Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Announces Distribution Of $0.0949 Per Common Unit
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (NYSE:CHKR) (the "Trust") today announced that its common unit distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (which primarily relates to production attributable to the Trust's royalty interests from March 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017) will be $0.0949 per common unit. The distribution will be paid on August 31, 2017 to common unitholders of record at the close of business on August 21, 2017, except with respect to holders of common units issued on June 30, 2017 upon conversion of the Trust's subordinated units.
During the three-month production period ended May 31, 2017, sales volumes and realized prices were both lower than initial Trust estimates. This resulted in quarterly income available for distribution of $0.0712 per unit, which is $0.2988 below the applicable subordination threshold of $0.3700. For this distribution, all of the quarterly income available for distribution will be used to make a distribution per common unit of $0.0949, and the Trust will not pay a distribution for the quarter with respect to any subordinated unit that converted on June 30, 2017.
The following table provides supporting documentation for the calculation of distributable income available to unitholders for the production period from March 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017.
Sales volumes:
Oil (mbbl) 33
Natural gas (mmcf) 815
Natural gas liquids (mbbl) 79
Total oil equivalent volumes
(mboe) 248
Average price received
per production
unit:(1)
Oil $44.54
Natural gas $0.99
Natural gas liquids $18.45
Distributable income
calculation (in
thousands except per
unit income):
Revenue less production taxes(1) $3,564
Trust administrative expenses (236)
Distributable income available to
unitholders $3,328
Calculated distributable income
per unit(2) $0.0712
Distributable income
per common unit $0.0949
Distributable income
per subordinated
unit(3) $ -
(1) Includes the
effect of
certain
marketing,
gathering and
transportation
deductions.
(2) Based on
46,750,000
units issued
and
outstanding,
consisting of
35,062,500
common units
and
11,687,500
subordinated
units that
converted on
June 30,
2017.
(3) All
subordinated
units were
owned by
Chesapeake
Energy
Corporation.
As the
distribution
per common
unit is below
the
applicable
subordination
threshold, no
distribution
will be paid
for the
subordinated
units that
converted
into common
units on June
30, 2017. As
disclosed in
the Quarterly
Report on
Form 10-Q
for the
quarter ended
June 30,
2017,
11,687,500
subordinated
units
automatically
converted
into common
units on a
one-for-one
basis as of
June 30,
2017. Future
distributions
made on
common units
will no
longer have
the benefit
of the
subordination
threshold,
and all Trust
unitholders
will share on
a pro rata
basis in the
Trust's
distributions.
Due to the timing of the payment of production proceeds to the Trust, quarterly distributions generally include royalties attributable to sales of oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas for three months, including the first two months of the quarter just ended and the last month of the prior quarter.
The Trust was formed by Chesapeake Energy Corporation ("Chesapeake") in June 2011 and owns royalty interests in certain oil and natural gas properties in the Colony Granite Wash play in Washita County, Oklahoma. The Trust is entitled to receive proceeds from the sale of production attributable to the royalty interests. As described in the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the amount of Trust revenues and the quarterly distributions to Trust unitholders will fluctuate from quarter to quarter, depending on the timing of initial sales from the development wells drilled by Chesapeake in which the Trust receives an interest, the sales volume of oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas attributable to the Trust's royalty interests and the prices received for such sales and the amount of the Trust's administrative expenses, among other factors.
For additional information regarding the Trust and its results of operations and financial condition, please refer to the Trust's SEC filings.
ABOUT CHESAPEAKE GRANITE WASH TRUST:
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (NYSE:CHKR) is a Delaware statutory trust formed by Chesapeake Energy Corporation to own certain royalty interests in oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas wells in Washita County, Oklahoma producing from the Colony Granite Wash play within the broader Granite Wash formation of the Anadarko Basin. The common units do not represent interests in and are not obligations of Chesapeake Energy Corporation. The common units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CHKR. Further information is available at www.chkgranitewashtrust.com, where Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust routinely posts announcements, updates, investor information and news releases.
Pursuant to IRC Section 1446, withholding tax on income effectively connected to a U.S. trade or business allocated to foreign partners should be made at the highest marginal rate. Under Section 1441, withholding tax on fixed, determinable, annual, periodic income from U.S. sources allocated to foreign partners should be made at 30% of gross income unless the rate is reduced by treaty. This release is intended to be a qualified notice to nominees and brokers as provided for under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b) by Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust, and while specific relief is not specified for Section 1441 income, this disclosure is intended to suffice. For distributions made to foreign partners, nominees and brokers should withhold at the highest effective tax rate.
This news release contains statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements contained in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" for purposes of these provisions. The anticipated distribution discussed herein is based, in part, on the amount of cash received or expected to be received by the Trust from Chesapeake with respect to the relevant quarterly period. Any differences in actual cash receipts by the Trust could affect this distributable amount. Other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include expenses of the Trust and reserves for anticipated future expenses. Neither Chesapeake nor the Trustee intends, and neither assumes any obligation, to update any of the statements included in this news release. An investment in common units issued by Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust is subject to the risks described in the Trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as other risks identified in the Trust's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. The Trust's annual, quarterly and other filed reports are or will be available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
TRUSTEE CONTACT INFORMATION:
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Sarah Newell
512-236-6555
sarah.newell@bnymellon.com
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