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28-May-2009
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Regulation FD Disclosure
On May 13, 2009, Brigham Exploration Company ("we" or "us") entered into an
amendment to its Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement which became
effective May 27, 2009. The amendment reset our borrowing base to $110 million
from $145 million until the next borrowing base redetermination in November
2009, restated the pricing grid for the definition of Applicable Margin and
amended the interest coverage ratios we are required to maintain as of the end
of each fiscal quarter. Our required interest coverage ratio as of September 30,
2009 must be a minimum of 2.75 to 1.00 and, as of December 31, 2009 and
March 31, 2010 must be a minimum of 2.00 to 1.00.
A copy of the Fourth Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.43 and is
incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Fourth Amendment in
this Current Report on Form 8-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by
the terms of the Fourth Amendment.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(e) On May 28, 2009, our stockholders approved an amendment to our 1997
Incentive Plan to increase to the number of shares available for issuance under
the 1997 Incentive Plan from the lesser of (i) 5,915,414 or (ii) 15% of the
total number of shares of common stock outstanding at any time to the lesser of
(i) 6,962,648 or (ii) 15% of the total number of shares of common stock
outstanding at any time. In conjunction with the approval of the amendment, each
of our named executive officers received a grant of stock options to purchase
100,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.20 per share. The
grants were previously approved by our Board of Directors but made conditional
upon our stockholders' approval of the amendment to the 1997 Incentive Plan to
authorize the shares necessary for those grants.
A copy of the 1997 Incentive Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.44 and is
incorporated herein by reference. The description of the 1997 Incentive Plan in
this Current Report on Form 8-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by
the terms of the 1997 Incentive Plan.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On May 28, 2009, our Board of Directors approved amendments to our bylaws to
(a) clarify that once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting it is
considered present for purposes of determining if a quorum exists for the
remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting, (b) permit a
meeting of stockholders to be adjourned by the stockholders or the presiding
officer of that meeting for any purpose instead of only permitting adjournments
by the stockholders in the absence of a quorum and (c) to clarify that the
presiding officer of the meeting may open or close polls for matters considered
at the meeting in his sole discretion.
A copy of the amended bylaws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.5 and is
incorporated herein by reference. The description of the amendments to the
bylaws in this Current Report on Form 8-K is a summary and is qualified in its
entirety by the terms of the bylaws.
On May 28, 2009, Ben M. Brigham, Chief Executive Officer, President and
Chairman of the Board gave a slide presentation at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the slide presentation.
Subsequent to the stockholders electing the seven nominees as directors,
approving the selection of KPMG LLP as our auditors for the year ending
December 31, 2009 and approving the amendment to the 1997 Incentive Plan to
increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the
plan, the Annual Meeting of Stockholders was adjourned until June 19, 2009 at
9:00 a.m. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders was adjourned due to an inaccurate
statement in the proxy statement regarding the number shares required to approve
and ratify the proposal to approve the grant of non-plan stock options to our
non-employee directors. The adjournment will allow us time to prepare and
distribute additional materials clarifying the statement in the proxy statement
regarding the number of shares required to approve and ratify the non-plan stock
options granted to non-employee directors. The polls will remain open during the
adjournment, and the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders remains April 28, 2009.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 3.5 Bylaws, as amended May 28, 2009
Exhibit 10.43 Fourth Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of June 29, 2005 between the Company and the banks named
therein
Exhibit 10.44 1997 Incentive Plan
Exhibit 99.1 Slide Presentation
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In accordance with general instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information disclosed in this report under Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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