Debt	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
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Debt	7. Debt Promissory Note – Short-Term The Company has a $25.0 million borrowing facility under a Promissory Note (the “Promissory Note”) with Allied. Interest accrues on the outstanding principal under the Promissory Note at a rate of the 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2% per annum, payable quarterly. The obligations under the Promissory Note have been guaranteed by the Company. In August 2014, the Promissory Note was amended to extend the maturity date by one year to July 2015, and to allow for the entire $25.0 million facility amount to be utilized for general corporate purposes. As of September 30, 2014, the Company owed $11.2 million under the Promissory Note. Convertible Subordinated Note – Long-Term As partial consideration in connection with the February 2014 closing of the Allied Transaction, the Company issued a $50.0 million Convertible Subordinated Note in favor of Allied. The principal of the Convertible Subordinated Note was deemed advanced in two equal $25.0 million tranches at each of the First Closing and the Second Closing of the Private Placement. Interest on the Convertible Subordinated Note accrues at a rate per annum of one-month LIBOR plus 5%, payable quarterly in cash until the maturity of the Convertible Subordinated Note five years from the closing of the Allied Transaction. At the election of the holder, the Convertible Subordinated Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $0.7164 per share, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The Convertible Subordinated Note is subordinated to the Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness and is subject to acceleration upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Convertible Subordinated Note). The Company may, at its option, prepay the note in whole or in part, at any time, without premium or penalty. The note is subject to mandatory prepayment upon (i) the Company’s issuance of capital stock or incurrence of indebtedness, the proceeds of which the Company does not apply to repayment of senior indebtedness or (ii) any capital markets debt issuance to the extent the net proceeds of such issuance exceed $250.0 million. Allied may assign all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Convertible Subordinated Note to any person upon written notice to the Company. As of September 30, 2014, the Company owed $50.0 million under the Convertible Subordinated Note. Term Loan Facility In September 2014, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary CPL, entered into a credit facility with a Nigerian bank for a five-year senior secured term loan providing initial borrowing capacity of up to $100.0 million (the “Term Loan Facility”). U.S. dollar borrowings under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 7.5%, subject to a floor of 9.5%. The obligations under the Term Loan Facility include a legal charge over OMLs 120 and 121 and an assignment of proceeds from oil sales. The obligations of CPL have been guaranteed by the Company and rank in priority with all its other obligations. Proceeds from the Term Loan Facility will be used for the further expansion and development of OMLs 120 and 121 offshore Nigeria, including the Oyo field. Under the Term Loan Facility, the following events, among others, constitute events of default: CPL failing to pay any amounts due within thirty days of the due date; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or dissolution of CPL; a material breach of the Loan Agreement by CPL that remains unremedied within thirty days of written notice by CPL; or a representation or warranty of CPL proves to have been incorrect or materially inaccurate when made. Upon any event of default, all outstanding principal and interest under any loans will become immediately due and payable. The Term Loan Facility contains normal and customary covenants including the delivery of the Company’s annual audited financial information each year, and a provision of priority of interest, in which the Company is to procure that its obligations under the Term Loan Facility do and will rank in priority with all its other current and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. The Company is also to provide a production and lifting schedule each month displaying the daily production totals and quantities lifted respectively from OMLs 120 and 121. The Company was in compliance with all loan covenants as of September 30, 2014. Upon executing the Term Loan Facility, the Company paid a commitment fee of $1.9 million, which was capitalized and will be amortized over the life of the Term Loan Facility. As of September 30, 2014, the Company owed $50.0 million under the Term Loan Facility.

7. Debt

Promissory Note – Short-Term

The Company has a $25.0 million borrowing facility under a Promissory Note (the “Promissory Note”) with Allied. Interest accrues on the outstanding principal under the Promissory Note at a rate of the 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2% per annum, payable quarterly. The obligations under the Promissory Note have been guaranteed by the Company. In August 2014, the Promissory Note was amended to extend the maturity date by one year to July 2015, and to allow for the entire $25.0 million facility amount to be utilized for general corporate purposes. As of September 30, 2014, the Company owed $11.2 million under the Promissory Note.

Convertible Subordinated Note – Long-Term

As partial consideration in connection with the February 2014 closing of the Allied Transaction, the Company issued a $50.0 million Convertible Subordinated Note in favor of Allied. The principal of the Convertible Subordinated Note was deemed advanced in two equal $25.0 million tranches at each of the First Closing and the Second Closing of the Private Placement. Interest on the Convertible Subordinated Note accrues at a rate per annum of one-month LIBOR plus 5%, payable quarterly in cash until the maturity of the Convertible Subordinated Note five years from the closing of the Allied Transaction. At the election of the holder, the Convertible Subordinated Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $0.7164 per share, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The Convertible Subordinated Note is subordinated to the Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness and is subject to acceleration upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Convertible Subordinated Note). The Company may, at its option, prepay the note in whole or in part, at any time, without premium or penalty. The note is subject to mandatory prepayment upon (i) the Company’s issuance of capital stock or incurrence of indebtedness, the proceeds of which the Company does not apply to repayment of senior indebtedness or (ii) any capital markets debt issuance to the extent the net proceeds of such issuance exceed $250.0 million. Allied may assign all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Convertible Subordinated Note to any person upon written notice to the Company. As of September 30, 2014, the Company owed $50.0 million under the Convertible Subordinated Note.

Term Loan Facility

In September 2014, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary CPL, entered into a credit facility with a Nigerian bank for a five-year senior secured term loan providing initial borrowing capacity of up to $100.0 million (the “Term Loan Facility”). U.S. dollar borrowings under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 7.5%, subject to a floor of 9.5%. The obligations under the Term Loan Facility include a legal charge over OMLs 120 and 121 and an assignment of proceeds from oil sales. The obligations of CPL have been guaranteed by the Company and rank in priority with all its other obligations. Proceeds from the Term Loan Facility will be used for the further expansion and development of OMLs 120 and 121 offshore Nigeria, including the Oyo field.

Under the Term Loan Facility, the following events, among others, constitute events of default: CPL failing to pay any amounts due within thirty days of the due date; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or dissolution of CPL; a material breach of the Loan Agreement by CPL that remains unremedied within thirty days of written notice by CPL; or a representation or warranty of CPL proves to have been incorrect or materially inaccurate when made. Upon any event of default, all outstanding principal and interest under any loans will become immediately due and payable.

The Term Loan Facility contains normal and customary covenants including the delivery of the Company’s annual audited financial information each year, and a provision of priority of interest, in which the Company is to procure that its obligations under the Term Loan Facility do and will rank in priority with all its other current and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. The Company is also to provide a production and lifting schedule each month displaying the daily production totals and quantities lifted respectively from OMLs 120 and 121. The Company was in compliance with all loan covenants as of September 30, 2014.

Upon executing the Term Loan Facility, the Company paid a commitment fee of $1.9 million, which was capitalized and will be amortized over the life of the Term Loan Facility. As of September 30, 2014, the Company owed $50.0 million under the Term Loan Facility.