MIDLAND, Texas, June 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legacy Reserves LP (Nasdaq:LGCY) ("Legacy") today announced the pricing of its public offering of 7,000,000 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units ("Series B Preferred Units") at a price of $25.00 per unit. The underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,050,000 Series B Preferred Units from Legacy at the public offering price less the underwriting discount. Distributions on the Series B Preferred Units will be payable at a rate of 8.00% per annum of the stated liquidation preference of $25.00 from the date of issuance up to (but excluding) June 15, 2024, and from (and including) that date at a floating rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 5.256% per annum. The offering is scheduled to close on June 17, 2014.
Legacy expects to receive net proceeds of approximately $169,187,500 (or approximately $194,610,625 if the underwriters exercise their option in full to purchase an additional 1,050,000 Series B Preferred Units), after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses, from the offering. Legacy intends to use the net proceeds of this offering reduce outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and for general partnership purposes.
UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and MLV & Co. LLC are acting as joint book-running managers of the offering. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is acting as senior co-manager. Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. are acting as co-managers of the offering. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus meeting such requirements relating to this offering may be obtained from any of the underwriters, including the offices of:
| UBS Securities LLC |
| Attn: Prospectus Department |
| 299 Park Avenue |
| New York, NY 10171 |
| Phone: 877-827-6444, ext. 561-3884 |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
| Attn: Prospectus Department |
| 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor |
| New York, NY 10014 |
| Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated |
| Attn: Syndicate Department |
| One South Street, 15th Floor |
| Baltimore, MD 21202 |
| Phone: (855) 300-7136 |
| MLV & Co. LLC |
| Attn: Randy Billhardt |
| 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 41st Floor |
| New York, NY 10020 |
| Phone: (212) 542-5882 |
You may also obtain these documents for free when they are available by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov.
The shelf registration statement relating to these securities has previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and automatically deemed effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding future events. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and factors, many of which are outside the control of Legacy, and a variety of risks that could cause results to differ materially from those expected by the management of Legacy. Legacy undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.