NGP
Capital Resources Company Announces
Portfolio Investment.
Update on Investment Activity
Houston
(BusinessWire) – September
28, 2005 – NGP Capital Resources
Company (NASDAQ: NGPC) today announced
that it has closed a $50 million
Senior Secured Credit Facility
(the “Facility”) with
Chroma Exploration and Production,
Inc., (“Chroma”),
a Texas based developer and producer
of Texas and Louisiana oil and
gas properties. NGPC acted as
arranger and agent for the Facility
and has committed to fund 50%
of the amounts available, with
the remaining commitments provided
by other lenders. Initial availability
and funding under the Facility
is approximately $20 million.
The Facility is structured as
a three year term loan and has
a coupon of LIBOR plus 6.0%. The
Facility is secured by substantially
all of Chroma’s properties.
Additionally, as partial consideration
for providing the Facility, NGPC
received an overriding royalty
interest in Chroma’s properties.
NGPC has also purchased $2 million
of a $19.7 million Series A Participating
Preferred Stock issue by Chroma.
The Series A Preferred Stock has
a 6% dividend, payable in kind
or in cash under certain conditions.
Proceeds of the Senior Secured
Credit Facility and the Series
A Participating Preferred Stock
will be used by Chroma to acquire
and develop oil and gas assets
located primarily in the state
waters of Texas and Louisiana,
and to develop Chroma’s
existing properties. Petrie Parkman
& Co. acted as financial advisor
to Chroma on the transaction.
Following this investment, NGPC
has invested in 7 portfolio companies,
having committed and made available
for funding approximately $122
million, with approximately $106
million currently outstanding.
About NGP Capital Resources Company
NGP Capital Resources Company
is a closed-end investment company
that has elected to be treated
as a business development company
under the Investment Company Act
of 1940. The Company's investment
portfolio will be principally
in energy related private companies.
From time to time, the Company
may also invest in public companies
that are not thinly traded. The
Company expects to invest primarily
in senior secured and mezzanine
loans in furtherance of its business
plan and may receive equity investments
in portfolio companies in connection
with such investments. NGP Capital
Resources Company is managed by
NGP Investment Advisor, LP, an
affiliate of Natural Gas Partners,
LLC, a leading energy sector private
equity investor.
This press release contains forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking
statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties, which
could cause actual results and
conditions to differ materially
from those projected, including
the uncertainties associated with
the timing of transaction closings,
changes in interest rates, availability
of transactions, the future operating
results of our portfolio companies,
changes in regional, national,
or international economic conditions
and their impact on the industries
in which we invest, or changes
in the conditions of the industries
in which we invest, and other
factors enumerated in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
We may use words such as "anticipates,"
"believes," "expects,"
"intends," "will,"
"should," "may"
and similar expressions to identify
forward-looking statements. Undue
reliance should not be placed
on such forward-looking statements
as such statements speak only
as of the date on which they are
made. We do not undertake to update
our forward-looking statements
unless required by law.
Persons considering an investment
in NGP Capital Resources Company
should consider the investment
objectives, risks, and charges
and expenses of the company carefully
before investing. Such information
and other information about the
company will be available in our
annual report on Form 10-K, in
our quarterly reports on Form
10-Q and in prospectuses we issue
from time to time in connection
with our offering of securities.
Such materials are filed with
the SEC and copies are available
on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.
Prospective investors should read
such materials carefully before
investing.
CONTACT:
Steve Gardner 713-752-0062
(investor_relations@ngpcrc.com)