Quest Energy Partners, L.P. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering; Trading Begins November 9, 2007
09 Noviembre 2007 - 8:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Energy
Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") announced today the pricing of
the initial public offering of 9,100,000 of its common units at a
price of $18.00 per unit. The Partnership has also granted the
underwriters a 30-day over-allotment option to purchase up to an
additional 1,365,000 common units. The common units will begin
trading on Friday, November 9 on the Nasdaq Global Market under the
symbol "QELP." The offering is expected to close on or about
November 15, 2007. The common units offered to the public will
represent an aggregate 42.1 percent limited partner interest in the
Partnership, or approximately 48.5 percent if the underwriters
exercise in full their over-allotment option. Quest Resource
Corporation (NASDAQ:QRCP) will own the remaining equity interests
in the Partnership. Wachovia Securities and RBC Capital Markets
acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. In addition,
Friedman Billings Ramsey, Oppenheimer & Co., Stifel Nicolaus
and Wells Fargo Securities served as co-managers for the offering.
A copy of the final prospectus relating to the offering, when
available, may be obtained by contacting Wachovia Capital Markets,
LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, New
York, NY 10152, or at ; or RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Equity
Capital Markets, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006. A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed
with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange
Commission. This news 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, sale or
solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities law in any such state. About
Quest Energy Partners The Partnership was recently formed by Quest
Resource Corporation to acquire, exploit and develop natural gas
and oil properties and to acquire, own and operate related assets.
The Partnership's operations are currently focused on the
development of coal bed methane in the Cherokee Basin, a 13-county
region in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.
Forward-Looking Statements Statements about the offering are
forward-looking statements as defined under federal law. These
forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions
concerning future events and are subject to a number of
uncertainties and factors, many of which are outside the
Partnership's control, and a variety of risks that could cause
results to differ materially from those expected by management of
the Partnership. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to update
or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed
assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to
future operating results over time. DATASOURCE: Quest Energy
Partners, L.P. CONTACT: David E. Grose, Chief Financial Officer of
Quest Energy Partners, L.P., +1-405-488-1304, ext. 6823
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