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8.  DEBT

On May 22, 2018, we terminated an amended term loan agreement we had with the International Finance Corporation (the “IFC”) (the “Amended Term Loan Agreement”) by prepaying the outstanding principal and accrued interest.  We did not incur any termination or prepayment penalties as a result of the termination of the Amended Term Loan Agreement.

We entered into the Amended Term Loan Agreement on June 29, 2016 through the execution of a Supplemental Agreement with the IFC which, among other things, amended and restated our existing loan agreement to convert $20.0 million of the revolving portion of the credit facility, to a term loan (the “Term Loan”) with $15.0 million outstanding at that date. The Amended Term Loan Agreement was secured by the assets of our Gabon subsidiary, VAALCO Gabon S.A. and was guaranteed by VAALCO as the parent company. The Amended Term Loan Agreement provided for quarterly principal and interest payments on the amounts outstanding, with interest accruing at a rate of LIBOR plus 5.75%.

The Amended Term Loan Agreement also provided for an additional borrowing of up to $5.0 million, which could be requested in a single draw, subject to the IFC’s approval, through March 15, 2017. On March 14, 2017, we borrowed $4.2 million under this provision of the Amended Term Loan Agreement. The additional borrowings were to be repaid in five quarterly principal installments commencing June 30, 2017, together with interest accruing at LIBOR plus 5.75%.

 

Interest 

With the execution of the Supplemental Agreement with the IFC in June 2016, beginning June 29, 2016 and continuing through March 14, 2017, commitment fees were equal to 2.3% of the undrawn term loan amount of $5.0 million. There are no further commitment fees owing after March 14, 2017.

We capitalize interest and commitment fees related to expenditures made in connection with exploration and development projects that are not subject to current depletion. Interest and commitment fees are capitalized only for the period that activities are in progress to bring these projects to their intended use.

The table below shows the components of the “Interest income (expense), net” line item of our condensed consolidated statements of operations and the average effective interest rate, excluding commitment fees, on our borrowings:





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,



2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017



(in thousands)

Interest expense related to debt, including commitment fees

$

 —

 

$

(222)

 

$

(257)

 

$

(796)

Deferred finance cost amortization

 

 —

 

 

(92)

 

 

(191)

 

 

(293)

Other interest expense not related to debt

 

 —

 

 

(16)

 

 

33 

 

 

(23)

Interest income

 

111 

 

 

 

 

142 

 

 

Interest income (expense), net

$

111 

 

$

(327)

 

$

(273)

 

$

(1,108)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average effective interest rate, excluding commitment fees

 

 

 

 

6.54% 

 

 

7.09% 

 

 

6.87%