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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 12b-25

 

NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING

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SEC FILE NUMBER

001-33016

   
   

CUSIP NUMBER

26985R104

 

(Check One)    

 

x  Form 10-K     ¨  Form 20-F     ¨  Form 11-K     ¨  Form 10-Q

¨  Form 10-D     ¨  Form N-SAR     ¨  Form N-CSR

  For Period Ended:         December 31, 2007        
  ¨  Transition Report on Form 10-K
  ¨  Transition Report on Form 20-F
  ¨  Transition Report on Form 11-K
  ¨  Transition Report on Form 10-Q
  ¨  Transition Report on Form N-SAR
  For the Transition Period Ended:                                                                  

If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above, identify the Item(s) to which the notification relates:             

 

 

PART I — REGISTRANT INFORMATION

 

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.
Full Name of Registrant
Not applicable
Former Name if Applicable
16701 Greenspoint Drive, Suite 200
Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number)
Houston, Texas 77060
City, State and Zip Code

 

 

PART II — RULES 12b-25(b) AND (c)

If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate)

 

x   

  (a)   The reason described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense
  (b)   The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on Form 10-K, Form 20-F, Form 11-K, Form N-SAR or Form N-CSR, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form 10-Q or subject distribution report on Form 10-D, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following the prescribed due date; and
  (c)   The accountant’s statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable.


 

PART III — NARRATIVE

State below in reasonable detail why Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, 10-D, N-SAR, N-CSR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.

The registrant has dedicated significant resources to the completion of the assessment of the effectiveness of the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting, as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. However, there have been delays in completing this assessment. These delays have also caused delays in the completion of the audits of the registrant’s financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2007. As a result of these delays and the complex nature of the requirements under Section 404, the registrant is unable to complete and file the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K by the prescribed filing date without unreasonable effort and expense. The registrant continues to dedicate significant resources to the audit of the financial statements, internal control testing and reporting, and the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The registrant currently anticipates filing the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K on or before the extended deadline of April 1, 2008.

 

 

 

PART IV — OTHER INFORMATION

 

(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification

 

Charles C. Boettcher      281    408-1260
(Name)      (Area Code)    (Telephone Number)

 

(2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If answer is no, identify report(s).    x  Yes    ¨  No

 

 

 

(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?    x  Yes    ¨  No

If so, attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate of the results cannot be made.

Because of the nature of several acquisitions completed in 2007, the registrant expanded its midstream operations and entered into two separate lines of business: upstream operations and mineral operations. Attached as Attachment A is certain financial information which shows the results of operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year.

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: 

   March 18, 2008    By:     Eagle Rock Energy GP, L.P.,
         its general partner
      By:     Eagle Rock Energy G&P, LLC,
         its general partner
      By:     /s/ Joseph A. Mills
      Name:    Joseph A. Mills
      Title:    Chief Executive Officer


Attachment A

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (“Eagle Rock” or the “Partnership”) presents its financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2007.

Highlights:

The Partnership highlighted the following achievements for the fourth quarter of 2007 as compared to the third quarter of 2007:

 

   

Increased Adjusted EBITDA by 15.1%, to $52.0 million from $45.2 million

   

Increased Distributable Cash Flow by 7.6% to $34.0 million from $31.6 million

   

Increased quarterly distribution rate to $0.3925 per unit from $0.3675 while maintaining a 119% coverage

The following are significant achievements for the year ended December 31, 2007, as compared to December 31, 2006:

 

   

Increased Adjusted EBITDA by 64.3%, to $133.4 million from $81.2 million

   

Increased Distributable Cash Flow by 99.5% to $76.4 million from $38.3 million

   

Increased cash distributions by 8.3% to an annualized amount of $1.57 per unit from $1.45 per unit

   

Expanded midstream asset base and added two new lines of business: the Upstream and Minerals Segments

   

Increased average daily throughput in the Midstream Segment by 57.2% to 349 MMcf/d from 222 MMcf/d in 2006


Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

The Partnership is in the process of completing its audit of financial statements as well as its initial audit of internal controls over financial reporting as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Management is responsible for assessing its internal controls over financial reporting and providing a report of its assessment in the Partnership’s annual report. During this process, management determined, based on the potential for misstatement as opposed to an actual misstatement, that the Partnership’s internal controls have material weaknesses related to: a) financial reporting and, b) midstream cost of natural gas sold. The Partnership has taken remedial action to ensure that the financial information presented herein reflects, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Partnership. Management believes that these material weaknesses will not result in a restatement of any prior periods and that the information presented herein is materially correct in all respects.

Eagle Rock analyzes and manages its operations under six distinct segments: three Midstream segments we identify as the Texas Panhandle, East Texas / Louisiana and South Texas Segments, and the Upstream, Minerals and Corporate Segments. The Corporate Segment includes our risk management (derivatives) and other corporate activities. Other expense, Interest expense – net, and Income tax provision (related to Texas Margin Tax) are discussed separately. Please refer to financial tables below for further detailed information.

Fourth Quarter Financial Results

Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $52.0 million compared with $19.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, an increase of 173.3%. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus income tax provision, interest-net (including both realized and unrealized interest rate risk management activities), depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, impairment expense, other operating expense, other non-cash operating and general and administrative expenses (including non-cash


compensation related to our equity-based compensation program) less unrealized risk management instrument gain (loss) activities and other income/(expense).

Distributable Cash Flow for the fourth quarter of 2007 (prior to any cash reserves established by Eagle Rock’s Board) totaled $34.0 million compared to $5.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, an increase of 486.2%. Distributable Cash Flow is defined as Adjusted EBITDA minus: (i) maintenance capital expenditures; (ii) cash interest expense; and (iii) the addition of losses or subtraction of gains relating to other miscellaneous non-cash amounts affecting net income for the period. Fourth quarter 2007 Distributable Cash Flow represents 119% coverage of the fourth quarter 2007 distribution of $0.3925 per unit based on total units outstanding on February 11, 2008, the distribution record date.

Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures that are defined and reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measures at the end of this news release.

Revenue (including the negative impact of both our realized and unrealized derivative losses) for the fourth quarter of 2007 increased 91.2% to $221.1 million compared with $115.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2006.

From the inception of our hedging program in 2005, we have used mark-to-market accounting for our commodity hedges and interest rate swaps. We record monthly realized gains and losses on commodity hedge instruments to Revenues based on cash settlement information. The settlement amounts vary due to the volatility in the commodity market prices throughout each month. We also record non-cash, unrealized gains and losses monthly to Revenues based upon the future mark-to-market value of our derivatives through their expiration dates. Option premium costs we have incurred are amortized through the unrealized risk management instruments line item, which is included in our Revenues.

As a result of our commodity hedging activities and the favorable physical commodity pricing environment, revenues include a total realized loss of $7.4 million on risk management activity that was settled during the fourth quarter of 2007, and an unrealized, non-cash mark-to-market loss of $97.9 million for the same period, as compared to a realized gain of $2.2 million on risk management activity that was settled for the fourth quarter of 2006 and an unrealized, non-cash, mark-to-market loss of $5.0 million for the same period.

Neither the unrealized, non-cash, mark-to-market loss of $5.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2006 nor the unrealized, non-cash mark-to-market loss of $97.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 had an impact on cash activities for the 2006 period and 2007


period, respectively, and as such are excluded from our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow.

Operations and maintenance costs and taxes other than income increased to $20.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2007, from $10.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2006. This increase was mostly due to the addition of the upstream operations and the addition of the Laser Midstream assets during 2007.

General and administrative expenses increased by $8.4 million from $2.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2006 to $11.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2007. This growth in general and administrative expenses was mostly driven by increased head-count in our corporate office as a result of our expansion into the minerals and upstream businesses related to the Montierra, Redman and EAC acquisitions, and to recruiting efforts in accounting, back-office, engineering, land and operations-related corporate personnel associated with being a larger energy related public partnership. As a result, corporate-office payroll expenses increased by $3.7 million between periods. Also as a result of being a public partnership, our public partnership expenses related to audit, tax, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and others contributed $1.2 million to expenses during the fourth quarter of 2007. Expenses related to outside professional services, including the costs of registration of common units related to our private placements of equity and funding of acquisitions with our common units, impacted our general and administrative expenses expense by $1.8 million during the quarter. We recorded other miscellaneous expenses of $4.0 million.

Other operating expense includes liquidated damages of $0.9 million related to registration rights granted to our March 2006 pre-IPO investors and our May 2007 private equity investors, as the effective registration of these investors’ common units was not achieved within the timeframe specified.

Interest Expense – net, which includes both realized and unrealized gains/losses from our interest rate swaps, increased to $21.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2007, as compared to $5.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2006. This increase is partly a result of an increase in our debt outstanding from $405.7 million at the end of 2006, to $567.1 million at the end of 2007. This increase in funded debt resulted from financing several organic projects and acquisitions during the year, including the Tyler County Pipeline Extension, Red Deer processing plant project and a portion of the Redman and EAC acquisitions. In addition, an increased base interest rate and a higher interest rate margin also increased our interest expense. We entered into a new Senior Revolving Credit Facility on December 13, 2007, which carries a lower interest rate margin than our previous credit facility. However, this only impacted our interest expense for a two-week period during the fourth quarter of 2007.

 


Interest Expense—net, also includes interest swap realized gain of $1.4 million during the fourth quarter of 2007. We also recorded an unrealized mark-to-market loss of $12.2 million related to our interest rate risk management position reflected in Interest Expense—net. The unrealized loss relates to our future period interest rate swaps and from changes during the year in the underlying interest rate associated with the derivatives. The unrealized mark-to-market loss did not have any impact on cash activities for the 2007 period and is also excluded by definition from our calculation of Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA.

Other expenses include the non-cash write-off of $6.2 million in unamortized debt issuance costs related to our previous credit facility. The non-cash write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs related to our previous credit facility is added back in the calculation of both Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow, while the non-recurring liquidated damages are added back to Adjusted EBITDA but excluded from the calculation of Distributable Cash Flow.

Income tax benefit recorded during the fourth quarter of 2007 of approximately $0.6 million reflects an adjustment to a change in estimate for Texas Margin Tax.

Weighted average common units outstanding totaled approximately 50.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 and approximately 16.7 million for the same period in 2006. Mainly due to the impact of non-cash, unrealized, mark-to-market losses related to Eagle Rock’s commodity and interest rate hedging activities of $110.1 million during the fourth quarter, net loss increased to $111.5 million for the fourth quarter.

Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2007 includes unrealized, mark-to-market losses related to both our commodity and interest rate derivatives of $110.1 million, the non-recurring, non-cash write-off of $6.2 million in unamortized debt issuance costs related to our previous credit facility, $0.9 million in non-recurring liquidated damages accrued to certain of our private equity investors and a $5.7 million non-cash asset impairment charge.

Full Year Financial Results

Revenue for 2007 (including the negative impact of both our realized and unrealized derivative losses) increased by 62.9% to $779.2 million compared with $478.4 million for the prior year. Revenue for the full year 2007 includes $3.1 million of net realized cash settlements paid with respect to expired commodity derivatives, $8.2 million of non-cash amortization expense related to the option component of Eagle Rock’s commodity derivatives, and $120.2 million of unrealized losses related to non-cash, mark-to-market charges for Eagle Rock’s commodity derivatives. Revenues for the full year 2006 included $2.3 million of cash settlements received on expired commodity


derivatives, $19.2 million of amortization expense related to the option component of Eagle Rock’s commodity derivatives and $7.1 million of unrealized losses related to non-cash, mark-to-market charges for Eagle Rock’s commodity derivatives.

Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2007, was $133.4 million compared with $81.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of 64.3%. Distributable Cash Flow for the year ended 2007 was $76.4 million compared to $38.3 million for 2006, an increase of 99.4%. Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures that are defined and reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measures at the end of this news release.

Weighted average common units outstanding totaled approximately 37.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, and approximately 12.1 million for the same period in 2006. Net loss increased to $145.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to net loss of $23.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Net loss of $145.6 million includes unrealized, mark-to-market losses related to both our commodity and interest rate derivatives totaling $144.2 million; the non-recurring, non-cash write-off of $6.2 million in unamortized debt issuance costs related to our previous credit facility; $1.1 million in non-recurring liquidated damages to our private equity investors; and a $5.7 million non-cash asset impairment charge.


Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This information and the accompanying schedules include the non-generally accepted accounting principles, or non-GAAP, financial measures of Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow. The accompanying schedules provide reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measures such as net income, operating income, cash flows from operating activities or any other GAAP measure of liquidity or financial performance. Eagle Rock uses non-GAAP financial measures as measures of its core profitability or to assess the financial performance of its assets. Eagle Rock believes that investors benefit from having access to the same financial measures that its management uses in evaluating performance.

Eagle Rock defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus income tax provision, interest-net (including both realized and unrealized interest rates risk management activities), depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, impairment expense, other operating expense, other non-cash operating and general and administrative expenses (including non-cash compensation related to our equity-based compensation program) less non-realized revenues risk management instrument gain (loss) activities and other income/(expense). Adjusted EBITDA is used as a supplemental financial measure by external users of Eagle Rock’s financial statements such as investors, commercial banks and research analysts. Adjusted EBITDA is useful in determining our ability to sustain or increase distributions. By excluding unrealized derivative gains (losses), a non-cash mark-to-market charge which represents the change in fair market value of our executed derivative instruments and is independent of our assets’ performance or cash flow generating ability, we believe Adjusted EBITDA reflects more accurately our ability to generate cash sufficient to pay interest costs, support our level of indebtedness, make cash distributions to our unitholders and general partner and finance our maintenance capital expenditures. We further believe that Adjusted EBITDA also describes more accurately the underlying performance of our operating assets by isolating the performance of our operating assets from the impact of an unrealized, non-cash measure designed to describe the fluctuating inherent value of a financial asset.


Similarly, by excluding the impact of non-recurring discontinued operations, Adjusted EBITDA provides users of our financial statements a more accurate picture of our current assets’ cash generation ability, independently from that of assets which are no longer a part of our operations. Eagle Rock’s Adjusted EBITDA definition may not be comparable to Adjusted EBITDA or similarly titled measures of other entities, as other entities may not calculate Adjusted EBITDA in the same manner as Eagle Rock does. Eagle Rock has reconciled Adjusted EBITDA to net income.

Distributable Cash Flow is defined as Adjusted EBITDA minus: (i) maintenance capital expenditures; (ii) cash interest expense; and (iii) the addition of losses or subtraction of gains relating to other miscellaneous non-cash amounts affecting net income for the period. Maintenance capital expenditures represent: a) in our midstream business, capital expenditures employed to replace partially or fully depreciated assets to maintain the existing operating capacity of the Partnership’s assets and to extend their useful lives, or other capital expenditures that are incurred in maintaining existing system volumes and related cash flows, including well connect expenditures; and b) in our upstream business, capital expenditures employed to replace partially or fully production volumes in order to maintain existing volumes and related cash flows. Distributable Cash Flow is a significant performance metric used by senior management to compare basic cash flows generated by the Partnership (prior to the establishment of any retained cash reserves by its Board of Directors) to the cash distributions expected to be paid to unitholders. Using this metric, management can quickly compute the coverage ratio of estimated cash flows to planned cash distributions. Distributable Cash Flow is also an important non-GAAP financial measure for unitholders since it serves as an indicator of the Partnership’s success in providing a cash return on investment. Specifically, this financial measure indicates to investors whether or not the Partnership is generating cash flow at a level that can sustain or support an increase in quarterly distribution rates. Distributable Cash Flow is also a quantitative standard used throughout the investment community with respect to publicly-traded partnerships and limited liability companies because the value of a unit of such an entity generally is related to the amount of cash distributions the entity can pay to its unitholders. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Distributable Cash Flow is net income.

This press release may include “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements, other than statements of


historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the Partnership expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the Partnership based on its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate under the circumstances. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Partnership, which may cause the Partnership’s actual results to differ materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking statements.

Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
    Three Months
Ended
 
($ in thousands)    2007     2006     2007     2006     Sept. 30, 2007  

REVENUE:

          

Natural gas, natural gas liquids, condensate and oil sales

   $ 313,304     $ 113,910     $ 868,101     $ 486,911     $ 253,056  

Gathering, compression and processing fees

     8,146       4,367       27,417       14,862       7,723  

Minerals and royalty income

     5,803       —         15,004       —         6,009  

Gain/(loss) on risk management instruments

     (105,244 )     (2,795 )     (131,453 )     (24,004 )     8,688  

Other income

     (877 )     185       130       621       1,388  
                                        

Total Revenue

     221,132       115,667       779,199       478,390       276,864  

COSTS AND EXPENSES:

          

Cost of natural gas and natural gas liquids

     235,044       88,699       686,882       377,580       196,839  

Operations and maintenance

     16,785       9,013       52,802       32,905       16,883  

Taxes other than income

     3,957       1,256       8,319       2,301       2,746  

General and administrative

     11,223       2,797       27,810       10,860       7,196  

Other operating

     916       6,000       2,847       6,000       220  

Impairment

     5,749       —         5,749       —         —    

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     29,674       11,761       80,559       43,220       25,105  
                                        

Total Costs and Expenses

     303,348       119,526       864,968       472,866       248,989  

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS):

     (82,216 )     (3,859 )     (85,769 )     5,524       27,875  

Other Income (Expense):

          

Interest income

     630       256       1,160       996       231  

Other income

     (183 )     —         696       —         767  

Interest expense, net

     (22,395 )     (5,992 )     (53,304 )     (26,985 )     (19,152 )

Other expense

     (7,971 )     (1,619 )     (8,226 )     (1,619 )     2  
                                        

Total other (expense) income

     (29,919 )     (7,355 )     (59,674 )     (27,608 )     (18,152 )

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     (112,135 )     (11,214 )     (145,443 )     (22,084 )     9,723  

Income tax provision

     (603 )     486       169       1,230       352  
                                        

NET INCOME (LOSS)

   $ (111,532 )   $ (11,700 )   $ (145,612 )   $ (23,314 )   $ 9,371  
                                        


Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.

Operating Income

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31
   Twelve Months Ending
December 31
   Three
Months
Ended
Sept. 2007
($ in thousands)    2007     2006    2007     2006   

Panhandle

            

Revenues:

            

Sales of natural gas, NGLs, oil and condensate

   $ 151,476     $ 95,742    $ 479,120     $ 415,331    $ 126,980

Gathering and treating services

     2,255       2,091      8,910       7,382      2,267

Other

     (1,028 )     120      —         339      1,028
                                    

Total revenues

     152,703       97,953      488,030       423,052      130,275

Cost of natural gas and natural gas liquids

     113,629       73,302      372,205       317,626      96,871

Operating costs and expenses:

            

Operations and maintenance

     6,333       7,575      30,635       28,318      9,190

Taxes other than income

     467       967      1,859       1,758      465

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     10,977       9,088      42,308       36,270      11,334
                                    

Total operating costs and expenses

     17,777       17,630      74,802       66,346      20,989
                                    

Operating income

   $ 21,297     $ 7,021    $ 41,023     $ 39,080    $ 12,415
                                    

East Texas/Louisiana

            

Revenues:

            

Sales of natural gas, NGLs, oil and condensate

   $ 58,252     $ 18,168    $ 153,660     $ 71,580    $ 44,215

Gathering and treating services

     3,341       2,276      13,547       7,480      3,939

Other

     —         65      (21 )     282      360
                                    

Total revenues

     61,593       20,509      167,186       79,342      48,514

Cost of natural gas and natural gas liquids

     50,859       15,397      133,350       59,954      38,397

Operating costs and expenses:

            

Operations and maintenance

     2,695       1,438      9,773       4,587      3,311

Taxes other than income

     358       289      1,156       543      309

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     4,439       1,638      10,781       5,915      2,606
                                    

Total operating costs and expenses

     7,492       3,365      21,710       11,045      6,226
                                    

Operating income

   $ 3,242     $ 1,747    $ 12,126     $ 8,343    $ 3,891
                                    

South Texas

            

Revenues:

            

Sales of natural gas, NGLs, oil and condensate

   $ 71,958     $ —        184,634     $ —      $ 62,792

Gathering and treating services

     1,602       —        4,012       —        1,517

Other

     1       —        1       —        —  
                                    

Total revenues

     73,561       —        188,647       —        64,309

Cost of natural gas and natural gas liquids

     70,556       —        181,327       —        61,571

Operating costs and expenses:

            

Operations and maintenance

     299       —        911       —        357

Taxes other than income

     120       —        147       —        12

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     1,028       —        2,453       —        910
                                    

Total operating costs and expenses

     1,447       —        3,511       —        1,279
                                    

Operating income

   $ 1,558     $ —      $ 3,809     $ —      $ 1,459
                                    


Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.

Operating Income

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ending
December 31
    Twelve Months Ending
December 31
    Three Months
Ended
September 2007
 
($ in thousands)    2007     2006     2007     2006    

Midstream

          

Revenues:

          

Sales of natural gas, NGLs, oil and condensate

   $ 281,686     $ 113,910     $ 817,414     $ 486,911     $ 233,987  

Gathering and treating services

     7,198       4,367       26,469       14,862       7,723  

Other

     (1,027 )     185       (20 )     621       1,388  
                                        

Total revenues

     287,857       118,462       843,863       502,394       243,098  

Cost of natural gas and natural gas liquids

     235,044       88,699       686,882       377,580       196,839  

Operating costs and expenses:

          

Operations and maintenance

     9,327       9,013       41,319       32,905       12,858  

Taxes other than income

     945       1,256       3,162       2,301       786  

Depletion, depreciation and amortization

     16,444       10,726       55,542       42,185       14,850  
                                        

Total operating costs and expenses

     26,716       20,995       100,023       77,391       28,494  
                                        

Operating income

   $ 26,097     $ 8,768     $ 56,958     $ 47,423     $ 17,765  
                                        

Upstream

          

Revenues:

          

Oil and condensate

   $ 15,286     $ —       $ 24,874     $ —       $ 9,588  

Natural gas

     6,835       —         11,210       —         4,375  

NGLs

     9,497       —         14,603       —         5,106  

Income fees and other

     948         948         —    

Other

     150         150         —    
                                        

Total revenues

     32,716       —         51,785       —         19,069  
                                        

Operating costs and expenses:

          

Operations and maintenance

     7,458       —         11,483       —         4,025  

Taxes other than income

     2,589       —         4,386       —         1,797  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     9,339       —         16,235       —         6,896  
                                        

Total operating costs and expenses

     19,386       —         32,104       —         12,718  
                                        

Operating income

   $ 13,330     $ —       $ 19,681     $ —       $ 6,351  
                                        

Minerals

          

Revenues:

          

Oil and condensate

   $ 2,916     $ —       $ 7,529     $ —       $ 3,080  

Natural gas

     2,153       —         5,493       —         1,850  

NGLs

     68       —         693       —         527  

Lease bonus, rentals and other

     666       —         1,289       —         552  
                                        

Total revenues

     5,803       —         15,004       —         6,009  
                                        

Operating costs and expenses:

          

Operations and maintenance

     —         —         —         —         —    

Taxes other than income

     423       —         771       —         163  

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment

     8,886       —         13,777       —         3,359  
                                        

Total operating costs and expenses

     9,309       —         14,548       —         3,522  
                                        

Operating income

   $ (3,506 )   $ —       $ 456     $ —       $ 2,487  
                                        

Corporate

          

Revenues:

          

Realized commodity derivatives

   $ (7,385 )   $ 2,180     $ (3,061 )   $ 2,302     $ (177 )

Unrealized commodity derivatives

     (97,859 )     (4,975 )     (128,392 )     (26,306 )     8,865  
                                        

Total revenues

     (105,244 )     (2,795 )     (131,453 )     (24,004 )     8,688  

General and administrative

     11,223       2,797       27,810       10,860       7,196  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     754       1,035       754       1,035       —    

Other expense

     916       6,000       2,847       6,000       220  
                                        

Operating income

   $ (118,137 )   $ (12,627 )   $ (162,864 )   $ (41,899 )   $ 1,272  
                                        

Total

          

Revenues:

          

Sales of natural gas, NGLs, oil and condensate

   $ 314,402     $ 113,910     $ 868,101     $ 486,911     $ 253,056  

Gathering and treating services

     7,198       4,367       27,417       14,862       7,723  

Minerals and royalty income

     5,803       —         15,004       —         6,009  

Commodity derivatives

     (105,244 )     (2,795 )     (131,453 )     (24,004 )     8,688  

Other

     (1,027 )     185       130       621       1,388  
                                        

Total revenues

     221,132       115,667       779,199       478,390       276,864  
                                        

Cost of natural gas and natural gas liquids

     235,044       88,699       686,882       377,580       196,839  

Costs and expenses:

          

Operating

     16,785       9,013       52,802       32,905       16,883  

Taxes other than income

     3,957       1,256       8,319       2,301       2,746  

General and administrative

     11,223       2,797       27,810       10,860       7,196  

Other expense

     916       6,000       2,847       6,000       220  

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment

     35,423       11,761       86,308       43,220       25,105  
                                        

Total Costs and Expenses

     68,304       30,827       178,086       95,286       52,150  
                                        

Total operating income (loss)

     (82,216 )     (3,859 )     (85,769 )     5,524       27,875  

Other income (expense):

          

Interest income

     630       256       1,160       996       231  

Other income

     (183 )     —         696       —         767  

Interest expense

     (10,167 )     (6,127 )     (37,521 )     (29,759 )     (10,723 )

Unrealized interest rate derivatives

     (12,228 )     135       (15,783 )     2,774       (8,429 )

Other income (expense)

     (7,971 )     (1,619 )     (8,226 )     (1,619 )     2  
                                        

Total other income (expense)

     (29,919 )     (7,355 )     (59,674 )     (27,608 )     (18,152 )
                                        

Income (loss) before taxes

     (112,135 )     (11,214 )     (145,443 )     (22,084 )     9,723  

Income tax provision

     (603 )     486       169       1,230       352  
                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ (111,532 )   $ (11,700 )   $ (145,612 )   $ (23,314 )   $ 9,371  
                                        

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 51,971     $ 19,019     $ 133,378     $ 81,192     $ 45,155  


Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.

Midstream Operations Information

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ending
December 31
    Twelve Months Ending
December 31
    Three Months
Ending
September
2007
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006    

Gas gathering volumes
(Average Mcf/d)

          

Texas Panhandle

     163,411       147,927       151,260       146,402       164,544  

East Texas/Louisiana

     157,450       83,811       134,007       75,170       155,540  

South Texas

     92,345       N/A       63,435       N/A       99,266 (a)
                                        

Total

     413,206       231,738       348,702       221,572       419,350  
                                        

NGLs and condensate
(Equity gallons)

          

Texas Panhandle

     23,694,310       24,734,938       88,973,113       97,776,126       23,644,648  

East Texas/Louisiana

     5,746,483       3,468,931       18,320,082       13,461,870       4,742,723  

South Texas

     246,668       N/A       463,490       N/A       162,876  
                                        

Total

     29,687,461       28,203,869       107,756,685       111,237,996       28,550,247  
                                        

Natural gas short position
(Average MMBtu/d)

          

Texas Panhandle

     (6,570 )     (7,130 )     (7,184 )     (7,536 )     (6,330 )

East Texas/Louisiana

     (382 )     2,067       1,077       1,436       1,116  

South Texas

     500       N/A       250       N/A       500  
                                        

Total

     (6,452 )     (5,063 )     (5,857 )     (6,100 )     (4,714 )
                                        

Average realized price—NGL

          

Texas Panhandle

   $ 1.47     $ 0.79     $ 1.22     $ 0.98     $ 1.27  

East Texas/Louisiana

   $ 1.32     $ 0.64     $ 1.07     $ 0.81     $ 1.06  

South Texas

   $ 1.43       N/A     $ 1.32       N/A     $ 1.51  

Weighted average

   $ 1.42     $ 0.75     $ 1.15     $ 0.94     $ 1.21  

Average realized price—condensate

          

Texas Panhandle

   $ 80.31     $ 51.39     $ 63.51     $ 58.02     $ 63.41  

East Texas/Louisiana

   $ 94.14     $ 54.07     $ 73.33     $ 56.02     $ 75.48  

South Texas

   $ 86.34       N/A     $ 78.89       N/A     $ 71.76  

Weighted average

   $ 81.21     $ 51.51     $ 64.31     $ 57.96     $ 64.34  

Average realized price—natural gas

          

Texas Panhandle

   $ 6.06     $ 6.29     $ 6.08     $ 6.16     $ 5.45  

East Texas/Louisiana

   $ 6.62     $ 6.13     $ 6.54     $ 6.08     $ 5.86  

South Texas

   $ 6.46       N/A     $ 6.38       N/A     $ 5.99  

Weighted average

   $ 6.31     $ 6.29     $ 6.25     $ 6.08     $ 5.71  

 

(a) Includes a MMBtu conversion adjustment (8,122) Mcf/d


Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.

Upstream Operations Information

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months
Ending
December 31
   Twelve Months
Ending
December 31
   Three
Months
Ended
September
2007
     2007     2006    2007    2006   

Upstream

             

Production:

             

Oil and condensate (Bbl)

     195,229     N/A      336,028    N/A      140,799

Gas (Mcf)

     917,981     N/A      1,584,279    N/A      666,298

NGLs (Bbl)

     123,833     N/A      212,061    N/A      88,228

Total Mcfe

     2,832,357     N/A      4,872,817    N/A      2,040,460

Realized prices, excluding derivatives:

             

Oil and condensate (Bbl)

   $ 78.30     N/A    $ 74.02    N/A    $ 68.10

Gas (Mcf)

   $ 7.45     N/A    $ 7.08    N/A    $ 6.57

Operating statistics:

             

OPEX per Mcfe (incl prod taxes)

   $ 3.55     N/A    $ 3.26    N/A    $ 3.82

OPEX per Mcfe (excl prod taxes)

   $ 2.63     N/A    $ 2.36    N/A    $ 2.64

Operating Income per Mcfe

   $ 4.71     N/A    $ 4.04    N/A    $ 4.17

Drilling program (gross wells):

             

Development wells

     2     N/A      2    N/A      —  

Completions

     2     N/A      2    N/A      3

Workovers

     2     N/A      4    N/A      2

Recompletions

     1     N/A      1    N/A      —  

Minerals

             

Production:

             

Oil and condensate (Bbl)

     34,367     N/A      106,275    N/A      47,498

Gas (Mcf)

     323,576     N/A      872,176    N/A      376,389

NGLs (Gal)

     (31,993 )   N/A      624,223    N/A      534,622

Total Mcfe

     525,208     N/A      1,599,001    N/A      737,752

Realized prices, excluding derivatives:

             

Oil and condensate (Bbl)

   $ 84.88     N/A    $ 70.85    N/A    $ 64.84

Gas (Mcf)

   $ 6.65     N/A    $ 6.30    N/A    $ 4.92

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The following tables present a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures of (i) Adjusted EBITDA to the GAAP financial measures of net income and cash flows from operating activities and (ii) Distributable Cash Flow to the GAAP financial measure of net income for each of the periods indicated (in thousands).


Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations

(unaudited)

Net income (loss) to adjusted EBITDA

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31
    Twelve Months Ending
December 31
    Three Months
Ended
September 2007
 
($ in thousands)    2007     2006     2007     2006    

Net income (loss) as reported

   $ (111,532 )   $ (11,700 )   $ (145,612 )   $ (23,314 )   $ 9,371  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

     29,674       11,761       80,559       43,220       25,105  

Impairment

     5,749       —         5,749       —      

Risk management interest related instruments-unrealized

     12,228       (135 )     15,783       (2,774 )     8,429  

Risk management instruments-unrealized

     97,859       4,975       128,392       26,306       (8,865 )

Other operating expense

     916       6,000       2,847       6,000       220  

Restricted units non-cash amortization expense

     784       142       2,395       142       820  

Income tax provision

     (603 )     486       169       1,230       352  

Interest—net including realized risk management instruments

     17,508       7,490       44,587       30,382       10,490  

Non-recurring operating items

     (795 )     —         (795 )     —         —    

Other (income)/expense

     183       —         (696 )     —         (767 )
                                        

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 51,971     $ 19,019     $ 133,378     $ 81,192     $ 45,155  
                                        

Net income (loss) to distributable cash flow

          

Net income (loss) as reported

   $ (111,532 )   $ (11,700 )   $ (145,612 )   $ (23,314 )   $ 9,371  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

     29,674       11,761       80,559       43,220       25,105  

Impairment

     5,749       —         5,749       —         —    

Risk management interest related instruments-unrealized

     12,228       (135 )     15,783       (2,774 )     8,429  

Risk management instruments-unrealized

     97,859       4,975       128,392       26,306       (8,865 )

Write-off of debt issuance costs

     6,215       —         6,215       —         —    

Termination fee (paid with IPO proceeds)

     —         6,000       —         6,000    

Capital expenditures-maintenance

     (6,406 )     (5,200 )     (15,627 )     (11,300 )     (2,492 )

Restricted units non-cash amortization expense

     784       142       2,395       142       820  

Non-recurring operating items

     (795 )     —         (795 )     —         —    

Other (income)/expense

     183       —         (696 )     —         (767 )
                                        

Distributable cash flow

   $ 33,959     $ 5,843     $ 76,363     $ 38,280     $ 31,601