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| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - CSI Compressco LP | cclp8k-20160525_ex99x01.htm |
| EX-10.1 - EXHIBIT 10.1 - CSI Compressco LP | cclp8k-20160525_ex10x01.htm |
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 25, 2016
CSI Compressco LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-35195 | 94-3450907 |
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer |
of incorporation) | Identification No.) | |
3809 S. FM 1788 | ||
Midland, Texas 79706 | ||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code) | ||
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (432) 563-1170 | ||
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 25, 2016, CSI Compressco LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”) and CSI Compressco Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership (“CSI Compressco Sub”), as borrowers, entered into the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) amending the Credit Agreement dated August 4, 2014 (as previously amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 18, 2014 and that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 1, 2015, as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent, collateral agent, lender, letter of credit issuer and swing line issuer, and the other lenders and loan parties a party thereto.
The Amendment modified certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement, as follows:
(i) | the consolidated total leverage ratio may not exceed (a) 5.50 to 1 as of June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2016; (b) 5.75 to 1 as of December 31, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017; (c) 5.50 to 1 as December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018; (d) 5.25 to 1 as of June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018, and (e) 5.00 to 1 as of December 31, 2018 and thereafter; and |
(ii) | the consolidated secured leverage ratio was reduced from 4.0 to 1 to 3.50 to 1. |
In addition, the Amendment provides for the following other changes related to the Credit Agreement: (i) reduced the maximum aggregate lender commitments from $400.0 million to $340.0 million; (ii) increased the applicable margin by 0.25% with a range between 2.00% and 3.00% per annum for LIBOR-based loans and 1.00% to 2.00% per annum for base-rate loans, according to the consolidated total leverage ratio; (iii) imposed a requirement that the Partnership use designated consolidated cash and cash equivalent balances in excess of $35.0 million (the amount of such excess, the “Excess Cash Amount”) to prepay the loans in an amount equal to the lesser of the Excess Cash Amount and the aggregate amount of the loans outstanding; (iv) imposed a requirement to deliver on an annual basis, and at such other times as may be required, an appraisal of the Partnership’s compressor equipment; (v) increased the amount of equipment and real property that may be disposed of in any four consecutive fiscal quarters from $5.0 million to $20.0 million; (vi) allow the prepayment or purchase of indebtedness with proceeds from the issuances of equity securities or in exchange for the issuances of equity securities; and (vii) reduced the amount of the Partnership’s permitted capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business during each fiscal year from $150.0 million to $25.0 million in 2016, $50.0 million in each of 2017 and 2018, and $75.0 million in 2019, provided that 50% of the amounts for 2017 and 2018 may, to the extent not used, be carried over to the succeeding year.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On May 25, 2016 the Partnership issued a press release announcing that the Partnership had entered into the Amendment disclosed under the heading “Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” in Item 1.01 hereof. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information provided in this Item 7.01 (including the exhibits referenced therein) shall be deemed “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Partnership pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except to the extent that such filing incorporates by reference any or all of such information by express reference thereto.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | |
10.1 | Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 25, 2016 | |
99.1 | Press Release dated May 25, 2016, announcing the execution of the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement. | |
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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.
CSI Compressco LP | |
By: | CSI Compressco GP Inc., its general partner |
By: | /s/Timothy A. Knox |
Timothy A. Knox | |
President | |
Date: May 25, 2016 | |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description | |
10.1 | Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 25, 2016 | |
99.1 | Press Release dated May 25, 2016, announcing the execution of the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement. | |
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