Resolute Energy Corporation Announces Acquisition and Disposition of Aneth Field Interests

Resolute Energy Corporation REN today announced that it has entered into two transactions regarding its interest in Greater Aneth Field through which Resolute and Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company will consolidate their interests in the field to strengthen and clarify their strategic relationship. In the first transaction, Resolute entered into an agreement with affiliates of Denbury Resources Inc. pursuant to which Resolute and NNOG acquired all of Denbury's interests in Aneth Field for total cash consideration of $75 million. These working interests were acquired by Resolute and NNOG on a 50%/50% basis and were the last significant ownership interests in the field that were not owned by Resolute and NNOG. The interests are located in the Aneth Unit and the Ratherford Unit. The transaction has an effective date of January 1, 2012. Contemporaneously with this transaction, Resolute and NNOG also entered into an amendment to the Cooperative Agreement between the parties. Among other changes, this amendment allowed NNOG to exercise an option to purchase 10% of the interest owned by Resolute in Greater Aneth Field before giving effect to the Denbury transaction discussed above. This option was exercised for cash consideration of $100 million. The parties entered into a purchase and sale agreement relating to the option exercise which provides that the transaction will be closed and paid for in two equal transfers, each for 5% of Resolute's interest in the properties. The transfers will take place in July 2012 and January 2013, each with an effective date of January 1, 2012. The transaction is subject to customary purchase price adjustments and secured by a 10% deposit.