RICHMOND, Va., May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion
Resources, Inc. (NYSE: D), today announced the sale of an aggregate
of 2,800,000 shares of its common stock through a registered
underwritten public offering to UBS Securities LLC, as the sole
underwriter for this offering. The net proceeds from the offering
will be used for general corporate purposes, to finance capital
expenditures and to repay short term debt including commercial
paper. The offering is expected to close on May 27, 2015, subject to customary closing
conditions.
The last reported sale price of the company's common stock on
May 20, 2015 was $71.89 per share. UBS Securities LLC proposes to
offer for sale the shares of common stock from time to time in one
or more transactions on the New York Stock Exchange, in the
over-the-counter market, through negotiated transactions or
otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices,
subject to receipt and acceptance by it and subject to its right to
reject any order in whole or in part.
A shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) relating
to the offering has previously been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") and has become effective. Before
investing, interested parties should read the prospectus and other
documents filed by the company with the SEC for information about
the company and this offering. You may get these documents for free
by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively,
a copy of the prospectus may be obtained from the underwriter at:
UBS Securities LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue,
28th Floor, New York, NY 10171,
Phone: (888) 827-7275.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of, or
any solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities in any state
or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and
transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 24,600
megawatts of generation, 12,200 miles of natural gas transmission,
gathering and storage pipeline, and 6,455 miles of electric
transmission lines. Dominion operates one of the nation's largest
natural gas storage systems with 928 billion cubic feet of storage
capacity and serves utility and retail energy customers in 13
states.
This release contains certain forward-looking statements,
which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from management's
projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations may include
factors that are beyond the company's ability to control or
estimate precisely, including fluctuations in energy-related
commodity prices, estimates of future market conditions, additional
competition in our industries, changes in the demand for Dominion's
services, access to and costs of capital, fluctuations in the value
of our pension assets and assets held in our decommissioning
trusts, impacts of acquisitions, divestitures, transfers of assets
to joint ventures or Dominion Midstream and retirements of assets
based on asset portfolio reviews, the receipt of regulatory
approvals for, and timing of, planned projects, acquisitions and
divestitures, the timing and execution of Dominion Midstream's
growth strategy, and the ability to complete planned construction
or expansion projects at all or within the terms and
timeframes initially anticipated. Other factors include, but are
not limited to, weather conditions and other events, including the
effects of hurricanes, earthquakes, high winds, major storms and
changes in water temperatures on operations, the risk associated
with the operation of nuclear facilities, unplanned outages at
facilities in which Dominion has an ownership interest, the impact
of operational hazards and catastrophic events, state and federal
legislative and regulatory developments, including changes in
federal and state tax laws and changes to environmental and other
laws and regulations, including those related to climate change,
greenhouse gases and other emissions to which we are subject,
changes in enforcement practices of regulators relating to
environmental standards and litigation exposure for remedial
activities, political and economic conditions, industrial,
commercial and residential growth or decline in Dominion's service
area, risks of operating businesses in regulated industries that
are subject to changing regulatory structures, changes to regulated
gas and electric rates collected by Dominion, changes to rating
agency requirements and ratings, changing financial accounting
standards, fluctuations in interest rates, employee workforce
factors, including collective bargaining, counter-party credit and
performance risks, adverse outcomes in litigation matters or
regulatory proceedings, the risk of hostile cyber intrusions and
other uncertainties. Other risk factors are detailed from time to
time in Dominion's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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SOURCE Dominion Resources, Inc.