Goodrich Petroleum, an E&P company based in downtown Houston, is to go private after agreeing to be acquired by an affiliate of Encap Investments for $23 per share. Including the assumption of debt, the transaction is valued at $480 million.

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Goodrich was formed in 1975 and went public via a reverse takeover of Patrick Petroleum in 1995. The company primarily owns gas producing wells in the Haynesville Basin.

The company filed for bankruptcy in 2016 during which lenders wrote off $426 million in debt in exchange for most of the equity in the successor company.

Encap Investments is a Houston-based investment firm. It will buy Goodrich using a $7 billion fund raised in 2017.

The offer price represents an approximately 7% premium to the closing price of the stock on November 19, 2021. Certain stockholders have agreed to support the deal. In addition, there is $32.5 million of 13.5% loan notes that can convert to equity at $21.33. Taking the conversion into account, more than 50% of shareholders support the deal.

The deal is expected to close in December 2021.

[UPDATE 11-23-21 Gen IV Investments who were the second largest shareholder (~12%) sold their shares to EnCap. Frankin, the largest shareholder (15%) and Anchorage Capital Group (10%) tendered their shares in support, in addition to the senior management (12%). These percentages exclude the shares that their parties own from the convertible notes.]

SEC filing – Goodrich going private