UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 15, 2018

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WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
001-34815
77-0695453
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

9540 South Maroon Circle,
Suite 300
Englewood, CO
80112
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (855) 922-6463

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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
Waiver and Amendment No. 4 to the Financing Agreement

On May 15, 2018, Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), its subsidiary, Oxford Mining Company, LLC, as borrower, and the guarantors party thereto (collectively, the "Loan Parties"), U.S. Bank National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent (together, the “Agents”), and the lenders party thereto entered into Waiver and Amendment No. 4 (the “Waiver”) to the Financing Agreement dated December 13, 2014, among the Loan Parties, the Agents, and the lenders party thereto (as amended, the “Financing Agreement”). Pursuant to the Waiver, the Agents, the lenders and the Loan Parties agreed, among certain other affirmative covenants, to extend the waiver of any actual or potential Default of Event of Default that arose or may have arisen, in each case, solely as a result or in connection with the Loan Parties’ failure under Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Financing Agreement to deliver to each Agent and each Lender an unqualified audit opinion in connection with the audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries ending December 31, 2017, until the earliest of (i) 11:59 pm New York time June 15, 2018, (ii) the occurrence of any event of default not waived pursuant to the Waiver or (iii) an insolvency proceeding of Westmoreland Coal Company.

The foregoing description of the Waiver is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Waiver, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required.

 





SIGNATURE

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.

 
WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 16, 2018
By:
/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen
 
 
Samuel N. Hagreen
Secretary & Associate General Counsel