Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 2, 2011

 

 

SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-33784   20-8084793

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

   73102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (405) 429-5500

Not Applicable.

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

 

 

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Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Offering of Senior Notes

On March 2, 2011, SandRidge Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors”), and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the “Representatives”), as representatives of the several initial purchasers, relating to the issuance and sale of $900,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.5% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). The Notes were priced at par. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Notes are expected to be $881.0 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and estimated offering expenses.

The sale of the Notes is expected to close on March 15, 2011. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund the aggregate tender price of its tender offer for up to $650.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 8.625% Senior Notes due 2015 (including payment of the accrued but unpaid interest on such notes in connection with the tender offer), and for general corporate purposes, including to repay borrowings outstanding under the Company’s senior credit facility. A copy of the Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

In connection with the closing of the sale of the Notes, the Company intends to enter into (i) an Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and (ii) a Registration Rights Agreement, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Representatives, each relating to the Notes.

The Notes are being offered and sold to the several initial purchasers pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The initial purchasers intend to sell the Notes only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S.

The initial purchasers and certain of their affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, financial advisory, investment banking and commercial banking services in the ordinary course of business to the Company, the Guarantors and certain of the Company’s affiliates, for which they receive customary fees and expense reimbursement. Affiliates of the initial purchasers are lenders under the Company’s senior credit facility.

Item 8.01 – Other Events

On March 2, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Notes. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

The press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain statements, including those relating to the closing of the offering of the Notes, as well as statements containing words like “expected,” and other similar expressions, which are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. All such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including the risk that the transaction described above may not be completed. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to those detailed from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Investors are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are made only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated March 2, 2011, by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein, and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers.
99.1    Press release, dated March 2, 2011, announcing the pricing of the Notes.

SIGNATURE

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

 

    SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.
    (Registrant)
Date: March 7, 2011     By:  

/s/ James D. Bennett

    James D. Bennett
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer