UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 20, 2017 (January 17, 2017)

 

 

RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 

 

Delaware

 


001-34464

 

27-0659371

 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, CO

80203

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  303-534-4600

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On January 17, 2017, Resolute Natural Resources Southwest, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Resolute Southwest”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “PSA”) with an undisclosed buyer to sell its New Mexico oil and gas properties in Lea County, New Mexico, for a purchase price of $15 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, including for title and environmental defects (the “New Mexico Sale”).  Under the terms of the PSA, the buyer has deposited an amount equal to 10% of the purchase price, or $1.5 million, with Resolute Southwest.  The New Mexico Sale will be effective as of October 1, 2016.  The Company expects the New Mexico Sale to close on or about February 22, 2017, subject to customary conditions to closing.  The proceeds of the sale will be used to reduce amounts outstanding under the Company’s revolving credit facility or for other corporate purposes.

 

 

 


 

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:  January 20, 2017

 

RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ James M. Piccone

 

 

 

 

James M. Piccone

 

 

 

 

President