Exhibit 99.1
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| | News Release Contact: Michael A. Kuglin Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer P.O. Box 206, Whippany, NJ 07981-0206 Phone: 973-503-9252 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.
Announces Completion of $650,000,000 Issuance of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2031 and Announces Early Tender Results
Notice of Redemption Distributed to Holders of
5.500% Senior Notes due 2024 and 5.750% Senior Notes due 2025
Whippany, New Jersey, May 24, 2021 — Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH) (“Suburban Propane”), a nationwide distributor of propane, renewable propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity and investor in low carbon fuel alternatives, announced today the completion of its previously announced offering of $650 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Senior Notes”), in a private offering to “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. Suburban Energy Finance Corp. (together with Suburban Propane, the “Issuers”), a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Suburban Propane, is the co-issuer of the 2031 Senior Notes.
The 2031 Senior Notes were issued under an indenture for senior debt securities, dated as of May 24, 2021, with The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee (the “Trustee”). The net proceeds of the offering of the 2031 Senior Notes, after deducting estimated offering expenses, was approximately $639.9 million, all of which has been or will be used, together with borrowings under a revolving credit facility, to fund the refinancing, by repurchasing or redeeming, (i) all of the outstanding $525,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.500% senior notes due 2024 (the “2024 Senior Notes”), and (ii) all of the outstanding $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Senior Notes,” and together with the 2024 Senior Notes, the “Tender Offer Notes”), including fees and expenses associated with the refinancing. As previously announced on May 10, 2021, Suburban Propane launched a cash tender offer for the Tender Offer Notes (the “Offer”).
In addition, Suburban Propane announced that as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 21, 2021 (the “Withdrawal Deadline”), (i) approximately $365,083,000 million principal amount of the 2024 Senior Notes (or approximately 69.54% of the outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Senior Notes), and (ii) approximately $168,976,000 million principal amount of the 2025 Senior Notes (or approximately 67.59% of the outstanding principal amount of the 2025 Senior Notes) have been tendered in connection with the Offer. Suburban Propane also received the requisite consents for the proposed amendments to the indenture governing the 2024 Senior Notes and the indenture governing the 2025 Senior Notes, in each case, to, among other changes, eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants, certain events of default and related provisions with respect to the Tender Offer Notes, and shorten the minimum notice period for redemptions of the Tender Offer Notes to three business days.