CALGARY, April 4, 2014 /CNW/ – Seven Generations Energy Ltd. (“7G” or the “Company”) announces the closing of a C$633 million secondary offering of common shares by certain of its founding major shareholders (the “Selling Shareholders”) at a price of C$25.00 per share to a group of institutional investors. The Selling Shareholders, which consist of funds managed by ARC Financial, KERN Partners, Natural Gas Partners and ZBI Ventures, continue to hold approximately 31% of the common shares of the Company following the sale.
Pat Carlson, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “This transaction marks the beginning of a transition of our shareholder base from our private equity founders towards new public market focused institutional investors as we begin to evaluate potential liquidity alternatives for the Company. We would like to thank our founding major shareholders for their past, and continued, support of our growth plans.”
The Company did not receive any proceeds from the secondary offering. This offering follows (and its terms were driven by) a C$251 million treasury offering of common shares of Seven Generations, which closed in December 2013 and which established the price of C$25.00 per share. The secondary offering and the preceding treasury offering of common shares were led by RBC Capital Markets and Peters & Co. Limited.
Seven Generations Energy Ltd. is a private oil and gas developer with its corporate headquarters in Calgary, Alberta and its operations headquarters in Grande Prairie, Alberta. 7G is engaged in the delineation and development of its Kakwa River Project, a multi-zone, tight, rich gas project in the Alberta Deep Basin, approximately 100km south of Grande Prairie.
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This press release is not an offer of the shares in the United States. The shares have not and will not be registered under the U. S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “US Securities Act”). The shares may not be offered or sold, except to accredited investors in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Regulation D under the US Securities Act, or to persons outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S and applicable Canadian exemptions. Any public offering of securities made in the United States would be made by means of a prospectus that would be obtainable from the Company and that would contain detailed information about the Company, its management and financial statements.
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SOURCE Seven Generations Energy Ltd.
Pat Carlson
CEO
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