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CALGARY, Feb. 15 /CNW/ --
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CALGARY, Feb. 15 /CNW/ - Bolivar Energy Corp. ("Bolivar" or the "Company")(TSXV: BVR) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously
announced bought deal private placement offering (the "Financing") of units ("Units") of the Company. Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital
of the Company (the "Common Shares") and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant of the Company
(each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant is exercisable for one Common Share at a price of $0.25
per share for a period of 24 months from the date hereof. The syndicate
of underwriters was co-led by Raymond James Ltd. and Haywood Securities
Inc. and included Paradigm Capital Inc. (collectively, the "Underwriters").
A total of 124,809,500 Units were issued at a price of $0.17 per Unit for aggregate gross
proceeds to the Corporation of $21,217,615, which includes the exercise
by the Underwriters of an over-allotment option to purchase an
additional 16,279,000 Units. Pursuant to the terms of an underwriting
agreement dated effective January 24, 2011 between the Company and the
Underwriters, the Underwriters received a cash commission equal to 6%
of the gross proceeds raised pursuant to the Financing. The Common
Shares and Warrants underlying the Units are subject to a statutory
four month holding period which expires on June 16, 2011.
The net proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund the exploration
and development of the Company's petroleum assets in Colombia and for
general business development, acquisitions, and working capital
purposes.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation
of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The
securities have not been and will not be registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within
the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons
(as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) absent such
registration or an applicable exemption from such registration
requirements.
About Bolivar Energy Corp.
Bolivar Energy Corp. is an early stage exploration company active in the Llanos Basin in Colombia, and trading on the TSX Venture Exchange
under the symbol "BVR".
Forward-Looking Statement
This news release includes forward-looking statements. More
particularly, this news release contains statements concerning the use
of proceeds of the Financing. The forward-looking statements contained
in this document, including assumptions, opinions and views of the
Company or cited from third party sources are solely opinions and
forecasts which are uncertain and subject to risks. A multitude of
factors can cause actual events to differ significantly from any
anticipated developments and although the Company believes that the
expectations represented by such a forward-looking statements are
reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking
statements because there can be no assurance that such expectations
will be realized. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor
any of its officers or employees guarantees that the assumptions
underlying such forward-looking statements are free from errors nor
does any of the foregoing accept any responsibility for the future
accuracy of the opinions expressed in this document or the actual
occurrence of the forecasted developments.
The forward-looking statements contained in this document are made as of
the date hereof and the Company undertakes no obligation to update
publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
unless so required by applicable securities laws.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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table valign="top" border="0"tr valign="top"td align="left"Bolivar Energy Corp.br/ John Morelandbr/ President and Chief Executive Officerbr/ Telephone: (403) 802 0770 a href="mailto:john.moreland@bolivarenergycorp.com"john.moreland@bolivarenergycorp.com/a/td td align="left"Bolivar Energy Corp.br/ Peter Argirisbr/ Chief Financial Officerbr/ Telephone: (403) 802 0770 a href="mailto:peter.argiris@bolivarenergycorp.com"peter.argiris@bolivarenergycorp.com/a/td/tr/table