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): March 11, 2016 (March 7, 2016)
PDC Energy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE |
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001-37419 |
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95-2636730 |
1775 Sherman Street, Suite 3000
Denver, Colorado 80203
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 860-5800
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):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 7, 2016, PDC Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), in connection with a registered underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock (the “Offering”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and certain other underwriters (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 5,150,000 shares of its common stock to the Underwriters at a price of $50.11 per share. In addition, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters were granted an option, exercisable within 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 772,500 shares of common stock on the same terms and conditions for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be made in connection with the Offering. The option was exercised on March 8, 2016, bringing the total number of shares issued in the Offering to 5,922,500. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and customary conditions to closing, obligations of the parties and termination provisions. Additionally, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make due to any such liabilities. The Offering was completed on March 11, 2016.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement has been included to provide security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made solely for purposes of the Offering and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Underwriting Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Underwriting Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to security holders. Security holders are not third-party beneficiaries under the Underwriting Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.
The Underwriters or their affiliates have from time to time provided investment banking, commercial banking and financial advisory services to the Company, for which they have received customary compensation. The Underwriters and their affiliates may provide similar services in the future. In particular, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is the administrative agent and a lender under the Company’s revolving credit facility and an affiliate of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is a lender under the Company’s revolving credit facility. In addition, from time to time, the Underwriters and their affiliates may effect transactions for their own account or the account of customers, and hold on behalf of themselves or their customers, long or short positions in the Company’s debt or equity securities or loans, and may do so in the future.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Description |
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1.1 |
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Underwriting Agreement, by and between PDC Energy, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, dated as of March 7, 2016. |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
SIGNATURE
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: March 11, 2016
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PDC Energy, Inc. | |
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By: |
/s/ Daniel W. Amidon |
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Daniel W. Amidon Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Description |
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1.1 |
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Underwriting Agreement, by and between PDC Energy, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, dated as of March 7, 2016. |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |