Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
22 Feb 2012capital raising announcement▲ Good
Energy XXI exchanged 101,800 shares of its 5.625% preferred stock for about 1 million common shares plus accrued dividends and an inducement premium, continuing to whittle down its preferred stock balance.
Energy XXI loosened several credit-agreement terms: easier dividend/distribution rules, letting its own petroleum engineers (rather than an independent firm) prepare the annual reserve report subject only to third-party audit, and removing the minimum commodity-hedging requirement on proved developed producing reserves - trading some conservatism for flexibility just as the company's asset base (and storm exposure) was growing, with the required hurricane-season cash reserve doubled to $50 million in acknowledgment of that risk.
Energy XXI continued converting preferred stock into common, exchanging 20,000 shares of 5.625% preferred and 88,500 shares of 7.25% preferred for a combined roughly 1.04 million common shares.
Energy XXI refreshed its whole credit facility with a Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement: the borrowing base rose to $750 million, interest margins dropped, and all references to the 16% second-lien debt were deleted because it had been fully retired - confirming the crisis-era high-cost debt was gone. The new agreement also raised the cap on dividend payments up to the parent (for preferred stock payments) to $17 million a year and let the company pay up to $50 million annually to a new Bermuda-based captive insurer.
Energy XXI Gulf Coast formally issued the $250 million of 7.75% senior unsecured notes due 2019 under a new indenture, completing that refinancing round.
Energy XXI Gulf Coast raised another $250 million, this time at a lower 7.75% rate via senior unsecured notes due 2019, to repay revolver debt and buy back its remaining 10% Senior Notes due 2013 - continuing to refinance its capital structure at progressively cheaper rates as credit markets improved.
22 Dec 2010asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
The Exxon acquisition closed on December 17, 2010 for $1.012 billion, adding about 20,000 boe/day of production (53% oil), roughly 66 million barrels of proved and probable reserves, and 130,853 net offshore acres - a transformational addition to Energy XXI's Gulf of Mexico shelf position.
Energy XXI Gulf Coast formally issued the $750 million of 9.25% senior unsecured notes due 2017 under a new indenture, completing the bond financing behind the Exxon acquisition.
Energy XXI Gulf Coast priced $750 million of new 9.25% senior unsecured notes due 2017 to help fund the Exxon acquisition and pay down revolver borrowings.
Lenders granted another interim covenant waiver clearing the way for Energy XXI Gulf Coast to raise new unsecured debt to help fund the pending Exxon acquisition and refinance its 16% and 10% notes.
To finance the Exxon acquisition, Energy XXI's lenders agreed to massively expand its credit facility - revolving commitments to $925 million, borrowing base to $700 million, letter-of-credit capacity to $300 million, maturity extended four years - and to permit up to $1 billion of additional unsecured debt to fund the deal and retire the remaining 16% and 10% notes, contingent on the Exxon deal closing.