EXHIBIT 99
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | |
| May 28, 2008 | NYSE-ARD |
Arena Resources, Inc.
Announces Public Offering of 2,175,000 Shares of Common Stock
Tulsa, OK May 28, 2008 —Arena Resources, Inc. (NYSE-ARD) (“Company”)(“Arena”) today announced that it has commenced a public offering of 2,175,000 shares of common stock. On May 28, 2008, the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange was $51.92 per share. The common shares are being offered pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement. Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC is acting as the bookrunning manager for the offering, and Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities Inc. and Capital One Southcoast, Inc. are acting as co-managers for the offering. The Company expects to close the sale of the common shares on June 3, 2008, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% to cover over-allotments.
The net proceeds of the offering are expected to be used to repay existing debt and for capital expenditures, which will include drilling and development of our properties and possible acquisitions of additional properties.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement. A prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. When available, copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement relating to the offering shares of common stock may be obtained from Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC, 142 West 57th Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10019, (212) 920-2940.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
About Arena Resources, Inc.
Arena Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with current operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe-harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve a wide variety of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitations, statements with respect to the Company’s strategy and prospects. Readers and investors are cautioned that the Company’s actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the Company’s ability to acquire productive oil and/or gas properties or to successfully drill and complete oil and/or gas wells on such properties, general economic conditions both domestically and abroad, and the conduct of business by the Company, and other factors that are more fully described in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering under the headings “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors”, and in additional documents the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For further information contact:
Bill Parsons, VP and Manager Investor Relations
(480) 947-1589
