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On June 28, 2020, the Debtors entered into a restructuring support agreement (the “RSA”) with (i) the lenders under our Revolving Credit Facility (other than Värde) (each as defined below) (the “Consenting RBL Lenders”) and (ii) certain investment funds and entities affiliated with Värde Partners, Inc. (collectively, “Värde”) which collectively own all of our outstanding preferred stock and a subordinated participation in that certain Second Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 10, 2018 (as amended, the “Revolving Credit Agreement” and the loan facility, the “Revolving Credit Facility”), by and among Lilis Energy, Inc., as borrower, the other Debtors, as guarantors, BMO Harris Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders party thereto (“RBL Lenders”), which contemplated (a) a dual-track path in the Chapter 11 Cases whereby the Debtors would simultaneously pursue a plan of reorganization funded, in part, by a $55 million new money equity commitment (the “Värde Equity Investment”) from Värde in its sole discretion while also preparing for a potential process to sell substantially all of the Debtors’ assets in the event a definitive agreement and an executed commitment for the Värde Equity Investment could not be achieved by fifty (50) days after the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases (the “Sales Process”), (b) a Senior Secured Super-Priority Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”) and related super-priority senior secured debtor-in-possession credit facility (the “DIP Facility”), (c) the terms of a replacement debtor-in-possession credit agreement and replacement DIP credit facility and (d) the form of an equity commitment letter contemplating the Värde Equity Commitment in Värde’s sole discretion.
On October 12, 2020, the Debtors, the DIP Facility Lenders, the Non-Affiliated RBL Lenders, the Värde Parties, and the Committee (collectively, the “Settlement Parties”) reached an agreement on a global settlement (the “Global Settlement”), which resolves various actual and potential disputes between the Settlement Parties. On October 12, 2020, the Debtors filed the Emergency Motion of Debtors for Entry of an Order (I) Approving the Terms of, and Authorizing the Debtors to Enter Into and Perform Under, the Settlement Agreement and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 462] (the “Settlement Motion”) seeking approval of certain aspects of the Global Settlement. On October 22, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Settlement Motion. Certain other aspects of the Global Settlement are being implemented through the Plan.
The Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with WLWI (the “WI Agreement” and, together with the ORRI Agreement, the “Winkler Lea Agreements”), pursuant to which the Company sold an undivided 49% of its right, title and interest in certain undeveloped assets located in Winkler and Loving Counties, Texas, consisting of approximately 749 net acres. The WI Agreement provides that the Company must drill, complete and equip five commitment wells after closing. Contemporaneously with the purchase, WLWI paid a drilling advance which funded its proportionate share of the development costs to drill, complete and equip such commitment wells. Any drilling cost overruns or costs incurred below estimated costs are the responsibility of the Company. The WI Agreement provides the Company with a right to repurchase all, but not less than all, of the interest for a period of three years and an obligation, at WLWI's election only upon a change of control, to repurchase all, but not less than all, of the interest, and also includes certain limitations on WLWI's right to transfer the interest during such three year period without the consent of the Company. The repurchase price is 1.5 times the consideration paid by WLWI plus additional capital expenditures of WLWI. The repurchase period expires after three years.
Oil prices declined sharply during the first half of 2020, dropping below $21.00 per Bbl in March 2020 and further dropping below negative $37.00 per Bbl in April 2020. This dramatic decline in pricing was primarily in response to the economic effects of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic on the demand for oil and natural gas and the increased production by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil-producing nations, including Russia. Oil prices began to partially recover in the latter half of the second quarter from recent historical lows and have remained stable through the third quarter of 2020. Lower oil, NGL and natural gas prices may not only decrease our revenues on a per unit basis, but may also reduce the amount of oil and natural gas that we can produce economically and therefore potentially lower our oil and gas reserve quantities. Substantial and extended declines in oil, NGL and natural gas prices have resulted, and may result, in impairments of our proved oil and gas properties or undeveloped acreage (such as the impairments discussed below under “Results of Operations”) and may materially and adversely affect our future business, financial condition, cash flows, results of operations, liquidity, ability to finance planned capital expenditures or ability to emerge from bankruptcy (as discussed below under “Recent Developments”).
Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code sets forth the requirements for confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan, and requires, among other things, findings by the Bankruptcy Court that: (a) such plan “does not unfairly discriminate” and is “fair and equitable” with respect to any non-accepting classes; (b) confirmation of such plan is not likely to be followed by a liquidation or a need for further financial reorganization unless such liquidation or reorganization is contemplated by the plan; and (c) the value of distributions to nonaccepting Holders of claims and equity interests within a particular class under such plan will not be less than the value of distributions such Holders would receive if the debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.