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): May 11, 2011
RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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001-12209
(Commission File Number)
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34-1312571
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1200
Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices
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76102
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 870-2601
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not applicable
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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| Item 1.01 |
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Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On
May 11, 2011, Range Resources Corporation (“Range”)
announced that it priced a registered public offering at
par of $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated notes due 2021, which will
carry an interest rate of 5 3/4% (the “2021 Notes”). Range intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of
the offering of the 2021 Notes to fund its pending tender offers and
consent solicitations for all of its outstanding $150.0 million
in aggregate principal amount of 6 ⅜%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) and $250.0 million in aggregate principal
amount of 7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 (the “2016 Notes”) and to redeem any of such outstanding 2015
Notes or 2016 Notes not acquired in the tender offers. Range intends to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
The 2021 Notes were sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 11, 2011 (the
“Underwriting Agreement”), by and among J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the
“Underwriters”), Range, and the following subsidiaries of Range, which are expected to fully and
unconditionally guarantee the 2021 Notes on a senior subordinated basis (collectively, the
“Subsidiary Guarantors”):
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American Energy Systems, LLC |
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Energy Assets Operating Company, LLC |
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Range Energy Services Company, LLC |
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Range Operating New Mexico, LLC |
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Range Production Company |
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Range Resources — Appalachia, LLC |
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Range Resources — Midcontinent, LLC |
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Range Resources — Pine Mountain, Inc. |
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Range Texas Production, LLC |
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by
Range and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights,
obligations of the parties and termination provisions. Range has agreed with the Underwriters not
to offer or sell any debt securities issued or guaranteed by Range having a term of more than one
year (other than the 2021 Notes) for a period of 60 days after the date of the Underwriting
Agreement without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.
The Underwriters or their affiliates have from time to time provided investment banking,
commercial banking and financial advisory services to Range and its affiliates, for which they have
received customary compensation. The Underwriters and their affiliates may provide similar services
in the future. In particular, certain of the underwriters or their affiliates hold some of our 2015
Notes or 2016 Notes, and, in either case, will receive a portion of the note proceeds from this
offering. In addition, from time to time, certain of the Underwriters and their affiliates may
effect transactions for their own account or the account of customers, and hold on behalf of
themselves or their customers, long or short positions in Range’s debt or equity securities or
loans, and may do so in the future.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
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Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On May 11, 2011, Range issued a press release announcing the pricing of the registered public
offering of the 2021 Notes. A copy
of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report
on Form 8-K under this heading, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to
the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth in such a
filing.
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