DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:FANG) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 9.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 18, 2018, Diamondback Energy, Inc. (“Diamondback”) and certain subsidiary guarantors entered into a Purchase Agreement (the“Purchase Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named therein (the“Initial Purchasers”), in connection with Diamondback’s private placement of senior notes. The Purchase Agreement provides for, among other things, the issuance and sale by Diamondback of $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2024 (the“New Notes”) to qualified institutional buyers to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (the “New Notes Offering”). The New Notes will be issued as additional securities under an existing indenture (the“Indenture”), dated October 28, 2016, among Diamondback, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the trustee (the “Trustee”). Diamondback previously issued an aggregate of $500,000,000 of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2024 under the Indenture in a private placement completed on October 28, 2016, all of which were subsequently exchanged for substantially identical notes in the same aggregate principal amount (the “Existing Notes”).
Diamondback estimates that its net proceeds from the New Notes Offering will be approximately $739.7 million, after deducting the Initial Purchasers’ discounts and estimated offering expenses, but excluding accrued interest to the date of issuance of the New Notes. Diamondback intends to use the net proceeds from the New Notes Offering to repay the outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes, which may include a portion of the cash consideration for a pending acquisition of assets from Ajax Resources, LLC. As of September 17, 2018, Diamondback had $317.5 million of borrowings outstanding and $682.5 million of available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility. The New Notes Offering is expected to close on September 25, 2018.
Diamondback and the subsidiary guarantors of the New Notes have agreed to indemnify the Initial Purchasers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Initial Purchasers may be required to make because of any of such liabilities. Under the Purchase Agreement, Diamondback also agreed to a 30-day lock-up with respect to, among other things, an offer, sale or other disposition of its debt securities, subject to certain exceptions.
Certain of the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory, commercial banking and investment banking services for Diamondback and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they have received and would receive customary compensation. In particular, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC serves as the administrative agent and the lead arranger under credit agreements with Diamondback and Viper Energy Partners LP, a publicly traded subsidiary of Diamondback, and is the trustee under the indentures governing Diamondback’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2025 and the Existing Notes, and certain of the Initial Purchasers or their respective affiliates are lenders under these facilities. In connection with Diamondback’s repayment of its outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and certain other Initial Purchasers or their respective affiliates that are lenders under Diamondback’srevolving credit facility will receive a portion of the net proceeds from the New Notes Offering. ZB, N.A. dba Amegy Bank, a lender under Diamondback’s revolving credit facility, has acted as a financial advisor to Diamondback in connection with the New Notes Offering and not as an Initial Purchaser, and it will receive a fee from Diamondback in connection therewith.
The preceding summary of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibits.
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About DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:FANG)
Diamondback Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company. The Company is focused on the acquisition, development, exploration and exploitation of unconventional onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. Its total net acreage position in the Permian Basin is approximately 84,680 net acres. The Company, through its subsidiary Viper Energy Partners LP (Viper), owns mineral interests underlying approximately 46,560 gross (17,060 net) acres primarily in Midland County, Texas in the Permian Basin. Approximately 60% of these net acres are operated by the Company. It has drilled or participated in the drilling 490 gross wells on its leasehold acreage in Permian Basin area, primarily targeting the Wolfberry play. The Permian Basin area covers a portion of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. Its activities are focused on the Clearfork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn and Atoka formations, which it collectively refers as the Wolfberry play.