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24 May 2017material agreement● NeutralMajor
On May 23, 2017 Abraxas signed an agreement to buy 2,008 net acres and 33 Boepd in Ward County, Texas, prospective for Wolfcamp/Bone Spring, for $20.8 million, with closing scheduled for July 2017. This is the first acquisition after the 25,000,000-share acquisition shelf of 2016; the filing does not say how it will be paid for.
On May 16, 2017 Abraxas signed Amendment No. 3 to its Société Générale credit facility, extending maturity from June 2018 to May 11, 2021 and setting a borrowing base of $115.0 million from April 1, 2017. The maximum debt-to-EBITDAX covenant is now 3.50 (previously 4.00); current ratio and interest coverage minimums are unchanged at 1.00 and 2.50. The filing states the company has no substantial unpledged assets and may lack the means to make mandatory payments if borrowings exceed the base.
ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORP shareholders approved the routine matters put to a vote at the company's annual meeting (director elections, auditor ratification, and the executive-pay advisory vote).
ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORP shareholders approved the routine matters put to a vote at the company's annual meeting (director elections, auditor ratification, and the executive-pay advisory vote).
Abraxas filed a short notice that it issued a news release on February 15, 2017 with a reserve and operational update. The release itself is an exhibit and its figures are not in the filing text, so no results can be stated here.
The Lion Fund, L.P, Biglari Capital Corp, Sardar Biglari reported no remaining ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORP shareholding in its periodic institutional filing.
On January 19, 2017 Abraxas agreed to sell 25,000,000 new shares at $2.40 through underwriters led by Seaport Global Securities, with a 30-day option for up to 3,750,000 more. Net proceeds of about $56.8 million are to repay the credit facility first, then fund an expanded drilling budget of about $110.0 million; the company expects about $93.4 million of available borrowing capacity afterwards. This is a higher price than the $1.00 offering of May 2016, but existing shareholders are diluted again.
On September 20, 2016 Abraxas completed the sale of its Portilla field in San Patricio County, Texas (about 2,074 net mineral acres, 0.8 million barrels of proved reserves per the Dec 31 2015 internal report) to Frostwood Energy, LLC for net proceeds of about $13.0 million. The company plans to use the proceeds to immediately repay its credit facility, consistent with the 2016 amendment that directs property-sale proceeds to the bank debt.