PSTRQ PostRock Energy Corporation (CE)

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

Commission file number: 001-34635

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		27-0981065 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

210 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(405) 600-7704
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

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     At October 31, 2011, there were 9,503,396 outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock having an aggregate market value of $38.2 million based on a closing price of $4.12 per share.

 

 

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets			F-1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations			F-2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			F-3
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity			F-4
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			F-5
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			1
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			10
Item 4. Controls and Procedures			11
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings			12
Item 1A. Risk Factors			12
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			12
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities			12
Item 5. Other Information			12
Item 6. Exhibits			13
SIGNATURES			15
EX-10.3
EX-10.4
EX-10.5
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1
EX-32.2
EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.		Financial Statements

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

		December 31, 2010				September 30, 2011
						(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and equivalents		$	730			$	58
Accounts receivable — trade, net			11,845				10,727
Other receivables			1,153				777
Inventory			6,161				4,499
Other current assets			2,799				7,526
Derivative financial instruments			31,588				35,366
Total			54,276				58,953
Oil and gas properties, full cost accounting, net			116,488				121,973
Pipeline assets, net			61,148				59,511
Other property and equipment, net			15,964				15,109
Investment in affiliate			—				10,673
Other noncurrent assets, net			9,303				4,486
Derivative financial instruments			39,633				29,229
Total assets		$	296,812			$	299,934
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		$	7,030			$	4,319
Revenue payable			5,898				5,359
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			7,190				13,150
Litigation reserve			1,020				3,070
Current portion of long-term debt			10,500				6,000
Derivative financial instruments			3,792				4,737
Total			35,430				36,635
Derivative financial instruments			6,681				5,581
Long-term debt			209,721				190,000
Asset retirement obligations			7,150				7,726
Other noncurrent liabilities			—				4,876
Total liabilities			258,982				244,818
Commitments and contingencies
Series A cumulative redeemable preferred stock, $0.01 par value; issued and outstanding — 6,000 shares			50,622				55,092
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; authorized shares — 5,000,000; 195,842 and 208,406 Series B Voting Preferred Stock issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2011, respectively			2				2
Common stock, $0.01 par value; authorized shares — 40,000,000; 8,238,982 and 9,503,396 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2011, respectively			82				95
Additional paid-in capital			377,538				379,664
Accumulated deficit			(390,414	)			(379,737	)
Total equity (deficit)			(12,792	)			24
Total liabilities and equity		$	296,812			$	299,934

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

										(Predecessors)				March 6, 2010				Nine Months
		Three Months Ended								January 1, 2010				to				Ended
		September 30,								to March 5,				September 30,				September 30,
		2010				2011				2010				2010				2011
Revenues
Oil and gas sales		$	21,484			$	20,543			$	18,659			$	50,075			$	62,305
Gathering			1,437				1,383				1,076				3,341				4,272
Pipeline			2,402				2,501				1,749				5,561				8,140
Total			25,323				24,427				21,484				58,977				74,717
Costs and expenses
Production expense			10,904				11,845				8,645				27,027				35,685
Pipeline expense			1,431				1,132				1,110				3,732				4,148
General and administrative			4,638				4,241				5,735				14,132				14,277
Litigation reserve			20				1,981				—				1,640				11,581
Depreciation, depletion and amortization			4,874				6,755				4,164				10,882				20,482
(Gain) loss on sale of assets			(9	)			(28	)			—				131				(12,385	)
Recovery of misappropropriated funds			(997	)			—				—				(997	)			—
Total			20,861				25,926				19,654				56,547				73,788
Operating income (loss)			4,462				(1,499	)			1,830				2,430				929
Other income (expense)
Gain from derivative financial instruments			32,271				11,953				25,246				50,239				16,700
Loss from investment in affiliate			—				(859	)			—				—				(859	)
Gain on forgiveness of debt			—				—				—				—				1,647
Other income (expense), net			58				23				(4	)			(32	)			193
Interest expense, net			(8,602	)			(2,611	)			(5,336	)			(17,025	)			(7,933	)
Total			23,727				8,506				19,906				33,182				9,748
Income before income taxes			28,189				7,007				21,736				35,612				10,677
Income taxes			—				—				—				—				—
Net income			28,189				7,007				21,736				35,612				10,677
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest			—				—				(9,958	)			—				—
Net income attributable to controlling interest			28,189				7,007				11,778				35,612				10,677
Preferred dividends			(180	)			(1,973	)			—				(180	)			(5,747	)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock			(29	)			(406	)			—				(29	)			(1,141	)
Net income available to common stock		$	27,980			$	4,628			$	11,778			$	35,403			$	3,789
Net income per common share
Basic		$	3.47			$	0.51			$	0.37			$	4.40			$	0.44
Diluted		$	3.21			$	0.29			$	0.36			$	4.22			$	0.23
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Basic			8,063				9,009				32,137				8,053				8,528
Diluted			8,719				16,009				32,614				8,381				16,753

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

		(Predecessors)
		January 1, 2010 to				March 6, 2010 to				Nine Months Ended
		March 5, 2010				September 30, 2010				September 30, 2011
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income		$	21,736			$	35,612			$	10,677
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operations
Depreciation, depletion and amortization			4,164				10,882				20,482
Stock-based compensation			808				987				1,184
Amortization of deferred loan costs			2,094				5,339				1,278
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments			(21,573	)			(32,804	)			6,471
Litigation reserve			—				—				6,031
Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment			—				131				(12,385	)
(Gain) on forgiveness of debt			—				—				(1,647	)
Loss from investment in affiliate			—				—				859
Other non-cash changes to net income			—				111				562
Change in assets and liabilities
Receivables			777				5,021				1,494
Payables			743				1,312				(2,806	)
Other			468				(506	)			(2,725	)
Cash flows from operating activities			9,217				26,085				29,475
Cash flows from investing activities
Restricted cash			(1	)			331				28
Proceeds from sale of equity securities			—				—				1,634
Investment in affiliate			—				—				(6,864	)
Proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties			—				110				10,706
Equipment, development, leasehold and pipeline			(2,282	)			(20,588	)			(23,398	)
Cash flows from investing activities			(2,283	)			(20,147	)			(17,894	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock and warrants			—				60,000				—
Proceeds from debt			900				2,100				3,000
Repayment of debt			(41	)			(88,976	)			(15,319	)
Proceeds from stock option exercise			—				—				66
Refinancing and equity offering costs			—				(6,477	)			—
Cash flows from financing activities			859				(33,353	)			(12,253	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash			7,793				(27,415	)			(672	)
Cash and equivalents—beginning of period			20,884				28,677				730
Cash and equivalents—end of period		$	28,677			$	1,262			$	58

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Amounts subsequent to December 31, 2010 are unaudited)
(in thousands)

						Preferred				Common				Common				Additional								Total
		Preferred				Stock				Shares				Stock				Paid-in				Accumulated				(Deficit)
		Shares				Par Value				Issued				Par Value				Capital				Deficit				Equity
Balance, December 31, 2010			195,842			$	2				8,238,982			$	82			$	377,538			$	(390,414	)		$	(12,792	)
Stock-based compensation			—				—				72,228				1				1,182				—				1,183
Restricted stock grants, net of forfeitures			—				—				31,000				—				—				—				—
Issuance of common stock			—				—				1,141,186				12				4,830				—				4,842
Issuance of Series B preferred stock			12,564				—				—				—				—				—				—
Issuance of warrants			—				—				—				—				2,936				—				2,936
Stock option exercises			—				—				20,000				—				66				—				66
Preferred stock dividends			—				—				—				—				(5,747	)			—				(5,747	)
Preferred stock accretion			—				—				—				—				(1,141	)			—				(1,141	)
Net income			—				—				—				—				—				10,677				10,677
Balance, September 30, 2011			208,406			$	2				9,503,396			$	95			$	379,664			$	(379,737	)		$	24

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

     PostRock Energy Corporation (“PostRock”) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and gathering of crude oil and natural gas. It manages its business in two segments, production and pipeline. Its production segment is focused in the Cherokee Basin, a 15-county region in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. It also has minor oil producing properties in Oklahoma and oil and gas producing properties in the Appalachia Basin. The pipeline segment consists of a 1,120 mile interstate pipeline, which transports natural gas from northern Oklahoma and western Kansas to Wichita and Kansas City.

     PostRock was formed in 2009 to combine its predecessor entities, Quest Resource Corporation, Quest Energy Partners, L.P. and Quest Midstream Partners, L.P. (collectively, the “Predecessors”) into a single company. In March 2010, it completed the recombination of these entities. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to PostRock and its subsidiaries from the date of the recombination and to the Predecessors on a consolidated basis prior thereto.

     The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods on a basis consistent with the annual audited consolidated financial statements. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Certain information, accounting policies and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the summary of significant accounting policies and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the “2010 10-K”).

     The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

     In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2011- 05 Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income . ASU 2011-05 requires that all nonowner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In the two-statement approach, the first statement should present total net income and its components followed consecutively by a second statement that should present total other comprehensive income, the components of other comprehensive income and the total of comprehensive income. The amendments are to be applied retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2011. The amendment will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

     In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs . ASU 2011-04 clarifies the principles and definitions used to measure fair value and expands disclosure requirements in order to achieve greater consistency between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The amendment does not require additional fair value measurements and is not intended to establish valuation standards or affect valuation practices outside of financial reporting. ASU 2011-04 is to be applied prospectively and is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The amendment will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

     In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. The update requires reporting entities to provide information about movements of assets among Levels 1 and 2 of the three-tier fair value hierarchy established under FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820. The update also requires separate presentation (on a gross basis rather than as one net number) about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements within the reconciliation of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for any fiscal period beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the requirement to separately disclose purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements, which is effective for any fiscal period beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company adopted the provisions of this update relating to disclosure on movement of assets among Levels 1 and 2 beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2010, while the provisions requiring gross presentation of activity within Level 3 assets were adopted beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2011. The adoption did not materially affect the Company’s financial statements.

Note 2 — Acquisitions and Divestitures

      Constellation Energy Partners LLC (“CEP”) investment — On August 8, 2011, the Company acquired, from Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (“CEG”), a 14.9% voting interest in CEP and the right to appoint two directors to CEP’s Board. The total cost of the investment was $11.5 million, including $6.6 million of cash, 1,000,000 shares of PostRock common stock with a fair value of $4.1 million and warrants to acquire an additional 673,822 shares of PostRock common stock with a fair value of $518,000, and acquisition costs of $283,000. Of the warrants, 224,607 are exercisable for one year following issuance at an exercise price of $6.57 a share, 224,607 are exercisable for two years following issuance at $7.07 a share and 224,608 for three years following issuance at $7.57 a share. The 14.9% voting interest consisted of 485,065 of CEP’s outstanding Class A Member Interests, representing all of the class, and 3,128,670 Class B Member Interests, representing 13.2% of the class at the time.

     CEP is focused on the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas properties as well as related midstream assets. All of its proved reserves are located in the Cherokee Basin in Kansas and Oklahoma, the Black Warrior Basin in Alabama, the Woodford Shale in the Arkoma Basin in Oklahoma and the Central Kansas Uplift in Kansas and Nebraska. Because the Company and CEP each have the majority of their assets in the Cherokee Basin of Kansas and Oklahoma, the investment was made in an attempt to increase the likelihood of improved efficiencies in this region through cooperation with CEP and others.

      Appalachia Basin Sale — On December 24, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (“MHR”) to sell certain oil and gas properties and related assets in West Virginia. The sale closed in three phases for a total of $44.6 million. The first phase closed on December 30, 2010, for $28 million, the second phase closed on January 14, 2011, for $11.7 million and the third phase closed on June 16, 2011, for $4.9 million. The amount received for the first and second phases was paid half in cash and half in MHR common stock, while the amount received for the third phase was paid entirely in cash.

     Of the proceeds received, $6.4 million was set aside in escrow to cover potential claims for indemnity and title defects. The total first and second closing escrowed amount of $5.9 million is to be released in June 2012 and is reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as a component of other current assets. The third closing escrowed amount of $564,000 is to be released in December 2012 and is reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as a component of other noncurrent assets. If all of the amounts in escrow are released, the Company would receive a total of $1.5 million, which includes $843,000 in connection with the QER Loan (see Note 7 - Long-Term Debt). The remaining amount would be released to RBC and a third-party and is reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheet in other current and non-current liabilities.

     In general, no gains or losses are recognized upon the sale or disposition of oil and gas properties unless the deferral of gains or losses would significantly alter the relationship between capitalized costs and proved reserves of oil and gas. A significant alteration generally occurs when the deferral of gains or losses will result in an amortization rate materially different from the amortization rate calculated upon recognition of gains or losses. The Company’s evaluation demonstrated that a material difference in amortization rates would occur if no gain was recognized on the three-phased sale described above. Gains of $9.9 million and $2.5 million, net of $225,000 and $2.4 million in selling costs and adjustments, were recorded in January 2011 and June 2011 related to the second and third phases of the sale. The corresponding reduction in the Company’s oil and gas full cost pool was $1.5 million for the second closing with no reduction for the third closing.

Note 3 — Derivative Financial Instruments

     The Company is exposed to commodity price risk and management believes it prudent to periodically reduce exposure to cash-flow variability resulting from this volatility. Accordingly, the Company enters into certain derivative financial instruments in order to manage exposure to commodity price risk inherent in its oil and gas production. Derivative financial instruments are also used to manage commodity price risk inherent in customer pricing requirements and to fix margins on the future sale of natural gas. Specifically, the Company may utilize futures, swaps and options.

     Derivative instruments expose the Company to counterparty credit risk. The Company’s commodity derivative instruments are currently with several counterparties. The Company generally executes commodity derivative instruments under master agreements which allow it, in the event of default, to elect early termination of all contracts with the defaulting counterparty. If the Company chooses to elect early termination, all asset and liability positions with the defaulting counterparty would be net cash settled at the time of election.

     The Company monitors the creditworthiness of its counterparties; however, it is not able to predict sudden changes in counterparties’ creditworthiness. In addition, even if such changes are not sudden, it may be limited in its ability to mitigate an increase in counterparty credit risk. Possible actions would be to transfer its position to another counterparty or request a voluntary termination of the derivative contracts resulting in a cash settlement. Should one of these counterparties not perform, the Company may not realize the benefit of some of its derivative instruments under lower commodity prices as well as incur a loss. The Company includes a measure of counterparty credit risk in its estimates of the fair values of derivative instruments in an asset position.

     The Company does not designate its derivative financial instruments as hedging instruments for financial accounting purposes; as a result, it recognizes the change in the respective instruments’ fair value currently in earnings. The table below outlines the classification of derivative financial instruments on the condensed consolidated balance sheet and their financial impact on the condensed consolidated statements of operations at and for the periods indicated (in thousands):

						December 31,				September 30,
Derivative Financial Instruments		Balance Sheet location				2010				2011
Commodity contracts		Current derivative financial instrument asset				$	31,588			$	35,366
Commodity contracts		Long-term derivative financial instrument asset					39,633				29,229
Commodity contracts		Current derivative financial instrument liability					(3,792	)			(4,737	)
Commodity contracts		Long-term derivative financial instrument liability					(6,681	)			(5,581	)
						$	60,748			$	54,277

     Gains and losses associated with derivative financial instruments related to oil and gas production were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):

										(Predecessors)
		Three Months				Three Months				January 1,				March 6, 2010				Nine Months
		Ended September				Ended September				2010 to March				to September				Ended September
		30, 2010				30, 2011				5, 2010				30, 2010				30, 2011
Realized gains (losses)		$	6,826			$	7,264			$	3,673			$	17,435			$	23,171
Unrealized gains (losses)			25,445				4,689				21,573				32,804				(6,471	)
Total		$	32,271			$	11,953			$	25,246			$	50,239			$	16,700

     The following table summarizes the estimated volumes, fixed prices and fair values attributable to all of the Company’s oil and gas derivative contracts at September 30, 2011.

		Remainder of				Year Ending December 31,
		2011				2012				2013				Total
						($ in thousands, except per unit data)
Natural Gas Swaps
Contract volumes (Mmbtu)			3,411,309				11,000,004				9,000,003				23,411,316
Weighted-average fixed price per Mmbtu		$	6.95			$	7.13			$	7.28			$	7.16
Fair value, net		$	10,869			$	31,671			$	21,693			$	64,233
Natural Gas Basis Swaps
Contract volumes (Mmbtu)			2,155,068				9,000,000				9,000,003				20,155,071
Weighted-average fixed price per Mmbtu		$	(0.70	)		$	(0.70	)		$	(0.71	)		$	(0.70	)
Fair value, net		$	(1,248	)		$	(4,679	)		$	(4,391	)		$	(10,318	)
Crude Oil Swaps
Contract volumes (Bbl)			12,000				42,000				—				54,000
Weighted-average fixed price per Bbl		$	85.90			$	87.90			$	—			$	87.46
Fair value, net		$	78			$	284			$	—			$	362
Total fair value, net		$	9,699			$	27,276			$	17,302			$	54,277

     The following table summarizes the estimated volumes, fixed prices and fair values attributable to all of the Company’s oil and gas derivative contracts at December 31, 2010:

		Year Ending December 31,
		2011				2012				2013				Total
						($ in thousands, except per unit data)
Natural Gas Swaps
Contract volumes (Mmbtu)			13,550,302				11,000,004				9,000,003				33,550,309
Weighted-average fixed price per Mmbtu		$	6.80			$	7.13			$	7.28			$	7.04
Fair value, net		$	31,588			$	22,728			$	16,905			$	71,221
Natural Gas Basis Swaps
Contract volumes (Mmbtu)			8,549,998				9,000,000				9,000,003				26,550,001
Weighted-average fixed price per Mmbtu		$	(0.67	)		$	(0.70	)		$	(0.71	)		$	(0.69	)
Fair value, net		$	(3,417	)		$	(3,405	)		$	(3,031	)		$	(9,853	)
Crude Oil Swaps
Contract volumes (Bbl)			48,000				42,000				—				90,000
Weighted-average fixed price per Bbl		$	85.90			$	87.90			$	—			$	86.83
Fair value, net		$	(375	)		$	(245	)		$	—			$	(620	)
Total fair value, net		$	27,796			$	19,078			$	13,874			$	60,748

Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements

     Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair values:

      Cash and Equivalents, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable The carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the short-term nature or maturity of the instruments.

      Commodity Derivative Instruments The Company’s oil and gas derivative instruments may consist of variable to fixed price swaps, collars and basis swaps. When possible, the Company estimates the fair values of these instruments based on published forward commodity price curves as of the date of the estimate. The discount rate used in the discounted cash flow projections is based on published LIBOR rates adjusted for counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk is incorporated into derivative assets while the Company’s own credit risk is incorporated into derivative liabilities. Both are based on the current published credit default swap rates. See Note 3 — Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.

      Short-Term Investments Short term investments are included in other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2010, these investments consisted of 218,095 shares of MHR common stock received as proceeds from the Appalachia Basin sale described in Note 2, which were subsequently sold in June 2011 for $1.5 million.

      Investment in Affiliate The Company’s 14.9% voting interest in CEP consists of 485,065 of CEP’s outstanding Class A Member Interests and 3,128,670 Class B Member Interests. Fair value for the Class B Member Interests which are publicly traded is based on market price. Fair value for the Class A Member Interests is based on the market price of the publicly traded interests and a premium reflecting certain additional rights. At September 30, 2011, the fair value used for the Class A units and the Class B units was $4.07 and $2.78 per unit, respectively.

     Measurement information for assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis was as follows:

														Total Net Fair
		Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Value
At December 31, 2010
Short term investments — other current assets		$	—			$	1,354			$	—			$	1,354
Derivative financial instruments — assets			—				71,221				—				71,221
Derivative financial instruments — liabilities			—				(620	)			(9,853	)			(10,473	)
Total		$	—			$	71,955			$	(9,853	)		$	62,102
At September 30, 2011
Investment in affiliate		$	8,697			$	1,976			$	—			$	10,673
Derivative financial instruments — assets			—				64,595				—				64,595
Derivative financial instruments — liabilities			—				(10,318	)			—				(10,318	)
Total		$	8,697			$	56,253			$	—			$	64,950

Level 1 — Quoted prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the reporting date.

Level 2 — Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1 which are either directly or indirectly observable at the reporting date. Level 2 consists primarily of non-exchange traded commodity derivatives.

Level 3 — Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources.

     The Company classifies assets and liabilities within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement of each individual asset and liability taken as a whole.

     In June 2011, the Company transferred 23,517 shares of MHR common stock with a fair value of $159,000 from Level 2 to Level 1 due to the limited amount of time remaining until restrictions on the Company’s ability to trade these securities lapsed in July 2011. The lifting of restrictions enabled the Company to value these securities at published market prices. Following the lapse of restrictions, these securities were sold in July 2011 for approximately $168,000. There were no other movements between Levels 1 and 2 during the periods from January 1 to March 5 and March 6 to September 30, 2010, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

     The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the fair value of risk management assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the periods presented (in thousands). There were no purchases, sales or issuances during the time period presented.

		Predecessors
		January 1, 2010 to				March 6, 2010 to				Nine Months Ended
		March 5, 2010				September 30, 2010				September 30, 2011
Balance at beginning of period		$	1,530			$	5,455			$	(9,853	)
Realized and unrealized gains included in earnings			7,254				13,390				(2,025	)
Transfers out of Level 3 (1)			—				(16,456	)			9,949
Settlements			(3,329	)			(7,964	)			1,929
Balance at end of period		$	5,455			$	(5,575	)		$	—

      Additional Fair Value Disclosures — The Company has 6,000 outstanding shares of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (see Note 8 — Redeemable Preferred Stock and Warrants). The fair value and the carrying value of these securities were $68.5 million and $50.6 million, respectively, at December 31, 2010, and $51.0 million and $55.1 million, respectively, at September 30, 2011. The fair value was determined by discounting

the cash flows over the remaining life of the securities utilizing a LIBOR interest rate and a risk premium which was based on companies with similar leverage ratios to PostRock.

     The Company’s long-term debt consists entirely of floating-rate facilities. The carrying amount of floating-rate debt approximates fair value because the interest rates paid on such debt are generally set for periods of six months or shorter.

Note 5 —Investment in Affiliate

     The Company believes that its 14.9% voting interest in CEP along with the right to appoint two directors to CEP’s Board provide it the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of CEP. Rather than accounting for the investment under the equity method, the Company elected the fair value option to account for its interest in CEP at the acquisition date on August 8, 2011. The fair value option was chosen as the Company determined that the market price of CEP’s publicly traded interests provided a more accurate fair value measure of the Company’s investment in CEP. As a result of the decline in the market price of CEP’s traded interests, the Company recorded a loss of $0.9 million during the three month and nine month periods ending September 30, 2011. The loss was recorded as a component of other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Note 6 — Asset Retirement Obligations

     The following table reflects the changes to the Company’s asset retirement obligations for the period indicated (in thousands):

		Predecessors
		January 1, 2010 to				March 6, 2010 to				Nine Months Ended
		March 5, 2010				September 30, 2010				September 30, 2011
Asset retirement obligations at beginning of period		$	6,552			$	6,648			$	7,150
Liabilities incurred			—				23				163
Liabilities settled			(1	)			(22	)			(71	)
Accretion			97				340				485
Divestitures			—				—				(1	)
Asset retirement obligations at end of period		$	6,648			$	6,989			$	7,726

Note 7 — Long-Term Debt

     The following is a summary of PostRock’s long-term debt at the dates indicated (in thousands):

		December 31,				September 30,
		2010				2011
Borrowing Base Facility		$	187,000			$	190,000
Secured Pipeline Loan			13,500				6,000
QER Loan			19,721				—
Total debt			220,221				196,000
Less current maturities included in current liabilities			10,500				6,000
Total long-term debt		$	209,721			$	190,000

     The terms of the Company’s credit facilities are described within Note 10 of Item 8. Financial Statement and Supplementary Data in the 2010 10-K.

     As discussed in Note 2, the Company sold certain Appalachia Basin oil and gas properties to MHR in three phases that closed in December 2010, January 2011 and June 2011. The $44.6 million aggregate purchase price for the three phases was received in cash and in shares of MHR stock. Included in the $44.6 million total was approximately $41.6 million representing the purchase price of assets owned by one of the Company’s subsidiaries, PostRock Eastern Production, LLC, formerly named Quest Eastern Resource LLC (“QER”), pledged as collateral under the QER Loan. From the sale proceeds, QER made payments to the lender, Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”), in the amount of $21.2 million in December 2010, $9.3 million in January 2011 and $4.3 million in June 2011. The $9.3 million payment in January 2011 consisted of $5.7 million in MHR common stock and $3.6 million in cash while the $4.3 million payment in June 2011 was entirely in cash. Concurrent with the June 2011 payment and pursuant to the terms of an asset sale agreement with RBC, the Company fully settled the outstanding balance of the QER Loan of approximately $843,000 by issuing 141,186 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $744,000 to RBC. The Company expects to recover the full amount of the $843,000 payment to RBC in June 2012.

     The settlement of the QER Loan was facilitated by the restructuring of a prior loan (the “PESC Loan”) that met the criteria under accounting guidance to be classified as a troubled debt restructuring. The Company had previously recorded a gain on troubled debt restructuring related to the QER Loan of $2.9 million in 2010. Following a re-evaluation of the maximum sum of future cash flows that would be paid to RBC, the Company recorded an additional gain of $1.6 million during the second quarter of 2011. The gain includes $799,000 of accrued interest that was forgiven at the time the balance of the loan was settled. The gain is reflected as a “gain on forgiveness of debt” in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

     The borrowing base under the Borrowing Base Facility was redetermined effective July 31, 2011, based on the Company’s oil and gas reserves at March 31, 2011. The borrowing base is determined based on the value of reserves at the Company’s lenders’ forward price forecasts, which are generally derived from futures prices. As a result of the significant decline in lender forward price forecasts since the Company’s prior borrowing base determination and the roll off of hedges, the borrowing base was reduced from $225 million to $200 million.

     The Company made periodic payments of $7.5 million on the Secured Pipeline Loan and net borrowings of $3.0 million on the Borrowing Base Facility during the nine month period ended September 30, 2011. The Company was in compliance with all its financial covenants at September 30, 2011.

Note 8 — Redeemable Preferred Stock and Warrants

     Prior to July 1, 2013, the Company may accrue dividends on its Series A Preferred Stock rather than paying them in cash. Whenever dividends are accrued on a quarterly dividend payment date, the liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock is increased by the amount of the accrued dividends and additional warrants to purchase shares of PostRock common stock and additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued. The Company records the increase in liquidation preference and the issuance of additional warrants by allocating their relative fair values to the amount of accrued dividends. The allocation results in an increase to the Company’s temporary equity related to the Series A Preferred Stock and an increase to additional paid in capital related to the additional warrants issued. The increase to additional paid in capital related to additional warrants issued was $745,000, $752,000 and $921,000 in the first, second and third quarters of 2011, respectively.

     The following tables describe the changes in temporary equity, currently comprised of the Series A Preferred Stock (in thousands except share amounts), and in outstanding warrants:

						Number of
		Carrying Value of				Outstanding				Liquidation Value of				Number of				Weighted Average
		Series A Preferred				Series A				Series A Preferred				Outstanding				Exercise Price of
		Stock				Preferred Shares				Stock				Warrants				Warrants
December 31, 2010		$	50,622				6,000			$	61,980				19,584,205			$	3.16
Accrued dividends			1,114				—				1,859				290,986				6.39
Accretion			355				—				—				—				—
March 31, 2011		$	52,091				6,000			$	63,839				19,875,191			$	3.21
Accrued dividends			1,163				—				1,915				329,070				5.82
Accretion			380				—				—				—
June 30, 2011		$	53,634				6,000			$	65,754				20,204,261			$	3.25
Accrued dividends			1,052				—				1,973				636,335				3.10
Accretion			406				—				—				—				—
September 30, 2011		$	55,092				6,000			$	67,727				20,840,596			$	3.25

Note 9 — Equity and Earnings per Share

      Share-Based Payments — The Company recorded share based compensation expense of $354,000 and a credit of $157,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2011, respectively. The credit for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was a result of forfeitures due to employee turnover. Expense for the periods from January 1 to March 5 and March 6 to September 30, 2010, was $808,000 and $987,000, respectively, and $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Total share-based compensation to be recognized on unvested stock awards and options at September 30, 2011, is $792,000 over a weighted average period of 1.32 years. The following table summarizes option awards granted during 2011 and their associated valuation assumptions:

		Number of				Fair value per
		options granted				option				Exercise price				Risk free rate				Volatility
First quarter 2011 employee awards (1)			18,900			$	3.79			$	6.15				2.00	%			74.7	%
First quarter 2011 director awards (2)			10,000			$	3.02			$	4.80				1.93	%			77.0	%
Second quarter 2011 employee awards (1)			5,500			$	4.51			$	7.30				1.84	%			75.2	%
Second quarter 2011 director awards (2)			160,000			$	4.53			$	7.31				1.91	%			75.2	%

     The following table summarizes restricted share awards granted during 2011:

		Number of
		shares granted				Fair Value Per Share
First quarter 2011 restricted share awards (1)			51,500			$	6.15

      Income/(Loss) per Share — A reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the basic and diluted per share calculations for the periods indicated is as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):

										(Predecessor)
										January 1, 2010				March 6, 2010				Nine Months Ended
		Three Months Ended September 30,								to March 5,				to September 30,				September 30,
		2010				2011				2010				2010				2011
Net income attributable to controlling interests		$	28,189			$	7,007			$	11,778			$	35,612			$	10,677
Preferred stock accretion			(29	)			(406	)			—				(29	)			(1,141	)
Preferred stock dividends			(180	)			(1,973	)			—				(180	)			(5,747	)
Net income attributable to common stockholders		$	27,980			$	4,628			$	11,778			$	35,403			$	3,789
Denominator
Common shares			8,062,567				9,009,109				32,016,327				8,053,724				8,528,020
Weighted average number of unvested share-based awards participating			—				—				121,121				—				—
Denominator for basic earnings per share			8,062,567				9,009,109				32,137,448				8,053,724				8,528,020
Effect of potentially dilutive securities
Unvested share-based awards non-participating			138,186				130,591				450,751				99,156				157,238
Warrants			517,895				6,843,407								227,973				8,004,358
Stock options			—				26,525				26,154				177				63,146
Denominator for diluted earnings per share			8,718,648				16,009,632				32,614,353				8,381,030				16,752,762
Basic earnings per share		$	3.47			$	0.51			$	0.37			$	4.40			$	0.44
Diluted earnings per share		$	3.21			$	0.29			$	0.36			$	4.22			$	0.23
Securities excluded from earnings per share calculation:
Unvested share-based awards			—				—				—				—				—
Antidilutive stock options			19,550				420,750				570,000				19,550				420,750
Warrants			—				1,293,878				—				—				1,293,878

Note 10 — Commitments and Contingencies

      Litigation — The Company is subject, from time to time, to certain legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of conducting its business. It records a liability related to its legal proceedings and claims when it has determined that it is probable that it will be obligated to pay and the related amount can reasonably be estimated. Except for those legal proceedings listed below, it believes there are no pending legal proceedings in which it is currently involved that, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

     As further described in Note 14 of Part II, Item 8 in the 2010 10-K, the Company had been sued in royalty owner lawsuits filed in Oklahoma and Kansas.

     In Oklahoma, suits by a group of individual royalty owners and by a putative class representing all remaining royalty owners were filed in the District Court of Nowata County, Oklahoma. Generally, the lawsuits alleged that the Company wrongfully deducted post-production costs from the plaintiffs’ royalties and engaged in self-dealing contracts and agreements resulting in a less than market price for the gas production. The Company denied the allegations. Settlements have been reached in each of the cases, and on July 28, 2011, the Court entered a final order approving the class action settlement. The Company funded the $5.6 million in settlements on July 29, 2011.

     The Kansas lawsuit is a putative class action filed in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, brought on behalf of all the Company’s royalty owners in that state. Plaintiffs generally allege that the Company failed to properly make royalty payments by, among other things, charging post-production costs to royalty owners in violation of the underlying lease contracts, paying royalties based on sale point volumes rather than wellhead volumes, allocating expenses in excess of the actual and reasonable post-production costs incurred, allocating production costs and marketing costs to royalty owners, and making royalty payments after the statutorily prescribed time for doing so without paying interest thereon. The parties have reached a settlement in this class action which is subject to approval by the Court. The settlement includes a payment of $3.0 million to be made within 30 days after final approval by the Court and a payment of $4.5 million one year thereafter.

     At September 30, 2011, the Company had reserved $7.0 million for the estimated cost to resolve the Kansas action. The $7.0 million includes $3.0 million expected to be paid in January 2012 and $4.0 million representing the present value of an additional $4.5 million expected to be paid one year thereafter. The $4.0 million reserve is reflected in other noncurrent liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Increases to the reserve for both the Oklahoma and Kansas royalty owner lawsuits included $9.5 million, $100,000 and $2.0 million added in the first, second and third quarters of 2011, respectively.

      Contractual Commitments — The Company has numerous contractual commitments in the ordinary course of business, debt service requirements and operating lease commitments. During the first quarter of 2011, the Company entered into new operating leases for compressors utilized in its gathering system. The leases convert already utilized compressors from month-to-month to a specified term lease. As a result, the $900,000 minimum amount of these contracts would be an increase to the amount included in the Company’s outstanding commitments table at December 31, 2010. The Company also extended the term of a leased facility in Olathe, Kansas, in August 2011 for an additional five years to December 2016, for a total commitment of $335,000.

     Other than the compressor leases, lease extension and debt repayments during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, there were no material changes to the Company’s commitments since December 31, 2010.

Note 11 — Operating Segments

     Operating segment data for the periods indicated is as follows (in thousands):

		Production				Pipeline				Total
Three months ended September 30, 2010
Revenues		$	22,921			$	2,402			$	25,323
Operating profit		$	8,019			$	104			$	8,123
Three months ended September 30, 2011
Revenues		$	21,926			$	2,501			$	24,427
Operating profit		$	4,239			$	484			$	4,723
January 1, 2010 to March 5, 2010 (Predecessor)
Revenues		$	19,735			$	1,749			$	21,484
Operating profit		$	7,516			$	49			$	7,565
March 6, 2010 to September 30, 2010
Revenues		$	53,416			$	5,561			$	58,977
Operating profit		$	17,370			$	(165	)		$	17,205
Nine months ended September 30, 2011
Revenues		$	66,577			$	8,140			$	74,717
Operating profit		$	25,498			$	1,289			$	26,787
Identifiable assets
December 31, 2010		$	232,111			$	64,701			$	296,812
September 30, 2011		$	237,077			$	62,857			$	299,934

     The following table reconciles segment operating profits reported above to income before income taxes and non-controlling interests (in thousands):

										(Predecessor)
		Three Months Ended								January 1,				March 6, 2010				Nine Months
		September 30,								2010 to				to September 30,				Ended September 30,
		2010				2011				March 5, 2010				2010				2011
Segment operating profit (1)		$	8,123			$	4,723			$	7,565			$	17,205			$	26,787
General and administrative expenses			(4,638	)			(4,241	)			(5,735	)			(14,132	)			(14,277	)
Recovery of misappropriated funds			997				—				—				997				—
Litigation reserve			(20	)			(1,981	)			—				(1,640	)			(11,581	)
Gain from forgiveness of debt			—				—				—				—				1,647
Gain from derivative financial instruments			32,271				11,953				25,246				50,239				16,700
Loss from investment in affiliate			—				(859	)			—				—				(859	)
Interest expense, net			(8,602	)			(2,611	)			(5,336	)			(17,025	)			(7,933	)
Other income (expense), net			58				23				(4	)			(32	)			193
Income before income taxes		$	28,189			$	7,007			$	21,736			$	35,612			$	10,677

Note 12 — Subsequent Events

     The Company evaluated activity after September 30, 2011, until the date of issuance, for recognized and unrecognized events not discussed elsewhere in these footnotes and determined there were none.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

     PostRock Energy Corporation (“PostRock”) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and gathering of crude oil and natural gas. We manage our business in two segments, production and pipeline. Our production segment is focused in the Cherokee Basin, a 15-county region in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. We also have minor oil producing properties in Oklahoma and gas producing properties in the Appalachia Basin. Our pipeline segment consists of a 1,120 mile interstate natural gas pipeline, which transports natural gas from northern Oklahoma and western Kansas to Wichita and Kansas City.

     The following discussion should be read together with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere herein and with our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

     Our highlights during the first nine months of 2011 include:

•

Acquired a 14.9% voting interest in Constellation Energy Partners, LLC (“CEP”).

•

Closed on the second and third phases of our Appalachia Basin sale for $11.7 million and $4.9 million, respectively.

•

Reduced debt by $24.2 million from December 31, 2010, including the full settlement of our QER Loan.

•

Settled all of our Oklahoma royalty interest owner lawsuits for $5.6 million which was funded in July 2011 and reached a preliminary settlement of our Kansas royalty owner class action lawsuit for $7.5 million.

•

Brought 93 new oil and gas wells online in the Cherokee Basin, 10 of which were drilled prior to 2011. Recompleted 83 wells and returned 53 wells in the Basin to production.

2011 Drilling and Development Update

     We budgeted $43.6 million for drilling and development in 2011. During the first three quarters of 2011, we drilled and connected 83 development wells, completed 10 new wells drilled in prior periods, recompleted or connected 83 wells and returned 53 wells to production in the Cherokee Basin. We have spent $20.6 million for drilling and development through September 30, 2011, compared to $35.8 million budgeted. During the fourth quarter, we expect to drill, complete, and connect approximately 15 wells, primarily to retain acreage. Our decision to spend less on development activity is due to the decline in gas prices and the even greater need to better understand results of our drilling activity. We are focused on improving rates of return on our development activity by reducing expenses while improving performance of newly drilled wells and recompletions.

CEP Investment

     On August 8, 2011, we acquired, from Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (“CEG”), a 14.9% voting interest in CEP and the right to appoint two directors to CEP’s Board. The total cost of the investment was $11.5 million, including $6.6 million of cash, 1,000,000 shares of our common stock with a fair value of $4.1 million and warrants to acquire an additional 673,822 shares of our common stock with a fair value of $518,000, and acquisition costs of $283,000. Of the warrants, 224,607 are exercisable for one year following issuance at an exercise price of $6.57 a share, 224,607 are exercisable for two years following issuance at $7.07 a share and 224,608 for three years following issuance at $7.57 a share. The 14.9% voting interest consisted of 485,065 of CEP’s outstanding Class A Member Interests, representing all of the class, and 3,128,670 Class B Member Interests, representing 13.2% of the class at the time. The Class B Member Interests are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “CEP” with a closing price of $2.78 per unit at September 30, 2011.

     CEP is focused on the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas properties as well as related midstream assets. All of its proved reserves are located in the Cherokee Basin in Kansas and Oklahoma, the Black Warrior Basin in Alabama, the Woodford Shale in the Arkoma Basin in Oklahoma and the Central Kansas

Uplift in Kansas and Nebraska. Because we and CEP each have the majority of their assets in the Cherokee Basin of Kansas and Oklahoma, the investment was made in an attempt to increase the likelihood of improved efficiencies in this region through cooperation with CEP and others.

     We account for our investment in CEP at fair value and recognize the change in fair value in our results of operations.

Results of Operations

     In March 2010, PostRock completed the recombination of its three predecessor entities. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, represent the combined results of these predecessor entities and PostRock. The results of operations for all other periods presented are those of PostRock. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to PostRock and its subsidiaries from the date of the recombination and to the three predecessor entities on a consolidated basis prior thereto. Operating segment data for the periods indicated are as follows (in thousands):

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2010				2011				2010				2011
Revenues
Oil and gas sales		$	21,484			$	20,543			$	68,734			$	62,305
Gathering			1,437				1,383				4,417				4,272
Total production segment			22,921				21,926				73,151				66,577
Pipeline segment			2,402				2,501				7,310				8,140
Total		$	25,323			$	24,427			$	80,461			$	74,717
Operating profit
Production		$	8,019			$	4,239			$	24,886			$	25,498
Pipelines			104				484				(116	)			1,289
Total segment operating profit			8,123				4,723				24,770				26,787
General and administrative expenses			(4,638	)			(4,241	)			(19,867	)			(14,277	)
Recovery of misappropriated funds, net			997				—				997				—
Litigation reserve			(20	)			(1,981	)			(1,640	)			(11,581	)
Total operating profit		$	4,462			$	(1,499	)		$	4,260			$	929