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Published on 3/29/2012 in the Prospect News PIPE Daily.

Birchcliff Energy arranges C$38.25 million private placement of stock

Company also to sell shares in a C$71.89 million brokered public sale

By Devika Patel

Knoxville, Tenn., March 29 - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. said it will conduct a C$38.25 million private placement of stock with Seymour Schulich.

The company will sell 5 million common shares at C$7.65 per share to Schulich. The price per share represents a 13.27% discount to the March 28 closing share price of C$8.82.

Settlement is expected April 19.

Birchcliff also announced it plans a C$71.89 million public offering of stock, which will be conducted on a bought-deal basis through a syndicate of agents led by GMP Securities LP, Cormark Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. and including CIBC World Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. In the public sale, the company will sell common shares at C$7.65 per share and flow-through common shares at C$9.20 apiece.

Proceeds from both sales will be used for exploration and to pay down debt.

Based in Calgary, Alta., Birchcliff is an oil and natural gas exploration company.

Issuer:Birchcliff Energy Ltd.
Issue:Common stock
Amount:C$38.25 million
Shares:5 million
Price:C$7.65
Warrants:No
Investor:Seymour Schulich
Pricing date:March 29
Settlement date:April 19
Stock symbol:Toronto: BIR
Stock price:C$8.82 at close March 28
Market capitalization:C$917.64 million

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