CALGARY, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantage Energy Income Fund ("Advantage" or "the Fund") (AVN.UN - TSX, AAV - NYSE) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters with RBC Capital Markets as sole bookrunner and BMO Capital Markets as co-lead manager, for the purchase by the underwriters on a bought deal basis, subject to regulatory approval, of 7.8 million trust units (the "Units") at a price of $12.80 per Unit, for total gross proceeds of approximately $100.0 million. Advantage has granted the underwriters an Over-allotment Option, exercisable in whole or in part up to 30 days following closing, to purchase up to an additional 1.17 million trust units at the same offering price. If the Over-allotment Option is fully exercised, the total gross proceeds of the financing will be approximately $115 million. A preliminary short-form prospectus will be filed with securities regulatory authorities on or before January 29, 2007. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 14, 2007. The first distribution for which purchasers of Units issued pursuant to the offering will be eligible will be for the month of February payable on March 15, 2007. The net proceeds of the Offering will initially be used to repay indebtedness and to subsequently fund capital and general corporate expenditures.
The Units being offered will be eligible for RRSPs, RRIFs, RESPs, and DPSPs, as domestic content. The Units will be offered publicly in Canada by way of a short form prospectus. 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 the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
The Units have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of such Act.
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