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PERPETUAL ENERGY INC. CONFIRMS OCTOBER 2010 DIVIDEND AND UPDATES HEDGING

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^{Published in Stocks and Investing on Tuesday, October 12th 2010 at 18:40 GMT by Market Wire}  

 Financial hedges and physical forward sales contracts Volumes at % of Futures Type of AECO(1) 2010E Price Market(2) Contract (GJ/d) Volume(3)($/GJ) ($/GJ) Term ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial 85,000 7.52 November - December 2010 Physical 10,000 7.75 November - December 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Period Total 95,000 49 7.54 3.34 November - December 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial 65,000 3.87 January - March 2011 Physical 10,000 7.75 January - March 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Period Total 75,000 39 4.39 3.55 January - March 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial 47,500 25 5.21 3.57 April - October 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial 37,500 20 5.33 4.33 November 2011 - March 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Additional "call" option contracts outstanding are as presented in Perpetual's management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. (2) Futures price reflects forward market prices as at October 12, 2010. (3) Calculated using 2010 estimated production of 192,000 GJ/d, including actual and gas over bitumen deemed production.