Exhibit 99.1
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 | | | | NEWS RELEASE | | |
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| | | Contacts: | | Alan Krenek, Chief Financial Officer |
| | | | | Basic Energy Services, Inc. |
| | | | | 432-620-5516 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | | | | |
| | | | | Jack Lascar/Sheila Stuewe |
| | | | | DRG&E / 713-529-6600 |
Basic Energy Services Announces Commencement of Private Placement of $200 Million of Senior Notes
MIDLAND, Texas, March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) announced today that it has commenced a private placement offering, exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, of $200 million of Senior Notes due 2016. Basic intends to use the net proceeds of the proposed offering to retire the outstanding balance of approximately $90 million of Term B Loans under its secured credit facility and to repay current borrowings under its revolving credit facility (including $96.0 million as of March 27, 2006 including amounts borrowed during 2006 in connection with acquisitions), with the remainder to be used for general corporate purposes.
The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events based on assumptions and estimations that management believes are reasonable given currently available information. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate to, among other things, the closing of the offering and the use of proceeds therefrom. Information on risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements is available in Basic’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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