Talos Energy today announced that its borrowing base has been confirmed at $985 million following its semi-annual redetermination process. Separately, Talos announced the bolt-on acquisition of 16 selected assets from affiliates of Castex Energy 2005.

Completion of Spring 2020 Borrowing Base Redetermination 

Effective immediately, the borrowing base under the Company's reserves-based lending facility has been revised to $985 million. The revised borrowing base represents an approximate 14% reduction from the Company's prior borrowing base of $1,150 million. Pro forma for the redetermination, as of May 31, 2020, Talos had approximately $121 million of cash on hand and $650 million drawn of the $985 million borrowing base under its credit facility. 

Castex Energy Bolt-On Acquisition 

On June 19, 2020, Talos executed a definitive agreement to acquire selected assets (the "Acquired Assets") from affiliates of Castex Energy 2005. Castex Energy 2005 emerged from bankruptcy in 2018 and is controlled by prior first lien lenders. The Acquired Assets consist of 16 properties in which the Company currently holds a working interest, all located in the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico Shelf core area. As of April 1, 2020 and based on an early June 2020 strip price case, the Acquired Assets had proved reserves of approximately 17.6 MMBoe, with over 66% classified as proved developed reserves. For the year-to-date period ended May 31, 2020, the Acquired Assets had an average daily production of approximately 6.4 MBoe/d, comprised of approximately 15% oil and 85% natural gas.

Key terms and highlights of the transaction include:

• Purchase price of $65 million to be paid through the issuance of approximately 4.95 million Talos Energy common shares at closing and $6.5 million of cash. The effective date of the transaction is April 1, 2020, with closing expected to occur in the third quarter of 2020 and is subject to customary closing purchase price adjustments. 
• For the twelve month period ended March 31, 2020, the assets generated operating cash flow of approximately $31.2 million. 
• The acquisition includes operatorship of 11 fields in which working interest was previously acquired in the Company's acquisitions closed in February 2020, consolidating interests and providing Talos with greater operational control over future drilling, asset management, maintenance and abandonment activities. 
• Among the Acquired Assets are multiple prolific, producing fields that were originally discovered and/or operated by predecessor companies led by current Talos management. 
• The Acquired Assets carry de minimis plugging and abandonment obligations over the next several years. 
• Talos plans to hedge a significant portion of total volumes from the Acquired Assets through 2022 to secure favorable long-term commodity pricing, supporting underlying transaction economics. 
• Pro forma for the acquisition as well as the previously announced Second Lien Notes exchange transaction, the Company's share count would be approximately 73.37 million shares outstanding.

President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy S. Duncan commented: 
"We are very pleased with the continuing strong support we've received from our bank group considering the historic dislocation in our industry in recent months. As we look forward to the second half of 2020, we're highly confident in the financial strength of the Company and believe we are well-positioned for continued growth."

Duncan continued: 
"The bolt-on acquisition includes additional ownership in an attractive set of positive cash-flowing assets in which we already have interests, and securing operatorship for the majority of these assets also provides us with greater control moving forward. This tactical deal with a compelling valuation highlights the importance of continuing to remain opportunistic and commercial in the current environment. The ability to utilize our equity as consideration in this transaction and the previously announced Second Lien Notes exchange transaction demonstrates both our focus on executing value accretive transactions for our shareholders as well as our commitment to protecting our strong credit profile, both of which better position us to continue to evaluate further opportunities."

Intrepid Partners, LLC advised Castex Energy 2005 in the transaction.

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