Rating Action: Moody's lowers Magnum Hunter's PDR to D on Chapter 11 filing
Global Credit Research - 15 Dec 2015
Approximately $940 million of rated debt affectedNew York, December 15, 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) downgraded Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation's (MHR) Probability of Default Rating (PDR) to D-PD from Caa3-PD, Corporate Family Rating (CFR) to Ca from Caa3, senior secured second-lien term loan rating to Ca from B3, and the senior unsecured notes rating to C from Ca. The negative outlook and the SGL-4 Speculative Grade Rating were maintained.
These actions were prompted by an announcement on December 15, 2015 that MHR and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries had filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the state of Delaware.
Issuer: Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation
..Downgraded:
....Probability of Default Rating, Downgraded to D-PD from Caa3-PD
....Corporate Family Rating, Downgraded to Ca from Caa3
....US$600M 9.75% Senior Unsecured Bond/Debenture, Downgraded to C (LGD5) from Ca (LGD5)
....US$340M Senior Secured 2nd Lien Term Loan, Downgraded to Ca (LGD4) from B3 (LGD2)
..Maintained:
....Speculative Grade Liquidity Rating, SGL-4
....Outlook, Negative Outlook
RATINGS RATIONALE
MHR has entered into a restructuring support agreement with roughly 75% of its debtholders to convert substantially all of its prepetition funded debt to equity. The support agreement also allows for a debtor in possession (DIP) financing in the form of a $200 million multi-draw term loan that will be backstopped by lenders who are parties to the restructuring support agreement. The DIP facility will help the company run its day-to-day operations during the restructuring process and make payments to its vendors, employees and key stakeholders. MHR expects to exit the bankruptcy process in April 2016.
Shortly following these rating actions, Moody's will withdraw all of MHR's ratings (refer to Moody's ratings withdrawal policy on moodys.com) and outlook.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was Global Independent Exploration and Production Industry published in December 2011. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.
Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (MHR) is a Irving, Texas based publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company with principal assets in the states of West Virginia, Ohio, and North Dakota.
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Sajjad Alam
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Corporate Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
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