Warrior Energy Services Corporation Announces Completion of Public Offering
April 24 2006 - 4:03PM
PR Newswire (US)
HOUSTON, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warrior Energy Services
Corporation (NASDAQ:WARR) today announced the completion of its
public offering of 9,453,000 shares of its common stock at $23.50
per share. Warrior sold 8,860,534 shares of common stock, of which
1,233,000 were issued upon exercise of the underwriters' right to
purchase additional shares to cover over-allotments, while the
remaining 592,466 shares were sold by selling stockholders. Warrior
received approximately $163.5 million of proceeds from the
offering, net of underwriting fees and estimated expenses. Warrior
intends to use the proceeds to simplify its capital structure by
repurchasing outstanding derivative securities and to reduce debt.
The shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol "WARR." Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Simmons
& Company International acted as lead underwriters of the
offering, and Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C. acted as
co-manager. Copies of the prospectus relating to the offering may
be obtained from Raymond James & Associates, Inc., 880
Carillion Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, or by phone: (800)
248-8863. Warrior Energy Services Corporation is an oil and gas
well services company that provides cased-hole wireline and well
intervention services to exploration and production companies.
Statements in this press release, including the use of proceeds
from the offering and other aspects of the offering, as well as any
other statements that are not historical facts in this release are
"forward-looking statements" that involve certain risks, and
uncertainties and assumptions. These include but are not limited to
general market conditions, market conditions in the financial
markets, customary offering closing conditions and other factors
detailed in the registration statement relating to these securities
and the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those indicated.
DATASOURCE: Warrior Energy Services Corporation CONTACT: Robert J.
McNally, Executive Vice President, Warrior Energy Services
Corporation, +1-662-329-1047, Fax: +1-662-329-1089
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