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INDEBTEDNESS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
INDEBTEDNESS
(9) INDEBTEDNESS

We had the following debt outstanding as of the dates shown below (in thousands) (bank debt interest rate at September 30, 2012 is shown parenthetically). No interest was capitalized during the three months or the nine months ended September 30, 2012 or 2011.

 

     September 30,      December 31,  
     2012      2011  

Bank debt (1.8%)

   $ 461,000       $ 187,000   

Senior subordinated notes:

     

7.50% senior subordinated notes due 2017

     250,000         250,000   

7.25% senior subordinated notes due 2018

     250,000         250,000   

8.00% senior subordinated notes due 2019, net of $11,131 and $12,033 discount, respectively

     288,869         287,967   

6.75% senior subordinated notes due 2020

     500,000         500,000   

5.75% senior subordinated notes due 2021

     500,000         500,000   

5.00% senior subordinated notes due 2022

     600,000         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt

   $ 2,849,869       $ 1,974,967   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bank Debt

In February 2011, we entered into an amended and restated revolving bank facility, which we refer to as our bank debt or our bank credit facility, which is secured by substantially all of our assets. The bank credit facility provides for an initial commitment equal to the lesser of the facility amount or the borrowing base. On September 30, 2012, the facility amount was $1.75 billion and the borrowing base was $2.0 billion. The bank credit facility provides for a borrowing base subject to redeterminations semi-annually and for event-driven unscheduled redeterminations. As part of our semi-annual bank review completed on October 4, 2012, our borrowing base was reaffirmed at $2.0 billion and our facility amount was also reaffirmed at $1.75 billion. Our current bank group is comprised of twenty-eight financial institutions, with no one bank holding more than 9% of the total facility and includes three additional banks that were added in April 2012. The facility amount may be increased to the borrowing base amount with twenty days notice, subject to the banks agreeing to participate in the facility increase and payment of a mutually acceptable commitment fee to those banks. As of September 30, 2012, the outstanding balance under our bank credit facility was $461.0 million. Additionally, we had $62.1 million of undrawn letters of credit leaving $1.2 billion of borrowing capacity available under the facility amount. The facility matures on February 18, 2016. Borrowings under the bank facility can either be at the Alternate Base Rate (as defined) plus a spread ranging from 0.50% to 1.5% or LIBOR borrowings at the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined) plus a spread ranging from 1.5% to 2.5%. The applicable spread is dependent upon borrowings relative to the borrowing base. We may elect, from time to time, to convert all or any part of our LIBOR loans to base rate loans or to convert all or any of the base rate loans to LIBOR loans. The weighted average interest rate was 2.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The weighted average interest rate was 2.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to 2.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. A commitment fee is paid on the undrawn balance based on an annual rate of 0.375% to 0.50%. At September 30, 2012, the commitment fee was 0.375% and the interest rate margin was 1.5% on our LIBOR loans and 0.5% on our base rate loans.

Senior Subordinated Notes

In March 2012, we issued $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% senior subordinated notes due 2022 (“5.00% Notes”) for net proceeds of $589.5 million after underwriting discounts and commissions of $10.5 million. The 5.00% Notes were issued at par. Interest on the 5.00% Notes is payable semi-annually in February and August and is guaranteed by all of our subsidiary guarantors. We may redeem the 5.00% Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after February 15, 2017, at a redemption price of 102.5% of the principal amount as of February 15, 2017, declining to 100% on February 15, 2020 and thereafter. Before February 2015, we may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 5.00% Notes at a redemption price equal to 105% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, with the proceeds of certain equity offerings, provided that 65% of the aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Notes remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and also provided such redemption shall occur within 60 days of the date of the closing of the equity offering. On closing of the 5.00% Notes, we used $350.0 million of the proceeds to pay down our outstanding credit facility balance.

If we experience a change of control, bondholders may require us to repurchase all or a portion of all of our senior subordinated notes at 101% of the aggregate principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. All of the senior subordinated notes and the guarantees by our subsidiary guarantors are general, unsecured obligations and are subordinated to our bank debt and will be subordinated to future senior debt that we or our subsidiary guarantors are permitted to incur under the bank credit facility and the indentures governing the subordinated notes.

Guarantees

Range Resources Corporation is a holding company which owns no operating assets and has no significant operations independent of its subsidiaries. The guarantees by our subsidiaries of our senior subordinated notes are full and unconditional and joint and several.

Debt Covenants and Maturity

Our bank credit facility contains negative covenants that limit our ability, among other things, to pay cash dividends, incur additional indebtedness, sell assets, enter into certain hedging contracts, change the nature of our business or operations, merge, consolidate, or make investments. In addition, we are required to maintain a ratio of debt to EBITDAX (as defined in the credit agreement) of no greater than 4.25 to 1.0 and a current ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of no less than 1.0 to 1.0. We were in compliance with our covenants under the bank credit facility at September 30, 2012.

The indentures governing our senior subordinated notes contain various restrictive covenants that are substantially identical to each other and may limit our ability to, among other things, pay cash dividends, incur additional indebtedness, sell assets, enter into transactions with affiliates, or change the nature of our business. At September 30, 2012, we were in compliance with these covenants.