** Shares of PHX Minerals PHX.N , formerly Panhandle Oil
and Gas Inc, down ~18% premarket at $2.17 as co looks to raise
equity
** Co late Thurs announced 5 mln share offering for pending
acquisition and general corp purposes urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn6V66ca
** PHX has ~13.84 mln shares of free float, per Refinitiv
data
** Alongside planned equity raise, co said agreed to acquire
from third parties certain mineral and royalty interests
totaling approx 2,698 net royalty acres in Southern SCOOP play
for ~$12 mln in cash and stock urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn3jY8Nsa
** Stifel sole bookrunner for offering
** Shares have gained ~15% YTD
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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