Talos Production Inc. — Moody’s rates Talos’ second lien notes B3, B2 CFR

Score Motion: Moody’s charges Talos’ second lien notes B3, B2 CFR

World Credit score Analysis – 16 Dec 2020

New York, December 16, 2020 — Moody’s Buyers Service (Moody’s) assigned scores to Talos Manufacturing Inc. (Talos), together with a B2 Company Household Score (CFR), B2-PD Likelihood of Default Score (PDR), B3 score to its proposed $400 million second lien secured notes due 2026 and SGL-3 Speculative Grade Liquidity (SGL) score. The score outlook is steady.

Internet proceeds from the second lien notes providing can be primarily used to repay Talos’ current second lien notes. Any remaining proceeds are supposed for use for common company functions, together with to repay a portion of its revolver borrowings. Rankings are topic to Moody’s evaluate of ultimate documentation and the execution of the transaction as proposed.

“The proposed second lien notes issuance ought to enhance Talos’ monetary flexibility whereas repaying current debt and increasing debt maturities,” commented Amol Joshi, Moody’s Vice President and Senior Credit score Officer.

Talos Manufacturing Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of publicly-traded Talos Power Inc. The B2 CFR is assigned at Talos Manufacturing Inc., which is the borrower underneath its financial institution facility and the issuer of the second lien notes.

Assignments:

..Issuer: Talos Manufacturing Inc.

….Senior Secured Common Bond/Debenture, Assigned B3 (LGD5)

…. Likelihood of Default Score, Assigned B2-PD

…. Speculative Grade Liquidity Score, Assigned SGL-3

…. Company Household Score, Assigned B2

Outlook Actions:

..Issuer: Talos Manufacturing Inc.

….Outlook, Assigned Steady

RATINGS RATIONALE

Talos’ B2 CFR displays its reasonable scale, asset focus and challenges of working within the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), particularly deepwater. Working within the GoM entails dangers of comparatively brief reserve lives and significant plugging and abandonment prices. The score is supported by Talos’ energetic hedging program, publicity to premium crude pricing, comparatively low danger behind-pipe drilling and recompletion alternatives, and an skilled administration staff that has a multi-year monitor file of managing operations within the GoM. The corporate is acquisitive and faces the prospect of further spending to discover and develop its belongings offshore Mexico, together with growing its oil & gasoline discovery within the Zama Discipline. Talos’ leverage metrics are strong, however these metrics going ahead will rely on how the corporate funds its future spending and acquisitions.

Talos’ proposed second lien notes are rated B3, one notch under the B2 CFR, regardless of the precedence declare of its massive revolver within the capital construction. The B3 score for the proposed second lien notes is extra applicable than the score instructed by Moody’s Loss Given Default for Speculative-Grade Firms Methodology due to our expectation that the relative proportion of second lien debt will enhance over time in addition to the robust asset protection supplied by Talos’ proved developed reserves.

Talos’ SGL-3 score displays its sufficient liquidity by 2021. Talos had $32 million in money at September 30. The corporate’s revolver has a $985 million borrowing base and matures in Might 2022, with $650 million drawn and $13.6 million in letters of credit score issued underneath the revolver at September 30. In early December, Talos raised roughly $70 million by an fairness providing supporting its liquidity. Talos’ monetary covenants embody debt to EBITDAX of lower than 3x and a present ratio higher than 1x, and Talos ought to be in compliance with these covenants by 2021. Professional forma for the second lien issuance and compensation of the prevailing second lien notes, Talos has no materials near-term maturities till Might 2022 when its revolver matures.

The steady outlook displays Moody’s expectation that Talos will generate free money movement in 2021 and keep reasonable leverage metrics.

FACTORS THAT COULD LEAD TO AN UPGRADE OR DOWNGRADE OF THE RATINGS

The scores might be upgraded if Talos diversifies and grows manufacturing and money movement in a steady to enhancing business setting, the corporate generates constant free money movement, its retained money movement (RCF) to debt ratio is above 40%, leveraged full cycle ratio (LFCR) comfortably exceeds 1x offering ample returns on tasks whereas sustaining sufficient liquidity.

Moody’s might think about a downgrade if manufacturing falls under 50 thousand barrels of oil equal per day, RCF/debt ratio falls under 25%, liquidity deteriorates, leverages will increase materially because of capital spending or acquisitions, or the corporate’s capital productiveness declines considerably.

The principal methodology utilized in these scores was Unbiased Exploration and Manufacturing Trade printed in Might 2017 and out there at https://www.moodys.com/researchdocumentcontentpage.aspx?docid=PBC_1056808. Alternatively, please see the Score Methodologies web page on www.moodys.com for a replica of this system.

Talos Manufacturing Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of publicly-traded Talos Power Inc., is an exploration & manufacturing firm whose belongings are primarily positioned on the continental shelf and deepwater areas within the US Gulf of Mexico.

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