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Approach Resources(AREX)

 
123Jump Rating: - Avoid   Underwriters: J. P. Morgan & Co.
      Wachovia Sec.
Status: Priced  
 
Address: 6300 Ridglea Place, Suite 1107,
FiledDate: 07/12/2007
  Fort Worth,
   
  TX 76116
Filed Price Range ($): $14.00-16.00
       
Telephone: 817- 989-9000 Filed Offer Amount ($ Million): $141.00
       
Fax: Shares Offered (Millions): 7.6
       
Websites: www.approachresources.com Shares Outstanding (Millions): 19.2
       
Management: Ross Craft, CEO
IPO Date: 11/07/2007
     
  Final Offer Price ($): $12.00
       
Industry: Oil & Gas Final Offer Size (Millions of Shares): 7.70
       
Employees: 16 Final Offer Amount ($ Million): $92.40
       
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Major Stock Holders   (Prior To Offering)

Name

Class A
Bryan H. Lawrence 86.90%
Glenn W. Reed 1.60%
J. Ross Craft 6.70%
Steven P. Smart 1.30%
Yorktown Energy Partners V, L.P 86.90%

Major Stock Holders  (After Offering)

Name

Common Stock Class A Class B Class C Class L ADS
Bryan H. Lawrence 0% 47.90% 0% 0% 0% 0%
J. Ross Craft 0% 3.50% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Yorktown Energy Partners V, L.P 0% 39.80% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Business Environment

The Wolfcamp Canyon Sands play is the predominant producer in Edwards, Sutton, Schleicher and Crockett Counties in West Texas. There have been over 11,800 Canyon Sands wells drilled to date.

Major canyon fields located in this area are Sawyer Canyon, Ozona Canyon, Ozona Northeast Proper Canyon, Davidson Ranch Canyon, Henderson Canyon and Ozona Northeast Canyon. To date, the combined production from these fields is over 3.8 Tcfe.

The Canyon Sands are a tight sand and siltstone reservoir that requires large fracture stimulation. The large independent companies currently active in the Canyon Sands play include Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Dominion Resources Inc. and Encore Acquisition Company along with several smaller companies, including Approach.

Company Strategy
An independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation, production and acquisition of unconventional natural gas and oil properties.

Product/Services Portfolio
The Company’s principal operations are located in the Ozona Northeast field in West Texas, where it originally acquired approximately 28,000 gross (27,000 net) acres of leasehold interests in 2004. Since that time, through a series of strategic leasehold acquisitions, the Company has increased its West Texas acreage to 66,500 gross (51,700 net) acres located in the Ozona Northeast field and its nearby Cinco Terry project.

Since 2004, the Company has added approximately 149 Bcfe of proved gas and oil reserves from unconventional reservoir formations.

At December 31, 2006, all of the Company’s proved reserves and production were located in West Texas and substantially all of those reserves and production were located in the Ozona Northeast field. As of such date, the Company owned working interests in 241 gross (226 net) producing wells with an average net production of approximately 22.7 MMcfe/d for the month of December 2006.

At December 31, 2006, the Company’s total proved gas and oil reserves were approximately 149 Bcfe with a reserve life index of approximately 19 years. The Company’s proved reserves are 94% gas and 51% proved developed.

As of July 31, 2007, the Company had identified a total of 833 drilling locations, of which 644 were located in the Ozona Northeast field, 126 in its Cinco Terry project and 63 in its North Bald Prairie prospect in East Texas.

The Company’s net average production at September 30, 2007 was 20.6 MMcfe/d, composed of 19.3 MMcfe/d from Ozona Northeast and 1.3 MMcfe/d from Cinco Terry. The Company drilled 12 Canyon wells in Ozona Northeast in the third quarter of 2007, three of which were awaiting completion at September 30, 2007. The Company drilled six wells in Cinco Terry in the third quarter of 2007, three of which were awaiting completion at September 30, 2007.

The Company drilled one Cotton Valley well, which is awaiting completion, and spudded a second Cotton Valley well, in its East Texas North Bald Prairie prospect in September 2007. The Company expects to complete and turn both of these Cotton Valley wells to sales in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Investment Analysis
Oil and gas sales decreased $7.3 million, or 27.7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2007 to $19.1 million from $26.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006.

Lease operating expenses increased $31,000, or 1.5%, for the six months ended June 30, 2007 to $2.0 million from 2.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense decreased $865,000, or 12.4%, to $6.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $7.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006.

Interest expense increased $246,000, or 14.4%, to $2.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $1.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006.

Income Data 
Year Revenues Costs Oper Income Taxes Net Income EPS
2004 5,682,280 6,149,320 -467,040 0.00 -266,170 -0.14
2005 43,263,789 16,288,111 26,975,678 7,027,916 12,058,248 4.03
2006 46,671,926 24,789,894 21,882,032 11,756,559 21,201,905 7.04
2007 19,081,931 12,242,310 6,839,621 1,817,622 2,409,747 0.81
*As of period ended June 30, 2007

Balance Sheet Data

Year

Cash Acct Recv. Inventory Total Cur Assets Total Cur Liability PPE Total Assets LT Debt SH Equity
2005 3,219,463 0.00 0.00 19,523,955 32,745,784 88,802,907 108,415,857 29,425,000 39,689,927
2006 4,911,241 0.00 0.00 18,110,705 15,421,414 132,111,844 150,308,718 47,619,000 69,571,553
2007 18,492,273 0.00 0.00 28,374,673 14,697,440 142,754,151 172,307,433 46,769,000 72,068,940
*As of period ended June 30, 2007

Cash Flow Summary

Year

Net Cash-Ops Net Cash-Inv Net Cash-Fin Net Change
2004 4,527,487 -26,859,220 22,474,142 142,409
2005 40,589,141 -72,224,069 32,198,808 563,880
2006 34,304,823 -59,383,645 26,770,600 1,691,778
2007 12,859,148 -18,284,853 19,006,737 13,581,032
*As of period ended June 30, 2007
 

 

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