Kosmos Energy Announces Successful Reserve-based Lending Facility Re-financing
April 29 2024 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Kosmos Energy (NYSE/LSE: KOS) (“Kosmos” or the “Company”)
announced today that it has successfully re-financed its
reserve-based lending (“RBL”) facility extending the maturity by
approximately three years, with the RBL facility’s final maturity
now in December 2029.
In conjunction with the spring re-determination, the total RBL
facility size has been increased to $1.35 billion (from $1.25
billion) with current commitments of approximately $1.2 billion.
Discussions with additional potential lenders are ongoing and are
expected to increase commitments later this year towards the RBL
facility size. $800 million is currently drawn against the RBL
facility with the first amortization payment scheduled for April 1,
2027.
The RBL facility is secured against the Company’s production
assets in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea with the Company’s assets in
the US Gulf of Mexico and Mauritania & Senegal remaining
unencumbered. The resulting borrowing base following the spring
re-determination significantly exceeds the RBL facility size. The
interest margin payable on the RBL increased slightly compared to
the previous facility, reflecting the current banking market
environment, with the new interest margin on the RBL facility
commencing at 400 basis points above the Secured Overnight
Financing Rate (“SOFR”) for the first two years.
As part of the RBL facility re-financing, the Company has
downsized its revolving credit facility (“RCF”) from $250 million
to approximately $165 million with some banks transferring their
commitments from the RCF to the RBL in anticipation of the RCF
maturing at the end of 2024.
Neal Shah, Chief Financial Officer, said “Re-financing the RBL
facility is another important step to optimize Kosmos’ capital
structure and proactively address our debt maturities. With the
re-financing of the RBL and the recent convertible bond issuance,
we have no maturities until 2026 and lower interest expense going
forward. We thank our bank group for their continued support as we
grow the company.”
About Kosmos Energy
Kosmos is a full-cycle, deepwater, independent oil and gas
exploration and production company focused along the offshore
Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana,
Equatorial Guinea and U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as world-class
gas projects offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also pursue a
proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea and the U.S.
Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and
London Stock Exchange and is traded under the ticker symbol KOS. As
an ethical and transparent company, Kosmos is committed to doing
things the right way. The Company’s Business Principles articulate
our commitment to transparency, ethics, human rights, safety and
the environment. Read more about this commitment in the Kosmos
Sustainability Report. For additional information, visit
www.kosmosenergy.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements,
other than statements of historical facts, included in this press
release that address activities, events or developments that Kosmos
expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future
are forward-looking statements. Kosmos’ estimates and
forward-looking statements are mainly based on its current
expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which
affect or may affect its businesses and operations. Although Kosmos
believes that these estimates and forward-looking statements are
based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several
risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information
currently available to Kosmos. When used in this press release, the
words “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “expect,” “plan,” “will”
or other similar words are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions,
risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of
Kosmos, which may cause actual results to differ materially from
those implied or expressed by the forward-looking statements.
Further information on such assumptions, risks and uncertainties is
available in Kosmos’ Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
filings. Kosmos undertakes no obligation and does not intend to
update or correct these forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press
release, except as required by applicable law. You are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date of this press release. All
forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this
cautionary statement.
Management does not provide a reconciliation for forward looking
non GAAP financial measures where it is unable to provide a
meaningful or accurate calculation or estimation of reconciling
items and the information is not available without unreasonable
effort. This is due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the
occurrence and the financial impact of various items that have not
yet occurred, are out of our control or cannot be reasonably
predicted. For the same reasons, management is unable to address
the probable significance of the unavailable information. Forward
looking non GAAP financial measures provided without the most
directly comparable GAAP financial measures may vary materially
from the corresponding GAAP financial measures.
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