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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): April 10, 2017
Legacy Reserves LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-33249 | 16-1751069 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
303 West Wall Street, Suite 1800 Midland, Texas (Address of principal executive offices) | 79701 (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (432) 689-5200
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On April 10, 2017, Legacy Reserves LP (“Legacy”) began mailing the proxy statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Unitholders to be held on May 16, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”) to its unitholders of record as of March 21, 2017. In order to provide Legacy's unitholders and others with a fully-updated Legacy partnership agreement prior to the Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors of Legacy's general partner, Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, has approved, in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Legacy Reserves LP, as amended (the “Fourth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement”), the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Legacy Reserves LP (the “Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement”). The Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement incorporates the amendments to the Fourth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement which were approved by Legacy's unitholders at Legacy’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Unitholders and set forth in the Amendment No. 1 dated May 10, 2016, changes to the Fourth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement to reflect the passage of time, certain tax law updates, the removal of provisions that are no longer applicable and corrections of typographical errors, all as more fully set forth in Exhibit 3.1 attached hereto. The Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement was executed on April 10, 2017.
The description of the Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement contained in this Item 5.03 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Description | |
Exhibit 3.1 | Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Legacy Reserves LP. | |
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.
LEGACY RESERVES LP | |||
By: | Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, its General Partner | ||
Date: April 10, 2017 | /s/ James Daniel Westcott | ||
James Daniel Westcott | |||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||