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| Borrowings | Borrowings The Company’s borrowings consisted of the following:
(1) Excludes unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility of $24.9 million and $22.2 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, which are classified in “Deferred financing costs” in the consolidated balance sheets.
Senior secured revolving credit facility
The Company has a senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders that, as of September 30, 2020, had a borrowing base of $1.6 billion, with an elected commitment amount of $1.6 billion, borrowings outstanding of $1.03 billion at a weighted-average interest rate of 2.93%, and letters of credit outstanding of $24.2 million. The credit agreement governing the revolving credit facility provides for interest-only payments until December 20, 2024 (subject to springing maturity dates of (i) January 14, 2023 if the 6.25% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “6.25% Senior Notes”) are outstanding at such time, (ii) July 2, 2024 if the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “6.125% Senior Notes”) are outstanding at such time, and (iii) if the Second Lien Notes, defined below, are outstanding at such time, the date which is 182 days prior to the maturity of any of the 6.25% Senior Notes or the 6.125% Senior Notes, in each case, to the extent a principal amount of more than $100.0 million with respect to each such issuance is outstanding as of such date), when the credit agreement matures and any outstanding borrowings are due. 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 revolving credit facility is secured by first preferred mortgages covering the Company’s major producing properties. The capitalized terms which are not defined in this description of the revolving credit facility shall have the meaning given to such terms in the credit agreement.
On May 7, 2020, the Company entered into the first amendment to its credit agreement governing the revolving credit facility. The amendment, among other things, (a) established a new borrowing base as a result of the spring 2020 scheduled redetermination in the amount of $1.7 billion and reduced the elected commitments to $1.7 billion, which were subsequently revised as described below; (b) permits the incurrence of, among other things, new second lien notes in 2020 exchanged for unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $400.0 million (the “Exchange Notes”) without triggering a reduction in the borrowing base so long as any such Exchange Notes are subject to an intercreditor agreement providing that the liens securing the Exchange Notes rank junior to the liens securing the credit agreement; (c) provides that testing of the Leverage Ratio, which is the ratio of consolidated total debt to Adjusted EBITDAX on a quarterly basis is suspended until March 31, 2022, as of which testing date and the last day of each fiscal quarter ending thereafter, such ratio may not exceed 4.00 to 1.00; (d) provides a new financial covenant testing the Secured Leverage Ratio, which is the ratio of the consolidated total secured debt to Adjusted EBITDAX and provides that such ratio on a quarterly basis as of the last day of each quarter beginning with March 31, 2020 up to and including the quarter ending December 31, 2021 may not exceed 3.00 to 1.00; (e) provided that the testing of the Current Ratio, which is the ratio of current assets to current liabilities was suspended until September 30, 2020, as of which testing date and the last day of each fiscal quarter ending thereafter, such ratio may not be less than 1.00 to 1.00; (f) increases the applicable margins for borrowings under the credit agreement for both LIBOR loans and base rate loans by 75 basis points across all commitment utilization ranges; (g) introduces customary anti-cash hoarding protections tested weekly, which restrict the Company’s ability to maintain unrestricted cash on its balance sheet in amounts in the excess of the lesser of (i) $125.0 million or (ii) 7.5% of the then current borrowing base; (h) requires the Company to enter into and maintain minimum hedges for the 12 month period starting January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, for which the net notional volumes on a barrel of oil equivalent basis are not less than 40% of the reasonably anticipated production from the Company’s oil and gas properties which are classified as proved developed producing reserves as of April 1, 2020; (i) requires mortgage and title coverage on at least 90% of
the total value of proved oil and gas properties evaluated in the most recently delivered reserve report; and (j) restricts the Company’s ability to make certain investments and cash distributions by lowering the maximum leverage ratio required to make such distributions to 2.50 to 1.00.
On September 30, 2020, the Company entered into the second amendment to its credit agreement governing the revolving credit facility. The amendment, among other things, reaffirmed the $1.7 billion borrowing base as a result of the fall 2020 scheduled redetermination.
Also on September 30, 2020, the Company entered into the third amendment to its credit agreement governing the revolving credit facility. The amendment, among other things, (a) established a new borrowing base of $1.6 billion and reduced the elected commitments to $1.6 billion in connection with the issuance of the Second Lien Notes and Warrants, described below, and ORRI Transaction; (b) permitted the issuance of the $300.0 million of Second Lien Notes as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement described below without triggering a reduction in the borrowing base; (c) extends through the end of 2021 the time period during which Exchange Notes may be issued without triggering a reduction in the borrowing base; and (d) if the Second Lien Notes are outstanding at such time, caused the maturity of the revolving credit facility to spring forward to a date which is 182 days prior to the maturity of any of the 6.25% Senior Notes or the 6.125% Senior Notes, in each case, to the extent a principal amount of more than $100.0 million with respect to each such issuance is outstanding as of such date.
Borrowings outstanding under the credit agreement 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” in the consolidated statements of operations.
Second Lien Notes and Warrants
On September 30, 2020, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) where it issued (i) $300.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 9.00% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Second Lien Notes”) and (ii) warrants for 7.3 million of the Company’s common stock, with a term of five years and an exercise price of $5.60 per share, exercisable only on a net share settlement basis (the “Warrants”), for aggregate consideration of $294.0 million. The Company used the proceeds, net of issuance costs, of approximately $288.6 million to repay borrowings outstanding under its senior secured revolving credit facility. The Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with the purchaser of the Second Lien Notes.
Net proceeds were allocated to the Warrants based on their fair value on the date of issuance with the remaining net proceeds allocated to the Second Lien Notes. The fair value of the Warrants was calculated by a third-party valuation specialist using a Black Scholes-Merton option pricing model, incorporating the following assumptions at the issuance date:
See “Note 8 - Fair Value Measurements” for further discussion.
Second Lien Notes. The Second Lien Notes will mature on the earlier of (i) April 1, 2025 and (ii) 91 days prior to the maturity date of any outstanding unsecured notes in a principal amount at or greater than $100.0 million and have interest payable semi-annually each April 1 and October 1, commencing on April 1, 2021.
The Company may redeem the Second Lien Notes in accordance with the following terms: (1) prior to October 1, 2022, a redemption of up to 35% of the principal in an amount not greater than the net proceeds from certain equity offerings, and within 180 days of the closing date of such equity offerings, at a redemption price of 109.00% of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption, if at least 65% of the principal will remain outstanding after such redemption; (2) prior to October 1, 2022, a redemption of all or part of the principal at a price of 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus an applicable make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption; and (3) a redemption, in whole or in part, at a redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of the redemption, of (i) 105.00% of principal if the redemption occurs on or after October 1, 2022, but before October 1, 2023, and (ii) 102.50% of principal if the redemption occurs on or after October 1, 2023, but before October 1, 2024, and (iii) 100% of principal if the redemption occurs on or after October 1, 2024.
Upon the occurrence of certain change of control events, each holder of the Second Lien Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of the Second Lien Notes at a price of 101% of the principal amount repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.
Restrictive covenants
The Company’s credit agreement contains certain covenants including restrictions on additional indebtedness, payment of cash dividends and maintenance of certain financial ratios.
Under the credit agreement, the Company must maintain the following financial covenants determined as of the last day of the quarter, each as described above: (1) a Secured Leverage Ratio of no more than 3.00 to 1.00 and (2) a Current Ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at September 30, 2020.
The credit agreement also places restrictions on the Company and certain of its subsidiaries with respect to 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.
The credit agreement is subject to customary events of default. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the lenders may elect to accelerate amounts due under the credit agreement (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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