Prospectus

Canadian 88 Losing Duke as Major Shareholder

Canadian 88 Energy Corp. plans to file a preliminary short-form prospectus on Wednesday by way of a secondary offering in Canada after 19% shareholder Duke Energy said it would sell its entire stake in the Calgary-based producer. Duke announced that it has accepted an offer to sell its 25.79 million shares to an underwriting syndicate for C$72.2 million (US$47.2 million) — about C$2.80 each.

June 10, 2002