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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
As previously announced, on November 10, 2020, Summit Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), commenced an offer to purchase (the “Tender Offer”) for cash up to $25,000,000.00 aggregate purchase price of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the “Series A Preferred Units”).
On December 29, 2020, the Partnership announced the final results of the Tender Offer, which expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 23, 2020 (the “Expiration Date”). Based on information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender and information agent of the Tender Offer (the “Tender and Information Agent”), as of the Expiration Date, 92,681 Series A Preferred Units had been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn. The Partnership accepted for purchase 75,075 Series A Preferred Units for a purchase price of $333.00 per Series A Preferred Unit, subject to applicable withholding taxes, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $25,000,000.00. The Tender Offer was oversubscribed, and, pursuant to the terms of the Tender Offer, Series A Preferred Units validly tendered and not properly withdrawn were accepted on a pro rata basis, except for tenders of odd lots, which were accepted in full. The Partnership has been informed by the Tender and Information Agent that the proration factor for the Tender Offer, after giving effect to the priority for odd-lot holders, is approximately 80.92%.The Partnership will promptly issue payment for the Series A Preferred Units properly tendered and accepted for purchase and will return all other Series A Preferred Units tendered and not accepted for purchase. A copy of the related press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, whether or not filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the 1934 Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such document.
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated December 29, 2020. | |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Summit Midstream Partners, LP | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | Summit Midstream GP, LLC (its general partner) | |||||
| Dated: December 29, 2020 | /s/ Marc D. Stratton | |||||
| Marc D. Stratton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Exhibit 99.1
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Summit Midstream Partners, LP 910 Louisiana Street, Suite 4200 Houston, TX 77002 |
Summit Midstream Partners, LP Announces Final Results of
Cash Tender Offer for Its Series A Preferred Units
Houston, Texas (December 29, 2020) – Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the “Partnership”) announced today the final results of its offer to purchase (the “Tender Offer”) for cash up to $25,000,000.00 aggregate purchase price of its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (the “Series A Preferred Units”), which expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 23, 2020. Based on information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer (the “Tender and Information Agent”), 92,681 Series A Preferred Units were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn under the Tender Offer.
The Partnership accepted 75,075 Series A Preferred Units for a purchase price of $333.00 per Series A Preferred Unit, subject to applicable withholding taxes, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $25,000,000.00. The Tender Offer was oversubscribed, and, pursuant to the terms of the Tender Offer, Series A Preferred Units validly tendered and not properly withdrawn were accepted on a pro rata basis, except for tenders of odd lots, which were accepted in full. The Partnership has been informed by the Tender and Information Agent that the proration factor for the Tender Offer, after giving effect to the priority for odd-lot holders, is approximately 80.92%. The Partnership will promptly issue payment for the Series A Preferred Units properly tendered and accepted for purchase and will return all other Series A Preferred Units tendered and not accepted for purchase.
About Summit Midstream Partners, LP
SMLP is a value-driven limited partnership focused on developing, owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets that are strategically located in unconventional resource basins, primarily shale formations, in the continental United States. SMLP provides natural gas, crude oil and produced water gathering services pursuant to primarily long-term and fee-based gathering and processing agreements with customers and counterparties in six unconventional resource basins: (i) the Appalachian Basin, which includes the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and West Virginia; (ii) the Williston Basin, which includes the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota; (iii) the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which includes the Niobrara and Codell shale formations in Colorado and Wyoming; (iv) the Permian Basin, which includes the Bone Spring and Wolfcamp formations in New Mexico; (v) the Fort Worth Basin, which includes the Barnett Shale formation in Texas; and (vi) the Piceance Basin, which includes the Mesaverde formation as well as the Mancos and Niobrara shale formations in Colorado. SMLP has an equity investment in Double E Pipeline, LLC, which is developing natural gas transmission infrastructure that will provide transportation service from multiple receipt points in the Delaware Basin to various delivery points in and around the Waha Hub in Texas. SMLP also has an equity investment in Ohio Gathering, which operates extensive natural gas gathering and condensate stabilization infrastructure in the Utica Shale in Ohio. SMLP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, information concerning completion of the Tender Offer and the terms and timing of the settlement of the Tender Offer. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements and may contain the words “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions, or future conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” and “could.” Forward-looking statements also contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are difficult to predict and beyond management’s control) that may cause SMLP’s actual results in future
periods to differ materially from anticipated or projected results. An extensive list of specific material risks and uncertainties affecting SMLP is contained in its 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 9, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020, each as amended and updated from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and SMLP undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events.
Contact: Ross Wong, Senior Director, Corporate Development & Finance, 832-930-7512, ir@summitmidstream.com
SOURCE: Summit Midstream Partners, LP
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