8-K 1 form8k.htm FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT form8k.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549




FORM 8–K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  April 11, 2014

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-16317
 (Commission File Number)
95-4079863
 (IRS Employer Identification No.)


717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston Texas 77002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(713) 236-7400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

_____________________________________________________________________________
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

           On April 11, 2014, the Company entered into a first amendment (the "First Amendment") to its credit agreement, dated October 1, 2013, (the "Credit Agreement"), among the Company, the lenders party to the Credit Agreement described below (the “Lenders”), Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties in the capacities therein identified.  The First Amendment makes permanent the existing exclusion of the first $150 million of Debt issued from the automatic 25% reduction in the Borrowing Base.

                The foregoing description of the First Amendment is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Amendment, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
 Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
10.1
  
First Amendment, dated as of April 11, 2014, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2013, among Contango Oil & Gas Company, the guarantor party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties in the capacities therein identified.
     


 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
   
Date:  April 15, 2014
/s/ E. Joseph Grady
 
E. Joseph Grady
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


 
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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
10.1
  
First Amendment, dated as of April 11, 2014, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2013, among Contango Oil & Gas Company, the guarantor party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties in the capacities therein identified.
     


 
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EXECUTION VERSION


 
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”), dated as of April 11, 2014 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), is by and among Contango Oil & Gas Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders party to the Credit Agreement described below (the “Lenders”), Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties in the capacities therein identified.
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and certain other Persons are parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2013, (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and
 
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects as set forth herein.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants, representations and warranties contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
 
AGREEMENT
 
Section 1. Definitions.
 
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings as given them in the Credit Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires.
 
Section 2. Amendment to the Credit Agreement.
 
Section 2.08(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the proviso in the first sentence of such Section with the following:
 
“provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base shall only be reduced by twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of such Debt issued in excess of $150,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Debt.”

 
 
 


 
Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness.
 
This Amendment shall become effective as of the Amendment Effective Date when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Amendment signed on behalf of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders.
 
Section 4. Representations and Warranties.  The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that after giving effect hereto, no Default, Event of Default or Deficiency shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
Section 5. Loan Document; Ratification.
 
(a) This Amendment is a Loan Document.  Each reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document will deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
 
(b) Except as amended hereby, the Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect and the Borrower hereby ratifies, approves and confirms in every respect all the terms, provisions, conditions and obligations of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
 
Section 6. GOVERNING LAW.
 
THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED A CONTRACT AND INSTRUMENT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
 
Section 7. Severability.
 
Any provision of this Amendment that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such provision and such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
Section 8. Counterparts.
 
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Amendment by signing one or more counterparts.  Any signature hereto delivered by a party by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.
 
Section 9. Successors and Assigns.

Contango Amendment
 
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This Amendment shall be binding upon the Borrower and its successors and permitted assigns and shall inure, together with all of its rights and remedies hereunder, to the benefit of each of them and their respective successors, transferees and assigns.
 
Section 10. Entire Agreement.
 
THIS AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
 
THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
 
(Signature Pages Follow)


 Contango Amendment
 
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.
 
 
BORROWER:
 
 
CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
 
 
By:
/s/ E. JOSEPH GRADY
 
 
Name: E. JOSEPH GRADY
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President and
 
Chief Financial Officer

 -Contango Amendment-
 
S-1
 

 
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
 
 
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent
 
 
By:
/s/RODICA DITKA
 
 
Name:  RODICA DITKA
 
 
Title:  Manager, Agency

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-2
 

 
 
LENDER:
 
 
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
 
 
as Lender
 
 
By:
/s/MARK LUMPKIN, JR.
 
 
Name:  MARK LUMPKIN, JR.
 
 
Title:  Authorised Signatory

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-3
 


 
 
LENDER:
 
 
AMEGY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 
 
By:
/s/MARK A. SERICE
 
 
Name: MARK A. SERICE
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-4
 

 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
 
 
By:
/s/JAMES L. MOYES
 
 
Name: JAMES L. MOYES
 
 
Title: Authorised Signatory

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-5
 


 
 
LENDER:
 
 
REGIONS BANK
 
 
By:
/s/DANIEL G. STEELE
 
 
Name: DANIEL G. STEELE
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President

-Contango Amendment
 
S-6
 

 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 
 
By:
/s/NANCY MAK
 
 
Name: NANCY MAK
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-7
 

 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
COMPASS BANK
 
 
By:
/s/UMAR HASSAN
 
 
Name: UMAR HASSAN
 
 
Title: Vice President

-Contango Amendment
 
S-8
 

 
 
LENDER:
 
 
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
 
 
By:
/s/MAY HUANG
 
 
Name: MAY HUANG
 
 
Title: Assistant Vice President

-Contango Amendment
 
S-9
 

 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
BOKF, NA DBA BANK OF TEXAS
 
 
By:
/s/MARI SALAZAR
 
 
Name: MARI SALAZAR
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President, Energy
 
Lending

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-10
 

 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
CADENCE BANK
 
 
By:
/s/COLBY KRAMER
 
 
Name: COLBY KRAMER
 
 
Title: Vice President

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-11
 

 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
CITIBANK, N.A.
 
 
By:
/s/EAMON BAQUI
 
 
Name: EAMON BAQUI
 
 
Title: Vice President

-Contango Amendment-
 
S-12
 

 
 
 
LENDER:
 
 
IBERIABANK
 
 
By:
/s/MONI COLLINS
 
 
Name: MONI COLLINS
 
 
Title Vice President
 
-Contango Amendment
S-13