DENVER, Dec. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ:XOG) (the “Company”), an oil and gas exploration and production company with primary assets in the Wattenberg Field in the Denver-Julesburg Basin of Colorado (the “DJ Basin”), today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell 25,041,095 shares of its Common Stock in a private placement, which is expected to result in approximately $457 million of gross proceeds and $442 million of net proceeds (after deducting placement agent commissions and the Company’s estimated expenses).
The shares were sold to selected institutional and accredited investors. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering to replenish approximately $177 million in cash utilized in two recently completed private acquisitions, and the remaining $265 million for additional bolt-on leasing operations in and around the area of the acquisitions and for general corporate purposes, a portion of which could be used for additional acquisitions.
The two recently completed acquisitions are located in the Company’s core focus area of the DJ Basin and consist of approximately 16,800 net acres with 425 net 1-mile equivalent locations.
Credit Suisse, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. and Wells Fargo acted as placement agents in connection with the offering.
The securities offered in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein.
About Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.
Denver-based Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. is an independent energy exploration and development company focused on exploring, developing and producing crude oil, natural gas and NGLs primarily in the Wattenberg Field in the Denver-Julesburg Basin of Colorado. The Company's common shares are listed for trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol: “XOG.” For further information, please visit www.extractionog.com.
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