(TSX: AAV, NYSE: AAV) – CALGARY, March 8, 2016 /CNW/ – Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (“Advantage” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal financing. A total of 13,427,075 common shares (“Common Shares”) of Advantage have been issued at a price of $7.45 per share for gross proceeds of $100,031,709, which included the issuance of 1,677,075 Common Shares pursuant to the partial exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. The syndicate of underwriters was led by FirstEnergy Capital Corp. and included RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital Inc., Peters & Co. Limited, TD Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Cormark Securities Inc. and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds from the financing to initially reduce bank indebtedness under its credit facilities, which will subsequently be redrawn to partially fund the Corporation’s ongoing development and growth of its Montney natural gas play at Glacier, Alberta, to fund the planned next expansion of its Glacier gas plant, for future acquisition opportunities, and for general corporate purposes.
The Common Shares have not been 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 applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy nor will there be any sale of Common Shares in any province, state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such province, state or jurisdiction.