LILIS ENERGY, INC. (OTCMKTS:LLEX) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
First Lien Amendment
  On April 24, 2017, Lilis Energy, Inc. (the Company) entered into
  a first amendment and subsequently, on April 26, 2017, entered
  into a second amendment (together, the Amendments) to its
  existing first lien credit agreement, dated September 29, 2016
  (the First Lien Credit Agreement), by and among the
  Company, Brushy Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  (Brushy), ImPetro Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited
  liability company (Operating) and ImPetro Resources, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company (together with Brushy and
  Operating, the Initial Guarantors), the lenders party
  thereto (the Original Lenders) and T.R. Winston Company,
  LLC, as initial collateral agent. to the Amendments, among other
  things, certain lenders identified therein joined the Original
  Lenders as lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement, and the
  lenders made further extensions of credit, in addition to the
  existing loans under the First Lien Credit Agreement (the
  Existing Loans), in the form of an additional bridge loans
  in an aggregate principal amount of up to $15,000,000 (the
  Bridge Loans). Under the terms of the Amendments, Lilis
  Operating Company, LLC (Lilis Operating, and together with
  the Initial Guarantors, the Guarantors) joined the Initial
  Guarantors as a guarantor under the First Lien Credit Agreement.
  The Bridge Loans were fully drawn on April 24, 2017.
  On April 26, 2017, in connection with the closing of the Second
  Lien Credit Agreement (as defined below), the Company paid off
  the Existing Loans in full, including accrued and unpaid interest
  thereon.
  The Bridge Loans are secured by first priority liens on
  substantially all of the Companys and Guarantors assets,
  including their oil and gas properties located in the Permian
  Basin, and all of the obligations thereunder are unconditionally
  guaranteed by each of the Guarantors.
  The First Lien Credit Agreement, as amended by the Amendments,
  provides that the unpaid principal of the Bridge Loans will bear
  cash interest at a rate per annum of (i) 6% for the first six
  months after the execution of the Amendment and (ii) thereafter,
  so long as any Bridge Loan is outstanding, a rate of 10%.
  Additionally, the unpaid principal of the Bridge Loans will bear
  interest at a rate per annum of 6%, payable only in-kind by
  increasing the principal amount of the Bridge Loans by the amount
  of such interest due on each interest payment date. The Bridge
  Loans mature on October 24, 2018. The Bridge Loans may be repaid
  in whole or part at any time at the option of the Company,
  subject to the payment of certain specified prepayment premiums.
  The Bridge Loans are subject to mandatory prepayment with the net
  proceeds of certain asset sales and casualty events, subject to
  the right of the Company to reinvest the net proceeds of asset
  sales and casualty events within 180 days.
Second Lien Credit Agreement
  On April 26, 2017, the Company entered into a credit agreement
  (the Second Lien Credit Agreement) by and among the
  Company, the Guarantors, Wilmington Trust, National Association,
  as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (the
  Lenders), including Vrde Partners, Inc., a Delaware
  corporation, as lead lender (the Lead Lender), to which
  the Lenders agreed to make convertible loans to the Company in an
  aggregate initial principal amount of up to $125 million in two
  tranches. The first tranche consists of an $80 million term loan
  (the Initial loan), which was fully drawn and funded on
  April 26, 2017. The second tranche consists of up to $45 million
  of delayed draw term loans (the Delayed Draw Loans and,
  together with the Initial loan, the Loans) to be funded
  from time to time on or before February 28, 2019, as requested by
  the Company, subject to certain conditions. Each tranche of Loans
  will bear interest at a rate of 8.25%, compounded quarterly in
  arrears and payable only in-kind by increasing the principal
  amount of the Loans by the amount of the interest due on each
  interest payment date.
  The Loans are secured by second priority liens on substantially
  all of the Companys and Guarantors assets, including their oil
  and gas properties located in the Permian Basin, and all of the
  obligations thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed by each of
  the Guarantors.
  The proceeds of the Loans will be used only to (a) to repay the
  Existing Loans including any accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
  (b) pay the fees, expenses and transaction costs of the
  transactions and (c) finance the working capital needs of the
  Company, including capital expenditures, and for general
  corporate purposes of the Company and the Guarantors, including
  the exploration, acquisition and development of oil and gas
  property.
  The Loans mature on April 26, 2021. The Loans are subject to
  mandatory prepayment with the net proceeds of certain asset
  sales, casualty events and debt incurrences, subject to the right
  of the Company to reinvest the net proceeds of asset sales and
  casualty events within 180 days and, in the case of asset sales
  and casualty events, prepayment of the Bridge Loans. The Company
  may not voluntarily prepay the Loans prior to March 31, 2019
  except (a) in connection with a Change of Control (as defined in
  the Second Lien Credit Agreement) or (b) if the closing price of
  the Companys common stock (the Common Stock) on the
  principal exchange on which it is traded has been equal to or
  greater than 110% of the Conversion Price (as defined below) for
  at least 20 of the 30 trading days immediately preceding the
  prepayment. The Company will be required to pay a customary
  make-whole premium in connection with any mandatory or voluntary
  prepayment of the Loans.
  The Second Lien Credit Agreement contains certain customary
  representations and warranties and affirmative and negative
  covenants, including covenants relating to: maintenance of books
  and records, financial reporting and notification, compliance
  with laws, maintenance of properties and insurance; limitations
  on incurrence of indebtedness, investments, dividends and other
  restricted payments, lease obligations, hedging and capital
  expenditures; and maintenance of a specified asset coverage
  ratio. The Second Lien Credit Agreement also provides for events
  of default, including failure to pay any principal or interest
  when due, failure to perform or observe covenants, cross-default
  on certain outstanding debt obligations, the failure of a
  Guarantor to comply with the provisions of its Guaranty, and
  bankruptcy or insolvency events, subject to certain specified
  cure periods. The amounts under the Second Lien Credit Agreement
  could be accelerated and be due and payable upon an event of
  default.
  Each tranche of the Loans is separately convertible at any time,
  in full and not in part, at the option of the Lead Lender, as
  follows:
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      70% of the principal amount of each tranche of Loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest and the make-whole premium on such principal amount, will convert into a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the total of such principal amount, accrued and unpaid interest and make-whole premium by $5.50 (subject to adjustment as described below, the Conversion Price); and  | 
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      30% of the principal amount of each tranche of Loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest and the make-whole premium on such principal amount, will convert on a dollar for dollar basis into a new term loan (the Take Back Loans).  | 
  The terms of the Take Back Loans will be substantially the same
  as the terms of the Loans, except that the Take Back Loans will
  not be convertible and will bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus
  9% (subject to a 1% LIBOR floor).
  Additionally, the Company will have the option to convert the
  Loans, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at any
  time or from time to time if, at the time of exercise of the
  Companys conversion option, the closing price of the Common Stock
  on the principal exchange on which it is traded has been at least
  150% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 of
  the 30 immediately preceding trading days. The number of shares
  of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Companys conversion
  option will be determined by dividing the principal amount of the
  Loans converted, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such
  principal amount, by the Conversion Price.
  The Conversion Price will be subject to proportionate adjustment
  in connection with stock splits and combinations, dividends paid
  in stock and similar events affecting the outstanding common
  stock. Additionally, the Conversion Price will be adjusted, based
  on a broad-based weighted average formula, if the Company issues,
  or is deemed to issue, additional shares of common stock for
  consideration less than the Conversion Price in effect from time,
  subject to certain exceptions. However, unless the Shareholder
  Approval (as defined below) has been obtained, these price
  protection anti-dilution adjustments cannot reduce the Conversion
  Price to a price less than (a) in the case of the Conversion
  Price for the Initial loan, $4.26, which was the closing price of
  the common stock on April 25, 2017 or (b) in the case of the
  Conversion Price for the Delayed Draw Loans, the last closing
  price of the Common Stock prior to the time the Company becomes
  bound to incur any Delayed Draw Loan (the Conversion Price
  Floor).
  Prior to obtaining Shareholder Approval, the number of shares of
  Common Stock issuable to any Lender upon conversion of Loans will
  be capped at a number of shares that would not result in that
  Lender, together with its affiliates and the other members of any
  group (as such term is used in sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934) including such Lender, owning in
  excess of 19.999% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or
  voting power of the Company on the date of conversion, after
  giving effect to the conversion (the Share Cap).
  If the Share Cap applies to any Lender on any conversion of
  Loans, instead of issuing shares of Common Stock in excess of the
  Share Cap, the Company will be required to issue to the Lender
  affected by the Share Cap shares of a new series of preferred
  stock of the Company to be established if required to the terms
  of the Credit Agreement (the Lender Preferred Stock).
  Holders of shares of Lender Preferred Stock, if any are issued:
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      will have no voting rights, except for certain limited matters related to modification of the terms of the Lender Preferred Stock and similar matters or as otherwise required by Nevada corporate law;  | 
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      will be not be entitled to receive any preferential dividends but will participate, on as-converted basis, in any dividends declared and paid on the Common Stock; and  | 
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      upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, will be entitled to receive, in preference to holders of Common Stock, an amount per share equal to the greater of $0.01 and the amount the holders of shares of Lender Preferred Stock would receive with respect to each share of Common Stock issuable on conversion of the Lender Preferred Stock in connection with such liquidation, dissolution or winding up if all shares of Lender Preferred Stock were converted into Common Stock immediately before such event.  | 
  The shares of Lender Preferred Stock issued to any Lender as a
  result of the Share Cap will be convertible into the number of
  shares of Common Stock that were not issued to the Lender as a
  result of the Share Cap, but such conversion would be permitted
  or be mandatory only (i) after the Shareholder Approval is
  obtained, (ii) if such conversion would not result in the holder
  of the Lender Preferred Stock so converted, together with its
  affiliates and the other members of any group including such
  holder, owning in excess of 19.999% of the outstanding shares of
  Common Stock or voting power of the Company on the date of
  conversion, after giving effect to the conversion, or (iii) in
  connection with a Change of Control Transaction (as such term
  will defined in the certificate of designations creating the
  Lender Preferred Stock).
  The Second Lien Credit Agreement requires the Company to submit
  to its shareholders for their approval (the Shareholder
  Approval) the following matters as promptly as practicable
  after April 26, 2017:
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      the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Loans or any Lender Preferred Stock at a conversion price that is less than the Conversion Price Floor if the Conversion Price were reduced to a price less than the Conversion Price Floor as a result of the anti-dilution adjustments described above; and  | 
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      any change of control (as defined in applicable stock exchange listing rules) that might occur as a result of the conversion of the Loans or any Lender Preferred Stock.  | 
  If the Shareholder Approval is obtained, the Conversion Price
  Floor and the Share Cap will no longer apply.
  The Second Lien Credit Agreement provides that the Lead Lender is
  entitled to appoint one observer to the Board of Directors of the
  Company during the period prior to the conversion of the Initial
  loan. The board observer is not entitled to vote on any matter
  and is entitled to participate only in meetings of the full Board
  of Directors and not any of its committees (other than any
  executive or similar committee) and to receive materials
  distributed to all members of the Board of Directors. The board
  observer may be excluded from board meetings and distributions of
  board materials if the Board of Directors determines in good
  faith that (i) such exclusion is necessary to preserve any
  privilege or (i) the subject matter thereof involves an actual or
  potential conflict of interest with respect to the board observer
  or any of its affiliates. The right to appoint the board observer
  will terminate upon conversion of the Initial loan.
  Following the conversion of the Initial loan, the Lenders,
  collectively, will have the right to appoint two members of the
  Board of Directors as long as they continue to own at least 20%
  of the outstanding Common Stock and one member of the Board of
  Directors as long as they continue to own at least 12.5% (but
  less than 20%) of the outstanding Common Stock. The number of
  directors constituting the entire Board of Directors will be
  increased by the number of directors the Lenders are entitled to
  appoint. The number of directors the Lenders have the right to
  appoint will be reduced if necessary so that the percentage of
  the number of directors constituting the entire Board of
  Directors represented by the directors appointed by the Lenders
  does not exceed the percentage of the outstanding Common Stock or
  voting power of the Company represented by the Common Stock held
  by the Lenders.
Registration Rights Agreement
  In connection with the execution of Second Lien Credit Agreement
  and funding of the Initial Loan, the Company and the Lenders
  entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April
  26, 2017 (the Registration Rights Agreement) to which,
  among other matters, the Company will be required to file with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement
  under the Securities Act of 1933 registering for resale the
  shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Loans or
  any shares of Lender Preferred Stock issued. The Registration
  Rights Agreement entitles the lenders to certain demand rights
  and piggyback rights with respect to underwritten offerings in
  Common Stock and contains customary covenants and indemnification
  and contribution provisions.
  Series B 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion
  Agreement
  On April 25, 2017, the Company entered into a Series B 6.0%
  Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Agreement, dated April 25,
  2017 (the Conversion Agreement), with all of the holders
  (the Series B Holders) of the Companys outstanding Series
  B 6% Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series B Preferred
  Stock). The transaction provided for in the Conversion
  Agreement and described below is referred to as the
  Conversion.
  to the terms of the Conversion Agreement, the Company and the
  Series B Holders mutually agreed that, immediately upon the
  effectiveness of the amended and restated Certificate of
  Designations of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B
  6% Convertible Preferred Stock (the AR COD), as described
  in Item 5.03 below, the Series B Holders will be deemed to have
  automatically converted all outstanding shares of Series B
  Preferred Stock held by them into approximately 14.3 million
  shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  (the Common Stock), to the terms of the AR COD, such
  amount representing the number of shares of Common Stock into
  which the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by
  the Series B Holders would be convertible to the terms of the AR
  COD, with such Conversion including an increase in the stated
  value of the Series B Preferred Stock to reflect dividends that
  would have accrued through December 31, 2017. The Conversion
  Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by
  the Series B Holders and other agreements and obligations of the
  parties.
  The foregoing descriptions of the terms of the Amendments, the
  Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement
  and the Conversion Agreement are not complete and are qualified
  in their entirety by reference to the terms of the Amendments,
  the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Registration Rights
  Agreement and the Conversion Agreement filed as Exhibits 10.1,
  10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 hereto, respectively.
| Item 2.03 | 
      Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant  | 
  The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on
  Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
| Item 3.01 | 
      Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing  | 
  On April 26, 2017, the Company announced that its Common Stock
  has been approved for listing on the NYSE MKT. The Common Stock
  is expected to begin trading on NYSE MKT under its current symbol
  LLEX, beginning at the open of market trading on May 9, 2017. On
  April 26, 2017, the Company notified the Nasdaq Capital Market
  that it intends to terminate the listing of its Common Stock on
  the NASDAQ Capital Market in connection with the transfer of
  listing to the NYSE MKT. The Company intends to file with SEC a
  Form 25 related to the delisting from the NASDAQ Capital Market
  prior to or at the commencement of trading on the NYSE MKT, and
  the delisting will be effective ten days after the filing of the
  Form 25.
| Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities | 
  The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on
  Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
| Item 5.03 | 
      Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws: Change in Fiscal Year  | 
  The disclosures contained in Item 1.01 above concerning the AR
  COD is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by this reference. The
  Company and the Series B Holders agreed to adopt the AR COD in
  order to remove certain restrictions contained therein with
  respect to beneficial ownership limitations. The Company filed
  the AR COD with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on
  April 25, 2017.
  The foregoing description of the terms of the AR COD is not
  complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
  terms of the AR COD, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1
  hereto.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD | 
  On April 26, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing
  the transactions described above, a copy of which is furnished as
  Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The press release shall not constitute an
  offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the
  securities described therein, nor shall there be any sale of
  these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such
  offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
  registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
  such state or jurisdiction. Also on April 26, 2017, the Company
  issued a press release announcing the transfer of the listing of
  its Common Stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market to the NYSE MKT,
  a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto.
  The above information (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2) is
  furnished to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be
  filed for purposes of Section 18 of the U.S. Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities
  of that Section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in any filing under the Securities Act, except as may
  be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. | 
Redemption of 6% Redeemable Preferred Stock
  As previously disclosed, the Company and Hexagon, LLC (f/k/a
  Hexagon Investments, LLC) (Hexagon)are parties to a
  Settlement Agreement, dated September 2, 2014, to which the
  Company (i) assigned to Hexagon certain of its oil and gas
  properties (the Oil and Gas Properties) and (ii) issued to
  Hexagon $2.0 million in the Companys Series 6% Redeemable
  Preferred Stock (the Hexagon Shares), in exchange for full
  extinguishment of all amounts payable to certain credit
  agreements and related promissory notes previously entered into
  between the Company and Hexagon.
  On April 20, 2017, the Company entered into a Settlement and
  Release Agreement with Hexagon, dated April 20, 2017 (the
  Settlement and Release Agreement). to the Settlement and
  Agreement, effective as of April 21, 2017, the Company redeemed,
  in full, the Hexagon Shares. In addition, the Settlement and
  Release Agreement resolved certain other issues related to
  liability reimbursements on the Oil and Gas Properties that had
  previously been alleged by Hexagon. Accordingly, all prior issues
  with Hexagon have been resolved and the Hexagon Shares have been
  redeemed in full.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. | 
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
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 3.1  | 
 
        Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of  | 
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| 10.1 | 
      First Amendment to Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated April 26, 2017 by and among Lilis Energy, Inc., Brushy Resources, Inc., ImPetro Operating, LLC, ImPetro Resources, LLC, Lilis Operating Company, LLC, the Lenders party thereto and T.R. Winston Company, LLC, as collateral agent.  | 
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| 10.2 | 
      Second Amendment to Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated April 26, 2017 by and among Lilis Energy, Inc., Brushy Resources, Inc., ImPetro Operating, LLC, ImPetro Resources, LLC, Lilis Operating Company, LLC, the Lenders party thereto and T.R. Winston Company, LLC, as collateral agent.  | 
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| 10.3 | 
      Credit Agreement, dated April 26, 2017 by and among Lilis Energy, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent.  | 
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| 10.4 | 
      Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 26, 2017 by and among Lilis Energy, Inc. and the Lenders party thereto.  | 
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 10.5  | 
 
        Series B 6.0% Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion  | 
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 99.1  | 
 Press Release of Lilis Energy, Inc. dated April 26, 2017.  | 
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| 99.2 | Press Release of Lilis Energy, Inc. dated April 26, 2017. | 
 About LILIS ENERGY, INC. (OTCMKTS:LLEX) 
Lilis Energy, Inc. is an upstream independent oil and gas company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition, drilling and production of oil and natural gas properties and prospects. The Company drills for, operates and produces oil and natural gas wells through its land holdings located in Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska. Its total net acreage in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin is approximately 7,200 acres. The Company’s primary targets within the DJ Basin are the conventional Dakota and Muddy J formations. In addition to its DJ Basin holdings, it focuses on the Permian’s Delaware Basin in Winkler and Loving Counties, Texas and Lea County, New Mexico. The Company’s net acreage in the Delaware Basin is approximately 4,433 net acres. The vertical well produces approximately 690 net million cubic feet (mcf) per day. The well holds the lease to all depths, from surface down to approximately 22,000 feet, including the Wolfcamp, Bone Springs, and Avalon formations.	LILIS ENERGY, INC. (OTCMKTS:LLEX) Recent Trading Information 
LILIS ENERGY, INC. (OTCMKTS:LLEX) closed its last trading session up +0.30 at 4.56 with 651,565 shares trading hands.
                


