Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 10, 2023, Coterra Energy Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (“JPMorgan”), and certain lenders and issuing banks party thereto. The aggregate revolving commitments under the Credit Agreement are $1.5 billion, with a discretionary swingline sub-facility of up to $100 million and a letter of credit sub-facility of up to $500 million. The Company may also increase the revolving commitments under the Credit Agreement by up to an additional $500 million subject to certain conditions and the agreement of the lenders providing commitments with respect to such increase.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Company’s option, either a term SOFR rate plus a 0.10 percent credit spread adjustment for all tenors or a base rate, plus an interest rate margin which ranges from 0 to 75 basis points for base rate loans and 100 to 175 basis points for term SOFR loans based on the Company’s credit rating. The commitment fee on the unused available credit is calculated at annual rates ranging from 10 basis points to 27.5 basis points. The Credit Agreement matures on March 10, 2028. The maturity date can be extended for additional one year periods on up to two occasions upon the agreement of the Company and lenders holding at least 50 percent of the commitments under the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants, including the maintenance of a maximum leverage ratio of no more than 3.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter until such time as the Company has no other debt in a principal amount in excess of $75 million outstanding that has a financial maintenance covenant based on a leverage ratio, at which time the Credit Agreement requires maintenance of a ratio of total debt to total capitalization of no more than 65 percent (with all calculations based on definitions contained in the Credit Agreement).
Concurrently with the Company’s entry into the Credit Agreement, the Company terminated its existing second amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of April 22, 2019 (as amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan, as administrative agent thereunder.
JPMorgan and certain of the lenders under the Credit Agreement and their affiliates have provided, from time to time, and continue to provide commercial banking and related services, as well as investment banking, financial advisory and other services to the Company and/or to the Company’s affiliates, for which we have paid, and intend to pay, customary fees, and, in some cases, out-of-pocket expenses.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 and which is incorporated herein by reference.