Contango Oil & Gas Company Announces a Public Offering of Preferred Stock.Business/Energy Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2002 Contango Contango When the futures price is above the expected future spot price. Consequently, the price will decline to the spot price before the delivery date. Notes: This is the opposite of backwardation. Oil & Gas Company (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :MCF) announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed underwritten public offering of $20,000,000 of Series C convertible cumulative preferred stock Cumulative preferred stock Preferred stock whose dividends accrue, should the issuer not make timely dividend payments. Related: Non-cumulative preferred stock. . In addition, Contango will grant the underwriter a 15% over-allotment option. Morgan Keegan & Company Inc. is acting as underwriter for the proposed public offering. Contango intends to use most of the net proceeds Net Proceeds The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security. Notes: In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions). from the offering to repay outstanding debt under its revolving credit Revolving Credit A line of credit where the customer pays a commitment fee and is then allowed to use the funds when they are needed. It is usually used for operating purposes, fluctuating each month depending on the customers current cash flow needs. facility. A registration statement relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. When available, a written prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Morgan Keegan & Company Inc., Morgan Keegan Tower, Fifty Front Street, 17th Floor, Memphis, Tennessee, 38103, telephone number 800/366-7426. Contango is an independent natural gas and oil company that explores for, develops, produces and sells natural gas and crude oil. Contango's exploration and production efforts are currently focused onshore on the Gulf Coast and offshore in 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 press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual events or results may differ materially from Contango's expectations. The statements reflect Contango's current views with respect to future events that involve risks and uncertainties, including those related to successful negotiations with other parties, oil and gas exploration risks, price volatility, production levels, closing of transactions, capital availability, operational and other risks, uncertainties and factors described from time to time in Contango's publicly available reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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