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Arena
Resources, Inc. Announces Completion of $100,450,000 Registered Direct Common Stock Offering
Tulsa, Oklahoma — June 25, 2007 —
Arena Resources, Inc. (NYSE-ARD) today announced that it has completed its sale of 2,050,000 shares of its common stock through a registered direct offering for $49.00 per share with selected institutional investors, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $95.3 million. Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC acted as lead, book running placement agent for the offering with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Capital One Southcoast, Inc., C.K. Cooper & Company and Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC acting as co-placement agents.
The common shares were issued pursuant to the Company's effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the final prospectus supplement relating to this offering may be obtained from Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC, 142 West 57th Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10019.
Arena intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for debt repayment, drilling and development of its current properties, capital expenditures and general working capital.
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.
About
Arena Resources, Inc.
Arena Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration,
development and production company with current operations
in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico.
This
release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the "safe-harbor" provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that
involve a wide variety of risks and uncertainties,
including, without limitations, statements with respect
to the Company's strategy and prospects. Readers and
investors are cautioned that the Company's actual
results may differ materially from those described
in the forward-looking statements due to a number
of factors, including, but not limited to, the Company's
ability to acquire productive oil and/or gas properties
or to successfully drill and complete oil and/or gas
wells on such properties, general economic conditions
both domestically and abroad, and the conduct of business
by the Company, and other factors that may be more
fully described in additional documents set forth
by the Company.
For further information contact:
Bill Parsons
Vice President Investor Relations
480-947-1589
bparsons@arenaresourcesinc.com
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