GeoPark Limited Announces Commencement of Consent Solicitations With Respect to Its 6.500% Senior Notes Due 2024 and Its 5.500% Senior Notes Due 2027

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Jun 08, 2022

GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) (the “Company”) today announced that it is soliciting consents (the “Consent Solicitations”) from the holders of its (i) 6.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and (ii) 5.500% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes” and together with the 2024 Notes, the “Notes”) for the adoption of certain proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) to the indentures governing the Notes (the “Indentures”) to address the impact of adverse market conditions and related drop in the price of crude oil during 2020 on the Company’s results, which in turn negatively impacted the restricted payments builder basket as currently in effect in both Indentures. In addition, each Consent Solicitation seeks to increase and reset the general restricted payments basket in the Indentures to provide the Company additional restricted payments capacity, which will give the Company additional financial flexibility that is aligned to its improved performance beginning in 2021. As previously disclosed, on May 26, 2022, we redeemed 2024 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $45 million. We have also effected open market repurchases of the 2024 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $37.9 million year to date. The aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Notes is $87.1 million and aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2027 Notes is $500 million.