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Rodman & Renshaw Acts as a Co-Manager to Energy XXI (NASDAQ:EXXI) Common Stock Offering

^{Published on 2010-10-29 12:05:56 - Market Wire}
 

NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RODM), a leading full service investment bank for growth companies, today announced that it has acted as co-manager Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limiteda™s common stock offering. Energy XXI has announced the pricing of its previously announced concurrent offerings of $249 million (12 million shares) of common stock and $250 million (1 million shares) of 5.625% convertible perpetual preferred stock. Energy XXI has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1.8 million additional shares of its common stock and 150,000 additional shares of its convertible preferred stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The company had initially targeted gross proceeds of $400 million, but upsized the offering based on investor demand. Both offerings are expected to settle and close on Nov. 3, 2010, each subject to customary closing conditions.

The common stock offering was priced at $20.75 per share. The company estimates that the net proceeds from the common stock offering will be approximately $237 million, after deducting underwriting commissions, but before expenses (or approximately $273 million, if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of common stock in full). The convertible preferred stock offering was priced at $250 per share. The company estimates that the net proceeds from the convertible preferred stock offering will be approximately $246 million, after deducting underwriting commissions, but before expenses (or approximately $283 million, if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of convertible preferred stock in full). The company intends to use $132.2 million of the net proceeds from these offerings to redeem $119.7 million aggregate principal amount of its 16% Second Lien Junior Secured Notes due 2014 and $91.5 million of the net proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its wholly owned subsidiary's revolving credit facility. The remainder of the net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include purchases of the 16% Second Lien Junior Secured Notes due 2014 in the open market, repayment of other outstanding debt, accelerating development of existing reserves or acquisitions.

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:[ RODM ] - [ News ]), served as a placement agent.

The offerings are being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplements. Copies of the prospectus and related prospectus supplement for the common stock offering may be obtained from UBS Securities LLC, Attn: Prospectus Dept., 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171, Telephone: 888-827-7275 and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, 800-221-1037.

Copies of the prospectus and related prospectus supplement for the preferred stock offering may be obtained from UBS Securities LLC, Attn: Prospectus Dept., 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171, Telephone: 888-827-7275, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Convertible Desk, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, Telephone: (212) 471 6667, and RBS Securities Inc. Attn: Rene Mijne, 600 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901, Tel: 203-897-4677.

An electronic copy of each of the prospectus supplements is available from the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at [ www.sec.gov ].

The shares of common stock and convertible preferred stock are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that the Company previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About Energy XXI

Energy XXI is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company whose growth strategy emphasizes acquisitions, enhanced by its value-added organic drilling program. The Company's properties are located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico waters and the Gulf Coast onshore. Seymour Pierce is Energy XXI's listing broker in the United Kingdom.

Energy XXI Cautionary Statement

All statements included in this release relating to future plans, projects, events or conditions and all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate to, among other things, the offering of the common stock and convertible preferred stock and the expected use of proceeds from both proposed offerings. These statements are based upon current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including changes in long-term oil and gas prices or other market conditions affecting the oil and gas industry, reservoir performance, the outcome of commercial negotiations and changes in technical or operating conditions, among others, that could cause actual results, including project plans and related expenditures and resource recoveries, to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Energy XXI assumes no obligation and expressly disclaims any duty to update the information contained herein except as required by law.

About Rodman & Renshaw

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RODM) is a holding company with a number of direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Rodman & Renshaw, LLC.

Rodman & Renshaw is a full-service investment bank dedicated to providing corporate finance, strategic advisory and related services to public and private companies across multiple sectors and regions. Rodman also provides research and sales and trading services to institutional investors. Rodman is the leader in the PIPE (private investment in public equity) and RD (registered direct offering) transaction markets. According to Sagient Research Systems, Rodman has been ranked the #1 Placement Agent in terms of the aggregate number of PIPE and RD financing transactions completed every year since 2005.

For more information visit Rodman & Renshaw on the Internet at [ www.rodm.com ]

Rodman & Renshaw Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events. In some cases, you can identify these statements by words such as amay,a amight,a awill,a ashould,a aexcept,a aplan,a aintend,a aanticipate,a abelieve,a aestimate,a apredict,a apotential,a or acontinue,a the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are based on numerous assumptions involving judgments with respect to future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond the Companya™s control. There are or may be important factors that could cause our actual results to materially differ from our historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

These factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the section entitled aRisk Factorsa in our Annual Report on Form 10 K, filed March 16, 2010, which is available at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at [ www.sec.gov ]. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon management's reasonable belief as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

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