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22 May 2018material agreement termination▲ Good
VAALCO paid off and terminated its $7.0 million term loan with the International Finance Corporation using cash on hand, saving over $0.3 million in annual interest, while starting workover operations to restore two shut-in Avouma platform wells.
VAALCO's annual report for fiscal 2017, returning to profitability with net income of about $9.7 million on revenue of $77.0 million, alongside a 127% reserve replacement rate for the year.
VAALCO reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2017 production results and gave preliminary 2018 production guidance, noting it had no oil-price hedges in place for 2018.
VAALCO reported year-end 2017 proved reserves up 15% with 127% reserve replacement, and said the SEC-standard value of those reserves (PV-10) more than doubled to $22.5 million.
VAALCO completed workovers restoring two Gabon wells (South Tchibala 1-HB and 2-H) after pump failures, but a third well on the same platform (Avouma 2-H) had its own pump fail and was shut in, leaving net company production around 3,950 barrels a day.
VAALCO again received a NYSE notice that its stock price had fallen below the $1.00 minimum average closing price requirement, the third such notice in under a year.
VAALCO's annual report for fiscal 2016, reporting revenue of $59.8 million and a narrower net loss of about $26.6 million, the year CEO Steven Guidry resigned and Cary Bounds took over.
VAALCO reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 production averaging 4,600 barrels of oil equivalent per day and posted a new investor presentation to its website.
3 Jan 2017director officer appointment● NeutralMajor
Cary Bounds was formally named Chief Executive Officer and joined the board effective December 29, 2016, completing his promotion from Chief Operating Officer and Interim CEO.
VAALCO received a separate NYSE non-compliance notice, this time for its average global market capitalization falling below the exchange's $50 million minimum.
VAALCO closed its purchase of Sojitz Etame Limited's remaining 3.23% participating interest in the Etame Marin permit offshore Gabon, the last working interest Sojitz held in the concession.
VAALCO received a notice from the NYSE that its stock price had fallen below the exchange's $1.00 minimum average closing price requirement, giving it six months to regain compliance.
An amended filing added detail on a Change in Control Agreement with CFO-track executive Elizabeth Prochnow, alongside the previously disclosed Guidry-to-Bounds CEO transition.
3 Aug 2016director officer appointment● NeutralMajor
CEO Steven Guidry resigned effective September 1, 2016; Chief Operating Officer Cary Bounds was named Interim CEO, continuing the succession chain toward his eventual permanent appointment.
VAALCO signed an agreement to acquire Sojitz Etame Limited's remaining 3.23% working interest in the Etame Marin permit offshore Gabon, a deal that closed that November.
VAALCO reached an agreement with drilling contractor Transocean over the remaining term of its offshore Gabon rig contract and gave an operational update.
12 May 2016director officer appointment● NeutralMajor
CFO Don McCormack resigned after less than a year in the role, effective June 2, 2016; VAALCO said the departure was unrelated to accounting or disclosure issues.
The Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed the consolidated shareholder class action filed against VAALCO in December 2015 amid the Group 42/BLR board dispute, closing out that litigation.
VAALCO's delayed annual report for fiscal 2015 showed a net loss of about $158.7 million - its worst year on record, driven by asset write-downs during the oil-price crash and coinciding with its board fight with activist investors Group 42/BLR Partners.