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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
Note 5 – Long-Term Debt
Credit Agreement
On August 2, 2022, the Company entered into a Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender, and the institutions named therein as lenders. The Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured revolving credit facility with a maximum loan amount of $3.0 billion. As of December 31, 2022, the borrowing base and aggregate lender commitments were $2.5 billion and $1.25 billion, respectively. The revolving credit facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s proved oil and gas properties. The borrowing base is subject to regular, semi-annual redetermination, and considers the value of both the Company’s proved oil and gas properties reflected in the Company’s most recent reserve report; and commodity derivative contracts, each as determined by the Company’s lender group. The next scheduled borrowing base redetermination date is April 1, 2023. The Credit Agreement is scheduled to mature on the earlier of August 2, 2027 (“Stated Maturity Date”), or 91 days prior to the maturity date of any of the Company’s outstanding Senior Notes, as defined below, to the extent that, on or before such date, the respective Senior Notes have not been repaid, exchanged, repurchased, refinanced, or otherwise redeemed in full, and, if refinanced or exchanged, with a scheduled maturity date that is not earlier than at
least 180 days after the Stated Maturity Date. In addition to other terms, conditions, agreements, and provisions, the Credit Agreement establishes SOFR as the benchmark for determining interest rates. The financial covenants under the Credit Agreement are discussed under Covenants below.
Interest and commitment fees associated with the revolving credit facility are accrued based on a borrowing base utilization grid set forth in the Credit Agreement, as presented in the table below. At the Company’s election, borrowings under the Credit Agreement may be in the form of SOFR, Alternate Base Rate (“ABR”), or Swingline loans. SOFR loans accrue interest at SOFR plus the applicable margin from the utilization grid, and ABR and Swingline loans accrue interest at a market-based floating rate, plus the applicable margin from the utilization grid. Commitment fees are accrued on the unused portion of the aggregate lender commitment amount at rates from the utilization grid.
Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage<25%≥25% <50%≥50% <75%≥75% <90%≥90%
SOFR Loans
2.000 %2.250 %2.500 %2.750 %3.000 %
ABR Loans or Swingline Loans
1.000 %1.250 %1.500 %1.750 %2.000 %
Commitment Fee Rate0.375 %0.375 %0.500 %0.500 %0.500 %
The following table presents the outstanding balance, total amount of letters of credit outstanding, and available borrowing capacity under the Credit Agreement as of February 9, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021:
As of February 9, 2023As of December 31, 2022As of December 31, 2021
(in thousands)
Revolving credit facility (1)
$— $— $— 
Letters of credit (2)
6,000 6,000 2,500 
Available borrowing capacity1,244,000 1,244,000 1,097,500 
Total aggregate lender commitment amount$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,100,000 
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(1)    Unamortized deferred financing costs attributable to the revolving credit facility are presented as a component of the other noncurrent assets line item on the accompanying balance sheets and totaled $10.8 million and $2.7 million as of December 31, 2022, and 2021, respectively. These costs are being amortized over the term of the revolving credit facility on a straight-line basis.
(2)    Letters of credit outstanding reduce the amount available under the revolving credit facility on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Senior Secured Notes
No Senior Secured Notes were outstanding as of December 31, 2022. Senior Secured Notes, net of unamortized discount and deferred financing costs, included within the Senior Notes, net line item on the accompanying balance sheets as of December 31, 2021, consisted of the following:
As of December 31, 2021
(in thousands)
Principal amount of 10.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2025
$446,675 
Unamortized debt discount30,236 
Unamortized deferred financing costs8,727 
10.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2025, net of unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs
$407,712 
2025 Senior Secured Notes. On June 17, 2020, the Company issued $446.7 million in aggregate principal amount of 10.0% Senior Secured Notes (“2025 Senior Secured Notes” or “Senior Secured Notes”), at par, with a maturity date of January 15, 2025. The Company incurred fees of $13.1 million, and recorded $405.0 million as the initial carrying amount, which approximated the fair value of the 2025 Senior Secured Notes at issuance. The excess of the principal amount of the 2025 Senior Secured Notes over its fair value was recorded as a debt discount. The debt discount and deferred financing costs were being amortized to interest expense until the early redemption of the 2025 Senior Secured Notes in 2022, as discussed below.
2021 Senior Secured Convertible Notes. On August 12, 2016, the Company issued $172.5 million in aggregate principal amount of 1.50% Senior Convertible Notes with a maturity date of July 1, 2021 (“2021 Senior Convertible Notes”). Upon issuance of the 2021 Senior Convertible Notes, the Company received net proceeds of $166.6 million after deducting fees of $5.9 million. The Company recorded $132.3 million as the initial carrying amount of the debt component, which approximated its fair value at issuance, and the $40.2 million excess of the principal amount of the 2021 Senior Convertible Notes over the fair value of the debt component was recorded as a debt discount and a corresponding increase in additional paid-in capital. The debt discount and deferred financing
costs were amortized to interest expense through the maturity date. Upon the closing of the Exchange Offers, discussed and defined below, on June 17, 2020, the remaining outstanding 2021 Senior Convertible Notes became secured and are subsequently referred to as “2021 Senior Secured Convertible Notes”. The 2021 Senior Secured Convertible Notes were fully redeemed in 2021, as discussed below.
Interest expense recognized on the 2021 Senior Secured Convertible Notes related to the stated interest rate and amortization of the debt discount and debt related issuance costs totaled $2.3 million and $7.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively.
Senior Unsecured Notes
Senior Unsecured Notes, net of unamortized deferred financing costs, included within the Senior Notes, net line item on the accompanying balance sheets as of December 31, 2022, and 2021, consisted of the following (collectively referred to as “Senior Unsecured Notes”, and together with the 2025 Senior Secured Notes, “Senior Notes”):
As of December 31, 2022As of December 31, 2021
Principal AmountUnamortized Deferred Financing CostsPrincipal Amount, NetPrincipal AmountUnamortized Deferred Financing CostsPrincipal Amount, Net
(in thousands)
5.0% Senior Notes due 2024
$— $— $— $104,769 $403 $104,366 
5.625% Senior Notes due 2025
349,118 1,528 347,590 349,118 2,160 346,958 
6.75% Senior Notes due 2026
419,235 2,569 416,666 419,235 3,270 415,965 
6.625% Senior Notes due 2027
416,791 3,172 413,619 416,791 3,949 412,842 
6.5% Senior Notes due 2028
400,000 5,665 394,335 400,000 6,679 393,321 
Total$1,585,144 $12,934 $1,572,210 $1,689,913 $16,461 $1,673,452 
The Senior Unsecured Notes listed above are unsecured senior obligations and rank equal in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and any future unsecured senior debt and are senior in right of payment to any future subordinated debt. The Company may redeem some or all of its Senior Unsecured Notes prior to their maturity at redemption prices based on a premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest as described in the indentures governing the Senior Unsecured Notes. Fees incurred upon issuance of each series of Senior Unsecured Notes are being amortized as deferred financing costs over the life of the respective notes, unless earlier redeemed or retired, in which case amortization has been proportionately accelerated.
2022 Senior Notes. On November 17, 2014, the Company issued $600.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2022, at par, with a maturity date of November 15, 2022 (“2022 Senior Notes”). The Company received net proceeds of $590.0 million after deducting fees of $10.0 million. The 2022 Senior Notes were fully redeemed in 2021, as discussed below.
2024 Senior Notes. On May 20, 2013, the Company issued $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.0% Senior Notes due 2024, at par, with a maturity date of January 15, 2024 (“2024 Senior Notes”). The Company received net proceeds of $490.2 million after deducting fees of $9.8 million. The 2024 Senior Notes were fully redeemed in 2022, as discussed below.
2025 Senior Notes. On May 21, 2015, the Company issued $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2025, at par, which mature on June 1, 2025. The Company received net proceeds of $491.0 million after deducting fees of $9.0 million.
2026 Senior Notes. On September 12, 2016, the Company issued $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2026, at par, which mature on September 15, 2026 (“2026 Senior Notes”). The Company received net proceeds of $491.6 million after deducting fees of $8.4 million.
2027 Senior Notes. On August 20, 2018, the Company issued $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2027, at par, which mature on January 15, 2027 (“2027 Senior Notes”). The Company received net proceeds of $492.1 million after deducting fees of $7.9 million.
2028 Senior Notes. On June 23, 2021, the Company issued $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.5% Senior Notes due 2028, at par, which mature on July 15, 2028 (“2028 Senior Notes”). The Company received net proceeds of $392.8 million after deducting fees of $7.2 million.
Senior Notes Activity
2022 Senior Notes Transactions. On February 14, 2022, the Company redeemed the remaining $104.8 million of aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 2024 Senior Notes, with cash on hand, pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the 2024 Senior Notes which provided for a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount of the 2024 Senior Notes on the date of redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company canceled all redeemed 2024 Senior Notes upon settlement.
On June 17, 2022, the Company redeemed all of the $446.7 million of aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 2025 Senior Secured Notes with cash on hand, at a redemption price equal to 107.5 percent of the principal amount outstanding on the date of the redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Upon redemption, the Company recorded a net loss on extinguishment of debt of $67.2 million which included $33.5 million of premium paid, $26.3 million of accelerated expense recognition of the unamortized debt discount, and $7.4 million of accelerated expense recognition of the remaining unamortized deferred financing costs. The Company canceled all redeemed 2025 Senior Secured Notes upon settlement.
2021 Senior Notes Transactions. On June 23, 2021, the Company issued $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2028 Senior Notes, as described above. The net proceeds of $392.8 million were used to repurchase $193.1 million and $172.3 million of outstanding principal amount of the Company’s 2022 Senior Notes and 2024 Senior Notes, respectively, through a cash tender offer (“Tender Offer”), and to redeem the remaining $19.3 million of 2022 Senior Notes not repurchased as part of the Tender Offer (“2022 Senior Notes Redemption”). The Company paid total consideration, excluding accrued interest, of $385.3 million, and recorded a net loss on extinguishment of debt of $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, which included the accelerated expense recognition of $1.5 million of the remaining unamortized deferred financing costs and $0.6 million of net premiums. The Company canceled all repurchased and redeemed 2022 Senior Notes and 2024 Senior Notes upon settlement.
The 2021 Senior Secured Convertible Notes matured on July 1, 2021, and on that day, the Company used borrowings under its revolving credit facility to retire, at par, the remaining outstanding principal amount of $65.5 million.
2020 Senior Notes Transactions. During the second quarter of 2020, the Company initiated an offer to exchange certain of its then outstanding Senior Unsecured Notes, other than its 2021 Senior Convertible Notes, (and together with the Senior Unsecured Notes, “Old Notes”), and entered into a private exchange of certain of its then outstanding 2021 Senior Convertible Notes and portions of its then outstanding Senior Unsecured Notes (“Private Exchange”), in each case, for newly issued 2025 Senior Secured Notes, referred to together as “Exchange Offers.”
On June 17, 2020, the Company exchanged $611.9 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Unsecured Notes and $107.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2021 Senior Convertible Notes for $446.7 million in aggregate principal amount of 2025 Senior Secured Notes. Further, in connection with the Private Exchange, the Company tendered $53.5 million in cash to certain holders of the 2021 Senior Convertible Notes and issued the Warrants. Please refer to Note 3 - Equity for more information regarding the Warrants. Upon the closing of the Exchange Offers, the Company recorded a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $227.3 million which included the accelerated expense recognition of $6.1 million and $5.6 million of previously unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs, respectively.
Upon the closing of the Exchange Offers, the Company retired $611.9 million in aggregate principal amount of its Senior Unsecured Notes. Portions of the then-outstanding principal amount of each series of the Senior Unsecured Notes listed below were tendered and retired in connection with the Exchange Offers. The following table summarizes the principal amounts of the Senior Unsecured Notes tendered as of the Settlement Date:
Title of Senior Unsecured Notes TenderedPrincipal Amount of Senior Unsecured Notes Tendered
(in thousands)
6.125% Senior Notes due 2022
$141,701 
5.0% Senior Notes due 2024
155,339 
5.625% Senior Notes due 2025
150,882 
6.75% Senior Notes due 2026
80,765 
6.625% Senior Notes due 2027
83,209 
Total
$611,896 
The Company canceled all 2021 Senior Convertible Notes and Senior Unsecured Notes that were retired upon closing of the Exchange Offers.
Additionally, during 2020, in open market transactions, the Company repurchased a total of $122.7 million and $67.6 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2022 Senior Notes and 2024 Senior Notes, respectively, for a total settlement amount, excluding accrued interest, of $136.5 million. In connection with the repurchases, the Company recorded a net gain on extinguishment of debt of
$52.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This amount included discounts realized upon repurchase of $53.8 million partially offset by approximately $1.0 million related to the accelerated expense recognition of the previously unamortized deferred financing costs. The Company canceled all repurchased 2022 Senior Notes and 2024 Senior Notes upon settlement.
Covenants
The Company is subject to certain financial and non-financial covenants under the Credit Agreement and the indentures governing the Senior Notes that, among other terms, limit the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, make restricted payments including dividends, sell assets, create liens that secure debt, enter into transactions with affiliates, merge or consolidate with other entities, and with respect to the Company’s restricted subsidiaries, permit the consensual restriction on the ability of such restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or indebtedness owing to the Company or to any other restricted subsidiaries. The financial covenants under the Credit Agreement require that the Company’s (a) total funded debt, as defined in the Credit Agreement, to 12-month trailing adjusted EBITDAX ratio cannot be greater than 3.50 to 1.00 on the last day of each fiscal quarter; and (b) adjusted current ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement, cannot be less than 1.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreement and the indentures governing the Senior Notes as of December 31, 2022, and through the filing of this report.
Capitalized Interest
Capitalized interest costs for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, totaled $17.6 million, $15.0 million, and $15.8 million, respectively. The amount of interest the Company capitalizes generally fluctuates based on the amount borrowed, the Company’s capital program, and the timing and amount of costs associated with capital projects that are considered in progress. Capitalized interest costs are included in total costs incurred. Please refer to Costs Incurred in Supplemental Oil and Gas Information (unaudited) in Part II, Item 8 of this report.