Quest Announces Loan Amendment and Additional Commitment, Asset Sale, and Engagement of New Auditor
October 30 2008 - 5:36PM
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Quest Resource Corporation (NASDAQ: QRCP) ("QRCP") today provided
the following update on its loan agreements, asset sales, and
auditor engagement:
Amendment to Loan Agreement and Additional Commitment
On October 24, 2008, QRCP entered an agreement with its lender
to amend its $33.5 million term loan with a maturity of July 11,
2010. Among other terms of the amendment, the lender agreed to
waive any potential non-compliance in prior periods that was a
direct or indirect consequence of the questionable transfer of
approximately $10 million of funds from the Quest entities to an
entity controlled by QRCP's former chief executive officer. In
addition, the lender agreed to an additional term loan commitment
of $6 million with a maturity of November 30, 2008. QRCP has drawn
$2 million of the additional term loan commitment to fund capital
expenditures and working capital.
Quest paid a 25 basis point amendment fee on the outstanding
balance of the existing term loan and a 50 basis point commitment
fee on the additional term loan. The ability to borrow the
remaining $4 million is subject to certain additional conditions,
including entering into amendments to the credit agreements for
Quest Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: QELP) and Quest Midstream
Partners, L.P. Also under the terms of the amendment, the interest
rate for the term loan was increased to a variable level that was
recently set at 13.5% while the variable rate for the additional
term loan commitment is currently 14.35%. The full amendment to the
loan agreement was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 30, 2008.
Asset Sale
QRCP also announced the sale of approximately 22,600 net
undeveloped acres and one well located primarily in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania to a private party for approximately $6.8
million, subject to adjustment during a limited post-closing title
review period. QRCP previously invested approximately $2.8 million
to acquire the acreage and drill the well. Net proceeds from the
sale will be used to repay the $2 million drawn on the additional
term loan commitment and to accelerate required quarterly principal
payments on the $33.5 million term loan. Tudor, Pickering, Holt
& Co. Securities, Inc. acted as QRCP's advisor for the asset
sale.
QRCP continues to pursue various options in order to generate
additional funds for debt repayment, working capital, and new well
development. No assurance can be given that QRCP will be successful
in closing any additional transactions or that those transactions
will generate sufficient net proceeds to fund QRCP's planned
expenditures.
Engagement of New Auditor
Quest announced that it has engaged the independent registered
public accounting firm of UHY LLP ("UHY") to perform the audit for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. In conjunction with the
audit, UHY will also perform reviews of QRCP's unaudited quarterly
financial information for the quarters ended September 30, 2008 and
December 31, 2008, respectively.
As previously announced, on September 25, 2008, QRCP's former
independent auditor informed the company it would resign effective
upon the earlier of the date of the filing of QRCP's Form 10-Q for
the period ended September 30, 2008, or November 10, 2008. In
connection with the former auditor's review of QRCP's financial
statements as of and for the period ended June 30, 2008, which were
included in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, there were no disagreements between QRCP and
the former auditor on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure, or engagement scope or
procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the former
auditor's satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to
the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its
report, and there were no reportable events as specified in Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Management Comment
David Lawler, president of QRCP said, "We believe our loan
amendment and asset sale have helped address our immediate
liquidity needs. We plan to complete additional transactions in the
near-term, which may include additional asset sales, joint
ventures, or farm-outs, that will further improve our working
capital position and provide funding for our development plans in
the Marcellus Shale play. I would like to publicly thank our
employees for their continued hard work and dedication to our
organization."
About Quest Resource Corporation
Quest Resource Corporation is a fully integrated E&P company
that owns: the right to develop approximately 107,000 net acres in
the Appalachian Basin of the northeastern United States, including
approximately 100,000 acres prospective for the Marcellus Shale;
100% of the general partner and a 57% limited partner interest in
Quest Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: QELP); and 85% of the general
partner and a 36% limited partner interest in Quest Midstream
Partners, L.P. Quest Resource operates and controls Quest Energy
Partners and Quest Midstream Partners through its ownership of
their general partners. For more information, visit the Quest
Resource website at www.qrcp.net, the Quest Energy Partners website
at www.qelp.net, and the Quest Midstream Partners website at
www.qmlp.net.
Forward-Looking Statements
Opinions, forecasts, projections or statements other than
statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this
announcement are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Quest
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to be correct. In particular, the
forward-looking statements made in this release are based upon a
number of financial and operating assumptions that are subject to a
number of risks, including the results of Quest's ongoing internal
investigation into the questionable transfers by Quest's former CEO
mentioned in this press release, the ongoing worldwide crisis in
the capital markets, uncertainty involved in exploring for and
developing new natural gas reserves, the sale prices of natural gas
and oil, labor and raw material costs, the availability of
sufficient capital resources to carry out the anticipated level of
new well development and construction of related pipelines,
environmental issues, weather conditions, competition and general
market conditions. Actual results may differ materially due to a
variety of factors, some of which may not be foreseen by Quest.
These risks, and other risks are detailed in Quest Resource
Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including risk factors listed in their latest annual reports on
Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. You can find Quest Resource Corporation's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.qrcp.net or at
www.sec.gov. By making these forward-looking statements, Quest
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions
or changes after the date of this release.
Company Contact: Jack Collins Interim CFO Phone: (405) 702-7460
Website: www.qrcp.net
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