Prospectus Supplement
Filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration
No. 333-136778
Carrizo
Oil & Gas, Inc.
Supplement
No. 1 dated December 22, 2006
To
Prospectus dated November 16, 2006
This
prospectus supplement (this “Supplement”) is part of, and should be read in
conjunction with, the prospectus of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. dated November
16, 2006 (the “Prospectus”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms
used in this Supplement shall have the same meanings as in the Prospectus.
The
purpose of this Supplement is to update for recent developments regarding our
financing arrangements. This
Supplement is not complete without, and may not be delivered or used except
in
connection with, the Prospectus. This Supplement is qualified by reference
to
the Prospectus, except to the extent that the information in this Supplement
updates and supersedes the information contained in the Prospectus.
You
should consider carefully the risk factors beginning on page 3 of the Prospectus
before purchasing any shares of our common stock.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission
has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus
is
truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
On
December 20, 2006,
we
entered into an amendment, effective as of December 19, 2006, to our Second
Lien
Credit Agreement with Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent (the “Agent”), the guarantors party thereto and the lenders party thereto
(the “Second Lien Credit Facility”). The amendment increases the principal
amount available for borrowings under the Second Lien Credit Facility from
$150
million to $225 million. The amendment also includes the following, without
limitation: (1) a reduction in the interest rate on each Eurodollar Loan such
that it is the adjusted LIBO Rate plus a margin of 4.75%; (2) a reduction in
the
interest rate on each Base Rate Loan such that it is (i) the greater of the
Agent’s Prime Rate and the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5%, plus (ii) a
margin of 3.75%; (3) an adjustment to the minimum quarterly interest coverage
ratio such that it is 2.75 to 1.0 through and including December 31, 2007 and
3.0 to 1.0 thereafter; (4) an adjustment to the minimum quarterly proved
reserve coverage ratio such that it is 1.5 to 1.0 through December 31, 2007
and
2.0 to 1.0 thereafter; and (5) a maximum total net recourse debt to EBITDA
ratio of not more than 3.75 to 1.0 through December 31, 2007 and 3.25 to 1.0
thereafter.
Funding
of additional borrowings under the amendment to the Second Lien Credit Facility
is subject to customary closing conditions. The Company expects borrowings
to
take place on January 3, 2007, with net proceeds after payment of fees of
approximately $72 million. The proceeds from additional borrowings under the
amendment to the Second Lien Credit Facility are expected to be used to repay
outstanding indebtedness under our First Lien Facility, pay associated
transaction costs, to partially fund our ongoing capital expenditures program
and for other general corporate purposes.
On
December 20, 2006, in connection with the execution of the amendment to our
Second Lien Credit Facility, we entered into an amendment effective as of
December 19, 2006 to our first lien credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent, the guarantors and the lenders party thereto
(the
“First Lien Credit Facility”). Such amendment includes, without limitation: (1)
a revised borrowing base availability of $54.3 million (after the
borrowings under the amendment to the Second Lien Credit Facility are made);
(2) an adjustment to the maximum total net recourse debt to EBITDA ratio,
such that the maximum is 3.75 to 1.0 through December 31, 2007 and 3.25 to
1.0
thereafter; and (3) the revision of other provisions and the
addition
of a consent which permit the additional indebtedness incurred and the liens
granted under the amendment to the Second Lien Credit Facility described
above.
The
foregoing descriptions of the amendment to the Second Lien Credit Facility
and
the amendment to the First Lien Credit Facility are not complete and are
qualified by reference to the complete documents. We
filed
the amendment to the Second Lien Credit Facility and the amendment to the
First
Lien Credit Facility as exhibits to a Current Report on Form 8-K we filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2006. Please
see
“Where You Can Find More Information” in the Prospectus.
Certain
statements in this Supplement, including but not limited to statements regarding
funding under the Second Lien Credit Facility, benefits and effects of the
amendments to the credit agreements, our capital expenditures program and
the
use of proceeds from the Second Lien Credit Facility and other statements
that
are not historical facts, are forward looking statements that are based on
current expectations. Although the Company believes that its expectations
are
based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that these
expectations will prove correct. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements
include a determination as to the amount of borrowings to be made under the
amendment to the Second Lien Credit Facility, satisfaction of conditions
to
funding borrowings under the amendment to the Second Lien Credit
Facility,
our
results of operations, general market conditions and other risks described
in
our Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our other filings
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Please see “Forward-Looking Statements”
in the Prospectus.