HOUSTON, June 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Memorial Resource Development Corp. (Nasdaq: MRD ) announced today that it has launched its initial public offering of 36,000,000 shares of common stock at an anticipated initial offering price between $16.00 and $18.00 per share pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed previously with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Company is offering 24,500,000 shares of its common stock, and the selling stockholder named in the registration statement is offering 11,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The selling stockholder also expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 5,400,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The shares are expected to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "MRD."
Citigroup and Barclays are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. BofA Merrill Lynch, BMO Capital Markets, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Raymond James, RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities are also acting as book-running managers for the offering. The offering of these securities will be made only by means of a written prospectus. A copy of the preliminary prospectus for the offering may be obtained, when available, from:
Citigroup
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
(800) 831-9146
batprospectusdept@citi.com
Barclays
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
(888) 603-5847
barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com
About Memorial Resource Development Corp.
Memorial Resource Development Corp. is an independent natural gas and oil company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of natural gas and oil properties primarily in North Louisiana and East Texas.
Important Information
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet been declared effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. The registration statement may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov under the registrant's name, "Memorial Resource Development Corp." 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 or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Memorial Resource Development Corp.'s control. All statements, other than historical facts included in this release, are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. Although the Company believes that the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there is no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements.
We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, incident to the exploration for and development, production, gathering and sale of oil and natural gas. These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in estimating natural gas and oil reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital and the timing of development expenditures.
Memorial Resource Development Corp. Hays Mabry - Manager, Investor Relations (713) 588-8339
