Current Report Filing (8-k)
March 21 2017 - 5:26PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 16, 2017
RICE ENERGY INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-36273
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46-3785773
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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2200 Rice Drive
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(724)
271-7200
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On March 16, 2017, Rice Energy Operating LLC, as borrower (REO), and Rice Energy Inc., as parent guarantor (the
Company), entered into the Second Amendment (the Second Amendment) to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among the Company, REO, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders and other
parties thereto (the Credit Agreement). The Second Amendment, among other things, (i) revises the tenor and aggregate notional volume limitations for the Companys hedging arrangements contained in the Credit Agreement to
permit secured financial and physical hedging for up to six years from the date of the applicable contract, while increasing the aggregate notional volumes that may be subject to such contracts in the fourth and fifth years, (ii) permits
certain unsecured physical hedging transactions through the greater of the year 2030 or a rolling ten-year period, and (iii) amends the long-term senior unsecured debt rating threshold with respect to qualifying non-lender hedge counterparties.
The foregoing description of the Second Amendment is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second
Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set
forth under Item 1.01 concerning the Second Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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10.1
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Second Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2017, by and among Rice Energy Inc., Rice Energy Operating LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and each of the lenders
party thereto.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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RICE ENERGY INC.
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By:
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/s/ Daniel J. Rice IV
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Daniel J. Rice IV
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Director, Chief Executive Officer
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Dated: March 21, 2017
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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10.1
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Second Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2017, by and among Rice Energy Inc., Rice Energy Operating LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and each of the lenders
party thereto.
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