USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Indenture
On March23, 2018, in connection with the previously announced offering by USA Compression Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, USA Compression Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Finance Corp.” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”) of $725 million in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.875% senior notes due 2026 (the “Notes”), the Partnership entered into an Indenture (the “Indenture”), among the Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined below) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.The Notes are guaranteed (the “Guarantees”), jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by the Partnership’s existing subsidiaries (other than Finance Corp.) and each of its future restricted subsidiaries that either borrows under, or guarantees, the Partnership’s senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility or guarantees certain of the Partnership’s other indebtedness (collectively, the “Guarantors”).
On March23, 2018, the Notes were issued to the Indenture in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes will be resold within the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States only to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes will accrue interest from March23, 2018 at the rate of 6.875% per year. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each April1 and October1, commencing on October1, 2018.
The net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, together with the net proceeds from a private placement of preferred units of the Partnership and borrowings under its asset-based revolving credit facility, will be used to fund the cash purchase price of the Partnership’s previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in CDM Resource Management LLC and CDM Environmental& Technical Services LLC from Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (the “CDM Acquisition”). If the CDM Acquisition is not completed on or prior to April30, 2018 or, if prior to such date, the contribution agreement providing for the CDM Acquisition is terminated, the Notes will be subject to a special mandatory redemption at a redemption price payable in cash equal to 100.0% of the initial issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
The Indenture contains customary terms, events of default and covenants relating to, among other things, the incurrence of debt, the payment of distributions or similar restricted payments, undertaking transactions with affiliates and limitations on asset sales.
At any time prior to April1, 2021, the Issuers may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 106.875% of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, in an amount not greater than the net proceeds from one or more equity offerings, provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Partnership and its subsidiaries) and redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such equity offering. At any time prior to April1, 2021, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to sum of the principal amount of the Notes plus a “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The Issuers may also redeem all or a part of the Notes at any time on or after April1, 2021, at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. If the Issuers experience a change of control followed by a ratings decline, unless the Issuers have previously exercised or concurrently exercise the right to redeem the Notes (as described above), the Issuers may be required to offer to repurchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date.
The Notes and the Guarantees are the general unsecured obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness and senior to all of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ future subordinated indebtedness, if any. The Notes and the Guarantees are effectively subordinated in right of payment to all of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ existing and