On December 11, 2023, SilverBow Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with SVMF 71 LLC, as the selling stockholder (the “Selling Stockholder”), and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Selling Stockholder 2,200,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholder also granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional aggregate 330,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (together with the Firm Shares, the “Shares”), which option was exercised in full on December 13, 2023. The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholder.
The closing of the sale of the Shares occurred on December 14, 2023. The Offering has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-271821) of the Company (the “Registration Statement”), which became effective on May 24, 2023, and the prospectus supplement dated December 11, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including indemnification and contribution obligations of the Company, the Underwriters and the Selling Stockholder, including for liabilities under the Securities Act. Certain of the Underwriters and their related entities have engaged, and may in the future engage, in commercial and investment banking transactions with the Company in the ordinary course of their business. They have received, and expect to receive, customary compensation and expense reimbursement for these commercial and investment banking transactions. The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement are qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
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