ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP. (OTCMKTS:UPLMQ) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP. (OTCMKTS:UPLMQ) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01.

As previously disclosed, on April 12, 2017, Ultra Resources, Inc. (“Ultra Resources”), the borrower and a subsidiary of Ultra Petroleum Corp. (the “Company”), entered into that certain Credit Agreement (as amended through December 21, 2018, the “Credit Agreement”), with the Company and UP Energy Corporation, as parent guarantors, Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent (the “Agent”), and the other lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), providing for the Company’s revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”).

On September 16, 2019, Ultra Resources entered into a Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”) with the Agent and the Lenders party thereto. to the Fifth Amendment and the fall borrowing base redetermination, the Borrowing Base (as defined in the Credit Agreement) was reduced to $1.175 billion, with $200 million attributed to the Credit Agreement. The $200 million commitment for the Credit Facility automatically reduces to $120 million on February 29, 2020, concurrently with the anticipated paydown of outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility. The next scheduled semi-annual borrowing base redetermination is in the spring of 2020.

The Fifth Amendment also provides for, among other items, the following changes to certain covenants and other provisions of the Credit Agreement:

The foregoing description of the Fifth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Fifth Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits hereto, include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Any statement, including any opinions, forecasts, projections or other statements, other than statements of historical fact, are or may be forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements herein are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct and actual results may differ materially from those projected or reflected in such statements. Certain risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company’s business as well as risks and uncertainties related to its operational and financial results are set forth in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors” included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year, its most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and from time to time in other filings made by the Company with the SEC. Some of these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to decrease its leverage or fixed charges, increased competition, the timing and extent of changes in prices for oil and gas, particularly in the areas where the Company owns properties, conducts operations, and markets its production, as well as the timing and extent of the Company’s success in discovering, developing, producing and estimating oil and gas reserves, weather and government regulation, and the availability of oil field services, personnel and equipment. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. All forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future results or otherwise.

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The relevant information set forth in Item 1.01 and Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.

On September 16, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing, among other things, the entry into the Fifth Amendment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

The information contained or incorporated in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1    Press release of Ultra Petroleum Corp., dated September 16, 2019, regarding entry into the Fifth Amendment.


ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP Exhibit
EX-10.1 2 d770858dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1 Exhibit 10.1 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of September [16],…
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About ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP. (OTCMKTS:UPLMQ)

Ultra Petroleum Corp. is an independent oil and gas company. The Company is engaged in the development, production, operation, exploration and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. The Company operates in natural gas and oil exploration and development industry, with geographical segment, the United States. It owns oil and natural gas leases in Wyoming, Utah and Pennsylvania. In Colorado, the Company owns oil and natural gas leases, as well as fee oil and gas rights. The Company focuses on developing its natural gas reserves in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming, the Pinedale and Jonah fields; its oil reserves in the Uinta Basin in Utah, and its natural gas reserves in the Appalachian Basin of Pennsylvania. The Company owns interests in approximately 104,000 gross (approximately 68,000 net) acres in Wyoming covering approximately 190 square miles.

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