Forest Oil offering 12.5 million shares
By
Associated Press
May 19, 2009
|
Oil and gas company Forest Oil Corp. said Tuesday it has started a registered underwritten public offering of 12.5 million shares.
The underwriters will have a 30-day option to buy up to about 1.9 million additional shares.
Forest plans to use the proceeds to repay debt.
Shares fell $1.05, or 5.4 percent, to $18.35 in after-hours trading. The stock had closed up 54 cents, or 2.9 percent, at $19.40 in the regular session.