Tourmaline and Topaz close C$108 million bought deal secondary offering of Topaz common shares
Torys acted as counsel to the syndicate of underwriters led by Peters & Co. with a team that included Scott Cochlan, Mike Pedlow, Jennifer Baugh and Cassondra Lozynsky (corporate/securities).
On September 21, 2021, Tourmaline Oil Corp. ("Tourmaline") and Topaz Energy Corp. ("Topaz") announced the completion of a previously announced bought deal secondary offering of 7,000,000 common shares of Topaz by Tourmaline at a price of C$15.45 per common share, for total gross proceeds to Tourmaline of C$108.15 million.
The offering was led by Peters & Co. Limited, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters. All net proceeds of the offering, after deducting the underwriting commission, were paid to Tourmaline. Topaz did not receive any of the proceeds from the offering.
Prior to the offering, Tourmaline held 58,149,494 common shares of Topaz, representing approximately 45.17% of the issued and outstanding common shares. Upon closing, Tourmaline holds 51,149,494 common shares, representing approximately 39.73% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Topaz.
Further information can be found on Canada Newswire’s website.
Topaz is a unique royalty and energy infrastructure company focused on generating free cash flow growth and paying reliable and sustainable dividends to its shareholders, through its strategic relationship with one of Canada's largest natural gas producers, Tourmaline.
Tourmaline is an investment grade is a Canadian senior crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused on long-term growth through an aggressive exploration, development, production and acquisition program in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.