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| Borrowings | Borrowings The Company’s borrowings consisted of the following:
(1) On October 19, 2022, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement, as defined below, which extended the maturity date from 2024 to 2027. See below for additional details.
(2) Excludes unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility of $13.5 million and $18.1 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, which are classified in “Deferred financing costs” in the consolidated balance sheets.
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had a senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders (the “Prior Credit Facility”) that had a maximum credit amount of $5.0 billion, a borrowing base and elected commitment amount of $1.6 billion, with borrowings outstanding of $636.0 million at a weighted-average interest rate of 5.30%, and letters of credit outstanding of $16.4 million. The credit agreement governing the Prior Credit Facility provided for interest-only payments until December 20, 2024 when the credit agreement was to mature and any outstanding borrowings would have been due.
Borrowings outstanding under the credit agreement governing the Prior Credit Facility bear interest at the Company’s option at either (i) a base rate for a base rate loan plus a margin between 1.00% to 2.00%, where the base rate is defined as the greatest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and the adjusted LIBO rate plus 1.00%, or (ii) an adjusted LIBO rate for a Eurodollar loan plus a margin between 2.00% to 3.00%. The Company also incurs commitment fees at rates ranging between 0.375% to 0.500% on the unused portion of lender commitments, which are included in “Interest expense, net of capitalized amounts” in the consolidated statements of operations.
On October 19, 2022, the Company entered into the Amended & Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement” and the senior secured revolving credit facility thereunder, the “Credit Facility”) on substantially similar terms as those in the credit agreement governing the Prior Credit Facility. The Credit Agreement, among other things, extended the term to provide for interest-only payments until October 19, 2027 when the Credit Agreement matures and any outstanding borrowings are due, established a borrowing base of $2.0 billion, with an elected commitment amount of $1.5 billion, replaced all provisions and related definitions regarding LIBOR with a Secured Overnight Financing Rate based benchmark rate (“SOFR”), and decreased the maximum leverage ratio from 4.00 to 1.00 to 3.50 to 1.00.
Borrowings outstanding under the credit agreement governing the Credit Facility bear interest at the Company’s option at either (i) a base rate for a base rate loan plus a margin between 0.75% to 1.75%, where the base rate is defined as the greatest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and the SOFR plus 0.1% (“Adjusted SOFR”) for a one month period plus 1.00%, or (ii) an Adjusted SOFR plus a margin between 1.75% to 2.75%. There were no changes to the commitment fee rates on the unused portion of lender commitments in the Credit Agreement.
The borrowing base under the credit agreement is subject to regular redeterminations in the spring and fall of each year, as well as special redeterminations described in the credit agreement, which in each case may reduce the amount of the borrowing base. The Credit Facility is, and the Prior Credit Facility was, secured by first preferred mortgages covering the Company’s major producing properties.
Issuance of 7.50% Senior Notes and Redemption of 6.125% Senior Notes and 9.00% Second Lien Notes
On June 24, 2022, the Company issued and sold $600.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.50% senior unsecured notes due 2030 (the “7.50% Senior Notes”) in a private placement for proceeds of approximately $588.0 million, net of initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions. Also on June 24, 2022, the Company used the proceeds from the offering of the 7.50% Senior Notes, along with borrowings under its credit facility, to redeem all of its outstanding 6.125% Senior Notes and 9.00% Second Lien Notes (the “Second Lien Notes”). The Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately $42.4 million in its consolidated statements of operations as a result of the redemptions.
Covenants
The Company’s Credit Facility and the indentures governing the 8.25% Senior Notes, the 6.375% Senior Notes, the 8.00% Senior Notes, and the 7.50% Senior Notes (collectively, the “Senior Unsecured Notes”) limit the Company and certain of its subsidiaries with respect to the amount of additional indebtedness, liens, dividends and other payments to shareholders, repurchases or redemptions of the Company’s common stock, redemptions of senior notes, investments, acquisitions, mergers, asset dispositions, transactions with affiliates, hedging transactions and other matters, along with maintenance of certain financial ratios.
Under the credit agreement governing the Credit Facility, the Company must maintain the following financial covenants determined as of the last day of the quarter: (1) a Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Credit Facility) of no more than 3.50 to 1.00 and (2) a Current Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Credit Facility) of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at September 30, 2022.
The credit agreement and indentures are subject to customary events of default. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the holders or lenders may elect to accelerate amounts due (except in the case of a bankruptcy event of default, in which case such amounts will automatically become due and payable).
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