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Shoreline, Lilis Energy Terminate Proposed Merger Deal

Shoreline Energy Corp. has reported that the merger transaction with Lilis Energy Inc. has been terminated by both parties.
Having received an amended offer with a substantial reduction in purchase price, the Shoreline Board of Directors, after consultation with the Special Committee of the Board and its financial advisors and in light of certain inquiries with respect to a potential sale of the Company's Wattenberg assets, has determined the revised Lilis offer to not be fair, from a financial point of view, to Shoreline stakeholders.
In consideration of the disconnect between the Company's recent trading range and it's reserves value of over $100 million dollars, Shoreline will immediately commence consideration of strategic and financial alternatives available to the Company with the…
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