Current Report Filing (8-k)
September 04 2018 - 6:10AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): August 30, 2018
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-08246
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71-0205415
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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10000 Energy Drive
Spring, Texas 77389
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(832)
796-1000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or
Rule
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§240.12b-2).
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Section 1Registrants Business and Operations
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 30, 2018, Southwestern Energy Company (the Company) entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the
Agreement) with Flywheel Energy Operating, LLC (the Buyer) under which the Company will sell to the Buyer 100% of the equity in the Companys subsidiaries that own and operate its Fayetteville Shale exploration and
production and related midstream gathering assets for $1.865 billion, subject to customary closing adjustments. In addition, the Buyer will assume approximately $564 million of future contractual commitments, with the Company responsible for
certain of these potential obligations up to approximately $126 million related to unused firm transportation through 2020. The Company also will transfer to the Buyer at closing certain natural gas hedge positions that the Company has or will put
in place on behalf of the buyers. The transaction has an economic effective date of July 1, 2018.
The Agreement includes customary representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities by the Company and the Buyer. The Buyer has made a deposit of $150 million (the Deposit). The Companys and the Buyers obligations to close the transaction are conditioned upon, among
other things, (i) the other partys representations and warranties being true and correct, subject, in certain instances, to certain materiality qualifiers, (ii) the other partys performance in all material respects of its
obligations, agreements and covenants, (iii) expiration or early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, if applicable, and (iv) waiver by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission of posting and bidding requirements for the transportation capacity released to the Buyer. The Agreement contains termination rights for the Company and the Buyer, including (i) if conditions to closing are not satisfied through no
fault of the terminating party, (ii) if the other party commits a material breach and (iii) if closing does not occur by December 31, 2018. There can be no assurance that the conditions to closing the transaction will be satisfied. If
the Agreement and the transaction are terminated on account of the Buyers failure to close when required, the Company may retain the Deposit, the Buyer is obligated to reimburse the Company for losses on the hedging positions put in place
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, and the Buyers sponsors have guaranteed this obligation up to $50 million.
The above description of
the material terms and conditions of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report.
Section 9Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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The Company has omitted certain exhibits and schedules to the Agreement. The Company agrees to furnish
supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit upon request.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
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SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
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Dated: September 4, 2018
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By:
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/s/ Julian M. Bott
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Name:
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Julian M. Bott
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Title:
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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