UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2017

 

 

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 538-0300

 

 

(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:

 

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 

Item 1.01              Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 19, 2017, certain wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, “Seller”) of Halcon Resources Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement of Sale and Purchase with a privately-owned company (“Purchaser”) pursuant to which Seller agreed to sell its non-operated properties and related assets located in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana (the “Non-Operated Bakken Assets”) to Purchaser for a total purchase price of approximately $104 million.  The effective date of the transaction will be April 1, 2017 and the transaction is expected to close in mid-November 2017, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.  The purchase price is subject to adjustment for (i) operating expenses, capital expenditures and revenues between the effective date and the closing date, (ii) title and environmental defects, and (iii) other purchase price adjustments customary in oil and gas purchase and sale agreements.  Upon the closing of the sale of the Non-Operated Bakken Assets, the borrowing base on the Company’s revolving credit facility will be reduced to $100 million.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

	HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION
September 20, 2017	By:	/s/ Mark J. Mize
	Name:	Mark J. Mize
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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