crgy-20241217

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2024


Crescent Energy Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware	001-41132	87-1133610
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

600 Travis Street, Suite 7200 Houston, Texas		77002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) 332-7001
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	CRGY	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


Item 1.01.			Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 17, 2024, Crescent Energy Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Crescent Finance”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Energy Company (NYSE: CRGY) (the “Company”), entered into that certain Eleventh Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”), which amended the Company’s existing Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2021 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2021, the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2022, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2022, the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2022, the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2023, the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2023, the Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2024, the Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2024, the Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2024, and the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2024, and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Crescent Finance, certain subsidiaries of Crescent Finance, as guarantors, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, collateral agent and a letter of credit issuer, and the other lenders and letter of credit issuers party thereto from time to time. Among other things, the Credit Agreement Amendment (i) reduced the applicable margin, so that the loans under the Credit Agreement, at Crescent Finance’s option, will be priced based on SOFR plus 2.00% to 3.00% or an adjusted based rate plus 1.00% to 2.00%, in each case, based on the utilization of the credit facility, (ii) removed the credit spread adjustment, and (iii) provides that the incurrence of up to $500.0 million of certain additional indebtedness during the period beginning on December 17, 2024 and ending on the scheduled redetermination date for the April 1, 2025 scheduled borrowing base redetermination will be excluded from the requirement for the borrowing base to be reduced by 0.25x of the principal amount of such new debt incurrences, so long such debt is incurred during such period and does not exceed the $500.0 million aggregate threshold. The borrowing base was maintained at $2.6 billion and the elected commitments were maintained at $2 billion.

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


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 under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.


Item 9.01.			Financial Statements and Exhibits.

*Certain of the schedules and exhibits to the agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request.

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

Date: December 20, 2024

CRESCENT ENERGY COMPANY

Title: General Counsel



Exhibit						Description

10.1*						E leventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated December 17, 2024, by and among Crescent Energy Finance LLC, certain subsidiaries of Crescent Energy Finance LLC, as guarantors, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, collateral agent and a letter of credit issuer, and the other lenders and letter of credit issuers party thereto.
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