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): April 7, 2021
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35666 | 45-5200503 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
910 Louisiana Street, Suite 4200
Houston, TX 77002
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (832) 413-4770
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Units | SMLP | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
As previously announced, on March 10, 2021, Summit Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), commenced an offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) its 9.50% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (Liquidation Preference $1,000) (the “Series A Preferred Units”) tendered in the Exchange Offer for up to 2,160,000 newly issued common units (the “Maximum Exchange Amount”) representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Common Units”), with each participating holder receiving 27 Common Units for each Series A Preferred Unit properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) (the “Exchange Consideration”). On March 23, 2021, the Partnership announced an increase of the Exchange Consideration to 30 Common Units for each Series A Preferred Unit properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn), and a corresponding increase in the Maximum Exchange Amount to 2,400,000 newly issued Common Units.
On April 7, 2021, the Partnership amended the Exchange Offer to extend the expiration date of the Exchange Offer to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, unless the Partnership further extends the Exchange Offer or terminates it earlier. As of 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on April 6, 2021, based on preliminary information provided by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary for the Exchange Offer, 23,912 Series A Preferred Units were properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in the Exchange Offer. A copy of the related press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, whether or not filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the 1934 Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such document.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated April 7, 2021. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are 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.
Summit Midstream Partners, LP | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | Summit Midstream GP, LLC (its general partner) | |||||
| Dated: April 7, 2021 | /s/ Marc D. Stratton | |||||
| Marc D. Stratton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
