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Bill
Barrett Corporation Announces Exercise of Registration Rights
By Existing Stockholders
DENVER,
COLORADO - (PR Newswire) - August 3, 2005 - Bill Barrett Corporation
announced today that certain of its institutional stockholders
have exercised their registration rights to cause the Company
to file a registration statement for the sale of up to five million
shares of its common stock, representing a portion of their holdings,
in an underwritten offering, subject to market conditions. The
Company anticipates filing a registration statement with the SEC
during the next week. The registration will only cover shares
to be sold by selling stockholders, including any additional shares
that may be sold pursuant to an over-allotment option to the underwriters,
and no shares will be offered or sold by the Company.
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 registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking Statements
and Cautionary Statements
This
press release and certain statements in the presentation are forward-looking
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
These forward looking statements reflect Bill Barrett CorporationÁs
current views with respect to future events, based on what we
believe are reasonable assumptions. No assurance can be given,
however, that these events will occur. These statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially including, among other things, exploration results,
market conditions, oil and gas price volatility, uncertainties
inherent in oil and gas production operations and estimating reserves,
unexpected future capital expenditures, competition, the success
of Bill Barrett Corporation risk management activities, governmental
regulations and other factors discussed in the CompanyÁs Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission www.sec.gov.
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