Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
25 Jan 2011business combination▲ GoodMajor
Magnum Hunter agreed to acquire NuLoch Resources, an Alberta oil producer, in a share-exchange deal (0.3304 exchange ratio, valuing NuLoch at CAD$2.50/share) - a third major acquisition alongside the pending Triad and NGAS deals, this one Magnum Hunter's first push into Canada.
The second phase of Triad Hunter's West Virginia gas-property purchase from Quest Eastern/PostRock closed: the Lewis County assets for $11.7 million, again about half cash and half stock.
Magnum Hunter gave an operational update on its Eagle Ford Shale drilling and announced its Series C preferred stock program was fully subscribed at its $100 million authorized limit (4 million shares) - the preferred-stock funding tool launched in early 2010 had now been maxed out.
The first phase of Triad Hunter's purchase of Quest Eastern/PostRock's West Virginia gas properties closed: the Wetzel County assets for $28 million, half cash and half stock, effective November 2010.
Magnum Hunter agreed to acquire all of NGAS Resources, an Appalachian gas producer, in an all-stock deal (0.0846 Magnum Hunter shares per NGAS share, valuing NGAS at $0.55/share) via a Canadian court-approved plan of arrangement - Magnum Hunter's second major stock-funded acquisition after Triad, expanding it further in Appalachia.
30 Dec 2010capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
Magnum Hunter's Triad Hunter subsidiary agreed to buy more Appalachian oil and gas properties, this time in Wetzel and Lewis Counties, West Virginia, from Quest Eastern Resource and PostRock MidContinent Production for about $39.75 million - half cash, half roughly 3.2 million new restricted shares (about 4% dilution) - continuing the regional build-out started with the 2010 Triad Energy acquisition.
Magnum Hunter won approval to move its common stock's listing from the NYSE Amex up to the New York Stock Exchange, a sign of the company's growth since the Triad acquisition; trading on the NYSE was set to begin in early January 2011.
Magnum Hunter's lenders added a $6.5 million Tranche B term loan tied to the Eureka Hunter Pipeline within its BMO credit facility, at 5.5% interest and due within a year - re-leveraging the pipeline asset that had been carved out of the facility's collateral just months earlier.
15 Nov 2010material agreement termination● Neutral
Magnum Hunter replaced its common-stock at-the-market sales agreement with McNicoll, Lewis & Vlack with a new one under a fresh shelf registration, terminating the prior June 2010 version - a routine refresh of its equity-funding tool, not new capital.
4 Nov 2010asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
Magnum Hunter sold its 10% non-operated working interest in the Cinco Terry prospect in Crockett County, Texas to Approach Oil & Gas for $21.5 million cash, trimming a minority position to focus capital elsewhere.
Magnum Hunter's bank lenders waived credit-agreement restrictions to let the company buy back up to $1 million of its own common stock, intended to fund a new employee 401(k) stock ownership plan.