KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. ANNOUNCES
EARLY RESULTS OF CASH TENDER OFFERS FOR UP TO $400 MILLION
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 7.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026 AND UP TO $100
MILLION AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 7.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027
AND 7.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028
DALLAS--September 23, 2024-- Kosmos
Energy Ltd. (the "Offeror", "Kosmos", or the "Company")
(NYSE/LSE:KOS) announced the early tender results of its previously
announced series of tender offers (each a "Tender Offer" and,
collectively, the "Tender Offers") to purchase for cash up to (i)
$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the "2026 Notes Cap") of
the Offeror's outstanding 7.125% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "2026
Notes") and (ii) up to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the
"2027/2028 Notes Cap") of the Offeror's outstanding 7.750% Senior
Notes due 2027 (the "2027 Notes") and its 7.500% Senior Notes due
2028 (the "2028 Notes" and, together with the 2026 Notes and the
2027 Notes, the "Notes"), subject, in the case of the 2027 Notes,
to an additional sub-cap of $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount
(the "2027 Notes Sub-Cap"). The Tender Offers are being made
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, dated September 9, 2024 (the "Offer to Purchase"), which
is available on the transaction website:
https://projects.sodali.com/kosmos, subject to eligibility
confirmation and registration. The Company refers investors to the
Offer to Purchase for the complete terms and conditions of the
Tender Offers.
As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on September 20, 2024 (such date and time, the "Early Tender
Time"), according to information provided to Sodali & Co., the
tender and information agent for the Tender Offers, the aggregate
principal amount of each series of Notes listed in the table below
has been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in each Tender
Offer. Withdrawal rights for the Notes expired at 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Early Tender Time.
The following table sets forth
certain terms of the Tender Offers and the results of the Early
Tender Settlement:
|
|
Outstanding
Principal
Amount
|
2026 Notes Priority of Acceptance
|
|
Principal Amount Tendered at Early Tender Time
|
Aggregate Principal Amount Accepted for Purchase
|
7.125%
Senior Notes due 2026 issued by Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the "2026
Notes")
|
Rule
144A:
500688AC0 / US500688AC04
Regulation S: U5007TAA3 / USU5007TAA35
|
$650,000,000
|
Tenders
specifying a valid 2026 Notes Acceptance Code (as described in the
Offer to Purchase) were eligible to receive priority of acceptance
in the Tender Offer (such 2026 Notes, the "Priority 2026
Notes")
|
$1,000.00
|
$523,736,000
|
$400,000,000
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
Principal
Amount
|
Acceptance
Priority
Level
|
|
Principal Amount Tendered at Early Tender Time
|
Aggregate Principal Amount Accepted for Purchase
|
7.750%
Senior Notes due 2027 issued by Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the "2027
Notes")
|
Rule
144A:
500688AF3
/ US500688AF35
Regulation S:
U5007TAD7
/ USU5007TAD73
|
$400,000,000
|
1
|
$997.50
|
$246,445,000
|
$50,000,000
|
7.500% Senior Notes due 2028
issued by Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the "2028 Notes")
|
Rule
144A:
500688AD8
/ US500688AD86
Regulation S:
U5007TAB1
/ USU5007TAB18
|
$450,000,000
|
2
|
$982.50
|
$247,471,000
|
$49,726,000(2)
|
(1) Per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes tendered prior to the Early Tender Time. Includes
the Early Tender Payment (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) but
does not include accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, which
will also be payable as described below.
|
(2) Due to the application
of adjustments related to minimum denominations with respect to
tenders of the 2028 Notes, the aggregate principal amount of 2028
Notes accepted for purchase, when combined with the aggregate
principal amount of 2027 Notes accepted for purchase, is below the
2027/2028 Notes Cap. However, because the aggregate principal
amount of 2028 Notes tendered was greater than the 2027/2028 Notes
Cap (when combined with the aggregate principal amount of 2027
Notes accepted for purchase), the Offeror will not accept
additional 2028 Notes for purchase following the Early Tender
Time.
|
|
All conditions were satisfied or
waived by the Company at the Early Tender Time. The Company has
elected to exercise its right to make payment for Notes that were
validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Time and that are
accepted for purchase on September 24, 2024 (the "Early Settlement
Date").
As the aggregate principal amount of
2026 Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior
to the Early Tender Time exceeded the 2026 Notes Cap, no 2026 Notes
tendered after the Early Tender Time will be accepted for purchase.
All Priority 2026 Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn,
and which were eligible for priority of acceptance under the terms
of the Tender Offer, will be accepted for purchase without
proration. The 2026 Notes validly tendered and not validly
withdrawn without an Acceptance Code that will be accepted for
purchase will be subject to a proration factor of 46.2980%, with
further adjustments as necessary to account for the minimum
denominations applicable to the 2026 Notes.
As the aggregate principal amount of
2027 Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeded the
2027 Notes Sub-Cap, and the aggregate principal amount of 2028
Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Early
Tender Time, when combined with a principal amount of 2027 Notes
equal to the 2027 Notes Sub-Cap, exceeded the 2027/2028 Notes
Cap, (i) no 2027 Notes or 2028 Notes tendered after the Early
Tender Time will be accepted for purchase, and (ii) each of the
2027 Notes and 2028 Notes accepted for purchase will be subject to
proration. The 2027 Notes accepted for purchase will be subject to
a proration factor of 23.7779%, and the 2028 Notes accepted for
purchase will be subject to a proration factor of 24.9990%, in each
case with further adjustments as necessary to account for the
minimum denominations applicable to the 2027 Notes and 2028
Notes.
Notes tendered and not purchased on
the Early Settlement Date will be returned to holders promptly
after the Early Settlement Date. The consideration to be paid for
the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to
the Early Tender Time per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes
validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the
applicable Tender Offer is the amount set forth in the table above
under the heading "Total Consideration." The amounts set forth in
the table above under "Total Consideration" already include the
early tender payment for the Notes accepted for purchase. All
holders of Notes accepted for purchase will also receive accrued
interest from, and including, the most recent applicable interest
payment date preceding the Early Settlement Date to, but not
including, the Early Settlement Date, if and when such Notes are
accepted for payment.
Information Relating to the
Tender Offers
The complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are set
forth in the Offer to Purchase. Investors with questions regarding
the terms and conditions of the Tender Offers may contact Merrill
Lynch International at +44 20 7996 5420 or by email to
DG.LM-EMEA@bofa.com.
Sodali & Co. is the tender and
information agent for the Tender Offers. Any questions regarding
procedures for tendering Notes may be directed to Sodali & Co
at Hong Kong: +852 2319 4130, London: +44 20 4513 6933, Stamford:
+1 203 658 9457 or by email to
kosmos@investor.sodali.com.
This press release does not
constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an
offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders with
respect to, the Notes. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale
will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Tender Offers are being
made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase made available to
holders of the Notes. None of the Company or its affiliates, their
respective boards of directors, the dealer manager, the tender and
information agent or the trustee with respect to any series of
Notes is making any recommendation as to whether or not holders
should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their
Notes in response to the Tender Offers. Holders are urged to
evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to Purchase,
consult their own investment and tax advisors and make their own
decisions whether to tender Notes in the Tender Offers, and, if so,
the principal amount of Notes to tender.
About Kosmos Energy
Kosmos is a full-cycle, deepwater,
independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused
along the offshore Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include
production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of
Mexico, as well as world-class gas projects offshore Mauritania and
Senegal. We also pursue a proven basin exploration program in
Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos is listed on
the NYSE and LSE and is traded under the ticker symbol KOS. Kosmos
is engaged in a single line of business, which is the exploration,
development, and production of oil and natural gas. Substantially
all of our long-lived assets and all of our product sales are
related to operations in four geographic areas: Ghana, Equatorial
Guinea, Mauritania/Senegal and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements,
other than statements of historical facts, included in this press
release that address activities, events or developments that Kosmos
expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future
are forward-looking statements. Kosmos' estimates and
forward-looking statements are mainly based on its current
expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which
affect or may affect its businesses and operations. Although Kosmos
believes that these estimates and forward-looking statements are
based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several
risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information
currently available to Kosmos. When used in this press release, the
words "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "expect," "plan," "will,"
"may," "potential" or other similar words are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to a number
of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
the control of Kosmos, which may cause actual results to differ
materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking
statements. Further information on such assumptions, risks and
uncertainties is available in Kosmos' Securities and Exchange
Commission filings. Kosmos undertakes no obligation and does not
intend to update or correct these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this
press release, except as required by applicable law. You are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by
this cautionary statement.
Source: Kosmos Energy
Ltd.
CONTACT: Investor Relations
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+44 (0) 203 954 2831
jbuckland@kosmosenergy.com
or
Media Relations
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