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Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation
LPI ("Laredo" or "the Company"), today announced the
commencement of an underwritten public offering of 16,000,000 shares of its
common stock. The Company is offering 13,000,000 shares of common stock, and
certain affiliates of Warburg Pincus LLC and members of the Company's
management (collectively, the "selling stockholders") are offering an
additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock. Certain of the selling
stockholders expect to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up
to 2,400,000 additional shares.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the shares of
common stock offered by it to implement the Company's planned exploration and
development activities, accelerate its capital program (as appropriate), and
for general corporate purposes. The Company will not receive any of the
proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock offered by the selling
stockholders.
J.P. Morgan and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as joint bookrunners for the
offering.
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