Fortis Securities News

Euroseas Ltd., announced that its public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock was priced at $13.50 per share. Euroseas has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to acquire additional vessels in the sectors in which it currently operates and for general corporate purposes. Oppenheimer & Co. acted as the lead manager in the offering and Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Fortis Securities LLC acted as co-managers.

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. announced that it has priced its initial public offering of 7,000,000 of its common units at $21.00 per unit. The 7,000,000 common units represent a 35.0% limited partner interest in the master limited partnership and the offering will increase to 8,050,000 common units if the underwriters exercise in full their over-allotment option. Teekay Shipping Corporation owns the remaining interests in the partnership, including common units, subordinated units, incentive distribution rights and its 2% general partner interest. Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking and Merrill Lynch & Co. acted as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters, which include Morgan Stanley, A.G.