ren-8k_20151211.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 11, 2015

 

 

RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 


001-34464

 

27-0659371

 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, CO

80203

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  303-534-4600

 

 

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. 

Amendment to Crude Oil Purchase Agreement

On December 11, 2015, Resolute Natural Resources Company, LLC (“RNRC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Resolute Energy Corporation, Western Refining Southwest, Inc. (“Western”) and Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company (“NNOGC”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Crude Oil Purchase Agreement dated July 7, 2014, among Western, RNRC and NNOGC. The Amendment provides that the discount (to NYMEX) at which crude oil is purchased by Western be reduced from $8.00 to $7.50 per barrel effective as of December 8, 2015.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 10.1

Amendment to Crude Oil Purchase Agreement, dated December 11, 2015, by and among Resolute Natural Resources Company, LLC, Western Refining Southwest, Inc. and Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company.


 


 

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.

 

Date:  December 14, 2015

 

RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James M. Piccone

 

 

 

  James M. Piccone

 

 

 

  President

 

 

 


 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

Amendment to Crude Oil Purchase Agreement, dated December 11, 2015, by and among Resolute Natural Resources Company, LLC, Western Refining Southwest, Inc. and Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company.