Delaware | 1311 | 75-2756163 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer þ | Non-accelerated filer o | Smaller reporting company o |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE(1) | ||||
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered | Amount to be Registered (1) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Price Per Unit (2) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (3) | Amount of Registration Fee (3) |
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share(4) | (1) | |||
Preferred Stock | (1) | |||
Depositary Shares(5) | (1) | |||
Debt Securities | (1) | |||
Guarantees of Debt Securities(6)(7) | (1) | |||
Warrants | (1) | |||
Purchase Contracts | (1) | |||
Units | (1) | |||
Total | $1,750,000,000 | $1,750,000,000 | $225,400(8) |
(1) | An indeterminate amount of securities to be offered at indeterminate prices of each identified class is being registered pursuant to this registration statement, with any initial aggregate public offering price not to exceed $1,750,000,000. |
(2) | The proposed maximum aggregate offering price of each class of securities will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered hereunder and is not specified as to each class of securities pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933. |
(3) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the securities to be sold by the registrant. In no event will the aggregate offering price of all securities sold by the registrant from time to time pursuant to this registration statement exceed $1,750,000,000. |
(4) | Each share of common stock presently includes one share purchase right as described in “Description of Capital Stock — Stockholder Rights Agreement.” These rights are also covered by this registration statement. Prior to the occurrence of certain events, these rights will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the common stock, and the value attributable to them, if any, is reflected in the price of the common stock. |
(5) | Each depositary share will be issued under a deposit agreement, will represent an interest in a fractional share or multiple shares of preferred stock and will be evidenced by a depositary receipt. |
(6) | Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no additional filing fee is required in connection with the guarantees of the debt securities being registered hereunder. |
(7) | The following direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of Quicksilver may be guarantors of some or all of the debt securities registered hereunder and, therefore, have been listed as Co-Registrants for the purpose of providing guarantees, if any, relating to the debt securities registered hereunder. The Co-Registrants are organized under the laws of the state indicated and have the I.R.S. Employer Identification Number indicated: Cowtown Gas Processing L.P., a Texas limited partnership (20-2391404); Cowtown Pipeline Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (42-1639774); Cowtown Pipeline Management, Inc., a Texas corporation (42-1639771); Cowtown Pipeline L.P., a Texas limited partnership (42-1639769); Barnett Shale Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (45-4110257); Silver Stream Pipeline Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (45-4669384); QPP Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (45-5498748); and QPP Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (45-5510057). The address, including zip code and telephone, for each Co-Registrant is 801 Cherry Street, Suite 3700, Unit 19, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, (817) 665-5000. |
(8) | Previously paid. |
Registration fee | $ | 225,400 | |
Transfer agent and trustee fees and expenses | $ * | ||
Printing | $ * | ||
Accounting fees and expenses | $ * | ||
Legal fees and expenses | $ * | ||
Rating agency fees | $ * | ||
Miscellaneous | $ * | ||
Total | $ * |
* | Not presently known. |
Incorporated by Reference | Filed (†) or Furnished (‡) Herewith (as indicated) | |||||||||||
Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | Form | SEC File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | |||||||
1.1* | Form of Underwriting Agreement | |||||||||||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Quicksilver Resources Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 21, 2008 | S-3 | 333-151847 | 4.1 | 6/23/2008 | |||||||
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Quicksilver Resources Inc. | 8-K | 001-14837 | 3.1 | 5/16/2013 | |||||||
4.1 | Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2005, between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association) | S-3 | 333-130597 | 4.7 | 12/22/2005 | |||||||
4.2 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2013, among Quicksilver Resources Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the initial purchasers | 8-K/A | 001-14837 | 4.3 | 7/1/2013 | |||||||
4.3 | Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2005, between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and Computershare Shareowner Services LLC (f/k/a Mellon Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent | 8-A/A | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 12/21/2005 | |||||||
4.4 | Amendment dated as of February 23, 2011 to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and Computershare Shareowner Services LLC (f/k/a Mellon Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent | 8-K | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 2/24/2011 | |||||||
4.5 | Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 8, 2013, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and Computershare Shareowner Services LLC (f/k/a Mellon Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent | 8-K | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 3/8/2013 | |||||||
4.6 | Form of Common Stock Certificate | 10-K/A | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 3/18/2014 | |||||||
4.7* | Form of Senior Debt Securities | |||||||||||
4.8* | Form of Subordinated Debt Securities | |||||||||||
4.9* | Form of Warrant Agreement | |||||||||||
4.10* | Form of Warrant Certificate | |||||||||||
4.11* | Form of Purchase Contract Agreement | |||||||||||
4.12* | Form of Purchase Contract | |||||||||||
4.13* | Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock | |||||||||||
4.14* | Form of Depositary Receipt | |||||||||||
4.15* | Form of Depositary Agreement | |||||||||||
4.16* | Form of Unit Agreement | |||||||||||
4.17* | Form of Unit Certificate | |||||||||||
5.1** | Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | |||||||||||
12.1** | Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges | |||||||||||
23.1 | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP | † | ||||||||||
23.2 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | † | ||||||||||
23.3** | Consent of Schlumberger Technology Corporation | |||||||||||
23.4** | Consent of LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd. | |||||||||||
23.5** | Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |||||||||||
24.1** | Powers of Attorney of Quicksilver Resources Inc. (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement) | |||||||||||
25.1** | Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 |
* | To be filed, if necessary, by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K. |
** | Previously filed. |
(a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
(A) | Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and |
(B) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or |
(b) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
(d) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |||
John C. Regan | ||||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
BARNETT SHALE OPERATING LLC SILVER STREAM PIPELINE COMPANY LLC QPP PARENT LLC | ||
By: | Quicksilver Resources Inc., its sole member | |
By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |
John C. Regan | ||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
QPP HOLDINGS LLC | ||
By: | Quicksilver Resources Inc., its sole member | |
By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |
John C. Regan | ||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
* | Chairman of the Board; Director | September 30, 2014 | ||
W. Yandell Rogers, III | ||||
* | President and Chief Executive Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
Glenn Darden | (Principal Executive Officer); Director | |||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
/s/ John C. Regan | and Chief Accounting Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
John C. Regan | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||
* | Director | September 30, 2014 | ||
Anne Darden Self | ||||
* | Director | September 30, 2014 | ||
W. Byron Dunn | ||||
* | Director | September 30, 2014 | ||
Michael Y. McGovern | ||||
* | Director | September 30, 2014 | ||
Steven M. Morris | ||||
* | Director | September 30, 2014 | ||
Scott M. Pinsonnault | ||||
* | Director | September 30, 2014 | ||
Mark J. Warner |
*By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |
John C. Regan | ||
Attorney-in-Fact |
COWTOWN GAS PROCESSING L.P. | ||||
By its general partner, | ||||
COWTOWN PIPELINE MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |||
John C. Regan | ||||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
* | President and Chief Executive Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
Glenn Darden | (Principal Executive Officer); Director | |||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
/s/ John C. Regan | and Chief Accounting Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
John C. Regan | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
*By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |
John C. Regan | ||
Attorney-in-Fact |
COWTOWN PIPELINE FUNDING, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |||
John C. Regan | ||||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
* | President and Chief Executive Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
Glenn Darden | (Principal Executive Officer); Director | |||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
/s/ John C. Regan | and Chief Accounting Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
John C. Regan | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
*By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |
John C. Regan | ||
Attorney-in-Fact |
COWTOWN PIPELINE MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |||
John C. Regan | ||||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
* | President and Chief Executive Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
Glenn Darden | (Principal Executive Officer); Director | |||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
/s/ John C. Regan | and Chief Accounting Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
John C. Regan | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
*By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |
John C. Regan | ||
Attorney-in-Fact |
COWTOWN PIPELINE L.P. | ||||
By its general partner, | ||||
COWTOWN PIPELINE MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |||
John C. Regan | ||||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
* | President and Chief Executive Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
Glenn Darden | (Principal Executive Officer); Director | |||
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
/s/ John C. Regan | and Chief Accounting Officer | September 30, 2014 | ||
John C. Regan | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
*By: | /s/ John C. Regan | |
John C. Regan | ||
Attorney-in-Fact |
Incorporated by Reference | Filed (†) or Furnished (‡) Herewith (as indicated) | |||||||||||
Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | Form | SEC File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | |||||||
1.1* | Form of Underwriting Agreement | |||||||||||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Quicksilver Resources Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 21, 2008 | S-3 | 333-151847 | 4.1 | 6/23/2008 | |||||||
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Quicksilver Resources Inc. | 8-K | 001-14837 | 3.1 | 5/16/2013 | |||||||
4.1 | Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2005, between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association) | S-3 | 333-130597 | 4.7 | 12/22/2005 | |||||||
4.2 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2013, among Quicksilver Resources Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the initial purchasers | 8-K/A | 001-14837 | 4.3 | 7/1/2013 | |||||||
4.3 | Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2005, between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and Computershare Shareowner Services LLC (f/k/a Mellon Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent | 8-A/A | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 12/21/2005 | |||||||
4.4 | Amendment dated as of February 23, 2011 to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and Computershare Shareowner Services LLC (f/k/a Mellon Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent | 8-K | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 2/24/2011 | |||||||
4.5 | Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 8, 2013, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between Quicksilver Resources Inc. and Computershare Shareowner Services LLC (f/k/a Mellon Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent | 8-K | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 3/8/2013 | |||||||
4.6 | Form of Common Stock Certificate | 10-K/A | 001-14837 | 4.1 | 3/18/2014 | |||||||
4.7* | Form of Senior Debt Securities | |||||||||||
4.8* | Form of Subordinated Debt Securities | |||||||||||
4.9* | Form of Warrant Agreement | |||||||||||
4.10* | Form of Warrant Certificate | |||||||||||
4.11* | Form of Purchase Contract Agreement | |||||||||||
4.12* | Form of Purchase Contract | |||||||||||
4.13* | Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock | |||||||||||
4.14* | Form of Depositary Receipt | |||||||||||
4.15* | Form of Depositary Agreement | |||||||||||
4.16* | Form of Unit Agreement | |||||||||||
4.17* | Form of Unit Certificate | |||||||||||
5.1** | Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | |||||||||||
12.1** | Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges | |||||||||||
23.1 | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP | † | ||||||||||
23.2 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | † | ||||||||||
23.3** | Consent of Schlumberger Technology Corporation | |||||||||||
23.4** | Consent of LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd. | |||||||||||
23.5** | Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |||||||||||
24.1** | Powers of Attorney of Quicksilver Resources Inc. (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement) | |||||||||||
25.1** | Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 |
* | To be filed, if necessary, by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K. |
** | Previously filed. |