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Third quarter 2018 annualized cash dividend of $0.90
-
Consolidated net income of $12.7 million for the third quarter 2018
-
Third quarter 2018 Adjusted EBITDA margin of 90%
-
Third quarter 2018 adjusted net production of approximately 6,100
boe/d
-
Reaffirming previously provided 2019 forecast
-
Currently 177 Eagle Ford shale line-of-site wells across acreage
position, and 46 wells turned in line during the third quarter
-
Third quarter 2018 realized oil price of $74.43 per barrel,
generated primarily from LLS pricing, which is currently $70 per barrel
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Falcon to host third quarter 2018 conference call at 9AM ET on
Friday, November 9th
Falcon Minerals Corporation (“Falcon” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FLMN,
FLMNW) today announced earnings results for the quarter ended September
30, 2018.
“We are very pleased to report our first period of operations at Falcon
Minerals,” stated Daniel C. Herz, Chief Executive Officer and President
of Falcon. “Our business is generating substantial cash flow with no
capex requirements at a 90% margin, namely from our royalty interests in
the highly-productive, oil-rich Eagle Ford Shale. Falcon’s assets are
well-supported by world class operators who are substantially increasing
their activity on our Eagle Ford mineral acreage. During the quarter, we
realized robust oil prices of $74/bbl, and ample takeaway capacity has
maintained the premium in the Eagle Ford from LLS-based oil prices we
receive. We believe Falcon is strategically positioned to acquire
additional royalty assets in the Eagle Ford, where the fragmented market
presents a tremendous opportunity to build upon our existing
high-quality asset base. Given all of the activity across our position
in the Eagle Ford Shale, we are even more excited than just ten weeks
ago at the launch of our business.”
Financial and Operating Results
The Company began trading publicly as Falcon Minerals upon closing the
combination of Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp., Falcon’s predecessor
entity, and Royal Resources L.P., an entity owned by funds managed by
Blackstone Energy Partners, on August 23, 2018. The financial and
operating information provided in this release reflects the full results
of the three months ended September 30, 2018 for comparative purposes.
Earnings Results
-
On a GAAP basis, consolidated net income was $12.7 million, or $0.06
per basic share, for the third quarter 2018. Falcon generated royalty
revenue of $23.8 million for the third quarter 2018.
-
The Company reported Adjusted EBITDA (as defined and reconciled below)
of $21.3 million(1) for the third quarter 2018, resulting
in Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 90% for the current period.
Cash operating costs for the third quarter 2018 were $5.96 per barrel
of oil equivalent (“boe”).
-
Based upon current drilling activity on its Eagle Ford positions, the
Company reaffirms its previously provided 2019 forecast. The Company
notes that if no wells on its Hooks Ranch minerals position are
connected in 2019, Falcon still expects to generate over $1.05 of cash
available for dividends per share for the full year 2019.
Q3 2018 Production
-
The Company recognizes royalty revenue and related expenses based on
actual production reported from its producers, which may not be
received for 30-90 days after production is delivered. Accordingly,
Falcon accrues revenue and expenses for months in which actual
production statements have not been received based upon an average of
prior months for which statements have been received. These accruals
may not capture production from new wells turned in line during a
period for which the Company has not yet received any payment.
-
Falcon’s adjusted net production averaged approximately 6,100 boe/d
for the third quarter 2018, which includes a contribution of
approximately 600 boe/d to the full quarter from additional wells
turned in line for which revenue has not yet been accrued.
-
Net production for the quarter was 78% oil by revenue and 50% oil by
volume. Falcon currently has 177 wells in various stages of
development on its Eagle Ford minerals position, and 46 wells were
turned in line during the third quarter 2018.
-
Falcon’s net realized price for crude oil was $74.43 per barrel
(“bbl”) in the third quarter 2018. The Company receives revenue based
primarily on Louisiana Light Sweet crude (“LLS”) pricing on production
($71.02/bbl as of November 6th) generated from the Eagle
Ford Shale in south Texas. LLS trades at a premium to West Texas
Intermediate crude (“WTI”) and averaged approximately $5/bbl over WTI
during the third quarter 2018. The Company’s realized price for
natural gas during the quarter was $3.03 per thousand cubic feet
(“mcf”) and $28.73/bbl for natural gas liquids (“NGL”).
(1)
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Please refer to the disclosure on page 6 for the Reconciliation of
Net Income to Non-GAAP Measures.
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Third Quarter 2018 Dividend
On October 23, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company approved
Falcon’s initial dividend of $0.095 per Class A share for the partial
quarter ended September 30, 2018. This amount represents an annualized
dividend of $0.90 per Class A share. The dividend for the partial third
quarter 2018 will be payable on November 15, 2018 to all Class A
shareholders of record on November 8, 2018. The Company’s dividend is
based on the portion of the current quarter of which Falcon owned the
acquired assets (August 23rd through September 30th).
Capitalization and Liquidity
As of September 30, 2018, the Company had $38 million of borrowings on
its $115 million revolving credit facility, and $12.9 million of cash.
Falcon’s debt-to-annualized EBITDA ratio was approximately 0.4x for the
full third quarter 2018.
Conference Call Details
Falcon management invites investors and interested parties to listen to
the conference call to discuss third quarter 2018 results on at 9AM on
Friday, November 9th. Participants for the conference call should dial
(877) 876-9177 (International: (785) 424-1672) and use the confirmation
code FLMNQ318. The Falcon earnings call is also accessible via webcast
on the Company’s website at www.falconminerals.com
in the Investor Relations section. A replay of the call will be
available starting at 12:00 pm ET on November 9th. To access the replay,
investors and interested parties can call 800-839-9324 (International:
(404) 220-6086).
About Falcon Minerals
Falcon Minerals Corporation (NASDAQ: FLMN, FLMNW) is a C-Corporation
formed to own and acquire high growth oil-weighted minerals rights.
Falcon Minerals owns mineral, royalty, and over-riding royalty interests
covering 251,000 gross unit acres in the Eagle Ford Shale and Austin
Chalk in Karnes, DeWitt and Gonzales Counties in Texas. The Company also
owns additional assets of approximately 20,000 gross unit acres in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia prospective for the Marcellus
Shale. For more information, visit our website at www.falconminerals.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements that involve a
number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking
statements. Falcon cautions readers that any forward-looking information
is not a guarantee of future performance. Such forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future
financial and operating results, resource and production potential,
Falcon’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other
statements that are not historical facts. Risks, assumptions and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to materially differ from
the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those
associated with general economic and business conditions; Falcon’s
ability to realize the anticipated benefits of its acquisitions; changes
in commodity prices; uncertainties about estimates of reserves and
resource potential; inability to obtain capital needed for operations;
changes in government environmental policies and other environmental
risks; the availability of drilling equipment and the timing of
production in Falcon’s regions; tax consequences of business
transactions; and other risks, assumptions and uncertainties detailed
from time to time in Falcon’s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, including under the heading “Risk Factors” in
Falcon’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on August 3,
2018, as well as Falcon’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any
subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on
Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof,
and Falcon assumes no obligation to update such statements, except as
may be required by applicable law.
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|
FALCON MINERALS CORPORATION (formerly known as Osprey Energy
Acquisition Corp.)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil and gas sales
|
|
$
|
23,825
|
|
|
$
|
19,218
|
|
|
$
|
72,354
|
|
|
$
|
70,117
|
|
Gain (loss) on hedging activities
|
|
|
458
|
|
|
|
(164
|
)
|
|
|
(1,456
|
)
|
|
|
1,792
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
24,283
|
|
|
|
19,054
|
|
|
|
70,898
|
|
|
|
71,909
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production and ad valorem taxes
|
|
|
1,326
|
|
|
|
1,144
|
|
|
|
3,854
|
|
|
|
4,032
|
|
Marketing and transportation
|
|
|
493
|
|
|
|
1,367
|
|
|
|
1,487
|
|
|
|
5,126
|
|
Amortization of royalty interests in oil & gas properties
|
|
|
4,494
|
|
|
|
7,829
|
|
|
|
13,179
|
|
|
|
27,608
|
|
General, administrative and other
|
|
|
1,132
|
|
|
|
1,160
|
|
|
|
7,013
|
|
|
|
4,182
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
7,445
|
|
|
|
11,500
|
|
|
|
25,533
|
|
|
|
40,948
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
16,838
|
|
|
|
7,554
|
|
|
|
45,365
|
|
|
|
30,961
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on the sale of assets
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
41,382
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Other income
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(557
|
)
|
|
|
(710
|
)
|
|
|
(1,600
|
)
|
|
|
(2,028
|
)
|
Total other income (expense)
|
|
|
(519
|
)
|
|
|
(710
|
)
|
|
|
39,821
|
|
|
|
(2,028
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
16,319
|
|
|
|
6,844
|
|
|
|
85,186
|
|
|
|
28,933
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
|
810
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
810
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
|
15,509
|
|
|
|
6,844
|
|
|
|
84,376
|
|
|
|
28,933
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from discontinued operations
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
|
688
|
|
|
|
2,139
|
|
|
|
1,683
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
15,600
|
|
|
|
7,532
|
|
|
|
86,515
|
|
|
|
30,616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
|
|
|
(2,933
|
)
|
|
|
(29
|
)
|
|
|
(3,028
|
)
|
|
|
(90
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income attributable to shareholders/unitholders
|
|
$
|
12,667
|
|
|
$
|
7,503
|
|
|
$
|
83,487
|
|
|
$
|
30,526
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per common share:
|
Common shares (basic)
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
|
|
Common shares (diluted)
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calculation of cash available for dividends for the period from
August 23rd to September 30th,
2018(1) (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2018(1)
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the partial period
|
|
|
$
|
9,043
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash interest expense
|
|
|
|
(146
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash available for distribution
|
|
|
|
8,897
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash to be distributed to non-controlling interests
|
|
|
$
|
4,101
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash to be distributed to Falcon Minerals Corp.
|
|
|
$
|
4,701
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends to be paid to Class A shareholders
|
|
|
$
|
4,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
All amounts in this reconciliation to dividends paid to Class A
shareholders are presented for the period from August 23, 2018
through September 30, 2018, representing the period during the third
quarter 2018 which Falcon owned the acquired royalty assets.
|
The table below presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP
measure, from Net Income, our most directly comparable GAAP financial
measure:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2018(2)
|
Net income
|
|
|
$
|
15,600
|
|
Income from discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
(91
|
)
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
|
519
|
|
Depletion
|
|
|
|
4,494
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
|
810
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
|
|
$
|
21,332
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
Income and expense amounts are shown for the full third quarter 2018.
|
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used by
management and external users of our financial statements, such as
industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. We believe
Adjusted EBITDA is useful because it allows us to evaluate our
performance and compare the results of our operations period to period
without regard to our financing methods or capital structure. In
addition, management uses Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate cash flow
available to pay dividends to our common shareholders.
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus interest expense, net,
depletion expense and provision for (benefit from) income taxes less
income from discontinued operations. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of
net income as determined by GAAP. We exclude the items listed above from
net income in calculating Adjusted EBITDA because these amounts can vary
substantially from company to company within our industry depending upon
accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the
method by which the assets were acquired. Certain items excluded from
Adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and
assessing a company’s financial performance, such as a company’s cost of
capital and tax structure, as well as historic costs of depreciable
assets, none of which are components of Adjusted EBITDA.
Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to, or more
meaningful than, net income, royalty income, cash flow from operating
activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in
accordance with GAAP. Our computations of Adjusted EBITDA may not be
comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.
|
|
|
|
|
FALCON MINERALS CORPORATION (formerly known as Osprey Energy
Acquisition Corp.)
SELECTED OPERATING DATA
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
2018(1)
|
|
2017(1)
|
|
2018(1)
|
|
2017(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil (bbls)
|
|
|
258,665
|
|
|
358,359
|
|
|
934,353
|
|
|
1,221,447
|
Natural gas (bbls)
|
|
|
187,640
|
|
|
193,662
|
|
|
513,577
|
|
|
587,245
|
Natural gas liquids (bbls)
|
|
|
68,134
|
|
|
126,926
|
|
|
210,163
|
|
|
396,577
|
Combined volumes (boe)
|
|
|
514,439
|
|
|
678,947
|
|
|
1,658,093
|
|
|
2,205,269
|
Average daily combined volume (boe/d)
|
|
|
5,592
|
|
|
7,380
|
|
|
6,074
|
|
|
8,078
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average sales prices:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil (bbls)
|
|
$
|
74.43
|
|
$
|
46.75
|
|
$
|
68.11
|
|
$
|
47.95
|
Natural gas (mcf)
|
|
$
|
3.03
|
|
$
|
2.54
|
|
$
|
2.92
|
|
$
|
2.86
|
Natural gas liquids (bbls)
|
|
$
|
28.73
|
|
$
|
18.70
|
|
$
|
24.54
|
|
$
|
19.03
|
Combined per boe
|
|
$
|
47.86
|
|
$
|
32.52
|
|
$
|
46.92
|
|
$
|
34.55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average costs ($/boe):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production and ad valorem taxes
|
|
$
|
2.58
|
|
$
|
1.68
|
|
$
|
2.32
|
|
$
|
1.83
|
Gathering and transportation expense
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
$
|
2.01
|
|
$
|
0.90
|
|
$
|
2.32
|
General and administrative
|
|
$
|
2.20
|
|
$
|
1.71
|
|
$
|
4.23
|
|
$
|
1.90
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
$
|
1.08
|
|
$
|
1.05
|
|
$
|
0.97
|
|
$
|
0.92
|
Depletion
|
|
$
|
8.74
|
|
$
|
11.53
|
|
$
|
7.95
|
|
$
|
12.52
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Production data shown contains some production that was not acquired
by Falcon, including a portion of this non-acquired production which
was sold in January 2018.
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