Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Bonanza Creek Energy Borrowing Base Redetermination

The spring 2016 semi-annual borrowing base redetermination of the Credit Agreement, dated March 29, 2011 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”) of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) was completed on May 20, 2016. (Capitalized terms used herein shall be deemed to have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.) The Borrowing Base under the Credit Agreement was reduced from $475 million to $200 million, which amount will remain in effect until it is redetermined or adjusted in accordance with the Credit Agreement and will continue to be secured by certain of the Company’s Oil and Gas Properties.

As of May 20, 2016, the Company had $288 million in borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement and no outstanding letters of credit. As a result of this May 2016 redetermination, the Company now has a Borrowing Base Deficiency of $88 million. The Company received notice of this deficiency on May 20, 2016 (the “Deficiency Notice Date”). The Company is currently in compliance with all of the Credit Agreement’s financial and non-financial covenants.

Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company must pursue one of the following options to address the Borrowing Base Deficiency: (A) within 20 days after the Deficiency Notice Date, deliver to the Administrative Agent written notice of the Company’s election to repay Advances such that the Borrowing Base Deficiency is cured within 30 days after the Deficiency Notice Date; (B) pledge, within 30 days after the Deficiency Notice Date, additional Oil and Gas Properties acceptable to the Lenders, which the Lenders deem sufficient in their sole discretion to eliminate the Borrowing Base Deficiency; (C) within 20 days after the Deficiency Notice Date, deliver to the Administrative Agent written notice of the Company’s election to repay Advances in six monthly installments equal to one-sixth of the Borrowing Base Deficiency, with the first such installment due 30 days after the Deficiency Notice Date and each following installment due 30 days after the preceding installment; or (D) within 20 days after the Deficiency Notice Date, deliver to the Administrative Agent written notice of the Company’s election to combine the options in clause (B) and (C) above, and indicating the amount to be repaid in installments and the amount to be provided as additional Collateral.

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