EX-99.2 7 d450131dex992.htm FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF EXCO/HGI PARTNERSHIP Financial Statements of EXCO/HGI Partnership

Exhibit 99.2

Independent Auditors’ Report

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

EXCO Resources, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statements of revenues and direct operating expenses of EXCO Resources, Inc.’s Certain Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Properties (the Properties or the Company) for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009. These statements of revenues and direct operating expenses are the responsibility of EXCO Resources, Inc.’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these statements of revenues and direct operating expenses based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the statements of revenues and direct operating expenses are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the statements of revenues and direct operating expenses, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall statement of revenues and direct operating expenses presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The accompanying statements of revenues and direct operating expenses referred to above were prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The statements of revenues and direct operating expenses are not intended to be a complete presentation of the revenues and expenses for the Properties.

In our opinion, the statements of revenues and direct operating expenses referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and direct operating expenses of EXCO Resources, Inc.’s Certain Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Properties for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
December 6, 2012


EXCO Resources, Inc.

Certain Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Properties

Statements of Revenues and Direct Operating Expenses

Years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 and

Nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)

 

     Year ended December 31,      Nine months  ended
September 30,
     Nine months  ended
September 30,
 

(amounts in thousands)

   2011      2010      2009      2012      2011  
                          (Unaudited)      (Unaudited)  

Revenues

              

Oil and natural gas revenues

   $ 224,302       $ 242,273       $ 299,337       $ 118,922       $ 174,207   

Direct operating expenses:

              

Lease operating expenses

     56,465         61,143         74,581         33,700         41,031   

Severance and ad valorem taxes

     19,733         21,813         26,603         14,324         16,109   

Gathering and treating expenses

     13,293         17,642         26,951         9,838         10,280   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total direct operating expenses

     89,491         100,598         128,135         57,862         67,420   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Excess of revenues over direct operating expenses

   $ 134,811       $ 141,675       $ 171,202       $ 61,060       $ 106,787   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to statements of revenues and direct operating expenses.

 

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EXCO Resources, Inc.

Certain Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Properties

Notes to Statement of Revenues and Direct Operating Expenses

Years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying historical statements of revenues and direct operating expenses present the revenues less direct operating expenses of certain shallow conventional non-shale oil and natural gas properties owned by EXCO Resources, Inc., or EXCO, EXCO Operating Company, Inc., or EOC, and Vernon Gathering, LLC, each of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of EXCO, and hereinafter collectively referred to as the Partnership Properties, to a newly formed partnership entity, EXCO/HGI JV Assets, LLC, or the Partnership.

Terms of the transaction are set forth in a Unit Purchase and Contribution Agreement, or UPCA, dated November 5, 2012 between EXCO and its aforementioned subsidiaries and HGI Energy Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbinger Group Inc., or HGI. In exchange for the contribution of the Partnership Properties, at closing, EXCO will receive cash consideration of $597.5 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments to reflect an effective date of July 1, 2012, a 25.5% limited partner interest in the Partnership and a 50% interest in the general partner of the Partnership. The remaining 74.5% of the Partnership will be owned by HGI.

The transaction contemplated by the UPCA is subject to customary pre and post-closing adjustments, including expiration or early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, customary title and environmental reviews, closing conditions and regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in early 2013.

The historical statements of revenues and direct operating expenses of the Partnership Properties are presented in order to comply with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for businesses acquired or probable to be acquired. These statements were prepared from the historical accounting records of EXCO.

Since separate historical financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, have never been prepared for the Partnership Properties, certain indirect expenses, as further described in Note 4. Excluded Expenses, were not allocated to the Partnership Properties and have been excluded from the accompanying statements. Any attempt to allocate these expenses would require significant and judgmental allocations, which would be arbitrary and would not be indicative of the performance of the properties on a stand-alone basis. Accordingly, the financial statements required under Rule 3-05 of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and statement of stockholders’ equity) prepared in accordance GAAP are not presented and these statements of revenues and direct operating expenses do not represent a complete set of financial statements reflecting financial position, results of operations, partners’ equity and cash flows of the Partnership Properties and are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the Partnership Properties going forward.

 

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Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the statements of revenues and direct operating expenses. Actual results could be different from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

Oil and natural gas revenues reflect the sales method of accounting. Under the sales method, revenues are recognized based on actual volumes of oil and natural gas sold to purchasers. There were no significant imbalances with other revenue interest owners attributable to the Partnership Properties during any of the periods presented in these statements.

Direct Operating Expenses

Direct operating expenses are recognized on an accrual basis and consist of direct expenses of operating the Partnership Properties. The direct operating expenses include lease operating expenses, gathering and treating costs and production and other tax expenses.

 

 

Lease operating expenses include lifting costs, well repair expenses, surface repair expenses, well workover costs, and other field expenses. Lease operating expenses also include expenses directly associated with support personnel, support services, equipment, and facilities directly related to oil and natural gas production activities.

 

 

Gathering and transportation expenses include the costs to gather and transport oil and natural gas. There are two types of agreements in which oil and gas are sold, both of which include a transportation charge. One is a netback arrangement, under which the Proposed Partnership will sell oil or natural gas at the wellhead and collect a price, net of the transportation incurred by the purchaser. In this case, the sales at the price received from the purchaser will be reported net of the transportation costs. Under the other arrangement, the Proposed Partnership will sell oil or natural gas at a specific delivery point, pay transportation to a third party and receive proceeds from the purchaser with no transportation deduction. In this case, the transportation costs are recorded as gathering and transportation expense. Due to these two distinct selling arrangements, computed realized prices, before the impact of derivative financial instruments, include revenues which are reported under two separate bases.

 

 

Production and other taxes consist of severance and ad valorem taxes.

Note 3. Contingencies

The activities of the Partnership Properties are subject to potential claims and litigation in the normal course of operations. EXCO management does not believe that any liability resulting from any pending or threatened litigation will have a materially adverse effect on the operations or financial results of the Partnership Properties.

Note 4. Excluded Expenses

Prior to the formation of the Partnership, the Partnership Properties were part of a larger organization where indirect general and administrative expenses, interest, income taxes, and other indirect expenses were not allocated to the Partnership Properties and have therefore been excluded from the accompanying statements of revenues and direct operating expenses. In addition, such indirect expenses are not indicative of costs which would have been incurred by the Partnership Properties on a stand-alone basis.

Also, depreciation, depletion and amortization and accretion of discounts attributable to asset retirement obligations have been excluded from the accompanying statements of revenues and direct operating expenses as such amounts would not necessarily be indicative of those expenses which would have been incurred based on the amounts to be allocated to the oil and gas properties in connection with the formation of the Partnership and contributions of assets and cash by the Partnership equity holders.

 

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Note 5. Related Parties

EXCO has an equity investment in TGGT Holdings, LLC, or TGGT, which provides gathering and treating services to certain Partnership Properties. In addition, TGGT also purchases natural gas from certain Partnership Properties. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, EXCO paid to TGGT approximately $6.0 million, $9.4 million and $24.8 million, respectively, in gathering and treating fees related to the Partnership Properties and TGGT purchased approximately $27.9 million, $33.2 million and $1.7 million of gas produced by the Partnership Properties for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

Note 6. Subsequent events

We have evaluated our activity after December 31, 2011 until the date of issuance of our statements of revenue and direct operating expenses on December 6, 2012, and are not aware of any events that have occurred subsequently to December 31, 2011 that would require adjustments to or disclosures in the statements.

Note 7. Supplemental Information Relating to Oil and Natural Gas Producing Activities (Unaudited)

Estimated Quantities of Proved Reserves

Independent engineering firms are retained to provide annual year-end estimates of future net recoverable oil and natural gas reserves. The estimated proved net recoverable reserves shown below include only those quantities that are expected to be commercially recoverable at prices and costs in effect at the balance sheet dates under existing regulatory practices and with conventional equipment and operating methods. Proved Developed Reserves represent only those reserves that might be recovered through existing wells. Proved Undeveloped Reserves include those reserves that might be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage or from existing wells on which we must make a relatively major expenditure for recompletion or secondary recovery operations. All of the reserves are located onshore in the continental United States of America.

Discounted future cash flow estimates like those shown below are not intended to represent estimates of the fair value of our oil and natural gas properties. Estimates of fair value should also consider unproved reserves, anticipated future oil and natural gas prices, interest rates, changes in development and production costs and risks associated with future production. Because of these and other considerations, any estimate of fair value is subjective and imprecise.

 

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The following table sets forth estimates of the proved oil and natural gas reserves (net of royalty interests) and changes therein, for the Partnership Properties for the periods indicated.

 

(amounts in thousands)

   Oil
(Bbls)
    Natural Gas
(Mcf)
    Mcfe (1)  

January 1, 2009

     7,509        873,564        918,618   

Production

     (779     (64,358     (69,032

Extensions and discoveries

     183        32,288        33,386   

Revisions of previous estimates

      

Changes in performance and costs

     (724     (102,243     (106,587

Changes in performance and other factors

     (383     (54,013     (56,311

Purchases of proved reserves in place

     —          218        218   

Sales of proved reserves m place

     (1,071     (183,879     (190,305
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

     4,735        501,577        529,987   

Production

     (629     (42,118     (45,892

Extensions and discoveries

     1,616        26,024        35,720   

Revisions of previous estimates:

      

Changes in prices and costs

     635        68,499        72,309   

Changes in performance and other factors

     670        72,263        76,283   

Purchases of proved reserves in place

     —          96        96   

Sales of proved reserves in place

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

     7,027        626,341        668,503   

Production

     (690     (35,614     (39,754

Extensions and discoveries

     912        7,722        13,194   

Revisions of previous estimates:

      

Changes in prices and costs

     (794     (133,428     (138,192

Changes in performance and other factors

     (302     (50,735     (52,547

Purchases of proved reserves in place

     —          4,672        4,672   

Sales of proved reserves in place

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2011

     6,153        418,958        455,876   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2009:

      

Proved developed reserves

     2,896        419,854        437,230   

Proved undeveloped reserves

     1,839        81,723        92,757   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total proved reserves

     4,735        501,577        529,987   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2010:

      

Proved developed reserves

     4,330        482,307        508,287   

Proved undeveloped reserves

     2,697        144,034        160,216   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total proved reserves

     7,027        626,341        668,503   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31,2011:

      

Proved developed reserves

     4,364        400,364        426,548   

Proved undeveloped reserves

     1,789        18,594        29,328   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total proved reserves

     6,153        418,958        455,876   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Mcfe – one thousand cubic feet equivalent calculated by converting one Bbl of oil to six Mcf of natural gas.

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

Summarized below is the Standardized Measure related to the Partnership Properties proved oil, natural gas reserves. The following summary is based on a valuation of proved reserves using discounted cash flows based on prices as prescribed by the SEC, costs and economic conditions and a 10% discount rate. The additions to proved reserves from the purchase of reserves in place, and new discoveries and extensions could vary significantly from year to year; additionally, the impact of changes to reflect current prices and costs of reserves proved in prior years could also be significant. Accordingly, the present value of future net cash flows does not purport to be an

 

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estimate of the fair market value of the Partnership Properties proved reserves, nor should it be indicative of any trends. An estimate of fair value would also take into account, among other things, anticipated changes in future prices and costs, the expected recovery of reserves in excess of proved reserves and a discount factor more representative of the time value of money, and the risks inherent in producing oil and natural gas.

The following table sets forth estimates of the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows form proved reserves of oil and natural gas for the periods indicated.

 

(amounts in thousands)

      

Year ended December 31, 2009

  

Estimated future cash inflows

   $ 1,936,212   

Future development costs

     (286,305

Future production costs

     (843,671
  

 

 

 

Future net cash flows

     806,236   

Discount of future net cash flows at 10%

     (374,995
  

 

 

 

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

   $ 431,241   
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2010

  

Estimated future cash inflows

   $ 3,421,997   

Future development costs

     (449,293

Future production costs

     (1,537,209
  

 

 

 

Future net cash flows

     1,435,495   

Discount of future net cash flows at 10%

     (764,251
  

 

 

 

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

   $ 671,244   
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2011

  

Estimated future cash inflows

   $ 2,655,911   

Future development costs

     (225,688

Future production costs

     (1,236,551
  

 

 

 

Future net cash flows

     1,193,672   

Discount of future net cash flows at 10%

     (552,664
  

 

 

 

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

   $ 641,008   
  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures for the Partnership Properties were $60.8 million, $110.0 million and $123.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

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The following table sets forth the changes in standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows relating to proved oil and natural gas reserves attributable to the Partnership Properties for the periods indicated.

 

(amounts in thousands)

   Year ended
December 31,
2011
    Year ended
December 31,
2010
    Year ended
December 31,
2009
 

Standardized measure – beginning of year

   $ 671,244      $ 431,241      $ 1,324,036   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sales and transfers of oil and natural gas produced (net of production costs)

     (134,811     (141,675     (171,202

Net change in prices and productions costs

     59,592        189,928        (680,736

Extensions and discoveries, net of future development and production costs

     45,574        57,396        28,328   

Previously estimated development costs incurred

     18,358        45,803        74,817   

Changes in estimated future development costs

     182,803        (88,356     211,484   

Revisions of previous quantity estimates

     (172,538     137,640        (254,892

Purchase of reserves in place

     3,851        78        192   

Sales of reserves in place

     —          —          (227,479

Accretion of discount

     69,275        45,417        133,788   

Other

     (102,340     (6,228     (7,095
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change for the year

     (30,236     240,003        (892,795
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Standardized measure – End of Period

   $ 641,008      $ 671,244      $ 431,241   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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