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8-K - FORM 8-K - HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC. | d322062d8k.htm |
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF VINSON & ELKINS LLP. 23.1 CONSENT OF VINSON & ELKINS LLP - HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC. | d322062dex51.htm |
EX-1.1 - UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, DATED MARCH 22, 2012 - HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC. | d322062dex11.htm |
EX-99.2 - PRESS RELEASE DATED MARCH 27 - HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC. | d322062dex992.htm |
Exhibit 99.1
Hercules Offshore Prices Public Offering of Common Stock
HOUSTON, March 22, 2012 Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 20,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $5.10 per share. The offering is expected to close on March 28, 2012. The Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional shares to cover over-allotments, if any. The Company intends to use 50% of the net proceeds from the offering, including the proceeds from any exercise of the underwriters over-allotment option, to repay indebtedness outstanding under the Companys term loan facility and to use the remaining net proceeds to fund a portion of the purchase price for its previously announced acquisition of the drilling rig Ocean Columbia as well as the costs associated with the repair, upgrade and mobilization of Ocean Columbia.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are serving as Joint Book-Running Managers of the offering. The offering is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and related base prospectus for the offering may be obtained on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the underwriters will arrange to send you the preliminary prospectus supplement and related base prospectus if you request them by contacting:
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Attn: Prospectus Department
One Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
Telephone: (800) 221-1037
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Attn: Prospectus Department
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Telephone: (866) 471-2526
or
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Attn: Prospectus Department
Harborside Financial Center
100 Plaza One
Jersey City, New Jersey 07311
Telephone: (800) 503-4611
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities referred to above. An offering of any such securities will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and related prospectus. Any such prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be
any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
This press release includes forward-looking statements, which give Hercules current expectations or forecasts of future events based on currently available information. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate to, among other things, the closing of the offering and the use of proceeds therefrom. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those identified in Item 1A. Risk Factors and elsewhere in Hercules Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the prospectuses referred to above. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize (or the consequences of such a development changes), or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those forecasted or expected.
SOURCE: Hercules Offshore, Inc.
CONTACT:
Son P. Vann
Vice President Investor Relations and Planning
713-350-8508