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Primero Mining Drops 6%; Details Secondary Offering by Goldcorp Inc.

By Midnight Trader September 19, 2012, 11:54:21 AM EDT

Primero Mining Corp. ( PPP ) is down 6.2% at $5.17, but trading at the high end of the stock's 52-week range, after it today announced that it has entered into an engagement letter together with its shareholder Goldcorp Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters, which have agreed to purchase 8,422,460 common shares of PPP currently held by Goldcorp on a bought deal basis at an offering price of C$5.25 per share.

Goldcorp currently owns 39,573,660 common shares of PPP, representing in the aggregate 40.9% of the issued and outstanding common shares of PPP. After giving effect to this offering, Goldcorp will own 31,151,200 common shares of PPP, representing approximately 32.2% of the outstanding common shares of PPP. PPP will not receive any proceeds from this offering. All of the expenses of the offering will be paid by Goldcorp.

PPP trades in a 52-week range of $2.22 - $5.82. Shares have increased 63% in the last 12 months.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


This article appears in: Investing, Commodities

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