Tengasco Announces Exchange of Series B and C Preferred Stock and Extension of Note
August 24 2005 - 1:01PM
Business Wire
Tengasco, Inc. (AMEX:TGC) announced today that all holders of the
Company's Series B and C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
(the "Series B and Series C shares") having a total aggregate value
of $5,113,045.39 consisting of face value, dividends, and interest
have exchanged all rights under their Series B and C shares for
cash or for the Company's common stock. As a result of the
exchange, as of August 22, 2005 the Company no longer has any
holders of Series B or C preferred stock and no further obligations
under any Series B and C shares. Management states that on August
1, 2005, a choice of four options was given to all Series B and C
shareholders. One option offered was to exchange Series B and C
shares for a cash amount equal to 66.67% of the face value together
with any unpaid accrued dividends and interest on those shares
Subject to the anticipated receipt of a signed agreement from one
holder holding $100,000 or 2.4% of face value, holders of
approximately 54.3% of the face value of outstanding Series B and C
shares selected this option, exchanging preferred shares having an
aggregate value of $2,721,140.39 for cash payments totaling
$1,814,184.30. Holders of approximately 54.3% of the face value of
outstanding Series B and C shares selected this option, exchanging
preferred shares having an aggregate value of $2,721,140.39 for
cash payments totaling $1,814,184.30. The Company obtained the
funds for this exchange primarily from proceeds of a loan of
$1,814,000 from Dolphin Offshore Partners, L.P. ("Dolphin") the
Company's largest shareholder and whose managing partner is Peter
E. Salas, the Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. The
loan from Dolphin was evidenced by a promissory note secured by a
lien on the Company's assets and bearing 12% interest per annum
payable interest only monthly until the principal amount of the
note becomes due on December 31, 2005. A second option offered to
the Series B and C holders was to exchange their Series B and C
shares for four shares of the Company's common stock for each
dollar of the face value and unpaid accrued dividends and interest
on their Series B and C shares. All of the holders, including
Dolphin, of the remaining aggregate value of $2,391,905 or 55.7% of
the Series B and C shares selected this option. As a result, a
total of 9,567,620 shares of the Company's common stock will be
issued to those holders. Of this total number, 4,595,040 shares of
unregistered common stock are to be issued to Dolphin in exchange
for the $1,148,760 in aggregate value of the Series B shares held
by Dolphin. The shares of common stock will be issued to all
holders selecting this exchange option following the approval by
the American Stock Exchange of the Company's pending additional
listing application for those shares. The Series B and C holders
were offered a third and fourth option: to exchange Series B and C
shares for up to twelve unit interests in a program to drill twelve
oil wells in Kansas on properties leased by the Company; or, to
make no exchange and retain their Series B or C shares. No Series B
or C holder elected either of these two options. The Company also
announced today that on August 18, 2005 the Board of Directors
adopted a resolution authorizing the extension of promissory note
dated May 19, 2005 made by the Company to Dolphin, the principal
balance of which is $700,000. By an amended and restated note dated
August 18, 2005, the due date of the note was extended on the same
terms as the existing note from August 20, 2005 to December 31,
2005. Forward-looking statements made in this release are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all
forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties which may
cause actual results to differ from anticipated results, including
risks associated with the timing and development of the Company's
reserves and projects as well as risks of downturns in economic
conditions generally, and other risks detailed from time to time in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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