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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     
For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2005   Commission File Number 001-14039

CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   64-0844345
     
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
    200 North Canal Street
Natchez, Mississippi 39120


(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)
   
         
    (601) 442-1601

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes þ No o

As of May 3, 2005, there were 17,725,308 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.

 
 

 


CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY

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        Page No.  
Part I.
  Financial Information        
 
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004     3  
 
  Consolidated Statements of Operations for Each of the Three Months in the Periods Ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004     4  
 
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Each of the Three Months in the Periods Ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004     5  
 
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     6  
 
  Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     14  
 
  Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk     21  
 
  Item 4. Controls and Procedures     21  
  Other Information        
 
  Item 6. Exhibits     22  
 Certification of CEO
 Certification of CFO
 Certification of CEO
 Certification of CFO

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Callon Petroleum Company

Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share data)
                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (Unaudited)     (Note 1)  
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 2,895     $ 3,266  
Accounts receivable
    21,828       14,928  
Deferred tax asset-current
    7,862       5,676  
Restricted investments-current
    2,064       2,055  
Fair market value of derivatives
          1,570  
Other current assets
    297       581  
 
           
Total current assets
    34,946       28,076  
 
           
Oil and gas properties, full-cost accounting method:
               
Evaluated properties
    875,503       862,101  
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
    (509,861 )     (494,453 )
 
           
 
    365,642       367,648  
 
               
Unevaluated properties excluded from amortization
    40,307       39,042  
 
           
Total oil and gas properties
    405,949       406,690  
 
           
 
               
Other property and equipment, net
    1,620       1,541  
Deferred tax asset
          2,986  
Long-term gas balancing receivable
    637       725  
Restricted investments
    5,833       5,687  
Investment in Medusa Spar LLC
    10,480       9,787  
Other assets, net
    1,972       2,031  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 461,437     $ 457,523  
 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 17,540     $ 15,728  
Fair market value of derivatives
    9,165       2,993  
Undistributed oil and gas revenues
    920       1,162  
Accrued net profits interest payable
    1,091       1,927  
Suspended Medusa oil royalties (See Note 8)
          5,430  
Asset retirement obligations-current
    14,583       13,300  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    450       576  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    43,749       41,116  
 
           
 
               
Long-term debt
    187,680       192,351  
Asset retirement obligations
    24,312       24,982  
Other long-term liabilities
    2,682       762  
 
           
Total liabilities
    258,423       259,211  
 
           
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, 2,500,000 shares authorized; 596,671 shares of Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock, Series A, issued and outstanding with a liquidation preference of $14,916,775
    6       6  
Common Stock, $.01 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized; 17,720,866 and 17,616,596 shares outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively
    177       176  
Capital in excess of par value
    220,763       220,664  
Unearned compensation restricted stock
    (5,058 )     (5,352 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (6,732 )     (1,883 )
Retained earnings (deficit)
    (6,142 )     (15,299 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    203,014       198,312  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 461,437     $ 457,523  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Callon Petroleum Company

Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Operating revenues:
               
Oil and gas sales
  $ 43,012     $ 31,919  
 
           
 
               
Operating expenses:
               
Lease operating expenses
    6,536       5,168  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    15,408       11,835  
General and administrative
    1,694       3,793  
Accretion expense
    861       816  
Derivative expense
    379       76  
 
           
Total operating expenses
    24,878       21,688  
 
           
 
               
Income from operations
    18,134       10,231  
 
           
 
               
Other (income) expenses:
               
Interest expense
    4,569       5,891  
Other (income) expense
    (202 )     (86 )
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
          2,472  
 
           
Total other (income) expenses
    4,367       8,277  
 
           
 
               
Income before income taxes
    13,767       1,954  
Income tax expense
    4,818        
 
           
 
               
Income before Medusa Spar LLC
    8,949       1,954  
Income from Medusa Spar LLC, net of tax
    526       148  
 
           
 
               
Net income
    9,475       2,102  
Preferred stock dividends
    318       319  
 
           
Net income available to common shares
  $ 9,157     $ 1,783  
 
           
 
               
Net income per common share:
               
Basic
  $ 0.52     $ 0.13  
 
           
Diluted
  $ 0.46     $ 0.12  
 
           
 
               
Shares used in computing net income:
               
Basic
    17,671       13,819  
 
           
Diluted
    20,678       14,646  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Callon Petroleum Company

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 9,475     $ 2,102  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    15,543       12,032  
Accretion expense
    861       816  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    490       495  
Non-cash loss on extinguishment of debt
          2,378  
Non-cash derivative expense
    379        
Income from investment in Medusa Spar, LLC
    (526 )     (148 )
Deferred income tax expense
    4,818        
Non-cash charge related to compensation plans
    374       224  
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (6,965 )     (3,561 )
Other current assets
    265       901  
Current liabilities
    (3,334 )     2,585  
Change in gas balancing receivable
    88       360  
Change in gas balancing payable
    (68 )     46  
Change in other long-term liabilities
    4       1  
Change in other assets, net
    (73 )     (328 )
 
           
Cash provided by operating activities
    21,331       17,903  
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Capital expenditures
    (16,206 )     (14,085 )
Distribution from Medusa Spar, LLC
    116        
 
           
Cash used by investing activities
    (16,090 )     (14,085 )
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Increase in debt
    3,000       49,000  
Payments on debt
    (8,000 )     (119,915 )
Restricted cash
          63,345  
Debt issuance cost
          (984 )
Issuance of common stock
    1        
Equity issued related to employee stock plans
    (87 )     93  
Capital leases
    (208 )     (347 )
Cash dividends on preferred stock
    (318 )     (319 )
 
           
Cash used by financing activities
    (5,612 )     (9,127 )
 
           
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (371 )     (5,309 )
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Balance, beginning of period
    3,266       8,700  
 
           
Balance, end of period
  $ 2,895     $ 3,391  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2005

1. General

    The financial information presented as of any date other than December 31, has been prepared from the books and records of Callon Petroleum Company (the “Company” or “Callon”) without audit. Financial information as of December 31, 2004 has been derived from the audited financial statements of the Company, but does not include all disclosures required by US generally accepted accounting principles. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial information for the periods indicated, have been included. For further information regarding the Company’s accounting policies, refer to the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 10, 2005. The results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of future financial results.
 
    Accounting Pronouncements
 
    On December 16, 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), (“SFAS 123R”) Share-Based Payment, which is a revision of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, (“SFAS 123”) Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. SFAS 123R supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and amends Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Generally, the approach in SFAS 123R is similar to the approach described in SFAS 123. However, SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative.
 
    In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) delayed the effective date of SFAS 123R for public companies to no later than the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005. Early adoption will be permitted in periods in which financial statements have not yet been issued. SFAS 123R permits public companies to adopt its requirements using one of two methods below:

  •   A “modified prospective” method in which compensation cost is recognized beginning with the effective date (a) based on the requirements of SFAS 123R for all share-based payments granted after the effective date and (b) based on the requirements of SFAS 123 for all awards granted to employees prior to the effective date of SFAS 123R that remain unvested on the effective date; or
 
  •   A “modified retrospective” method which includes the requirements of the modified prospective method described above, but also permits entities to restate based on the amounts previously recognized under SFAS 123 for purposes of pro forma disclosures either (a) all prior periods presented or (b) prior interim periods of the year of adoption.

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    As a result of the revised adoption date, the Company expects to adopt SFAS 123R on January 1, 2006 using the modified prospective method.
 
    As permitted by SFAS 123, the Company currently accounts for share-based payments to employees using Opinion 25’s intrinsic value method and, as such, generally recognizes no compensation cost for employee stock options. Accordingly, the adoption of SFAS 123R’s fair value method could have a significant impact on our result of operations, although it will have no impact on our overall financial position. The impact of adoption of SFAS 123R cannot be predicted at this time because it will depend on levels of share-based payments granted in the future. However, had we adopted SFAS 123R in prior periods, the impact of that standard would have approximated the impact of SFAS 123 as described in the disclosure of pro forma net income and earnings per share below under Stock-Based Compensation.
 
    In September 2004, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 106, which expressed the Staff’s views regarding the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 143 “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations” by oil and gas producing companies following full-cost accounting method. SAB No. 106 specifies that subsequent to the adoption of SFAS No. 143 an oil and gas company following the full-cost method of accounting should include assets recorded in connection with the recognition of an asset retirement obligation pursuant to SFAS No. 143 as part of the costs subject to the full-cost ceiling limitation. The future cash outflows associated with settling the recorded asset retirement obligations should be excluded from the computation of the present value of estimated future net revenues used in applying the ceiling test. The Company adopted the provisions of SAB No. 106 in the first quarter of 2005, which had no impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.
 
    Stock-Based Compensation
 
    The Company has various stock plans (“the Plans”) under which employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company have been or may be granted certain equity compensation. The Company has compensatory stock option plans in place whereby participants have been or may be granted rights to purchase shares of common stock of Callon. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25.

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    The Company’s pro forma net income and net income per share of common stock for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, had compensation costs been recorded using the fair value method in accordance with SFAS No. 123 – “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” as amended by SFAS No. 148 – “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure – an amendment of SFAS No. 123,” are presented below pursuant to the disclosure requirement of SFAS No. 148 (in thousands except per share data):

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Net income (loss) available to common- as reported
  $ 9,157     $ 1,783  
Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in net income as reported, net of tax
    191        
Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense under fair value based method, net of tax
    (230 )     (34 )
 
           
Net income (loss) available to common- pro forma
  $ 9,118     $ 1,749  
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss) per share available to common:
               
Basic-as reported
  $ 0.52     $ 0.13  
Basic-pro forma
  $ 0.52     $ 0.13  
 
               
Diluted-as reported
  $ 0.46     $ 0.12  
Diluted-pro forma
  $ 0.46     $ 0.12  

2.   Per Share Amounts
 
    Basic net income or loss per common share was computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income or loss per common share was determined on a weighted average basis using common shares issued and outstanding adjusted for the effect of common stock equivalents computed using the treasury stock method and the effect of the convertible preferred stock (if dilutive). The conversion of the preferred stock was not included in the calculation for the three-month period ended March 31, 2004 due to the antidilutive effect on net income or loss per share.

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    A reconciliation of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
(a) Net income available to common shares
  $ 9,157     $ 1,783  
Preferred dividends assuming conversion of preferred stock (if dilutive)
    318        
 
           
(b) Income available to common shares assuming conversion of preferred stock (if dilutive)
  $ 9,475     $ 1,783  
 
           
(c) Weighted average shares outstanding
    17,671       13,819  
Dilutive impact of stock options
    315       131  
Dilutive impact of warrants
    1,267       424  
Dilutive impact of restricted stock
    69       272  
Convertible preferred stock (if dilutive)
    1,356        
 
           
(d) Total diluted shares
    20,678       14,646  
 
           
Basic income (loss) per share (a¸c)
  $ 0.52     $ 0.13  
Diluted income (loss) per share (b¸d)
  $ 0.46     $ 0.12  
 
               
Stock options and warrants excluded due to the exercise price being greater than the stock price (in thousands)
    25       4,475  

3.   Derivatives
 
    The Company periodically uses derivative financial instruments to manage oil and gas price risk. Settlements of gains and losses on commodity price contracts are generally based upon the difference between the contract price or prices specified in the derivative instrument and a NYMEX price or other cash or futures index price.
 
    The Company’s derivative contracts that are accounted for as cash flow hedges under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, (“SFAS No. 133”) are recorded at fair market value and the changes in fair value are recorded through other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, in stockholders’ equity. The cash settlements on these contracts are recorded as an increase or decrease in oil and gas sales. Cash settlements on the derivative contracts for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 resulted in a reduction of oil and gas sales of $2.9 million and $649,000, respectively.

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    The changes in fair value of the Company’s derivative contracts that are not designated as effective cash flow hedges are recorded through the statement of operations as derivative expense. In addition, the change in fair value relating to the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges is recorded as derivative expense. The following table summarizes derivative expense for the periods presented (in thousands):

                 
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Amortization of premiums included in derivative expense
  $ 379     $  
Non-designated derivative contracts included in derivative expense
          76  
 
           
 
  $ 379     $ 76  
 
           

    The fair value of all the oil and gas derivative contracts at March 31, 2005 was a current liability of $9.2 million.
 
    Listed in the table below are the outstanding derivative contracts as of March 31, 2005:

    Swaps

                                 
    Volumes per     Quantity     Average        
Product   Month     Type     Price     Period  
Oil
    15,000     Bbls   $ 55.00       07/05-06/06  

    Puts

                                 
    Volumes per     Quantity     Average        
Product   Month     Type     Price     Period  
Oil
    50,000     Bbls   $ 35.00       04/05-06/05  
Oil
    7,000     Bbls   $ 35.00       04/05-12/05  
 
                               
Natural Gas
    390,000     MMBtu   $ 5.00       04/05-10/05  
Natural Gas
    100,000     MMBtu   $ 5.00       04/05-12/05  

    Collars

                                         
                    Average     Average        
    Volumes per     Quantity     Floor     Ceiling        
Product   Month     Type     Price     Price     Period  
Oil
    30,000     Bbls   $ 32.50     $ 40.00       04/05-12/05  
Oil
    15,000     Bbls   $ 35.00     $ 43.50       04/05-12/05  
Oil
    15,278     Bbls   $ 40.00     $ 50.00       04/05-12/05  
Oil
    15,000     Bbls   $ 40.00     $ 54.00       07/05-12/05  
 
                                       
Natural Gas
    300,000     MMBtu   $ 5.50     $ 7.75       04/05-10/05  

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4.   Long-Term Debt
 
    Long-term debt consisted of the following at:

                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (In thousands)  
Senior Secured Credit Facility (matures July 31, 2007)
  $     $ 5,000  
9.75% Senior Notes (due 2010) net of discount
    186,627       186,216  
Capital lease
    1,503       1,711  
 
           
Total debt
    188,130       192,927  
Less current portion:
               
Capital lease
    450       576  
 
           
Long-term debt
  $ 187,680     $ 192,351  
 
           

    On June 15, 2004, the Company closed on a three-year senior secured credit facility underwritten by Union Bank of California, N.A. The credit facility had an initial borrowing base of $60 million, which subsequent to the first quarter was increased to $70 million. The borrowing base is reviewed and adjusted semi-annually and can be increased to a maximum of $175 million. Borrowings under the credit facility are secured by mortgages covering the Company’s five largest fields. As of March 31, 2005 there were no borrowings outstanding under the facility; however, Callon had an aggregate of $1.5 million in outstanding letters of credit issued under the credit facility. These letters of credit secure obligations under the outstanding hedging contracts described in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The outstanding letters of credit reduce the amount available for borrowings under the credit facility. As a result, $58.5 million was available for future borrowings under the credit facility as of March 31, 2005.
 
    As a result of refinancing a portion of the Company’s debt in the first quarter of 2004, a loss on early extinguishment of debt in the amount of $2.5 million was recognized. See Note 5 of Callon’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 10, 2005 for a more detailed description of the Company’s long-term debt.
 
    Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries guarantee the Company’s obligations under the $200 million 9.75% senior notes due 2010. The subsidiary guarantors are 100% owned, all of the guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several, the parent company has no independent assets or operations and any subsidiaries of the parent company other than the subsidiary guarantors are minor.

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5.   Income Taxes
 
    The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for deferred income taxes prescribed by SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes”. The statement provides for the recognition of a deferred tax asset for deductible temporary timing differences, capital and operating loss carryforwards, statutory depletion carryforward and tax credit carryforwards, net of a “valuation allowance”. The valuation allowance is provided for that portion of the asset for which it is deemed more likely than not that it will not be realized.
 
    SFAS 109 provides for the weighing of positive and negative evidence in determining whether it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset is recoverable. The Company incurred losses in 2002 and 2003 and had losses on an aggregate basis for the three-year period ended December 31, 2003. Because of these cumulative losses the Company established a full valuation allowance of $11.5 million as of December 31, 2003.
 
    As a result of production from the Company’s first two deepwater projects starting in November 2003, as well as refinancing its highest cost debt in 2004, the Company achieved profitable operations and had income on an aggregate basis for the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. Callon also expects 2005 production levels to exceed 2004 levels and expects to utilize most if not all of the deferred tax asset in 2005. As a result, the Company reversed the valuation allowance, which had a balance of $7.0 million as of December 31, 2004.
 
    During the first quarter of 2004, the Company revised the valuation allowance as a result of current year ordinary income, the impact of which was included in the Company’s effective tax rate and resulted in no net income tax expense (benefit) for the period. The Company had income tax expense of $4.8 million in the first quarter of 2005.
 
6.   Comprehensive Income
 
    A summary of the Company’s comprehensive income (loss) is detailed below (in thousands):

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Net income
  $ 9,475     $ 2,102  
Other comprehensive income (loss):
               
Change in unrealized derivatives’ fair value
    (4,849 )     (3,300 )
 
           
Total comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 4,626     $ (1,198 )
 
           

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7.   Asset Retirement Obligations
 
    In June 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143 (“SFAS 143”), Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. As more fully discussed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, included in Callon’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 10, 2005, SFAS No. 143 essentially requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for legal obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. Changes to the present value of the asset retirement obligations due to the passage of time are recorded as accretion expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
 
    Assets, primarily U.S. Government securities, of approximately $7.9 million at March 31, 2005, are recorded as restricted investments. These assets are held in abandonment trusts dedicated to pay future abandonment costs of oil and gas properties in which the Company has sold a net profits interest. If there is any excess of trust assets over abandonment costs, the excess will be distributed to the net profits interest owners.
 
    The following table summarizes the activity for the Company’s asset retirement obligation for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005:

         
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31, 2005  
Asset retirement obligation at beginning of period
  $ 38,282  
Accretion expense
    861  
Net profits interest accretion
    122  
Liabilities incurred
    176  
Liabilities settled
     
Revisions to estimate
    (546 )
 
     
Asset retirement obligation at end of period
    38,895  
Less: current asset retirement obligation
    (14,583 )
 
     
Long-term asset retirement obligation
  $ 24,312  
 
     

8.   Suspended Medusa Oil Royalties
 
    In March 2005, pursuant to the Deepwater Royalty Relief Act, the Company was required to retroactively pay royalties for 2004 oil production to the Minerals Management Service (“MMS”) on the Medusa deepwater property, which were accrued during 2004, in the amount of $5.4 million. In addition, the Company is required to make monthly royalty payments in 2005. See Note 7 of Callon’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 10, 2005 for a more detailed description of the Deepwater Royalty Relief Act.

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this report, including statements regarding the Company’s financial position, adequacy of resources, estimated reserve quantities, business strategies, plans, objectives and expectations for future operations and covenant compliance, are forward-looking statements. The Company can give no assurances that the assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations (“Cautionary Statements”) are disclosed, in the section entitled “Risk Factors” included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s most recent fiscal year, elsewhere in this report and from time to time in other filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified by the Cautionary Statements.

General

The Company’s revenues, profitability, future growth and the carrying value of its oil and gas properties are substantially dependent on prevailing prices of oil and gas, its ability to find, develop and acquire additional oil and gas reserves that are economically recoverable and its ability to develop existing proved undeveloped reserves. The Company’s ability to maintain or increase its borrowing capacity and to obtain additional capital on attractive terms is also influenced by oil and gas prices. Prices for oil and gas are subject to large fluctuations in response to relatively minor changes in the supply of and demand for oil and gas, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors beyond the control of the Company. These factors include weather conditions in the United States, the condition of the United States economy, the actions of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, governmental regulations, political stability in the Middle East and elsewhere, the foreign supply of oil and gas, the price of foreign imports and the availability of alternate fuel sources. Any substantial and extended decline in the price of oil or gas would have an adverse effect on the Company’s carrying value of its proved reserves, borrowing capacity, revenues, profitability and cash flows from operations. The Company uses derivative financial instruments for price protection purposes on a limited amount of its future production but does not use derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. As of March 31, 2005, the Company had over 60% on an equivalent basis of its remaining 2005 production hedged.

The following discussion is intended to assist in an understanding of the Company’s historical financial positions and results of operations. The Company’s historical financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this quarterly report contain detailed information that should be referred to in conjunction with the following discussion.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary sources of capital are cash flows from operations, borrowings from financial institutions and the sale of debt and equity securities. On March 31, 2005, we had net cash and cash equivalents of $2.9 million and $58.5 million of availability under our senior secured credit facility. Cash provided from operating activities during the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 totaled $21.3 million. Cash provided by operating activities for 2005 has increased compared to 2004 due to higher production as well as increased prices. Net capital expenditures from the cash flow statement for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 totaled $16.2 million. Dividends paid on preferred stock were $318,000.

On June 15, 2004, we closed on a three-year senior secured credit facility underwritten by Union Bank of California, N.A. The credit facility had an initial borrowing base of $60 million, which subsequent to the first quarter was increased to $70 million. The borrowing base is reviewed and adjusted accordingly semi-annually and can be increased to a maximum of $175 million. As of March 31, 2005 there were no borrowings outstanding under the facility; however, we had an aggregate of $1.5 million in outstanding letters of credit issued under the credit facility. These letters of credit secure obligations under the outstanding hedging contracts described in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The outstanding letters of credit reduce the amount available for borrowings under the credit facility. As a result, $58.5 million was available for future borrowings under the credit facility as of March 31, 2005.

The Indenture governing our 9.75% Senior Notes due 2010, in addition to the senior secured credit facility, contain various covenants, including restrictions on additional indebtedness and payment of cash dividends as well as maintenance of certain financial ratios. We were in compliance with respect to these covenants at March 31, 2005. See Note 5 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 10, 2005 for a more detailed discussion of long-term debt.

Our capital expenditure plans for 2005, including capitalized interest and general and administrative expenses, will require $80 million of funding. We anticipate that cash flow generated from operations during 2005 and current availability under our senior secured credit facility, if necessary, will provide the $95 million of capital necessary to fund these planned capital expenditures as well as our asset retirement obligations. See the Capital Expenditures section below for a more detailed discussion of our capital expenditures for 2005.

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The following table describes our outstanding contractual obligations (in thousands) as of March 31, 2005:

                                         
Contractual           Less Than     One-Three     Four-Five     After-Five  
Obligations   Total     One Year     Years     Years     Years  
Senior Secured Credit Facility
  $     $     $     $     $  
9.75% Senior Notes
    200,000                         200,000  
Capital Lease (future minimum payments)
    2,254       674       723       448       409  
Throughput Commitments:
                                       
Medusa Spar
    16,044       4,268       6,748       5,028        
Medusa Oil Pipeline
    796       242       280       127       147  
 
                             
 
  $ 219,094     $ 5,184     $ 7,751     $ 5,603     $ 200,556  
 
                             

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures from the cash flow statement for exploration and development costs related to oil and gas properties totaled approximately $16 million in the three months ended March 31, 2005. We incurred approximately $4 million in the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Area primarily for the drilling and completion of a development well at North Medusa. Interest of approximately $1 million and general and administrative costs allocable directly to exploration and development projects of approximately $2 million were capitalized for the first three months of 2005. Our Gulf of Mexico Shelf Area expenditures account for the remainder of the total capital expended, which includes the drilling of two shelf wells, one of which will be completed by mid-year, the completion of a 2004 shelf well and the rework of two existing shelf wells.

Capital expenditures for the remainder of 2005 are forecast to be approximately $64 million and include:

  •   the completion and development of two shelf wells;
 
  •   the drilling of a deepwater development well on our deepwater Entrada discovery;
 
  •   the non-discretionary drilling of exploratory wells;
 
  •   the acquisition of seismic and leases; and
 
  •   capitalized interest and general and administrative costs.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In December 2003, we announced the formation of a limited liability company, Medusa Spar LLC, which now owns a 75% undivided ownership interest in the deepwater spar production facilities on our Medusa Field in the Gulf of Mexico. We contributed a 15% undivided ownership interest in the production facility to Medusa Spar LLC in return for approximately $25 million in cash and a 10% ownership interest in the LLC. The LLC will earn a tariff based upon production volume throughput from the Medusa area. We are obligated to process our share of production from the Medusa field and any future discoveries in the area through the Spar production facilities. This arrangement allows us to defer the cost of the Spar production facility over the life of the Medusa field. Our cash proceeds were used to reduce the balance outstanding under our senior secured credit facility. The LLC used the cash proceeds from $83.7 million of non-recourse financing and a cash contribution by one of the LLC owners to acquire its 75% interest in the Spar. The balance of Medusa Spar LLC is owned by Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) and Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR). We are accounting for our 10% ownership interest in the LLC under the equity method.

Income Taxes

As discussed in Notes 5 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, we established a valuation allowance of $11.5 million as of December 31, 2003. We achieved profitable operations and had income on an aggregate basis for the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. As a result, we reversed the valuation allowance which had a balance of $7.0 million as of December 31, 2004.

During the first quarter of 2004, we revised the valuation allowance as a result of current year ordinary income, the impact of which was included in our effective tax rate and resulted in no net income tax expense (benefit) for the period. We had income tax expense of $4.8 million in the first quarter of 2005.

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Results of Operations

     The following table sets forth certain unaudited operating information with respect to the Company’s oil and gas operations for the periods indicated:

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2005     2004  
Net production :
               
Oil (MBbls)
    641       439  
Gas (MMcf)
    2,748       3,108  
Total production (MMcfe)
    6,593       5,743  
Average daily production (MMcfe)
    73.3       63.1  
 
               
Average sales price:
               
Oil (Bbls) (a)
  $ 37.46     $ 30.67  
Gas (Mcf)
    6.92       5.94  
Total (Mcfe)
    6.52       5.56  
 
               
Oil and gas revenues:
               
Oil revenue
  $ 24,009     $ 13,469  
Gas revenue
    19,003       18,450  
 
           
Total
  $ 43,012     $ 31,919  
 
           
 
               
Oil and gas production costs:
               
Lease operating expense
  $ 6,536     $ 5,168  
 
               
Additional per Mcfe data:
               
Sales price
  $ 6.52     $ 5.56  
Lease operating expense
    0.99       0.90  
 
           
Operating margin
  $ 5.53     $ 4.66  
 
           
 
               
Depletion, depreciation and amortization
  $ 2.34     $ 2.06  
General and administrative (net of management fees)
  $ 0.26     $ 0.66  
 
               
(a) Below is a reconciliation of the average NYMEX price to the average realized sales price per barrel of oil:
               
 
               
Average NYMEX oil price
  $ 49.85     $ 35.14  
Basis differentials and quality adjustments
    (6.33 )     (1.71 )
Transportation
    (1.31 )     (1.25 )
Hedging
    (4.75 )     (1.51 )
 
           
Average realized oil price
  $ 37.46     $ 30.67  
 
           

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Comparison of Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and the Three Months Ended March 31, 2004.

Oil and Gas Production and Revenues

Total oil and gas revenues increased 35% to $43.0 million in the first quarter of 2005 from $31.9 million in the first quarter of 2004. The increase was primarily due to higher product prices and higher production from our deepwater property, Medusa. Total production for the first quarter of 2005 increased by 15% versus the first quarter of 2004.

Production from Medusa began late in the fourth quarter of 2003 from one well with five additional wells completed through August 2004. In the first quarter of 2004, there were two wells producing with a third well completed in the middle of March 2004. In the first quarter of 2005, all six wells were producing, which resulted in increased production for the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004.

Gas production during the first quarter of 2005 totaled 2.7 Bcf and generated $19.0 million in revenues compared to 3.1 Bcf and $18.5 million in revenues during the same period in 2004. The average gas price after hedging impact for the first quarter of 2005 was $6.92 per Mcf compared to $5.94 per Mcf for the same period last year. The decrease in production was primarily due to normal and expected decline in production from our Mobile area properties and older properties. The decrease was partially offset by higher production from Medusa and production from our new wells at High Island Block 119.

Oil production during the first quarter of 2005 totaled 641,000 barrels and generated $24.0 million in revenues compared to 439,000 barrels and $13.5 million in revenues for the same period in 2004. The average oil price received after hedging impact in the first quarter of 2005 was $37.46 per barrel compared to $30.67 per barrel in 2004. The increase in production for the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004 was due to the higher production from Medusa.

Lease Operating Expenses

Lease operating expenses for the three-month period ending March 31, 2005 increased to $6.5 million compared to $5.2 million for the same period in 2004. The 26% increase was primarily due to lease operating expenses related to our deepwater property, Medusa, which had higher throughput charges as a result of higher production rates and the addition of our High Island Block 119 field, which began producing in the third quarter of 2004.

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

Depreciation, depletion and amortization for the three months ending March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $15.4 million and $11.8 million, respectively. The 30% increase was due to higher production volumes for the first quarter of 2005 compared to the same period last year and a higher average depletion rate.

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Accretion Expense

Accretion expense for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 of $861,000 and $816,000, respectively, represents accretion for our asset retirement obligations. The increase was due to the addition of new plugging and abandonment obligations. See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses, net of amounts capitalized, were $1.7 million and $3.8 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The 55% decrease was a result of a charge of $2.6 million that was incurred in the first quarter of 2004 for the early retirement of two executive officers of the Company. The decrease was partially offset by reduced capitalized overhead in the first quarter of 2005.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased by 22% to $4.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $5.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2004. This is a result of lower debt levels and lower interest rates due to the refinancing of debt in December 2003 and during the six-month period ended June 30, 2004, partially funded by proceeds from an equity offering completed in the second quarter of 2004. In addition, amortization of deferred financing costs and bond discounts decreased due to the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and bond discounts associated with the early extinguishment of debt.

Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt

A loss of $2.5 million was recognized in the first quarter of 2004 for the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and bond discounts associated with the early extinguishment of the $22.9 million of 10.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due July 31, 2004, the $40 million of 10.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due September 15, 2004 and the remaining $10 million of 12% senior loans due in 2005 plus a 1% pre-payment premium.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense was $4.8 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 compared to zero for the same period last year. We had established a valuation allowance of $11.5 million as of December 31, 2003. We revised the valuation allowance in the first quarter of 2004 as a result of first quarter ordinary income, the impact of which was included in our effective tax rate and resulted in no net income tax expense (benefit) for the first quarter of 2004. At year-end, the remaining balance in the valuation allowance was reversed. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a detailed discussion of the valuation allowance.

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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s revenues are derived from the sale of its crude oil and natural gas production. The prices for oil and gas remain extremely volatile and sometimes experience large fluctuations as a result of relatively small changes in supply, weather conditions, economic conditions and government actions. From time to time, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments (forward sales or swaps) to hedge oil and gas price risks for the production volumes to which the hedge relates. The hedges reduce the Company’s exposure on the hedged volumes to decreases in commodity prices and limit the benefit the Company might otherwise have received from any increases in commodity prices on the hedged volumes. The Company from time to time has acquired puts which reduce the Company’s exposure to decreases in commodity prices while allowing realization of the full benefit from any increases in commodity prices.

The Company also enters into price “collars” to reduce the risk of changes in oil and gas prices. Under these arrangements, no payments are due by either party so long as the market price is above the floor price set in the collar and below the ceiling. If the price falls below the floor, the counter-party to the collar pays the difference to the Company and if the price is above the ceiling, the counter-party receives the difference from the Company.

Callon has purchased “puts” as another form of hedging to reduce risk of changes in oil and gas prices. If the price falls below the puts, the counter-party pays the difference to the Company.

The Company enters into these various agreements from time to time to reduce the effects of volatile oil and gas prices and does not enter into hedge transactions for speculative purposes. However, certain of the Company’s positions may not be designated as hedges for accounting purposes.

See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the Company’s hedged position at March 31, 2005. There have been no significant changes in market risks faced by the Company since the end of 2004.

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

Exhibits

  2.   Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession*
 
  3.   Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws

  3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed March 15, 2004, File No. 001-14039)
 
  3.2   Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed August 4, 1994, Reg. No. 33-82408)

  4.   Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures

  4.1   Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed August 4, 1994, Reg. No. 33-82408)
 
  4.2   Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 13, 1995, Reg. No. 33-96700)
 
  4.3   Designation for Convertible, Exchangeable Preferred Stock, Series A (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 13, 1995, Reg. No. 33-96700)
 
  4.4   Indenture for Convertible Debentures (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 13, 1995, Reg. No. 33-96700)

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  4.5   Certificate of Correction on Designation of Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 22, 1996, Reg. No. 333-15501)
 
  4.6   Rights Agreement between Callon Petroleum Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Rights Agent, dated March 30, 2000 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed April 6, 2000, File No. 001- 14039)
 
  4.7   Warrant dated as of June 29, 2001 entitling Duke Capital Partners, LLC to purchase common stock from the Company. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001, File No. 001-14039)
 
  4.8   Form of Warrant entitling certain holders of the Company’s 10.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2002 to purchase common stock from the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002, File No. 001-14039)
 
  4.9   Form of Warrants dated December 8, 2003 and December 29, 2003 entitling lenders under the Company’s $185 million amended and restated Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement dated December 23, 2003 to purchase common stock from the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, File No. 001-14039)
 
  4.10   Indenture for the Company’s 9.75% Senior Notes due 2010, dated March 15, 2004 between Callon Petroleum Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2004, File No. 001-14039)

  10.   Material contracts*
 
  11.   Statement re computation of per share earnings*
 
  15.   Letter re unaudited interim financial information*
 
  18.   Letter re change in accounting principles*

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  19.   Report furnished to security holders*
 
  22.   Published report regarding matters submitted to vote of security holders*
 
  23.   Consents of experts and counsel*
 
  24.   Power of attorney*
 
  31.   Certifications

  31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)
 
  31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)

  32.   Section 1350 Certifications

  32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(b)
 
  32.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(b)

  99.   Additional exhibits*


*   Inapplicable to this filing

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

     
  CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY
 
   
Date: May 9, 2005
  By: /s/ John S. Weatherly
   
  John S. Weatherly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (on behalf of the registrant and as the principal financial officer)

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Exhibit Index

             
Exhibit Number   Title of Document
2.   Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession*
 
           
3.   Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
 
           
    3.1     Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed March 15, 2004, File No. 001-14039)
 
           
    3.2     Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed August 4, 1994, Reg. No. 33-82408)
 
           
4.   Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including indentures
 
           
    4.1     Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed August 4, 1994, Reg. No. 33-82408)
 
           
    4.2     Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 13, 1995, Reg. No. 33-96700)
 
           
    4.3     Designation for Convertible, Exchangeable Preferred Stock, Series A (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 13, 1995, Reg. No. 33-96700)
 
           
    4.4     Indenture for Convertible Debentures (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 13, 1995, Reg. No. 33-96700)
 
           
    4.5     Certificate of Correction on Designation of Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed November 22, 1996, Reg. No. 333-15501)

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Exhibit Number   Title of Document
    4.6     Rights Agreement between Callon Petroleum Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Rights Agent, dated March 30, 2000 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed April 6, 2000, File No. 001- 14039)
 
           
    4.7     Warrant dated as of June 29, 2001 entitling Duke Capital Partners, LLC to purchase common stock from the Company. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001, File No. 001-14039)
 
           
    4.8     Form of Warrant entitling certain holders of the Company’s 10.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2002 to purchase common stock from the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002, File No. 001-14039)
 
           
    4.9     Form of Warrants dated December 8, 2003 and December 29, 2003 entitling lenders under the Company’s $185 million amended and restated Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement dated December 23, 2003 to purchase common stock from the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, File No. 001-14039)
 
           
    4.10     Indenture for the Company’s 9.75% Senior Notes due 2010, dated March 15, 2004 between Callon Petroleum Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2004, File No. 001-14039)
 
           
10.   Material contracts*
 
           
11.   Statement re computation of per share earnings*
 
           
15.   Letter re unaudited interim financial information*
 
           
18.   Letter re change in accounting principles*
 
           
19.   Report furnished to security holders*
 
           
22.   Published report regarding matters submitted to vote of security holders*

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Exhibit Number   Title of Document    
23.   Consents of experts and counsel*
 
               
24.   Power of attorney*
 
               
31.   Certifications
 
               
    31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)    
 
               
    31.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)    
 
               
32.   Section 1350 Certifications
 
               
    32.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)– 14(b)    
 
               
    32.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(b)    
 
               
99.   Additional exhibits*


*   Inapplicable to this filing

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