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Enterra Energy Trust Announces Closings of $178 Million Underwritten Financing and $200 Million Credit Facilities.


The securities referred herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

CALGARY, Alberta -- Enterra Energy Trust ("Enterra" or the "Trust") (NYSE NYSE

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: ENT.UN) announces that it has closed its previously announced underwritten financing of trust units and debentures and revolving term and operating credit facilities credit facilities nplfacilidades fpl de crédito

credit facilities nplfacilités fpl de paiement

credit facilities 
.

Pursuant to the underwritten financing, the Trust issued approximately $40.26 million of trust units at an issue price of $8.10 per trust unit and $138 million of unsecured subordinated debentures subordinated debenture

An unsecured bond with a claim to assets that is subordinate to all existing and future debt. Thus, in the event that the issuer encounters financial difficulties and must be liquidated, all other claims must be satisfied before
 convertible into trust units at a price of $9.25 per trust unit. The underwriters fully exercised an over-allotment option to purchase additional trust units and debentures at the closing. The debentures will have a face value of $1,000 per debenture, a coupon of 8.00% and a final maturity date of December 31, 2011. The debentures pay interest semi-annually on June 30 and December 31, with the initial interest payment on June 30, 2007, representing accrued interest Accrued Interest

The interest that has accumulated on a bond since the last interest payment up to but not including the settlement date.

There are two methods for calculating accrued interest:
1) 360-day year method, used for corporate and municipal bonds.
 from closing of the offering to that date.

In addition, the Trust's subsidiary, Enterra Energy Corp., has established a $180,000,000 syndicated revolving term facility and a $20,000,000 operating facility secured by first ranking security interests in respect of the properties and undertakings of Enterra and its subsidiaries. The credit facilities were arranged by The Bank of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography
, as lead and agent for a syndicate of lenders.

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, together with drawings under the credit facilities, are being used to repay in full all indebtedness under the Trust's outstanding bridge facilities incurred in part to finance the acquisition of the Trust's Oklahoma assets.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state in the United States in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Enterra

Enterra Energy Trust is a conventional oil and gas trust based in Calgary, Alberta. The Trust acquires, operates and exploits petroleum and natural gas assets principally in Alberta and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography
, Canada and in Oklahoma and Wyoming, U.S.A.

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 

Certain information in this press release constitutes forward-looking statements under applicable securities law. Any statements that are contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as "may", "should", "anticipate", "expects" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the use of proceeds of the offering. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks, including, without limitation, risks associated with oil and gas production, marketing and transportation; loss of markets; volatility of commodity prices; currency and interest rate fluctuations; imprecision im·pre·cise  
adj.
Not precise.



impre·cisely adv.
 of reserve estimates; environmental risks; competition; incorrect assessment of the value of acquisitions; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions; inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources; changes in legislation, including but not limited to income tax, environmental laws and regulatory matters. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Enterra's operations or financial results are included in Enterra's reports on file with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR SEDAR System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval
SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review
 website (www.sedar.com), the SEC's website (www.sec.gov), Enterra's website (www.enterraenergy.com) or by contacting Enterra. Furthermore, the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release, and Enterra does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by securities law.
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