Ithaca Energy Inc. announced that it has priced its offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 8.125% senior unsecured notes due 2019 at par.

Interest will be payable semi-annually. The offering is expected to complete on or about 3 July 2014, subject to customary conditions precedent for similar transactions. The Notes, the net proceeds of which will be used to partially repay (without cancelling) the Company’s senior secured reserves based lending (“RBL”) facility, will be senior obligations of the Company and will rank pari passu with all present and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company. 

Following the Notes offering, the Company intends to draw amounts under the RBL facility to finance the recently announced acquisition of Summit Petroleum Limited, which is expected to close, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, during the third quarter of 2014. The guarantees of the Notes by certain subsidiaries of the Company will be subordinated to the obligations of the guarantors under the Company's RBL facility and corporate facility.

The Notes and the guarantees thereof have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the Notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers and to persons outside the United States in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act, respectively. Unless so registered, the Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.