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Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Long-Term Debt

7.    Long-Term Debt

 

The following table summarizes our long-term debt as of the dates presented:

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2012     2011  
Revolving credit facility   $ 119,000     $ 99,000  
Senior notes due 2016, net of discount (principal amount of $300,000)     293,848       293,561  
Senior notes due 2019     300,000       300,000  
Convertible notes due 2012, net of discount (principal amount of $4,915)     4,791       4,746  
      717,639       697,307  
Less: Current portion of long-term debt     (4,791 )     (4,746 )
    $ 712,848     $ 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. In April 2012, the bank syndicate supporting the Revolver completed its redetermination and established a borrowing base of $300 million. Accordingly, the minimum revolving commitment remained unchanged. The Revolver is available to us for general purposes including working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions. We had letters of credit of $1.4 million outstanding as of March 31, 2012. As of March 31, 2012, our available borrowing capacity under the Revolver, as reduced by outstanding borrowings and letters of credit, was $179.6 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 March 31, 2012, the effective interest rate on the borrowings under the Revolver was 2.034%.

 

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 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 beginning 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 beginning 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 which is included in 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%.

 

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:

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2012     2011  
Principal   $ 4,915     $ 4,915  
Unamortized discount     (124 )     (169 )
Net carrying amount of liability component   $ 4,791     $ 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 March 31,  
    2012     2011  
Contractual interest expense   $ 55     $ 2,588  
Accretion on original issue discount     45       1,947  
Amortization of debt issuance costs     7       334  
    $ 107     $ 4,869