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):  May 8, 2014

 

Legacy Reserves LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-33249

 

16-1751069

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

303 W. Wall, Suite 1800

 

 

Midland, Texas

 

79701

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (432) 689-5200

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Purchase Agreement

 

On May 8, 2014, Legacy Reserves LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), Legacy Reserves Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Legacy Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and certain restricted subsidiaries of the Partnership, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the initial purchasers as named therein (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to sell an additional $300 million in aggregate principal amount (the “Additional Notes”) of the Issuers’ 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”) to the Initial Purchasers in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes are jointly and severally, and unconditionally, guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) on a senior unsecured basis initially by all of the Partnership’s material restricted subsidiaries (other than Legacy Finance) that guarantee a material amount of the Partnership’s other indebtedness. The Additional Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated May 28, 2013, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and incorporated by reference herein (the “Indenture”).

 

The Initial Purchasers intend to resell the Additional Notes and Guarantees (i) inside the United States to “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act, in private sales exempt from registration under the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144A, and (ii) to other eligible purchasers pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) in accordance with Regulation S. The Additional Notes and Guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.

 

The purchase price for the Additional Notes and Guarantees was 99% of their principal amount. The Partnership expects to use the net proceeds of this offering of approximately $291.5 million (after deducting estimated fees and offering expenses and disregarding accrued interest payable by purchasers of the Additional Notes) to fund a portion of the cash consideration of its previously announced pending acquisition of assets in the Piceance Basin of Colorado and for general partnership purposes. Pending the use of the proceeds for these purposes, the Partnership intends to apply the net proceeds to reduce outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Issuers and the Guarantors, on one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In addition, the Purchase Agreement requires the execution of a registration rights agreement.

 

The description set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is being filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

On May 13, 2014, the Issuers entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), with the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers in connection with the private placement of the Additional Notes.

 

Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange the Additional Notes for substantially identical notes that are registered under the Securities Act. The Issuers and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such exchange offer registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act. In addition, the Issuers and the Guarantors will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange offer to be consummated not later than 365 days after the issuance of the notes. Under some circumstances, in lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the Additional Notes. The Issuers and the Guarantors are

 

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required to pay additional interest if they fail to comply with their obligations to register the Additional Notes within the specified time periods.

 

Item 2.03                   Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

On May 13, 2104, the Issuers issued an additional $300 million aggregate principal amount of their 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 under the Indenture.

 

Interest and Maturity

 

The Notes will mature on December 1, 2021. The interest payment dates are June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2013.

 

Optional Redemption

 

At any time prior to June 1, 2016, the Issuers may, at any time or from time to time, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net proceeds of a public or private equity offering at a redemption price of 106.625% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, if at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding after such redemption and the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such equity offering. Prior to June 1, 2017, the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount thereof, plus (ii) a make whole premium at the redemption date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. On or after June 1, 2017, the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) equal to 103.313% for the twelve-month period beginning on June 1, 2017, 101.656% for the twelve-month period beginning June 1, 2018, and 100.000% for the period beginning on June 1, 2019 and at any time thereafter, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date on the Notes.

 

Certain Covenants

 

The Indenture contains customary covenants that restrict the Partnership’s ability and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) sell assets including equity interests in its subsidiaries; (ii) pay distributions on, redeem or repurchase its units or redeem or repurchase its subordinated debt; (iii) make investments; (iv) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred units; (v) create or incur certain liens; (vi) enter into agreements that restrict distributions or other payments from the Partnership’s restricted subsidiaries to the Partnership; (vii) consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets; (viii) engage in transactions with affiliates; (ix) create unrestricted subsidiaries; or (x) engage in certain business activities. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. If the Notes achieve an investment grade rating from each of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and no Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, many of these covenants will terminate.

 

Events of Default

 

The Indenture also contains customary Events of Defaults. Each of the following is an Event of Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Partnership to comply with certain covenants relating to merger, consolidation, sale of assets or change of control; (iv) failure by the Partnership for 180 days after notice to comply with its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (v) failure by the Partnership for 60 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture; (vi) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument governing any indebtedness for money borrowed or guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its restricted subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the date of the Indenture, if such default: (a) is caused by a payment default; or (b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its stated maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of the indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or acceleration of maturity, aggregates $15.0 million or more, subject to a cure provision; (vii) failure by the Partnership or any of its

 

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restricted subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $15.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any subsidiary guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force or effect, or any Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its subsidiary guarantee; and (ix) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization described in the Indenture with respect to the Issuers or any of the Partnership’s restricted subsidiaries that is a significant subsidiary or any group of restricted subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Partnership. Upon a continuing Event of Default, the Trustee, by notice to the Issuers, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, by notice to the Issuers and the Trustee, may declare the Notes immediately due and payable, except that an Event of Default resulting from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Issuers, any restricted subsidiary of the Partnership that is a significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Partnership, will automatically cause the Notes to become immediately due and payable.

 

Item 8.01                   Other Events.

 

On May 8, 2014, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc. and MLV & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters in the Partnership’s offering of up to 2,300,000 8% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the “Series A Preferred Units”), delivered notice to the Partnership of their intention to exercise in full their option to purchase up to an additional 300,000 Series A Preferred Units (the “Option Units”) at a purchase price per Series A Preferred Unit equal to the $25.00 liquidation preference per Series A Preferred Unit, less underwriting discounts and commissions of $0.7875 per unit.  The closing of the sale of Option Units occurred on May 12, 2013.  The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds of approximately $7.3 million from the sale of the Option Units to fund a portion of the consideration for the Partnership’s previously announced acquisitions of oil-weighted properties in Chaves County, New Mexico and Sheridan County, Montana and for general partnership purposes. Pending the use of the proceeds for other purposes, the Partnership intends to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Option Units to reduce outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility.

 

Item 9.01.                Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Document

1.1

 

Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014, by and among Legacy Reserves LP, Legacy Reserves Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and the Initial Purchasers named therein.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2013, among Legacy Reserves LP, Legacy Reserves Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (including form of the 6.625% senior notes due 2021) (Incorporated by reference to Legacy Reserves LP’s current report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-33249) filed May 31, 2013, Exhibit 4.1).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2014, by and among Legacy Reserves LP, Legacy Reserves Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the Initial Purchasers named therein.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

LEGACY RESERVES LP

 

 

 

 

By:

Legacy Reserves GP, LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 13, 2014

By:

/s/ Dan G. LeRoy

 

 

Dan G. LeRoy

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Document

1.1

 

Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014, by and among Legacy Reserves LP, Legacy Reserves Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and the Initial Purchasers named therein.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2013, among Legacy Reserves LP, Legacy Reserves Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (including form of the 6.625% senior notes due 2021) (Incorporated by reference to Legacy Reserves LP’s current report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-33249) filed May 31, 2013, Exhibit 4.1).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2014, by and among Legacy Reserves LP, Legacy Reserves Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the Initial Purchasers named therein.

 

 

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