ridley Inc.: Ridley Inc. Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid

^{Published on 2008-12-11 14:19:56 - Market Wire}
 

MANKATO, MINNESOTA and WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Dec. 11, 2008) - Ridley Inc. (TSX:RCL) announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has accepted notice of the Company's intention to make a normal course issuer bid through the facilities of the TSX. The bid will permit the Company to purchase for cancellation up to 692,965 common shares of the Company, representing approximately 5% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares (being 13,859,300 shares as at November 28, 2008). Daily purchases will be limited to 3,645 common shares until March 31, 2009, and thereafter to 1,822 common shares, other than block purchases.

Purchases pursuant to the normal course issuer bid may commence on December 15, 2008 and will terminate on December 14, 2009 or on such earlier date as the Company may complete its purchases or otherwise terminate the bid. The Company will pay market price at the time of acquisition for any shares purchased under the normal course issuer bid. The Company has made no other purchases of its shares in the previous twelve month period. To the knowledge of the Company, no director, senior officer or other insider of the Company currently intends to sell any common shares under the bid.

The Company believes that the purchase of the common shares by the Company will enhance the liquidity of the common shares. In addition, the Company believes that the current market conditions provide opportunities for the Company to acquire common shares at attractive prices and that the purchases are an appropriate use of funds.

Ridley Inc. ([ www.ridleyinc.com ]), headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota and Winnipeg, Manitoba, is one of North America's leading commercial animal nutrition companies. Ridley Inc. employs more than 1,000 people in the United States and Canada in the manufacture and distribution of a full range of animal nutrition products under highly regarded trade names.

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