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DENVER, Sept. 11, 2023 /CNW/ - Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) ( TSX: OVV) (the "Company") today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock by NMB Stock Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Selling Stockholder"), for gross proceeds of approximately US$684.8 million (the "Offering"). The Company will not sell any shares of its common stock in the Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares in the Offering. The Offering is expected to close on September 13, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.

J.P. Morgan is acting as underwriter for this Offering. The shares will be sold in a registered offering pursuant to an effective automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement. A copy of the prospectus relating to the securities can be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, via Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Telephone: (866) 803-9204, email: prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com. The documents may also be accessed by visiting the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

In addition, the Company has agreed to purchase from the underwriter, out of the 15,000,000 shares that are the subject of the Offering, 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock at a price per share equal to the price at which the underwriter will purchase the shares from the Selling Stockholder in the offering. The Offering is not conditioned upon the closing of the repurchase, but the repurchase is conditioned upon the closing of the Offering.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor will there be any sale of any 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.

ADVISORY REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS - This news release contains forward-looking statements or information (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, except for statements of historical fact, that relate to the anticipated future activities, plans, strategies, objectives or expectations of the Company are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned against unduly relying on forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations and, by their nature, involve numerous assumptions that are subject to both known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are beyond our control) that may cause such statements not to occur, or actual results to differ materially and/or adversely from those expressed or implied. Risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's financial or operating performance include those described in "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q; and other risks and uncertainties impacting the Company's business as described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC or Canadian securities regulators. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions, risks and uncertainties referenced above are not exhaustive. Although the Company believes the expectations represented by its forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available to it as of the date such statements are made, forward-looking statements are only predictions and statements of our current beliefs and there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Unless otherwise stated herein, all statements, including forward looking statements, contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly, revise or keep current any such statements The forward-looking statements contained in this news release and all subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, whether written or oral, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

Further information on Ovintiv Inc. is available by contacting: 

Investor contact: (888) 525-0304
investor.relations@ovintiv.com

Media contact: (403) 645-2252

SOURCE Ovintiv Inc.