Sale of certain oil and gas properties and leasehold mineral interests to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation

Energy
Sale of certain oil and gas properties and leasehold mineral interests to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation

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Baird served as the exclusive financial advisor to PostRock

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PostRock Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: PSTR) (“PostRock” or the “Company”) recently announced that it has completed the sale of certain oil and gas properties and leasehold mineral interests located in Wetzel and Lewis Counties, West Virginia to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (NYSE Amex: MHR) (“MHR”). Consideration for the sale was comprised of 50% cash and 50% MHR common stock. PostRock will use the sale proceeds to repay debt secured by the subject assets.

PostRock is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and transportation of oil and natural gas primarily in the Cherokee Basin of Kansas and Oklahoma. The Company owns and operates over 2,800 wells and nearly 2,200 miles of gas gathering lines in the Basin. In addition, it owns 1,100 miles of interstate gas pipelines in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation and subsidiaries are a Houston, Texas based independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition of exploratory leases and producing properties, secondary enhanced oil recovery projects, exploratory drilling, and production of oil and natural gas in the United States.

For additional information about this transaction, please contact:

Curtis Goot 314-445-6540
Frank Murphy 314-445-6532
Kjell Lundal 314-445-6533
Energy
Sale of certain oil and gas properties and leasehold mineral interests to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation
Date
January 2011
Company
PostRock Energy Corporation
Transaction
M&A
Sectors
Energy
Target Geography
North America
Acquiror Geography
North America

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