HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Halcón Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: HK) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors to sell, in a private offering, approximately 4,444 shares of automatically convertible preferred stock, each share of which will be convertible into 10,000 shares of its common stock, for anticipated gross proceeds of approximately $400 million, or $9.00 per common share. The Company expects the private offering to close on March 5, 2012, subject to certain closing conditions. The Company intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including leasing or acquiring acreage, seismic data, drilling and completion, and the acquisition of assets or existing operating companies.
The preferred stock will automatically convert into common stock on the 20th calendar day following the mailing of a definitive information statement to the Company’s stockholders notifying them that the Company’s majority stockholder has consented to the issuance of common stock upon conversion of the preferred stock.
The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 days following the closing of the private placement covering resales of the common stock issued upon conversion of the preferred stock sold in the private placement, and to use reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 120 days following closing.
The securities offered by the Company 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 such registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
This press release is being issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act. This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities to be issued in the private placement.
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About Halcón Resources
Halcón Resources Corporation is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, production, exploration and development of onshore oil and natural gas properties in the United States.