Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
18 June 2010capital raising announcement● Neutral
Recovery Energy hired investor-relations firm MDC Group and PR firm Globe Media, paying both partly in stock and warrants, formalized registration rights for Hexagon Investments' shares, and split the CEO and President roles in its bylaws.
4 June 2010asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
Recovery Energy closed the $20 million Davis/Spottie land deal and funded it with a $23.85 million institutional private placement (T.R. Winston as placement agent) - its largest capital raise yet. It also used the proceeds leverage to push out the maturity on its two Hexagon Investments loans from December 2010 to December 2011, defusing the refinancing crunch those loans had been building toward, in exchange for more warrants to Hexagon.
Recovery Energy agreed to buy roughly 60,000 acres of Nebraska/Wyoming oil and gas interests from Edward Mike Davis LLC and Spottie Inc for $20 million plus 2-3 million shares, under a tight closing deadline that escalated the share payment if the company couldn't fund the cash on time.
Recovery Energy sold its two drilling rigs for $700,000 (mostly a promissory note) to Resource Energy, a company affiliated with Matthew Jennings, who along with his affiliates already held about 12.2% of Recovery Energy's stock - exiting the drilling-services side of the business it had floated at its 2009 founding to focus on its own wells.
Recovery Energy raised $250,000 selling stock at just $0.75/share - a steep drop from the $2.25-$4.00 prices of its recent raises, signaling weakening investor demand for its shares.
Recovery Energy bought six more Wyoming wells and 1,240 acres for $15 million cash plus stock, again from Edward Mike Davis LLC (now a 23.5% shareholder), financed by a third Hexagon Investments loan at 15% interest also maturing December 1, 2010. Hexagon's stake, built entirely from financing-related share and warrant grants, reached 26.2% - stacking three high-rate secured loans onto the same December 2010 maturity wall while ownership concentrates in the lender and asset seller.
25 Mar 2010capital raising announcement● NeutralMajor
Recovery Energy bought four producing wells and 15,900 acres in the Nebraska/Wyoming DJ Basin for $6 million cash plus stock from Edward Mike Davis LLC, now a 14.9% shareholder, financing the cash portion with another Hexagon Investments loan at 15% interest maturing December 2010. Hexagon's stake grew to 13.1% of the company from shares issued alongside its loans.
Recovery Energy borrowed $4.5 million from Hexagon Investments at 15% interest, maturing December 2010 and secured by mortgages on its Wilkie field wells, to fund a property repurchase - and paid Hexagon 1 million shares of stock on top. This is the start of a high-cost secured lending relationship, not a change to shareholder rights as classified.
Recovery Energy unwound its Rush Willadel field structure - buying back the 250,000 shares it had issued to the original seller for $750,000 cash, while chairman Roger Parker personally bought the company's remaining 50% interest in those wells for $750,000. The company also raised a further $200,000 selling stock and changed auditors again.
What it means for a shareholder
250,000 new shares at about $0.800 to raise about $200,000. Shares on issue before the raise aren't in the record, so the dilution can't be worked out.