Diamondback Energy Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 12, 2025, Diamondback Energy, Inc., as guarantor (the “Company”) and Diamondback E&P LLC (the “Borrower”) entered into a sixteenth amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders party thereto (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date thereof and as further amended by the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”).
The Amendment extends the maturity date under the Credit Agreement from June 2, 2028 to June 12, 2030 and decreases the interest rate applicable to loans and certain fees payable under the Credit Agreement. After giving effect to the Amendment, outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate elected by the Borrower that is equal to term SOFR or an alternate base rate (which is equal to the greatest of the prime rate, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, and 1-month term SOFR plus 1.0%, subject to a 1.0% floor), in each case plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin ranges from 0.000% to 0.750% per annum in the case of alternate base rate loans and from 1.000% to 1.750% per annum in the case of term SOFR loans, in each case based on the pricing level. Further, the commitment fee ranges from 0.100% to 0.250% per annum on the average daily unused portion of the commitment, again based on the pricing level. The pricing level depends on certain rating agencies’ rating of the Company’s long-term senior unsecured debt. The other terms of the Credit Agreement remain unchanged following the Amendment.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Many of the lenders under the Credit Agreement and/or their affiliates have in the past performed, and may in the future from time to time perform, investment banking, financial advisory, lending and/or commercial banking services, or other services for the Company and its subsidiaries (including in connection with the transactions described in this Form 8-K), for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary compensation and expense reimbursement.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information included in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 2.03.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 10.1 | Sixteenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2025, by and among the Company, the Borrower, the lenders and other parties party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File—the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Diamondback Energy, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jere Thompson | |
| Name: | Jere Thompson | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Dated: June 12, 2025