UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 29, 2020, CNX Midstream Partners LP (“CNXM”) entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Agreement”) with CNX Midstream GP LLC (the “General Partner”), the general partner of CNXM and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CNX Resources Corporation (the “Company”), and CNX Gas Company LLC (“CNX Gas”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to which all of the incentive distribution rights representing limited partner interests in CNXM (the “IDRs”) were cancelled and the 2.0% general partner interest in CNXM held by the General Partner was converted into a non-economic general partner interest in CNXM in exchange for (i) the issuance by CNXM to CNX Gas of 26,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests in CNXM (“Common Units”) and 3,000,000 newly created Class B units representing limited partner interests in CNXM (“Class B Units”) and (ii) an aggregate cash payment by CNXM to CNX Gas of $135.0 million to be paid in installments of $50.0 million due December 31, 2020, $50.0 million due December 31, 2021 and $35.0 million due December 31, 2022 (together, the “Restructuring Transactions”).
The Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants customary for an agreement of this type. The closing of the Restructuring Transactions occurred simultaneously with the execution of the Agreement on January 29, 2020.
The foregoing description of the Restructuring Transactions and the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
The terms of the Agreement were approved on behalf of CNXM by the conflicts committee and the board of directors of the General Partner (the “Conflicts Committee”). The Conflicts Committee, which is comprised of independent members of the board of directors of the General Partner, retained independent legal and financial advisors to assist it in evaluating and negotiating the Restructuring Transactions. The terms of the Agreement were approved on behalf of the Company by the board of directors of the Company.
Relationships
The General Partner manages CNXM’s operations and activities through the General Partner’s officers and directors. Certain individuals serve as officers and/or directors of the Company and the General Partner. As of January 29, 2020, and following the Restructuring Transactions, CNX indirectly owns 47,692,198 Common Units and 3,000,000 Class B Units.
| Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information regarding CNXM’s issuance of shares of Common Units and Class B Units in connection with the Restructuring Transactions set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
The sale and issuance of the Common Units and the Class B Units in connection with the Restructuring Transactions is exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Securities Holders. |
Holders of a Class B Unit have the same rights and obligations of a holder of Common Units, except (i) the right to vote (which is limited to matters requiring approval by a unit majority of all unitholders, in which case the Class B Units will vote alongside Common Units as a single class), (ii) the right to participate in the allocation of income, gain, loss and deduction to Common Units and (iii) the right to participate in distributions made with respect to Common Units. On January 1, 2022, each Class B Unit will automatically convert into a Common Unit on a one-for-one basis, and thereafter the converted Class B Units will be treated like Common Units.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
In connection with the Restructuring Transactions, the General Partner amended and restated the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of January 3, 2018 by executing the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the “Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement”). The Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement gives effect to the Restructuring Transactions by providing for, among other things, (i) the cancellation of the IDRs, (ii) the restructuring of the general partner interest in CNXM and (iii) the issuance of the Class B Units.
The disclosure contained in this Item 5.03 does not purport to be a complete description of the Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||
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.
| CNX MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP
By: CNX MIDSTREAM GP LLC, its general partner | ||
| By: |
/s/ Donald W. Rush | |
| Name: |
Donald W. Rush | |
| Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Director | |
Dated: January 30, 2020