Abraxas Announces Debt Refinancing and New Borrowing Base, Ample Liquidity and Enhanced Balance Sheet Stability
November 13 2019 - 3:15PM
Business Wire
Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (“Abraxas” or the “Company”)
(NASDAQ:AXAS) today announced it has entered into a $100 million
Senior Secured Second Lien Term Loan Facility (“Second Loan
Facility”) with Angelo Gordon Energy Servicer, LLC. Net proceeds
from the financing are estimated to be approximately $95 million,
all of which was used to pay down the Company’s revolving credit
facility.
At closing, the borrowing base under the Company’s revolving
credit facility was set at $135 million and approximately $94
million was drawn, leaving $41 million of available liquidity under
the facility.
“This new Second Lien Facility significantly expands our
liquidity,” said Robert Watson, Abraxas CEO. “Being able to
complete this transaction with Angelo Gordon in today’s very
difficult financing environment is testimony to the high-quality of
our oil assets in the Delaware and Williston Basins. We now have
ample liquidity and the balance sheet stability to investigate
other opportunities to enhance shareholder value.”
Angelo Gordon Energy Servicer, LLC is Administrative Agent of
the Second Lien Facility and an affiliate of the sole lender.
Petrie Partners is serving as financial advisor to Abraxas and
Dykema Gossett PLLC is acting as Abraxas’ legal counsel.
Abraxas Petroleum Corporation is a San Antonio based crude oil
and natural gas exploration and production company with operations
across the Rocky Mountain and Permian Basin regions of the United
States.
Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements: Statements in this
release looking forward in time involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, which may cause Abraxas’ actual results in future
periods to be materially different from any future performance
suggested in this release. Such factors may include, but may not be
necessarily limited to, changes in the prices received by Abraxas
for crude oil and natural gas. In addition, Abraxas’ future crude
oil and natural gas production is highly dependent upon Abraxas’
level of success in acquiring or finding additional reserves.
Further, Abraxas operates in an industry sector where the value of
securities is highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and
other factors beyond Abraxas’ control. In the context of
forward-looking information provided for in this release, reference
is made to the discussion of risk factors detailed in Abraxas’
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission during the past
12 months.
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Steve Harris/Vice President – Chief Financial Officer Telephone
210.490.4788 sharris@abraxaspetroleum.com
www.abraxaspetroleum.com
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