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): March 24, 2017 (March 20, 2017)
GENESIS ENERGY, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-12295 | 76-0513049 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 919 Milam, Suite 2100, Houston, Texas | 77002 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(713) 860-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 |
On March 20, 2017, Genesis Energy, L.P. entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, in connection with our public offering of common units representing limited partner interests in us (the “Common Units”).
The Underwriting Agreement provides for, among other things, the issuance and sale by us of an aggregate of 4,000,000 Common Units at a price of $30.65 per Common Unit. In addition, we granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 600,000 Common Units from us on the same terms, which the underwriters exercised in full on March 21, 2017.
The Common Units have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to our effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-203259), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated March 20, 2017, relating to the Common Units, filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act. The closing of the sale of the Common Units occurred on March 24, 2017.
The Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligation of the underwriters to purchase the Common Units was subject to receipt of legal opinions by counsel and to other customary conditions. We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.
The Underwriting Agreement contains representations, warranties and other provisions that were made or agreed to, among other things, to provide the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk among them. Accordingly, the Underwriting Agreement should not be relied upon as constituting a description of the state of affairs of any of the parties thereto or their affiliates at the time it was entered into or otherwise.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. The description of the Underwriting Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such exhibit.
From time to time, the underwriters and their affiliates have provided, or may in the future provide, various investment banking, commercial banking, financial advisory, brokerage and other services to us and our affiliates for which services they have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and expense reimbursement. The underwriters and their affiliates may, from time to time, engage in transactions with and perform services for us in the ordinary course of their business for which they may receive customary fees and reimbursement of expenses. An affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is a lender under our revolving credit facility and could receive a portion of the proceeds from the Common Units offering by us pursuant to the repayment of outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility with such proceeds.
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On March 20, 2017, we issued a press release announcing the commencement of a public offering of 4,000,000 Common Units. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.
On March 20, 2017, we issued a press release announcing the pricing of a public offering of 4,000,000 Common Units. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
The following materials are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Exhibits. |
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| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement dated March 20, 2017 among Genesis Energy, L.P. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP regarding the legality of the Common Units | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP regarding certain federal income tax matters | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1) | |
| 99.1 | Press release of Genesis Energy, L.P. dated March 20, 2017 | |
| 99.2 | Press release of Genesis Energy, L.P. dated March 20, 2017 | |
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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.
| GENESIS ENERGY, L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership) | ||||||
| By: | GENESIS ENERGY, LLC, as its sole general partner | |||||
| Date: March 24, 2017 | By: | /s/ Robert V. Deere | ||||
| Robert V. Deere Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement dated March 20, 2017 among Genesis Energy, L.P. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP regarding the legality of the Common Units | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP regarding certain federal income tax matters | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1) | |
| 99.1 | Press release of Genesis Energy, L.P. dated March 20, 2017 | |
| 99.2 | Press release of Genesis Energy, L.P. dated March 20, 2017 | |