UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

February 10, 2020

APPROACH RESOURCES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

(817) 989-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

 

* On November 12, 2019, Approach Resources Inc.’s common stock began trading on the OTC Pink marketplace. The NASDAQ Global Select Market has filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to remove the common stock of Approach Resources Inc. from listing and registration on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Deregistration under Section 12(b) of the Act will become effective 90 days after the filing date of the Form 25.

 

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. ☐

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

As previously disclosed, on November 18, 2019, Approach Resources Inc. (“Approach,” the “Company,” or “we”) and all of its subsidiaries (the “Filing Subsidiaries and, together with Approach, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions (collectively, the “Bankruptcy Petitions”) under chapter 11 (“Chapter 11”), of Title 11 of the U.S. Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”), thereby commencing the Chapter 11 cases captioned In re Approach Resources Inc., et al., Case No. 19-36444 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.) (the “Chapter 11 Cases”).

On February 10, 2020, the Company, as borrower, and certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into the first amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Senior Secured Super Priority Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement originally dated as of December 18, 2019, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and the financial institutions or other entities from time to time parties thereto as lenders.

Effective as of January 9, 2020, the First Amendment modifies certain milestones with respect to both a plan of reorganization and a sale of all or substantially all of the Debtors’ assets pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, including, among others, the following deadlines: (i) the filing of the bid procedures and the sale motion seeking approval of a sale of all or substantially all of the Debtors’ assets not later than December 11, 2019; (ii) the entry of the Court’s order approving the bid procedures and setting a hearing date for the approval of the sale not later than January 9, 2020; (iii) the receipt of qualified bids for the sale not later than February 14, 2020; (iv) the commencement of the auction contemplated by the bid procedures not later than February 26, 2020; (v) the entry of the Court’s order approving the sale not later than March 6, 2020; (vi) the filing of a plan of reorganization and disclosure statement not later than March 9, 2020; (vii) the entry of the Court’s order approving the disclosure statement not later than April 6, 2020; and (viii) the entry of the Court’s order confirming the plan or reorganization not later than May 22, 2020.

The foregoing description of the First Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Amendment, which has been filed with the Court and is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

 

Date:  February 13, 2020

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO SENIOR SECURED SUPER PRIORITY DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to Senior Secured Super Priority Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement (this “First Amendment”), dated as of February 10, 2020, is effective as of January 9, 2020 (the “First Amendment Effective Date”), by and among APPROACH RESOURCES INC., a corporation duly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Borrower”), each Guarantor set forth on the signature pages hereto (collectively with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”) and each of the Lenders party hereto, which constitute the Majority Lenders (the “Consenting Lenders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions party thereto as Lenders are parties to that certain Senior Secured Super Priority Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2019 (the “Credit Agreement”, and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as otherwise amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) (unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein with their initial letter capitalized shall have the meaning given such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend certain terms of the Credit Agreement as set forth herein to modify certain Case Milestones, to be effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date; and

WHEREAS, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Consenting Lenders have agreed to enter into this First Amendment.

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.Amendments.  In reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this First Amendment, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended, effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, in the manner provided in this Section 1.

1.1Amendments to Case Milestones.  Clauses (c) and (d) of Section 8.18 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their respective entirety to read in full as follows:

(c)The following Case Milestones in respect of an Acceptable Plan shall be achieved:

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(i)Not later than March 9, 2020, the Credit Parties shall have filed in the Bankruptcy Court an Acceptable Plan, a corresponding disclosure statement (the “Disclosure Statement”), and a motion seeking approval of the Disclosure Statement, in each case other than the Acceptable Plan, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Prepetition Administrative Agent.

(ii)Not later than April 6, 2020, the Credit Parties shall have scheduled a hearing on approval of the Disclosure Statement and obtained entry of the order by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Disclosure Statement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Prepetition Administrative Agent.

(iii)Not later than May 22, 2020, the Credit Parties shall have scheduled a hearing to confirm the Acceptable Plan and obtained entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the order confirming the Acceptable Plan (the “Confirmation Order”), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Prepetition Administrative Agent.

(iv)Not later than June 22, 2020, the effective date of the Acceptable Plan shall have occurred and the Credit Parties shall have discharged the Loans by (i) Payment in Full of the Indebtedness or (ii) such other treatment as acceptable to the Majority Lenders and the Credit Parties.

(d)The following Case Milestones in respect of a Section 363 Sale shall be achieved:

(i)Not later than December 11, 2019, the Credit Parties shall have filed a motion in the Bankruptcy Court, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Prepetition Administrative Agent, seeking approval of (a) a sale (the “Sale Transaction”) of substantially all assets of the Credit Parties, (b) bidding procedures, (c) required minimum bid levels, and (d) credit bid rights or other Acceptable Plan toggle rights, in each case as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Prepetition Administrative Agent (clauses (b)-(d) collectively, the “Bid Procedures”), and related relief in connection with the Sale Transaction (the “Bid Procedures and Sale Motion”).

(ii)Not later than January 9, 2020, (a) the Credit Parties shall have scheduled a hearing on the Bid Procedures and Sale Motion, and (b) the Credit Parties shall have obtained entry of an order, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Prepetition Administrative Agent, approving the Bid Procedures and setting a date for the hearing to approve the Sale Transaction.

(iii)Not later than February 14, 2020 (the “Bid Deadline”), the Credit Parties shall have received qualified bids for the Sale Transaction.

(iv)Not later than February 26, 2020, the Credit Parties shall have commenced the auction contemplated by the Bid Procedures.

(v)Not later than March 6, 2020, the Credit Parties shall have obtained entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court (the “Sale Approval Order”), in form and substance

 

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acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Prepetition Administrative Agent in all respects, approving the Sale Transaction.

(vi)Unless an Acceptable Plan is being pursued in accordance with clause (d) above, not later than March 26, 2020, the Credit Parties shall have discharged the Loans by (i) Payment in Full of the Indebtedness or (ii) such other treatment as acceptable to the Majority Lenders and the Credit Parties.

Section 2.Conditions Precedent.  The effectiveness of the amendments to the Credit Agreement contained in Section 1 hereof are each subject to satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:

2.1Counterparts.  The Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of this First Amendment from the Credit Parties and the Majority Lenders.

2.2364 Financing.  No Bankruptcy Court order has been entered authorizing the Credit Parties to obtain financing or credit pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code from any Person other than the Secured Parties secured by a security interest or having the priority of an administrative claim unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent in writing.

2.3DIP Order.  The DIP Order shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been vacated, reversed, modified, or amended, unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent in writing and, in the event that such order is the subject of any pending appeal, no performance of any obligation of any party hereto shall have been stayed pending appeal.  For the avoidance of doubt, this First Amendment constitutes and is intended to constitute the Administrative Agent’s written consent to any modification or amendment to the DIP Order as provided for in the Order Approving (A) Bid Procedures; (B) the Form and Manner of Notice; (C) the Procedures for Determining Cure Amounts for Executory and Unexpired Leases; and (D) Granting Related Relief [Dkt. No. 184] previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of this First Amendment, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

Section 3.Representations and Warranties of the Credit Parties.  To induce the Consenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into this First Amendment, each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent as of the First Amendment Effective Date as follows:

3.1Reaffirm Existing Representations and Warranties.  Each representation and warranty of each Credit Party contained in the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof and will be true and correct in all material respects after giving effect to the amendments set forth in Section 1 hereof, except (a) to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date, and (b) to the extent such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects.

 

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3.2Approvals; No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the other Credit Parties of this First Amendment and the other Loan Documents (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority (including the Bankruptcy Court) or any other third Person (including shareholders or any class of directors, whether interested or disinterested, of the Borrower or any other Person), nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect other than those third party approvals or consents which, if not made or obtained, would not cause a Default under the Amended Credit Agreement, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or do not have an adverse effect on the enforceability of the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any order of any Governmental Authority (including the DIP Order), (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding upon the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents).  

3.3Authority and Enforceability.  This First Amendment and each other Loan Document delivered by any Credit Party on or prior to the First Amendment Effective date has been duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

3.4No Default.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 4.Miscellaneous.

4.1Reaffirmation of Loan Documents; Extension of Liens.  Any and all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall, except as amended and modified hereby, remain in full force and effect.  The amendments contemplated hereby shall not limit or impair any Liens securing the Indebtedness, each of which are hereby ratified, affirmed and extended to secure the Indebtedness after giving effect to this First Amendment.

4.2Parties in Interest.  All of the terms and provisions of this First Amendment shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

4.3Counterparts.  This First Amendment may be executed in counterparts, and all parties need not execute the same counterpart.  Facsimiles or other electronic transmission (e.g. .pdf) shall be effective as originals.

4.4Complete Agreement.  THIS FIRST AMENDMENT, THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL

 

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AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN OR AMONG THE PARTIES.

4.5Headings.  The headings, captions and arrangements used in this First Amendment are, unless specified otherwise, for convenience only and shall not be deemed to limit, amplify or modify the terms of this First Amendment, nor affect the meaning thereof.

4.6Effectiveness.  This First Amendment shall be effective automatically and without necessity of any further action by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders when counterparts hereof have been executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders, and all conditions to the effectiveness hereof set forth herein have been satisfied.

4.7Governing Law.  This First Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

4.8Severability.  Any provision of this First Amendment which is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

[Signature pages to follow]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be duly executed on the date and year first above written.

By:  /s/ Sergei Krylov

Name:  Sergei Krylov

Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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a Delaware limited liability company

By:/s/ Sergei Krylov

Name:Sergei Krylov

Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

a Texas limited partnership

By:/s/ Sergei Krylov

Name:Sergei Krylov

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

a Delaware corporation

By:/s/ Sergei Krylov

Name:Sergei Krylov

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

a Delaware limited liability company

By:/s/ Sergei Krylov

Name:Sergei Krylov

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

a Delaware limited liability company

By:/s/ Sergei Krylov

Name:Sergei Krylov

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

a Delaware limited liability company

By:/s/ Sergei Krylov

Name:Sergei Krylov

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTJPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as

AND LENDER:Administrative Agent, a Lender and Issuing Bank

 

 

By:  /s/ David Morris

Name:  David Morris

Title: Authorized Officer

 

 

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By:  /s/ Dale Conder

Name:  Dale Conder

Title: SVP

 

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By: /s/ Teresa Woods

Name:  Teresa Woods

Title: Senior Vice President

 

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WElls fargo bank, n.a., as a Lender

By: /s/ Michael Thomas

Name:  Michael Thomas

Title: Senior Vice President

 

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capital one, national association, as a Lender

By:   /s/ Michael P. Robinson

Name:  Michael P. Robinson

Title: Vice President

 

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comerica bank, as a Lender

By: /s/ Cynthia B. Jones

Name:  Cynthia B. Jones

Title: Vice President

 

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HANCOCK whitney bank, as a Lender

By: /s/ Eric K. Sander

Name:  Eric K. Sander

Title:    Vice President