11/21/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/21/2024 05:02
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On November 20, 2024, W&T Offshore, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company") filed a prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-282595), registering shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, issuable pursuant to the At-The-Market Equity Distribution Agreement, dated March 18, 2022, by and among the Company, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Roth Capital Partners, LLC. Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special counsel to the Company, has issued a legal opinion relating to the shares of the Company's common stock issuable under the At-The-Market Equity Distribution Agreement.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, which is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 8.01 by reference.