UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY

ýQUARTERL Y REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017

March 31, 2020

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from      to

Commission File Number: 001-37670

Lonestar Resources US Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

81-0874035

Delaware81-0874035
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

600 Bailey Avenue,111 Boland Street, Suite 200,301, Fort Worth, TX

76107

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 921-1889

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each ClassTrading SymbolName of Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Voting Common Stock,
par value $0.001 per share
LONENASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes ý    No  


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes  ý    No  


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Act:

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

ý

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

ý

Emerging growth company

ý

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.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No  ý

As of November 10, 2017,June 29, 2020, the registrant had 24,506,64725,369,191 shares of Class A voting common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Lonestar Resources US Inc. (the “Company”) on May 11, 2020, the Company expected that the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Report”), originally due on May 15, 2020, would be delayed due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic. Specifically, the impact of COVID-19 on the Company and its employees, including disruptions in staffing, communications and access to personnel due to stay-at-home orders issued by the Governor of the state of Texas the week of March 30, 2020, resulted in delays, limited support and insufficient review. This, in turn, delayed the Company’s ability to complete its financial reporting process and prepare the Report.
The Company relied on Release No. 34-88465 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020, pursuant to Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to delay the filing of this Quarterly Report.

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Table of Contents

Page

Page
PART I.

Item 1.

3

4

5

6

Item 2.

21

Item 3.

Item 4.

PART II.

Item 1.

38

Item 1A.

38

Item 2.

38

Item 3.

38

Item 4.

6.

38

Item 5.

Other Information

38

Item 6.

Exhibits

39

Exhibit Index

40

42


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Presentation of Information

On July 5, 2016, Lonestar Resources US Inc., a Delaware corporation, acquired all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Lonestar Resources Limited, the former parent company of the Lonestar group of companies, pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement under Australian law that was approved by the Federal Court of Australia on June 28, 2016, and by Lonestar Resources Limited’s shareholders at a meeting of shareholders, which approval was obtained in March 2016 (the “Reorganization”).  The purpose of the Reorganization was to reorganize the operations of Lonestar Resources Limited, an Australian corporation, into a structure whereby the ultimate parent company of the Lonestar group of companies would be a Delaware corporation.  In connection with the Reorganization, the ordinary shares of Lonestar Resources Limited were delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange, and the Class A voting common stock of Lonestar Resources US Inc. began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 5, 2016 under the ticker symbol “LONE”.

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “Lonestar,” “we,” “us,” “our” and “the Company” refer to (i) Lonestar Resources Limited and its subsidiaries prior to the Reorganization and (ii) Lonestar Resources US Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Lonestar Resources America, Inc. (“LRAI”), the operating company for the Lonestar group of companies, upon completion of the Reorganization, as applicable.

General information about us can be found on our website at www.lonestarresources.com. The information available on or through our website, or about us on any other website, is neither incorporated into, nor part of, this report. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings that we make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as well as any amendments and exhibits to those reports, will be available free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file or furnish them to the SEC. Information is also available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov for our U.S. filings.

Glossary of Certain Defined Terms

The terms defined in this section are used throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

Bbl – Barrel of oil.

Bbls/d –  Number of one stock tank barrel, or 42 U.S. gallons liquid volume, of oil or other liquid hydrocarbons per day.

Boe –  Barrels of oil equivalent, with 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas being equivalent to one barrel of oil.

Boe/d –  Barrels of oil equivalent per day.

EUR – Gross estimated ultimate recoveries for a single well.

Mcf –  Thousand cubic feet of natural gas.

Mcf/d –  Thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day.

MMBOE – Million barrels of oil equivalent, with 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas being equivalent to one barrel of oil.

MMBtu – One million British thermal units.

WTI – West Texas Intermediate crude oil, which is a light, sweet crude oil, characterized by an American Petroleum Institute gravity between 39 and 41 and a sulfur content of approximately 0.4 weight percent that is used as a benchmark for other crude oils.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

Statements

Lonestar Resources US Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except sharepar value and per share data)

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Assets

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

4,812

 

 

$

6,068

 

Accounts receivable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, natural gas liquid and natural gas sales

 

 

10,398

 

 

 

4,680

 

Joint interest owners and other, net

 

 

965

 

 

 

867

 

Related parties

 

 

245

 

 

 

847

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

3,121

 

 

 

1,730

 

Prepaid expenses and other

 

 

5,709

 

 

 

2,631

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

 

25,250

 

 

 

16,823

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and gas properties, net, using the successful efforts method of accounting

 

 

552,919

 

 

 

439,228

 

Other property and equipment, net

 

 

12,432

 

 

 

1,421

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

773

 

 

 

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

3,796

 

 

 

1,561

 

Restricted certificates of deposit

 

 

76

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

595,246

 

 

$

459,109

 

 March 31,
2020
 December 31,
2019
Assets
Current assets   
Cash and cash equivalents$1,142
 $3,137
Accounts receivable   
Oil, natural gas liquid and natural gas sales10,229
 15,991
Joint interest owners and others, net836
 1,310
Derivative financial instruments74,425
 5,095
Prepaid expenses and other2,873
 2,208
Total current assets89,505
 27,741
Property and equipment   
Oil and gas properties, using the successful efforts method of accounting   
Proved properties1,083,692
 1,050,168
Unproved properties77,162
 76,462
Other property and equipment21,424
 21,401
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment(688,692) (464,671)
Property and equipment, net493,586
 683,360
Accounts receivable – related party5,936
 5,816
Derivative financial instruments25,434
 1,754
Other non-current assets1,885
 2,108
Total assets$616,346
 $720,779
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities   
Accounts payable$33,284
 $33,355
Accounts payable – related party381
 189
Oil, natural gas liquid and natural gas sales payable15,257
 14,811
Accrued liabilities23,049
 26,905
Derivative financial instruments1,501
 8,564
Current maturities of long-term debt513,259
 247,000
Total current liabilities586,731
 330,824
Long-term liabilities   
Long-term debt9,148
 255,068
Asset retirement obligations6,888
 7,055
Deferred tax liabilities, net
 931
Warrant liability
 129
Warrant liability – related party1
 235
Derivative financial instruments1,896
 1,898
Other non-current liabilities1,346
 3,752
Total long-term liabilities19,279
 269,068
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

 

Stockholders' Equity   
Class A voting common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 25,254,029 and 24,945,594 shares issued and outstanding, respectively142,655
 142,655
Series A-1 convertible participating preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 102,585 and 100,328 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
 
Additional paid-in capital175,978
 175,738
Accumulated deficit(308,297) (197,506)
Total stockholders' equity10,336
 120,887
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$616,346
 $720,779

See accompanying notesNotes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Lonestar Resources US Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (continued)

Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

12,386

 

 

$

14,894

 

Accounts payable – related parties

 

 

108

 

 

 

1,135

 

Oil, natural gas liquid and natural gas sales payable

 

 

7,521

 

 

 

3,568

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

22,365

 

 

 

9,947

 

Accrued liabilities – related parties

 

 

78

 

 

 

224

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

1,991

 

 

 

2,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

44,449

 

 

 

32,753

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

286,398

 

 

 

204,122

 

Long-term debt - related parties

 

 

 

 

 

3,400

 

Deferred tax liability

 

 

21,977

 

 

 

38,020

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

6,241

 

 

 

6,052

 

Equity warrant liability

 

 

439

 

 

 

1,565

 

Equity warrant liability - related parties

 

 

834

 

 

 

2,994

 

Asset retirement obligations

 

 

5,097

 

 

 

2,683

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

2,672

 

 

 

1,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

368,107

 

 

 

292,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A-2 convertible participating preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 76,577 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and 0 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016

 

 

74,712

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A voting common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 21,822,015 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

142,652

 

 

 

142,652

 

Class B non-voting common stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000 shares authorized, 2,500 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A-1 convertible participating preferred stock, $0.001 par value and Series B convertible participating preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,543 shares and 2,684,632 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017, respectively, 0 and 0 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

100,146

 

 

 

87,260

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(90,374

)

 

 

(63,517

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

152,427

 

 

 

166,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

595,246

 

 

$

459,109

 

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019
Revenues   
Oil sales$29,990
 $33,584
Natural gas liquid sales2,599
 3,393
Natural gas sales4,420
 3,764
Total revenues37,009
 40,741
Expenses   
Lease operating and gas gathering9,788
 7,710
Production and ad valorem taxes2,369
 2,291
Depreciation, depletion and amortization24,354
 17,970
Loss on sale of oil and gas properties
 32,894
Impairment of oil and gas properties199,908
 
General and administrative2,881
 4,379
Other(223) (2)
Total expenses239,077
 65,242
Loss from operations(202,068) (24,501)
Other income (expense)   
Interest expense(11,610) (10,656)
Change in fair value of warrants363
 (102)
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments101,169
 (36,238)
Total other income (expense)89,922
 (46,996)
Loss before income taxes(112,146) (71,497)
Income tax benefit1,355
 12,933
Net Loss(110,791) (58,564)
Preferred stock dividends(2,257) (2,065)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders$(113,048) $(60,629)
    
Net loss per common share   
Basic$(4.52) $(2.45)
Diluted$(4.52) $(2.45)
    
Weighted average common shares outstanding   
Basic25,003,977
 24,698,372
Diluted25,003,977
 24,698,372
See accompanying notesNotes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Lonestar Resources US Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations & Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil sales

$

23,162

 

 

$

12,285

 

 

$

52,742

 

 

$

36,404

 

Natural gas sales

 

1,890

 

 

 

2,190

 

 

 

5,072

 

 

 

5,448

 

Natural gas liquid sales

 

1,831

 

 

 

1,063

 

 

 

4,820

 

 

 

2,685

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

26,883

 

 

 

15,538

 

 

 

62,634

 

 

 

44,537

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease operating and gas gathering

 

4,515

 

 

 

4,006

 

 

 

10,992

 

 

 

12,764

 

Production, ad valorem, and severance taxes

 

1,541

 

 

 

907

 

 

 

3,656

 

 

 

3,046

 

Rig standby expense

 

61

 

 

 

364

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

2,261

 

Depletion, depreciation, and amortization

 

15,891

 

 

 

10,665

 

 

 

40,527

 

 

 

38,301

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

38

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

160

 

Loss (gain) on sale of oil and gas properties

 

119

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

466

 

 

 

(1,478

)

Impairment of oil and gas properties

 

 

 

 

29,144

 

 

 

27,081

 

 

 

31,082

 

Stock-based compensation

 

346

 

 

 

122

 

 

 

985

 

 

 

313

 

General and administrative

 

2,298

 

 

 

2,870

 

 

 

7,940

 

 

 

8,501

 

Acquisition costs

 

337

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,063

 

 

 

 

Other (income) expense

 

(4

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(62

)

 

 

1,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

 

25,142

 

 

 

48,185

 

 

 

94,805

 

 

 

95,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

1,741

 

 

 

(32,647

)

 

 

(32,171

)

 

 

(51,458

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(5,031

)

 

 

(5,751

)

 

 

(15,448

)

 

 

(16,961

)

Gain on disposal of bonds

 

 

 

 

29,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,363

 

Amortization of finance costs

 

(934

)

 

 

(1,594

)

 

 

(4,368

)

 

 

(2,683

)

Gain (loss) on warrants

 

402

 

 

 

(611

)

 

 

3,286

 

 

 

(611

)

Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments

 

(7,657

)

 

 

1,664

 

 

 

6,505

 

 

 

(3,405

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

(13,220

)

 

 

23,071

 

 

 

(10,025

)

 

 

5,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

(11,479

)

 

 

(9,576

)

 

 

(42,196

)

 

 

(45,755

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

4,718

 

 

 

(1,684

)

 

 

15,339

 

 

 

10,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

(6,761

)

 

 

(11,260

)

 

 

(26,857

)

 

 

(35,401

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock dividends

 

(1,824

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,120

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

$

(8,585

)

 

$

(11,260

)

 

$

(28,977

)

 

$

(35,401

)

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

(0.39

)

 

$

(1.44

)

 

$

(1.33

)

 

$

(4.64

)

Diluted

$

(0.39

)

 

$

(1.44

)

 

$

(1.33

)

 

$

(4.64

)

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - basic

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,842,586

 

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,629,896

 

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - diluted

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,842,586

 

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,629,896

 

Comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(6,761

)

 

$

(11,260

)

 

$

(26,857

)

 

$

(35,401

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

 

 

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

(29

)

Comprehensive loss

$

(6,761

)

 

$

(11,273

)

 

$

(26,857

)

 

$

(35,430

)

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


Lonestar Resources US Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A Voting

 

 

Series A-1 and Series B

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

 

Paid-in

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Total Stockholders'

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Loss

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

 

 

7,521,788

 

 

$

142,638

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

10,270

 

 

$

30,818

 

 

$

(760

)

 

$

182,966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sale of common stock, net of offering costs

 

 

 

13,800,000

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,817

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued for asset acquisition

 

 

 

500,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(760

)

 

 

 

 

 

760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(94,335

)

 

 

 

 

 

(94,335

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

$

142,652

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

87,260

 

 

$

(63,517

)

 

$

 

 

$

166,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued for asset acquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,690,175

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

12,090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(26,857

)

 

 

 

 

 

(26,857

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

$

142,652

 

 

 

2,690,175

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

100,146

 

 

$

(90,374

)

 

$

 

 

$

152,427

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
Class A Voting
Common Stock
 
Series A-1
Preferred Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 Shares Amount Shares Amount   
Balance at December 31, 201924,945,594
 $142,655
 100,328
 $
 $175,738
 $(197,506) $120,887
Payment-in-kind dividends
 
 2,257
 
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation308,435
 
 
 
 240
 
 240
Net loss
 
 
 
 
 (110,791) (110,791)
Balance at March 31, 202025,254,029

142,655

102,585
 

175,978

(308,297)
10,336
 
Class A Voting
Common Stock
 
Series A-1
Preferred Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 Shares Amount Shares Amount   
Balance at December 31, 201824,645,825
 $142,655
 91,784
 $
 $174,379
 $(94,487) $222,547
Payment-in-kind dividends
 
 2,065
 
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation127,818
 
 
 
 627
 
 627
Net loss
 
 
 
 
 (58,564) (58,564)
Balance at March 31, 201924,773,643
 142,655
 93,849
 
 175,006
 (153,051) 164,610
See accompanying notesNotes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Lonestar Resources US Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(26,857

)

 

$

(35,401

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on disposal of oil and gas properties

 

 

 

 

 

(866

)

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

 

96

 

 

 

160

 

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization

 

 

40,527

 

 

 

38,301

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

985

 

 

 

313

 

Deferred taxes

 

 

(16,043

)

 

 

(10,432

)

Gain on disposal of bonds

 

 

 

 

 

(29,363

)

(Gain) losses on derivative financial instruments

 

 

(6,505

)

 

 

3,405

 

Settlements of derivative financial instruments

 

 

4,894

 

 

 

24,322

 

Impairment of oil and gas properties

 

 

27,081

 

 

 

31,082

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

 

4,375

 

 

 

1,677

 

(Gain) loss on warrants

 

 

(3,286

)

 

 

611

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(5,214

)

 

 

865

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

(3,559

)

 

 

(1,961

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

11,973

 

 

 

(4,479

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

28,467

 

 

 

18,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of oil and gas properties

 

 

(109,031

)

 

 

(3,115

)

Development of oil and gas properties

 

 

(56,918

)

 

 

(24,856

)

Proceeds from sales of oil and gas properties

 

 

 

 

 

2,720

 

Purchases of other property and equipment

 

 

(11,580

)

 

 

(202

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(177,529

)

 

 

(25,453

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from borrowings and related party borrowings

 

 

102,988

 

 

 

63,714

 

Payments on borrowings and related party borrowings

 

 

(27,504

)

 

 

(54,789

)

Proceeds from sale of preferred stock

 

 

77,800

 

 

 

 

Cost to issue equity

 

 

(2,790

)

 

 

 

Payments of debt issuance costs

 

 

(2,685

)

 

 

 

Changes in other notes payable

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(9

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

147,806

 

 

 

8,916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

(29

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(1,256

)

 

 

1,668

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period

 

 

6,068

 

 

 

4,322

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period

 

$

4,812

 

 

$

5,990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for taxes

 

$

2,465

 

 

$

 

Cash paid for interest expense

 

 

11,060

 

 

 

14,095

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock issued for asset acquisition

 

$

10,795

 

 

$

 

Common stock issued for asset acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

5,500

 

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019
Cash flows from operating activities   
Net loss$(110,791) $(58,564)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:   
Accretion of asset retirement obligations86
 79
Depreciation, depletion and amortization24,268
 17,891
Stock-based compensation(2,022) 533
Deferred taxes(1,376) (12,922)
(Gain) loss on derivative financial instruments(101,169) 36,238
Settlements of derivative financial instruments1,096
 1,309
Impairment of oil and natural gas properties199,908
 
Gain on disposal of property and equipment83
 (17)
Loss on sale of oil and gas properties
 32,894
Non-cash interest expense768
 699
Change in fair value of warrants(363) 102
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:   
Accounts receivable6,117
 (2,016)
Prepaid expenses and other assets(374) 304
Accounts payable and accrued expenses(2,396) (6,704)
Net cash provided by operating activities13,835
 9,826
    
Cash flows from investing activities   
Acquisition of oil and gas properties(816) (2,352)
Development of oil and gas properties(34,753) (29,137)
Proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties317
 12,107
Purchases of other property and equipment(524) (2,916)
Net cash used in investing activities(35,776) (22,298)
    
Cash flows from financing activities   
Proceeds from borrowings28,000
 30,000
Payments on borrowings(8,054) (19,116)
Net cash provided by financing activities19,946
 10,884
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents(1,995) (1,588)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period3,137
 5,355
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period$1,142
 $3,767
    
Supplemental information:   
Cash paid for interest$3,957
 $16,743
Non-cash investing and financing activities:   
Change in asset retirement obligation$(253) $(522)
Change in liabilities for capital expenditures(1,040) 730
See accompanying notesNotes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Lonestar Resources US Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Presentation
Organization and Nature of Business and Presentation

Operations

Lonestar Resources US Inc. (the “Successor”) was incorporated in Delaware in December 2015 for purposes of effecting our corporate reorganization, which was completed on July 5, 2016 (the “Reorganization”), pursuant to a Scheme Implementation Agreement (the “Scheme”), dated December 28, 2015, between(“Lonestar” or the Successor and Lonestar Resources Limited (the “Predecessor”), an Australian company. Prior to the Reorganization, our business was owned and operated under our Predecessor, whose ordinary shares were listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”). Pursuant to the Scheme, the Successor acquired all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of our Predecessor, and each of our Predecessor’s shareholders received one share of our Class A voting common stock for every two ordinary shares of our Predecessor such shareholder held. Prior to the Reorganization, the Successor had no business or operations, and following the Reorganization, the business and the operations of the Successor consist solely of the business and operations of the subsidiaries of the Predecessor.  The reorganization was treated as a transaction among parties under common control and no gain or loss was recorded.  

Lonestar Resources America, Inc. (“LRAI”"Company") is a Delaware registered U.S. holdingcorporation whose common stock is listed and traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “LONE”. Lonestar is an independent oil and natural gas company formedfocused on January 31, 2013, which is engaged in the exploration, development and production acquisition, and sale of unconventional oil, natural gas liquid (“NGL”)liquids and natural gas primarily in the Eagle Ford Shale Playplay in South Texas, through its wholly owned subsidiary,Texas.

Interim Financial Statements
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Lonestar Resources US Inc. Its executive offices are located in Fort Worth, Texas. LRAI was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Predecessor, prior to the reorganization described above.  The majority of the activities of the Predecessor were carried out through LRAI. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “Lonestar,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and “the Company” refer to (i) Lonestar Resources Limited, and its subsidiaries prior to the Reorganization and (ii) Lonestar Resources US Inc. and its subsidiaries upon completion of the Reorganization, as applicable.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements have not been audited by independent public accountants, but in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations.  Any and all adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature.  Although management believes the unaudited interim-related disclosures in these consolidated financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Commission (“SEC”) and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed on April 13, 2020 (the “Form 10-K”). Unless indicated otherwise or the context requires, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” “Company” or “Lonestar,” refer to Lonestar Resources US Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The results of operations and the cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Principles of Consolidation

The  In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accountsall adjustments of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balancesa normal recurring nature necessary for a fair statement of our consolidated financial position as of March 31, 2020 and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

2. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2017-11, “(Part I) Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features” in order to simplify the accounting for certain financial instruments with down round features.  Part I of the ASU changes the classification analysis of certain equity-linked financial instruments, such as warrants and embedded conversion features, such that a down round feature is disregarded when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to an entity’s own stock under Subtopic 815-40.  As a result, a down round feature – by itself – no longer requires an instrument to be remeasured at fair value through earnings each period, although all other aspects of the indexation guidance under Subtopic 815-40 continue to apply.  For public entities, the amendments in Part I of the ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018.  Management is currently evaluating the new guidance to determine the impact it will have on our consolidated results of operations financial position or cash flows and anticipates adopting the guidance on the effective date of January 1, 2019.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” which will require organizations that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rightsthree months ended March 31, 2020 and obligations created2019.


Risks and Uncertainties
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid and precipitous drop in demand for oil, which in turn has caused oil prices to plummet since the first week of March 2020, negatively affecting the Company’s cash flow, liquidity and financial position. These events have worsened an already deteriorated oil market that resulted from the early-March 2020 failure by those leases. This ASU is effective for the annual period beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted.


Management is currently evaluatinggroup of oil producing nations known as OPEC+ to reach an agreement over proposed oil production cuts. Moreover, the new guidance to determineuncertainty about the impact it will have on our consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows and anticipates adopting the guidance on the effective date of January 1, 2019.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The objective of ASU 2014-09 is greater consistency and comparability across industries by using a five-step model to recognize revenue from customer contracts. ASU 2014-09 also contains some new disclosure requirements under GAAP. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Deferralduration of the Effective Date. ASU 2015-14 defersCOVID-19 pandemic has caused storage constraints in the effective dateUnited States resulting from over-supply of produced oil, which has significantly decreased our realized oil prices in the new revenue standard by one year, making it effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. In 2016,second quarter of 2020 and potentially beyond. Oil prices are expected to continue to be volatile as a result of these events and the FASB issued additional accounting standards updates to clarify the implementation guidance of ASU 2014-09.ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, and as changes in oil inventories, oil demand and economic performance are reported. The Company cannot predict when oil prices will improve and stabilize.

The current pandemic and uncertainty about its length and depth in future periods has caused the realized oil prices the Company has received since February 2020 to be significantly reduced, adversely affecting its operating cash flow and liquidity. Although the Company has reduced its 2020 capital expenditures budget, the lower levels of cash flow may require it to shut-in production that has become uneconomic in addition to shut-ins of production that the Company performed during the second quarter of 2020 (see below).
The COVID-19 pandemic is currently determiningrapidly evolving, and the impactsultimate impact of the new revenue standard on its contracts.this pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. The Company is currently completing a detailed analysisextent of its revenue streams at the individual contract level to evaluate the impact of the new revenue standardCOVID-19 pandemic on the Company's operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the pandemic, its severity, the actions to contain the disease or mitigate its impact, related restrictions on travel, and the duration, timing and severity of the impact on domestic and global oil demand.
In response to these developments, the Company has implemented the following operational and financial measures:

Reduced budgeted 2020 capital spending from $80-$85 million to $55-$65 million, or 27% at midpoint;
Deferred its 2020 drilling program;
Implemented cost-reduction measures including negotiations reducing rates for water disposal, chemicals, rentals, and workovers;



Shut in or stored approximately 4,700 BOE per day of production during late-April and all of May 2020, primarily at the Company's Central Eagle Ford Area. These shut-in wells back online during the first week of June.
Entered into additional commodities derivatives in March 2020 to hedge an additional 2,000 Bbls of oil per day at an average swap price of $41.00 per Bbl and 27,500 Mcf of natural gas per day at an average price of $2.36 per Mcf in 2021. The Company's current oil hedge position covers 7,498 Bbls per day for the second quarter of 2020, 7,565 Bbls per day for the second half of 2020, and 7,000 Bbls per day for 2021. The Company's current natural gas hedge position covers 20,000 Mcf per day for the remaining three quarters of 2020, and 27,500 Mcf per day for 2021.
Recent Developments

The Company's present level of indebtedness and the current commodity price environment present challenges to its ability to comply with the covenants in its Credit Facility (see Note 7. Long-Term Debt) over the next twelve months and therefore substantial doubt exists that the Company will be able to continue as a going concern. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had total indebtedness of $522.4 million, including $250.0 million of Senior Notes due 2023 (the “11.25% Senior Notes"), $267.0 million under the Company's Credit Facility and $8.9 million under the Company's building loan. As of July 2, 2020, the Company's Credit Facility is drawn to $285.0 million and is subject to a $60.4 million borrowing-base deficiency due to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (see below).

The Company did not satisfy the consolidated financial statements. Oil salescurrent ratio covenant under the Credit Facility as of the March 31, 2020 measurement date and did not make the July 1, 2020 interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes. Such failures represent approximately 84%events of total revenue,default under our revolving credit facility, and the missed interest payment will represent an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes if not cured within 30 days. The Company received a forbearance from the lenders under the Credit Facility until July 31, 2020 for the defaults in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020 measurement date and the missed interest payment pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. Despite the forbearance, the defaults under the Credit Facility are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver or amendment from the Credit Facility lenders.

Forbearance Agreement

On July 2, 2020, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement, Fourteenth Amendment, and Borrowing Base Agreement with gasCitibank, N.A., as administrative agent and NGL sales comprising the remainder. lenders party thereto (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with respect to the Credit Facility. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, among other things, (i) the lenders under the Credit Facility agreed to refrain from exercising their rights and remedies under the Credit Facility and related loan documents with respect to certain defaults until July 31, 2020, (ii) the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million, (iii) all proceeds of dispositions and terminations or liquidations of swap agreements shall be used to repay the Credit Facility and shall automatically reduce the borrowing base by the amount of the repayment and (iv) certain exceptions to the covenant restriction on investments shall no longer be available.

The rights of the Credit Facility lenders to exercise rights and remedies resulted from the Company's failure to comply with the current ratio with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the defaults expected with respect to the quarter ending June 30, 2020 under the current ratio and the leverage ratio covenants, and the default with respect to the failure to make the interest payment due on July 1, 2020, under the 11.25% Senior Notes.

The Forbearance Agreement can be terminated by the lenders upon (i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under the Credit Facility other than those disclosed above, (ii) the failure of the Company to comply with any of the terms and requirements of the Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the breach of any representation or warranty, (iv) the exercise of any rights by other debt holders relating to foreclosure or acceleration (including acceleration of the 11.25% Senior Notes in the event of default) and (v) the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any loan party. Additionally, the Forbearance Agreement can be terminated if the Company fails to deliver a detailed restructuring proposal to the lenders by July 16, 2020. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the lenders will be able to accelerate the loans and pursue their rights and remedies. 


Borrowing Base Redetermination
As of March 31, 2020, the borrowing base and lender commitments for the Credit Facility were $290 million. However, subsequent to the end of the first quarter of 2020, the borrowing base was lowered to $286 million on June 11, 2020 as part of the Thirteenth Amendment (see Note 7. Long-Term Debt), and the borrowing base was later redetermined to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement on July 2, 2020, which created a deficiency between the outstanding amount borrowed under the Company's revolving credit facility and the borrowing base. The outstanding balance under the Credit Facility was $285 million as of July 2, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. The Company is obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020 due to the Credit Facility being in a state of default at the time of the deficiency, as noted below.
Going Concern
The Company has identifiedconcluded that these circumstances create substantial doubt regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. However, these consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty and instead have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.
The Company does not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant under its Credit Facility over the next twelve months, and is evaluating the available financial alternatives, including obtaining acceptable alternative financing as well as seeking additional waivers, forbearances or amendments to the covenants or other provisions of the Credit Facility to address any existing or future defaults and have engaged financial and legal advisors to assist the Company. If the Company is unable to reach an agreement with its lenders or find acceptable alternative financing, the lenders of the Credit Facility may choose to accelerate repayment, in addition to the $60.4 million due from the current borrowing base deficiency noted above, which in turn may result in an event of default and an acceleration of the 11.25% Senior Notes, which have a $14.1 million interest payment that was due and unpaid on July 1, 2020 (see below). If the Company's lenders or its noteholders accelerate the payment of amounts outstanding under our Credit Facility or the 11.25% Senior Notes, respectively, the Company does not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness and would need additional sources of capital to do so.
The Company cannot provide any assurances that it will be successful in any restructuring of existing debt obligations or obtaining capital sufficient to fund the refinancing of its outstanding indebtedness or to provide sufficient liquidity to meet its operating needs. If the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to restructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for it to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 11”), or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against it.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The carrying value of long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles are reviewed oil sales contractsfor impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that comprised approximately 80%the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. When it is determined that the estimated future net cash flows of an asset will not be sufficient to recover its carrying amount, an impairment loss must be recorded to reduce the carrying amount to its estimated fair value. Judgments and assumptions are inherent in management’s estimate of undiscounted future cash flows and an asset’s fair value. These judgments and assumptions include such matters as the estimation of oil revenue through September 30, 2017. Basedand gas reserve quantities, risks associated with the different categories of oil and gas reserves, the timing of development and production, expected future commodity prices, capital expenditures, production costs, and appropriate discount rates.
The Company evaluates impairment of proved and unproved oil and gas properties on current assessments completeda region basis. On this basis, certain regions may be impaired because they are not expected to date, we do not expect the adoptionrecover their entire carrying value from future net cash flows. As a result of this standard will have a material impact onevaluation, the Company recorded impairment oil and gas properties of $199.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, of which $199.0 million was proved and $0.9 million was unproved. The impairment was the result of removing development of PUD and probable reserves from future net earnings, however, this conclusion is subject to change. Thecash flows as the Company has identified and reviewed gas contracts comprising approximately 80% of our gas and NGL sales through September 30, 2017 and we are still in the process of completing our analysis. The Company’s disclosures surrounding revenue recognitioncannot assure that they will be more substantial upon adoption. The Company will complete its evaluation duringdeveloped going forward in light of continued depressed commodity prices and uncertainty regarding the fourth quarter of 2017 and will adopt this new standard on January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings.

3. Acquisitions and Divestitures

On August 2, 2017,Company's liquidity situation. If pricing remains depressed, it is reasonably likely that the Company closed on the purchasemay have to record impairment of an office building with an acquisition price approximating $10 million.  The building will be primarily used for the Company’s headquarters and is located in Fort Worth, Texas.

On June 15, 2017, the Company closed an acquisition with Battlecat Oil & Gas, LLC (“Battlecat”) whereby the Company acquiredits oil and gas properties in the Eagle Ford Shale play in DeWitt, Gonzalesfuture.




CAREs Act

On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Karnes County, TexasEconomic Security Act (the “Battlecat Acquisition”“CARES Act”).  These assets are expected to significantly expand our asset base and drilling locations.  The total purchase consideration of approximately $59.8 million consisted of $55.0 million in cash and 1,184,632 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series B Preferred Stock”) atprovide certain taxpayer relief as a value of approximately $4.8 million. Allocationresult of the purchase consideration was as follows:  $56.3 million to proved reserves; $2.9 million to unproved reservesCOVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act included several favorable provisions that impacted income taxes, primarily the modified rules on the deductibility of business interest expense for 2019 and $0.6 million to unevaluated acreage2020, a five-year carryback period for net operating losses generated after 2017 and other assets.  Additionally,before 2021, and the Company recorded an asset retirement obligationacceleration of approximately $0.2 million, resulting in fair value of net assets acquired of approximately $59.6 million.  refundable alternative minimum tax credits. The Company accounted forCARES Act did not materially impact the acquisition as a business combination under ASC Topic 805.  Acquisition related costs of approximately $1.5 million were charged to Acquisition Costs in the Consolidated Statements of Operations & Comprehensive Income (Loss).  TheCompany's effective date of the acquisition was April 1, 2017.

On June 15, 2017, the Company closed an acquisition with SN Marquis LLC (a subsidiary of Sanchez Energy Corporation) (“Marquis”) whereby the Company acquired oil and gas properties in the Eagle Ford Shale play in Fayette, Gonzales and Lavaca County, Texas (the “Marquis Acquisition”).  These assets are expected to significantly expand our asset base and production.  The total purchase consideration of approximately $50.0 million consisted of $44.0 million in cash and 1,500,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a value of approximately $6.0 million. Allocation of the purchase price was as follows:  $48.0 million to proved reserves; $0.6 to unproved reserves and $1.4 million to land, building and other assets.  Additionally, the Company recorded an asset retirement obligation of approximately $1.9 million, resulting in fair value of net assets acquired of approximately $48.1 million.  The Company accounted for the acquisition as a business combination under ASC Topic 805.  Acquisition related costs of approximately $1.2 million were charged to Acquisition Costs in the Consolidated Statements of Operations & Comprehensive Income (Loss).  The effective date of the acquisition was January 1, 2017.


Pro Forma Operating Results

The following unaudited pro forma combined financial informationtax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020.


The Company has applied for, and 2016has received, funds under the Paycheck Protection Program after the period end in the amount of $2.2 million. The application for these funds requires the Company to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further requires the Company to take into account our current business activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not significantly detrimental to the business. The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan attendant to these funds, is dependent on the Company having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on our future adherence to the forgiveness criteria.
Net Loss per Common Share
The two-class method is utilized to compute earnings per common share as our Class A Participating Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") is considered a participating security. Under the two-class method, losses are allocated only to those securities that have a contractual obligation to share in the losses of the Company. The Preferred Stock is not obligated to absorb Company losses and accordingly is not allocated losses. Net income attributable to common stockholders is allocated between common stock and participating securities based on the historical consolidated financial statementsweighted average number of the Company adjusted to reflect as if the Battlecat Acquisitioncommon shares and the Marquis Acquisition had closed and related financing had occurred on January 1, 2016.  The unaudited pro forma combined financial information includes adjustments primarily for revenues and expensesparticipating securities outstanding for the acquired properties, depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion, and interest expense.  The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements give effect to the events set forth below:

period.

The issuance of 5,400 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and 74,600 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock (each as defined below) to Chambers Energy Capital III, LP (“Chambers”) for $80 million to finance a portion of the Battlecat Acquisition and the Marquis Acquisition, at an initial conversion price of $6.00Basic earnings per share subject to certain adjustments.

The borrowing of approximately $24 million on our Senior Secured Credit Facility to finance a portion ofis computed by dividing the Battlecat Acquisition and the Marquis Acquisition.

The issuance of 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock to SN UR Holdings, LLC (a subsidiary of Sanchez Energy Corporation).

The issuance of 1,184,632 shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock to Battlecat Oil & Gas, LLC.

 

Three months ended September 30, 2017

 

 

Lonestar

 

 

Marquis

 

 

Battlecat

 

 

Pro Forma Adjustments

 

 

Pro Forma Lonestar

 

Revenues

$

26,883

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

26,883

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 

(8,585

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,585

)

Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted

 

(0.39

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.39

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30, 2016

 

 

Lonestar

 

 

Marquis

 

 

Battlecat

 

 

Pro Forma Adjustments

 

 

Pro Forma Lonestar

 

Revenues

$

15,538

 

 

$

7,318

 

 

$

1,090

 

 

$

 

 

$

23,946

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 

(11,260

)

 

 

4,127

 

 

 

516

 

 

 

(5,470

)

 

 

(12,088

)

Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted

 

(1.44

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.54

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2017

 

 

Lonestar

 

 

Marquis

 

 

Battlecat

 

 

Pro Forma Adjustments

 

 

Pro Forma Lonestar

 

Revenues

$

62,634

 

 

$

11,983

 

 

$

1,802

 

 

$

 

 

$

76,419

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 

(28,977

)

 

 

7,688

 

 

 

603

 

 

 

922

 

 

 

(19,764

)

Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted

 

(1.33

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.91

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2016

 

 

Lonestar

 

 

Marquis

 

 

Battlecat

 

 

Pro Forma Adjustments

 

 

Pro Forma Lonestar

 

Revenues

$

44,537

 

 

$

22,234

 

 

$

2,919

 

 

$

 

 

$

69,690

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 

(35,401

)

 

 

12,029

 

 

 

1,617

 

 

 

(10,561

)

 

 

(32,317

)

Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted

 

(4.64

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4.24

)

Pro forma adjustments toallocated net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders consistsby the weighted-average number of depreciation, depletion, amortizationshares of common stock outstanding for the period.


Diluted earnings per share is computed similarly except that the denominator is increased to include dilutive potential common shares. Potential common shares consist of warrants, equity compensation awards and accretion calculations, additional interest expense, adjustmentsPreferred Stock. In certain circumstances adjustment to the numerator is also required for changes in income tax (expense) benefit, and dividends on preferred stock issuedor loss resulting from the potential common shares. Basic weighted average common shares exclude shares of non-vested restricted stock. As these restricted shares vest, they will be included in the shares outstanding used to completecalculate basic earnings per share.

For the acquisitions.  The effect on net income (loss) per common share,periods presented, there were no differences between the basic and diluted is a resultweighted average common shares. The following securities could potentially dilute earnings per share in the future, but were excluded from the computation of adjustmentsdiluted net loss per share, as their effect would have been antidilutive:
  Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019
Preferred stock 16,725,467
 15,301,157
Warrants 760,000
 760,000
Stock appreciation rights 1,010,000
 1,010,000
Restricted stock units 1,925,366
 834,397

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Reference Rate Reform.  In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) (“ASU 2020-04”). ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to Lonestar revenuecontracts, hedging relationships, and net income (loss) for revenueother transactions to ease financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate to alternative reference rates. The amendments in this ASU are effective beginning on March 12, 2020, and expenses for acquired properties as well asan entity may elect to apply the pro forma adjustments to arrive at pro forma Lonestar net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders.


4. Restricted Certificate of Deposit

amendments prospectively through December 31, 2022. The Company is requiredcurrently evaluating the impact this guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures.




Income Taxes.  In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”). The objective of ASU 2019-12 is to maintain a certificate of deposit (“CD”) issuedsimplify the accounting for income taxes by a municipality in Montana, in whichremoving certain of our drilling operations are located. This CD is pledged as collateral for a letter of credit issued by the Company’s bankexceptions to the municipality.general principles in Topic 740 and to provide more consistent application to improve the comparability of financial statements. The CD has a maturity date of March 8, 2018,amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and bears an interest rate of 0.25%. As this CDearly adoption is expected to be renewed upon maturity and is not available for use in operations, it is classified as a noncurrent asset.

5. Commodity Price Risk Activities

permitted. The Company has implemented a strategy to reduceis currently evaluating the effects of volatility of oilimpact this guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements and natural gas prices onrelated footnote disclosures.

Note 2. Acquisitions and Divestitures
Pirate Divestiture

In March 2019, Lonestar completed the Company’s results of operations by securing fixed price contracts for a portiondivestiture of its expected sales volumes.

InherentPirate assets in the Company’s fixed price contracts, are certain business risks, including market risk and credit risk. Market risk is the risk that theWilson County for an adjusted cash purchase price of oil and natural gas will change, either favorably or unfavorably, in response to changing market conditions. Credit risk is the risk of loss from nonperformance by the Company’s counterparty$11.5 million, after closing adjustments, to a contract.private third-party. The assets were comprised of 3,400 net undeveloped acres, six producing wells, held seven proved undeveloped locations as of the closing date, and were producing approximately 200 BOE/d. The Company does not currently require cash collateral from anyrecognized a loss of its counterparties nor does its counterparties require cash collateral from$33.5 million during the Company.  At September 30, 2017,first quarter of 2019 in conjunction with the Company had no open physical delivery obligations.

The Companysale of the assets.

Note 3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Commodity Derivative Instruments
Lonestar enters into certain commodity derivative instruments to mitigate commodity price risk associated with a portion of its future oil, NGL and natural gas production and related cash flows. The oil, NGL and natural gas revenues and cash flows are affected by changes in commodity product prices, which are volatile and cannot be accurately predicted. The objective for holdingentering into these commodity derivatives is to protect the operating revenues and cash flows related to a portion of the future oil, NGL and natural gas sales from the risk of significant declines in commodity prices, which helps ensure the Company’s ability to fund the capital budget.
Inherent in Lonestar's fixed price contracts are certain business risks, including market risk and credit risk. Market risk is the risk that the price of oil and natural gas will change, either favorably or unfavorably, in response to changing market conditions. Credit risk is the risk of loss from non-performance by the Company’s counterparty to a contract. The Company hasdoes not designatedcurrently require cash collateral from any of its counterparties nor does its counterparties require cash collateral from the commodity derivatives as hedges under the applicable accounting standards.  Consequently, all changes in fair value of these derivatives (realized and unrealized) are included in the consolidated statement of operations.

Company. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, the Company had no open physical delivery obligations.

The following derivative transactions were outstanding:

Instrument

 

Total Volume

 

Settlement Period

 

Fixed Price

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

27,600 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

$

51.05

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

18,400 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

50.60

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

92,000 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

52.90

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

46,000 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

56.00

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

95,600 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

49.85

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

365,000 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

54.18

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

182,500 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

55.65

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

182,500 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

55.50

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

292,000 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

47.10

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

509,000 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

50.17

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

508,900 Bbl

 

January – December 2019

 

 

50.40

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

560,700 Bbl

 

January – December 2019

 

 

48.04

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

203,600 Bbl

 

January – June 2020

 

 

48.90

 

Natural Gas – Henry Hub NYMEX Fixed Price Swap

 

644,000 MMBtu

 

October – December 2017

 

 

3.36

 

Natural Gas – Henry Hub NYMEX Fixed Price Swap

 

1,825,000 MMBtu

 

January – December 2018

 

 

3.09

 

Instrument

 

Total Volume

 

Settlement Period

 

Puts

 

 

Calls

 

Oil – 3 Way Collar

 

85,000 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

$  40.00 / 60.00

 

 

$

85.00

 

Oil – 2 Way Collar

 

182,500 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

50.00

 

 

 

59.45

 

The abovetable summarizes Lonestar's commodity derivative contracts aggregate to 364,600 barrels or 3,963 barrelsas of oil per dayMarch 31, 2020:

  Contract     Volumes Weighted
Commodity Type Period 
Range (1)
 (Bbls/Mcf per day) Average Price
Oil - WTI Swaps Apr - June 2020 $48.90 - $65.56 7,498
 $56.50
Oil - WTI Swaps July - Dec 2020 51.60 - 65.56 7,565
 57.38
Oil - WTI Swaps Jan - Dec 2021 40.95 - 56.50 7,000
 50.40
Natural Gas - Henry Hub Swaps Apr - Dec 2020 2.38 - 2.80 20,000
 2.55
Natural Gas - Henry Hub Swaps Jan - Dec 2021 2.32 - 2.39 27,500
 2.36
(1) Ranges presented for fixed-price swaps and basis swaps represent the lowest and highest fixed prices of all open contracts for the remainder of 2017, 1,713,500 barrels or 4,695 barrels of oil per day for 2018, 1,069,600 barrels or 2,930 barrels of oil per day for 2019 and 203,600 barrels or 1,119 barrels of oil per day thru June 2020. The above natural gas derivative contracts equate to 644,000 MMBtu or 7,000 MMBtu per day for the remainder of 2017 and 1,825,000 MMBtu or 5,000 MMBtu per day for 2018.  All derivative contracts are carried at their fair value on the balance sheet and all changes in value are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations in gain or loss on derivative financial instruments.

period presented.

As of September 30, 2017 and DecemberMarch 31, 2016,2020, all of the Company’s economic derivative hedge positions were with large financial institutions, which are not known to the Company to be in default on their derivative positions. The Company is exposed to


credit risk to the extent of non-performance by the counterparties in the derivative contracts discussed above; however, the Company does not anticipate non-performance by such counterparties. None of the Company’s derivative instruments contain credit-risk related contingent features.

6.

Note 4. Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.


Disaggregation of Revenue
Operating revenues are comprised of sales of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas. Revenue is recognized when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with a customer are satisfied. The Company recognizes revenue when control has been transferred to the customer, generally at the time commodities reach an agreed-upon delivery point. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring products and is generally based upon a negotiated formula, list or fixed price based on a market index. Typically, the Company sells its products directly to customers generally under agreements with payment terms less than 30 days.

The following table summarizes our revenues by product type for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
In thousands Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019
Oil $29,990
 $33,584
NGLs 2,599
 3,393
Natural gas 4,420
 3,764
Total revenues $37,009
 $40,741

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 the accounts receivable balance representing amounts due or billable under the terms of contracts with purchasers was $10.2 million and $16.0 million, respectively.
Note 5. Fair Value Measurements

Non-recurring fair value measurements include certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities as may be acquired in a business combination and thereby measured at fair value; impaired oil and natural gas property assessments; warrants issued in equity offerings and the initial recognition of asset retirement obligations for which fair value is used. These estimates are derived from historical costs as well as management’s expectation of future cost environments. As there is no corroborating market activity to support the assumptions used, the Company has designated these estimates as Level 3.

In accordance with ASC 820,

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, fair value measurements are based upon inputs that market participants use in pricing an asset or liability, which are classified into two categories: observable inputs and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs represent market data obtained from independent sources, whereas unobservable inputs reflect a company’s own market assumptions, which are used if observable inputs are not reasonably available without undue cost and effort. ASC 820 prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value into the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 – Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The fair value input hierarchy level to which an asset or liability measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety.



The following tables presenttable presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2016,2019, for each fair value hierarchy level:

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

 

 

Quoted

Prices in

Active

Markets for

Identical

Assets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

 

 

Total

 

September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

(In thousands)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity derivatives

 

$

 

 

$

3,894

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,894

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

(4,663

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,663

)

Equity warrant liability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(439

)

 

 

(439

)

Equity warrant liability - related parties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(834

)

 

 

(834

)

Stock appreciation rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(189

)

 

 

(189

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

(769

)

 

$

(1,462

)

 

$

(2,231

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

(In thousands)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity derivatives

 

$

 

 

$

1,730

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,730

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

(4,110

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,110

)

Equity warrant liability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,565

)

 

 

(1,565

)

Equity warrant liability - related parties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,994

)

 

 

(2,994

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

(2,380

)

 

$

(4,559

)

 

$

(6,939

)


  Fair Value Measurements Using
In thousands 
Quoted Prices in Active Markets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 Total
March 31, 2020  
Assets        
Derivative financial instruments $
 $99,859
 $
 $99,859
Liabilities:        
Derivative financial instruments 
 (3,397) 
 (3,397)
Warrant 
 
 (1) (1)
Stock-based compensation (77) 
 (27) (104)
Total $(77) $96,462
 $(28) $96,357
         
December 31, 2019  
Assets:        
Derivative financial instruments $
 $6,849
 $
 $6,849
Liabilities:        
Derivative financial instruments 
 (10,462) 
 (10,462)
Warrant 
 
 (364) (364)
Stock-based compensation (1,792) 
 (573) (2,365)
Total $(1,792) $(3,613) $(937) $(6,342)
Level 3 Gains and Losses

Fair Value Measurements

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 liabilities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017, in thousands.

March 31, 2020:

 

 

Equity Warrant Liability

 

 

Stock Appreciation Rights

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

(4,559

)

 

$

 

 

$

(4,559

)

Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements (net)

 

 

 

 

 

(72

)

 

 

(72

)

Realized gains/(losses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains/(losses)

 

 

3,286

 

 

 

(117

)

 

 

3,169

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

(1,273

)

 

$

(189

)

 

$

(1,462

)

The derivative asset and liability

In thousands Warrant Stock-Based Compensation Total
Balance as of December 31, 2019 $(364) $(573) $(937)
Unrealized gains 363
 546
 909
Balance as of March 31, 2020 $(1) $(27) $(28)
Other fair values reported in the consolidated balance sheets are as of the balance sheet date and subsequently change as a result of changes in commodity prices, market conditions and other factors. The Company typically has numerous hedge positions that span several time periods and often result in both derivative assets and liabilities with the same counterparty, which positions are all offset to a single derivative asset or liability in the consolidated balance sheets, including the deferred premiums associated with its hedge positions.

value measurements

The book values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables for oil, NGL and natural gas sales, joint interest billings, notes and other receivablesaccounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying value of debtthe Credit Facility (as defined in Note 7. below) approximates fair value since it is subject to a short-term floating interest rate that approximates the rate available to the Company, except for bonds, which are recorded at amortized cost less debt issuance costs.Company. The fair value of the 8.750%11.25% Senior Notes (as defined in Note 98. below) approximates $148was approximately $64.1 million as of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020 and the notes areis considered a Level 3 liability, as they are based on market transactions that occur infrequently as well as internally generated inputs.

7. Oil and Gas Properties

A summary of oil and gas properties is as follows:

 

 

September 30,

2017

(Unaudited)

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Proved properties and equipment

 

$

712,866

 

 

$

538,695

 

Unproved properties

 

 

79,143

 

 

 

72,584

 

Less accumulated depletion and impairment

 

 

(239,090

)

 

 

(172,051

)

 

 

$

552,919

 

 

$

439,228

 

Depletion expense was approximately $39,960,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and approximately $46,286,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016.  Impairment expense was approximately $27,081,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and approximately $33,893,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016.


8.


Note 6. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

following as of the dates indicated:

 

 

September 30,

2017

(Unaudited)

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Bonus payable

 

$

1,710

 

 

$

2,155

 

Payroll payable

 

 

11

 

 

 

1

 

Accrued interest - 8.750% Senior Notes

 

 

6,090

 

 

 

2,924

 

Accrued interest - other

 

 

1,810

 

 

 

523

 

Accrued rent

 

 

154

 

 

 

298

 

Accrued well costs

 

 

10,561

 

 

 

3,366

 

Accrued severance, property and franchise taxes

 

 

1,242

 

 

 

431

 

Other

 

 

787

 

 

 

249

 

 

 

$

22,365

 

 

$

9,947

 

9.

In thousands March 31,
2020
 December 31,
2019
Accrued interest – 11.25% Senior Notes $7,031
 $14,063
Accrued well costs 12,387
 8,932
Bonus payable 609
 2,353
Other 3,022
 1,557
Total accrued liabilities $23,049
 $26,905
Note 7. Long-Term Debt

Long-term

The following long-term debt consistedobligations were outstanding as of the following:

dates indicated:

 

 

September 30,

2017

(Unaudited)

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Senior Secured Credit Facility

 

$

128,079

 

 

$

43,500

 

Second Lien Notes

 

 

 

 

 

11,367

 

8.750% Senior Notes

 

 

151,848

 

 

 

151,848

 

Less unamortized discount on 8.750% Senior Notes

 

 

(1,139

)

 

 

(1,708

)

Less deferred financing costs on 8.750% Senior Notes

 

 

(567

)

 

 

(851

)

Less deferred financing costs on Second Lien Notes

 

 

 

 

 

(316

)

Mortgage debt

 

 

7,904

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

273

 

 

 

282

 

 

 

$

286,398

 

 

$

204,122

 

In thousands March 31,
2020
 December 31,
2019
Senior Secured Credit Facility $267,000
 $247,000
11.25% Senior Notes due 2023 250,000
 250,000
Mortgage debt 8,877
 8,931
Other 271
 271
Total long-term debt 526,148
 506,202
Unamortized discount (3,094) (3,375)
Unamortized debt issuance costs (647) (759)
Total net of debt issuance costs 522,407
 502,068
Less current obligations (513,259) (247,000)
Long-term debt $9,148
 $255,068
Senior Secured Credit Facility

On

In July 28, 2015, LRAI closed onthrough its subsidiary, Lonestar Resources America, Inc. ("LRAI"), the Company entered into a $500 million Senior Secured Credit AgreementFacility with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders party thereto (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) for a $500,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”), which had a borrowing base of $180,000,000 as of December 31, 2015 andhas a maturity date of October 16, 2018.   EffectiveNovember 15, 2023. As of March 31, 2020, $267.0 million was borrowed under the Credit Facility, and the weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the Credit Facility for the quarter was 5.30%. Borrowing availability was $22.6 million as of May 19, 2016, the borrowing base was reduced from $180,000,000 to $120,000,000.  Effective asMarch 31, 2020, which reflects $0.4 million of November 23, 2016, the borrowing base was reduced from $120,000,000 to $112,000,000.  Effective asletters of June 15, 2017, the borrowing base was increased from $112,000,000 to $160,000,000.

credit outstanding.


The Senior Secured Credit Facility may be used for loans and, subject to a $2,500,000$2.5 million sub-limit, letters of credit.  The Senior Secured Credit Facilitycredit, and provides for a commitment fee of 0.375% to 0.5% (0.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment (as defined below)) based on the unused portion of the borrowing base under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

As of March 31, 2020, the borrowing base and lender commitments for the Credit Facility was $290 million. The borrowing base was lowered to $286 million on June 11, 2020 as part of the Thirteenth Amendment. The borrowing base was further lowered to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement on July 2, 2020, creating a deficiency between the outstanding amount borrowed under our revolving credit facility and the borrowing base. The outstanding balance under our credit facility was $285 million as of July 2, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. We are obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020, due to the Credit Facility's status of default (see below).


Borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, at LRAI’sthe Company's election, bear interest at either: (i) an alternate base rate (“ABR”) equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% per annum, and (c) the adjusted LIBO rate of a three-month interest period on such day plus 1.0%; or (ii) the adjusted LIBO rate, which is the rate stated on Reuters screen LIBOR01LIBOR1 page, for one, two, three, six or twelve months, as adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for Eurocurrency liabilities, plus, in each of the cases described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, an applicable margin ranging from 1.50%1.0% to 2.50%2.0% (2.0% to 3.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for ABR loans and from 2.50%2.0% to 3.50%3.0% (3.0% to 4.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for adjusted LIBO rate loans (5.17% at September 30, 2017).

The Senior Securedloans.




As the Credit Facility requires LRAI to maintain certain financial ratios and limitsis in a state of default, 2.0% incremental default interest would typically be due but is currently not being charged as part of the amountterms of indebtedness LRAI can incur.  the Forbearance Agreement (see below).

Subject to certain permitted liens, LRAI’sthe Company's obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility have beenare required to be secured by the grant of a first priority lien on no less than 80% of the value of the proved oil and gas properties of the Company and its subsidiaries.

subsidiaries (currently 100% following the Thirteenth Amendment).

In connection with the Senior Secured

The Credit Facility LRAI andcontains certain of its subsidiaries also entered into certain customary ancillary agreements and arrangements, which, among other things, provide that the indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of the Company arising under or in connection with the Senior Secured Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed by such subsidiaries.

Effectivefinancial performance covenants, as of July 27, 2016, LRAI, the several banks and other financial institutions party thereto (collectively, the “Consenting Lenders”) and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the lenders (the “Administrative Agent”) entered into the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement and Limited Waiver (the “Third Amendment”) to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 28, 2015, by and among LRAI, the Consenting Lenders (together with the other banks and financial institutions party thereto, the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent to (a) permit LRAI to incur the second lien obligations contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement with Leucadia National Corporation and others (as described below) and LRAI’s contemplated use of proceeds thereof, (b) increase the applicable margin for Eurodollar and ABR loans and letter of credit fees by 0.75% across all levels of the previously applicable pricing grid, (c) modify the fee payable on the actual daily unused amount of the aggregate commitments to a flat 0.50% across all levels of the pricing grid, (d) increase the minimum percentage of the value of LRAI’s oil and gas properties that must be mortgaged as collateral for the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other loan documents from 80% to 90%, (e) modify the maximum leverage ratio thresholds from 4.0 to 1.0 to (i) 4.75 to 1.0 for the four quarterly periods ending June 30, 2016, (ii) 4.50 to 1.0 for the four quarterly periods ending September 30, 2016, (iii) 4.25 to 1.0 for the four quarterly periods ending December 31, 2016 and (iv) 4.00 to 1.0 for all periods thereafter, (f) prohibit distributions to the Predecessor for selling, general and administrative expenses after September 30, 2016 and (g) amend certain other provisions of the Credit Agreement as more specifically set forth in the Amendment.

In connection with closing the Marquis Acquisition and the Battlecat Acquisition, on June 15, 2017, LRAI entered into the Sixth Amendment and Joinder to Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”) to its Credit Agreement, among LRAI, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the several lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent and as issuing bank. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Credit Agreement was amended to (i) increase the borrowing base from $112 million to $160 million until redetermined or adjusted in accordance with the Credit Agreement, (ii) modify the maximum leverage ratio threshold to be 4.0 to 1.0 for all periods, starting with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2017, and providing that EBITDAX (as defined in the Credit Agreement) shall be calculated atFacility, including the endfollowing:


A maximum debt to EBITDAX ratio of each fiscal quarter using the results4.0 to 1.0, and

A current ratio of the twelve-month period ending with that fiscal quarter end; provided, that EBITDAX shall be calculated (x) at the end of the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2017 using an amount equalnot less than 1.0 to the EBITDAX for such fiscal quarter, multiplied by four, (y) at the end of the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2017 using an amount equal to the EBITDAX for the two fiscal quarter period ended on such date, multiplied by two and (z) at the end of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2018 using an amount equal to the EBITDAX for the three fiscal quarter period ended on such date, multiplied by four-thirds, (iii) permit LRAI to declare and pay dividends to the1.0.

The Company equal to the amount of any cash dividends declared and payablealso was not in accordancecompliance with the terms of the Company’s CertificateCredit Facility as of DesignationsDecember 31, 2019 because it did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio at those times and the audit report prepared by its auditors with respect to the financial statements in the 2019 Form 10-K included an explanatory paragraph expressing uncertainty as to the Company's ability to continue as a "going concern." The lenders waived the current ratio default with respect to December 31, 2019. The Company received a forbearance until July 31, 2020 for the defaults in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, Series A-1,the March 31, 2020 measurement date and Certificate of Designations of Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, Series A-2, subjectthe missed interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes pursuant to certain specifiedthe Forbearance Agreement. Despite the forbearance, the defaults under the Credit Facility are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders. The Company was not in compliance with the terms and conditions and (iv) amend certain other provisions of the Credit Facility as of May 15, 2020, because it did not timely deliver its financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020. Such failure represented a default under the Credit Facility which the lenders waived pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment. As noted above, the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement on July 2, 2020, which created a deficiency between the outstanding amount borrowed under our revolving credit facility and the borrowing base. The outstanding balance under the Company's Credit Facility was $285 million as more specifically set forthof July 2, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60 million. The Company is obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.

Waiver and Eleventh Amendment

Effective April 7, 2020, the Company entered into the Waiver and Eleventh Amendment (the "Waiver") to waive events of default arising from its failure to comply with the consolidated current ratio as of December 31, 2019, to timely provide audited financial statements and to provide financial statements that are not subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. As there was no guarantee that the Company's lenders would agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the Sixth Amendment.

Asfuture, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (giving effect2019 were classified as current in the accompanying 2019 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.


Twelfth Amendment

Effective May 8, 2020, the Company entered into the Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “ Twelfth Amendment”), to allow the Company to accept proceeds of up to $2.2 million from an unsecured loan applied for under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (as discussed further in Note 1).

Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment

Effective June 11, 2020, the Company entered into the Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Thirteenth Amendment") which, among other things, (i) waived any default or event of default arising from its failure to provide timely quarterly financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020; (ii) redetermined the borrowing base to $286 million from $290 million; (iii) set the next borrowing base redetermination to be on or around July 1, 2020 (and in any event, no later than July 31, 2020), (iv) amended the borrowing base utilization grid used in the applicable margin, as noted above and (v) until the July 1, 2020 redetermination, restricted the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur debt with respect to, among other items, capital leases and permitted senior debt, grant liens to secure other obligations, pay dividends on LRAI’s preferred stock and make certain investments.



As there is no guarantee that the Company's lenders will agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the future, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Forbearance Agreement and Fourteenth Amendment

On July 2, 2020, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement, Fourteenth Amendment, and Borrowing Base Agreement with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with respect to the amended covenant ratio discussed above), LRAI was in compliance with all covenants including all financial ratiosCredit Facility. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, among other things, (i) the lenders under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.  As of September 30, 2017Facility agree to refrain from exercising their rights and December 31, 2016, approximately $128,079,000 and $43,500,000 was borrowed, respectively,remedies under the Credit Facility and related loan documents with respect to certain defaults until July 31, 2020, (ii) the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million, (iii) all proceeds of dispositions and terminations or liquidations of swap agreements shall be used to repay the Credit Facility and shall automatically reduce the borrowing base by the amount of the repayment and (iv) certain exceptions to the covenant restriction on investments shall no longer be available.

The rights of the lenders to exercise rights and remedies resulted from our failure to comply with the current ratio with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the defaults expected with respect to the quarter ending June 30, 2020, under the current ratio and the leverage ratio covenants, and the default with respect to the failure to make the interest payment due on July 1, 2020, under the 11.25% Senior SecuredNotes.

The Forbearance Agreement can be terminated by the lenders upon (i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under the Credit Facility.  Borrowing availability was approximately $31,400,000 at September 30, 2017.

8.750%Facility other than those disclosed, (ii) the failure of the Company to comply with any of the terms and requirements of the Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the breach of any representation or warranty, (iv) the exercise of any rights by other debt holders relating to foreclosure or acceleration and (v) the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any loan party. Additionally, the Forbearance Agreement can be terminated if the Company fails to deliver a detailed restructuring proposal to the lenders by July 16, 2020. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the lenders will be able to accelerate the loans and pursue their rights and remedies. 


11.25% Senior Notes

On April 4, 2014, LRAI


In January 2018, the Company issued at par $220,000,000$250 million of 8.750%11.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due April 15, 2019 (the “8.750% Senior Notes”) to U.S. basedU.S.-based institutional investors. The Company is in active discussionsnet proceeds of $244.4 million were used to refinancefully retire the 8.750%Company’s 8.75% Senior Notes, due April 2019, which will also provideincluded principal, interest and a prepayment premium of approximately $162 million. The remaining net proceeds were used to extendreduce borrowings under the termCredit Facility.

The 11.25% Senior Notes mature on January 1, 2023, and bear interest at the rate of 11.25% per year, payable on January 1 and July of each year. At any time prior to January 1, 2021, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the Senior Secured Credit Facility. During 2016, LRAI repurchased approximately $68.2 million in aggregate principal amount of the 8.750%11.25% Senior Notes leavingwith an amount of cash not greater than the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a remaining balanceredemption price equal to 111.25% of approximately $151.8 million.

the principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of 11.25% Senior Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after such redemption and the redemption occurs within 180 days of the closing date of such equity offering.


At any time prior to January 1, 2021, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem all or a part of the 11.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus a “make-whole” premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest.

On orand after April 15, 2016, LRAIJanuary 1, 2021, the Company may redeem the 8.750%11.25% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the following table plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,at the following redemption prices: 108.438% after January 1, 2021; 105.625% after January 1, 2022; and 100% after July 1, 2022.



The Company did not make its interest payment on the 8.750%11.25% Senior Notes redeemed,that was due on July 1, 2020 of approximately $14.1 million. The Company has 30 days to cure the applicable date of redemption, if redeemed duringdefault before the twelve-month period beginning on April 15 of the years indicated below:

Year

 

Percentage

 

2017

 

 

104.375

%

2018 and thereafter

 

 

100.000

%


In addition, upon a change of control of LRAI, holders of the 8.750%11.25% Senior Notes will haveor the righttrustee may be able to require LRAI to repurchase all or any partaccelerate payment. The missed interest payment is a current event of their 8.750% Senior Notes for cash at a price equal to 101% ofdefault under the aggregate principal amount ofCredit Facility. The Company has entered into the 8.750% Senior Notes repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. The 8.750% Senior Notes were issued under and governed by an Indenture dated April 4, 2014, between LRAI, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and LRAI’s subsidiaries named therein as guarantors (the “Indenture”). The Indenture contains covenantsForbearance Agreement which provides that, among other things, limit the lenders under the Credit Facility have agreed to forbear the Company’s default of the interest payment until July 31, 2020. However, the default under the Credit Facility has not been waived and still exists, and the Forbearance Agreement can be terminated if the Company fails to deliver a detailed restructuring proposal to the lenders by July 16, 2020. Accordingly, the amounts outstanding under the 11.25% Senior Notes as of March 31, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.


The indenture contains certain restrictions on the Company’s ability of LRAI and its subsidiaries to:to incur indebtedness;additional debt, pay dividends oron the Company’s common stock, make other distributionsinvestments, create liens on stock; purchase or redeem stock or subordinated indebtedness; make investments; create liens; enter intothe Company’s assets, engage in transactions with affiliates;affiliates, transfer or sell assets; refinance certain indebtedness; andassets, consolidate or merge, with or into other companies or transfersell substantially all of LRAI’sthe Company’s assets.

As The indenture also contains cross-default provisions for defaults of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, LRAI was in compliance with all covenantsthe Company's other debt instruments, including all financial ratios regarding the 8.750% Senior Notes.

Debt Issuance Costs

Credit Facility, caused by payment default or events which cause the acceleration of repayment prior to the stated maturity of such instrument.


The Company capitalizes certain direct costs associated withcannot provide any assurances that it will be successful in restructuring existing debt obligations or in obtaining capital sufficient to fund the issuancerefinancing of long-term debtits outstanding indebtedness or to provide sufficient liquidity to meet its operating needs. If the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to restructure and amortizes such costs overobtain new financing, it may be necessary for the livesCompany to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the respective debt. At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had approximately $2,900,000 and $1,200,000, respectively, of debt issuance costs associated with issuance of the Senior Secured Credit Facility remaining that are being amortized over the lives of the respective debt which are recorded as other non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

Securities Purchase Agreement and Second Lien Notes

On August 2, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Juneau Energy, LLC, as initial purchaserU.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Juneau”Chapter 11”), Leucadia National Corporation (“Leucadia”), as guarantor of Juneau’s obligations, the other purchasers party thereto and Jefferies, LLC, in its capacity as the collateral agentor an involuntary petition for the purchasers, relating to the issuance and sale of (i) up to $49,900,000 aggregate principal amount of LRAI’s 12% senior secured second lien notes due 2021 (the “Second Lien Notes”) and (ii) five-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate 998,000 shares of the Company’s Class A voting common stock at a price equal to $5.00 per share (the “Warrants”). The balance of these notes and warrants is reflected in the Company’s long-term debt – related parties and equity warrant liability – related parties on the face of the balance sheet.

The Second Lien Notes are secured by second-priority liens on substantially all of LRAI’s and its subsidiaries’ assets to the extent such assets secure obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

During 2016, LRAI issued $38.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Notes and the Company issued the Warrants to purchase 760,000 shares of its Class A voting common stock. The Company recorded an equity warrant liability of approximately $5.1 million which was the fair value amount at the date of issuance.  The Warrants were adjusted to fair value at September 30, 2017 which resulted in a gain on the Warrants of approximately $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, which is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Proceeds from the Second Lien Notes issuance were used to repurchase approximately $68.2 million in aggregate principal amount of the 8.750% Senior Notes in privately negotiated open market repurchases with holders of such notes, and to pay related fees and expenses related to the foregoing. The repurchase amounts paid were approximately $36.2 million in cash. Net of related fees, such repurchases resulted in a gain on debt extinguishment of approximately $28.5 million.

In December 2016, LRAI repaid $21.0 million principal of the Second Lien Notes with proceeds from the offering of the Company’s Class A voting common stock that was completed on December 22, 2016 pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-214265), which was declared effective on December 15, 2016 (the “2016 Common Stock Offering”).  In June 2017, LRAI repaid the remaining $17.0 million principal of the Second Lien Notes including an early payment premium of approximately $1.1 million with borrowings from the Company’s Senior Secured Credit Facility.

10.  Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001.  The Company’s preferred stockbankruptcy may be entitled to preference overfiled against the common stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the Company in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or in the event of any other distribution of assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purpose of the winding-up of its affairs.  The authorized but unissued shares of the preferred stock may be divided into and issued in designated series from time to time by one or more resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).  The Board in their sole discretion shall have the power to determine the relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of preferred stock.

Company.

Series A & B Preferred Stock

On June 2, 2017 the Company reported entering into a securities purchase agreement (the “Original SPA”) with Chambers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to Chambers, in a private placement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), shares of the Company’s newly-created Series A-1 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A-1 Preferred Stock”), and Series A-2 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A-2 Preferred Stock” and, together with the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, the “Series A Preferred Stock” and, collectively with the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock, the “Preferred Stock”), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $78 million.

On June 15, 2017, the Company entered into an amended and restated securities purchase agreement (the “A&R SPA”) with Chambers.  On the same day, the Company closed the transactions contemplated by the A&R SPA (the “SPA Closing”) and issued to Chambers 5,400 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and 74,600 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock. Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to hold a stockholder meeting (the “Stockholder Meeting”) by no later than December 15, 2017 and to obtain at the meeting stockholder approval of the issuance of shares of the Company’s Class A voting common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and Series A-2 Preferred Stock (upon their conversion to shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock) issued or issuable pursuant to the A&R SPA (the “Stockholder Approval”). The Stockholder Meeting was held on November 3, 2017, and Stockholder Approval was obtained for Series A-2 Preferred Stock conversion.  After the SPA Closing and for so long as the Approved Holders (as defined in the A&R SPA) beneficially own at least 10% of the total number of outstanding shares of Class A voting common stock and Class B non-voting common stock (collectively, “Common Stock”) of the Company, on an as-converted basis, or at least 15% of the number of

Note 8. Stockholders’ Equity
Series A Preferred Stock issued to Chambers at the SPA Closing, the Company cannot undertake certain actions without the prior consent of holders of a majority of all shares of Common Stock, on an as-converted basis, held by the Approved Holders.

Prior to June 15, 2020, Chambers and its affiliates are prohibited from directly or indirectly engaging in any short sales involving the Common Stock or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchanged for, Common Stock. Without the prior written consent of the Board, the Approved Holders are subject to customary standstill restrictions until the earlier of (i) the two-year anniversary of the date the Approved Holders are no longer entitled to designate any director to the Board and (ii) the date the Company fails to fully declare and pay all accrued dividends on either series of the Series A Preferred Stock after there are no PIK Quarters (as defined below) remaining. In connection with the SPA Closing and the issuance of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with Chambers (the “Chambers RRA”). Under the Chambers RRA, the Company has agreed to provide to Chambers certain customary demand and piggyback registration rights relating to Chambers’ ownership of Company stock. The Chambers RRA contains customary terms and conditions, including certain customary indemnification obligations.

Each of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Series A-2 Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock is a new class of equity security. Each series of Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to Class A voting common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company, and each series initially has a stated value of $1,000 per share (the “Stated Value”). Series B Preferred Stock ranks pari passu with Class A voting common stock with respect to dividend rights, but senior to Class A voting common stock with respect to rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company, with a par value of $0.001 per share. If the stockholder approval is obtained, each outstanding share of Series A-2 Preferred Stock will automatically convert into one share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, subject to customary adjustments. No later than two business days following the holding of the Stockholder Meeting, each share of Series B Preferred Stock will automatically convert into one share of Class A voting common stock, whether or not the Stockholder Approval has been obtained.

Dividends

Holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote with holders of Class A voting common stock on an as-converted basis upon the consummation of the Stockholder Meeting, whether or not the Stockholder Approval is obtained. Holders of Series A-2 Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock on all matters submitted for a vote of holders of Preferred Stock as a separate class, but in no event are entitled to vote with the holders of Class A voting common stock. Holders of Series B Preferred Stock have no voting rights, except as described below. Holders of any series of Preferred Stock are entitled to one vote per share on any matter on which holders of such applicable series are entitled to vote separately as a class. In addition, for so long as shares of a particular series of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the affirmative vote or consent of holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of such series, voting together as a separate class, is necessary for effecting any amendment or modification to the certificate of incorporation or the applicable Certificate of Designations that would materially and adversely affect the relative rights, preferences, privileges or voting power of such series.

Shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock will be immediately convertible into shares of Class A voting common stock at the option of the holders of such Series A-1 Preferred Stock upon the consummation of the Stockholder Meeting, at a per share rate (the “Conversion Rate”) equal to the Stated Value of such share divided by six, subject to certain adjustments (the “Conversion Price”). Upon the


consummation of the Stockholder Meeting, the Company will have the option to convert Series A-1 Preferred Stock to Class A voting common stock if the volume weighted average price of Class A voting common stock exceeds the following percentages of the Conversion Price for twenty out of thirty consecutive trading days: (i) 200%, if such mandatory conversion occurs prior to June 15, 2019, (ii) 175%, if such mandatory conversion occurs after June 15, 2019 but before June 15, 2020, and (iii) 150%, if such mandatory conversion occurs after June 15, 2020. If on June 15, 2024, the Stockholder Meeting has been consummated (no matter whether or not the Stockholder Approval has been obtained) and the trailing 20-day volume weighted average price of Class A voting common stock (the “Prevailing Price”) is equal to or greater than the Conversion Price then in effect, then each share of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock then outstanding will automatically convert to Class A voting common stock at the then applicable Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in no event will in excess of 1,678,089 shares of Class A voting common stock be issued in connection with the conversion of Series A-1 Preferred Stock in advance of the Stockholder Approval, and such conversion will only occur to the extent it will not result in a violation of any applicable rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (provided, that the Company is to take commercially reasonable efforts to effect the issuance in compliance with such rules).

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to cumulative dividends payable quarterly initially at a rate of 9% per annum (the “Dividend Rate”) in cash and, for any 12 quarters (“PIK Quarters”), at the Company’s option, (i) in the form of additional shares of the respective series of Series AA-1 Preferred Stock at a per share price equal to $975 or (ii) by increasing Stated Value, in lieu of cash.cash (collectively, the “PIK Option”). After the 12 PIK Quarters (one of which remain as of March 31, 2020), if the Company fails to fully declare and pay dividends in cash, then the Dividend Rate for Series A Preferred Stock will automatically increase by 5.0%5% per annum for the next succeeding dividend period and then an additional 1.0%1% for each successive dividend period, up to a maximum Dividend Rate of 20.0%20% per annum, until the Company pays dividends at such increased rate fully in cash for two consecutive quarters. Separately, if

Starting with the Stockholder Approval has not been obtained by December 15,third quarter of 2017 and through the Dividend Rate for Series A-2 Preferred Stock will automatically increase by 5% per annumfourth quarter of 2019, the Company elected the PIK Option for the dividend period ended on March 31, 2018 and by an additional 0.5% each quarter thereafter until the Stockholder Approval is obtained, up to a maximum Dividend Rate of 20.0% per annum. In addition to dividends rights described above, holders of all series of Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive dividends or distributions declared or paid on Class A voting common stock on an as-converted basis. If on June 15, 2024, the Prevailing Price is less than the Conversion Price then in effect, the Dividend Rate for Series A-1 Preferred Stock will automatically increase to 20.0% per annum, payable onlydividend payment, which resulted in cash, unless automatically converted as described above. However, the Company, at its option, may instead elect to exchange each shareissuance of Series A-1 Preferred Stock for senior unsecured notes of the Company with a two-year maturity, a 9.0% per annum coupon payable semi-annually in cash, and governed by terms substantially similar to the Company’s most recent high yield indenture at that time. After June 15, 2020, the Company may redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock in cash at a per share amount equal to (i) 110% of the Stated Value, if the redemption occurs prior to June 15, 2021, (ii) 105% of the Stated Value, if the redemption occurs prior to June 15, 2022, and (iii) 100% of the Stated Value, if the redemption occurs after June 15, 2022, in each case, plus any unpaid dividends. If the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to June 15, 2024, the Company must redeem all outstanding shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock at the Stated Value then in effect on June 15, 2024. If at any time after June 15, 2024 the Company fails to fully declare and pay a quarterly dividend in cash on Series A-1 Preferred Stock, then the Company must redeem in cash all outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Stock at the Stated Value then in effect.

As of September 30, 2017, 5,54320,328 additional shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and  2,684,632Stock. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company also elected the PIK Option, which resulted in the issuance of 2,257 additional shares of Series BA-1 Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding with zero issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016.  As of September 30, 2017, 76,577 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding with zero issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016.  The Series A-2 Preferred Stock is classified as Mezzanine Equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets due to the mandatory redemption feature triggered by the failure to obtain requisite Stockholder Approval.  If requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained, the redemption feature would no longer be applicable, and the Series A-2 Preferred Stock will be reclassified to permanent equity at that time.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value Class A voting common stock of which 21,822,015 were issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.  

The Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000 shares of $0.001 par value Class B non-voting common stock of which 2,500 shares were issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

11.Stock.

Note 9. Stock-Based Compensation

 Stock Option Activity

For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, no stock options were issued or exercised.  The following tables summarize certain information related to outstanding stock options under the Lonestar Resources Limited 2012 Employee Share Option Plan and the


Lonestar Resources US Inc. 2016 Incentive Plan, which replaced the Lonestar Resources Limited 2012 Employee Share Option Plan following the Reorganization:

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

Per Share

 

 

Weighted Average

Remaining

Contractual Term

(in years)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2016

 

 

191,750

 

 

$

15.00

 

 

 

0.25

 

Options vested and exercisable at December 31, 2016

 

 

191,750

 

 

$

15.00

 

 

 

0.25

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canceled/Expired

 

 

(16,125

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(75,000

)

 

 

20.00

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2017

 

 

100,625

 

 

$

15.00

 

 

 

0.25

 

Options vested and exercisable at September 30, 2017

 

 

100,625

 

 

$

15.00

 

 

 

0.25

 

Restricted Stock Units

In February 2017, the Company granted

Lonestar grants awards of restricted stock units (“RSUs”("RSUs") covering 612,000 shares to certainemployees and directors as part of its employees.  In August 2017, 100,000 units were issuedlong-term compensation program. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $(1.3) million and $0.7 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation (benefit) expense for RSUs. The liability for RSUs on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2020 was $0.1 million.
As of March 31, 2020, there was $0.4 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to the Company’s chairman of the board of directors.  The awards vestnon-vested RSU grants. This unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a three-yearweighted-average period as follows:  40% on the first anniversary of issuance and 30% on each of the second and third anniversaries of issuance, such that the RSU’s will be fully vested on the third anniversary of issuance.1.7 years. The Company determines the fair value of granted RSU’s based onRSU grants that vested during the market pricethree months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 totaled 0.5 million and 0.9 million, respectively.


A summary of the Class A voting common stockstatus of the Company onCompany's non-vested RSU grants issued, and the date of grant.  RSUs will be paid in Class A voting common stock or cash, atchanges during the Company’s option, after the vesting of the applicable RSU.  Compensation expense for granted RSUsthree months ended March 31, 2020 is recognized over the vesting period.  

presented below:

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted Average

Remaining

Contractual Term

(in years)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSUs vested at December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

712,000

 

 

 

3.0

 

Canceled/Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(10,000

)

 

 

2.8

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2017

 

 

702,000

 

 

 

2.5

 

RSUs vested at September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average Fair

Value per Share

 

 

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term

(in years)

 

Outstanding non-vested RSUs at December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

Shares Weighted Average Fair Value per Share
Non-vested RSUs at December 31, 20191,849,676
 $4.04

Granted

 

 

712,000

 

 

 

6.00

 

 

 

3.0

 


 

Vested

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(692,050) 0.69

Forfeited

 

 

(10,000

)

 

 

4.10

 

 

 

2.8

 

(24,200) 

Outstanding non-vested RSUs at September 30, 2017

 

 

702,000

 

 

$

3.50

 

 

 

2.5

 

Non-vested RSUs at March 31, 20201,133,426
 $3.62

Stock Appreciation Rights

In February 2017, the Companypast, Lonestar has granted awards of stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) covering 700,000 shares to certainemployees and directors as part of its employees and its non-employee directors.  The awards vest over a three-year period as follows:  40% on the first anniversary of issuance and 30% on each of the second and third anniversaries of issuance, such that the SAR’s will be fully vested on the third anniversary of issuance.  The SARs will expire five-years after the date of issuance.  The exercise price of the SAR is the fair market value of the Company’s Class A voting common stock on the date of the grant.  The SAR entitles the holder to receive from the Company upon exercise of the exercisable portion of the SAR an amount determined by multiplying the excess of the fair market


value of one share on the date of exercise over the exercise price per share by the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.  SARs will be paid in cash or common stock at holder’s election once the SAR is vested, with the provision that the Company possesses sufficient liquidity to allow for cash settlement of the SAR.  The SARs are being treated as a liability in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

Per Share

 

 

Weighted Average

Remaining

Contractual Term

(in years)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SARs vested and exercisable at December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

700,000

 

 

$

7.20

 

 

 

5.0

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canceled/Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(10,000

)

 

 

7.20

 

 

 

4.8

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2017

 

 

690,000

 

 

$

7.20

 

 

 

4.5

 

SARs vested and exercisable at September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average Fair

Value per Share

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price per

share

 

 

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term

(in years)

 

Outstanding non-vested SARs at December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

5.00

 

 

 

7.20

 

 

 

5.0

 

Vested

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(10,000

)

 

 

4.10

 

 

 

7.20

 

 

 

4.8

 

Outstanding non-vested SARs at September 30, 2017

 

 

690,000

 

 

$

3.50

 

 

$

7.20

 

 

 

4.5

 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

long-term compensation program. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and nine month periods ended September 30, 2017,2019, the Company recordedrecognized $(0.5) million and $0.2 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expenses(benefit) expense for SARs. The liability for SARs on the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of approximately $346,000 and $985,000, respectively,March 31, 2020 was not material.

As of March 31, 2020, the total compensation cost to be recognized in future periods related to stock options, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights.  As of September 30, 2017, the total unrecognized stock-based compensationnon-vested SAR grants was not material. The cost was approximately $3,786,000, which willis expected to be recognized over thea weighted-average period from October 2017 through February 2020.

12. Earnings Per Share

In accordance with the provisions of current authoritative guidance, basic earnings or loss per share shown on the Consolidated Statements of Operations1.0 year.

The following is computed on the basisa summary of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the periods. Diluted earnings or loss per share is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the assumed issuance of common shares for all potentially dilutive securities.  The Company includes the number of stock options in the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding when the exercise prices are less than the average market prices of the Company’s Class A voting common stock for the period. When a loss from operations exists, all potentially dilutive common shares outstanding are anti-dilutive and therefore excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding.  

Potentially dilutive common shares outstanding consist of shares of Class A voting common stock issuable pursuant to stock options, SARs, and 760,000 equity warrants. These securities have no dilutive effect for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. The Series A and Series B Preferred Stock are participating securities as they contain rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends at the same rate as common stock. EPS is computed under the two-class method, which is a method of computing EPS when an entity has both common stock and participating securities. Under the two-class method, the income and distributions attributable to participating securities are excluded from the calculation of basic and diluted EPS and the participating securities are excluded from the weighted average shares outstanding. The dilutive effect of the participating securities was calculated under the treasury stock method and the two-class method. The EPS was more dilutive under the two-class method. As such, there is no difference in basic and diluted EPS.

The following table presents unaudited earnings per share of Lonestar Resources US Inc.

Company's SAR activity:

Unaudited Earnings Per Share

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Net loss per share of Class A voting common stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.39

)

 

$

(1.44

)

 

$

(1.33

)

 

$

(4.64

)

Diluted

 

 

(0.39

)

 

 

(1.44

)

 

 

(1.33

)

 

 

(4.64

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average Class A voting common stock outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,842,586

 

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,629,896

 

Diluted

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,842,586

 

 

 

21,822,015

 

 

 

7,629,896

 

 Shares Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share 
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
Outstanding at December 31, 20191,010,000
 $6.30
 2.5
SARs vested and exercisable at December 31, 2019606,250
 6.65
 2.4
Granted
 
 
Exercised
 
 
Expired/forfeited
 
 
Outstanding at March 31, 20201,010,000
 $6.30
 2.3
SARs vested and exercisable at March 31, 2020805,000
 $6.79
 2.1

13.

Note 10. Related Party Activities

LEUCADIA

On August 2, 2016, Lonestar Resources America, Inc. (“LRAI”) and the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Juneau Energy, LLC (n/k/a JETX Energy, LLC), as initial purchaser (“Juneau”),Leucadia National Corporation (“Leucadia”), as guarantor of Juneau’s obligations, the other purchasers party thereto and Jefferies, LLC, in its capacity as the collateral agent for the purchasers, relating to the issuance and sale of (i) up to $49.9 million aggregate principal amount of LRAI’s 12% senior secured second lien notes due 2021 (“Second Lien Notes”) and (ii) five-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate 998,000 shares of the Company’s Class A voting common stock at a price equal to $5.00 per share (the “Warrants”). During 2016, LRAI issued $25 million in aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Notes and the Company issued Warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of its Class A voting common stock to Juneau. In December 2016, LRAI repaid to Juneau $21 million principal of the Second Lien Notes with proceeds from the 2016 Common Stock Offering.

In connection with entering into the Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement and an equity commitment agreement, both dated as of August 2, 2016. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company has agreed to register for resale certain Class A voting common stock issued or issuable to Juneau and Leucadia, including those issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Leucadia agreed, pursuant to the equity commitment agreement, to purchase a certain number of Class A voting common stock in case the Company elected to pursue an equity offering prior to December 31, 2016. Pursuant to the equity commitment agreement, Leucadia purchased 3,478,261 shares of Class A voting common stock (costing $20 million) through the 2016 Common Stock Offering, which closed on December 22, 2016. In connection with Leucadia’s equity commitment, the Company paid Leucadia on January 3, 2017 a $1 million fee, which was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. In the event Leucadia purchased not less than its commitment amount, the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into arrangements to provide Leucadia with the right to appoint one director to the Board of the Company, provided that such right will terminate at such time as Leucadia and its affiliates own a number of shares of Class A voting common stock equal to less than 50% of the shares purchased by Leucadia and its affiliates in such offering. Leucadia has elected to take an observer position on the board of directors, with no voting rights.

EF REALISATION

On October 26, 2016, the Company entered into a Board Representation Agreement (the “Board Representation Agreement”) with EF Realisation Company Limited (“EF Realisation”). Under the Board Representation Agreement, for as long as EF Realisation, together with its affiliates, beneficially owns 15% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A voting common stock, it has the right to nominate up to, but no more than, two directors to serve on the Board and for as long as EF Realisation, together with its affiliates, beneficially owns at least 10% but less than 15% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Class A voting common stock, it has the right to nominate up to, but no more than, one director to serve on the Board.

On October 26, 2016, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with EF Realisation, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register for resale Class A voting common stock indirectly owned by EF Realisation. The Company agreed to file a registration statement providing for the resale of Class A voting common stock held by EF Realisation no later than the earlier of (i) October 26, 2017, and (ii) 30 days after the date the Company first becomes eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3.  The Form S-3 registration statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2017. The Company has also granted EF Realisation certain piggyback and demand registration rights.


AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTS

In connection with the consummation of the Battlecat Acquisition, the Marquis Acquisition and the SPA Closing, on June 15, 2017, the Company entered into (i) a first amendment to the registration rights agreement (the “Leucadia RRA Amendment”) with Leucadia and JETX Energy, LLC (f/k/a Juneau Energy, LLC), which amends the registration rights agreement, dated as of August 2, 2016, by and among the same parties, and (ii) a first amendment to registration rights agreement (the “EF RRA Amendment” and, together with the Leucadia RRA Amendment, the “RRA Amendments”) with EF Realisation, which amends the registration rights agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, by and between the same parties. The RRA Amendments set forth the relative priorities, with respect to demand and piggyback registration rights, among each applicable party thereto, Battlecat, Marquis and Chambers under their respective registration rights agreements with the Company.

OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 

Butterfly Flaps, Ltd, a company in which Dr. Christopher Rowland (a director of the Company) owns an interest, has performed consultancy work for the Company since 2013 covering various strategic, tax structuring and investor matters at a cost of approximately $25,000 per quarter.  The consulting arrangement terminated effective December 31, 2016.   

New Tech Global Ventures, LLC, a companyand New Tech Global Environmental, LLC, companies in which Daniel R. Lockwood (aa director of the Company)Company owns a limited partnership interest, hashave provided field engineering staff and consultancy services for the Company since 2013. The total cost for such services was approximately $198,000$0.5 million and $78,000$0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

In February 2019, the Company purchased a property adjacent to its corporate office for future expansion for approximately $2.0 million. The transaction was funded with cash from operations. The seller of the property is indebted to certain trusts established in favor of the children of one of the Company's directors. The Company understands that the seller may use some of the proceeds of the sale to satisfy such outstanding indebtedness, though the Company has no interest or influence over any particular outcome.


Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies
Lonestar has one drilling rig under contract that is currently operating, which provides for a drilling rate of $19.0 thousand per day and expires on September 30, 20177, 2020. Should the Company terminate the contract early, the early termination fee totals $15.0 thousand per day times the remaining number of days left on the contract after the termination date.
From time to time, Lonestar is subject to legal proceedings and 2016, respectively,claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. Like other crude oil and gas producers and marketers, the Company's operations are subject to extensive and rapidly changing federal and state environmental, health and safety, and other laws and regulations governing air emissions, wastewater discharges and solid and hazardous waste management activities. The Company is not aware of any pending or overtly threatened legal action against it that could have a material impact on its business.
Gonzales County AMI
In February 2020, the Company announced that it had entered into a Joint Development Agreement (the "JDA") in Gonzales County with one of the largest producers in the Eagle Ford which encompass an Area of Mutual Interest (the "AMI") totaling approximately $664,00015,000 acres.
The agreement calls for Lonestar to operate a minimum of three to four Eagle Ford Shale wells annually on behalf of the two companies through 2022 that are intended to hold-by-production approximately 6,000 gross acres within the AMI. The agreement gives Lonestar's partner the option to participate in each well with a 50% working interest or to participate via a carried working interest that ranges from approximately 9 to 17%, depending on location.

In June, the Company began flowback operations on the Hawkeye #14H, Hawkeye #15H, and $465,000Hawkeye #16H, which were the first wells completed in the AMI. The Company's JDA partner did not participate in these wells, and on June 29, 2020 the Company completed a sale of 40% of the working interest in these wells to a third party for $9.1 million. After the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

sale, Lonestar has a 50% WI / 37.5% NRI in these wells.

14.

Note 12. Subsequent Events

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management has evaluated all subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the accompanying consolidated financial statements were issued.

Conversion of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

On November 3, 2017, and in accordance with the Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible

Preferred Stock ofPIK Dividend
On June 25, 2020, the Company (the “Series B Certificate of Designations”), all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) were converted (the “Series B Conversion”) onapproved a one-to-one basis into shares of the Company’s Class A voting common stock. The Series B Preferred Stock was originally issueddividend with respect to Battlecat Oil & Gas, LLC and SN Marquis LLC, pursuant to a transaction with each party, each as described more fully in Note 3.

Pursuant to the Series B Conversion, 2,684,632 shares of Class A voting common stock were issued (the “Conversion Shares”), and immediately following such conversion, none of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock remained outstanding. The Conversion Shares are currently unregistered and will be registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3, which registers, among other shares, the Conversion Shares. Following the Series B Conversion, there were a total of 24,506,647 shares of Class A voting common stock issued and outstanding.

Conversion of Series A-2 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock

On November 3, 2017, and in accordance with the Certificate of Designations of Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, Series A-2 of the Company (the “Series A-2 Certificate of Designations”), all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series A-2 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock (the “Series A-2 Preferred Stock”) were converted (the “Series A-2 Conversion”) on a one-to-one basis into shares of the Company’s Series A-1 ConvertiblePreferred Stock. Chambers, as the holder of A-1 Preferred Stock (the “Series A-1 Preferred Stock”). The Series A-2 Preferred Stock was originally issued to Chambers Energy Capital III, LP, pursuant to the Chambers Securities Purchase Agreement, as described more fully in Note 10.

Pursuant to the Series A-2 Conversion, 76,577 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock were issued, and immediately following such conversion, none of Series A-2 Preferred Stock remained outstanding andJune 25, 2020, received an aggregate of 82,120 Series2,308 additional shares of A-1 Preferred Stock were issuedas a dividend for its A-1 Preferred Stock on June 30, 2020.

CIC Plan

On June 29, 2020, the Company entered into Eligibility Notification Letters (the “Eligibility Notification Letters”) with each of our named executive officers, including Frank D. Bracken III, our chief executive officer and outstanding.

Barry D. Schneider, our chief operating officer, in connection with the Lonestar Resources US Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan (the “CIC Plan”) that was adopted by our board of directors. Under the Plan and the Eligibility Notification Letters, eligible participants will be entitled to severance payments and benefits in the event their employment is terminated by us without cause or they resign for good reason, in either case within two years following or two and one-half months prior to a change in control of the Company, subject to the participant’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims in favor of the Company.



Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included herein and our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019

Overview  

We are (the “Form 10-K”), along with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the Form 10-K. Any terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning given to them in the Form 10-K. Our discussion and analysis includes forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties and should be read in conjunction with Risk Factors under Item 1A of the Form 10-K, along with Forward Looking Information at the end of this section for information on the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to be materially different than our forward-looking statements.

OVERVIEW
Lonestar is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the exploration, development production and acquisitionproduction of unconventional oil, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and natural gas properties in the Eagle Ford Shale play in Texas, whereSouth Texas.
Market Developments and Response to Commodity Price Declines
The COVID-19 coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic has resulted in a severe worldwide economic downturn, significantly disrupting the demand for oil throughout the world, and has created significant volatility, uncertainty and turmoil in the oil and gas industry. The decrease in demand for oil combined with the oil supply increase attributable to the battle for market share among the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ("OPEC"), Russia and other oil producing nations, resulted in oil prices declining significantly beginning in late February 2020. During this time NYMEX oil prices declined from averages in the mid-$50s per Bbl range in January and February 2020, to an average of approximately $30 per Bbl in March. NYMEX oil prices continued to decline in April 2020 to an average of $17 per Bbl in response to uncertainty about the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and storage constraints resulting from over-supply of produced oil, before recovering to the upper-$30s per Bbl by late June after the implementation of production cuts by OPEC, significant production cuts by domestic operators, and an easement of storage capacity concerns.
The length of this demand disruption is unknown, and there is significant uncertainty regarding the long-term impact to global oil demand, which will ultimately depend on various factors and consequences beyond our control, such as the duration and scope of the pandemic, the length and severity of the worldwide economic downturn, additional actions by businesses and governments in response to both the pandemic and the decrease in oil prices, the speed and effectiveness of responses to combat the virus, and the time necessary to equalize oil supply and demand to restore oil pricing.

In response to these developments, we have accumulatedimplemented the following operational and financial measures:

Reduced budgeted 2020 capital spending from $80-$85 million to $55-$65 million, or 27% at midpoint;
Deferred our 2020 drilling program;
Implemented cost-reduction measures including negotiating reduced rates for water disposal, chemicals, rentals, and workovers;
Shut in or stored approximately 72,244 gross (57,172 net) acres4,700 BOE per day of production during late-April and all of May 2020, primarily at our oil-rich fields in whatour Central Eagle Ford Area. When the Company brought these shut-in wells back online during the first week of June, they came on stronger than before, producing an additional 500 BOE per day across all wells.
Entered into additional commodities derivatives in March 2020 to hedge an additional 2,000 Bbls of oil per day at an average swap price of $41.00 per Bbl and 27,500 Mcf of natural gas per day at an average price of $2.36 per Mcf in 2021. Our current oil hedge position covers 7,498 Bbls per day for the second quarter of 2020, 7,565 Bbls per day for the second half of 2020, and 7,000 Bbls per day for 2021. Our current natural gas hedge position covers 20,000 Mcf per day for the remaining three quarters of 2020, and 27,500 Mcf per day for 2021.

We continue to assess the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and expect to continue to modify our plans as more clarity around the full economic impact of COVID-19 becomes available. See Risk Factors for further discussion of the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business.



Recent Developments

Our present level of indebtedness and the current commodity price environment present challenges to our ability to comply with the covenants in our revolving credit facility over the next twelve months and therefore substantial doubt exists that we believewill be able to becontinue as a going concern. As of March 31, 2020, we had total indebtedness of $522.4 million, including $250.0 million of Senior Notes due 2023 (the "11.25% Senior Notes”), $267.0 million under our Credit Facility (as defined below) and $8.9 million under our building loan. At July 2, 2020, we had $285 million drawn on the formation’s crude oilCredit Facility and condensate windows,have a $60.4 million borrowing base deficiency due to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (as defined below), which redetermined our borrowing base at $225 million.

We did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio covenant under our Credit Facility as of Septemberthe March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 measurement dates and we defaulted on the July 1, 2020 interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes. Such failures represent events of default under our Credit Facility, and the missed interest payment will represent an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes if not cured in 30 2017. We operate in one industry segment, which isdays. In addition, the exploration, development and production of oil, NGLs and natural gas. Our current operational activities and consolidated revenues are generated from markets exclusivelyaudit report prepared by our auditors with respect to the financial statements included in the United States, and,Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes an explanatory paragraph expressing uncertainty as to our ability to continue as a “going concern.” This, in addition to not providing timely audited financial statements, represented an additional default under the Credit Facility. As a result, the outstanding amount of borrowings under the Credit Facility as of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 have been classified as current in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets because we had no long lived assets located outsidedo not anticipate maintaining compliance with the United States.

Third Quarter 2017 Operational Summary

Duringconsolidated current ratio over the third quarternext twelve months.


We entered into the Waiver (as defined below) on April 7, 2020, with certain lenders and Citibank, N.A., as administrative bank, to waive the events of 2017,default relating to our failure to comply with the Company reported productioncurrent ratio covenant as of 7,662 Boe/d, a 36% sequential increase fromDecember 31, 2019, to provide timely audited financial statements and to provide audited financial statements that are not subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception for the 5,635 Boe/d reportedfiscal year ended December 31, 2019. We entered into the Thirteenth Amendment on June 11, 2020 with the lenders to waive any default and event of default relating to our failure to timely deliver the quarterly financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2017.March 31, 2020. Although we have entered into these waivers, there is no guarantee that our lenders will agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the future. Our failure to meet the current ratio in the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2020, is an event of default under the Credit Facility. The Company received a forbearance until July 31, 2020 for the default in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020 measurement date and the default for the missed interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. Despite the forbearance, the defaults under the Credit Facility are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders.

As we do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant under our revolving credit facility over the next twelve months, we are evaluating the available financial alternatives, including obtaining alternative financing as well as seeking waivers, forbearances or amendments to the covenants or other provisions of our revolving credit facility to address any existing or future defaults and have engaged financial and legal advisors to assist. If we are unable to reach an agreement with our lenders or find acceptable alternative financing, the lenders under our revolving credit facility may choose to accelerate repayment, which in-turn may result in an event of default and an acceleration of the 2023 Notes due to cross-default provisions. We have concluded that these circumstances create substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. If the Company's lenders or its noteholders accelerate the payment of amounts outstanding under its Credit Facility or the 11.25% Senior Notes, respectively, it does not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness and would need additional sources of capital to do so. While the Company believes the proceeds of assets sales can fund immediate working capital needs, in the context of the current market conditions it is unclear whether the Company can obtain any additional sources of capital. We have concluded that these circumstances create substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company cannot provide any assurances that it will be successful in restructuring existing debt obligations or in obtaining capital sufficient to fund the refinancing of its outstanding indebtedness or to provide sufficient liquidity to meet its operating needs. If the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to restructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for the Company to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 11”), or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against the Company.


Operational Highlights for the First Quarter of 2020
During the first quarter of 2020, we achieved the following operating and financial results:
Production increased by 27% compared to the first quarter of 2019, averaging 14,436 BOE per day versus 11,372 BOE per day. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, production decreased 18%, or 3,111 BOE per day, from 17,547 BOE per day.
Drilled and completed five new wells.
Continued to lower our operating expenses on a per-BOE basis. Compared to the first quarter of 2019, lease operating and gas gathering, and production and ad valorem taxes decreased on a per-BOE basis due to the continued increase in production was attributablethroughout the year and our focus on controlling costs. General and administrative expense and interest expense also continue to production additions associated withdecrease on a per-BOE basis.
Changes in operating results between the $116.6 million acquisitionfirst quarters of producing properties that closed June 15, 2017 which added an additional 81 gross / 75.2 net wells. The third quarter was also marginally impacted2020 and 2019 were primarily driven by the additionfollowing:
Revenues decreased by $3.7 million, or 9%, between the two quarters, primarily driven by a 38% decrease in commodity prices partially offset by a 28% increase in production.
Our first quarter 2020 net loss includes a $199.9 million impairment charge on oil and gas properties, while our first quarter 2019 net loss includes a $33.5 million loss on sale of 2 gross / 2 net wells placed into service at our Cyclone drilling pad in Gonzales County in late September.

The Company’s thirdoil and gas properties.

Compared to the first quarter was negatively impacted by Hurricane Harvey in three respects. The Company estimates that 150 Boe/d of production was curtailed by the shut-ins of certain producing wells which were susceptible to flooding, reduced2019, lease operating levels at certainand gas processing plants utilized by the Company, as well as minor electrical outages.

For the three months ended September 30, 2017, approximately 69% of our production was crude oil, 16% was NGLs and 15% was natural gas.

Recent Developments Regarding Lonestar Properties

Eagle Ford Shale Trend - Western Region

Asherton

In Dimmit County, no new wells were completed during the three months ended September 30, 2017.  The Asherton leasehold is held bygathering expense decreased $0.08, or 1%, per BOE, production and Lonestar does not currently plan any drilling activity here in 2017.  

Beall Ranch

In Dimmit County, no new wells were completed during the three months ended September 30, 2017.  The Beall Ranch leasehold is held by production,ad valorem taxes decreased $0.44, or 20%, per BOE, general and Lonestar does not currently plan any drilling activity here in 2017.        

Burns Ranch

Lonestar has drilled the B#1Hadministrative expense decreased $2.12, or 50%, per BOE, and B#2H on Burns Ranch to total depthsinterest expense decreased $1.57, or 15%, per BOE.

Derivative financial instruments had a net gain of 17,927 and 18,002 feet, respectively, with projected perforated intervals for these wells at approximately 9,450 feet. Originally scheduled for early September, 2017, but deferred by our third-party service provider, fracture stimulation operations commenced in late October, 2017. Based on our current rates of daily stage completion, flowback is anticipated to begin in mid-November, 2017. Lonestar owns a 92% working interest (“WI”) and a 69% net revenue interest (“NRI”) in these wells. These wells do not contribute to our third quarter revenues.

Horned Frog

In La Salle County, no new wells were completed during the three months ended September 30, 2017.  The Horned Frog leasehold is held by production, and Lonestar has constructed a drilling pad and currently plans to drill the Horned Frog B#4H and C#1H wells, planned for perforated intervals of 10,000 feet$101.2 million in the first quarter of 2018.  

2020, compared to a net loss of $36.2 million in the first quarter of 2019.

During the first quarter of 2020, we recognized net loss attributable to common stockholders of $113.0 million, or $4.52 per diluted common share, compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $60.6 million, or $2.45 per diluted common share, in the first quarter of 2019. We generated $13.8 million of cash flow from operating activities during the first quarter of 2020, which was $4.0 million more than the $9.8 million generated by operating activities during the first quarter of 2019.

Gonzales County AMI
In February 2020, we entered into a Joint Development Agreement (the "JDA") in Gonzales County with one of the largest producers in the Eagle Ford which encompass an Area of Mutual Interest (the "AMI") totaling approximately 15,000 acres.
The agreement calls for Lonestar to operate a minimum of three to four Eagle Ford Shale Trend - Central Region

Gonzales County

Production from four wells completed as partannually on behalf of the Company’s 2017 capital program contributedtwo companies through 2022 that are intended to hold-by-production approximately 6,000 gross acres within the Company’s third quarter results.AMI. The Cyclone #4H & Cyclone #5Hagreement gives Lonestar's partner the option to participate in each well with a 50% working interest or to participate via a carried working interest that ranges from approximately 9 to 17%, depending on location.


In June, we began flowback operations on the Hawkeye #14H, Hawkeye #15H, and Hawkeye #16H. These wells were drilled and completed during the second quarter and placed into service in late June, 2017. The production results during the first 120 days in service are encouraging, as the 52,000 barrel average cumulative production from these wells is 31% higher than the first 120 days of Lonestar’s initial wells at Cyclone, the #9H and #10H. The Cyclone #26H and Cyclone #27H wells were drilled and completed in the third quarterAMI, and began producing on September 22, 2017. Lonestar has a 100% WIwere drilled to total measured depths of 21,221, 20,924, and 79% NRI20,228 feet, respectively. Our JDA partner did not participate in these wells.wells, and on June 29, 2020 we completed a sale of 40% of the working interest in these wells to a third party for $9.1 million. The Cyclone #26HHawkeye #14H, #15H, and #27H#16H wells were fracture-stimulated in engineered completions using diverters with an average proppant concentration of 1,5251,827 pounds per foot over 2837, 36 and 34 stages, per well, and utilized diverters. The Cyclone #26H was completed withrespectively. After the sale noted above, Lonestar has a 50% WI / 37.5% NRI in these wells.



Although these wells are in the early stages of flowback, they are looking promising. Initial rates recorded for the wells are:

Hawkeye #14H - With a perforated interval of 8,35110,979 feet, andthe #14H tested 7601,419 Bbls/d and 420oil, 108 Bbls/d of NGLs, 774 Mcf/d, or 762 Boe/1,656 BOE/d (three-stream) on a 24/64’’30/64” choke. The well has recently established a 30-day production rate of 723 Boe/d, consisting of 637 barrels of oil per day (88%), 39 barrels of natural gas liquids (5%), and 282 Mcf per day of natural gas (7%).  The Cyclone #27H was completed with

Hawkeye #15H - With a perforated interval of 8,27810,608 feet, andthe #15H tested 7331,598 Bbls/d and 428oil, 118 Bbls/d of NGLs, 849 Mcf/d, or 831 Boe/1,858 BOE/d (three-stream) on a 22/64’’30/64” choke.

Hawkeye #16H - With a perforated interval of 9,885 feet, the #16H tested 1,483 Bbls/d oil, 111 Bbls/d of NGLs, 799 Mcf/d, or 1,727 BOE/d (three-stream) on a 30/64” choke.




RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Certain of our operating results and statistics for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are summarized below:
In thousands, except per share and unit data Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019
Operating Results    
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(113,048) $(60,629)
Net loss per common share – basic(1)
 (4.52) (2.45)
Net loss per common share – diluted(1)
 (4.52) (2.45)
Net cash provided by operating activities 13,835
 9,826
Revenues    
Oil $29,990
 $33,584
NGLs 2,599
 3,393
Natural gas 4,420
 3,764
Total revenues $37,009
 $40,741
Total production volumes by product    
Oil (Bbls) 658,476
 590,096
NGLs (Bbls) 303,485
 217,561
Natural gas (Mcf) 2,110,381
 1,295,204
Total barrels of oil equivalent (6:1) 1,313,691
 1,023,524
Daily production volumes by product    
Oil (Bbls/d) 7,236
 6,557
NGLs (Bbls/d) 3,335
 2,417
Natural gas (Mcf/d) 23,191
 14,391
Total barrels of oil equivalent (BOE/d) 14,436
 11,372
Average realized prices    
Oil ($ per Bbl) $45.54
 $56.90
NGLs ($ per Bbl) 8.56
 15.60
Natural gas ($ per Mcf) 2.09
 2.91
Total oil equivalent, excluding the effect from commodity derivatives ($ per BOE) 28.17
 39.80
Total oil equivalent, including the effect from commodity derivatives ($ per BOE) 34.40
 39.09
Operating and other expenses    
Lease operating and gas gathering $9,788
 $7,710
Production and ad valorem taxes 2,369
 2,291
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 24,354
 17,970
General and administrative 2,881
 4,379
Interest expense 11,610
 10,656
Operating and other expenses per BOE    
Lease operating and gas gathering $7.45
 $7.53
Production and ad valorem taxes 1.80
 2.24
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 18.54
 17.56
General and administrative 2.19
 4.28
Interest expense 8.84
 10.41

(1) Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated using the two-class method. See Footnote 1. Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1.



Production
The well has recently established a 30-daytable below summarizes our production ratevolumes for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
  Three Months Ended March 31,
  2020 2019 Change
Oil (Bbls/d) 7,236
 6,557
 10%
NGLs (Bbls/d) 3,335
 2,417
 38%
Natural gas (Mcf/d) 23,191
 14,391
 61%
Total (BOE/d) 14,436
 11,372
 27%
Total production during the first quarter of 687 Boe/d, consisting of 609 barrels of oil2020 averaged 14,436 BOE per day, (88%)an increase of 27%, 39 barrelsor 3,064 BOE per day, compared to the same period in 2019. This increase was primarily driven by development of our Eagle Ford acreage, partially offset by approximately 200 BOE per day lost with the Pirate divestiture which occurred in March 2019.
Our production during the first quarter of 2020 was 73% oil and NGLs, compared to 79% during the first quarter of 2019.
Oil, Natural Gas Liquid and Natural Gas Revenues
The table below summarizes our production revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
In thousands Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019 Change
Oil $29,990
 $33,584
 (11)%
NGLs 2,599
 3,393
 (23)%
Natural gas 4,420
 3,764
 17 %
Total revenues $37,009
 $40,741
 (9)%
Our oil, NGL and natural gas liquids (6%), and 282 Mcf per day of natural gas (6%).  On average, these two new wells have recovered 14% of their frac load, to date.  

Pirate

In Wilson County, no new wells were completedrevenues during the three months ended September 30, 2017.March 31, 2020 decreased $3.7 million, or 9%, compared to those revenues for the same period in 2019. The Pirate leasehold is held bychanges in our oil, NGL and natural gas revenues are due to changes in production quantities and Lonestar does not currently plancommodity prices (excluding any drilling activity here in 2017.  

Eagle Ford Shale Trend - Eastern Region

Brazos & Robertson Counties

Lonestar owns a 50% WI/ 39% NRIimpact of our commodity derivative contracts), as reflected in the Wildcat B#1H, which was placed into service in May 2017.  The Wildcat B#1H has now been producing for five months. The Company is encouraged byfollowing table:

In thousands Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 vs 2019
 
 Increase (Decrease) in Revenues Percentage Increase (Decrease) in Revenues
Change in oil, NGL and natural gas revenues due to:    
Increase in production $11,549
 28 %
Decrease in commodity prices (15,281) (39)%
Total change in oil, NGL and natural gas revenues $(3,732) (9)%


Excluding the productivityimpact of the well, with cumulative production having totaled 225,000 barrels of oil equivalent, which is 65% greater than the average cumulative production from the 20 offset wells drilled by another operatorour commodity derivative contracts, our net realized commodity prices and 23% higher than the most prolific producing offset well.  The Wildcat B#1H was classifiedNYMEX differentials were as “Probable” in the Company’s third-party reserve report as of December 31, 2016.  In that third-party report, gross reserves were estimated at 840,000 barrels of oil equivalent.  At the request of the Company, our third-party engineer updated its reserves forecast for the Wildcat B#1H to account for actual production results.  The updated reserves estimates yield a 29% increase in forecasted Estimated Ultimate Recovery (“EUR”) to 1,086,000 barrels of oil equivalent.  The results of the Wildcat B#1H are encouraging, as Lonestar has a sizable leasehold position in the Wildcat Area in the deep Eagle Ford section in Brazos County, and notably, has not booked any proved reserves to the area.  Lonestar has 9,555 gross / 6,420 net acres in the Wildcat area, which holds 38 extended-reach drilling locations, based on 800-foot spacing.

Eagle Ford Shale Acquisitions

Karnes, Gonzales, Fayette, Lavaca, DeWitt Counties

Lonestar assumed operatorship of the Marquis and Battlecat Acquisitions on June 15, 2017.  The Company quickly transferred daily operations from third party contractors to Lonestar employees and conducted approximately $2 million of capital improvements on 41 of the 81 wells to bring the wells to the Company’s operational standards.  This spending has resulted in improved performance, reduced maintenance and September’s production represented the highest month of production since April, 2017.



Operating Results

The following discussion relates to our consolidated results of operations, financial condition and capital resources. You should read this discussion in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. Comparative results of operations for the period indicated are discussed below.

Results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016

Net Production

 

 

For the three months

ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

% Change

 

Crude Oil (Bbls/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

 

5,250

 

 

 

2,903

 

 

 

81

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Crude Oil

 

 

5,250

 

 

 

3,175

 

 

 

65

%

Natural Gas Liquids (Bbls/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

 

1,228

 

 

 

1,237

 

 

 

-1

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-100

%

Total NGLs

 

 

1,228

 

 

 

1,238

 

 

 

-1

%

Natural Gas (Mcf/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

 

7,105

 

 

 

8,064

 

 

 

-12

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

977

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Natural Gas

 

 

7,105

 

 

 

9,041

 

 

 

-21

%

Oil Equivalent (Boe/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

 

7,662

 

 

 

5,485

 

 

 

40

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

436

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Oil Equivalent

 

 

7,662

 

 

 

5,921

 

 

 

29

%

Production volumesfollows during the three months ended September 30, 2017 were 7,662 Boe/d, an increase of 29% from 5,921 Boe/d during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in our average daily production is primarily the result of Lonestar’s acquisition of the MarquisMarch 31, 2020 and Battlecat properties at the end of the second quarter of 2017, which contributed 1,883 Boe/d for the three months ended September 30, 2017.  The comparisons for the period are also impacted by the prior sale of our Conventional assets, which contributed 436 Boe/d for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 0 Boe/d for the three months ended September 30, 2017.

          Sequentially, Lonestar reported a 36% increase in net oil and gas production, increasing production to 7,662 Boe/d during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 5,635 Boe/d during the three months ended June 30, 2017. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, approximately 69% of our production was crude oil, 16% was NGLs and 15% was natural gas.

2019:

Net production from our Eagle Ford Shale assets averaged approximately 7,662 Boe/d in the three months ended September 30, 2017, a 40% increase over the approximate 5,485 Boe/d in the three months ended September 30, 2016. Approximately 85% of our Eagle Ford production in the three months ended September 30, 2017 was liquid hydrocarbons. Sequentially, Lonestar reported a 36% increase in net oil and gas production in its Eagle Ford Shale assets, increasing production to 7,662 Boe/d during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 5,635 Boe/d during the three months ended June 30, 2017.

Net production from our Conventional properties was 0 Boe/d in the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 436 Boe/d in the three months ended September 30, 2016 due to the divestiture of our Conventional assets in the second half of 2016.

 Three Months Ended March 31,
2020 2019 Change
Average net realized price     
Oil ($/Bbl)$45.54
 $56.90
 (20)%
NGLs ($/Bbls)8.56
 15.60
 (45)%
Natural gas ($/Mcf)2.09
 2.91
 (28)%
Total ($/BOE)28.17
 39.80
 (29)%
Average NYMEX differentials    

Oil per Bbl$0.03
 $2.00
 (99)%
Natural gas per Mcf(0.18) (0.01) 1,744 %

Average Sales Price

 

 

For the three months

ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

% Change

 

Crude Oil ($/Bbls):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

47.96

 

 

$

42.11

 

 

 

14

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

41.46

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Crude Oil

 

$

47.96

 

 

$

42.05

 

 

 

14

%

Natural Gas Liquids ($/Bbls):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

16.19

 

 

$

9.33

 

 

 

73

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

6.16

 

 

 

-100

%

Total NGLs

 

$

16.19

 

 

$

9.33

 

 

 

74

%

Natural Gas ($/Mcf):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

2.90

 

 

$

2.67

 

 

 

8

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

2.29

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Natural Gas

 

$

2.90

 

 

$

2.63

 

 

 

10

%

Oil Equivalent ($/Boe):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

38.14

 

 

$

28.33

 

 

 

35

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

31.05

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Oil Equivalent, excluding the effect from hedging

 

$

38.14

 

 

$

28.53

 

 

 

34

%

Total Oil Equivalent, including the effect from hedging

 

$

40.66

 

 

$

40.03

 

 

 

2

%

The average wellhead price for our production in the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 was $38.14$28.17 per Boe,BOE, a 34% increase29% decrease compared to the average price infor the comparable period in 2016.2019. Reported wellhead realizations were positively influenceddriven lower by a 7% increase in the crude oil benchmark price (West Texas Intermediate) and a 3% increase in the natural gas benchmark price (Henry Hub) between these periods. The Company also benefited from its ongoing ability to negotiate better local discounts to the benchmarks.  Our crude oil hedge positions added $3.69 per barrel of oil sold or $2.53 per Boe.

The average wellhead price for our Eagle Ford Shale production in the three months ended September 30, 2017 was $38.14 per Boe, which was 35% higher than the average price in the comparable period in 2016 due to the increasedecrease in the crude oil and natural gas benchmark prices between the periods, in addition to a significantly lower NYMEX oil differential. Our realized NGL price of $8.56 per Bbl, or 19% of NYMEX WTI, was largely due to a sharp drop in ethane prices.

TheOur average wellhead price for our Conventional properties in the three months ended September 30, 2017 was $0.00NYMEX oil differential decreased quarter over quarter by $1.97 per Boe,Bbl, largely due to the divestituredecreased spread between Louisiana Light Sweet ("LLS") prices, for which substantially all of our Conventional assetscrude oil sales were based for the periods presented, and NYMEX WTI benchmark prices.

Our natural gas NYMEX differentials are generally caused by movement in the second halfNYMEX natural gas prices during the month, as most of 2016.

Revenues

 

 

For the three months

ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

% Change

 

Oil Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

23,162

 

 

$

11,247

 

 

 

106

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

1,038

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Oil Revenues

 

$

23,162

 

 

$

12,285

 

 

 

89

%

NGLs Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

1,831

 

 

$

1,063

 

 

 

72

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

-100

%

Total NGLs Revenues

 

$

1,831

 

 

$

1,063

 

 

 

72

%

Natural Gas Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

1,890

 

 

$

1,984

 

 

 

(5

)%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

206

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Natural Gas Revenues

 

$

1,890

 

 

$

2,190

 

 

 

-14

%

Total Wellhead Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

26,883

 

 

$

14,294

 

 

 

88

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

1,244

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Wellhead Revenues

 

$

26,883

 

 

$

15,538

 

 

 

73

%


Wellhead revenuesour natural gas is sold on an index price that is set near the first of each month. While the percentage change in the three months ended September 30, 2017 were $26.9 million,NYMEX natural gas differentials can be large, these differentials are seldom more than a 73% increase from $15.5 million from the comparable period in 2016. This increase in revenue was a resultdollar above or below NYMEX price.

Commodity Derivative Contracts
We utilize oil and natural gas derivative contracts to provide an economic hedge of a 29% increase inour exposure to commodity price risk associated with anticipated future production and a 34% increase in realizations. We also realized favorable crude oil hedgeto provide more certainty to our future cash settlements, which added $1.8 million in gainsflows. These contracts have historically consisted of fixed-price swaps, collars and basis swaps.
The following table summarizes the net cash (payments) receipts on the Company's commodity derivatives and the relative price impact (per Bbl or Mcf) for the three months ended September 30, 2017.

March 31, 2020 and
2019:

Wellhead revenues
  Three Months Ended March 31,
  2020 2019
In thousands, except price impact Net realized settlements Price impact Net realized settlements Price impact
(Payments) receipts on settlements of oil derivatives $(155) $(0.24) $462
 $0.78
Receipts on settlements of natural gas derivatives 1,236
 0.59
 847
 0.65
Total net commodity derivative settlements $1,081
   $1,309
  

Our realized net gain on commodity derivative contracts was $8.2 million for our Eagle Ford Shale assets in the three months ended September 30, 2017 were $26.9March 31, 2020, as compared to net loss of $0.7 million an 88% increase from the comparable period in 2016 as a result of a 35% increase in wellhead price realizations coupled with a 40% increase in production infor the three months ended September 30, 2017.

Wellhead revenues forMarch 31, 2019. We realized an average gain of $6.23 per BOE on our Conventional properties inoil and natural gas swaps during the three months ended September 30, 2017 were $0.0 million,March 31, 2020, as compared to $1.2 million, due toan average loss of $0.72 per BOE for the divestiture of our Conventional assets in the second half of 2016.

three months ended March 31, 2019.

Costs and


Production Expenses

The table below presents a detail of costs andproduction expenses for the periods indicated.

three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

 

For the three months

ended September 30,

 

 

(In thousands, except expense per Boe)

 

2017

 

2016

 

% Change

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease operating and gas gathering

 

$            4,515

 

4,006

 

13%

Production, ad valorem, and severance taxes

 

1,541

 

907

 

70%

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

15,929

 

10,718

 

49%

General and administrative

 

2,298

 

2,870

 

-20%

Rig standby expense

 

61

 

364

 

-83%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses per Boe:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease operating and gas gathering

 

$              6.40

 

$              7.36

 

-13%

Production, ad valorem, and severance taxes

 

2.19

 

1.67

 

31%

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

22.60

 

19.68

 

15%

General and administrative

 

3.26

 

5.27

 

-38%

In thousands, except expense per BOE Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019 Change
Production expenses      
Lease operating and gas gathering $9,788
 $7,710
 27 %
Production and ad valorem taxes 2,369
 2,291
 3 %
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 24,354
 17,970
 36 %
Production expenses per BOE     

Lease operating and gas gathering $7.45
 $7.53
 (1)%
Production and ad valorem taxes 1.80
 2.24
 (19)%
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 18.54
 17.56
 6 %
Lease Operating and Gas Gathering Expenses

The table below provides detail of our lease operating and gas gathering expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
In thousands Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019 Change
Lease operating $7,638
 $6,831
 12%
Gas gathering, processing and transportation 2,150
 879
 145%
Total lease operating and gas gathering expense $9,788
 $7,710
 27%
Lease operating expenses are the costs incurred in the operation of producing properties and workover costs. Expenses for direct labor, water injection and disposal, utilities, materials and supplies comprise the most significant portion of our lease operating expenses. Lease operating expenses do not include general and administrative expenses or production and ad valorem or severance taxes.

Our lease operating expensesand gas gathering expense increased $0.5$2.1 million, (13%) inor 27%, for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 to $4.5$9.8 million from $4.0$7.7 million in the comparable period in 2016.  However, on2019. On a unit-of-production basis, our lease operating expensesand gas gathering expense decreased 13%1%, or $0.08 per BOE, from $7.36$7.53 per BoeBOE in the three months ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 to $6.40$7.45 per BoeBOE in the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020. The increase in total lease operating costs is due to continuing incremental production brought online by our ability to integrate our recent Eagle Ford Shale acquisitions on a cost-effective basis,development program, as well as reduced operating expenses associated with the sale of our Conventional assetshigher gas processing costs in the second halfcurrent year.
Compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.

Sequentially, our2019, lease operating and gas gathering expense increased by 28%decreased 23%, or $1.0 million to $4.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $3.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2017.  Increased lease operating expenses are a function of the acquisition of 81 gross Eagle Ford Shale wells, which added 1,883 Boe/d of production in the three months ended September 30, 2017.$2.2 million. On a unit-of-production basis, we reduced our lease operatingthese expenses by 7% sequentially to $6.40increased 22%, or $1.33 per Boe inBOE, from the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $6.87 per Boe in the three months ended June 30, 2017.  

fourh quarter of 2019.

Production Severance and Ad Valorem Taxes

Severance and ad valorem

Production taxes are paid on produced crude oil and natural gas based upon a percentage of gross revenues or at fixed rates established by state or local taxing authorities. In general, the production taxes we pay correlate to the changes in oil and natural gas revenues. We are also subject to ad valorem taxes in the counties where our production is located. Ad valorem taxes are generally based on the valuation of our oil and natural gas properties.

Our total

The following table provides detail of our production severance and ad valorem taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
  Three Months Ended March 31,
In thousands 2020 2019 Change
Production taxes $1,325
 $1,786
 (26)%
Ad valorem taxes 1,044
 505
 107 %
Total production and ad valorem tax expense $2,369
 $2,291
 3 %


Our total production and ad valorem tax expense increased 3%, or $0.1 million, between the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. Production taxes were lower in the current period due to lower revenues, caused in-turn by lower commodity prices. Ad valorum taxes were higher in the current period due to higher reserve values for our properties. On a unit-of-production basis, production and ad valorem tax expense decreased 19%, or $0.44 per BOE, from $2.24 per BOE in the three months ended September 30, 2017 were $1.5 million, an increase of $0.6 million (70%)March 31, 2019 to $0.9 million from the comparable period in 2016 primarily due to the 29% increase in production.


Rig Standby Expense

The Company incurred rig standby expense of $0.1 million$1.80 per BOE in the three months ended September 30, 2017, comparedMarch 31, 2020. This decrease in the per-BOE rate is attributable to $0.4lower commodity prices received for our production in the current period.

Compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, production and ad valorem taxes decreased $0.7 million, or 22%. This decrease correlates with the decrease in the Company's production between the periods in addition to lower commodity prices. On a unit-of-production basis, these expenses decreased 4%, or $0.08 per BOE, from the fourth quarter of 2019.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization
The table below provides detail of our depreciation, depletion and amortization ("DD&A") expense for the three months ended September 30, 2016.

Depreciation, DepletionMarch 31, 2020 and Amortization (DD&A)

2019.

 

 

For the three months

ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

DD&A of proved oil and gas properties

 

$

15,658

 

 

$

10,498

 

Depreciation of other property and equipment

 

 

233

 

 

 

167

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

 

38

 

 

 

53

 

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

 

$

15,929

 

 

$

10,718

 

In thousands Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019 Change
Depletion of proved oil and gas properties $23,905
 $17,556
 36%
Depreciation of other property and equipment 363
 336
 8%
Accretion of asset retirement obligations 86
 78
 10%
Total DD&A expense $24,354
 $17,970
 36%
Capitalized costs attributed to our proved properties are subject to depreciation and depletion. Depreciation and depletion of the cost of oil and natural gas properties is calculated using the unit-of-production method aggregating properties on a field basis.method. For leasehold acquisition costs and the cost to acquire proved properties, the reserve base used to calculate depreciation and depletion is the sum of proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves. For developmentwell costs, the reserve base used to calculate depletion and depreciation is proved developed reserves only. Other property and equipment are carried at cost, and depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from 3three to 5five years.

DD&A in the three months ended September 30, 2017 was $15.9 million, increased 49% from the comparable period in 2016 due to Lonestar’s acquisition of the Marquis and Battlecat properties which helped increase production 29% as well as the sale of our Conventional assets that held fully depleted producing properties. On a unit of production basis, DD&A increased 15% from $19.68 in the three months ended September 30, 2016 to $22.60 in the three months ended September 30, 2017 due to the sale of our Conventional assets that held fully depleted producing properties. 

Sequentially, Lonestar reported a 27% increase in DD&A, increasing DD&A to $15.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared to $12.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2017.  Increased DD&A is a function of the acquisition of 81 gross Eagle Ford Shale wells which added 1,883 Boe/d of production in the three months ended September 30, 2017.  On a unit of production basis, we reduced our DD&A 8% sequentially to $22.60 per Boe in the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $24.48 per Boe in the three months ended June 30, 2017 due to Lonestar’s acquisition of the Marquis and Battlecat properties which have lower depletion rates per Boe.

Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties

The Company did not record impairment expense for the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020 was $24.4 million, a decrease36% increase from $18.0 million in the comparable period in 2019. This increase is due to continued development of $29.1 millionour properties in the Eagle Ford. On a unit-of-production basis, DD&A increased 6%, or $0.98 per BOE, from $17.56 per BOE for the three months ended September 30, 2016.

March 31, 2019 to $18.54 per BOE for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, DD&A expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 decreased $0.1 million. On a unit-of-production basis, DD&A increased by $2.96 per BOE, or 3%, from the fourth quarter of 2019.
Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties
In March, 2019, we completed the divestiture of its Pirate assets in Wilson County for an adjusted cash purchase price of $11.5 million, after closing adjustments, to a private third-party. The assets were comprised of 3,400 net undeveloped acres, six producing wells, held seven proved undeveloped locations as of the closing date, and were producing approximately 200 BOE/d. We recognized a loss of $33.5 million during the first quarter of 2019 in conjunction with the sale of the assets.
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties
We evaluate impairment of proved and unproved oil and gas properties on a region basis. On this basis, certain regions may be impaired because they are not expected to recover their entire carrying value from future net cash flows.
During the first quarter of 2020, we recorded impairment charges totaling approximately $199.9 million across various Eagle Ford properties, of which $199.0 million was proved and $0.9 million was unproved. These impairments resulted from removing PUDs and probable reserves from future development plans due to the continued depressed commodity prices and the uncertainly of Company's liquidity situation.


It is reasonably possible that the Company's estimate of undiscounted future net cash flows may change in the future resulting in the need to impair the carrying value of its properties. See Part II Item 1A. Risk Factors, for further discussion.
General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses

General and administrative ("G&A expenses&A") expense decreased $0.6$1.5 million, or 33%, to $2.3$2.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020, from $2.9$4.4 million fromfor the comparable period in 2016.2019. This decrease reflects gains in stock-based compensation in the current quarter (see below), partially offset by higher compensation expense. On a unit of productionunit-of-production basis, we decreased our G&A expense by 38%decreased 49%, or $2.09 per BOE, from $5.27$4.28 per BoeBOE in the three months ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 to $3.26$2.19 per BoeBOE in the three months ended September 30, 2017.

March 31, 2020. This decrease was due to the increase in production volumes quarter to quarter, as well as the changes in total expense noted above.

Stock-based compensation gains included in G&A was $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, versus expense of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. These awards are accounted for as liabilities and these liabilities decreased due to the decrease in the Company's stock price during the quarter, which in-turn caused a gain in G&A.

Compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, G&A expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 decreased $1.3 million, or 31%. On a unit-of-production basis, G&A expense decreased by $0.38 per BOE, or 15%, from the fourth quarter of 2019.
Interest Expense

The table below provides detail of the interest expense for our various long-term obligations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
In thousands Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019 Change
Interest expense on 11.25% Senior Notes $7,031
 $7,031
  %
Interest expense on Credit Facility 3,685

2,824
 30 %
Other interest expense 126
 100
 26 %
Total cash interest expense (1)
 $10,842
 $9,955
 9 %
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts 768
 701
 10 %
Total interest expense $11,610
 $10,656
 9 %
Per BOE:      
Total cash interest expense $8.25
 $9.73
 (15)%
Total interest expense 8.84
 10.41
 (15)%
(1) Cash interest is presented on an accrual basis.
Our total interest expense in the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 was $5.0$11.6 million, a decrease of 13%an 9% increase from $5.8$10.7 million fromin the comparable period in 20162019. This increase is primarily due to a combination of a higher principal balance on our Credit Line (as defined below) in the repayment of our Second Lien Notes and the partial repurchase of the 8.750% Senior Notes. current quarter.
On a unit of productionunit-of-production basis, we reduced ourtotal interest expense decreased by 48%15%, or $1.57 per BOE, from $13.49$10.41 per BoeBOE in the three months ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 to $7.05$8.84 per BoeBOE in the three months ended September 30, 2017.

March 31, 2020.

 

 

For the three months

ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Interest expense on 8.750% Senior Notes

 

$

3,129

 

 

$

4,268

 

Interest expense on Second Lien Notes

 

 

 

 

 

505

 

Interest expense on Senior Secured Credit Facility

 

 

1,831

 

 

 

969

 

Other interest expense

 

 

71

 

 

 

9

 

Interest expense, net

 

$

5,031

 

 

$

5,751

 

Gains (Losses) on Derivative Financial Instruments

InCompared to the fourth quarter of 2019, interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized a non-cash loss of $9.4March 31, 2020 slightly increased by $0.5 million, primarily due to higher borrowing on our commodity derivative contracts related toCredit Facility. On a unit-of-production basis, interest expense increased 28%, or $1.93 per BOE, from the change in mark-to-market valuefourth quarter of 2019.



Income Taxes
The following table provides further detail of our derivative contracts and while recording a $1.8 million realized gain on settlement of our commodity derivative contracts during the quarter. Settlement of the crude oil hedge positions added $3.69 per barrel to crude oil price realization duringincome taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2017.

Income Taxes

March 31, 2020 and 2019:

In thousands, except per-BOE amounts and tax rates Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019
Current income tax benefit $424
 $11
Deferred income tax benefit 931
 12,922
Total income tax benefit $1,355
 $12,933
Average income tax benefit per BOE $1.03
 $12.64
Effective tax rate 1.2% 18.1%
Total net deferred tax asset (liability) on balance sheet at period end $
 $552
As a result of the net loss before income tax of $11.5$112.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2020 and net loss before income tax of $9.6 million in three months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded an income tax benefit of $4.7 million in the 2017 period and an income tax expense of $1.7 million in the 2016 period.

Net Income (Loss) Before Taxes

As a result of the $11.3 million (73%) increase in revenue caused by the increase in crude oil and natural gas benchmark prices, a $29.1 million decrease in impairment expense, a $0.7 million decrease in interest expense, and an unrealized gain on warrants of $1.0 million, offset by an increase in loss on derivatives of $9.3 million, a $5.2 million increase in DD&A, and a $29.4 million decrease in gain on disposal of bonds, we recorded a net loss before income tax of $11.5$71.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to net loss beforeMarch 31, 2019, we recorded income tax benefit of $9.6$1.4 million and $12.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2016.


Results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016

Net Production

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

% Change

Crude Oil (Bbls/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

4,026

 

3,192

 

26%

Conventional

 

 

330

 

-100%

Total Crude Oil

 

4,026

 

3,522

 

14%

Natural Gas Liquids (Bbls/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

1,055

 

1,220

 

-14%

Conventional

 

 

7

 

-100%

Total NGLs

 

1,055

 

1,227

 

-14%

Natural Gas (Mcf/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

6,682

 

8,386

 

-20%

Conventional

 

 

1,209

 

-100%

Total Natural Gas

 

6,682

 

9,595

 

-30%

Oil Equivalent (Boe/d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

6,194

 

5,810

 

7%

Conventional

 

 

538

 

-100%

Total Oil Equivalent

 

6,194

 

6,348

 

-2%

Production volumes during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were 6,194 Boe/d, a decrease of 2% from 6,348 Boe/d during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease in our average daily production is primarily the result of Lonestar’s sale of its Conventional assets in the second half of 2016, which had contributed 538 Boe/d for the nine months ended September 30, 2016,March 31, 2020 and reduced drilling activity in the second half of 2016, which yielded natural production declines through the first quarter of 2017. These decreases were partially offset by renewed drilling in 2017, as well as our recent acquisitions of the Battlecat and Marquis properties, which closed on June 15, 2017.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, approximately 65% of our production was crude oil, 17% was NGLs and 18% was natural gas.

Net production from our Eagle Ford Shale assets averaged approximately 6,194 Boe/d in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, a 7% increase over the approximate 5,810 Boe/d in the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Approximately 82% of our Eagle Ford production in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was liquid hydrocarbons.

Net production from our Conventional properties was 0 Boe/d in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 538 Boe/d in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 due to the divestiture of our Conventional assets in the second half of 2016.

2019, respectively.

Average Sales Price

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

% Change

 

Crude Oil ($/Bbls):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

47.99

 

 

$

37.80

 

 

 

27

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

37.01

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Crude Oil

 

$

47.99

 

 

$

37.73

 

 

 

27

%

Natural Gas Liquids ($/Bbls):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

16.74

 

 

$

8.00

 

 

 

109

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

5.98

 

 

 

-100

%

Total NGLs

 

$

16.74

 

 

$

7.99

 

 

 

110

%

Natural Gas ($/Mcf):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

2.78

 

 

$

2.08

 

 

 

34

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

2.04

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Natural Gas

 

$

2.78

 

 

$

2.07

 

 

 

34

%

Oil Equivalent ($/Boe):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

37.04

 

 

$

25.45

 

 

 

46

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

27.32

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Oil Equivalent, excluding the effect from hedging

 

$

37.04

 

 

$

25.61

 

 

 

45

%

Total Oil Equivalent, including the effect from hedging

 

$

39.31

 

 

$

38.72

 

 

 

2

%

The average wellhead price for our production inOn March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $37.04 per Boe, which was 45% higher than the average price in the comparable period in 2016. Reported wellhead realizations were driven higher by increases in both the crude oilCoronavirus Aid, Relief, and natural gas benchmarks between the periods. In additionEconomic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) to the increases in benchmark prices, our crude oil hedge positions added $3.49 per barrel of oil or $2.27 per barrel of oil equivalent.

The average wellhead price for our Eagle Ford Shale production in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $37.04 per Boe, which was 46% higher than the average price in the comparable period in 2016 due to the significant increases in the crude oil and natural gas benchmarks.

The average wellhead price for our Conventional properties in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $0.00 per Boe, due to the divestiture of our Conventional assets in the second half of 2016.

Revenues

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

% Change

 

Oil Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

52,742

 

 

$

33,063

 

 

 

60

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

3,341

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Oil Revenues

 

$

52,742

 

 

$

36,404

 

 

 

45

%

NGLs Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

4,820

 

 

$

2,673

 

 

 

80

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

-100

%

Total NGLs Revenues

 

$

4,820

 

 

$

2,685

 

 

 

80

%

Natural Gas Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

5,072

 

 

$

4,772

 

 

 

6

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

676

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Natural Gas Revenues

 

$

5,072

 

 

$

5,448

 

 

 

-7

%

Total Wellhead Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Ford Shale

 

$

62,634

 

 

$

40,508

 

 

 

55

%

Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

4,029

 

 

 

-100

%

Total Wellhead Revenues

 

$

62,634

 

 

$

44,537

 

��

 

41

%


Wellhead revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $62.6 million, a 41% increase from $44.5 million compared to the comparable period in 2016. These increases in revenue were a result of increases in benchmark prices. We also realized favorable crude oil hedge cash settlements, which added $3.8 million in gains on commodity derivatives for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Wellhead revenues for our Eagle Ford Shale in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $62.6 million, a 55% increase from the comparable period in 2016 as a result of a 46% increase in wellhead price realizations, coupled with a 7% increase in production in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Wellhead revenues for our Conventional properties in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $0.0 million, compared to $4.0 million from the comparable period in 2016provide certain taxpayer relief as a result of the divestiture of our Conventional assets inCOVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act included several favorable provisions that impacted income taxes, primarily the second half of 2016.

Costs and Expenses

The table below presents a detail of costs and expenses for the periods indicated.

 

 

For the nine months ended       September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except expense per Boe

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease operating and gas gathering

 

$

10,992

 

 

$

12,764

 

 

 

-14

%

Production, ad valorem, and severance taxes

 

 

3,656

 

 

 

3,046

 

 

 

20

%

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

40,623

 

 

 

38,461

 

 

 

6

%

General and administrative

 

 

7,940

 

 

 

8,501

 

 

 

-7

%

Rig standby expense

 

 

61

 

 

 

2,261

 

 

 

-97

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses per Boe:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease operating and gas gathering

 

$

6.50

 

 

$

7.34

 

 

 

-11

%

Production, ad valorem, and severance taxes

 

 

2.16

 

 

 

1.75

 

 

 

23

%

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

24.02

 

 

 

22.11

 

 

 

9

%

General and administrative

 

 

4.70

 

 

 

4.89

 

 

 

-4

%

Lease Operating and Gas Gathering Expenses

Lease operating expenses are the costs incurred in the operation of producing properties and workover costs. Expenses for direct labor, water injection and disposal, utilities, materials and supplies comprise the most significant portion of our lease operating expenses. Lease operating expenses do not include general and administrative expenses or production or ad valorem taxes.

Our total lease operating expenses decreased 14% in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to $11.0 million from the comparable period in 2016 due to a 2% decrease in production as well as operational efficiencies by implementing salt water disposals at multiple properties.  On a unit-of-production basis, our lease operating expenses decreased 11% from $7.34 per Boe in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to $6.50 per Boe in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Production, Severance and Ad Valorem Taxes

Severance and ad valorem taxes are paid on produced crude oil and natural gas based upon a percentage of gross revenues or at fixed rates established by state or local taxing authorities. In general, the production taxes we pay correlate to the changes in oil and natural gas revenues. We are also subject to ad valorem taxes in the counties where our production is located. Ad valorem taxes are generally basedmodified rules on the valuationdeductibility of our oilbusiness interest expense for 2019 and natural gas properties.

Our total production, severance,2020, a five-year carryback period for net operating losses generated after 2017 and ad valorem taxes were $3.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $3.0 million in the comparable period in 2016.

Rig Standby Expense

The Company incurred rig standby expense of $0.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, compared to $2.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016.


Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DD&A)

Capitalized costs attributed to our proved properties are subject to depreciation and depletion. Depreciation and depletion of the cost of oil and natural gas properties is calculated using the unit-of-production method aggregating properties on a field basis. For leasehold acquisition costsbefore 2021, and the cost to acquire proved properties, the reserve base used to calculate depreciation and depletion is the sumacceleration of proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves. For development costs, the reserve base used to calculate depletion and depreciation is proved developed reserves only. Other property and equipment are carried at cost, and depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from 3 to 5 years.

DD&A in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $40.6 million, a 6% increase from $38.5 million in the comparable period in 2016 primarily due to the sale ofrefundable alternative minimum tax credits. The CARES Act did not materially impact our Conventional assets that held fully depleted producing properties. On a unit of production basis, DD&A increased 9% from $22.11 per Boe in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to $24.02 per Boe in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

DD&A of proved oil and gas properties

 

$

39,959

 

 

$

37,839

 

Depreciation of other property and equipment

 

 

568

 

 

 

462

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

 

96

 

 

 

160

 

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

 

$

40,623

 

 

$

38,461

 

Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties

The Company recorded impairment expense of $27.1 millioneffective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 relating to its West Poplar property in Montana, a 13% decrease from the $32.1 million recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 relating primarily to its conventional properties in Texas.


General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses

G&A expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $7.9 million, a decrease of 7% from $8.5 in the comparable period in 2016.  On a unit of production basis, we decreased our G&A expense by 4% from $4.89 per Boe in the three months ended September 30, 2016 to $4.70 per Boe inMarch 31, 2020, and we are currently assessing the three months ended September 30, 2017.

Interest Expense

potential future impact.

Our interest expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $15.4 million, a decrease of $1.5 million from $17.0 million from the comparable period in 2016deferred tax assets exceeded our deferred tax liabilities at March 31, 2020 primarily due to tax consequences of the incurrenceimpairment of our proved properties during the first quarter of 2020; as a $1.1result, we retained a full valuation allowance of $32.6 million early payment premiumat March 31, 2020 due to uncertainties regarding the future realization of our deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance is also the primary cause for the Company paying off its second lien debt, which bore a higher interest rate. On a unitvariance between our statutory tax rate of production basis, interest expense increased 12% from $9.38 per Boe in21% and the three months ended September 30, 2016effective tax rate of 1.2% for the quarter. The valuation allowance will continue to $10.56 per Boe inbe recognized until the six months ended September 30, 2017.

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Interest expense on 8.750% Senior Notes

 

$

9,809

 

 

$

13,893

 

Interest expense on Second Lien Notes

 

 

2,016

 

 

 

505

 

Interest expense on Senior Secured Credit Facility

 

 

3,535

 

 

 

2,535

 

Other interest expense

 

 

88

 

 

 

28

 

Interest expense, net

 

$

15,448

 

 

$

16,961

 

Gains (Losses) on Derivative Financial Instruments

In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized a non-cash $2.7 million gain on our commodity derivative contracts relatedrealization of future deferred tax benefits is determined to the change in fair value of our derivative contracts and a $3.8 million realized gain on settlement of our commodity derivative contracts. Settlement of the crude oil hedge positions added $3.49 per barrel to crude oil price realization.

Income Taxes

As a result of the net loss before income tax of $42.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and net loss before income tax of $45.8 million from the comparable period in 2016, we recorded income tax benefit of $15.3 million and $10.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Net Income (Loss) Before Taxes

As a result of an increase of $18.1 million (41% ) in revenue caused by the increase in crude oil and natural gas benchmark prices, an increase in gain on derivatives of $9.9 million, an unrealized gain on warrants of $3.9 million, a decrease in lease operating expense $1.8 million, a $1.5 million decrease in interest expense, and a decrease in impairment expense of $4.0 million, offset by an increase in DD&A of $2.2 million, a $29.4 million decrease in gain on disposal of bonds, and acquisition costs of $3.1 million, we recorded a net loss before income tax of $42.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to a net loss before income tax of $45.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

be more likely than not.




CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

Liquidity and Capital Resources


We expect that our primary sourcessource of liquidity and capital resources will be cash flows generated by operating activities and borrowings underactivities. During the first quarter of 2020, we generated cash flows from operations of $13.8 million, after giving effect to $3.3 million of positive changes in cash flows from working capital. As of July 2, 2020, our $500,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”).

had an outstanding balance of $285 million and a borrowing-base deficiency of $60.4 million as a result of the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (see below), which will need to be repaid within 60 days of July 2, 2020. We did not make a $14.1 million interest payment on our 11.25% Senior Notes due July 1, 2020.


The Company's primary needs for cash are for capital expenditures, acquisitions of oil and natural gas properties, payments of contractual obligations and working capital obligations. We have historically financed our acquisition and development activitybusiness through cash flows generated by operating activities,from operations, borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility and the issuance of bonds.bonds and equity offerings. As circumstances warrant, we may access the capital markets and issue equity or debt from time to time on an opportunistic basis in a continued effort to optimize our balance sheet and to fund our operations and capital expenditures in the future, dependent upon market conditions and available pricing. Such usespricing, however this is unlikely with our current financial condition. Uses of such proceeds may include repayment of our debt, development or acquisition of additional acreage or proved properties, and general corporate purposes. There can be no assurance that future funding of transactions will be available on favorable terms, or at all, and we therefore cannot guarantee the outcome of any such transactions.


As discussed above, NYMEX oil prices have decreased significantly since the beginning of 2020, decreasing from nearly $60 per barrel in early January to the upper $30s per barrel in late June and were considerably lower during the months of April and May. This decrease in the market prices for our production directly reduce our operating cash flow and indirectly impact our other sources of potential liquidity, such as lowering our borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility, as our borrowing capacity and borrowing costs are generally related to the estimated value of our proved reserves. In this low oil price environment, we have taken various steps to preserve our liquidity including (1) by reducing our 2020 budgeted development capital spending, (2) by continuing to focus on reducing our operating and overhead costs, and (3) by adding additional commodity hedges for 2021 to reduce our long-term exposure to commodity prices.

At September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, we had $4.8$1.1 million in cash and cash equivalents and approximately $31.9$22.6 million of additional availability under our Senior Secured Credit Facility. Based on current commodity prices, we believe that our drilling program will generate increases inAs of July 2, 2020 the borrowing base associated with our Senior Secured Credit Facility.  Combined with our planswas redetermined to keep capital spending and cash flow$225 million from operations in general$286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. The outstanding balance in 2018, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, cash


expected to be generated from operations and the availability of borrowing under our Senior Securedcredit facility was $285 million as of July 2, 2020, which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million, and we are obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.


We did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio covenant under the Credit Facility as of the March 31, 2020 measurement date and did not make an interest payment date under the 11.25% Senior Notes that was due on July 1, 2020. Such failures currently represent events of default under the Credit Facility, and the missed interest payment will also represent an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes if not cured within 30 days. The Company received a forbearance from the lenders under the Credit Facility until July 31, 2020 for the default in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020 measurement date and the missed interest payment pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. Despite the forbearance, the defaults under the Credit Facility are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders. We do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio over the next twelve months.




We do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant under our Credit Facility over the next twelve months, and are evaluating the available financial alternatives, including obtaining acceptable alternative financing as well as seeking additional waivers, forbearances or amendments to the covenants or other provisions of the Credit Facility to address any existing or future defaults and have engaged financial and legal advisors to assist the Company. If we are unable to reach an agreement with its lenders or find acceptable alternative financing, the lenders of the Credit Facility may choose to accelerate repayment, in addition to the $60.4 million due from the current borrowing base deficiency noted above, which in turn may result in an event of default and an acceleration of the 11.25% Senior Notes. If our lenders or our noteholders accelerate the payment of amounts outstanding under our Credit Facility or the 11.25% Senior Notes, respectively, the Company does not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness and would need additional sources of capital raised through future debt financingto do so. While we believe the proceeds of assets sales can fund immediate working capital needs, in the context of the current market conditions it is unclear whether we can obtain any additional sources of capital.

We cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful in any restructuring of existing debt obligations or obtaining capital sufficient to fund the refinancing of its outstanding indebtedness or to provide sufficient liquidity to meet our liquidity requirements, anticipated capital expenditures and payments due under our existing credit facility and notes outstanding for at least the next 12 months. We are in active discussions to refinance our 8.750% Senior Notes due April 2019 on terms that are acceptable tooperating needs. If the Company which will also provideis unsuccessful in its efforts to extend the termrestructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for us to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

Historical Cash Flows

The following table summarizesU.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 11”), or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against us. We have concluded that these circumstances create substantial doubt regarding our cashability to continue as a going concern.

Cash flows for the periods indicated:

three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are presented below:

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30,

 

($ in thousands)

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Statement of Cash Flows Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

28,467

 

 

$

18,234

 

Investing activities

 

 

(177,529

)

 

 

(25,453

)

Financing activities

 

 

147,806

 

 

 

8,916

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and

   cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

(29

)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(1,256

)

 

$

1,668

 

In thousands Three Months Ended March 31,
 2020 2019
Net cash provided by (used in):    
Operating activities $13,835
 $9,826
Investing activities (35,776) (22,298)
Financing activities 19,946
 10,884
Net change in cash $(1,995) $(1,588)
Net Cash Provided Byby Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities increased $10.3of $13.8 million from $18.2for the first three months of 2020 was $4.0 million inmore than the ninefirst three months ended September 30, 2016 to $28.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. This increase is primarily due to a decrease in net loss of $8.5 million, a $2.7 million increase in non-cash interest expense, a $29.4 million decrease in gain on disposal of bonds, a $0.9 million decrease in gain on disposal of oil and gas properties, an $8.8 million increase2019, which totaled $9.8 million. Excluding changes in operating assets and liabilities, and an increase in DD&Anet cash provided by operating activities decreased $7.8 million. Compared to the first three months of $2.2 million,2019, the first three months of 2020 had significantly lower commodity prices which were largely offset by a $19.4 million dollar decrease in settlements of derivative financial instruments, a $4.0 million decrease in impairment ofhigher oil and natural gas properties, a $5.6 million increaseproduction. Changes in deferred taxes, a $9.9 million increase in non-cash gain on derivative financial instruments,our operating assets and a $3.9 million increase in unrealized gain on equity warrants duringliabilities between the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017.

March 31, 2019 and the three months ended March 31, 2020 resulted in a net increase of approximately $11.8 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019.

Net Cash Used Inin Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased $152.0$13.5 million, from $25.5$22.3 million in the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 to $177.5$35.8 million in the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017.March 31, 2020. This increase is primarily due to a $105.9$12.0 million increase in the acquisition of oil and gas properties, a $32.0 million increase in the development of oil and gas properties, an $11.4 million increase in purchases of other property and equipment, and a decrease in proceeds from salesthe sale of oil and gas properties of $2.7 million.

the Pirate assets in March 2019.

Net Cash Provided Byby Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities increased $138.9$9.1 million, from $8.9$10.9 million usedprovided during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2019 to $147.8$19.9 million provided in the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017. TheMarch 31, 2020. This increase wasis primarily due to increased borrowings and equity issuanceslower repayments of $117.1 million and decrease payments on bank borrowings of $27.3 million, offset by costs to issue debt and equity of $5.5 millionour Credit Line borrowing in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. 

current quarter.

Hedging

The following table provides a summary of


Debt
Senior Secured Credit Facility

In July 2015, through our derivative contracts as of September 30, 2017:

Instrument

 

Total Volume

 

Settlement Period

 

Fixed Price

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

27,600 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

$

51.05

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

18,400 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

50.60

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

92,000 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

52.90

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

46,000 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

56.00

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

95,600 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

 

49.85

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

365,000 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

54.18

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

182,500 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

55.65

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

182,500 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

55.50

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

292,000 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

47.10

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

509,000 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

50.17

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

508,900 Bbl

 

January – December 2019

 

 

50.40

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

560,700 Bbl

 

January – December 2019

 

 

48.04

 

Oil – WTI Fixed Price Swap

 

203,600 Bbl

 

January – June 2020

 

 

48.90

 

Natural Gas – Henry Hub NYMEX Fixed Price Swap

 

644,000 MMBtu

 

October – December 2017

 

 

3.36

 

Natural Gas – Henry Hub NYMEX Fixed Price Swap

 

1,825,000 MMBtu

 

January – December 2018

 

 

3.09

 

Instrument

 

Total Volume

 

Settlement Period

 

Puts

 

 

Calls

 

Oil – 3 Way Collar

 

85,000 Bbl

 

October – December 2017

 

$  40.00 / 60.00

 

 

$

85.00

 

Oil – 2 Way Collar

 

182,500 Bbl

 

January – December 2018

 

 

50.00

 

 

 

59.45

 

At September 30, 2017, the Company held the derivative contracts listed in the table above, which aggregate to 364,600 barrels or 3,963 barrels of oil per day for the remainder of 2017, 1,713,500 barrels or 4,695 barrels of oil per day for 2018, 1,069,600 barrels or 2,930 barrels per day for 2019, and 203,600 barrels or 1,119 barrels of oil per day through June of 2020. Our 2017 derivative contracts consist of 3,039 Bbls/d swaps at a volume weighted average price of $52.03 per Bbl and three-way collars covering 923 Bbls/d, which provide an effective floor of $55.25 per Bbl with WTI prices between $40.00 per Bbl and $60.00 per Bbl, and also gives upside to $80.25 per Bbl. Our 2018 derivative contracts consist of 4,195 Bbls/d swaps at a volume weighted average price of $51.83 per Bbl and two-way collars covering 500 Bbls/d with a price ceiling of $59.45 per Bbl. Our 2019 derivative contracts consist of 2,930 Bbls/d swaps at a price of $49.16. Our 2020 derivative contracts consist of 1,119 Bbls/d thru June at a price of $48.90 per Bbl.

The above natural gas derivative contract equates to 644,000 MMBtu or 7,000 MMBtu per day for the remainder of 2017 at a fixed price of $3.36 per MMBtu and 1,825,000 MMBtu or 5,000 MMBtu per day for 2018 at a fixed price of $3.09 per MMBtu. 

Subsequent to the quarter ended September 30, 2017, the Companysubsidiary, Lonestar Resources America, Inc. ("LRAI"), we entered into an additional WTI crude oil swap for 2019 which added an additional 401,500 barrels or 1,100 barrels per day at a price of $50.90 per barrel.

Debt

As of September 30, 2017, we had an aggregate of $286.4$500 million of indebtedness, including $128.1 million drawn on our Senior Secured Credit Facility $151.8 million (less an unamortized discountwith Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders party thereto (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Facility”), which has a maturity date of $1.1 million and debt issuance costs of $0.6 million) on our 8.750% Senior Notes, $7.9 million of mortgage debt and $0.3 million of other long-term notes.

Senior Secured Credit Facility

November 15, 2023. As of September 30, 2017 LRAI had outstanding borrowings of approximately $128.1March 31, 2020, $267.0 million was borrowed under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, which was subject to anand the weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the Credit Facility for the quarter was 5.30%. Borrowing availability was $22.6 million as of approximately 5.49% and 5.17% during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. Additionally, the Senior SecuredMarch 31, 2020, which reflects $0.4 million of letters of credit outstanding.


The Credit Facility may be used for loans and, subject to a $2,500,000$2.5 million sub-limit, letters of credit. LRAI has $500,000credit, and provides for a commitment fee of advances0.375% to 0.5% (0.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) based on the letterunused portion of credit as of September 30, 2017. Thethe borrowing base under the Senior SecuredCredit Facility. As of March 31, 2020, the borrowing base and lender commitments for the Credit Facility can be redetermined up or down bywas $290 million. The borrowing base was lowered to $286 million on June 11, 2020 as part of the lenders basedThirteenth Amendment, and on among other things, their evaluation of our oil and natural gas reserves. Effective as of May 19, 2016,July 2, 2020, the borrowing base was reducedredetermined to $120 million. Effective$225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. The outstanding balance under our credit facility was $285 million as of November 23, 2016,July 2, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. We are obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility, at our election, bear interest at either: (i) an alternate base rate (“ABR”) equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% per annum, and (c) the adjusted LIBO rate of a three-month interest period on such day plus 1.0%; or (ii) the adjusted LIBO rate, which is the rate stated on Reuters screen LIBOR1 page, for one, two, three, six or twelve months, as adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for Eurocurrency liabilities, plus, in each of the cases described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, an applicable margin ranging from 1.0% to 2.0% (2.0% to 3.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for ABR loans and from 2.0% to 3.0% (3.0% to 4.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for adjusted LIBO rate loans.

As the Credit Facility is in a state of of default, 2.0% incremental default interest would typically be due but is currently not being charged as part of the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (see below).

Subject to certain permitted liens, our obligations under the Credit Facility are required to be secured by the grant of a first priority lien on no less than 80% of the value of the proved oil and gas properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (currently 100% following the Thirteenth Amendment).

The Credit Facility contains certain financial performance covenants, as defined in the Credit Facility, including the following:

A maximum debt to EBITDAX ratio of 4.0 to 1.0, and

A current ratio of not less than 1.0 to 1.0.

We were not in compliance with the terms of the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2019 because we did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio at those times and the audit report prepared by our auditors with respect to the financial statements in the 2019 Form 10-K included an explanatory paragraph expressing uncertainty as to our ability to continue as a "going concern." The lenders waived the current ratio default with respect to December 31, 2019, pursuant to the Waiver. The Company received a forbearance until July 31, 2020 for the default in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020 measurement date and the missed July 1, 2020 interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. Despite the forbearance, the defaults under the Credit Facility are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders. As we do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant under our Credit Facility over the next twelve months, we are evaluating the available financial alternatives, including obtaining acceptable alternative financing as well as seeking waivers, forbearances or amendments to the covenants or other provisions of our revolving credit facility to address future defaults. We were not in compliance with the terms of the Credit Facility as of May 15, 2020, because we did not timely deliver our financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020. Such failure represented a default under the Credit Facility which the lenders waived pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment. As noted above, the borrowing base was reducedredetermined to $225 million from $120$286 million pursuant to $112the Forbearance Agreement. The outstanding balance under our credit facility was $285 million as of July 2, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. In connection with closingWe are obligated to pay the Marquis

deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.

Acquisition




Waiver and the Battlecat Acquisition, on June 15, 2017, LRAIEleventh Amendment

Effective April 7, 2020, we entered into the SixthWaiver and Eleventh Amendment (the "Waiver") to waive events of default arising from our failure to comply with the consolidated current ratio as of December 31, 2019, to timely provide audited financial statements and Joinderto provide financial statements that are not subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. As there was no guarantee that our lenders will agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the future, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2019 were classified as current in the accompanying 2019 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Twelfth Amendment

Effective May 8, 2020, we entered into the Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Sixth“ Twelfth Amendment”), to itsallow the Company to accept proceeds of up to $2.2 million from an unsecured loan applied for under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

We have applied for, and have received, funds under the Paycheck Protection Program after the period end in the amount of $2.2 million. The application for these funds requires us to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further requires us to take into account our current business activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not significantly detrimental to the business. The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan attendant to these funds, is dependent on the Company having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on our future adherence to the forgiveness criteria.

Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment

Effective June 11, 2020, we entered into the Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated(the "Thirteenth Amendment") which (i) waived any default or event of default arising from our failure to provide timely quarterly financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020; (ii) redetermined the borrowing base to $286 million from $290 million; (iii) set the next borrowing base redetermination to be on July 1, 2020 (and in any event, no later than July 31, 2020), (iv) amended the borrowing base utilization grid used in the applicable margin, as noted above and (v) until the July 1, 2020 redetermination, restricted the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur debt with respect to, among other items, capital leases and permitted senior debt, grant liens to secure other obligations, pay dividends on LRAI’s preferred stock and make certain investments.

As there is no guarantee that our lenders will agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the future, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Forbearance Agreement and Fourteenth Amendment

On July 28, 2015, among LRAI, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the several lenders party thereto2, 2020, we entered into a Forbearance Agreement, Fourteenth Amendment, and Borrowing Base Agreement with Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent and as issuing bank.the lenders party thereto (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with respect to the Credit Facility. Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment,Forbearance Agreement, among other things, (i) the lenders under the Credit Agreement was amendedFacility agree to (i) increaserefrain from exercising their rights and remedies under the Credit Facility and related loan documents with respect to certain defaults until July 31, 2020, (ii) the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $112$286 million, (iii) all proceeds of dispositions and terminations or liquidations of swap agreements shall be used to $160 million until redetermined or adjusted in accordancerepay the Credit Facility and shall automatically reduce the borrowing base by the amount of the repayment and (iv) certain exceptions to the covenant restriction on investments shall no longer be available.

The rights of the lenders to exercise rights and remedies resulted from our failure to comply with the current ratio with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the defaults expected with respect to the quarter ending Jun 30, 2020, under the current ratio and the leverage ratio covenants, and the default with respect to the failure to make the interest payment due on July 1, 2020, under the 11.25% Senior Notes.



The Forbearance Agreement can be terminated by the lenders upon (i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under the Credit Facility other than those disclosed, (ii) the failure of the Company to comply with any of the terms and requirements of the Forbearance Agreement, Under(iii) the Sixth Amendment, redeterminations are scheduled semi-annuallybreach of any representation or warranty, (iv) the exercise of any rights by other debt holders relating to occur during Mayforeclosure or acceleration and November(v) the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any loan party. Additionally, the Forbearance Agreement can be terminated if we fail to deliver a detailed restructuring proposal to the lenders by July 16, 2020. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the lenders will be able to accelerate the loans and pursue their rights and remedies. 

11.25% Senior Notes

In January 2018, the Company issued $250 million of 11.250% Senior Notes to U.S.-based institutional investors. The net proceeds of $244.4 million were used to fully retire the Company’s 8.75% Senior Notes, which included principal, interest and a prepayment premium of approximately $162 million. The remaining net proceeds were used to reduce borrowings under the Credit Facility.

The 11.25% Senior Notes mature on January 1, 2023, and bear interest at the rate of 11.25% per year, payable on January 1 and July of each year. The next borrowing base redetermination is scheduled for November 2017.

With borrowings outstandingAt any time prior to January 1, 2021, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of $128.1 million and letters of credit of $0.5 million, borrowing availability at September 30, 2017 was $31.4 million.

8.750% Senior Notes

LRAI issued $220 millionthe aggregate principal amount of the 8.750%11.25% Senior Notes in April 2014 underwith an indenture among LRAI, its subsidiary guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.  The Company isamount of cash not a party togreater than the indenture.

The 8.750% Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2019 and accrue interestnet cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a rate of 8.750% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year until the maturity date.  The 8.750% Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each subsidiary of LRAI.

Securities Purchase Agreement and Second Lien Notes

On August 2, 2016, LRAI and the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Juneau Energy, LLC, as initial purchaser (the “Initial Purchaser”), Leucadia National Corporation (“Leucadia”), as guarantorredemption price equal to 111.25% of the Initial Purchaser’s obligations,principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, provided that at least 65% of the other purchasers party thereto (collectively, along with the Initial Purchaser, the “Purchasers”) and Jefferies, LLC, in its capacity as the collateral agent for the Purchasers, relating to the issuance and sale of (i) up to $49,900,000 aggregate principal amount of 11.25% Senior Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after such redemption and the Second Lienredemption occurs within 180 days of the closing date of such equity offering.


At any time prior to January 1, 2021, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem all or a part of the 11.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus a “make-whole” premium as of, and (ii) five-year warrantsaccrued and unpaid interest.

On and after January 1, 2021, the Company may redeem the 11.25% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, plus accrued and unpaid interest, at the following redemption prices: 108.438% after January 1, 2021; 105.625% after January 1, 2022; and 100% after July 1, 2022,

We did not make our interest payment on the 11.25% Senior Notes that was due on July 1, 2020 of approximately $14.1 million. We have 30 days to purchase upcure the default before the holders of the 11.25% Senior Notes or the trustee may be able to an aggregate 998,000 sharesaccelerate payment. The missed interest payment represents a current event of default under the Credit Facility. We have entered into the Forbearance Agreement which provides that, among other things, the lenders under the Credit Facility have agreed to forbear the Company’s default of the interest payment until July 31, 2020. However, the default under the Credit Facility has not been waived and still exists, and the Forbearance Agreement can be terminated if we fail to deliver a detailed restructuring proposal to the lenders by July 16, 2020. Accordingly, the amounts outstanding under the 11.25% Senior Notes as of March 31, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The indenture contains certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur additional debt, pay dividends on the Company’s common stock, make investments, create liens on the Company’s assets, engage in transactions with affiliates, transfer or sell assets, consolidate or merge, or sell substantially all of the Company’s Class A voting common stock at a price equal to $5.00 per share.

assets. The Second Lien Notes are securedindenture also contains cross- default provisions for defaults of the Company's other debt instruments, including the Credit Facility, caused by second-priority liens on substantially allpayment default or events which cause the acceleration of LRAI’s and its subsidiaries’ assetsrepayment prior to the extentstated maturity of such assets secure obligations underinstrument.

Capital Expenditures
We currently anticipate that our full-year 2020 capital budget, excluding acquisitions, will be approximately $55 million to $65 million. This program will allow for the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

During 2016, LRAI issued $38.0 million in aggregate principal amountdrilling of Second Lien Notesa range of 10 gross (8.5 net) wells and the Company issuedcompletion of a range of 10 gross (7.0 net) wells, five of which were placed into production by the Warrants to purchase 760,000 sharesend of its Class A voting common stock. The Company recordedthe first quarter of 2020 and an equity warrant liabilityadditional three at Hawkeye which were placed into production by the end of approximately $5.1 million which was the fair value amount at the date of issuance. The Warrants were adjusted to fair value at September 30, 2017 which resulted in a gain on the Warrants of approximately $0.4 millionJune 2020.



The table below summarizes our cash capital expenditures incurred for the three months ended September 30, 2017. Proceeds fromMarch 31, 2020:
In thousands Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Acquisition of oil and gas properties $816
Development of oil and gas properties 34,753
Purchases of other property and equipment 524
Total capital expenditures $36,093
For the Second Lien Notes issuance were used to repurchase approximately $68.2 million in aggregate principal amount of the 8.750% Senior Notes in privately negotiated open market repurchases with holders of such notes, and to pay related fees and expenses related to the foregoing. The repurchase amounts paid were approximately $36.2 million in cash. Net of related fees, such repurchases resulted in a gain on debt extinguishment of approximately $28.5 million.

In December 2016, LRAI repaid $21.0 million principal of the Second Lien Notes with proceeds from the 2016 Common Stock Offering.  In June 2017, LRAI repaid the remaining $17.0 million principal of Second Lien Notes, including an early payment premium of approximately $1.1 million with borrowings from the Company’s Senior Secured Credit Facility.  The Company also recorded an approximate $2.0 million charge due to early recognition of the warrant discount associated with the payoff of the Second Lien Notes.

Capital Expenditures

Historical capital expenditures

The table below summarizesthree months ended March 31, 2020, our capital expenditures incurred forwere funded with cash flow from operations, with additional funds provided by borrowings on our Credit Facility. Our 2020 capital expenditures may be further adjusted as business conditions warrant and the periods listed below. Futureamount, timing and allocation of such expenditures is largely discretionary and within our control. The aggregate amount of capital that we will expend may fluctuate materially based on market conditions, the actual costs to drill, complete and place on production operated wells, our drilling in 2017 will be dictated by cash flow.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine months ended

 

($ in thousands)

 

March 31, 2017

 

 

June 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

Acquisition of oil and gas properties

 

$

1,563

 

 

$

106,616

 

 

$

852

 

 

$

109,031

 

Development of oil and gas properties

 

 

19,076

 

 

 

18,674

 

 

 

19,168

 

 

 

56,918

 

Purchases of other property and equipment

 

 

13

 

 

 

1,509

 

 

 

10,058

 

 

 

11,580

 

Total capital expenditures, net

 

$

20,652

 

 

$

126,799

 

 

$

30,078

 

 

$

177,529

 

results, other opportunities that may become available to us and our ability to obtain capital.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that can affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. We analyze our estimates and judgments, including those related to oil, NGLs and natural gas revenues, oil and natural gas properties, impairment of long-lived assets, fair value of derivative instruments, asset and retirement obligations and income taxes, and we base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may vary from our estimates. The policies of particular importance to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations and that require the application of significant judgment or estimates by our management are summarized in the “Management’sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”Operations section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as reported and filed with the SEC on March 23, 2017April 13, 2020 (our “2016 10-K”"2019 10-K").
As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2020, there were no significant changes to any of our critical accounting policies and estimates.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See “Note 2. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements” in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in this report for discussion of recently issued and adopted accounting standards affecting the Company.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q statement contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors, many of which are beyond our control. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential,” “project” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words.

Forward-looking statements may include statements about our:

Our ability to refinance or remedy any future default under our Credit Facility, refinance or satisfy the obligations of our 2023 Notes or obtain additional sources of capital;
discovery and development of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas reserves;

cash flows and liquidity;

business and financial strategy, budget, projections and operating results;

timing and amount of future production of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas;

amount, nature and timing of capital expenditures, including future development costs;



availability and terms of capital;

drilling, completion, performance, and operationperformance of wells;

timing, location and size of property acquisitions and divestitures;

costs of exploiting and developing our properties and conducting other operations;

general economic and business conditions; and

our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions.

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are reasonable, we can give no assurance that these plans, objectives, expectations or intentions will be achieved. We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under Item 1A (Risk Factors)1A. Risk Factors, Item 8 (Financial8. Financial Statements and


Supplementary Data)Data and elsewhere in our 20162019 Form 10-K, and Part I (Financial Information)I. Financial Information, Item 1A (Risk Factors)1A. Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

These important factors include risks related to:

variations in the market demand for, and prices of, crude oil, NGLs and natural gas;

proved reserves or lack of proved reserves;

thereof;

estimates of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas data;

the adequacy of our capital resources and liquidity including, but not limited to, access to additional borrowing to fund our operations;

borrowing capacity under our credit facility;

general economic and business conditions;

failure to realize expected value creation from property acquisitions;

uncertainties about our ability to find, develop or acquire additional oil and natural gas resources;

uncertainties with regardsregard to our drilling schedules;

risks related to

the expiration of leases on our undeveloped leasehold assets;

our dependence upon several significant customers for the sale of most of our crude oil, natural gas and NGL production;

counterparty credit risks;

competitive

competition within the crude oil and natural gas industry;

technology risks;

risks related to

the concentration of our operations;

drilling results;

potential financial losses or earnings reductions from our commodity price risk management programs;

potential adoption of new governmental regulations;



our ability to satisfy future cash obligations and environmental costs; and

the other factors set forth under “Risk Factors”Risk Factors in Item 1A of Part I of our 20162019 10-K.

The forward-looking statements relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.



Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

There

The following quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk are supplementary to the quantitative and qualitative disclosures provided in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. As such, the information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the related disclosures in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Commodity Price Risk
As a result of our operations, we are exposed to commodity price risk arising from fluctuations in the prices of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas. The demand for, and prices of, crude oil, NGLs and natural gas are dependent on a variety of factors, including supply and demand, weather conditions, the price and availability of alternative fuels, actions taken by governments and international cartels and global economic and political developments.
The following table shows the fair value of our derivative contracts and the hypothetical result from a 10% change in commodity prices as of March 31, 2020. We remain at risk for possible changes in the market value of commodity derivative instruments; however, such risks could be mitigated by price changes in the underlying physical commodity:
    Hypothetical Fair Value
(in thousands) Fair Value 10% Increase In Commodity Price 10% Decrease In Commodity Price
Swaps $99,859
 $80,624
 $119,094
Our board of directors reviews oil and natural gas hedging on a quarterly basis. Reports providing detailed analysis of our hedging activity are continually monitored. We sell our oil and natural gas on market using NYMEX market spot rates reduced for basis differentials in the basins from which we produce. We use swap contracts to manage our commodity price risk exposure. Our primary commodity risk management objectives are to protect returns on our drilling and completion activity as well as reduce volatility in our cash flows. Management makes recommendations on hedging that are approved by the board of directors before implementation. We enter into hedges for oil using NYMEX futures or over-the-counter derivative financial instruments with only certain well-capitalized counterparties which have been noapproved by our board of directors.
The result of oil market prices exceeding our swap prices or collar ceilings requires us to make payment for the settlement of our hedge derivatives, if owed by us, generally up to three business days before we receive market price cash payments from our customers. This could have a material changesadverse effect on our cash flows for the period between hedge settlement and payment for revenues earned.
Interest Rate Risk
As of March 31, 2020, we had $267.0 million outstanding under the Credit Facility, which is subject to floating market rates of interest. Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a fluctuating rate that is tied to an adjusted base rate or LIBOR, at our option. Any increase in this interest rate can have an adverse impact on our market risks asresults of September 30, 2017 from those disclosedoperations and cash flow. Based on borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2020, a 100-basis-point change in interest rates would change our 2016 10-K.

annualized interest expense by approximately $2.7 million.
Counterparty and Customer Credit Risk
In connection with our hedging activity, we have exposure to financial institutions in the form of derivative transactions. The counterparties on our derivative instruments currently in place have investment-grade credit ratings. We expect that any future derivative transactions we enter into will be with these counterparties or our lenders under our Credit Facility that will carry an investment-grade credit rating.
We are also subject to credit risk due to concentration of our oil and natural gas receivables with certain significant customers. The inability or failure of our significant customers to meet their obligations to us or their insolvency or liquidation may adversely affect our financial results. We review the credit rating, payment history and financial resources of our customers, but we do not require our customers to post collateral.



Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated, asProcedures.

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,report, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in RulesRule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange ActAct) was performed under the supervision and with the participation of 1934, as amended).management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief FinancialAccounting Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2017.

March 31, 2020 to ensure that information that is required to be disclosed in the reports the Company files and submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, that it is processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and that information that is required to be disclosed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Accounting Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Controls

There wasControl over Financial Reporting.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2020, there were no changechanges in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2017 that have materially affected, or isare reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.








PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

From time to time, we are subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. Like other crude oil and gas producers and marketers, our operations are subject to extensive and rapidly changing federal and state environmental, health and safety, and other laws and regulations governing air emissions, wastewater discharges and solid and hazardous waste management activities. We are not aware of any material pending or overtly threatened legal action against us.

us that could have a material impact on our business.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

In addition

Please refer to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed under Item 1A of Part I of “Risk Factors” in our 2016 10-K.  These factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and capital position, and could cause our actual results to differ materially from our historical results or the results contemplated by any forward-looking statements contained in this report.Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. There have been no material changes to our risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, other than as detailed below.
The current outbreak of COVID-19 has adversely impacted our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations and is likely to have a continuing adverse impact for a significant period of time.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid and precipitous drop in demand for oil, which in turn has caused oil prices to plummet since the first week of March 2020, negatively affecting the Company’s cash flow, liquidity and financial position. These events have worsened an already deteriorated oil market that resulted from the early-March 2020 failure by the group of oil producing nations known as OPEC+ to reach an agreement over proposed oil production cuts. Moreover, the uncertainty about the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused storage constraints in the United States resulting from over-supply of produced oil, which is expected to significantly decrease our realized oil prices in the second quarter of 2020 and potentially beyond. Oil prices are expected to continue to be volatile as a result of these events and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, and as changes in oil inventories, oil demand and economic performance are reported. We cannot predict when oil prices will improve and stabilize.
The current pandemic and uncertainty about its length and depth in future periods has caused the realized oil prices we have received since February 2020 to be significantly reduced, adversely affecting our operating cash flow and liquidity. Although we have reduced our 2020 capital expenditures budget, our lower levels of cash flow may require us to shut-in production that has become uneconomic.
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and the ultimate impact of this pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the pandemic, its severity, the actions to contain the disease or mitigate its impact, related restrictions on travel, and the duration, timing and severity of the impact on domestic and global oil demand. The COVID-19 pandemic may also intensify the risks described in the other risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
Our failure to comply with any of the covenants under our 11.25% Senior Notes could cause an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes, and, due to cross-default provisions, currently represents an event of default in Credit Facility and could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We did not make the July 1, 2020 interest payment under our 11.25% Senior Notes and are currently in default. Such failure will represent an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes if not cured in 30 days after July 1, 2020 at which time the holders of the 11.25% Senior Notes or the trustee may accelerate payment under the notes. Such failure currently represents an event of default under our revolving credit facility. The Company sincehas entered into the filingForbearance Agreement which provides that, among other things, the lenders under the Credit Facility have agreed to forbear the Company’s default of the interest payment until July 31, 2020. However, the default under the Credit Facility has not been waived and still exists, and the Forbearance Agreement can be terminated if the Company fails to deliver a detailed restructuring proposal to the lenders by July 16, 2020. In addition, the holders of the 11.25% Senior Notes have not agreed to waive or forbear the interest payment default. Accordingly, the amounts outstanding under the 11.25% Senior Notes as of March 31, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.



The Company has concluded that these circumstances create substantial doubt regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. The Company does not anticipate maintaining compliance with certain covenants under its Credit Facility over the next twelve months and may not be able to restructure, refinance or otherwise satisfy its obligations under the 11.25% Senior Notes. The Company is therefore evaluating the available financial alternatives, including obtaining acceptable alternative financing as well as seeking additional waivers, forbearances or amendments to the covenants or other provisions of the Credit Facility and the 11.25% Senior Notes to address any existing or future defaults and have engaged financial and legal advisors to assist the Company. If the Company is unable to reach an agreement with its lenders or find acceptable alternative financing, the lenders of the Credit Facility or the holders of the 11.25% Senior Notes may choose to accelerate repayment. If the Company's lenders or its noteholders accelerate the payment of amounts outstanding under our Credit Facility or the 11.25% Senior Notes, respectively, the Company does not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness and would need additional sources of capital to do so.

The Company cannot provide any assurances that it will be successful in any restructuring of existing debt obligations or obtaining capital sufficient to fund the refinancing of its outstanding indebtedness or to provide sufficient liquidity to meet its operating needs. If the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to restructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for it to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11, or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against it.

We may be subject to United States Bankruptcy Court proceedings in the near future, which would pose significant risks to our business and to our investors.

As we do not anticipate maintaining compliance with all covenants under our Credit Facility over the next twelve months, we evaluating the available financial alternatives, including obtaining acceptable alternative financing as well as seeking additional waivers, forbearances or amendments to the covenants or other provisions of the Credit Facility to address any existing or future defaults, and we have engaged financial and legal advisors to assist us. However, we cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful in any restructuring of existing debt obligations or obtaining capital sufficient to fund the refinancing of our 2016 10-K.

outstanding indebtedness or to provide sufficient liquidity to meet our operating needs. If our attempts are unsuccessful or we are unable to complete such a restructuring on satisfactory terms, we may choose to pursue a filing under Chapter 11. If an agreement is reached and we decide to pursue a restructuring, it may be necessary for us and certain of our affiliates to file voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 in order to implement a restructuring through a plan of reorganization before the bankruptcy court. We may also conclude that it is necessary to initiate Chapter 11 proceedings to implement a restructuring of our obligations if we are unable to reach an agreement with our creditors and other relevant parties regarding the terms of such a restructuring, or if further events or developments arise that necessitate us seeking relief under Chapter 11. It may be necessary to commence such a bankruptcy case in the near future. Also, if an agreement is not reached, certain creditors could commence involuntary bankruptcy cases against us if we are not able to satisfy our obligations under our debt agreements, including our Credit Facility and the 11.25% Senior Notes.

So long as a bankruptcy case continues, our senior management would be required to spend a significant amount of time and effort dealing with the reorganization instead of focusing exclusively on our business operations. Bankruptcy cases also might make it more difficult to retain management and other personnel necessary to the success and growth of our business. In addition, the longer a bankruptcy case continues, the more likely it is that our customers, dealers and suppliers would lose confidence in our ability to reorganize our businesses successfully and would seek to establish alternative commercial relationships.

It is not possible to predict the outcome of any bankruptcy case that may occur. In the event of a bankruptcy case, there can be no assurance that we would be able to restructure as a going concern or successfully propose or confirm a plan of reorganization that provides for the continuation of the business post-bankruptcy.


Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None. 

The following table summarizes purchases of our Class A Common Stock during the first quarter of 2020:
  Total number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 2020 
 
 
 
February 2020 49,687
 $1.29
 
 
March 2020 67,932
 0.45
 
 
Total 117,619
   
  
Stock repurchases during the first quarter of 2020 were made in connection with delivery by our employees of shares to us to satisfy their tax withholding requirements related to the vesting of restricted shares.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Default under Credit Facility.

The Company did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio covenant under the Company’s Credit Facility (as defined below) as of the March 31, 2020 measurement date and such failure represents an event of default under the Company's Credit Facility. We have obtained a forbearance under the Credit Facility for this default, among others, pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. Despite the forbearance, the defaults are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders. For more information regarding the Credit Facility, see “Part I, Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 1, Basis of Presentation - Going Concern.”

Item 5. Other Information.

None.


Item 6. Exhibits.

The exhibits in the accompanying Exhibit Index following the signature page are filed or furnished as a part of this report and are incorporated herein by reference.


Exhibit Index

 

 

 

 

            Incorporated by Reference               .

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

Form

 

File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing
Date

 

Filed/
Furnished
Herewith

2.1

 

Scheme Implementation Agreement, by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and Lonestar Resources Limited, executed on December 28, 2015

 

10-12B

 

001-37670

 

2.1

 

12/31/15

 

 

2.2

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and Battlecat Oil & Gas, LLC, dated as of May 26, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

2.1

 

6/2/17

 

 

2.3

 

Amendment No. 1, dated June 15, 2017, to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and Battlecat Oil & Gas, LLC, dated May 26, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

2.1

 

6/21/17

 

 

2.4

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and SN Marquis LLC, dated as of May 26, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

2.2

 

6/2/17

 

 

2.5

 

Amendment No. 1, dated June 15, 2017, to the Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and SN Marquis LLC, dated as of May 26, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

2.2

 

6/21/17

 

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of Lonestar Resources US Inc.

 

10-12B

 

001-37670

 

3.1

 

12/31/15

 

 

3.2

 

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Lonestar Resources US Inc.

 

10-K

 

001-37670

 

3.2

 

3/23/17

 

 

3.3

 

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Lonestar Resources US Inc., dated May 24, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

3.1

 

5/26/17

 

 

3.4

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Lonestar Resources US Inc.

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

3.1

 

4/7/17

 

 

3.5

 

Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

3.1

 

6/21/17

 

 

3.6

 

Certificate of Designations of Series A-1 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

3.2

 

6/21/17

 

 

3.7

 

Certificate of Designations of Series A-2 Convertible Participating Preferred Stock

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

3.3

 

6/21/17

 

 

4.1

 

Registration Rights Agreement dated August 2, 2016 by and among Lonestar Resources US Inc., Leucadia National Corporation and Juneau Energy, LLC.

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

4.1

 

8/3/16

 

 

4.2

 

Amendment No. 1, dated June 15, 2017, to the Registration Rights Agreement by and among Lonestar Resources US Inc., Leucadia National Corporation and Juneau Energy, LLC (n/k/a JETX Energy, LLC)

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

4.4

 

6/21/17

 

 

4.3

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 26, 2016 between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and EF Realisation Company Limited

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

4.1

 

11/1/16

 

 

4.4

 

Amendment No. 1, dated June 15, 2017, to the Registration Rights Agreement by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and EF Realisation Company Limited

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

4.5

 

6/21/17

 

 

4.5

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2017, by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and Battlecat Oil & Gas, LLC

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

4.1

 

6/21/17

 

 

Information

4.6

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2017, by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and SN UR Holdings, LLC

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

4.2

 

6/21/17

 

 

4.7

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2017, by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc. and Chambers Energy Capital III, LP

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

4.3

 

6/21/17

 

 

10.1

 

Lonestar Resources US Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Incentive Plan, as amended as of May 24, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

10.1

 

5/26/17

 

 

10.2

 

Securities Purchase Agreement by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc., and Chambers Energy Capital III, LP, dated May 26, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

10.1

 

6/2/17

 

 

10.3

 

Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement by and between Lonestar Resources US Inc., and Chambers Energy Capital III, LP, dated June 15, 2017

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

10.1

 

6/21/17

 

 

10.4

 

Sixth Amendment and Joinder dated June 15, 2017 to the Credit Agreement dated July 28, 2015 by and among Lonestar Resources America, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., Inc. as administrative agent and issuing bank

 

8-K

 

001-37670

 

10.2

 

6/21/17

 

 

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

32.1

 

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

32.2

 

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

On June 29, 2020, the Company entered into Eligibility Notification Letters (the “Eligibility Notification Letters”) with each of our named executive officers, including Frank D. Bracken III, our chief executive officer and Barry D. Schneider, our chief operating officer, in connection with the Lonestar Resources US Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan (the “CIC Plan”) that was adopted by our board of directors. Under the Plan and the Eligibility Notification Letters, eligible participants will be entitled to severance payments and benefits in the event their employment is terminated by us without cause or they resign for good reason, in either case within two years following or two and one-half months prior to a change in control of the Company, subject to the participant’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims in favor of the Company. For Mr. Bracken, the cash severance payments would be equal to three times his annual base salary and target bonus amount and monthly COBRA premiums for three years. For Mr. Schneider, the cash severance payments would be equal to two times his annual base salary and target bonus amount and monthly COBRA premiums for two years. In addition, each participant’s outstanding equity incentive awards would vest in full, subject to attainment of relevant performance goals for performance-based awards. The foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety to the text of the CIC Plan and Eligibility Notification Letters, the forms of which are attached as exhibits to this report.

*

Filed herewith.




Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description Incorporated by Reference 
Filing
Date
 
Filed/
Furnished
Herewith
  Form File No. Exhibit  
10.1  8-K 001-37670 10.1 5/11/20  
10.2  8-K 001-37670 10.1 6/17/20  
10.3          *
10.4†          *
10.5†          *
31.1          *
31.2          *
32.1          **
32.2          **
101.INS XBRL Instance Document         *
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document         *
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document         *
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document         *
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document         *
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document         *

**

Furnished herewith


*Filed herewith.
**Furnished herewith
Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

SIGNATURES


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 thereunto duly authorized.

LONESTAR RESOURCES US INC. (Registrant)

Date:  November 13, 2017

July 2, 2020

By:

/s/ Frank D. Bracken, III

Frank D. Bracken, III

Chief Executive Officer

Date:  November 13, 2017

July 2, 2020

By:

/s/ Douglas W. Banister

Jason N. Werth

Douglas W. Banister

Jason N. Werth
Chief FinancialAccounting Officer

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