Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) May 14, 2012

 

 

Matador Resources Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas   001-35410   27-4662601

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

5400 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1500, Dallas, Texas   75240
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 371-5200

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release (the “Press Release”) issued by Matador Resources Company (the “Company”) on May 14, 2012, announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The Press Release is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02, and the foregoing description of the Press Release is qualified in its entirety by reference to this exhibit.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.

In the Press Release, the Company has included as “non-GAAP financial measures,” as defined in Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act, (i) earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depletion, depreciation and amortization, accretion of asset retirement obligations, property impairments, unrealized derivative gains and losses, certain other non-cash expenses and non-cash stock-based compensation expense, including stock option and grant expense and restricted stock expense (“Adjusted EBITDA”) and (ii) present value discounted at 10% (pre-tax) of estimated total proved reserves (“PV-10”). In the Press Release, the Company has provided reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States. In addition, in the Press Release the Company has provided the reasons why the Company believes those non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to the investors.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is the Press Release issued by the Company on May 14, 2012 regarding in part the operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release, dated May 14, 2012.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    MATADOR RESOURCES COMPANY
Date: May 15, 2012   By:   /s/ David E. Lancaster
  Name:   David E. Lancaster
  Title:   Executive Vice President,
    Chief Operating Officer and
    Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release, dated May 14, 2012.