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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - PETROQUEST ENERGY INCex991pressrelease03302015.htm
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):
March 27, 2015
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PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State of Incorporation)
72-1440714
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
400 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd., Suite 6000
Lafayette, Louisiana
(Address of principal executive offices)
70508
(Zip code)

Commission File Number: 001-32681
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (337) 232-7028
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 27, 2015, PetroQuest Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and PetroQuest Energy, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (the “Borrower”), entered into the Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Tenth Amendment”), which amends the Credit Agreement dated as of October 2, 2008, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 24, 2009, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2009, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 5, 2010, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 3, 2011, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 29, 2013, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 19, 2013, that certain Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2014, that certain Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 29, 2014, and that certain Ninth Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated as of February 26, 2015 (collectively, the “Credit Agreement”), with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Capital One, N.A., Iberiabank, Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Nova Scotia (collectively, “Lenders”).

Pursuant to the Tenth Amendment, the Lenders have agreed to (1) amend the minimum ratio of consolidated current assets to consolidated current liabilities (all as defined in the Credit Agreement) financial covenant to be (i) 0.75 to 1.0 as of the last day of the fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, and (ii) 1.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending thereafter, and (2) decrease the Borrowing Base, as defined in the Credit Agreement, from $220.0 million to $190.0 million (subject to the aggregate commitments of the Lenders then in effect, which was unchanged at $170.0 million). The Borrowing Base is based upon the valuation as of January 1 and July 1 of each year of the reserves attributable to the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ oil and gas properties and other credit factors deemed relevant by the Lenders. The Lenders and the Borrower agreed that the aforementioned decrease in the Borrowing Base constituted the Scheduled Redetermination (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Borrowing Base scheduled for on or about March 31, 2015. As of March 30, 2015, the Borrower had $85 million of outstanding borrowings under (and no letters of credit issued pursuant to) the Credit Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Tenth Amendment is not complete and is qualified by reference to the complete document, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On March 30, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Tenth Amendment. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
10.1
Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 27, 2015, among PetroQuest Energy, Inc., PetroQuest Energy, L.L.C., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Capital One, N.A., Iberiabank, Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Nova Scotia.
99.1
Press Release dated March 30, 2015, announcing the closing of the Tenth Amendment.






SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 30, 2015
PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC.
                                
/s/ J. Bond Clement            
J. Bond Clement
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer