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Callon Petroleum Amends Credit Facilities With JP Morgan Chase, Others

Date: Mar 12, 2014 @ 07:42 AM
Filed Under: Energy

Callon Petroleum Company announced the closing of an amended $500 million revolving credit facility (the "Amended Credit Facility") and a new $125 million senior secured second lien term loan facility (the "Second Lien Facility"). Each facility will have a maturity date in 2019. Callon intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from an initial draw of the Second Lien Facility to redeem the remaining $48.5 million principal amount of its outstanding 13% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "Senior Notes").

"We are pleased to have secured these facilities which will reduce our cost of capital and significantly enhance our financial flexibility, supporting our long term capital program and allowing us to take advantage of other future growth opportunities," said Fred Callon, Chairman and CEO. "These facilities represent a strong show of support from our new and existing lenders and we appreciate their continued confidence in Callon."

On March 11, 2014, the company entered into an Amended Credit Facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("J.P. Morgan") as administrative agent. The Amended Credit Facility has commitments from ten lending institutions, including five new participants in the Company's bank group, and contains the following key provisions:

  • $500 million facility, with an initial borrowing base of $95 million based on the Company's December 31, 2013 reserve report
  • First scheduled borrowing base redetermination to be based on a reserve report as of May 30, 2014, with subsequent redeterminations occurring every six months beginning on September 1, 2014
  • Interest expense calculated based on a pricing grid providing for Eurodollar advances ranging from LIBOR plus 1.75% to 2.75%, depending on utilization
  • Maturity date of March 11, 2019

In conjunction with the Amended Credit Facility, the company entered into the Second Lien Facility with J.P. Morgan as administrative agent. The Second Lien Facility is structured as a multiple-advance, term loan facility with commitments from five institutions. The initial draw of the Second Lien Facility will be used in part to redeem the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes. Key provisions of the Second Lien Facility include:

  • $125 million facility, with initial commitments of $100 million
  • Flexibility to make periodic draws for one year in addition to the initial draw of $62.5 million
  • Prepayable at any time, with a premium of 102% in the first year, 101% in the second year and no premium thereafter
  • Interest expense on Eurodollar advances calculated at a rate of LIBOR plus 7.75% per annum
  • Maturity date of September 11, 2019

 

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