Stornoway Diamond Corporation ("Stornoway") announces today that it has closed the $25 million bought deal financing previously announced on March 20, 2007. Stornoway sold 6,670,000 flow-through common shares at a price of $1.50 per share for gross proceeds of $10,005,000 and 12,500,000 Units at a price of $1.20 per Unit for gross proceeds of $15,000,000. Each Unit consists of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant, each whole such common share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price of $1.50 per share on or before April 11, 2009. The common share purchase warrants have been listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "SWY.WT".
The offering was completed by a syndicate of underwriters co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corporation and including Raymond James Ltd., GMP Securities L.P., Haywood Securities Inc., Westwind Partners Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and Orion Securities Inc. The underwriters received a cash fee equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the offering and common share purchase warrants entitling the underwriters to purchase common shares equal in number to 6% of the number of Units sold in the offering at a price of $1.20 per share on or before April 11, 2008.
The underwriters have also been granted an over-allotment option, exercisable in whole or in part in the sole discretion of the underwriters at any time prior to the 30th day following the closing of the offering, to purchase up to an additional 1,875,000 Units at a price of $1.20 per Unit on the same terms as described above.
The securities have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. 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 the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
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Stornoway Diamond Corporation
Stornoway Diamond Corporation is one of Canada's leading diamond exploration and development companies. The Company and its affiliates have been responsible for discovering over 150 kimberlites and six new Canadian diamond districts. Stornoway's management and technical team has a proven track record in wealth creation for shareholders and direct operating experience in each segment of the diamond "pipeline" from exploration to marketing.
On behalf of the Board
STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORPORATION
/s/ "Eira Thomas"
Eira Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Nick Thomas,
Manager, Investor Relations
Tel: (604) 331-2259 or (888) 338-2200
Email : info@stornowaydiamonds.com
Website : www.stornowaydiamonds.com