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Long-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Long-Term Debt
7.
Long-Term Debt
 
The following table summarizes our long-term debt as of the dates presented:
 
June 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Revolving credit facility
$
180,000

 
$
99,000

Senior notes due 2016, net of discount (principal amount of $300,000)
294,144

 
293,561

Senior notes due 2019
300,000

 
300,000

Convertible notes due 2012, net of discount (principal amount of $4,915)
4,837

 
4,746

 
778,981

 
697,307

Less: Current portion of long-term debt
(4,837
)
 
(4,746
)
 
$
774,144

 
$
692,561


 
Revolving Credit Facility
 
In August 2011, we entered into the Revolver which matures in August 2016. The Revolver provides for a $300 million revolving commitment, including a $20 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit. The Revolver has an accordion feature that allows us to increase the commitment up to the lower of the borrowing base or $600 million upon receiving additional commitments from one or more lenders. The Revolver has a borrowing base that is redetermined semi-annually. Upon the closing of the sale of our assets in the Appalachian region on July 31, 2012, our borrowing base under the Revolver was decreased by $70 million to a level of $230 million. The Revolver is available to us for general purposes including working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions. We had letters of credit of $1.7 million outstanding as of June 30, 2012. As of June 30, 2012, our available borrowing capacity under the Revolver, as reduced by outstanding borrowings and letters of credit, was $118.3 million.
 
Borrowings under the Revolver bear interest, at our option, at either (i) a rate derived from the London Interbank Offered Rate, as adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for Eurocurrency liabilities (the “Adjusted LIBOR”), plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.500% to 2.500% or (ii) the greater of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5% or (c) the one-month Adjusted LIBOR plus 1.0%, and, in each case, plus an applicable margin (ranging from 0.500% to 1.500%). The applicable margin is determined based on the ratio of our outstanding borrowings to the available Revolver capacity. Commitment fees are charged at 0.375% increasing to 0.500% on the undrawn portion of the Revolver as determined by our ratio of outstanding borrowings to the available Revolver capacity. As of June 30, 2012, the effective interest rate on the borrowings under the Revolver was 2.2500%.
 
The Revolver includes both current ratio and leverage ratio financial covenants. The current ratio is defined in the Revolver to include, among other things, adjustments for undrawn availability and may not be less than 1.0 to 1.0. The ratio of total net debt to EBITDAX, a non-GAAP financial measure defined in the Revolver, may not exceed 4.5 to 1.0 reducing to 4.0 to 1.0 for periods ending after June 30, 2013.
 
The Revolver is guaranteed by Penn Virginia and all of our material subsidiaries (“Guarantor Subsidiaries”). The obligations under the Revolver are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of our proved oil and gas reserves and a pledge of the equity interests in the Guarantor Subsidiaries.
 
The guarantees provided by the parent company and the Guarantor Subsidiaries under the Revolver as well as those provided for the senior indebtedness described below are full and unconditional and joint and several. Substantially all of our consolidated assets are held by the Guarantor Subsidiaries. The parent company and its non-guarantor subsidiaries have no material independent assets or operations. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of the parent company or any of the Guarantor Subsidiaries to obtain funds through dividends or other means, including advances and intercompany notes, among others.
 
2016 Senior Notes
 
The 2016 Senior Notes were originally sold at 97% of par equating to an effective yield to maturity of approximately 11%. The 2016 Senior Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 10.375% payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year. Beginning in June 2013, we may redeem all or part of the 2016 Senior Notes at a redemption price starting at 105.188% of the principal amount and reducing to 100% in June 2015 and thereafter. The 2016 Senior Notes are senior to our existing and future subordinated indebtedness and are effectively subordinated to all of our secured indebtedness, including the Revolver, to the extent of the collateral securing that indebtedness. The obligations under the 2016 Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor Subsidiaries.

2019 Senior Notes
 
The 2019 Senior Notes, which were issued at par in April 2011, bear interest at an annual rate of 7.25% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year. Beginning in April 2015, we may redeem all or part of the 2019 Senior Notes at a redemption price starting at 103.625% of the principal amount and reducing to 100% in June 2017 and thereafter. The 2019 Senior Notes are senior to our existing and future subordinated indebtedness and are effectively subordinated to all of our secured indebtedness, including the Revolver, to the extent of the collateral securing that indebtedness. The obligations under the 2019 Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor Subsidiaries.
 
Convertible Notes
 
The 4.50% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (“Convertible Notes”) bear interest at an annual rate of 4.50% payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The Convertible Notes are convertible into cash up to the principal amount thereof and shares of our common stock, if any, in respect of the excess conversion value, based on an initial conversion rate of 17.3160 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes (which is equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $57.75 per share of common stock), subject to adjustment. The Convertible Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations, ranking junior in right of payment to any of our senior indebtedness and to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness and equal in right of payment to any of our future unsecured senior subordinated indebtedness. The Convertible Notes rank senior in right of payment to any of our future junior subordinated indebtedness and structurally rank junior to all existing and future indebtedness of our Guarantor Subsidiaries.
 
The Convertible Notes are represented by a liability component classified as current maturities of long-term debt, net of discount, and an equity component representing the convertible feature which is included in additional paid-in capital in shareholders’ equity. The effective interest rate on the liability component of the Convertible Notes for all periods presented was 8.5%. The $4.9 million of outstanding principal amount due on the Convertible Notes will be paid on November 15, 2012 and will be funded by cash on hand or by borrowings under the Revolver.
 
In connection with a tender offer completed in April 2011, the Company repurchased $225.1 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes for $233.0 million, including a premium of $35 per $1,000 principal amount. The tender offer resulted in the extinguishment of approximately 98% of the outstanding Convertible Notes. The tender offer was funded from the net proceeds of the 2019 Senior Notes offering.
 
The following table summarizes the carrying amount of the components of the Convertible Notes as of the dates presented: 
 
June 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Principal
$
4,915

 
$
4,915

Unamortized discount
(78
)
 
(169
)
Net carrying amount of liability component
$
4,837

 
$
4,746

Carrying amount of equity component
$
35,201

 
$
35,201



The following table summarizes the amounts recognized as components of interest expense attributable to the Convertible Notes for the periods presented:
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Contractual interest expense
$
56

 
$
421

 
$
111

 
$
3,009

Accretion on original issue discount
46

 
318

 
91

 
2,265

Amortization of debt issuance costs
7

 
55

 
14

 
389

 
$
109

 
$
794

 
$
216

 
$
5,663