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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): |
December 29, 2022 |
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Tellurian Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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001-5507 |
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06-0842255 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation) |
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(Commission
File Number) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.) |
1201
Louisiana Street,
Suite 3100,
Houston,
TX |
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77002 |
(Address
of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area
code: |
(832)
962-4000 |
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
Title of each class |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
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Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common
stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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TELL |
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NYSE
American
LLC |
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8.25% Senior Notes due 2028 |
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TELZ |
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NYSE American LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this
chapter).
Emerging
growth company ¨
If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act. ¨
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Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement. |
Distribution Agency Agreement with T.R. Winston &
Company, LLC
On December 30, 2022, Tellurian Inc. (“Tellurian” or
the “Company”) entered into a Distribution Agency Agreement
(the “T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement”) with T.R.
Winston & Company, LLC (“T.R. Winston”). The T.R.
Winston Equity ATM Agreement replaces the Distribution Agency
Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021 and amended on
April 7, 2022, by and between Tellurian and T.R. Winston.
Pursuant to the terms of the T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement, the
Company may sell shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per
share, from time to time on the NYSE American, any other market for
the common stock in the United States or otherwise permitted by
law, through T.R. Winston acting as agent, for aggregate sales
proceeds of up to $500,000,000.
Under the T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement, the Company will set
the parameters for the sale of shares, including the number of
shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are
requested to be made, any limitation on the number of shares that
may be sold in any one trading day, and any minimum price below
which sales may not be made.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the T.R. Winston Equity ATM
Agreement, T.R. Winston may sell the shares by any method permitted
by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), including without limitation sales made
directly on the NYSE American, on any other existing trading market
for the shares, or to or through a market maker. T.R. Winston may
also sell the shares by other methods permitted by law, including
in a privately negotiated transaction with the prior consent of the
Company.
The T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement provides that T.R. Winston
will be entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate equal
to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share sold through it as the
Company’s agent under the T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement.
The Company has no obligation to sell any shares under the T.R.
Winston Equity ATM Agreement, and the Company or T.R. Winston may
suspend the offering contemplated by the T.R. Winston Equity ATM
Agreement subject to certain conditions. The Company has agreed in
the T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement to provide indemnification
and contribution to T.R. Winston against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The shares will be issued pursuant to a Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-269069) filed by the Company with
the SEC on December 30, 2022. The Company filed a prospectus
supplement, dated December 30, 2022, with the SEC in
connection with the offering contemplated by the T.R. Winston
Equity ATM Agreement.
The foregoing description of the T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement
is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the full text of the T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement, a copy of
which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The legal
opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP relating to the
legality of the shares of common stock being offered pursuant to
the T.R. Winston Equity ATM Agreement is filed as Exhibit 5.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the T.R.
Winston Equity ATM Agreement were made solely for purposes of the
agreement and as of a specific date, were solely for the benefit of
the parties to the agreement and may be subject to standards of
materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from
those applicable to security holders. Security holders should not
rely on the representations, warranties, and covenants or any
descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of
facts or condition of the Company.
Amendment to LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement with Gunvor
Singapore Pte Ltd
On December 30, 2022, a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, Driftwood LNG LLC (“Driftwood LNG”), entered into
an amendment (the “Gunvor Amendment”) to the previously
announced LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement (“LNG SPA”) with
Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd, a company incorporated in Singapore
(“Gunvor”), dated May 27, 2021. Among other things, the
Gunvor Amendment amended the LNG SPA such that:
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the conditions precedent deadline
of December 31, 2022 has been changed to January 31,
2023; |
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either party may terminate the LNG
SPA immediately (whereas the LNG SPA had previously provided that
such a termination required 45 days’ notice); |
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during the period between
December 30, 2022 and January 31, 2023, Driftwood LNG
must provide Gunvor with five days’ prior written notice of the
date that all of the conditions precedent are satisfied; |
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within five days following Gunvor’s
receipt from Driftwood LNG of a notice that all of the conditions
precedent are satisfied, Gunvor may terminate the LNG SPA
immediately; |
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the price for any liquefied natural
gas (“LNG”) sold under the LNG SPA will be based on the
Platts Japan Korea Marker index price minus a transportation
netback (whereas the LNG SPA had previously provided that the price
for any LNG sold under the LNG SPA would be a blended average price
based on the Platts Japan Korea Marker index price and the
InterContinental Exchange Dutch Natural Gas Title Transfer Facility
(TTF) futures contract price, in each case minus a transportation
netback); and |
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the force majeure provisions
relating to the upstream assets owned or contracted by one or more
of Driftwood LNG’s affiliates have been deleted. |
The foregoing description of the Gunvor Amendment is not complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
the Gunvor Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein
by reference.
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Item 1.02 |
Termination of a Material
Definitive Agreement. |
The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by
reference herein. In addition, on December 29, 2022, the
Company terminated the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated as
of December 17, 2021, by and between Tellurian and B. Riley
Securities, Inc. (the “B. Riley Senior Notes ATM
Agreement”) and the Amended and Restated Distribution Agency
Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2020, by and between
Tellurian and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Credit
Suisse Equity ATM Agreement”). The B. Riley Senior Notes ATM
Agreement provided for the sale by the Company, from time to time,
of up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.25%
Senior Notes due 2028, and the Credit Suisse Equity ATM Agreement
provided for the sale by the Company, from time to time, of up to
$189,305,387 of shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company
no longer expects to sell securities pursuant to either
agreement.
On December 30, 2022, the Company filed a prospectus
supplement to register the issuance of shares of the Company’s
common stock upon the exercise of certain warrants issued in 2020
(the “Warrant Shares”). No new warrants were issued by the
Company in connection with the filing of the prospectus supplement.
The legal opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP relating to
the issuance of the Warrant Shares is filed as Exhibit 5.2 to
this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and
Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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‡ |
Certain schedules or similar
attachments to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with
Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant
hereby agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and
Exchange Commission upon request a copy of any omitted schedule or
attachment to this exhibit. |
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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TELLURIAN
INC. |
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Date:
December 30, 2022 |
By: |
/s/
L. Kian Granmayeh |
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Name:
Title:
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L. Kian Granmayeh
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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