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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(B)(2)
File No. 333-129642
PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED
NOVEMBER 22, 2005)
3,300,000 shares
Common Stock
The shares of our common stock offered hereby are shares that we
will loan to Bear, Stearns International Limited pursuant to a
share lending agreement among us, Bear Stearns International
Limited, as principal and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., as
agent.
The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol GDP. On November 29, 2006, the last
reported sale price of our common stock on the New York Stock
Exchange was $43.49 per share.
Investing in our common stock involves risks. See Risk
Factors beginning on
page S-10
of this prospectus supplement and on page 5 of the
accompanying prospectus.
The shares of our common stock are offered for sale in
transactions, including block sales, in the over-the-counter
market, in negotiated transactions or otherwise. These shares
will be sold at prevailing market prices at the time of sale or
at negotiated prices.
The underwriter may receive from investors an amount of $0.05
for each share of common stock sold to those investors in the
offering.
We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the
shares of common stock in this offering. We have been advised by
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. that it, or its affiliates,
intend to use its proceeds from the sale of the shares to
facilitate transactions by which investors in our convertible
senior notes due 2026 being offered in a concurrent private
placement to qualified institutional buyers will hedge their
investments in the convertible notes through short sales or
privately negotiated derivatives transactions. See Share
Lending Agreement; Concurrent Offering of Convertible
Notes and Underwriting.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this
prospectus supplement or the prospectus to which it relates. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc.
The date of this prospectus supplement is November 30, 2006.
TABLE OF
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Certain U.S. Federal Tax
Considerations for Non-United States Holders
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Prospectus
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About this Prospectus
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Where You Can Find More Information
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Cautionary Statements Regarding
Forward- Looking Statements
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Risk Factors
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The Company
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Business Strategy
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Use of Proceeds
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Ratios of Earnings to Fixed
Charges and Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preference Securities
Dividends
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Description of Debt Securities
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Description of Capital Stock
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Description of Depositary Shares
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Description of Warrants
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Plan of Distribution
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ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
This document is in two parts. The first part is the prospectus
supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering.
The second part, the accompanying prospectus, gives more general
information, some of which may not apply to this offering.
If the description of the offering varies between this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, you
should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.
You should rely only on the information contained in or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. We have not, and the underwriter has
not, authorized anyone to provide you with additional or
different information. If anyone provides you with additional,
different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on
it. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state
where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the
information contained in or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is accurate
as of any date other than the dates of this prospectus
supplement or the accompanying prospectus or that any
information we have incorporated by reference is accurate as of
any date other than the date of the document incorporated by
reference. Our business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. You may read and copy any document we file at the
SECs public reference room in Washington, D.C. at 100
F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the SEC at 1-888-SEC-0330 for further information on
the public reference rooms. These filings are also available to
the public from the SECs web site at www.sec.gov. We also
maintain an Internet site at www.goodrichpetroleum.com that
contains information concerning us and our affiliates. The
information at our internet site is not incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, and you should not consider it to be part of this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
We have included the accompanying prospectus in our registration
statement that we filed with the SEC. The registration statement
provides additional information that we are not required to
include in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying
prospectus. You can receive a copy of the entire registration
statement as described above. Although this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus describe the material
terms of certain contracts, agreements and other documents filed
as exhibits to the registration statement, you should read the
exhibits for a more complete description of the document or
matter involved.
INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
The rules of the SEC allow us to incorporate by
reference into this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus the information we file with the SEC,
which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to that information. The information incorporated
by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus, and later
information that we file with the SEC will automatically update
and supersede that information. We incorporate by reference the
documents listed below and any future filings made by us with
the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until the offering of shares is
completed:
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The description of our common stock contained in our
registration statement on
Form 8-B
dated February 3, 1997, including any amendment to that
form that we may have filed in the past, or may file in the
future, for the purpose of updating the description of our
common stock;
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our Annual Reports on
Form 10-K
and 10-K/A,
including information specifically incorporated by reference
into our
Form 10-K
from our Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders
held on May 18, 2006, for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005;
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our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q
for the three months ended March 31, 2006, June 30,
2006 and September 30, 2006;
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our Current Reports on
Form 8-K
filed on January 17, 2006, January 25, 2006,
February 21, 2006, April 20, 2006, May 10, 2006
and September 6, 2006 (excluding any information furnished
pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any such Current
Report on Form
8-K).
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We will provide, without charge, to each person to whom this
prospectus supplement has been delivered a copy of any or all of
these filings (other than exhibits to documents that are not
specifically incorporated by reference in the documents). You
may request copies of these filings by writing or telephoning us
at: Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, Attention: Chief Financial
Officer, 808 Travis Street, Suite 1320, Houston, Texas
77002, telephone
(713) 780-9494.
SPECIAL
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Some of the information, including all of the estimates and
assumptions, contained in this prospectus supplement, the
accompanying prospectus and the documents we have incorporated
by reference contain forward-looking statements. These
statements use forward-looking words such as
anticipate, believe, expect,
estimate, may, project,
will, or other similar expressions and discuss
forward-looking information, including the following:
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anticipated capital expenditures;
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production;
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future cash flows and borrowings;
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pursuit of potential future acquisition opportunities; and
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sources of funding for exploration and development.
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Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are
based on reasonable assumptions, our expectations may not occur
and we cannot guarantee that the anticipated future results will
be achieved. A number of factors could cause our actual future
results to differ materially from the anticipated future results
expressed in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the
documents we have incorporated by reference. These factors
include, among other things:
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the volatility of natural gas and oil prices;
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the requirement to take writedowns if natural gas and oil prices
decline;
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our ability to replace, find, develop and acquire reserves;
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our ability to meet our substantial capital requirements;
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our outstanding indebtedness;
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the uncertainty of estimates of natural gas and oil reserves and
production rates;
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operating risks of natural gas and oil operations;
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dependence upon operations concentrated in two primary areas;
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delays due to weather or availability of pipeline crews or
equipment;
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drilling risks;
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our hedging activities;
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governmental regulation;
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environmental matters;
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competition; and
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our financial results being contingent upon purchasers of our
production meeting their obligations.
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Other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those anticipated are discussed in our periodic
filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005 and the risk factors
beginning on
page S-10
of this prospectus supplement and on page 5 of the
accompanying prospectus.
When considering these forward-looking statements, you should
keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in
this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the
documents we have incorporated by reference. We will not update
these forward-looking statements unless the securities laws
require us to do so.
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PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY
This summary highlights selected information from this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, but may
not contain all information that may be important to you. This
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus include
specific terms of this offering, information about our business
and financial data. You should carefully read this prospectus
supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents
incorporated herein and therein in their entirety before making
an investment decision. In this prospectus supplement, the terms
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation,
Goodrich, we, us,
our and similar terms mean Goodrich Petroleum
Corporation and its subsidiaries. We have provided definitions
for some of the oil and gas industry terms used in this
prospectus supplement in the Glossary beginning on
page S-33
of this prospectus supplement.
Goodrich
Petroleum Corporation
We are an independent oil and gas company engaged in the
exploration, exploitation, development and production of oil and
natural gas properties primarily in the Cotton Valley trend of
East Texas and Northwest Louisiana and in the transition zone of
South Louisiana. At December 31, 2005, Goodrich had
estimated proved reserves of approximately 5.0 MMBbls of
oil and condensate and 143.0 Bcf of natural gas, or an
aggregate of 172.8 Bcfe with a pre-tax present value of
future net cash flows, discounted at 10%, of $587.7 million
and an after-tax present value of discounted future net cash
flows of $410.6 million, which is also referred to as the
standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows. See
Summary Production, Operating and Reserve Data for a
reconciliation to the standardized measure of discounted future
net cash flows.
Our principal executive offices are located at 808 Travis
Street, Suite 1320, Houston, Texas 77002. We also have an
administrative office in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Business
Strategy
Our business strategy is to provide long term growth in net
asset value per share, through the growth and expansion of our
oil and gas production and reserves. We focus on adding reserve
value through the development of our relatively low risk
development drilling program in the Cotton Valley trend, while
maintaining our drilling activities in select high impact well
locations in South Louisiana. We continue to aggressively pursue
the acquisition and evaluation of prospective acreage, oil and
gas drilling opportunities and potential property acquisitions.
Several of the key elements of our business strategy are the
following:
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Exploit and Develop Existing Property Base. We
seek to maximize the value of our existing assets by developing
and exploiting our properties with the lowest risk and the
highest production and reserve growth potential. We intend to
concentrate on developing our multi-year inventory of drilling
locations in the Cotton Valley trend while selectively pursuing
exploitation and development opportunities on our South
Louisiana transition zone properties. Our Cotton Valley trend
inventory is currently estimated to include approximately 2,300
drilling locations, based on an anticipated 40 acre spacing
for vertical wells. We are continually performing field studies
of our existing properties and reevaluating exploration and
development opportunities using advanced technologies. For
example, we recently commenced drilling our first horizontal
well in the Cotton Valley trend and currently intend to continue
to pursue additional horizontal drilling opportunities in the
Cotton Valley trend.
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Expand Acreage Position in the Cotton Valley
Trend. We have increased our acreage position
from approximately 45,000 gross acres at December 31,
2004 to approximately 160,000 gross acres as of
November 27, 2006. We concentrate our efforts in areas
where we can apply our technical expertise and where we have
significant operational control or experience. To leverage our
extensive regional knowledge base, we seek to acquire leasehold
acreage with significant drilling potential in areas, such as
the Cotton Valley trend and South Louisiana, which exhibit
similar characteristics to our existing
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properties. We continually strive to rationalize our portfolio
of properties by selling marginal properties in an effort to
redeploy capital to exploitation, development and exploration
projects which offer a potentially higher overall return.
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Focus on Low Operating Costs. We continually
seek ways to minimize lease operating expenses and overhead
expenses. We will continue to seek to control costs to the
greatest extent possible by controlling our operations. As we
continue to develop our Cotton Valley trend properties, our
overall operating costs per Mcfe are expected to decrease due to
the lower cost nature of our Cotton Valley trend operations
relative to our South Louisiana operations.
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Selectively Grow Through Exploration. We
conduct an active exploration program, both within and outside
our existing properties, that is designed to complement our
lower risk exploitation and development efforts with moderate
risk exploration projects offering greater production and
reserve growth potential. We utilize
3-D seismic
data and other technical applications, as appropriate, to manage
our exploration risk. We will also attempt to reduce our risk on
exploration projects when appropriate through the sale of
working interests to outside drilling partners on a promoted
basis.
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Maintain an Active Hedging Program. We
actively manage our exposure to commodity price fluctuations by
hedging meaningful portions of our expected production through
the use of derivatives, typically fixed price swaps and costless
collars. The level of our hedging activity and the duration of
the instruments employed depend upon our view of market
conditions, available hedge prices and our operating strategy.
As of September 30, 2006, we had an average of
15,000 MMbtu per day of gas hedged at an average price of
$6.95 per MMbtu and 800 Bbls per day of oil hedged at
an average price of $50.80 per Bbl for the remainder of
2006. Our 2007 hedging program for gas consists of collars of
approximately 29,000 MMbtu per day with an average floor
price of $7.70 and an average ceiling price of $12.61, plus
swaps on an additional 10,000 MMbtu per day in the first
quarter only, at an average price of $7.77. Oil hedges for 2007
consist of 400 Bbls per day swapped at an average price of
$53.35 and collars on 400 Bbls per day with a floor price
of $60.00 and a ceiling price of $76.50.
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Summary
of Oil and Gas Operations and Properties
Cotton
Valley Trend
Overview. As of December 31, 2005,
approximately 71% of our proved oil and gas reserves were in the
Cotton Valley trend of East Texas and Northwest Louisiana. We
have spent approximately 89% of our 2006 capital expenditures of
$196.3 million through September 30, 2006 in the
Cotton Valley trend. As of November 27, 2006, we have
acquired or farmed in leases totaling approximately
160,000 gross (103,000 net) acres and are continually
attempting to acquire additional acreage in the area. Our total
160,000 gross acres includes company operated acreage
comprising 112,000 gross acres (with an average working
interest of approximately 85% in the wells we have drilled to
date) and non-operated acreage comprising 48,000 gross
acres (with an average working interest of 42% in the wells we
have drilled to date). As of November 27, 2006, we have
drilled
and/or
logged 152 Cotton Valley wells with a 100% success rate.
Our current Cotton Valley trend drilling activities are centered
about seven primary leasehold areas in East Texas and Northwest
Louisiana as further described below:
Dirgin-Beckville. The Dirgin-Beckville area is
located in Rusk County, Texas. As of November 27, 2006, we
have acquired leases totaling approximately 12,600 gross
(10,900 net) acres with an average working interest of
approximately 92% in the wells we have drilled to date. As of
November 27, 2006, we had successfully drilled and
logged 51 Cotton Valley trend wells in the
Dirgin-Beckville area.
We have recently entered into a definitive agreement to purchase
a 14.5% working interest in 22 wells and approximately
3,300 gross (500 net) acres in the Dirgin-Beckville field
for approximately $6.1 million. The purchase has an
effective date of November 1, 2006 and is expected to close
before the end of the year. We own the remaining 85.5% working
interest in the 22 wells and acreage.
North Minden. The North Minden area is located
in Panola and Rusk Counties, Texas. As of November 27,
2006, we have acquired leases totaling approximately
35,700 gross (30,500 net) acres with a
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working interest of approximately 93% in the wells we have
drilled to date. As of November 27, 2006, we had
successfully drilled 60 Cotton Valley trend wells in the North
Minden area.
South Henderson. The South Henderson area is
located in Rusk County, Texas. As of November 27, 2006, we
have acquired leases totaling
approximately 14,500 gross (11,400 net) acres
with an average working interest of approximately 100% in the
wells we have drilled to date. As of November 27, 2006, we
had successfully drilled and logged 7 Cotton Valley trend
wells in the South Henderson area.
Bethany-Longstreet. The Bethany-Longstreet
field is located in Caddo and DeSoto Parishes in Northwest
Louisiana. As of November 27, 2006, we have entered into a
farmout or acquired leases totaling approximately
21,800 gross (15,200 net) acres with a working
interest of 70% in the wells we have drilled to date. As of
November 27, 2006, we had successfully drilled and logged
13 Cotton Valley trend wells in the field.
Cotton, South. The Cotton South field is
located in Angelina and Nacogdoches Counties, Texas. As of
November 27, 2006, we had leases on approximately
19,200 gross (5,900 net) acres in the field and had
successfully drilled, logged or recompleted 9 wells in the
field, with an average working interest of 42% in the wells we
have drilled to date.
Cotton. The Cotton field is located in
Angelina and Nacogdoches Counties, Texas. As of
November 27, 2006, we have acquired approximately
27,800 gross (11,100 net) acres in the field with a
40% working interest in the primary targets from the surface to
approximately 12,900 feet, and a 20% working interest in
the rights below approximately 12,900 feet. We have drilled
one well in the field with a second well being drilled currently
below 12,900 feet, in which our expenses are being paid by
a third party.
Alabama Bend. The Alabama Bend field is
located in Bienville Parish in Northwest Louisiana,
approximately 15 miles east of our Bethany-Longstreet
field. On November 27, 2006 we announced that we have
entered into a farmout agreement on 16,000 gross (8,000
net) acres. We will own a 100% working interest in the
initial well drilled in each of 33 sections (with each
section being 640 acres), with the farmor reserving the right to
participate for up to a 50% working interest in subsequent wells
drilled in each section.
Other Cotton Valley Trend. As of
November 27, 2006, we also own 12,900 gross
(9,400 net) acres in four separate areas of the Cotton
Valley trend in Harrison, Smith and Upshur Counties, Texas, with
an average working interest of 83% in the wells we have drilled
to date.
Production and Reserves. For the wells
completed to date in the Cotton Valley trend, the average
initial gross production rate per well was approximately
1,600 Mcfe per day. This average initial gross production
rate is consistent with the range we originally projected prior
to commencing our drilling activities in the Cotton Valley
trend. Initial production from the Cotton Valley trend wells
commenced in June 2004 and for the quarter ended
September 30, 2006, gross production from all of our Cotton
Valley trend wells was approximately 52,000 Mcfe of gas per
day.
South
Louisiana
Overview. As of December 31, 2005,
approximately 26% of our proved oil and natural gas reserves
were in the transition zone of South Louisiana. This region
refers to the geographic area that covers the onshore and
in-land
waters of South Louisiana lying in the southern half of
Louisiana, which is one of the most prolific oil and natural gas
producing sedimentary basins. Our production in this region
comes predominately from Miocene and Frio age formations in the
following areas:
Burrwood and West Delta 83 Fields. The
Burrwood/West Delta 83 fields, located in Plaquemines Parish,
Louisiana, were discovered in 1955 by Chevron. We currently have
interests in 21 active wells in the fields. We have an
average 63% working interest in the wells we have drilled
to date and a 65% working interest in the leasehold in the field.
Lafitte Field. The Lafitte field is located in
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and was discovered in 1935 by
Texaco. We own a non-operated, approximately 49% working
interest in the 28 active producing wells in the field.
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Second Bayou Field. The Second Bayou field is
located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana and was discovered in 1955
by the Sun Texas Company. We have an average working interest of
approximately 35% in 8 active wells in the field and
1,395 gross acres.
Other Fields. We maintain ownership interests
in acreage
and/or wells
in several additional fields in Louisiana, including the
(i) Ada field, located in Bienville Parish, (ii) Lake
Raccourci field, located in Terrebonne Parish, (iii) Pecan
Lake field, located in Cameron Parish, (iv) Plumb Bob
field, located in St. Martin Parish, (v) St. Gabriel
field, located in Iberville and Ascension Parishes, and
(vi) Bayou Bouillon field, located in St. Martin and
Iberville Parishes.
Other
Properties
We maintain ownership interests in acreage
and/or wells
in several additional fields including the (i) Mary Blevins
field, located in Smith County, Texas, (ii) Midway field,
located in San Patricio County, Texas, (iii) Mott
Slough field, located in Wharton County, Texas and (iv) the
Garfield Unit, located in Kalkaska County, Michigan.
Concurrent
Transaction
Concurrently with this offering, we are offering
$125 million of convertible senior notes due 2026. The
convertible notes are being offered to qualified institutional
buyers eligible under Rule 144A of the Securities Act. We
also expect to grant a
13-day
option to the initial purchasers of the convertible notes to
purchase up to an additional $50 million aggregate
principal amount of the convertible notes. We intend to use the
net proceeds of the offering to pay off completely our
$50 million second lien term loan, and to reduce our bank
revolver with the remaining proceeds of approximately
$70 million. We cannot give any assurance that the
convertible notes offering will be completed. The closing of
this offering is conditioned upon the closing of the convertible
notes offering.
The terms of the convertible notes have not yet been finalized.
The notes will initially bear interest at a fixed rate expected
to be between 2.75% and 3.25% per year. The convertible
notes will also bear contingent interest if the trading price of
the notes reaches a specified level after December 1, 2011.
Holders of the notes may, under certain circumstances at their
option, convert the notes based on a base conversion price
expected to be between 50% and 55% above the closing price of
our common stock on the day of pricing of the notes offering. In
addition, to the extent our applicable common stock price at the
time of conversion exceeds the base conversion price, converting
holders would be entitled to receive an additional number of
shares of common stock up to a specified incremental share
factor, which will be between 15% and 20% of the base conversion
rate. Upon conversion, we will be entitled to elect to deliver
the conversion value to converting holders in shares of common
stock or a combination of cash up to the principal amount of the
converted notes and shares of common stock with respect to the
conversion value in excess thereof. The applicable conversion
rate will be subject to customary adjustments in certain
circumstances. The number of shares of common stock to be sold
in this offering may be reduced depending on the final
conversion terms of the convertible notes.
On or after December 1, 2011, we may redeem for cash all or
a portion of the notes at a redemption price of 100% of the
principal amount of the notes to be redeemed plus accrued and
unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
Subject to certain conditions, holders may require us to
purchase all or a portion of their notes on each of
December 1, 2011, December 1, 2016 and
December 1, 2021. In addition, if we experience specified
types of corporate transactions, holders may require us to
purchase all or a portion of their notes. Any repurchase of the
notes pursuant to these provisions will be for cash at a price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be
purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of
repurchase.
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THE
OFFERING
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Issuer |
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Goodrich Petroleum Corporation |
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Shares of Common Stock Offered |
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3,300,000 shares |
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Shares of Common Stock Outstanding Following this Offering(1)
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28,467,590 shares (including the shares offered hereby) |
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Trading Symbol for our Common Stock
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Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol GDP |
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Risk Factors |
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You should carefully consider the information set forth in the
section of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus entitled Risk Factors as well as the
other information included in or incorporated by reference in
this prospectus before deciding whether to invest in our common
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As of November 21, 2006. Excludes the following at
November 21, 2006 (i) 1,900,000 shares reserved for
issuance pursuant to our stock option plans, in addition to
1,023,500 outstanding options to purchase shares (having a
weighted average exercise price of $20.01 per share); (ii)
242,000 shares of unvested restricted stock;
(iii) shares issuable upon conversion of the convertible
notes offered in our concurrent note offering and (iv) up
to 3,587,850 shares issuable upon conversion of our preferred
stock. The number of shares offered hereby and outstanding after
the offering may be reduced depending on the final conversion
terms on the convertible notes offered in our concurrent note
offering. |
The shares of our common stock offered hereby are shares that we
have loaned to an affiliate of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
pursuant to a share lending agreement, dated as of
November 30, 2006, which we refer to as the share
lending agreement. We will not receive any proceeds from
this offering. See Share Lending Agreement; Concurrent
Offering of Convertible Notes and Underwriting.
S-5
SUMMARY
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
The following table sets forth summary financial data as of and
for each of the three years ended December 31, 2003, 2004
and 2005 and the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and
2006. This data was derived from our audited financial
statements included in our annual report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005, and from our
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included
in our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
for the nine months ended September 30 2006, which is
incorporated by reference herein. The financial data below
should be read together with, and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to, our historical consolidated financial
statements and the accompanying notes and the
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations set forth in our
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
and our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q,
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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Year Ended December 31,
|
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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2003
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Oil and gas revenues
|
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$
|
31,663
|
|
|
$
|
44,861
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|
|
$
|
68,387
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|
|
$
|
42,963
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|
|
$
|
83,515
|
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Other
|
|
|
477
|
|
|
|
151
|
|
|
|
1,016
|
|
|
|
938
|
|
|
|
1,797
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,140
|
|
|
|
45,012
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|
|
|
69,403
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|
|
|
43,901
|
|
|
|
85,312
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease operating expense
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|
|
6,099
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|
|
|
7,402
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|
|
|
9,931
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|
|
|
6,936
|
|
|
|
14,327
|
|
Production taxes
|
|
|
2,288
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|
|
|
3,105
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|
|
|
4,053
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|
|
|
2,934
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|
|
|
5,047
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Transportation
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
558
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|
|
258
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|
|
|
2,921
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|
Depletion, depreciation and
amortization
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8,996
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|
|
|
11,562
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|
|
|
25,563
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|
|
|
18,287
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|
|
|
37,120
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|
Exploration
|
|
|
2,249
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|
|
|
4,426
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|
|
|
6,867
|
|
|
|
5,339
|
|
|
|
5,178
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|
Impairment of oil and gas
properties
|
|
|
335
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
340
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
5,314
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|
|
|
5,821
|
|
|
|
8,622
|
|
|
|
5,969
|
|
|
|
12,248
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|
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
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|
|
66
|
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
|
(235
|
)
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|
|
(169
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)
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|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
512
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|
|
|
512
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|
|
|
1,344
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,347
|
|
|
|
32,266
|
|
|
|
56,211
|
|
|
|
40,066
|
|
|
|
78,185
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
6,793
|
|
|
|
12,746
|
|
|
|
13,192
|
|
|
|
3,835
|
|
|
|
7,127
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income
(expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(1,051
|
)
|
|
|
(1,110
|
)
|
|
|
(2,359
|
)
|
|
|
(1,204
|
)
|
|
|
(4,706
|
)
|
Gain (loss) on derivative
instruments not qualifying for hedge accounting
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,317
|
|
|
|
(37,680
|
)
|
|
|
(42,736
|
)
|
|
|
34,611
|
|
Gain on litigation judgment
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|
|
|
|
|
|
2,118
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,051
|
)
|
|
|
3,325
|
|
|
|
(40,039
|
)
|
|
|
(43,940
|
)
|
|
|
29,905
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing
operations before income taxes
|
|
|
5,742
|
|
|
|
16,071
|
|
|
|
(26,847
|
)
|
|
|
(40,105
|
)
|
|
|
37,032
|
|
Income tax (expense) benefit
|
|
|
(2,016
|
)
|
|
|
1,707
|
|
|
|
9,397
|
|
|
|
14,035
|
|
|
|
(12,961
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing
operations
|
|
|
3,726
|
|
|
|
17,778
|
|
|
|
(17,450
|
)
|
|
|
(26,070
|
)
|
|
|
24,071
|
|
Discontinued operations including
gain on sale, net of income taxes
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
|
749
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S-6
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
Income (loss) before cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
3,922
|
|
|
|
18,527
|
|
|
|
(17,450
|
)
|
|
|
(26,070
|
)
|
|
|
24,071
|
|
Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle, net of tax
|
|
|
(205
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
3,717
|
|
|
|
18,527
|
|
|
|
(17,450
|
)
|
|
|
(26,070
|
)
|
|
|
24,071
|
|
Preferred stock dividends
|
|
|
633
|
|
|
|
633
|
|
|
|
755
|
|
|
|
474
|
|
|
|
4,504
|
|
Preferred stock redemption premium
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,545
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) applicable to
common stock
|
|
$
|
3,084
|
|
|
$
|
17,894
|
|
|
$
|
(18,205
|
)
|
|
$
|
(26,544
|
)
|
|
$
|
18,022
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) per common
share Basic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) from continuing
operations
|
|
$
|
0.21
|
|
|
$
|
0.91
|
|
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.97
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) before
cumulative effect
|
|
|
0.22
|
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
|
0.97
|
|
Cumulative effect
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$
|
0.21
|
|
|
$
|
0.95
|
|
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.97
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) applicable to
common stock
|
|
$
|
0.17
|
|
|
$
|
0.92
|
|
|
$
|
(0.78
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.15
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.72
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) per common
share Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) from continuing
operations
|
|
$
|
0.18
|
|
|
$
|
0.87
|
|
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.95
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) before
cumulative effect
|
|
|
0.19
|
|
|
|
0.91
|
|
|
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
Cumulative effect
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$
|
0.18
|
|
|
$
|
0.91
|
|
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) applicable to
common stock
|
|
$
|
0.15
|
|
|
$
|
0.88
|
|
|
$
|
(0.78
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.15
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares basic
|
|
|
18,064
|
|
|
|
19,552
|
|
|
|
23,333
|
|
|
|
23,024
|
|
|
|
24,923
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares diluted
|
|
|
20,482
|
|
|
|
20,347
|
|
|
|
23,333
|
|
|
|
23,024
|
|
|
|
25,386
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selected Balance Sheet Data
(end of period):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
89,182
|
|
|
$
|
127,977
|
|
|
$
|
296,526
|
|
|
$
|
227,663
|
|
|
$
|
433,207
|
|
Total long term debt
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
27,000
|
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
|
36,000
|
|
|
|
138,500
|
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
|
48,059
|
|
|
|
65,307
|
|
|
|
181,589
|
|
|
|
90,410
|
|
|
|
226,361
|
|
Selected Cash Flow
Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating
activities
|
|
$
|
17,188
|
|
|
$
|
41,028
|
|
|
$
|
45,562
|
|
|
$
|
43,128
|
|
|
$
|
52,453
|
|
Net cash used in investing
activities
|
|
|
(19,500
|
)
|
|
|
(45,414
|
)
|
|
|
(163,571
|
)
|
|
|
(106,257
|
)
|
|
|
(194,810
|
)
|
Net cash provided by financing
activities
|
|
|
450
|
|
|
|
6,346
|
|
|
|
134,402
|
|
|
|
61,736
|
|
|
|
123,829
|
|
S-7
SUMMARY
PRODUCTION, OPERATING AND RESERVE DATA
The following table sets forth summary production data, average
sales prices and operating expenses from continuing operations
for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 and
for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Production(1):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural Gas (MMcf)
|
|
|
3,353
|
|
|
|
4,818
|
|
|
|
6,237
|
|
|
|
4,094
|
|
|
|
9,424
|
|
Oil (MBbls)
|
|
|
464
|
|
|
|
475
|
|
|
|
408
|
|
|
|
324
|
|
|
|
355
|
|
Total (MMcfe)(2)
|
|
|
6,139
|
|
|
|
7,669
|
|
|
|
8,686
|
|
|
|
6,039
|
|
|
|
11,558
|
|
Average Daily Production
(Mcfe/d)(2)
|
|
|
16,820
|
|
|
|
20,954
|
|
|
|
23,797
|
|
|
|
22,123
|
|
|
|
42,337
|
|
Average Realized Sales Price
Per Unit(1):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural gas (per Mcf)
|
|
$
|
6.06
|
|
|
$
|
6.50
|
|
|
$
|
8.62
|
|
|
$
|
7.52
|
|
|
$
|
6.71
|
|
Effect of settled derivatives
(Mcf)(3)(4)
|
|
|
(0.72
|
)
|
|
|
(0.38
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average realized price (Mcf)
|
|
$
|
5.34
|
|
|
$
|
6.12
|
|
|
$
|
8.62
|
|
|
$
|
7.52
|
|
|
$
|
6.71
|
|
Oil and condensate (Bbl)
|
|
$
|
30.69
|
|
|
$
|
41.48
|
|
|
$
|
57.64
|
|
|
$
|
52.73
|
|
|
$
|
67.04
|
|
Effect of settled derivatives
(Bbl)(4)(4)
|
|
|
(1.05
|
)
|
|
|
(9.13
|
)
|
|
|
(27.73
|
)
|
|
|
(15.24
|
)
|
|
|
(9.96
|
)
|
Average realized price (Bbl)
|
|
$
|
29.64
|
|
|
$
|
32.35
|
|
|
$
|
29.91
|
|
|
$
|
37.49
|
|
|
$
|
57.08
|
|
Natural gas and oil (Mcfe)
|
|
$
|
5.63
|
|
|
$
|
6.65
|
|
|
$
|
8.71
|
|
|
$
|
7.93
|
|
|
$
|
7.53
|
|
Effect of settled derivatives
(Mcfe)(3)(4)
|
|
|
(0.47
|
)
|
|
|
(0.80
|
)
|
|
|
(0.83
|
)
|
|
|
(0.82
|
)
|
|
|
(0.31
|
)
|
Average realized price (Mcfe)
|
|
$
|
5.16
|
|
|
$
|
5.85
|
|
|
$
|
7.88
|
|
|
$
|
7.11
|
|
|
$
|
7.22
|
|
Operating expenses (per
Mcfe):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease operating(5)
|
|
$
|
0.99
|
|
|
$
|
0.97
|
|
|
$
|
1.14
|
|
|
$
|
1.15
|
|
|
$
|
1.24
|
|
Production taxes
|
|
$
|
0.37
|
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
|
$
|
0.49
|
|
|
$
|
0.44
|
|
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization
|
|
$
|
1.47
|
|
|
$
|
1.51
|
|
|
$
|
2.94
|
|
|
$
|
3.03
|
|
|
$
|
3.21
|
|
Exploration
|
|
$
|
0.37
|
|
|
$
|
0.58
|
|
|
$
|
0.79
|
|
|
$
|
0.88
|
|
|
$
|
0.45
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Reflects reclassification of prior year amount to report the
results of operations of non-core properties sold in 2004 as
discontinued operations. |
|
(2) |
|
Estimated by us using a conversion ratio of one Bbl per six Mcf. |
|
(3) |
|
Excludes the effect of settled derivatives on ineffective gas
hedges. Effect of settled derivatives on ineffective gas hedges
in 2005 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2005
and 2006 in the amounts of $(10,720,000) ($1.72 per Mcf),
$(2,124,000) ($0.52 per Mcf), and $(1,759,000)
($0.19 per Mcf) respectively, is reflected in Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives Not Qualifying for Hedge Accounting
on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. |
|
(4) |
|
Includes effect of settled derivatives on effective oil and gas
hedges. Effect of settled derivatives on effective gas hedges in
years 2004 and 2003 and on effective oil hedges in all years
presented are included as a component of Oil and Gas
Revenues on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. |
|
(5) |
|
Lease operating expenses increased on a per unit basis in 2005
and the nine months ended September 30, 2006 due to
non-recurring hurricane related expenses and other operating
cost increases related to our South Louisiana properties. In
future years, as we continue to develop our Cotton Valley trend
properties in East Texas and Northwest Louisiana, we expect our
lease operating expenses to decrease on a per unit basis due to
the lower cost nature of our Cotton Valley operations relative
to our South Louisiana operations. |
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Summary
Reserve Information
The following table sets forth summary information with respect
to our historical net proved reserves as of December 31,
2003, 2004 and 2005 and the present values that have been
attributed to these reserves at these dates. Our reserve data
and present values shown below are derived from the evaluations
performed by Netherland Sewell & Associates, Inc. as of
December 31, 2005 and 2004 and by Coutret and Associates,
Inc. as of December 31, 2003. Reserve engineering is a
subjective process of estimating underground accumulations of
crude oil, condensate and natural gas that cannot be measured in
an exact manner, and the accuracy of any reserve estimate is a
function of the quality of available data and of engineering and
geological interpretation and judgment. The quantities of oil
and natural gas that are ultimately recovered, production and
operating costs, the amount and timing of future development
expenditures and future oil and natural gas sales prices may
differ from those assumed in these estimates. Therefore, the
present value of future net revenues before income taxes and the
standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows shown
below should not be construed as the current market value of the
oil and natural gas reserves attributable to our properties.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
Natural Gas (MMcf)
|
|
|
30,903
|
|
|
|
67,682
|
|
|
|
142,963
|
|
Oil (MBbls)
|
|
|
7,805
|
|
|
|
5,589
|
|
|
|
4,973
|
|
Total (MMcfe)(1)
|
|
|
77,736
|
|
|
|
101,216
|
|
|
|
172,799
|
|
Present value of future net
revenues before income taxes (in thousands)(2)(4)
|
|
$
|
214,620
|
|
|
$
|
241,483
|
|
|
$
|
587,676
|
|
Standardized measure of discounted
future net cash flows (in thousands)(3)(4)
|
|
$
|
163,974
|
|
|
$
|
180,678
|
|
|
$
|
410,620
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Estimated by us using a conversion ratio of one Bbl per six Mcf. |
|
(2) |
|
The present value of future net revenues attributable to our
reserves was prepared using prices in effect at the end of the
respective periods presented, discounted at 10% per annum
(PV10) on a pre-tax basis. PV10 may be considered a
non-GAAP measure as defined by the SEC. We believe that the
presentation of PV10 is relevant and useful to our investors
because it presents the discounted future net cash flows
attributable to our proved reserves prior to taking into account
corporate future income taxes and our current tax structure. We
further believe investors and creditors utilize our PV10 as a
basis for comparison of the relative size and value of our
reserves to other companies. Our PV10 as of December 31,
2003, 2004 and 2005 may be reconciled to our standardized
measure of discounted future net cash flows as of such date by
reducing our PV10 by the discounted future income taxes
associated with such reserves. The discounted future income
taxes as of December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 were
$50.6 million, $60.8 million and $177.0 million,
respectively. |
|
(3) |
|
The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows
represents the present value of future net revenues after income
tax discounted at 10% per annum and has been calculated in
accordance with SFAS No. 69, Disclosures About
Oil and Gas Producing Activities. |
|
(4) |
|
Year-end prices per Mcf of natural gas used in making the
present value determination as of December 31, 2003, 2004
and 2005 were $6.42, $6.14 and $10.54, respectively. Year-end
prices per Bbl of oil used in making the present value
determination as of December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 were
$31.75, $42.72 and $58.80, respectively. The present value
determinations do not include estimated future cash inflows from
our hedging programs. |
S-9
RISK
FACTORS
An investment in our common stock involves a number of risks.
You should carefully consider each of the risks described below,
together with all of the other information contained in or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus before deciding to invest in our common
stock. If any of the following risks develops into actual
events, our business, financial condition or results of
operations could be negatively affected, the market price of our
common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your
investment.
Risks
Related to Our Business
Our financial and operating results are subject to a number of
factors, many of which are not within our control. These factors
include the following:
Our
actual production, revenues and expenditures related to our
reserves are likely to differ from our estimates of proved
reserves. We may experience production that is less than
estimated and drilling costs that are greater than estimated in
our reserve report. These differences may be
material.
The proved oil and gas reserve information included in this
report are estimates. These estimates are based on reports
prepared by independent reserve engineers and were calculated
using oil and gas prices as of December 31, 2005. These
prices will change and may be lower at the time of production
than those prices that prevailed at the end of 2005. Reservoir
engineering is a subjective process of estimating underground
accumulations of oil and gas that cannot be measured in an exact
manner. Estimates of economically recoverable oil and gas
reserves and of future net cash flows necessarily depend upon a
number of variable factors and assumptions, including:
|
|
|
|
|
historical production from the area compared with production
from other similar producing areas;
|
|
|
|
the assumed effects of regulations by governmental agencies;
|
|
|
|
assumptions concerning future oil and gas prices; and
|
|
|
|
assumptions concerning future operating costs, severance and
excise taxes, development costs and workover and remedial costs.
|
Because all reserve estimates are to some degree subjective,
each of the following items may differ materially from those
assumed in estimating proved reserves:
|
|
|
|
|
the quantities of oil and gas that are ultimately recovered;
|
|
|
|
the production and operating costs incurred;
|
|
|
|
the amount and timing of future development
expenditures; and
|
|
|
|
future oil and gas sales prices.
|
Furthermore, different reserve engineers may make different
estimates of reserves and cash flows based on the same available
data. Our actual production, revenues and expenditures with
respect to reserves will likely be different from estimates and
the differences may be material. The discounted future net cash
flows included in this document should not be considered as the
current market value of the estimated oil and gas reserves
attributable to our properties. As required by the SEC, the
standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from
proved reserves are generally based on prices and costs as of
the date of the estimate, while actual future prices and costs
may be materially higher or lower. Actual future net cash flows
also will be affected by factors such as:
|
|
|
|
|
the amount and timing of actual production;
|
|
|
|
supply and demand for oil and gas;
|
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|
|
|
|
|
increases or decreases in consumption; and
|
|
|
|
changes in governmental regulations or taxation.
|
In addition, the 10% discount factor, which is required by the
SEC to be used to calculate discounted future net cash flows for
reporting purposes, and which we use in calculation our pre-tax
PV10 Value, is not necessarily the most appropriate discount
factor based on interest rates in effect from time to time and
risks associated with us or the oil and gas industry in general.
Our
future revenues are dependent on the ability to successfully
complete drilling activity.
Drilling and exploration are the main methods we utilize to
replace our reserves. However, drilling and exploration
operations may not result in any increases in reserves for
various reasons. Exploration activities involve numerous risks,
including the risk that no commercially productive oil or gas
reservoirs will be discovered. In addition, the future cost and
timing of drilling, completing and producing wells is often
uncertain. Furthermore, drilling operations may be curtailed,
delayed or canceled as a result of a variety of factors,
including:
|
|
|
|
|
lack of acceptable prospective acreage;
|
|
|
|
inadequate capital resources;
|
|
|
|
unexpected drilling conditions; pressure or irregularities in
formations; equipment failures or accidents;
|
|
|
|
adverse weather conditions, including hurricanes;
|
|
|
|
unavailability or high cost of drilling rigs, equipment or labor;
|
|
|
|
reductions in oil and gas prices;
|
|
|
|
limitations in the market for oil and gas;
|
|
|
|
title problems;
|
|
|
|
compliance with governmental regulations; and
|
|
|
|
mechanical difficulties.
|
Our decisions to purchase, explore, develop and exploit
prospects or properties depend in part on data obtained through
geophysical and geological analyses, production data and
engineering studies, the results of which are often uncertain.
In addition, we recently commenced drilling our first horizontal
well in the Cotton Valley trend, which is the first well we have
drilled in the Cotton Valley trend utilizing this technique. We
have very limited experience drilling horizontal wells and there
can be no assurance that this method of drilling will be as
effective (or effective at all) as we currently expect it to be.
In addition, higher oil and gas prices generally increase the
demand for drilling rigs, equipment and crews and can lead to
shortages of, and increasing costs for, such drilling equipment,
services and personnel. Such shortages could restrict our
ability to drill the wells and conduct the operations which we
currently have planned. Any delay in the drilling of new wells
or significant increase in drilling costs could adversely affect
our ability to increase our reserves and production and reduce
our revenues.
Natural
gas and oil prices are volatile, and low prices have had in the
past and could have in the future a material adverse impact on
our business.
Our success will depend on the market prices of oil and natural
gas. These market prices tend to fluctuate significantly in
response to factors beyond our control. The prices we receive
for our crude oil production are based on global market
conditions. The general pace of global economic growth, the
continued instability in the Middle East and other oil and gas
producing regions and actions of the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries, or OPEC, and its maintenance of production
constraints, as well as other economic,
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political, and environmental factors will continue to affect
world supply and prices. Domestic natural gas prices fluctuate
significantly in response to numerous factors including
U.S. economic conditions, weather patterns, other factors
affecting demand such as substitute fuels, the impact of
drilling levels on crude oil and natural gas supply, and the
environmental and access issues that limit future drilling
activities for the industry.
Based on recent history of our industry, fluctuations during the
past several years in the demand and supply of crude oil and
natural gas have contributed to, and are likely to continue to
contribute to, price volatility. Crude oil and natural gas
prices are extremely volatile. Since reaching $15.39 per one
million British thermal units, or Mmbtu, at the Henry Hub on
December 13, 2005, natural gas prices have declined
sharply, reaching a low of $3.63 per Mmbtu at the Henry Hub
on September 29, 2006. As of November 27, 2006, the
closing price of natural gas at the Henry Hub was $7.58 per
Mmbtu. West Texas Intermediate oil prices have also recently
declined from a high of $77.03 per barrel on July 14, 2006
to $55.81 per barrel on November 17, 2006. As of
November 27, 2006, the closing price of West Texas
Intermediate oil at Cushing, Oklahoma was $60.32 per
barrel. Any actual or anticipated reduction in crude oil and
natural gas prices would depress the level of exploration,
drilling and production activity. We expect that commodity
prices will continue to fluctuate significantly in the future.
Changes in commodity prices significantly affect our capital
resources, liquidity and expected operating results. Price
changes directly affect revenues and can indirectly impact
expected production by changing the amount of funds available to
us to reinvest in exploration and development activities.
Reductions in oil and natural gas prices not only reduce
revenues and profits, but could also reduce the quantities of
reserves that are commercially recoverable. Significant declines
in prices could result in non-cash charges to earnings due to
impairment. We use derivative financial instruments to hedge a
portion of our exposure to changing commodity prices and we have
hedged a targeted portion of our anticipated production for 2006
through 2007.
Our
use of oil and gas price hedging contracts may limit future
revenues from price increases and result in significant
fluctuations in our net income.
We use hedging transactions with respect to a portion of our oil
and natural gas production to achieve more predictable cash flow
and to reduce our exposure to price fluctuations. While the use
of hedging transactions limits the downside risk of price
declines, their use may also limit future revenues from price
increases.
Our results of operations may be negatively impacted by our
financial derivative instruments and fixed price forward sales
contracts in the future and these instruments may limit any
benefit we would receive from increases in the prices for oil
and natural gas. For the years ended December 31, 2005,
2004 and 2003, we realized a loss on settled financial
derivatives of $18.0 million, $6.2 million and
$2.9 million, respectively.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, we recognized
in earnings an unrealized gain on derivative instruments not
qualifying for hedge accounting in the amount of
$34.6 million. For the year ended December 31, 2005,
we recognized in earnings an unrealized loss on derivative
instruments not qualifying for hedge accounting in the amount of
$27.0 million. For financial reporting purposes, this
unrealized loss was combined with a $10.7 million realized
loss in 2005 resulting in a total unrealized and realized loss
on derivative instruments not qualifying for hedge accounting in
the amount of $37.7 million in 2005. For the year ended
December 31, 2004, we recognized in earnings an unrealized
gain on derivative instruments in the amount of
$2.3 million. This loss and gain were recognized because
the natural gas hedges were deemed to be ineffective for 2005
and for the fourth quarter of 2004, and accordingly, the changes
in fair value of such hedges could no longer be reflected in
other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders
equity. To the extent that the hedges are not deemed to be
effective in the future, we will likewise be exposed to
volatility in earnings resulting from changes in the fair value
of our hedges.
Delays
in development or production curtailment affecting our material
properties may adversely affect our financial position and
results of operations.
The size of our operations and our capital expenditure budget
limits the number of wells that we can develop in any given
year. Complications in the development of any single material
well may result in a
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material adverse affect on our financial condition and results
of operations. In addition, a relatively small number of wells
contribute a substantial portion of our production. If we were
to experience operational problems resulting in the curtailment
of production in any of these wells, our total production levels
would be adversely affected, which would have a material adverse
affect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Because
our operations require significant capital expenditures, we may
not have the funds available to replace reserves, maintain
production or maintain interests in our
properties.
We must make a substantial amount of capital expenditures for
the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural
gas reserves. Historically, we have paid for these expenditures
with cash from operating activities, proceeds from debt and
equity financings and asset sales. Our revenues or cash flows
could be reduced because of lower oil and natural gas prices or
for other reasons. If our revenues or cash flows decrease, we
may not have the funds available to replace reserves or maintain
production at current levels. If this occurs, our production
will decline over time. Other sources of financing may not be
available to us if our cash flows from operations are not
sufficient to fund our capital expenditure requirements. Where
we are not the majority owner or operator of an oil and gas
property, such as the Lafitte field, we may have no control over
the timing or amount of capital expenditures associated with the
particular property. If we cannot fund such capital
expenditures, our interests in some properties may be reduced or
forfeited.
We may
have difficulty financing our planned growth.
We have experienced and expect to continue to experience
substantial capital expenditure and working capital needs,
particularly as a result of our drilling program. In the future,
we expect that we will require additional financing, in addition
to cash generated from operations, to fund planned growth. We
cannot be certain that additional financing will be available on
acceptable terms or at all. In the event additional capital
resources are unavailable, we may curtail drilling, development
and other activities or be forced to sell some of our assets on
an untimely or unfavorable basis.
If we
are not able to replace reserves, we may not be able to sustain
production at present levels.
Our future success depends largely upon our ability to find,
develop or acquire additional oil and gas reserves that are
economically recoverable. Unless we replace the reserves we
produce through successful development, exploration or
acquisition activities, our proved reserves will decline over
time. In addition, approximately 61% of our total estimated
proved reserves by volume at December 31, 2005 were
undeveloped. By their nature, estimates of undeveloped reserves
are less certain. Recovery of such reserves will require
significant capital expenditures and successful drilling
operations. We may not be able to successfully find and produce
reserves economically in the future. In addition, we may not be
able to acquire proved reserves at acceptable costs.
We may
incur substantial impairment writedowns.
If managements estimates of the recoverable reserves on a
property are revised downward or if oil and natural gas prices
decline, it may be required to record additional non-cash
impairment writedowns in the future, which would result in a
negative impact to our financial position. We review our proved
oil and gas properties for impairment on a depletable unit basis
when circumstances suggest there is a need for such a review. To
determine if a depletable unit is impaired, we compare the
carrying value of the depletable unit to the undiscounted future
net cash flows by applying managements estimates of future
oil and natural gas prices to the estimated future production of
oil and gas reserves over the economic life of the property.
Future net cash flows are based upon our independent reservoir
engineers estimates of proved reserves. In addition, other
factors such as probable and possible reserves are taken into
consideration when justified by economic conditions. For each
property determined to be impaired, we recognize an impairment
loss equal to the difference between the estimated fair value
and the carrying value of the property on a depletable unit
basis.
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Fair value is estimated to be the present value of expected
future net cash flows. Any impairment charge incurred is
recorded in accumulated depreciation, depletion, impairment and
amortization to reduce our recorded basis in the asset. Each
part of this calculation is subject to a large degree of
judgment, including the determination of the depletable
units estimated reserves, future cash flows and fair
value. For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and
2003, we recorded impairments of $0.3 million, $0 and
$0.3 million, respectively.
Managements assumptions used in calculating oil and gas
reserves or regarding the future cash flows or fair value of our
properties are subject to change in the future. Any change could
cause impairment expense to be recorded, impacting our net
income or loss and our basis in the related asset. Any change in
reserves directly impacts our estimate of future cash flows from
the property, as well as the propertys fair value.
Additionally, as managements views related to future
prices change, the change will affect the estimate of future net
cash flows and the fair value estimates. Changes in either of
these amounts will directly impact the calculation of impairment.
A
majority of our production, revenue and cash flow from operating
activities are derived from assets that are concentrated in a
geographic area.
Approximately 97% of our estimated proved reserves at
December 31, 2005 and a similar percentage of our
production during 2005 were associated with our Cotton Valley
trend and South Louisiana properties. Accordingly, if the level
of production from these properties substantially declines, it
could have a material adverse effect on our overall production
level and our revenue.
The
oil and gas business involves many uncertainties, economic risks
and operating risks that can prevent us from realizing profits
and can cause substantial losses.
Our oil and gas operations are subject to the economic risks
typically associated with exploration, development and
production activities, including the necessity of significant
expenditures to locate and acquire properties and to drill
exploratory wells. In conducting exploration and development
activities, the presence of unanticipated pressure or
irregularities in formations, miscalculations or accidents may
cause our exploration, development and production activities to
be unsuccessful. This could result in a total loss of our
investment in a particular property. If exploration efforts are
unsuccessful in establishing proved reserves and exploration
activities cease, the amounts accumulated as unproved costs
would be charged against earnings as impairments. In addition,
the cost and timing of drilling, completing and operating wells
is often uncertain.
The nature of the oil and gas business involves certain
operating hazards such as well blowouts, cratering, explosions,
uncontrollable flows of oil, gas or well fluids, fires,
formations with abnormal pressures, pollution, releases of toxic
gas and other environmental hazards and risks. Any of these
operating hazards could result in substantial losses to us. As a
result, substantial liabilities to third parties or governmental
entities may be incurred. The payment of these amounts could
reduce or eliminate the funds available for exploration,
development or acquisitions. These reductions in funds could
result in a loss of our properties. Additionally, some of our
oil and gas operations are located in areas that are subject to
weather disturbances such as hurricanes. Some of these
disturbances can be severe enough to cause substantial damage to
facilities and possibly interrupt production. In accordance with
customary industry practices, we maintain insurance against
some, but not all, of such risks and losses. The occurrence of
an event that is not fully covered by insurance could have a
material adverse effect on our financial position and results of
operations.
Our
debt instruments impose restrictions on us that may affect our
ability to successfully operate our business.
Our senior credit facility contains customary restrictions,
including covenants limiting our ability to incur additional
debt, grant liens, make investments, enter into hedging
transactions, consolidate, merge or acquire other businesses,
sell assets, pay dividends and other distributions and enter
into transactions with affiliates. We also are required to meet
specified financial ratios under the terms of our credit
facility. As of September 30, 2006, we were in compliance
with all the financial covenants of our credit facility. These
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restrictions may make it difficult for us to successfully
execute our business strategy or to compete in our industry with
companies not similarly restricted.
We may
be unable to identify liabilities associated with the properties
that we acquire or obtain protection from sellers against
them.
The acquisition of properties requires us to assess a number of
factors, including recoverable reserves, development and
operating costs and potential environmental and other
liabilities. Such assessments are inexact and inherently
uncertain. In connection with the assessments, we perform a
review of the subject properties, but such a review will not
reveal all existing or potential problems. In the course of our
due diligence, we may not inspect every well, platform or
pipeline. We cannot necessarily observe structural and
environmental problems, such as pipeline corrosion, when an
inspection is made. We may not be able to obtain contractual
indemnities from the seller for liabilities that we created. We
may be required to assume the risk of the physical condition of
the properties in addition to the risk that the properties may
not perform in accordance with our expectations. The incurrence
of an unexpected liability could have a material adverse effect
on our financial position and results of operations.
We are
subject to complex laws and regulations, including environmental
regulations that can adversely affect the cost, manner or
feasibility of doing business.
Development, production and sale of natural gas and oil in the
U.S. are subject to extensive laws and regulations,
including environmental laws and regulations. We may be required
to make large expenditures to comply with environmental and
other governmental regulations. Matters subject to regulation
include:
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bonds for ownership, development and production of oil and gas
properties;
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reports concerning operations; and
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taxation.
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In addition, our operations are subject to stringent federal,
state and local environmental laws and regulations governing,
among other things, the discharge of materials into the
environment and environmental protection. Governmental
authorities enforce compliance with these laws and regulations
and the permits issued under them, oftentimes requiring
difficult and costly actions. Failure to comply with these laws,
regulations and permits may result in the assessment of
administrative, civil and criminal penalties, the imposition of
remedial obligations, and the issuance of injunctions limiting
or prohibiting some or all of our operations. There is inherent
risk of incurring significant environmental costs and
liabilities in our business. Joint and several strict liability
may be incurred in connection with discharges or releases of
hazardous substances, including petroleum hydrocarbons and
wastes, on, under or from our properties and from facilities
where our wastes have been taken for disposal. Private parties
affected by such discharges or releases may also have the right
to pursue legal actions to enforce compliance as well as seek
damages for personal injury or property damage. In addition,
changes in environmental laws and regulations occur frequently,
and any such changes that result in more stringent and costly
requirements could have a material adverse effect on our
business.
Competition
in the oil and gas industry is intense, and we are smaller than
some of our competitors.
We compete with major and independent oil and natural gas
companies for property acquisitions. We also compete for the
equipment and labor required to operate and to develop these
properties. Some of our competitors have substantially greater
financial and other resources than us. In addition, larger
competitors may be able to absorb the burden of any changes in
federal, state and local laws and regulations more easily than
we can, which would adversely affect our competitive position.
These competitors may be able to pay more for oil and natural
gas properties and may be able to define, evaluate, bid for and
acquire a greater number of properties than we can. Our ability
to acquire additional properties and develop new and existing
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properties in the future will depend on our ability to conduct
operations, to evaluate and select suitable properties and to
consummate transactions in this highly competitive environment.
Our
success depends on our management team and other key personnel,
the loss of any of whom could disrupt our business
operations.
Our success will depend on our ability to retain and attract
experienced engineers, geoscientists and other professional
staff. We depend to a large extent on the efforts, technical
expertise and continued employment of these personnel and
members of our management team. If a significant number of them
resign or become unable to continue in their present role and if
they are not adequately replaced, our business operations could
be adversely affected.
Some
of our operations are exposed to the additional risk of tropical
weather disturbances.
Some of our production and reserves are located in South
Louisiana. Operations in this area are subject to tropical
weather disturbances. Some of these disturbances can be severe
enough to cause substantial damage to facilities and possibly
interrupt production. For example, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
impacted our South Louisiana operations in the third
quarter of 2005 causing the shut-in of our Burrwood/West Delta
83 and Lafitte fields in late August and the shut-in of our
Second Bayou field in late September. We estimate that
approximately 6,000 and 4,000 Mcfe per day of net
production for the third and fourth quarters of 2005,
respectively, was shut-in as a result of the hurricanes. As of
June 30, 2006, we had returned to production all of our
total pre-hurricane volumes in South Louisiana, including the
Burrwood/West Delta 83 field and the Second Bayou field, which
was impacted to a lesser extent by Hurricane Rita in September
2005. Damage to our facilities from both hurricanes was
substantially covered by insurance. In accordance with customary
industry practices, we maintain insurance against some, but not
all, of these risks. For more information on the impact of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on our operations, see Item 7.
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations of our Annual Report
on
Form 10-K,
which is incorporated by reference to this prospectus supplement.
Losses could occur for uninsured risks or in amounts in excess
of existing insurance coverage. We cannot assure you that we
will be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at
rates we consider reasonable or that any particular types of
coverage will be available. An event that is not fully covered
by insurance could have a material adverse effect on our
financial position and results of operations.
We
have previously identified a material weakness in our internal
controls over financial reporting and cannot assure you that we
will not again identify a material weakness in the
future.
As previously reported in our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, a material weakness
was identified in our internal control over financial reporting
with respect to recording the fair value of all outstanding
derivatives. The Public Company Accounting Oversight
Boards Auditing Standard No. 2 defines a material
weakness as a significant deficiency, or combination of
significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote
likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim
financial statements will not be prevented or detected.
In order to remediate the material weakness, we implemented
changes in our internal control over financial reporting during
the quarter ended June 30, 2006. Specifically, we now
automatically receive a mark to market valuation from our
existing counterparties for all outstanding derivatives. For any
new contracts entered into with a new counterparty, we will
concurrently request this automatic distribution. We also added
another layer of review for the fair value calculation prior to
review by the Chief Financial Officer.
Our management believes that these additional policies and
procedures have enhanced our internal control over financial
reporting relating to the determination and review of fair value
calculations on outstanding derivatives. Our management also
believes that, as a result of these measures described above,
the material weakness was remediated and that our internal
control over financial reporting is effective as of
June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006.
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Terrorist
attacks or similar hostilities may adversely impact our results
of operations.
The impact that future terrorist attacks or regional hostilities
(particularly in the Middle East) may have on the energy
industry in general, and on us in particular, is unknown.
Uncertainty surrounding military strikes or a sustained military
campaign may affect our operations in unpredictable ways,
including disruptions of fuel supplies and markets, particularly
oil, and the possibility that infrastructure facilities,
including pipelines, production facilities, processing plants
and refineries, could be direct targets of, or indirect
casualties of, an act of terror or war. Moreover, we have
incurred additional costs since the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001 to safeguard certain of our assets and
we may be required to incur significant additional costs in the
future. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the
changes in the insurance markets attributable to such attacks
have made certain types of insurance more difficult for us to
obtain. There can be no assurance that insurance will be
available to us without significant additional costs.
Instability in the financial markets as a result of terrorism or
war could also affect our ability to raise capital.
Risk
Related to Our Common Stock
We do
not intend to pay, and are restricted in our ability to pay,
dividends on our common stock.
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common
stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings and other
cash resources, if any, for the operation and development of our
business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our
common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of any future
dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors
after taking into account many factors, including our financial
condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs
and plans for expansion. In addition, our current credit
facility prohibits us from paying cash dividends on our common
stock. Any future dividends may also be restricted by any loan
agreements that we may enter into from time to time.
Insiders
own a significant amount of common stock, giving them influence
or control in corporate transactions and other matters, and the
interests of these individuals could differ from those of other
stockholders.
Members of our board of directors and our management team will
beneficially own in excess of 40% of our outstanding shares of
common stock after giving effect to the issuance of our common
stock pursuant to the share lending agreement. As a result,
these stockholders are in a position to significantly influence
or control the outcome of matters requiring a stockholder vote,
including the election of directors, the adoption of an
amendment to our certificate of incorporation or bylaws and the
approval of mergers and other significant corporate
transactions. Their control of us may delay or prevent a change
of control of us and may adversely affect the voting and other
rights of other stockholders.
Our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that
could discourage an acquisition or change of control of
us.
Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of
directors to issue preferred stock without shareholder approval.
If our board of directors elects to issue preferred stock, it
could be more difficult for a third party to acquire control of
us. In addition, provisions of the certificate of incorporation
and bylaws, such as limitations on shareholder proposals at
meetings of shareholders and restrictions on the ability of our
shareholders to call special meetings, could also make it more
difficult for a third party to acquire control of us. Our bylaws
provide that our board of directors is divided into three
classes, each elected for staggered three-year terms. Thus,
control of the board of directors cannot be changed in one year;
rather, at least two annual meetings must be held before a
majority of the members of the board of directors could be
changed.
These provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws
may delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt
that a shareholder might consider in his or her best interest,
including attempts that might result in a premium over the
market price for the common stock. Please read Description
of Capital Stock for additional details concerning the
provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
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The
effect of the issuance of our shares of common stock pursuant to
the share lending agreement, including sales of our common stock
in short sale transactions by purchasers of the notes, may lower
the market price of our common stock.
By means of this prospectus supplement, we are offering shares
of our common stock, all of which are being borrowed by an
affiliate of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. under a share
lending agreement we will enter into with such affiliate. We
will not receive any proceeds of this offering.
Such loaned shares must be returned to us by December 1,
2026. See Share Lending Agreement; Concurrent Offering of
Convertible Notes. We have been advised by one of the
initial purchasers in our concurrent notes offering that they,
or their affiliates, intend to use short sales to facilitate the
establishment by note investors of hedged positions in the notes
stock offered in our concurrent notes offering. The effect of
the increase in the number of outstanding shares of our common
stock issued pursuant to the share lending agreement could have
a negative effect on the market price of our common stock. The
market price of our common stock also could be negatively
affected by other short sales of our common stock by the
purchasers of the notes to hedge their investment in the notes.
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USE OF
PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of our common
stock offered by this prospectus supplement. See
Underwriting. We have been advised by Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc. that it, or its affiliates, intend
to use its proceeds from the sale of the shares to facilitate
transactions by which investors in our convertible senior notes
due 2026 being offered in a concurrent private placement to
qualified institutional buyers will hedge their investments in
the convertible notes through short sales or privately
negotiated derivatives transactions.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our consolidated cash and cash
equivalents and our consolidated capitalization as of
September 30, 2006. The table also shows adjustments to our
capitalization to reflect (i) the sale of the common stock
offered by this prospectus supplement, and (ii) the
concurrent offering of $125 million of convertible notes
and the use of proceeds therefrom (assuming no exercise of the
initial purchasers option to purchase additional notes).
You should read this table in conjunction with the information
contained in Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our
unaudited consolidated financial statements, including the
related notes, contained in our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, all of which
are incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement.
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September 30, 2006
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Actual
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As Adjusted
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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1,314
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$
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1,314
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Total long-term debt, including
current portion:
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Long-term debt:
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Senior credit facility
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88,500
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18,500
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Term loan
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50,000
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Convertible senior notes due 2026
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125,000
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Total
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$
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138,500
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$
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143,500
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Stockholders equity:
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Preferred stock $1.00 par
value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 2,250,000 issued and
outstanding
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2,250
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2,250
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Common stock, $0.20 par
value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 25,183,134 issued and
outstanding, actual; and 28,483,134 shares issued and
outstanding, as adjusted(1)(2)
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5,037
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5,037
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Additional paid-in capital
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211,580
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211,580
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Retained earnings
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9,373
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9,373
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Unamortized restricted stock awards
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Accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss)
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Total stockholders equity
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226,361
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226,361
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Total capitalization
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$
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364,861
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$
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369,861
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Excludes the following at September 30, 2006 (i)
1,900,000 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to our
stock option plans, in addition to 1,048,500 outstanding options
to purchase shares (having a weighted average exercise price of
$19.60 per share); (ii) 242,000 shares of unvested
restricted stock; (iii) shares issuable upon conversion of
the convertible notes offered in our concurrent note offering
and (iv) up to 3,587,850 shares issuable upon conversion of
our preferred stock. The number of shares offered hereby and
outstanding after the offering may be reduced depending on the
final conversion terms on the convertible notes offered in our
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The shares that we have agreed to loan to an affiliate of Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc. will be reflected as issued and
outstanding in stockholders equity and such
affiliates obligation to return these shares will be
reflected as a reduction of outstanding shares. Based upon
current accounting principles, we believe that the shares will
not be considered outstanding for the purpose of computing
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PRICE
RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol GDP.
At November 21, 2006, the number of holders of record of
our common stock without determination of the number of
individual participants in security positions was 1,681 with
25,167,590 shares outstanding. High and low sales prices
for our common stock for each calendar quarter are as follows:
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Sales Price
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High
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Low
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2004
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First quarter
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$
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10.20
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$
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5.07
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Second quarter
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8.83
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6.20
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Third quarter
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14.08
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8.27
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Fourth quarter
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16.46
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11.91
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2005
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First quarter
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$
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25.39
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$
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14.61
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Second quarter
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23.36
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14.74
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Third quarter
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24.80
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19.00
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Fourth quarter
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26.29
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19.25
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2006
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First quarter
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$
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29.60
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$
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23.58
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Second quarter
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28.95
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22.59
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Third quarter
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35.95
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26.34
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Fourth quarter (through
November 29)
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44.33
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25.21
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On November 29, 2006, the closing sale price of our common
stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange, was
$43.47 per share. We encourage you to obtain current market
price quotations for our common stock.
DIVIDEND
POLICY
We have neither declared nor paid any cash dividends on our
common stock and do not anticipate declaring any dividends in
the foreseeable future. We expect to retain our cash for the
operation and expansion of our business, including exploration,
development and production activities. In addition, our senior
credit facility contains restrictions on the payment of
dividends to the holders of common stock.
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DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
Our authorized capital stock is 60,000,000 shares. Those
shares consist of (a) 10,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, $1.00 par value, 2,250,000 of which are outstanding,
and (b) 50,000,000 shares of common stock,
$0.20 par value, of which 25,167,590 shares were
outstanding as of November 21, 2006. We have reserved
3,587,850 shares of our common stock for issuance upon the
conversion of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. In
addition, as of November 21, 2006, approximately
1,900,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance
pursuant to our stock option plans, in addition to 1,023,500
outstanding options to purchase shares at a weighted average
exercise price of $20.01 per share.
The following summary of certain provisions of our capital stock
does not purport to be complete and is subject to and is
qualified in its entirety by our certificate of incorporation
and bylaws, which are incorporated in this prospectus by
reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus supplement forms a part, and by the provisions
of applicable law.
Common
Stock
Subject to any special voting rights of any series of preferred
stock that we may issue in the future, each share held of record
of common stock has one vote on all matters voted on by our
shareholders, including the election of our directors. Because
holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights,
the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock can
elect all of the members of the board of directors standing for
election, subject to the rights, powers and preferences of any
outstanding series of preferred stock.
No share of common stock affords any preemptive rights or is
convertible, redeemable, assessable or entitled to the benefits
of any sinking or repurchase fund. Holders of common stock will
be entitled to dividends in the amounts and at the times
declared by our board of directors in its discretion out of
funds legally available for the payment of dividends.
Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends when,
as and if declared by the board of directors out of funds
legally available therefor, subject to any dividend preferences
of any outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of common
stock will share equally in our assets on liquidation after
payment or provision for all liabilities and any preferential
liquidation rights of any preferred stock then outstanding. All
outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and
non-assessable. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol GDP.
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is
ComputerShare Investor Services, LLC.
Preferred
Stock
Authorized
but Unissued Preferred Stock
As of the date of this prospectus supplement, we have
7,750,000 shares of authorized but unissued preferred stock
which are undesignated.
At the direction of our board of directors, we may issue shares
of preferred stock from time to time. Our board of directors
may, without any action by holders of our common stock:
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adopt resolutions to issue preferred stock in one or more
classes or series;
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fix the number of shares constituting any class or series of
preferred stock; and
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establish the rights of the holders of any class or series of
preferred stock.
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The rights of any class or series of preferred stock may
include, among others:
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general or special voting rights;
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preferential liquidation or preemptive rights;
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preferential cumulative or noncumulative dividend rights;
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redemption or put rights; and
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conversion or exchange rights.
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We may issue shares of, or rights to purchase, preferred stock
the terms of which might:
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adversely affect voting or other rights evidenced by, or amounts
otherwise payable with respect to, the common stock;
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discourage an unsolicited proposal to acquire us; or
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facilitate a particular business combination involving us.
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Any of these actions could discourage a transaction that some
or a majority of our shareholders might believe to be in their
best interests or in which our shareholders might receive a
premium for their stock over its then market price.
Series B
Preferred Stock
As of November 27, 2006, we had 2,250,000 shares
issued and outstanding of our Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock. The Liquidation Preference is $50 per share of
Series B Preferred Stock, plus accumulated and unpaid
dividends.
Conversion Rights. Each share is convertible
at the option of the holder into our common stock at any time at
an initial conversion rate of 1.5946 shares of common stock
per share, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of
approximately $31.36 per share of common stock. Upon
conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
(pursuant to a voluntary conversion or the Company Conversion
Option (as defined in the Certificate of Designation of the
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the Certificate
of Designation), we may choose to deliver the conversion
value to holders in cash, shares of common stock, or a
combination of cash and shares of common stock.
On or after December 21, 2010, we may, at our option, cause
the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to be
automatically converted into that number of shares of common
stock that are issuable at the then-prevailing conversion rate.
We may exercise our conversion right only if, for 20 trading
days within any period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on
the trading day prior to the announcement of our exercise of the
option, the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds
130% of the then-prevailing conversion price of the
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
Redemption. The Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock is non-redeemable by us.
Fundamental Change. If a Fundamental Change
(as defined in the Certificate of Designation) occurs, holders
may require us in specified circumstances to repurchase all or
part of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. In
addition, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change or
Specified Corporate Events (as defined in the Certificate of
Designation), we will under certain circumstances increase the
conversion rate by a number of additional shares of common stock.
Dividends. Holders of our Series B
Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and if declared by
our board of directors, cumulative cash dividends on the
Series B Preferred Stock at a rate of 5.375% of the
$50 liquidation preference per year (equivalent to
$2.6875 per year per share). Dividends on the Series B
Preferred Stock will be payable quarterly in arrears on each
March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15
of each year or, if not a business day, the next succeeding
business day. Dividends may be increased under certain
circumstances as described below.
If we fail to pay dividends on the shares of our Series B
Preferred Stock on six dividend payment dates (whether
consecutive or not), then the dividend rate per annum will
increase by an additional 1.0% on and after the day after such
sixth dividend payment date, until we have paid all dividends on
the shares of our Series B Preferred Stock for all dividend
periods up to and including the dividend payment date on which
the accumulated and unpaid dividends are paid in full. Any
further failure to pay dividends would cause the
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dividend rate to increase again by the additional 1.0% until we
have again paid all dividends for all dividend periods up to and
including the dividend payment date on which the accumulated and
unpaid dividends are paid in full. Upon the occurrence of
specified corporate events described in the Certificate of
Designation, the dividend rate per annum will increase by an
additional 3.0% for every quarter in which the closing price of
our common stock is below $26.13 for 20 trading days within the
period of 30 consecutive trading days ending 15 trading days
prior to the quarterly record date for the quarter.
Ranking. Our Series B Preferred Stock
ranks, with respect to dividend rights or rights upon our
liquidation, winding up or dissolution:
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senior to (i) all of our common stock and (ii) each
class of capital stock or series of preferred stock established
after December 21, 2005 (which we refer to as the
Issue Date), the terms of which do not expressly
provide that such class or series ranks senior to or on a parity
with our Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or
rights upon our liquidation, winding up or dissolution (which we
refer to collectively as Junior Stock);
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on a parity in all respects with any class of capital stock or
series of preferred stock established after the Issue Date, the
terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will
rank on a parity with our Series B Preferred Stock as to
dividend rights or rights upon our liquidation, winding up or
dissolution (which we refer to collectively as Parity
Stock); and
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junior to each class of capital stock or series of preferred
stock established after the Issue Date, the terms of which
expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to
our Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or
rights upon our liquidation, winding up or dissolution (we refer
to the stock described in this bullet point as the Senior
Stock).
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Voting Rights. Except as required by Delaware
law, our restated certificate of incorporation and the
certificate of designation for our Series B Preferred
Stock, holders of our Series B Preferred Stock will have no
voting rights unless dividends payable on our Series B
Preferred Stock are in arrears for six or more quarterly
periods. In that event, the holders of our Series B
Preferred Stock, voting as a single class with the shares of any
other class or series of preferred stock or preference
securities having similar voting rights, will be entitled at the
next regular or special meeting of our stockholders to elect two
directors, and the number of directors that comprise our board
will be increased by the number of directors so elected. These
voting rights and the terms of the directors so elected will
continue until the dividend arrearage on our Series B
Preferred Stock has been paid in full. The affirmative consent
of holders of at least
662/3%
of the outstanding shares of our Series B Preferred Stock
will be required for the issuance of Senior Stock and for
amendments to our restated certificate of incorporation that
would materially adversely affect any right, preference,
privilege or voting power of our Series B Preferred Stock.
Anti-Takeover
Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws
The provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws we
summarize below may have an anti-takeover effect and may delay,
defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a
shareholder might consider in his or her best interest,
including those attempts that might result in a premium over the
market price for our common stock.
Written Consent of Stockholders and Stockholder
Meetings. Any action by our stockholders must be
taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders. Special
meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, by a majority of the board of directors, on the
written request of any two directors, or by the Secretary. A
special meeting must be called by the Chairman of the Board, the
President or the Secretary when a written request is delivered
to such officer, signed by the holders of at least 10% of the
issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting.
Advance Notice Procedure for Shareholder
Proposals. Our bylaws establish an advance notice
procedure for the nomination of candidates for election as
directors, as well as for stockholder proposals to be considered
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at annual meetings of stockholders. In general, notice of intent
to nominate a director must be delivered to or mailed and
received at our principal executive offices as follows:
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with respect to an election to be held at the annual meeting of
stockholders, 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the
immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders;
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with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of
stockholders for the election of directors, not later than the
close of business on the 10th day following the day on
which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed to
stockholders or public disclosure of the date of the meeting was
made, whichever first occurs, and must contain specified
information concerning the person to be nominated.
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Notice of stockholders intent to raise business at an
annual meeting must be delivered to or mailed and received at
our principal executive offices not less than 90 days prior
to the anniversary date of the preceding annual meeting of
stockholders. These procedures may operate to limit the ability
of stockholders to bring business before a stockholders
meeting, including with respect to the nomination of directors
or considering any transaction that could result in a change in
control. These advance notice procedures are not applicable
prior to the trigger date.
Classified Board; Removal of Director. Our
bylaws provide that the members of our board of directors are
divided into three classes as nearly equal as possible. Each
class is elected for a three-year term. At each annual meeting
of shareholders, approximately one-third of the members of the
board of directors are elected for a three-year term and the
other directors remain in office until their three-year terms
expire. Furthermore, our bylaws provide that neither any
director nor the board of directors may be removed without
cause, and that any removal for cause would require the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
voting power of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote
for the election of directors. Thus, control of the board of
directors cannot be changed in one year without removing the
directors for cause as described above; rather, at least two
annual meetings must be held before a majority of the members of
the board of directors could be changed.
Limitation
of Liability of Directors
Our certificate of incorporation provides that no director shall
be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability as follows:
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for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to us or
our stockholders;
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for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; and
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for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
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SHARE
LENDING AGREEMENT; CONCURRENT OFFERING OF CONVERTIBLE
NOTES
Concurrently with this offering of common stock, we are offering
up to $125 million aggregate principal amount of our
convertible notes by means of a separate confidential offering
memorandum in a private placement exempt from registration under
the Securities Act to qualified institutional buyers (as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act). The initial
purchasers will have an option to purchase up to an additional
$50 million of convertible notes. We intend to use the net
proceeds from the offering of the convertible notes to pay off
our $50 million term loan, together with accrued interest,
and pay off approximately $70 million of outstanding
borrowings under our senior credit facility.
To make the purchase of convertible notes more attractive to
prospective investors, we have entered into a share lending
agreement, dated November 30, 2006, with Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc., as agent for its affiliate, Bear,
Stearns International Limited, which we refer to as BSIL, as
principal, under which we have agreed to loan to BSIL up to
3.3 million shares of our common stock (assuming the
initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase an
additional $50 million of convertible notes in our
concurrent notes offering) during a period beginning on the date
we entered into the share lending agreement and ending on
December 1, 2026 or, if earlier, the date as of which we
have notified BSIL in writing of our intention to terminate the
agreement at any time after the entire principal amount of the
convertible notes ceases to be outstanding as the result of
conversion, repurchase or redemption, which we refer to as the
loan availability period. We will receive a loan fee
of $0.20 per share for each share of common stock that we loan
to BSIL. The number of shares offered hereby and outstanding
after the offering may be reduced depending on the final
conversion terms on the convertible notes offered in our
concurrent note offering.
Under the share lending agreement, BSIL is permitted to use the
shares initially borrowed from us and offered hereby only for
the purpose of directly or indirectly facilitating the sale of
the convertible notes and the hedging of the convertible notes
by holders as described below.
Share loans under the share lending agreement will terminate and
the borrowed shares must be returned to us if our concurrent
convertible notes offering is not consummated, or upon the
termination of the loan availability period, as well as under
the following circumstances:
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BSIL may terminate all or any portion of a loan at any time.
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We may terminate any or all of the outstanding loans upon a
default by BSIL under the share lending agreement, including a
breach by BSIL of any of its representations and warranties,
covenants or agreements under the share lending agreement, or
the bankruptcy of BSIL.
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If we enter into a merger or similar business combination
transaction with an unaffiliated third party (as defined in the
agreement), all outstanding loans will terminate on the
effective date of such event.
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In addition, upon the conversion of the convertible notes, a
number of shares of common stock equal to the base conversion
rate plus the incremental share factor for such notes must be
returned to us. Except in certain limited circumstances, any
borrowed shares returned to us cannot be reborrowed.
Any shares that we loan to BSIL will be issued and outstanding
for corporate law purposes, and accordingly, the holders of the
borrowed shares will have all of the rights of a holder of our
outstanding shares, including the right to vote the shares on
all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders and the
right to receive any dividends or other distributions that we
may pay or make on our outstanding shares of common stock.
However, under the share lending agreement, BSIL has agreed:
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To pay to us an amount equal to any cash dividends that we pay
on the borrowed shares, and
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To pay or deliver to us any other distribution, in liquidation
or otherwise, that we make on the borrowed shares.
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To the extent the borrowed shares we initially lend under the
share lending agreement and offered hereby are not sold, BSIL
also has agreed that it will not vote any such borrowed shares
of which it is the record owner, and it will not transfer or
dispose of any borrowed shares except pursuant to a registration
statement that is effective under the Securities Act. However,
investors that purchase the shares from BSIL (and any
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subsequent transferees of such purchasers) will be entitled to
the same voting rights with respect to those shares as any other
holder of our common stock.
Under the share lending agreement, if BSIL receives a rating
downgrade of its long term, unsecured and subordinated
indebtedness below a specified level by Standard &
Poors Ratings Group or Moodys Investor Services,
Inc., BSIL has agreed to post and maintain with Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc., acting as collateral agent on our
behalf, collateral in the form of cash, government securities,
certificates of deposit, high-grade commercial paper of
U.S. issuers or money market shares with a market value at
least equal to 100% of the market value of the borrowed shares
as security for the obligation of BSIL to return the borrowed
shares of common stock to us when required under the terms of
the share lending agreement. In certain limited circumstances,
primarily if BSIL is prohibited by law or court order from
returning the borrowed shares, we may elect to receive a
distribution of the posted collateral in lieu of the delivery of
the shares.
In view of the contractual undertakings of Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc. in the share lending agreement,
which have the effect of substantially eliminating the economic
dilution that otherwise would result from the issuance of the
borrowed shares, we believe that under U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles currently in effect, the borrowed
shares will not be considered outstanding for the purpose of
computing and reporting our earnings per share.
We have been advised by BSIL that it, or its affiliates, intend
to use the shares initially borrowed from us to facilitate the
establishment by the convertible note investors of hedged
positions in the convertible notes through purchases of common
stock from such investors in short sale transactions or the
entry into privately negotiated derivative transactions with
those investors. In addition, BSIL and its affiliates may engage
in such transactions at any time and from time to time during
the term of the agreement in share amounts to be determined by
BSIL and such affiliates. Further, BSIL and its affiliates may
from time to time purchase our shares in the market and use such
shares to facilitate other similar transactions or other
transactions in our common stock.
The existence of the share lending agreement and the short
positions established in connection with the sale of the
convertible notes could have the effect of causing the market
price of our common stock to be lower over the term of the share
lending agreement than it would have been had we not entered
into the agreement. See Risk Factors Risks
Related to the Notes The effect of the issuance of
our shares of common stock pursuant to the share lending
agreement, including sales of our common stock in short sale
transactions by purchasers of the notes, may lower the market
price of our common stock. However, our board of directors
has determined that the entry into the share lending agreement
is in our best interests as it is a means to facilitate the
offer and sale of the convertible notes on terms more favorable
to us than we could have otherwise obtained.
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CERTAIN
U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS
FOR
NON-UNITED
STATES HOLDERS
The following is a general discussion of the principal United
States federal income and estate tax consequences of the
ownership and disposition of our common stock by a
non-U.S. holder.
As used in this discussion, the term
non-U.S. holder
means a beneficial owner of our common stock that is not, for
United States federal income tax purposes:
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an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;
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a corporation (including any entity treated as a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized
in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia;
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an estate whose income is subject to United States federal
income taxation regardless of its source; or
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a trust, if a United States court is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more
United States persons have authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust, or if it has a valid election in effect
under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as
a United States person.
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An individual may be treated as a resident of the United States
in any calendar year for United States federal income tax
purposes, instead of a nonresident, by, among other ways, being
present in the United States for at least 31 days in that
calendar year and for an aggregate of at least 183 days
during a three-year period ending in the current calendar year.
For purposes of the
183-day
calculation, all of the days present in the current year,
one-third of the days present in the immediately preceding year
and one-sixth of the days present in the second preceding year
are counted. Residents are taxed for United States federal
income tax purposes as if they were United States citizens.
This discussion does not consider:
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U.S. state or local or
non-U.S. tax
consequences;
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all aspects of United States federal income and estate taxes or
specific facts and circumstances that may be relevant to a
particular
non-U.S. holders
tax position, including the fact that in the case of a
non-U.S. holder
that is an entity treated as a partnership for United States
federal income tax purposes, the United States tax consequences
of holding and disposing of our common stock may be affected by
certain determinations made at the partner level;
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the tax consequences for partnerships (including entities
treated as partnerships for United States federal income tax
purposes) and their partners, or for stockholders or
beneficiaries of a
non-U.S. holder;
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special tax rules that may apply to particular
non-U.S. holders,
such as financial institutions, insurance companies, tax-exempt
organizations, United States expatriates, broker-dealers, and
traders in securities; or
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special tax rules that may apply to a
non-U.S. holder
that holds our common stock as part of a straddle,
hedge, conversion transaction,
synthetic security or other integrated investment.
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The following discussion is based on provisions of the United
States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, existing and
proposed U.S. Treasury Regulations and administrative and
judicial interpretations, all as of the date of this prospectus,
and all of which are subject to change, retroactively or
prospectively. The following summary assumes that a
non-U.S. holder
holds our common stock as a capital asset. Each
non-U.S. holder
should consult a tax advisor regarding the United States
federal, state, local and
non-U.S. income
and other tax consequences of acquiring, holding and disposing
of shares of our common stock.
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Distributions
on Common Stock
We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable
future. In the event that we make cash distributions on our
common stock, these distributions generally will constitute
dividends for United States federal income tax purposes to the
extent paid from our current or accumulated earnings and
profits, as determined under United States federal income tax
principles. Dividends paid to
non-U.S. holders
of our common stock that are not effectively connected with the
non-U.S. holders
conduct of a United States trade or business will be subject to
U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate, or if a tax treaty
applies, a lower rate specified by the treaty.
Dividends that are effectively connected with a
non-U.S. holders
conduct of a trade or business in the United States and, if an
income tax treaty applies, are attributable to a permanent
establishment maintained by the
non-U.S. holder
in the United States, are taxed on a net income basis at the
regular graduated rates and in the manner applicable to United
States persons. In that case, we will not have to withhold
United States federal withholding tax if the
non-U.S. holder
complies with applicable certification and disclosure
requirements. In addition, a branch profits tax may
be imposed at a 30% rate, or a lower rate under an applicable
income tax treaty, on dividends received by a foreign
corporation that are effectively connected with its conduct of a
trade or business in the United States.
A
non-U.S. holder
that claims the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty
generally will be required to satisfy applicable certification
and other requirements. However,
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in the case of common stock held by a foreign partnership, the
certification requirement will generally be applied to the
partners of the partnership and the partnership will be required
to provide certain information;
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in the case of common stock held by a foreign trust, the
certification requirement will generally be applied to the trust
or the beneficial owners of the trust depending on whether the
trust is a foreign complex trust, foreign
simple trust or foreign grantor trust as
defined in the U.S. Treasury Regulations; and
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look-through rules will apply for tiered partnerships, foreign
simple trusts and foreign grantor trusts.
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A holder that is a foreign partnership or a foreign trust is
urged to consult its own tax advisor regarding its status under
these U.S. Treasury Regulations and the certification
requirements applicable to it. A
non-U.S. holder
that is eligible for a reduced rate of United States federal
withholding tax under an income tax treaty may obtain a refund
or credit of any excess amounts withheld by filing an
appropriate claim for refund with the United States Internal
Revenue Service.
Gain on
Disposition of Common Stock
A
non-U.S. holder
generally will not be subject to United States federal income
tax on gain recognized on a disposition of our common stock
unless:
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the gain is effectively connected with the
non-U.S. holders
conduct of a trade or business in the United States and, if an
income tax treaty applies, is attributable to a permanent
establishment maintained by the
non-U.S. holder
in the United States; in this case, the gain will be taxed on a
net income basis at the rates and in the manner applicable to
United States persons, and if the
non-U.S. holder
is a foreign corporation, the branch profits tax described above
may also apply;
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the
non-U.S. holder
is an individual who is present in the United States for
183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and
meets other requirements; or
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we are or have been a United States real property holding
corporation for United States federal income tax purposes
at any time during the shorter of the five-year period ending on
the date of disposition or the period that the
non-U.S. holder
held our common stock.
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Generally, a corporation is a United States real property
holding corporation, or USRPHC, if the fair market value of its
United States real property interests equals or exceeds 50% of
the sum of the fair market value of its worldwide real property
interests and its other assets used or held for use in a trade
or business. We believe that we are a USRPHC for United States
federal income tax purposes. However, the tax relating to stock
in a USRPHC generally will not apply to a
non-U.S. holder
whose direct and indirect holdings
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constituted 5% or less of our common stock at all times during
the applicable period, provided that our common stock was
regularly traded on an established securities market.
U.S. Federal
Estate Tax
Common stock owned or treated as owned by an individual who is a
non-U.S. holder
for United States federal estate tax purposes at the time of
death will be included in the individuals gross estate for
United States federal estate tax purposes, unless an applicable
estate tax or other treaty provides otherwise, and therefore may
be subject to United States federal estate tax.
Information
Reporting and Backup Withholding Tax
Dividends paid to you may be subject to information reporting
and United States backup withholding. You will be exempt from
this backup withholding tax if you properly provide a
Form W-8BEN
certifying that you are a
non-U.S. holder
or otherwise meet documentary evidence requirements for
establishing that you are a
non-U.S. holder,
or you otherwise establish an exemption.
The gross proceeds from the disposition of our common stock may
be subject to information reporting and backup withholding. If
you sell your common stock outside the United States through a
non-U.S. office
of a
non-U.S. broker
and the sales proceeds are paid to you outside the United
States, then the United States backup withholding and
information reporting requirements generally will not apply to
that payment. However, United States information reporting, but
not backup withholding, will generally apply to a payment of
sales proceeds, even if that payment is made outside the United
States, if you sell your common stock through a
non-U.S. office
of a broker that:
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is a United States person;
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derives 50% or more of its gross income in specific periods from
the conduct of a trade or business in the United States;
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is a controlled foreign corporation for United
States tax purposes; or
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is a foreign partnership, if at any time during its tax year:
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one or more of its partners are United States persons who in the
aggregate hold more than 50% of the income or capital interests
in the partnership; or
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the foreign partnership is engaged in a United States trade or
business,
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unless the broker has documentary evidence in its files that you
are a
non-U.S. person
and certain other conditions are met, or you otherwise establish
an exemption.
If you receive payments of the proceeds of a sale of our common
stock to or through a United States office of a broker, the
payment is subject to both United States backup withholding and
information reporting unless you properly provide a
Form W-8BEN
certifying that you are a
non-U.S. person
or you otherwise establish an exemption.
You generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under
the backup withholding rules that exceed your United States
federal income tax liability by timely filing a properly
completed claim for refund with the United States Internal
Revenue Service.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND
SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS TAX ADVICE. INVESTORS CONSIDERING THE
PURCHASE OF OUR COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX
ADVISORS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL
INCOME AND ESTATE TAX LAWS TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AND
THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX LAWS
AND TAX TREATIES.
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UNDERWRITING
The shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus
supplement are shares that we have agreed to loan to Bear,
Stearns International Limited, or BSIL, an affiliate of Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc., pursuant to the share lending
agreement.
The shares of our common stock are offered for sale in
transactions, including block sales, in the over-the-counter
market, in negotiated transactions or otherwise. These shares
will be sold at prevailing market prices at the time of sale or
at negotiated prices. In connection with such sales, the
underwriter may receive from investors an amount of $0.05 for
each share of common stock sold to those investors in the
offering.
We have been advised by BSIL that it intends to use the proceeds
from the sale of these shares to facilitate the establishment by
the convertible note investors of hedged positions in the
convertible notes through purchases of common stock from such
investors in short sale transactions or the entry into privately
negotiated derivative transactions with those investors. The
purchase price of such common stock, or the reference price of
such derivative transactions, will be negotiated between BSIL or
its affiliates and the investors in the convertible notes, and
may differ from the prices at which shares of common stock are
sold in this offering. To the extent the offering price
hereunder is greater than such negotiated prices, such excess
may be deemed underwriters compensation. In addition, in
connection with facilitating such transactions, BSIL or its
affiliates expect to receive customary negotiated fees from
investors in our notes, which may be deemed to be
underwriters compensation. BSIL and its affiliates may
engage in such transactions at any time and from time to time
during the term of the agreement in share amounts to be
determined by BSIL and such affiliates. Further, BSIL and its
affiliates may from time to time purchase our shares in the
market and use such shares to facilitate other or similar
transactions. See Share Lending Agreement; Concurrent
Offering of Convertible Notes above. We will not receive
any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock
pursuant to this prospectus supplement.
The following table summarizes the compensation and estimated
expenses we will pay.
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Commissions paid by us
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The public offering price does not reflect a commission
equivalent the underwriter may receive from investors in the
amount of $0.05 for each share of common stock sold to
those investors in the offering.
Under the share lending agreement, we will receive a fee of
$0.20 per share from the underwriter. Pursuant to the
underwriting agreement in connection with this offering, we will
pay the underwriter a structuring fee up to a maximum of
$650,000.
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and its respective affiliates
perform various financial advisory, investment banking and
commercial banking services from time to time for us and our
affiliates. We have agreed to indemnify the underwriter against
liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to payments
which the underwriter may be required to make in that respect.
In order to facilitate the offering of the common stock, the
underwriter may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain
or otherwise affect the price of the common stock. These
transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions
and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short
sales involve the sale by the underwriter of a greater number of
shares than it is required to purchase in this offering. The
underwriter may close out any short position by purchasing
shares in the open market. The underwriter must close out any
short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A short
position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is
concerned that there may be a downward pressure on the price of
the shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely
affect investors who purchase in the offering. Stabilizing
transactions consist of certain bids for or purchases of the
shares made by the underwriter in the open market prior to the
completion of the offering. Any of these activities may
stabilize or maintain the market price of the shares above
independent market levels. The underwriter is not required to
engage in these activities and may end any of these activities
at any time.
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LEGAL
MATTERS
The validity of the issuance of the common stock offered by this
prospectus supplement will be passed upon for us by
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston, Texas, our outside
counsel. The underwriters are being represented by Davis
Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Goodrich Petroleum
Corporation as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2005, and managements assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2005, have been incorporated by reference
herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference
herein and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing. The audit report covering the
December 31, 2005, consolidated financial statements refers
to a change in the method of accounting for abandonment
obligations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 143 Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations as of January 1, 2003.
Estimates of the oil and gas reserves of Goodrich Petroleum
Corporation and related future net cash flows and the present
values thereof, included in this prospectus supplement and our
annual report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005, were based upon
reserve reports prepared by Netherland Sewell and Associates,
Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and 2005 and Coutret and
Associates, Inc., as of December 31, 2003. We have
incorporated these estimates in reliance on the authority of
each such firm as experts in such matters.
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GLOSSARY
The definitions set forth below apply to the indicated terms as
used in this prospectus supplement. All volumes of natural gas
referred to are stated at the legal pressure base of the state
where the reserves exist and at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and in
most instances are rounded to the nearest major multiple.
Bbl One stock tank barrel, or 42
U.S. gallons liquid volume, used herein in reference to
crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbons.
Bcf One billion cubic feet.
Bcfe One billion cubic feet of natural gas
equivalents, based on a ratio of six Mcf for each barrel of oil,
which reflects the relative energy content.
Developed acreage The number of acres which
are allocated or assignable to producing wells or wells capable
of production.
Developmental well A well drilled within the
proved area of an oil or natural gas reservoir to the depth of a
stratigraphic horizon known to be productive.
Dry hole A well found to be incapable of
producing oil or natural gas in sufficient economic quantities.
Gross acres or gross wells The total acres or
wells, as the case may be, in which a working interest is owned.
MBbl One thousand barrels of crude oil or
other liquid hydrocarbons.
Mcf One thousand cubic feet of gas.
Mcf per day One thousand cubic feet of gas
per day.
Mcfe One thousand cubic feet of natural gas
equivalents, based on a ratio of six Mcf for each barrel of oil
or NGL, which reflects relative energy content.
Measured depth. The length of the wellbore, as
if determined by a measuring stick. This measurement differs
from the true vertical depth of the well in all but vertical
wells. Since the wellbore cannot be physically measured from end
to end, the lengths of individual joints of drillpipe, drill
collars and other drillstring elements are measured with a steel
tape measure and added together. Importantly, the pipe is
measured while in the derrick or laying on a pipe rack, in an
untensioned, unstressed state. When the pipe is screwed together
and put into the wellbore, it stretches under its own weight and
that of the bottomhole assembly. Although this fact is well
established, it is not taken into account when reporting the
well depth. Hence, in virtually all cases, the actual wellbore
is slightly deeper than the reported depth.
Mmbbl One million barrels of crude oil or
other liquid hydrocarbons.
Mmbtu One million British thermal
units. A British thermal unit is the heat required to
raise the temperature of one-pound of water from 58.5 to 59.5
degrees Fahrenheit.
Mmcf One million cubic feet of gas.
Mmcfe One million cubic feet of gas
equivalents.
Net acres or net wells The sum of the
fractional working interests owned in gross acres or gross wells.
Present value (PV) The present value,
discounted at 10%, of future net cash flows from estimated
proved reserves, using constant prices and costs in effect on
the date of the report (unless such prices or costs are subject
to change pursuant to contractual provisions).
PV-10
The pre-tax present value, discounted 10% per year, of
estimated future net revenues computed by applying current
prices of oil and gas reserves (with consideration of price
changes only to the extent provided by contractual arrangements)
to estimated future production of proved oil and gas reserves as
of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, less
estimated future expenditures (based on current costs) to be
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incurred in developing, producing and abandoning the proved
reserves computed assuming continuation of existing economic
conditions.
Productive well A well that is found to be
capable producing hydrocarbons in sufficient quantities such
that proceeds from the sale of the production exceed production
expenses and taxes.
Proved developed non-producing reserves
Reserves that consist of (i) proved reserves from wells
which have been completed and tested but are not producing due
to lack of market or minor completion problems which are
expected to be corrected and (ii) proved reserves currently
behind the pipe in existing wells and which are expected to be
productive due to both the well log characteristics and
analogous production in the immediate vicinity of the wells.
Proved developed producing reserves Proved
reserves that can be expected to be recovered from currently
producing zones under the continuation of present operating
methods.
Proved developed reserves Proved reserves
that can be expected to be recovered through existing wells with
existing equipment and operating methods.
Proved reserves The estimated quantities of
crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids which geological
and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be
recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing
economic and operating conditions. In addition, please refer to
the definitions of proved oil and gas reserves as provided in
Rule 4-10(a)(2)-(4).
The rule is available at the SEC website,
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/forms/regsx.htm#gas.
Proved undeveloped reserves Proved reserves
that are expected to be recovered from new wells and undrilled
acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major
expenditure is required for recompletion.
Reserve life A measure of the productive life
of an oil and gas property or a group of properties, expressed
in years. Reserve life is calculated by dividing proved reserve
volumes at year end by annualized production rates at the end of
the period shown.
Reserve replacement ratio Stated as a
percentage, calculated by dividing reserve additions in the
period over production in the respective period.
Reservoir A porous and permeable underground
formation containing a natural accumulation of producible oil or
gas that is confined by impermeable rock or water barriers and
is individual and separate from other reservoirs.
Standardized measure The present value,
discounted at 10%, of future net cash flows from estimated
proved reserves after income taxes, calculated holding prices
and costs constant at amounts in effect on the date of the
report (unless such prices or costs are subject to change
pursuant to contractual provisions) and otherwise in accordance
with the SECs rules for inclusion of oil and natural gas
reserve information in financial statements filed with the SEC.
Undeveloped acreage Acreage held under lease,
permit, contract or option that is not in a spacing unit for a
producing well.
Working interest The operating interest that
gives the owner the right to drill, produce and conduct
operating activities on the property and a share of production,
subject to all royalties, overriding royalties and other
burdens, and to all costs of exploration, development and
operations, and all risks in connection therewith.
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PROSPECTUS
$150,000,000
GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Debt Securities
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Depositary Shares
Warrants
Guarantees of Debt Securities of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation
by:
Goodrich Petroleum Company, LLC
Goodrich Petroleum Company Lafitte, LLC
LECE, Inc.
We may offer and sell the securities listed above from time to
time in one or more offerings in one or more classes or series.
Any debt securities we issue under this prospectus may be
guaranteed by our subsidiaries.
The aggregate initial offering price of the securities that we
will offer will not exceed $150,000,000. We will offer the
securities in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined
by market conditions at the time of the offerings. The
securities may be offered separately or together in any
combination or as a separate series.
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the
securities that may be offered. Each time securities are
offered, we will provide a prospectus supplement and attach it
to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement will contain more
specific information about the offering and the terms of the
securities being offered, including any guarantees by our
subsidiaries. The supplements may also add, update or change
information contained in this prospectus. This prospectus may
not be used to offer or sell securities without a prospectus
supplement describing the method and terms of the offering.
We may sell these securities directly or through agents,
underwriters or dealers, or through a combination of these
methods. See Plan of Distribution. The prospectus
supplement will list any agents, underwriters or dealers that
may be involved and the compensation they will receive. The
prospectus supplement will also show you the total amount of
money that we will receive from selling the securities being
offered, after the expenses of the offering. You should
carefully read this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus
supplement, together with the documents we incorporate by
reference, before you invest in any of our securities.
Investing in any of our securities involves risk. Please read
carefully the section entitled Risk Factors
beginning on page 5 of this prospectus.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol GDP.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
This prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of
securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
This prospectus is dated November 22, 2005.
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You should rely only on the information contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus
supplement. We have not authorized any dealer, salesman or other
person to provide you with additional or different information.
This prospectus and any prospectus supplement are not an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities
other than the securities to which they relate and are not an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities
in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
an offer or solicitation in that jurisdiction. You should not
assume that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus
supplement or in any document incorporated by reference in this
prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any
date other than the date of the document containing the
information.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we
refer to as the SEC, utilizing a shelf
registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we
may sell any combination of the securities described in this
prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount
of $150 million. This prospectus provides you with a
general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we
sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that
will contain specific information about the terms of the
offering and the offered securities. The prospectus supplement
may also add, update or change information contained in this
prospectus. Any statement that we make in this prospectus will
be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by
us in a prospectus supplement. You should read both this
prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with
additional information described under the heading Where
You Can Find More Information.
Unless the context requires otherwise or unless otherwise noted,
all references in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus
supplement to Goodrich, we or
our are to Goodrich Petroleum Corporation and its
subsidiaries.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other
information with the SEC (File No. 1-7940) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act). You may read and copy any documents that are filed
at the SEC Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of these
documents at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section
of the SEC at its Washington address. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for further information.
Our filings are also available to the public through the
SECs website at http://www.sec.gov.
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference
information that we file with them, which means that we can
disclose important information to you by referring you to
documents previously filed with the SEC. The information
incorporated by reference is an important part of this
prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will
automatically update and supersede this information. The
following documents we filed with the SEC pursuant to the
Exchange Act are incorporated herein by reference (excluding
those portions of any
Form 8-K that is
not deemed filed pursuant to General
Instruction B.2 of
Form 8-K):
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The description of our common stock contained in our
registration statement on Form 8-B dated February 3,
1997, including any amendment to that form that we may have
filed in the past, or may file in the future, for the purpose of
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our definitive proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A
relating to the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; |
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004; |
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Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2005; |
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Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2005; |
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Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
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Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on each of
May 13, 2005, May 10, 2005, May 3, 2005,
April 21, 2005, April 1, 2005 and February 15,
2005. |
In addition, all documents filed by us pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent to the date of this filing and until all of the
securities described in this prospectus are sold or until we
terminate this offering (excluding any information furnished to,
rather than filed with, the SEC) shall be deemed to be
incorporated in this prospectus and to be a part hereof from
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the date of the filing of such documents with the SEC. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all
purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this
prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document which is
also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference,
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
You may request a copy of these filings at no cost by writing or
telephoning us at the following address and telephone number:
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation
Attention: Corporate Secretary
808 Travis Street, Suite 1320
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 780-9494
You should rely only on the information incorporated by
reference or provided in this prospectus or the applicable
prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to
provide you with different information. We are not making an
offer of the securities covered by this prospectus in any state
in which the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that
the information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or
any other document incorporated by reference in this prospectus
is accurate as of any date other than the dates of those
documents.
We also maintain a website at
http://www.goodrichpetroleum.com. However, the
information on our website is not part of this prospectus.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a
safe harbor for certain forward-looking statements.
The statements contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus that are not historical facts (including without
limitation statements to the effect that we believe,
expect, anticipate, plan,
intend, foresee, or other similar
expressions) are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations
and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential
effects on us. There can be no assurance that future
developments affecting us will be those anticipated by us. All
comments concerning our expectations for future revenue and
operating results are based on our forecasts for our existing
operations and do not include the potential impact of any future
acquisitions. These forward-looking statements involve
significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond
our control) and assumptions. They are subject to change based
upon various factors, including but not limited to the risks and
uncertainties mentioned in Managements Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations included in our most recently filed Annual
Report on Form 10-K and in our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q and those factors summarized below:
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the timing and extent of changes in natural gas and oil prices; |
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the timing of planned capital expenditures; |
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our ability to identify and acquire additional properties
necessary to implement our business strategy and our ability to
finance such acquisitions; |
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the inherent uncertainties in estimating proved reserves and
forecasting production results; |
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operational factors affecting the commencement or maintenance of
producing wells, including catastrophic weather related damage,
unscheduled outages or repairs, or unanticipated changes in
drilling equipment costs or rig availability; |
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the condition of the capital markets generally, which will be
affected by interest rates, foreign currency fluctuations and
general economic conditions; |
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settlements, investigations and claims, including environmental
liabilities which may not be covered by indemnity or insurance; |
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the political and economic climate in the foreign or domestic
jurisdictions in which we conduct oil and gas operations,
including risk of war or potential adverse results of military
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other United States regulatory or legislative developments that
affect the demand for natural gas or oil generally, increase the
environmental compliance cost for our production wells or impose
liabilities on the owners of such wells. |
Other factors besides those described in this prospectus, any
prospectus supplement or the documents we incorporate by
reference herein could also affect our actual results.
You should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements,
which are being made only as of the date of such statements.
Except as otherwise required by law, we undertake no obligation
to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect
circumstances or events after the date such statements are made
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You
should, however, review the factors and risks we describe in the
reports we file from time to time with the SEC. All
forward-looking statements attributable to our subsidiaries or
us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement.
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RISK FACTORS
Your investment in our securities involves risks. You should
carefully consider, in addition to the other information
contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus
and any accompanying prospectus supplement, the risks described
below before deciding whether an investment in our securities is
appropriate for you.
Risks Related to Our Business
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Our actual production, revenues and expenditures related
to our reserves are likely to differ from our estimates of our
proved reserves. We may experience production that is less than
estimated and drilling costs that are greater than estimated in
our reserve reports. These differences may be material. |
The proved oil and gas reserve information included or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus represents
estimates. These estimates are based on reports prepared by
consulting reserve engineers and were calculated using oil and
gas prices as of December 31, 2004. These prices will
change and may be lower at the time of production than those
prices that prevailed at the end of 2004. Petroleum engineering
is a subjective process of estimating underground accumulations
of oil and gas that cannot be measured in an exact manner.
Estimates of economically recoverable oil and gas reserves and
of future net cash flows necessarily depend upon a number of
variable factors and assumptions, including:
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assumptions concerning future operating costs, severance and
excise taxes, development costs and workover and remedial costs. |
Because all reserve estimates are to some degree subjective,
each of the following items may differ materially from those
assumed in estimating proved reserves:
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future oil and gas sales prices. |
Furthermore, different reserve engineers may make different
estimates of reserves and cash flows based on the same available
data. Our actual production, revenues and expenditures with
respect to reserves will likely be different from estimates and
the differences may be material. The discounted future net cash
flows included in this document should not be considered as the
current market value of the estimated oil and gas reserves
attributable to our properties. As required by the SEC, the
estimated discounted future net cash flows from proved reserves
are generally based on prices and costs as of the date of the
estimate, while actual future prices and costs may be materially
higher or lower. Actual future net cash flows also will be
affected by factors such as:
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changes in governmental regulations or taxation. |
In addition, the 10% discount factor, which is required by the
SEC to be used to calculate discounted future net cash flows for
reporting purposes, is not necessarily the most appropriate
discount factor based on interest rates in effect from time to
time and risks associated with us or the oil and gas industry in
general.
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Natural gas and oil prices are volatile, and low prices
have had in the past and could have in the future a material
adverse impact on our business. |
Our success will depend on the market prices of oil and gas.
These market prices tend to fluctuate significantly in response
to factors beyond our control. The prices we receive for our
crude oil production are based on global market conditions. The
general pace of global economic growth, the continued
instability in the Middle East and actions of the Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, and its maintenance
of production constraints, as well as other economic, political,
and environmental factors will continue to affect world supply
and prices. Domestic natural gas prices fluctuate significantly
in response to numerous factors including U.S. economic
conditions, weather patterns, other factors affecting demand
such as substitute fuels, the impact of drilling levels on crude
oil and natural gas supply, and the environmental and access
issues that limit future drilling activities for the industry.
Average oil and gas prices increased substantially from 2002 to
2003, from 2003 to 2004 and during the first nine months of
2005. We expect that commodity prices will continue to fluctuate
significantly in the future.
Changes in commodity prices significantly affect our capital
resources, liquidity and expected operating results. Price
changes directly affect revenues and can indirectly impact
expected production by changing the amount of funds available to
us to reinvest in exploration and development activities.
Reductions in oil and gas prices not only reduce revenues and
profits, but could also reduce the quantities of reserves that
are commercially recoverable. Significant declines in prices
could result in non cash charges to earnings due to
impairment. We use derivative financial instruments to hedge a
portion of our exposure to changing commodity prices and we have
hedged a targeted portion of our anticipated production for the
latter part of 2005 through 2007.
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Our use of oil and gas price hedging contracts may limit
future revenues from price increases and result in significant
fluctuations in our net income. |
We use hedging transactions with respect to a portion of our oil
and gas production to achieve more predictable cash flow and to
reduce our exposure to price fluctuations. While the use of
hedging transactions limits the downside risk of price declines,
their use may also limit future revenues from price increases.
Our results of operations may be negatively impacted by our
financial derivative instruments and fixed price forward sales
contracts in the future and these instruments may limit any
benefit we would receive from increases in the prices for
natural gas and oil. For the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, we realized a loss on settled financial
derivatives of $6.17 million, $2.70 million and
$1.01 million, respectively.
In the year ended December 31, 2004, we recognized in
earnings an unrealized gain on derivative instruments in the
amount of $2,317,000. In the nine months ended
September 30, 2005, we recognized in earnings a largely
unrealized loss on derivative instruments not qualifying for
hedge accounting in the amount of $42,736,000. These gains and
losses were recognized because our natural gas hedges were
deemed to be ineffective for the fourth quarter of 2004 and the
first three quarters of 2005, accordingly, the changes in fair
value of such hedges could no longer be reflected in other
comprehensive income, a component of stockholders equity.
To the extent that our hedges are not deemed to be effective in
the future, we will likewise be exposed to volatility in
earnings resulting from changes in the fair value of our hedges.
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Delays in development or production curtailment affecting
our material properties may adversely affect our financial
position and results of operations. |
The size of our operations and our capital expenditure budget
limits the number of wells that we can develop in any given
year. Complications in the development of any single material
well may result in a material adverse affect on our financial
condition and results of operations. In addition, a relatively
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production. If we were to experience operational problems
resulting in the curtailment of production in any of these
wells, our total production levels would be adversely affected,
which would have a material adverse affect on our financial
condition and results of operations.
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Because our operations require significant capital
expenditures, we may not have the funds available to replace
reserves, maintain production or maintain our interests in our
properties. |
We must make a substantial amount of capital expenditures for
the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas
reserves. Historically, we have paid for these expenditures with
cash from operating activities, proceeds from debt and equity
financings and asset sales. Our revenues or cash flows could be
reduced because of lower oil and gas prices or for other
reasons. If our revenues or cash flows decrease, we may not have
the funds available to replace reserves or maintain production
at current levels. If this occurs, our production will decline
over time. Other sources of financing may not be available to us
if our cash flows from operations are not sufficient to fund our
capital expenditure requirements. Where we are not the majority
owner or operator of an oil and gas property, such as the
Lafitte field, we may have no control over the timing or amount
of capital expenditures associated with the particular property.
If we cannot fund such capital expenditures, our interests in
some properties may be reduced or forfeited.
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growth. |
We have experienced and expect to continue to experience
substantial capital expenditure and working capital needs,
particularly as a result of our drilling program. In the future,
we expect that we will require additional financing, in addition
to cash generated from operations, to fund planned growth. We
cannot be certain that additional financing will be available on
acceptable terms or at all. In the event additional capital
resources are unavailable, we may curtail drilling, development
and other activities or be forced to sell some of our assets on
an untimely or unfavorable basis.
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If we are not able to replace reserves, we may not be able
to sustain production at present levels. |
Our future success depends largely upon our ability to find,
develop or acquire additional oil and gas reserves that are
economically recoverable. Unless we replace the reserves we
produce through successful development, exploration or
acquisition activities, our proved reserves will decline over
time. In addition, approximately 63% of our total estimated
proved reserves by volume at December 31, 2004 were
undeveloped. By their nature, estimates of undeveloped reserves
are less certain. Recovery of such reserves will require
significant capital expenditures and successful drilling
operations. We may not be able to successfully find and produce
reserves economically in the future. In addition, we may not be
able to acquire proved reserves at acceptable costs.
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If managements estimates of the recoverable reserves on a
property are revised downward or if natural gas and oil prices
decline, we may be required to record additional non-cash
impairment writedowns in the future, which would result in a
negative impact to our financial position. We review our proved
oil and gas properties for impairment on a depletable unit basis
when circumstances suggest there is a need for such a review. To
determine if a depletable unit is impaired, we compare the
carrying value of the depletable unit to the undiscounted future
net cash flows by applying managements estimates of future
oil and gas prices to the estimated future production of oil and
gas reserves over the economic life of the property. Future net
cash flows are based upon our independent reservoir
engineers estimates of proved reserves. In addition, other
factors such as probable and possible reserves are taken into
consideration when justified by economic conditions. For each
property determined to be impaired, we recognize an impairment
loss equal to the difference between the estimated fair value
and the carrying value of the property on a depletable unit
basis. Fair value is estimated to be the present value of
expected future net cash flows. Any impairment charge incurred
is recorded in accumulated depreciation, depletion, impairment
and amortization to reduce our recorded basis in the asset. Each
part of this calculation is
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subject to a large degree of judgment, including the
determination of the depletable units estimated reserves,
future cash flows and fair value.
We recorded no impairments for the year ended December 31,
2004, however we recorded annual impairments of
$0.34 million and $0.34 million for the years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Managements assumptions used in calculating oil and gas
reserves or regarding the future cash flows or fair value of our
properties are subject to change in the future. Any change could
cause impairment expense to be recorded, impacting our net
income or loss and our basis in the related asset. Any change in
reserves directly impacts our estimate of future cash flows from
the property, as well as the propertys fair value.
Additionally, as managements views related to future
prices change, the change will affect the estimate of future net
cash flows and the fair value estimates. Changes in either of
these amounts will directly impact the calculation of impairment.
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A majority of our production, revenue and cash flow from
operating activities are derived from assets that are
concentrated in a geographic area. |
Approximately 52% of our estimated proved reserves at
December 31, 2004 and a substantially higher percentage of
our production during 2004 were associated with our core South
Louisiana properties (Burrwood and West Delta 83 Fields, Lafitte
Field, Second Bayou Field and Plumb Bob Field). Accordingly, if
the level of production from these properties substantially
declines, it could have a material adverse effect on our overall
production level and our revenue.
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The oil and gas business involves many uncertainties,
economic risks and operating risks that can prevent us from
realizing profits and can cause substantial losses. |
Our oil and gas operations are subject to the economic risks
typically associated with exploration, development and
production activities, including the necessity of significant
expenditures to locate and acquire properties and to drill
exploratory wells. In conducting exploration and development
activities, the presence of unanticipated pressure or
irregularities in formations, miscalculations or accidents may
cause our exploration, development and production activities to
be unsuccessful. This could result in a total loss of our
investment in a particular property. If exploration efforts are
unsuccessful in establishing proved reserves and exploration
activities cease, the amounts accumulated as unproved costs
would be charged against earnings as impairments. In addition,
the cost and timing of drilling, completing and operating wells
is often uncertain.
The nature of the oil and gas business involves certain
operating hazards such as well blowouts, cratering, explosions,
uncontrollable flows of oil, gas or well fluids, fires,
formations with abnormal pressures, pollution, releases of toxic
gas and other environmental hazards and risks. Any of these
operating hazards could result in substantial losses to us. As a
result, substantial liabilities to third parties or governmental
entities may be incurred. The payment of these amounts could
reduce or eliminate the funds available for exploration,
development or acquisitions. These reductions in funds could
result in a loss of our properties. Additionally, some of our
oil and gas operations are located in areas that are subject to
weather disturbances such as hurricanes. Some of these
disturbances can be severe enough to cause substantial damage to
facilities and possibly interrupt production. In accordance with
customary industry practices, we maintain insurance against
some, but not all, of such risks and losses. The occurrence of
an event that is not fully covered by insurance could have a
material adverse effect on our financial position and results of
operations.
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Our debt instruments impose restrictions on us that may
affect our ability to successfully operate our business. |
Our senior credit facility, established in November 2001, as
amended in February 2005, contains customary restrictions,
including covenants limiting our ability to incur additional
debt, grant liens, make investments, consolidate, merge or
acquire other businesses, sell assets, pay dividends and other
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distributions and enter into transactions with affiliates. We
recently received a non-binding commitment from the lenders
under our credit facilities for an expansion and extension of
our existing credit facilities, however, no substantive changes
to these covenants is anticipated. We also are required to meet
specified financial ratios under the terms of our credit
facility. As of September 30, 2005, we were not in
compliance with the working capital ratio and tangible net worth
covenants and had received a waiver from our lenders. These
restrictions may make it difficult for us to successfully
execute our business strategy or to compete in our industry with
companies not similarly restricted.
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We may be unable to identify liabilities associated with
the properties that we acquire or obtain protection from sellers
against them. |
The acquisition of properties requires us to assess a number of
factors, including recoverable reserves, development and
operating costs and potential environmental and other
liabilities. Such assessments are inexact and inherently
uncertain. In connection with the assessments, we perform a
review of the subject properties, but such a review will not
reveal all existing or potential problems. In the course of our
due diligence, we may not inspect every well, platform or
pipeline. We cannot necessarily observe structural and
environmental problems, such as pipeline corrosion, when an
inspection is made. We may not be able to obtain contractual
indemnities from the seller for liabilities that it created. We
may be required to assume the risk of the physical condition of
the properties in addition to the risk that the properties may
not perform in accordance with our expectations.
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We are subject to complex laws and regulations, including
environmental regulations that can adversely affect the cost,
manner or feasibility of doing business. |
Development, production and sale of natural gas and oil in the
U.S. are subject to extensive laws and regulations, including
environmental laws and regulations. We may be required to make
large expenditures to comply with environmental and other
governmental regulations. Matters subject to regulation include:
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taxation. |
Under these laws and regulations, we could be liable for
personal injuries, property damage, oil spills, discharge of
hazardous materials, remediation and clean-up costs and other
environmental damages. Failure to comply with these laws and
regulations also may result in the suspension or termination of
our operations and subject us to administrative, civil and
criminal penalties. Moreover, these laws and regulations could
change in ways that substantially increase our costs.
Accordingly, any of these liabilities, penalties, suspensions,
terminations or regulatory changes could materially adversely
affect our financial condition and results of operations.
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Competition in our industry is intense, and we are smaller
and have a more limited operating history than some of our
competitors. |
We compete with major and independent natural gas and oil
companies for property acquisitions. We also compete for the
equipment and labor required to operate and to develop these
properties. Some of our competitors have substantially greater
financial and other resources than us. In addition, larger
competitors may be able to absorb the burden of any changes in
federal, state and local laws and regulations more easily than
we can, which would adversely affect our competitive position.
These competitors may be able to pay more for natural gas and
oil properties and may be able to define, evaluate, bid for and
acquire a greater number of properties than we can. Our ability
to acquire additional properties and develop new and existing
properties in the future will depend on our ability to conduct
operations, to evaluate and select suitable properties and to
consummate transactions in this highly competitive environment.
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Our success depends on our management team and other key
personnel, the loss of any of whom could disrupt our business
operations. |
Our success will depend on our ability to retain and attract
experienced engineers, geoscientists and other professional
staff. We depend to a large extent on the efforts, technical
expertise and continued employment of these personnel and
members of our management team. If a significant number of them
resign or become unable to continue in their present role and if
they are not adequately replaced, our business operations could
be adversely affected.
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Some of our operations are exposed to the additional risk
of tropical weather disturbances. |
Some of our production and reserves are located in South
Louisiana. Operations in this area are subject to tropical
weather disturbances. Some of these disturbances can be severe
enough to cause substantial damage to facilities and possibly
interrupt production. For example, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
impacted our South Louisiana operations in the third quarter of
2005 causing the shut-in of our Burrwood/ West Delta 83 and
Lafitte fields in late August and the shut-in of our Second
Bayou field in late September. Prior to the Hurricane Katrina
shut-in, we estimate that our net production from the fields in
South Louisiana affected by the two hurricanes averaged
approximately 12,500 Mcfe per day and we have presently restored
approximately two-thirds of this lost production as of the date
of this prospectus. Damage to our facilities due to the two
hurricanes was substantially covered by insurance. In accordance
with customary industry practices, we maintain insurance against
some, but not all, of these risks.
Losses could occur for uninsured risks or in amounts in excess
of existing insurance coverage. We cannot assure you that we
will be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at
rates it considers reasonable or that any particular types of
coverage will be available. An event that is not fully covered
by insurance could have a material adverse effect on our
financial position and results of operations.
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Terrorist attacks or similar hostilities may adversely
impact our results of operations. |
The impact that future terrorist attacks or regional hostilities
(particularly in the Middle East) may have on the energy
industry in general, and on us in particular, is unknown.
Uncertainty surrounding military strikes or a sustained military
campaign may affect our operations in unpredictable ways,
including disruptions of fuel supplies and markets, particularly
oil, and the possibility that infrastructure facilities,
including pipelines, production facilities, processing plants
and refineries, could be direct targets of, or indirect
casualties of, an act of terror or war. Moreover, we have
incurred additional costs since the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001 to safeguard certain of our assets and
we may be required to incur significant additional costs in the
future.
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the changes
in the insurance markets attributable to such attacks have made
certain types of insurance more difficult for us to obtain.
There can be no assurance that insurance will be available to us
without significant additional costs. Instability in the
financial markets as a result of terrorism or war could also
affect our ability to raise capital.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
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We do not intend to pay, and are restricted in our ability
to pay, dividends on our common stock. |
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common
stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings and other
cash resources, if any, for the operation and development of our
business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our
common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of any future
dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors
after taking into account many factors, including our financial
condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs
and plans for expansion. In addition, our current credit
facility prohibits us from paying cash dividends on our common
stock. Any future dividends may also be restricted by any loan
agreements that we may enter into from time to time.
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Insiders own a significant amount of common stock, giving
them influence or control in corporate transactions and other
matters, and the interests of these individuals could differ
from those of other stockholders. |
As of September 30, 2005, members of our board of directors
and our management team beneficially own approximately 50% of
our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, these
stockholders are in a position to significantly influence or
control the outcome of matters requiring a stockholder vote,
including the election of directors, the adoption of an
amendment to our certificate of incorporation or bylaws and the
approval of mergers and other significant corporate
transactions. Their control of us may delay or prevent a change
of control of us and may adversely affect the voting and other
rights of other stockholders.
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Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain
provisions that could discourage an acquisition or change of
control of us. |
Our certificate of incorporation authorize our board of
directors to issue preferred stock without shareholder approval.
If our board of directors elects to issue preferred stock, it
could be more difficult for a third party to acquire control of
us. In addition, provisions of the certificate of incorporation
and bylaws, such as limitations on shareholder proposals at
meetings of shareholders and restrictions on the ability of our
shareholders to call special meetings, could also make it more
difficult for a third party to acquire control of us. Our bylaws
provide that our board of directors is divided into three
classes, each elected for staggered three-year terms. Thus,
control of the board of directors cannot be changed in one year;
rather, at least two annual meetings must be held before a
majority of the members of the board of directors could be
changed
These provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws
may delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt
that a shareholder might consider in his or her best interest,
including attempts that might result in a premium over the
market price for the common stock. Please read Description
of Capital Stock for additional details concerning the
provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
Risks Related to Debt Securities
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If an active trading market does not develop for a series
of Debt Securities sold pursuant to this prospectus, you may be
unable to sell any such Debt Securities or to sell any such Debt
Securities at a price that you deem sufficient. |
Unless otherwise specified in an accompanying prospectus
supplement, any Debt Securities sold pursuant to this prospectus
will be new securities for which there currently is no
established trading market. We may elect not to list any Debt
Securities sold pursuant to this prospectus on a national
securities exchange. While the underwriters of a particular
offering of Debt Securities may advise us that they intend to
make a market in those Debt Securities, the underwriters will
not be obligated to do so and may stop their market making at
any time. No assurance can be given:
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that a market for any series of Debt Securities will develop or
continue; |
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as to your ability to sell any Debt Securities you may own or
the price at which you may be able to sell your Debt Securities. |
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A guarantee of Debt Securities could be voided if the
guarantors fraudulently transferred their guarantees at the time
they incurred the indebtedness, which could result in the
holders of Debt Securities being able to rely on only Goodrich
Petroleum Corporation to satisfy claims. |
Any series of Debt Securities issued pursuant to this prospectus
may be fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by the
Subsidiary Guarantors. However, under United States bankruptcy
law
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and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws,
such a guarantee can be voided, or claims under a guarantee may
be subordinated to all other debts of that guarantor if, among
other things, the guarantor, at the time it incurred the
indebtedness evidenced by its guarantee:
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intended to hinder, delay or defraud any present or future
creditor or received less than reasonably equivalent value or
fair consideration for the incurrence of the guarantee; |
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was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence; |
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was engaged in a business or transaction for which the
guarantors remaining assets constituted unreasonably small
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intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond
its ability to pay those debts as they mature. |
In addition, any payment by that guarantor under a guarantee
could be voided and required to be returned to the guarantor or
to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the guarantor.
The measures of insolvency for purposes of fraudulent transfer
laws vary depending upon the governing law. Generally, a
guarantor would be considered insolvent if:
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the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was
greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets; |
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amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on
its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they
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Holders of any Debt Securities sold pursuant to this
prospectus will be effectively subordinated to all of our and
the Subsidiary Guarantors secured indebtedness and to all
liabilities of any non-guarantor subsidiaries. |
Holders of our secured indebtedness, including the indebtedness
under our credit facility, have claims with respect to our
assets constituting collateral for their indebtedness that are
prior to the claims of any Debt Securities sold pursuant to this
prospectus. In the event of a default on such Debt Securities or
our bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization, those assets
would be available to satisfy obligations with respect to the
indebtedness secured thereby before any payment could be made on
Debt Securities sold pursuant to this prospectus. Accordingly,
the secured indebtedness would effectively be senior to such
series of Debt Securities to the extent of the value of the
collateral securing the indebtedness. To the extent the value of
the collateral is not sufficient to satisfy the secured
indebtedness, the holders of that indebtedness would be entitled
to share with the holders of the Debt Securities issued pursuant
to this prospectus and the holders of other claims against us
with respect to our other assets.
In addition, the Subsidiary Guarantors may not constitute all of
our subsidiaries and any series of Debt Securities issued and
sold pursuant to this prospectus may not be guaranteed by all of
our subsidiaries, and our non-guarantor subsidiaries will be
permitted to incur additional indebtedness under the indenture.
As a result, holders of such Debt Securities may be effectively
subordinated to claims of third party creditors, including
holders of indebtedness, and preferred shareholders of these
non-guarantor subsidiaries. Claims of those other creditors,
including trade creditors, secured creditors, governmental
taxing authorities, holders of indebtedness or guarantees issued
by the non-guarantor subsidiaries and preferred shareholders of
the non-guarantor subsidiaries, will generally have priority as
to the assets of the non-guarantor subsidiaries over our claims
and equity interests. As a result, holders of our indebtedness,
including the holders of the Debt Securities sold pursuant to
this prospectus, will be effectively subordinated to all those
claims.
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THE COMPANY
We are an independent oil and gas company engaged in the
exploration, exploitation, development and production of oil and
natural gas properties primarily in the Cotton Valley Trend of
East Texas and Northwest Louisiana and in the transition zone of
South Louisiana. At December 31, 2004, we owned working
interests in 89 active oil and gas wells located in 18 fields in
four states. At December 31, 2004, we had estimated proved
reserves of approximately 5.6 million barrels of oil and
condensate and 67.7 billion cubic feet, or Bcf, of natural
gas, or an aggregate of 101.21 Bcf equivalent, or Bcfe,
with a pre-tax present value of future net reserves, discounted
at 10 percent, of $241.5 million and an after-tax
present value of future net revenues of $180.7 million.
Our principal executive offices are located at 808 Travis
Street, Suite 1320, Houston, Texas 77002. We also have an
office in Shreveport, Louisiana. Our common stock is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GDP.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Our business strategy is to provide long term growth in net
asset value per share, through the growth and expansion of our
oil and gas reserves and production. We focus on adding reserve
value through the careful evaluation and aggressive pursuit of
oil and gas drilling and acquisition opportunities. Economic
analyses are prepared on each drilling and acquisition
opportunity with criteria of adding net present value for every
dollar invested. In addition, we implemented an active hedging
program designed to partially reduce commodity price risks in an
effort to realize the desired economic returns.
Several of the key elements of our business strategy are the
following:
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Exploit and Develop Existing Property Base. We seek to
maximize the value of our existing assets by developing and
exploiting properties with the highest production and reserve
growth potential. We intend to concentrate on developing our
multi-year inventory of drilling locations in the Cotton Valley
Trend, currently totaling approximately 115,000 gross acres
(65,000 net acres), while selectively pursuing exploitation and
development opportunities on our South Louisiana transition zone
properties. We are continually performing field studies of our
existing properties and reevaluating exploration and development
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Focus on Low Operating Costs. We continually seek ways to
minimize lease operating expenses and overhead expenses. We will
continue to seek to control costs to the greatest extent
possible by controlling our operations. As we continue to
develop our Cotton Valley Trend properties, our overall
operating costs per Mcfe are expected to decrease due to the
lower cost nature of our Cotton Valley operations. |
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Selectively Grow Through Exploration. We conduct an
active exploration program, both within and outside our existing
properties, that is designed to complement our lower risk
exploitation and development efforts with moderate risk
exploration projects offering greater production and reserve
potential. We utilize
3-D seismic data and
other technical applications, as appropriate, to manage our
exploration risk. We will also attempt to reduce our risk on
exploration projects, when appropriate, through the sale of
working interests to outside drilling partners on a promoted
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Pursue Strategic Acquisitions and Divestitures. We
concentrate our efforts in areas where we can apply our
technical expertise and where we have significant operational
control or experience. To leverage our extensive regional
knowledge base, we seek to acquire leasehold acreage with
significant drilling potential in areas, such as the Cotton
Valley Trend and South Louisiana, which exhibit similar
characteristics to our existing properties. We continually
strive to rationalize our portfolio of properties by selling
marginal properties in an effort to redeploy capital to
exploitation, development and exploration projects which offer a
potentially higher overall return. |
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our exposure to commodity price fluctuations by hedging
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derivatives, typically fixed price swaps and costless collars.
The level of our hedging activity and the duration of the
instruments employed depend upon our view of market conditions,
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ABOUT THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation is a holding company. We conduct
all of our operations through our subsidiaries. Goodrich
Petroleum Company, LLC, Goodrich Petroleum Company
Lafitte, LLC and LECE, Inc. are our only subsidiaries as of the
date of this prospectus and, if so indicated in an accompanying
prospectus supplement, each of these subsidiaries may jointly
and severally, fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee
our payment obligations under any series of debt securities
offered by this prospectus. We refer to these subsidiary
guarantors in this prospectus as the Subsidiary
Guarantors. Financial information concerning our
Subsidiary Guarantors and non-guarantor subsidiaries will be
included in our consolidated financial statements filed as a
part of our periodic reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act
to the extent required by the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Additional information concerning our subsidiaries and us is
included in reports and other documents incorporated by
reference in this prospectus. See Where You Can Find More
Information.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as may be stated in the applicable prospectus supplement,
we intend to use the net proceeds we receive from any sales of
securities by us under this prospectus for general corporate
purposes.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERENCE SECURITIES
DIVIDENDS
The following table contains our consolidated ratios of earnings
to fixed charges and ratios of earnings to fixed charges plus
preferred stock dividends for the periods indicated.
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The ratios were computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges
and by fixed charges plus preferred stock dividends,
respectively. For this purpose, earnings represent
the aggregate of (i) income from continuing operations
before income taxes and (ii) fixed charges (excluding
capitalized interest). Fixed charges consists of
interest expense, amortization of debt discount and deferred
financing costs. The deficiency of earnings necessary to cover
fixed charges and fixed charges plus dividends for the year
ended December 31, 2002 was $0.47 million in each
case. The deficiency of earnings necessary to cover fixed
charges and fixed charges plus dividends for the nine months
ended September 30, 2005 was $38.97 million in each
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Debt Securities will be either our senior debt securities
(Senior Debt Securities) or our subordinated debt
securities (Subordinated Debt Securities). The
Senior Debt Securities and the Subordinated Debt Securities will
be issued under separate Indentures among us, the Subsidiary
Guarantors of such Debt Securities, if any, and a trustee to be
determined (the Trustee). Senior Debt Securities
will be issued under a Senior Indenture and
Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued under a
Subordinated Indenture. Together, the Senior
Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are called
Indentures.
The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or
more series. The particular terms of each series that are
offered by a prospectus supplement will be described in the
prospectus supplement.
Unless the Debt Securities are guaranteed by our subsidiaries as
described below, the rights of Goodrich and our creditors,
including holders of the Debt Securities, to participate in the
assets of any subsidiary upon the latters liquidation or
reorganization, will be subject to the prior claims of the
subsidiarys creditors, except to the extent that we may
ourself be a creditor with recognized claims against such
subsidiary.
We have summarized selected provisions of the Indentures below.
The summary is not complete. The form of each Indenture has been
filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part, and you should read the
Indentures for provisions that may be important to you. In the
summary below we have included references to article or section
numbers of the applicable Indenture so that you can easily
locate these provisions. Whenever we refer in this prospectus or
in the prospectus supplement to particular article or sections
or defined terms of the Indentures, those article or sections or
defined terms are incorporated by reference herein or therein,
as applicable. Capitalized terms used in the summary have the
meanings specified in the Indentures.
General
The Indentures provide that Debt Securities in separate series
may be issued thereunder from time to time without limitation as
to aggregate principal amount. We may specify a maximum
aggregate principal amount for the Debt Securities of any series
(Section 301). We will determine the terms and conditions
of the Debt Securities, including the maturity, principal and
interest, but those terms must be consistent with the Indenture.
The Debt Securities may be our secured or unsecured obligations.
The Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated in right
of payment to the prior payment in full of all of our Senior
Debt (as defined) as described under
Subordination of Subordinated Debt
Securities and in the prospectus supplement applicable to
any Subordinated Debt Securities.
If the prospectus supplement so indicates, the Debt Securities
will be convertible into our common stock (Section 301).
If specified in the prospectus supplement, our subsidiaries (the
Subsidiary Guarantors) will fully and
unconditionally guarantee (the Subsidiary
Guarantees) on a joint and several basis the Debt
Securities as described under Subsidiary
Guarantees and in the prospectus supplement. The
Subsidiary Guarantees will be unsecured obligations of each
Subsidiary Guarantor. Subsidiary Guarantees of Subordinated Debt
Securities will be subordinated to the Senior Debt of the
Subsidiary Guarantors on the same basis as the Subordinated Debt
Securities are subordinated to our Senior Debt
(Article Thirteen).
The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the price or
prices at which the Debt Securities to be offered will be issued
and will describe the following terms of such Debt Securities:
(1) the title of the Debt Securities;
(2) whether the Debt Securities are Senior Debt Securities
or Subordinated Debt Securities and, if Subordinated Debt
Securities, the related subordination terms;
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(3) whether any of the Subsidiary Guarantors will provide
Subsidiary Guarantees of the Debt Securities;
(4) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities;
(5) the dates on which the principal of the Debt Securities
will be payable;
(6) the interest rate that the Debt Securities will bear
and the interest payment dates for the Debt Securities;
(7) the places where payments on the Debt Securities will
be payable;
(8) any terms upon which the Debt Securities may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option;
(9) any sinking fund or other provisions that would
obligate us to repurchase or otherwise redeem the Debt
Securities;
(10) the portion of the principal amount, if less than all,
of the Debt Securities that will be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity of the Debt Securities;
(11) whether the Debt Securities are defeasible;
(12) any addition to or change in the Events of Default;
(13) whether the Debt Securities are convertible into our
common stock and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which
conversion will be effected, including the initial conversion
price or conversion rate and any adjustments thereto and the
conversion period;
(14) any addition to or change in the covenants in the
Indenture applicable to the Debt Securities; and
(15) any other terms of the Debt Securities not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture
(Section 301).
Debt Securities, including any Debt Securities which provide for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof (Original Issue Discount Securities), may be
sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount.
Special United States federal income tax considerations
applicable to Debt Securities sold at an original issue discount
may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. In
addition, special United States federal income tax or other
considerations applicable to any Debt Securities that are
denominated in a currency or currency unit other than United
States dollars may be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities
The indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Debt Securities
will, to the extent set forth in the Subordinated Indenture with
respect to each series of Subordinated Debt Securities, be
subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all of our Senior Debt, including the Senior Debt Securities,
and it may also be senior in right of payment to all of our
Subordinated Debt (Article Twelve of the Subordinated
Indenture). The prospectus supplement relating to any
Subordinated Debt Securities will summarize the subordination
provisions of the Subordinated Indenture applicable to that
series including:
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specified defaults with respect to any Senior Debt, including
the circumstances under which and the periods in which we will
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Debt Securities of that series and, if the series is issued on a
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The prospectus supplement will also describe as of a recent date
the approximate amount of Senior Debt to which the Subordinated
Debt Securities of that series will be subordinated.
The failure to make any payment on any of the Subordinated Debt
Securities by reason of the subordination provisions of the
Subordinated Indenture described in the prospectus supplement
will not be construed as preventing the occurrence of an Event
of Default with respect to the Subordinated Debt Securities
arising from any such failure to make payment.
The subordination provisions described above will not be
applicable to payments in respect of the Subordinated Debt
Securities from a defeasance trust established in connection
with any legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the
Subordinated Debt Securities as described under
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
Subsidiary Guarantees
If specified in the prospectus supplement, the Subsidiary
Guarantors will guarantee the Debt Securities of a series.
Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the
following provisions will apply to the Subsidiary Guarantees of
the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Subject to the limitations described below and in the prospectus
supplement, the Subsidiary Guarantors will, jointly and
severally, fully and unconditionally guarantee the punctual
payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, of all our payment obligations under the Indentures
and the Debt Securities of a series, whether for principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities or otherwise
(all such obligations guaranteed by a Subsidiary Guarantor being
herein called the Guaranteed Obligations). The
Subsidiary Guarantors will also pay all expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the applicable
Trustee in enforcing any rights under a Subsidiary Guarantee
with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor (Section 1302).
In the case of Subordinated Debt Securities, a Subsidiary
Guarantors Subsidiary Guarantee will be subordinated in
right of payment to the Senior Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor
on the same basis as the Subordinated Debt Securities are
subordinated to our Senior Debt. No payment will be made by any
Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee during any
period in which payments by us on the Subordinated Debt
Securities are suspended by the subordination provisions of the
Subordinated Indenture (Article Fourteen of the
Subordinated Indenture).
Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited in amount to an amount
not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the
relevant Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering such Subsidiary
Guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally (Section 1306).
Each Subsidiary Guarantee will be a continuing guarantee and
will:
(1) remain in full force and effect until either
(a) payment in full of all the applicable Debt Securities
(or such Debt Securities are otherwise satisfied and discharged
in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture)
or (b) released as described in the following paragraph;
(2) be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(3) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
applicable Trustee, the Holders and their successors,
transferees and assigns.
In the event that a Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a
Subsidiary, either legal defeasance or covenant defeasance
occurs with respect to the series or all or substantially all of
the assets or all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary
Guarantor is sold, including by way of sale, merger,
consolidation or otherwise, such Subsidiary Guarantor will be
released and discharged of its obligations under its Subsidiary
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Guarantee without any further action required on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder, and no other person acquiring or owning
the assets or Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor will be
required to enter into a Subsidiary Guarantee
(Section 1304). In addition, the prospectus supplement may
specify additional circumstances under which a Subsidiary
Guarantor can be released from its Subsidiary Guarantee.
Form, Exchange and Transfer
The Debt Securities of each series will be issuable only in
fully registered form, without coupons, and, unless otherwise
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, only in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof
(Section 302).
At the option of the Holder, subject to the terms of the
applicable Indenture and the limitations applicable to Global
Securities, Debt Securities of each series will be exchangeable
for other Debt Securities of the same series of any authorized
denomination and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount
(Section 305).
Subject to the terms of the applicable Indenture and the
limitations applicable to Global Securities, Debt Securities may
be presented for exchange as provided above or for registration
of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed
thereon duly executed) at the office of the Security Registrar
or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for such
purpose. No service charge will be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, but we may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in that connection. Such transfer or
exchange will be effected upon the Security Registrar or such
transfer agent, as the case may be, being satisfied with the
documents of title and identity of the person making the
request. The Security Registrar and any other transfer agent
initially designated by us for any Debt Securities will be named
in the applicable prospectus supplement (Section 305). We
may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind
the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the
office through which any transfer agent acts, except that we
will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each Place of
Payment for the Debt Securities of each series
(Section 1002).
If the Debt Securities of any series (or of any series and
specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, we will not be
required to (1) issue, register the transfer of or exchange
any Debt Security of that series (or of that series and
specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of
mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Debt Security that
may be selected for redemption and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing or (2) register the
transfer of or exchange any Debt Security so selected for
redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion
of any such Debt Security being redeemed in part
(Section 305).
Global Securities
Some or all of the Debt Securities of any series may be
represented, in whole or in part, by one or more Global
Securities that will have an aggregate principal amount equal to
that of the Debt Securities they represent. Each Global Security
will be registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee
identified in the applicable prospectus supplement, will be
deposited with such Depositary or nominee or its custodian and
will bear a legend regarding the restrictions on exchanges and
registration of transfer thereof referred to below and any such
other matters as may be provided for pursuant to the applicable
Indenture.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Indentures or any Debt
Security described in this prospectus, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities registered,
and no transfer of a
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Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the
name of any person other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or any nominee of such Depositary unless:
(1) the Depositary has notified us that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or has
ceased to be qualified to act as such as required by the
applicable Indenture, and in either case we fail to appoint a
successor Depositary within 90 days;
(2) an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities
represented by such Global Security has occurred and is
continuing and the Trustee has received a written request from
the Depositary to issue certificated Debt Securities; or
(3) other circumstances exist, in addition to or in lieu of
those described above, as may be described in the applicable
prospectus supplement.
All certificated Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global
Security or any portion thereof will be registered in such names
as the Depositary may direct (Sections 205 and 305).
As long as the Depositary, or its nominee, is the registered
holder of a Global Security, the Depositary or such nominee, as
the case may be, will be considered the sole owner and Holder of
such Global Security and the Debt Securities that it represents
for all purposes under the Debt Securities and the applicable
Indenture (Section 308). Except in the limited
circumstances referred to above, owners of beneficial interests
in a Global Security will not be entitled to have such Global
Security or any Debt Securities that it represents registered in
their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical
delivery of certificated Debt Securities in exchange for those
interests and will not be considered to be the owners or Holders
of such Global Security or any Debt Securities that is
represents for any purpose under the Debt Securities or the
applicable Indenture. All payments on a Global Security will be
made to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as
the Holder of the security. The laws of some jurisdictions
require that some purchasers of Debt Securities take physical
delivery of such Debt Securities in certificated form. These
laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in
a Global Security.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Security will be
limited to institutions that have accounts with the Depositary
or its nominee (participants) and to persons that
may hold beneficial interests through participants. In
connection with the issuance of any Global Security, the
Depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and
transfer system, the respective principal amounts of Debt
Securities represented by the Global Security to the accounts of
its participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global
Security will be shown only on, and the transfer of those
ownership interests will be effected only through, records
maintained by the Depositary (with respect to participants
interests) or any such participant (with respect to interests of
persons held by such participants on their behalf). Payments,
transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to beneficial
interests in a Global Security may be subject to various
policies and procedures adopted by the Depositary from time to
time. None of us, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustees or the
agents of ourself, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustees
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
Depositarys or any participants records relating to,
or for payments made on account of, beneficial interests in a
Global Security, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial interests.
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus
supplement, payment of interest on a Debt Security on any
Interest Payment Date will be made to the Person in whose name
such Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities)
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest (Section 307).
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus
supplement, principal of and any premium and interest on the
Debt Securities of a particular series will be payable at the
office of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents as we may designate
for such purpose from time to time, except that at our option
payment of any interest on Debt Securities in certificated form
may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security
Register. Unless otherwise indicated in the
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applicable prospectus supplement, the corporate trust office of
the Trustee under the Senior Indenture in The City of New York
will be designated as sole Paying Agent for payments with
respect to Senior Debt Securities of each series, and the
corporate trust office of the Trustee under the Subordinated
Indenture in The City of New York will be designated as the sole
Paying Agent for payment with respect to Subordinated Debt
Securities of each series. Any other Paying Agents initially
designated by us for the Debt Securities of a particular series
will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may at
any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the
designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the
office through which any Paying Agent acts, except that we will
be required to maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment
for the Debt Securities of a particular series
(Section 1002).
All money paid by us to a Paying Agent for the payment of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Debt Security
which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such
principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will
be repaid to us, and the Holder of such Debt Security thereafter
may look only to us for payment (Section 1003).
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, we may
not consolidate with or merge into, or transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets to,
any Person (a successor Person), and may not permit
any Person to consolidate with or merge into us, unless:
(1) the successor Person (if any) is a corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly
existing under the laws of any domestic jurisdiction and assumes
our obligations on the Debt Securities and under the Indentures;
(2) immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to
the transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after
notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
Default, has occurred and is continuing; and
(3) several other conditions, including any additional
conditions with respect to any particular Debt Securities
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, are met
(Section 801).
Events of Default
Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, each of
the following will constitute an Event of Default under the
applicable Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any
series:
(1) failure to pay principal of or any premium on any Debt
Security of that series when due, whether or not, in the case of
Subordinated Debt Securities, such payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions of the Subordinated Indenture;
(2) failure to pay any interest on any Debt Securities of
that series when due, continued for 30 days, whether or
not, in the case of Subordinated Debt Securities, such payment
is prohibited by the subordination provisions of the
Subordinated Indenture;
(3) failure to deposit any sinking fund payment, when due,
in respect of any Debt Security of that series, whether or not,
in the case of Subordinated Debt Securities, such deposit is
prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Subordinated
Indenture;
(4) failure to perform or comply with the provisions
described under Consolidation, Merger and Sale
of Assets;
(5) failure to perform any of our other covenants in such
Indenture (other than a covenant included in such Indenture
solely for the benefit of a series other than that series),
continued for 60 days after written notice has been given
by the applicable Trustee, or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that
series, as provided in such Indenture;
(6) Indebtedness of ourself, any Significant Subsidiary or,
if a Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed the series, such
Subsidiary Guarantor, is not paid within any applicable grace
period after final maturity or
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is accelerated by its holders because of a default and the total
amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds
$20.0 million;
(7) any judgment or decree for the payment of money in
excess of $20.0 million is entered against us, any
Significant Subsidiary or, if a Subsidiary Guarantor has
guaranteed the series, such Subsidiary Guarantor, remains
outstanding for a period of 60 consecutive days following entry
of such judgment and is not discharged, waived or stayed;
(8) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization affecting us, any Significant Subsidiary or, if a
Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed the series, such Subsidiary
Guarantor; and
(9) if any Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed such series,
the Subsidiary Guarantee of any such Subsidiary Guarantor is
held by a final non-appealable order or judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases
for any reason to be in full force and effect (other than in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture) or any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any
Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms such Subsidiary
Guarantors obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee
(other than by reason of a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor
from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of
the applicable Indenture) (Section 501).
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with
respect to Goodrich Petroleum Corporation described in
clause (8) above) with respect to the Debt Securities of
any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing,
either the applicable Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that
series by notice as provided in the Indenture may declare the
principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series (or, in
the case of any Debt Security that is an Original Issue Discount
Debt Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Debt
Security as may be specified in the terms of such Debt Security)
to be due and payable immediately, together with any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon. If an Event of Default with respect to
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation described in clause (8)
above with respect to the Debt Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Debt
Securities of that series (or, in the case of any such Original
Issue Discount Security, such specified amount) will
automatically, and without any action by the applicable Trustee
or any Holder, become immediately due and payable, together with
any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. After any such
acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on
acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series may, under
certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if
all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal (or other specified amount), have been cured or waived
as provided in the applicable Indenture (Section 502). For
information as to waiver of defaults, see
Modification and Waiver below.
Subject to the provisions of the Indentures relating to the
duties of the Trustees in case an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, each Trustee will be under no obligation to
exercise any of its rights or powers under the applicable
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders,
unless such Holders have offered to such Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity (Section 603). Subject to such
provisions for the indemnification of the Trustees, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of any series will have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of
that series (Section 512).
No Holder of a Debt Security of any series will have any right
to institute any proceeding with respect to the applicable
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee under
the applicable Indenture written notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Debt Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of that series have made written
request, and such Holder or Holders have offered reasonable
indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as
trustee; and
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(3) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding,
and has not received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series a
direction inconsistent with such request, within 60 days
after such notice, request and offer (Section 507).
However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a
Holder of a Debt Security for the enforcement of payment of the
principal of or any premium or interest on such Debt Security on
or after the applicable due date specified in such Debt Security
or, if applicable, to convert such Debt Security
(Section 508).
We will be required to furnish to each Trustee annually a
statement by certain of our officers as to whether or not we, to
their knowledge, are in default in the performance or observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the applicable
Indenture and, if so, specifying all such known defaults
(Section 1004).
Modification and Waiver
Modifications and amendments of an Indenture may be made by us,
the Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable, and the applicable
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each
series affected by such modification or amendment; provided,
however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected
thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Debt Security;
(2) reduce the principal amount of, or any premium or
interest on, any Debt Security;
(3) reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security or any other Debt Security payable upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof;
(4) change the place or currency of payment of principal
of, or any premium or interest on, any Debt Security;
(5) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement
of any payment due on or any conversion right with respect to
any Debt Security;
(6) modify the subordination provisions in the case of
Subordinated Debt Securities, or modify any conversion
provisions, in either case in a manner adverse to the Holders of
the Subordinated Debt Securities;
(7) except as provided in the applicable Indenture, release
the Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(8) reduce the percentage in principal amount of
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose
Holders is required for modification or amendment of the
Indenture;
(9) reduce the percentage in principal amount of
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series necessary for waiver
of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or for
waiver of certain defaults;
(10) modify such provisions with respect to modification,
amendment or waiver (Section 902); or
(11) following the making of an offer to purchase Debt
Securities from any Holder that has been made pursuant to a
covenant in such Indenture, modify such covenant in a manner
adverse to such Holder.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of any series may waive compliance by us with
certain restrictive provisions of the applicable Indenture
(Section 1009). The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may
waive any past default under the applicable Indenture, except a
default in the payment of principal, premium or
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interest and certain covenants and provisions of the Indenture
which cannot be amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Debt Security of such series (Section 513).
Each of the Indentures provides that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities have given or taken any direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action under such Indenture as of any
date:
(1) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that will be deemed to be Outstanding will be the
amount of the principal that would be due and payable as of such
date upon acceleration of maturity to such date;
(2) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at
the Stated Maturity of a Debt Security is not determinable (for
example, because it is based on an index), the principal amount
of such Debt Security deemed to be Outstanding as of such date
will be an amount determined in the manner prescribed for such
Debt Security;
(3) the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in
one or more foreign currencies or currency units that will be
deemed to be Outstanding will be the United States-dollar
equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner prescribed
for such Debt Security, of the principal amount of such Debt
Security (or, in the case of a Debt Security described in
clause (1) or (2) above, of the amount described in
such clause); and
(4) certain Debt Securities, including those owned by us,
any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of our other Affiliates, will
not be deemed to be Outstanding (Section 101).
Except in certain limited circumstances, we will be entitled to
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series entitled to
give or take any direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action under the applicable Indenture, in the manner and subject
to the limitations provided in the Indenture. In certain limited
circumstances, the Trustee will be entitled to set a record date
for action by Holders. If a record date is set for any action to
be taken by Holders of a particular series, only persons who are
Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of that series on the
record date may take such action. To be effective, such action
must be taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
such Debt Securities within a specified period following the
record date. For any particular record date, this period will be
180 days or such other period as may be specified by us (or
the Trustee, if it set the record date), and may be shortened or
lengthened (but not beyond 180 days) from time to time
(Section 104).
Satisfaction and Discharge
Each Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of
further effect as to all outstanding Debt Securities of any
series issued thereunder, when:
(1) either:
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(a) all outstanding Debt Securities of that series that
have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Debt
Securities that have been replaced or paid and Debt Securities
for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
and thereafter repaid to us) have been delivered to the Trustee
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(b) all outstanding Debt Securities of that series that
have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have
become due and payable or will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year or are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee and in any case we have irrevocably deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds money in an amount sufficient,
without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay
the entire indebtedness of such Debt Securities not delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any,
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(2) we have paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable by us under the Indenture with respect to the Debt
Securities of that series; and
(3) we have delivered an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions
precedent to satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with
respect to the Debt Securities of that series have been
satisfied (Article Four).
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
If and to the extent indicated in the applicable prospectus
supplement, we may elect, at our option at any time, to have the
provisions of Section 1502, relating to defeasance and
discharge of indebtedness, which we call legal
defeasance or Section 1503, relating to defeasance of
certain restrictive covenants applied to the Debt Securities of
any series, or to any specified part of a series, which we call
covenant defeasance (Section 1501).
Legal Defeasance. The Indentures provide that, upon our
exercise of our option (if any) to have Section 1502
applied to any Debt Securities, we and, if applicable, each
Subsidiary Guarantor will be discharged from all our
obligations, and, if such Debt Securities are Subordinated Debt
Securities, the provisions of the Subordinated Indenture
relating to subordination will cease to be effective, with
respect to such Debt Securities (except for certain obligations
to convert, exchange or register the transfer of Debt
Securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated Debt
Securities, to maintain paying agencies and to hold moneys for
payment in trust) upon the deposit in trust for the benefit of
the Holders of such Debt Securities of money or
U.S. Government Obligations, or both, which, through the
payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount
sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on such Debt Securities on the respective Stated Maturities in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture and such
Debt Securities. Such defeasance or discharge may occur only if,
among other things:
(1) we have delivered to the applicable Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that we have received from, or there
has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or there has been a change in tax law, in
either case to the effect that Holders of such Debt Securities
will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit and legal defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and legal defeasance were not to occur;
(2) no Event of Default or event that with the passing of
time or the giving of notice, or both, shall constitute an Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of
such deposit or, with respect to any Event of Default described
in clause (8) under Events of
Default, at any time until 121 days after such
deposit;
(3) such deposit and legal defeasance will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
agreement or instrument (other than the applicable Indenture) to
which we are a party or by which we are bound;
(4) in the case of Subordinated Debt Securities, at the
time of such deposit, no default in the payment of all or a
portion of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
of our Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing, no
event of default shall have resulted in the acceleration of any
of our Senior Debt and no other event of default with respect to
any of our Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing
permitting after notice or the lapse of time, or both, the
acceleration thereof; and
(5) we have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such deposit shall not cause the Trustee or
the trust so created to be subject to the Investment Company Act
of 1940 (Sections 1502 and 1504).
Covenant Defeasance. The Indentures provide that, upon
our exercise of our option (if any) to have Section 1503
applied to any Debt Securities, we may omit to comply with
certain restrictive covenants (but not to conversion, if
applicable), including those that may be described in the
applicable prospectus
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supplement, the occurrence of certain Events of Default, which
are described above in clause (5) (with respect to such
restrictive covenants) and clauses (6), (7) and
(9) under Events of Default and any that may be
described in the applicable prospectus supplement, will not be
deemed to either be or result in an Event of Default and, if
such Debt Securities are Subordinated Debt Securities, the
provisions of the Subordinated Indenture relating to
subordination will cease to be effective, in each case with
respect to such Debt Securities. In order to exercise such
option, we must deposit, in trust for the benefit of the Holders
of such Debt Securities, money or U.S. Government
Obligations, or both, which, through the payment of principal
and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms,
will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal
of and any premium and interest on such Debt Securities on the
respective Stated Maturities in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Indenture and such Debt Securities. Such covenant
defeasance may occur only if we have delivered to the applicable
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that in effect says that Holders
of such Debt Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and
covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance
were not to occur, and the requirements set forth in
clauses (2), (3), (4) and (5) above are
satisfied. If we exercise this option with respect to any Debt
Securities and such Debt Securities were declared due and
payable because of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
amount of money and U.S. Government Obligations so
deposited in trust would be sufficient to pay amounts due on
such Debt Securities at the time of their respective Stated
Maturities but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on such
Debt Securities upon any acceleration resulting from such Event
of Default. In such case, we would remain liable for such
payments (Sections 1503 and 1504).
If we exercise either our legal defeasance or covenant
defeasance option, any Subsidiary Guarantees will terminate
(Section 1304)
Notices
Notices to Holders of Debt Securities will be given by mail to
the addresses of such Holders as they may appear in the Security
Register (Sections 101 and 106).
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We, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustees and any agent of us,
the Subsidiary Guarantors or a Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name a Debt Security is registered as the absolute owner
of the Debt Security (whether or not such Debt Security may be
overdue) for the purpose of making payment and for all other
purposes (Section 308).
Governing Law
The Indentures and the Debt Securities will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York
(Section 112).
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
As of September 30, 2005, our authorized capital stock was
60,000,000 shares. Those shares consisted of
(a) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
$1.00 par value, 791,968 of which were outstanding; and
(b) 50,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.20 par
value, of which 24,787,412 shares were outstanding. In
addition, as of December 31, 2004, approximately
1,889,500 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance
pursuant to our stock option plans, of which options to
purchase 410,500 shares at a weighted average exercise
price of $10.30 per share had been issued.
The following summary of certain provisions of our capital stock
does not purport to be complete and is subject to and is
qualified in its entirety by our certificate of incorporation
and bylaws, which are incorporated in this prospectus by
reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus forms a part, and by the provisions of
applicable law.
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Common Stock
Subject to any special voting rights of any series of preferred
stock that we may issue in the future, each share held of record
of common stock has one vote on all matters voted on by our
shareholders, including the election of our directors. Because
holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights,
the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock can
elect all of the members of the board of directors standing for
election, subject to the rights, powers and preferences of any
outstanding series of preferred stock.
No share of common stock affords any preemptive rights or is
convertible, redeemable, assessable or entitled to the benefits
of any sinking or repurchase fund. Holders of common stock will
be entitled to dividends in the amounts and at the times
declared by our board of directors in its discretion out of
funds legally available for the payment of dividends.
Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends when,
as and if declared by the board of directors out of funds
legally available therefor, subject to any dividend preferences
of any outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of common
stock will share equally in our assets on liquidation after
payment or provision for all liabilities and any preferential
liquidation rights of any preferred stock then outstanding. All
outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and
non-assessable. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol GDP.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is
ComputerShare Investor Services, LLC.
Preferred Stock
As of the date of this prospectus, we have 8,625,000 shares
of authorized but unissued preferred stock which are
undesignated. Currently 1,375,000 shares of preferred stock
are designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
791,968 shares of which are currently outstanding. The
Series A preferred stock has a par value of $1.00 per
share, with a liquidation preference of $10.00 per share.
It is convertible at the option of the holder at any time,
unless earlier redeemed, into shares of our common stock at an
initial conversion rate of 0.4167 shares of common stock
per share of Series A preferred stock. The Series A
preferred stock will automatically convert into common stock at
a rate of 0.4167 shares of common stock for each share of
Series A preferred stock if the closing price for the
Series A preferred stock exceeds $15.00 per share for
ten consecutive trading days.
At the direction of our board of directors, we may issue shares
of preferred stock from time to time. Our board of directors
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The rights of any class or series of preferred stock may
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We may issue shares of, or rights to purchase, preferred stock
the terms of which might:
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Any of these actions could discourage a transaction that some or
a majority of our shareholders might believe to be in their best
interests or in which our shareholders might receive a premium
for their stock over its then market price.
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
General. As of the date of this prospectus, we have
791,968 shares Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
outstanding. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has a
liquidation preference of $10.00 per share. It is
convertible at the option of the holder at any time, unless
earlier redeemed, into shares of our common stock at the present
conversion rate of 0.4167 shares of common stock per share
of Series A preferred stock. The Series A preferred
stock will automatically convert into common stock at a rate of
0.4167 shares of common stock for each share of
Series A preferred stock if the closing price for the
Series A preferred stock exceeds $15.00 per share for
ten consecutive trading days.
Ranking. Our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
ranks senior to our common stock as to dividend rights or rights
upon our liquidation,
winding-up or
dissolution.
While any shares of any series of our Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock are outstanding, we may not authorize, increase
the authorized amount of, or issue any shares of, any class or
series of stock (or any security convertible into Senior Stock)
having rights pari passu with the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends or liquidation and
any right to vote, whether as a separate class or otherwise, on
any matter as to which the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock is not entitled to vote (other than a matter that can have
no effect on the rights of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock) without the affirmative vote of the holders of
at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock voting separately as a class. See
Voting Rights below.
Dividends. Holders of shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if
declared by our board of directors out of funds legally
available for payment, cumulative cash dividends at the rate per
annum of 8% per share on the liquidation preference thereof
of $10 per share of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock (equivalent to $0.80 per annum per share). Dividends
are payable quarterly on March 31, June 30,
September 30 and December 31 of each year.
Accumulations of dividends on shares of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock do not bear interest. Dividends
payable on the Convertible Preferred Stock for any period less
than a full dividend period (based upon the number of days
elapsed during the period) are computed on the basis of a
360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months.
No dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend
payable solely in shares of common stock or other capital stock
ranking junior as to dividend rights to the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock) may be declared, made or paid, or
set apart for payment and purchases, redemptions or other
acquisitions of shares of common stock or other capital stock
ranking junior as to dividend rights to the Series A
Convertible Preferred may not be unless all accrued and unpaid
dividends (including the full dividend for the then current
dividend period) have been paid or declared and set apart for
payment.
Our ability to declare and pay cash dividends and make other
distributions with respect to our capital stock, including the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, is limited by the
terms of our outstanding indebtedness.
Liquidation Preference. In the event of our voluntary or
involuntary liquidation,
winding-up or
dissolution, each holder of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive and to be
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paid out of our assets legally available for distribution to our
stockholders, before any payment or distribution is made to
holders of common stock, or other class or series of capital
stock ranking junior to the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock in liquidation rights, a liquidation preference in the
amount of $10 per share of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to
the date fixed for liquidation,
winding-up or
dissolution. However, such rights shall accrue to the holders of
the Series A Preferred Stock only in the event that
payments with respect to the liquidation preferences of the
holders of our capital stock ranking senior as to liquidation
rights to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are
fully met. The holders of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock and all classes of stock hereafter issued that rank on a
parity as to liquidation rights with the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to share ratably, in
accordance with the respective preferential amounts payable on
such stock, in any distribution which is not sufficient to pay
in full the aggregate of the amounts payable thereon. After
payment of the full amount of the liquidation preference and
accumulated and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled, the
holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will
have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets. Neither
the sale of all or substantially all of our assets or business
(other than in connection with the liquidation,
winding-up or
dissolution of its business), nor our merger, consolidation or
other business combination into or with any other person, will
be deemed to be our voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
winding-up or
dissolution.
The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock designation does
not contain any provisions requiring funds to be set aside to
protect the liquidation preference of the Convertible Preferred
Stock.
Voting Rights. The holders of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock have no voting rights except as set
forth below or as otherwise required by the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
If dividends on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
are in arrears and unpaid for six or more quarterly periods
(whether or not consecutive), the holders of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class with any
other stock having parity with the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock as to dividends and having similar voting rights
that are exercisable, will be entitled at our next regular or
special meeting of stockholders to elect two additional
directors to our board of directors. Upon the election of
additional directors, the number of directors that compose our
board shall be increased by two. Such voting rights and the
terms of the directors so elected will continue until such time
as the dividend arrearage on the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock has been paid in full.
In addition, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
662/3%
of outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class, is required to (i) amend, alter or
repeal (by merger or otherwise) any provision of our Certificate
of Incorporation or the Bylaws to affect adversely the relative
rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations or restrictions
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
(ii) authorize or issue, or increase the authorized amount
of, any additional class or series of stock, or any security
convertible into stock of such class or series, having rights
senior to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as to
dividends or liquidation, or (iii) effect any
reclassification of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock.
So long as any Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is
outstanding, we will not, without the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least 50 percent of all outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class,
whether or not a vote of the stockholders would otherwise be
required by law, (i) authorize or issue, or increase the
authorized amount of, any additional class or series of stock,
or any security convertible into stock of such class or series,
having rights pari passu with the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock as to dividends or liquidation and any right to
vote, whether as a separate class or otherwise, on any matter
(other than a matter that can have no effect on the rights of
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) as to which the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is not entitled to
vote, or (ii) incur indebtedness for money borrowed or
authorize or issue, or increase the authorized amount of, any
additional class or series of stock, or any security convertible
into stock of such class or series, having rights pari passu
with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as to
dividends or liquidation if, immediately following such event,
Adjusted Stockholders Equity shall be less than the
aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and all classes and series of stock
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the Corporation ranking senior to or pari passu with the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as to liquidation
preference. Adjusted Stockholders Equity shall mean the
Stockholders Equity of the Corporation, as shown on its
most recent balance sheet filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (the Exchange Act) increased by
(A) any amount of any liability or other reduction in
Stockholders Equity attributable to the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and any class or series of our stock
ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred
Stock as to liquidation preference and (B) the net proceeds
of any of our equity financing since the date of such balance
sheet, and reduced by the amount of any reduction in
Stockholders Equity resulting from a disposition of assets
since the date of such balance sheet which disposition of assets
is required to be described on
Form 8-K under the
Exchange Act.
In all cases in which the holders of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, each share of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
one vote.
Redemption. We may, at our option, redeem all or part of
the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock then
outstanding on any date set by the Board of Directors at any
time. The redemption price, to be paid in cash, for each share
of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be $12.00
plus any accrued and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared.
If fewer than all of the outstanding shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock are to be redeemed we will designate
those shares to be redeemed pro rata or by lot or in such other
manner as our Board of Directors may determine. We will have no
mandatory redemption, retirement or sinking fund obligation with
respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. In the event that
we are in arrears on the payment of accrued and unpaid dividends
on the Series A Preferred Stock, we will not redeem any of
the then outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock until all such accrued dividends and (except
with respect to shares to be redeemed) the then current
quarterly dividend have been paid in full.
Corporate Change. If a Corporate Change (as defined
below) should occur with respect to us, each holder of
Series A preferred stock shall have the right, at the
holders option, for a period of 45 days after the
mailing of a notice by us that a Corporate Change has occurred,
to convert all, but not less than all, of such holders
Series A preferred stock into Marketable Stock (as defined
below) with an aggregate Market Value (as defined below) equal
to the Adjusted Value (as defined below) of the Series A
preferred stock. If following a Corporate Change no Marketable
Stock is outstanding, each holder of Series A preferred
stock will have a special conversion right, if he so elects, to
receive an amount of securities, cash or other property
distributed to holders of common stock in the Corporate Change.
The value of such amount will equal the Adjusted Value per share
of the Series A preferred stock. We or our successor, as
the case may be, may, at our/their option, in lieu of providing
Marketable Stock, provide the holder with cash equal to the
Adjusted Value of the shares of Series A preferred stock.
If the Series A preferred stock becomes subject to this
special conversion right due to a Corporate Change, the
Series A preferred stock remains convertible into the kind
and amount of securities, cash or other assets that the holders
would have owned immediately after the Corporate Change if the
holders had converted the Series A preferred stock
immediately before the effective date of the Corporate Change.
At least 30 days prior to the proposed effective date of a
Corporate Change, we will mail to each holder of Series A
preferred stock a notice setting forth the details of the
proposed Corporate Change and the special conversion right.
Within 30 days of the occurrence of a Corporate Change with
respect to us, we will mail to each registered holder of
Series A preferred stock a notice of such occurrence
setting forth details regarding the special conversion right of
such Corporate Change. A holder of Series A preferred stock
must exercise the special conversion right within the
45-day period after the
mailing of such notice of occurrence by us or such special
conversion right shall expire. Exercise of such conversion right
shall be irrevocable, and dividends on Series A preferred
stock tendered for special conversion shall cease to accrue from
and after the conversion date.
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A Corporate Change means:
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which all or substantially all of our common stock is exchanged
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The Adjusted Value of a share of Series A
preferred stock is an amount equal to the Stated Value;
provided, however, that if the Reference Value of a share of
common stock exceeds both the Market Value of a share of common
stock and the Applicable Value, then the Adjusted Value shall be
determined by multiplying the greater of the Market Value of a
share of common stock or the Applicable Value by the quotient of
the Stated Value of a share of Series A preferred stock
divided by the Reference Value per share of common stock.
The Applicable Value means an amount equal to the
sum of the cash, Market Value of Marketable Stock and the value
of any other securities, property or other consideration
distributed to holders of common stock for each share of common
stock upon or in connection with a Corporate Change.
Market Value of the common stock, or of the common
stock of the corporation that is the successor to all or
substantially all of our business and assets as a result of a
Corporate Change, shall be the average of the closing market
price of such common stock or other common stock, as the case
may be, for the five business days ending on the last business
day preceding the date of the Corporate Change.
The term Marketable Stock means our common stock or
the common stock of our successor as a result of a Corporate
Change, which in either case is listed on the NYSE or the
American Stock Exchange or approved for quotation in the Nasdaq
National Market or any similar system of automated dissemination
of quotations of securities prices in the United States.
Stated Value of a share of Series A preferred
stock converted during the
45-day period following
the occurrence of a Corporate Change means the price per share
we would be required to pay if we exercised our option to redeem
such shares on the conversion date, plus an amount equal to the
amount by which the Market Value of the common stock exceeds the
exercise price of the Warrant.
The term Reference Value means $0.24 per share
as may be adjusted.
Anti-Takeover Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws
The provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws we
summarize below may have an anti-takeover effect and may delay,
defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a
shareholder might consider in his or her best interest,
including those attempts that might result in a premium over the
market price for the common stock.
Written Consent of Shareholders. Our certificate of
incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to
be taken by our stockholders may be taken at a duly called
meeting of stockholders or by written consent of stockholders
owning the minimum number of shares required to approve such
action. Any action by our stockholders must be taken at an
annual or special meeting of stockholders. Special meetings of
the stockholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, by a
majority of the board of directors, on the written request of
any two directors, or by the Secretary. A special meeting must
be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the
Secretary when a written request is delivered to such officer,
signed by the holders of at least 10% of the issued and
outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting.
Advance Notice Procedure for Shareholder Proposals. Our
bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for the nomination
of candidates for election as directors, as well as for
stockholder proposals to
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be considered at annual meetings of stockholders. In general,
notice of intent to nominate a director must be delivered to or
mailed and received at our principal executive offices as
follows:
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stockholders, 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the
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with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of
stockholders for the election of directors, not later than the
close of business on the 10th day following the day on
which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed to
stockholders or public disclosure of the date of the meeting was
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Notice of stockholders intent to raise business at an
annual meeting must be delivered to or mailed and received at
our principal executive offices not less than 90 days prior
to the anniversary date of the preceding annual meeting of
stockholders. These procedures may operate to limit the ability
of stockholders to bring business before a stockholders
meeting, including with respect to the nomination of directors
or considering any transaction that could result in a change in
control. These advance notice procedures are not applicable
prior to the trigger date.
Classified Board; Removal of Director. Our bylaws provide
that the members of our board of directors are divided into
three classes as nearly equal as possible. Each class is elected
for a three-year term. At each annual meeting of shareholders,
approximately one-third of the members of the board of directors
are elected for a three-year term and the other directors remain
in office until their three-year terms expire. Furthermore, our
bylaws provide that neither any director nor the board of
directors may be removed without cause, and that any removal for
cause would require the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital
stock entitled to vote for the election of directors. Thus,
control of the board of directors cannot be changed in one year
without removing the directors for cause as described above;
rather, at least two annual meetings must be held before a
majority of the members of the board of directors could be
changed.
Limitation of Liability of Directors
Our certificate of incorporation provide that no director shall
be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability as follows:
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The effect of these provisions is to eliminate the rights of
Goodrich and our stockholders, through stockholders
derivative suits on behalf of Goodrich, to recover monetary
damages against a director for a breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, including breaches resulting from grossly negligent
behavior, except in the situations described above.
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
General
We may offer fractional shares of preferred stock, rather than
full shares of preferred stock. If we decide to offer fractional
shares of preferred stock, we will issue receipts for depositary
shares. Each depositary share will represent a fraction of a
share of a particular series of preferred stock. The prospectus
supplement will indicate that fraction. The shares of preferred
stock represented by depositary shares will be deposited under a
depositary agreement between us and a bank or trust company that
meets certain requirements and is selected by us (the Bank
Depositary). Each owner of a depositary share will be
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entitled to all the rights and preferences of the preferred
stock represented by the depositary share. The depositary shares
will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the
depositary agreement. Depositary receipts will be distributed to
those persons purchasing the fractional shares of preferred
stock in accordance with the terms of the offering.
We have summarized selected provisions of a depositary agreement
and the related depositary receipts. The summary is not
complete. The forms of the depositary agreement and the
depositary receipts relating to any particular issue of
depositary shares will be filed with the SEC via a Current
Report on Form 8-K
prior to our offering of the depositary shares, and you should
read such documents for provisions that may be important to you.
Dividends and Other Distributions
If we pay a cash distribution or dividend on a series of
preferred stock represented by depositary shares, the Bank
Depositary will distribute such dividends to the record holders
of such depositary shares. If the distributions are in property
other than cash, the Bank Depositary will distribute the
property to the record holders of the depositary shares.
However, if the Bank Depositary determines that it is not
feasible to make the distribution of property, the Bank
Depositary may, with our approval, sell such property and
distribute the net proceeds from such sale to the record holders
of the depositary shares.
Redemption of Depositary Shares
If we redeem a series of preferred stock represented by
depositary shares, the Bank Depositary will redeem the
depositary shares from the proceeds received by the Bank
Depositary in connection with the redemption. The redemption
price per depositary share will equal the applicable fraction of
the redemption price per share of the preferred stock. If fewer
than all the depositary shares are redeemed, the depositary
shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot or pro rata as the
Bank Depositary may determine.
Voting the Preferred Stock
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of
the preferred stock represented by depositary shares are
entitled to vote, the Bank Depositary will mail the notice to
the record holders of the depositary shares relating to such
preferred stock. Each record holder of these depositary shares
on the record date (which will be the same date as the record
date for the preferred stock) may instruct the Bank Depositary
as to how to vote the preferred stock represented by such
holders depositary shares. The Bank Depositary will
endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the amount of the
preferred stock represented by such depositary shares in
accordance with such instructions, and we will take all action
which the Bank Depositary deems necessary in order to enable the
Bank Depositary to do so. The Bank Depositary will abstain from
voting shares of the preferred stock to the extent it does not
receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary
shares representing such preferred stock.
Amendment and Termination of the Depositary Agreement
The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares
and any provision of the depositary agreement may be amended by
agreement between the Bank Depositary and us. However, any
amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the
holders of depositary shares will not be effective unless such
amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a
majority of the depositary shares then outstanding. The
depositary agreement may be terminated by the Bank Depositary or
us only if (1) all outstanding depositary shares have been
redeemed or (2) there has been a final distribution in
respect of the preferred stock in connection with any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company and such
distribution has been distributed to the holders of depositary
receipts.
Charges of Bank Depositary
We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental
charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary
arrangements. We will pay charges of the Bank Depositary in
connection with the initial
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deposit of the preferred stock and any redemption of the
preferred stock. Holders of depositary receipts will pay other
transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and any other
charges, including a fee for the withdrawal of shares of
preferred stock upon surrender of depositary receipts, as are
expressly provided in the depositary agreement to be for their
accounts.
Withdrawal of Preferred Stock
Upon surrender of depositary receipts at the principal office of
the Bank Depositary, subject to the terms of the depositary
agreement, the owner of the depositary shares may demand
delivery of the number of whole shares of preferred stock and
all money and other property, if any, represented by those
depositary shares. Partial shares of preferred stock will not be
issued. If the depositary receipts delivered by the holder
evidence a number of depositary shares in excess of the number
of depositary shares representing the number of whole shares of
preferred stock to be withdrawn, the Bank Depositary will
deliver to such holder at the same time a new depositary receipt
evidencing the excess number of depositary shares. Holders of
preferred stock thus withdrawn may not thereafter deposit those
shares under the depositary agreement or receive depositary
receipts evidencing depositary shares therefor.
Miscellaneous
The Bank Depositary will forward to holders of depositary
receipts all reports and communications from us that are
delivered to the Bank Depositary and that we are required to
furnish to the holders of the preferred stock.
Neither the Bank Depositary nor we will be liable if we are
prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond our
control in performing our obligations under the depositary
agreement. The obligations of the Bank Depositary and us under
the depositary agreement will be limited to performance in good
faith of our duties thereunder, and neither of us will be
obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect
of any depositary shares or preferred stock unless satisfactory
indemnity is furnished. Further, both of us may rely upon
written advice of counsel or accountants, or upon information
provided by persons presenting preferred stock for deposit,
holders of depositary receipts or other persons believed to be
competent and on documents believed to be genuine.
Resignation and Removal of Bank Depositary
The Bank Depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us
notice of its election to do so, and we may at any time remove
the Bank Depositary. Any such resignation or removal will take
effect upon the appointment of a successor Bank Depositary and
its acceptance of such appointment. Such successor Bank
Depositary must be appointed within 60 days after delivery
of the notice of resignation or removal and must be a bank or
trust company having its principal office in the United States
and having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants for the purchase of our common stock.
Warrants may be issued independently or together with Debt
Securities, preferred stock or common stock offered by any
prospectus supplement and may be attached to or separate from
any such offered securities. Each series of warrants will be
issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into
between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, all as
set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the
particular issue of warrants. The warrant agent will act solely
as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume
any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with
any holders of warrants or beneficial owners of warrants. The
following summary of certain provisions of the warrants does not
purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to, all provisions of the warrant
agreements.
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You should refer to the prospectus supplement relating to a
particular issue of warrants for the terms of and information
relating to the warrants, including, where applicable:
(1) the number of shares of common stock purchasable upon
exercise of the warrants and the price at which such number of
shares of common stock may be purchased upon exercise of the
warrants;
(2) the date on which the right to exercise the warrants
commences and the date on which such right expires (the
Expiration Date);
(3) United States federal income tax consequences
applicable to the warrants;
(4) the amount of the warrants outstanding as of the most
recent practicable date; and
(5) any other terms of the warrants.
Warrants will be offered and exercisable for United States
dollars only. Warrants will be issued in registered form only.
Each warrant will entitle its holder to purchase such number of
shares of common stock at such exercise price as is in each case
set forth in, or calculable from, the prospectus supplement
relating to the warrants. The exercise price may be subject to
adjustment upon the occurrence of events described in such
prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the
Expiration Date (or such later date to which we may extend such
Expiration Date), unexercised warrants will become void. The
place or places where, and the manner in which, warrants may be
exercised will be specified in the prospectus supplement
relating to such warrants.
Prior to the exercise of any warrants, holders of the warrants
will not have any of the rights of holders of common stock,
including the right to receive payments of any dividends on the
common stock purchasable upon exercise of the warrants, or to
exercise any applicable right to vote.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell securities pursuant to this prospectus in or outside
the United States (a) through underwriters or dealers,
(b) through agents or (c) in private sales directly to
one or more purchasers, including our existing shareholders in a
rights offering. The prospectus supplement relating to any
offering of securities will include the following information:
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Sale Through Underwriters or Dealers
If we use underwriters in the sale, the underwriters will
acquire the securities for their own account. The underwriters
may resell the securities from time to time in one or more
transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined at the
time of sale. Underwriters may offer securities to the public
either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or
more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms
acting as underwriters. Unless we inform
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you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the obligations of
the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to
certain conditions, and the underwriters will be obligated to
purchase all the offered securities if they purchase any of
them. The underwriters may change from time to time any initial
public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed
or reallowed or paid to dealers.
During and after an offering through underwriters, the
underwriters may purchase and sell the securities in the open
market. These transactions may include stabilizing transactions,
over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and
penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the
Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act).
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shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriters are
obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position.
The short position may be either a covered short position or a
naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of
shares over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the
number of shares that they may purchase in the over-allotment
option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved
is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment
option. The underwriters may close out any covered short
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Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the common
stock in the open market after the distribution has been
completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In
determining the source of shares to close out the short
position, the underwriters will consider, among other things,
the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as
compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through
the over-allotment option. If the underwriters sell more shares
than could be covered by the over- allotment option, a naked
short position, the position can only be closed out by buying
shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely
to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there could
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concession from a syndicate member when the common stock
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These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions
and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining
the market price of the offered securities or preventing or
retarding a decline in the market price of the offered
securities. As a result, the price of the offered securities may
be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open
market. These transactions may be effected on the New York Stock
Exchange or otherwise and, if commenced, may be discontinued at
any time.
If we use dealers in the sale of securities, the securities will
be sold directly to them as principals. They may then resell
those securities to the public at varying prices determined by
the dealers at the time of resale.
Direct Sales and Sales Through Agents
We may sell the securities directly. In this case, no
underwriters or agents would be involved. We may sell securities
upon the exercise of rights that we may issue to our
securityholders. We may also sell the securities directly to
institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be
underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933
with respect to any sale of those securities.
We may sell the securities through agents we designate from time
to time. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus
supplement, any agent will agree to use its reasonable best
efforts to solicit purchases for the period of its appointment.
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Delayed Delivery Contracts
If we so indicate in the prospectus supplement, we may authorize
agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain
types of institutions to purchase securities from us at the
public offering price under delayed delivery contracts. These
contracts would provide for payment and delivery on a specified
date in the future. The contracts would be subject only to those
conditions described in the prospectus supplement. The
prospectus supplement will describe the commission payable for
solicitation of those contracts.
General Information
We may have agreements with the agents, dealers and underwriters
to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute
with respect to payments that the agents, dealers or
underwriters may be required to make. Agents, dealers and
underwriters may be customers of, engage in transactions with or
perform services for us in the ordinary course of their business.
LEGAL MATTERS
Our legal counsel, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston,
Texas, will pass upon certain legal matters in connection with
certain of the offered securities. Vinson & Elkins
L.L.P. has in the past represented the lenders under our credit
facilities and is currently representing such lenders in
conjunction with the proposed expansion and extension of our
existing credit facilities. The validity of issuance of certain
of the offered securities and other matters arising under
Louisiana law are being passed upon by Sinclair Law Firm,
L.L.C., Shreveport, Louisiana. Legal counsel to any underwriters
may pass upon legal matters for such underwriters.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Goodrich Petroleum
Corporation as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2004, have been incorporated in this prospectus in reliance upon
the report of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, incorporated by reference in this prospectus
and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and
auditing. The audit report covering the December 31, 2004,
consolidated financial statements also refers to a change in the
method of accounting for abandonment obligations in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143
Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations as of
January 1, 2003.
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Table of
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Prospectus
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Incorporation By Reference
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The Offering
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Summary Consolidated Financial
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Summary Production, Operating and
Reserve Data
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Risk Factors
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Capitalization
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Dividend Policy
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Description of Capital Stock
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Share Lending Agreement; Concurrent
Offering Of Convertible Notes
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Underwriting
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The Company
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Business Strategy
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Use of Proceeds
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Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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3,300,000 shares
Common Stock
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
November 30, 2006
Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc.