CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – June 24, 2014) –Crescent Point Energy Corp. (“Crescent Point” or the “Company”) (TSX:CPG)(NYSE:CPG) is pleased to announce that it has closed a private placement of long-term debt in the form of senior guaranteed notes to a group of institutional investors. The notes issued pursuant to the private placement are unsecured and rank equally with Crescent Point’s obligations under its bank facilities. In total, US$310 million and CDN$40 million was raised through three separate series of notes under various terms and rates as described in the table below.
Amount | Term | Coupon Rate |
US$52.5 million | 7-year term repayable in 2021 | 3.29% |
US$257.5 million | 10-year term repayable in 2024 | 3.75% |
CDN$40 million | 10-year term repayable in 2024 | 3.85% |
Proceeds from the offering were used to repay a portion of the Company’s outstanding bank debt.
RBC Capital Markets acted as lead placement agent on the offering, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as co-placement agents.
The senior notes have not and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
Crescent Point is one of Canada’s largest light and medium oil producers, with a market capitalization of more than CDN$19 billion and an annual dividend of CDN$2.76 per share.
CRESCENT POINT ENERGY CORP.
Scott Saxberg, President and Chief Executive Officer
Crescent Point shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, both under the symbol CPG.