** Northern Oil and Gas NOG.N shares down 1.1% premarket to $28.28 after follow-on priced
** Minnetonka, Minnesota-based NOG late Weds said it sold ~7.2 mln shares in previously announced offering
** After the bell Weds, co focused on acquiring and investing in non-operated minority working and mineral interests in oil and natural gas properties commenced $200 mln offering
** Offering priced at $27.75, a 2.9% discount to stock's last sale
** Co, which has ~97.3 mln shares outstanding, to use net offering proceeds for general corporate purposes, including paying down its revolver
** BofA sole bookrunner
** NOG stock up 33% YTD at Weds close
** Avg rating of 10 analysts is "buy"; median PT $32, per latest LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))
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