AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jones Energy, Inc. (NYSE: JONE) (“Jones Energy” or “the Company”)
announced today the launch of an underwritten secondary offering of
5,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock by certain stockholders
affiliated with Metalmark Capital, LLC (“Metalmark”), representing
approximately 22% of Metalmark’s current ownership in the Company. The
underwriter will have an option to purchase up to an additional 750,000
shares of Class A common stock from Metalmark. The company will not
receive any proceeds from the proposed secondary offering.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as sole book-running manager for
the offering. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement for
the offering may be obtained on the website of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), www.sec.gov,
or by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial
Solutions, Attention: Prospectus Department (1-866-803-9204), 1155 Long
Island Ave., Edgewood, NY 11717.
The Class A common stock will be issued and sold pursuant to an
effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with
the SEC.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy Class A common stock or any other
securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any
jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering of these securities may be
made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement
meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
About Jones Energy
Jones Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged
in the development and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties in
the Anadarko and Arkoma basins of Texas and Oklahoma. Additional
information about Jones Energy may be found on the Company’s website at: www.jonesenergy.com.
Source: Jones Energy, Inc.