Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (TSX: BXE.TO, NYSE MKT: BXE) closed an offer of about 18.2 million common shares, priced at $9.50 each, for aggregate gross proceeds of CA$172.6 million, the company said June 5, the day the offer closed.

The proceeds will reduce outstanding credit facility debt, Bellatrix said. The borrowing capacity of the facility might then be redrawn to support the capex and general corporate purposes, the company added.

Canaccord Genuity Group and Dundee Securities Ltd. co-led the syndicate of underwriters, the company said. It included AltaCorp Capital Inc., Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., National Bank Financial Inc., Northland Capital Markets, TD Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., GMP Securities LP, Paradigm Capital Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc., the company said.

Calgary, Alberta-based Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. operates in western Canada’s Sedimentary Basin.