Callon Petroleum Company Extends Exchange of 9.75% Senior Notes Due 2010.NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment )(NYSE:CPE.PrA) today announced that it has extended its offer to exchange up to $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount its 9.75% Senior Notes Due 2010, Series B, which were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount of its 9.75% Senior Notes Due 2010, Series A. On July 2, 2004, a prospectus dated June 30, 2004 and a related letter of transmittal Letter of Transmittal A document used by security holder to accompany certificates surrendered in an exchange or other corporate action. were mailed to all registered holders of the existing notes as of July 1, 2004. The exchange offer was scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. time, on Monday August 2, 2004. The exchange has been extended to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday August 12, 2004. As of August 2, 2004, $197,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company's 9.75% Senior Notes, Series A had been tendered in the exchange offer. Callon has been engaged in the exploration, development, acquisition and production of oil and gas in the Gulf Coast region since 1950. Callon's properties and operations are geographically concentrated in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east . This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this news release, are forward-looking statements. The company can give no assurances that the assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company's expectations ("Cautionary Statements") include volatility of oil and gas prices, the markets for oil and gas, environmental regulations, the substantial capital requirements Capital requirements Financing required for the operation of a business, composed of long-term and working capital plus fixed assets. associated with oil and gas operations and other factors that are set forth in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for its 2003 fiscal year. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified by the Cautionary Statements. |
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