UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 19, 2006
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AURORA OIL & GAS CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
UTAH 0-25170 87-0306609
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
4110 Copper Ridge Drive, Suite 100, Traverse City, MI 49684
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (231) 941-0073
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
On January 31, 2006, Aurora Antrim North, L.L.C. ("North"), a wholly owned
borrowing subsidiary of our subsidiary, Aurora Energy, Ltd., entered into a line
of credit facility with BNP Paribas ("BNP"). As reflected in our Form 8-K filing
on February 6, 2006, the initial credit availability on this facility was $40
million.
On July 14, 2006, the Credit Agreement between BNP and North was amended
in two respects. The credit availability was increased to $50 million. In
addition, the trailing 12-month interest coverage ratio covenant was amended to
defer the testing until the fourth quarter of 2006, and to provide for a reduced
ratio for that quarter. The latter amendment was intended to correct a previous
error in the covenant, which failed to account for the fact that the O.I.L.
acquisition in the first quarter of 2006 would not have a full trailing 12
months of cash flow included in our financial statements until the first quarter
of 2007. This amendment supersedes the waiver described in our first quarter
ending March 31, 2006, Form 10-QSB filing.
Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, we are required to hedge a certain
portion of our forecasted production. Thus, as noted in our Form 10-QSB for the
first quarter ending March 31, 2006, we entered into a financial swap contract
with BNP for 5,000 MMBTU of natural gas per day for the period from April 1,
2006 through March 31, 2007, at a fixed price of $8.59 per MMBTU. As a condition
to the amendment, we entered into another financial swap contract with BNP on
July 14, 2006 for 5,000 MMBTU of natural gas per day for the period from April
1, 2007 through December 31, 2008, at a fixed price of $9.00 per MMBTU. The
purpose of these financial swap contracts is to provide a measure of stability
to the Company's cash flows in meeting our financial obligations while operating
in a volatile gas market environment.
SIGNATURES
According to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1939, the
Registrant had duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on July 19, 2006.
AURORA OIL & GAS CORPORATION
Date: July 19, 2006 /s/ William W. Deneau
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By: William W. Deneau
Its: President