whole or in part, at the Issuers’ option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the New Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, the Issuers are required to make an offer to holders of the New Notes upon a change of control at a price equal to 101%, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, and an offer to holders of the New Notes upon consummation by the Issuers or any restricted subsidiaries of certain asset sales at a price equal to 100%, plus any accrued and unpaid interest.
The New Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1st and December 1st of each year, beginning on December 1, 2018. The New Notes rankpari passu with the Issuers’ existing and future senior debt. The New Notes are effectively subordinated to the existing and future secured indebtedness of the Issuers to the extent of the value of the collateral securing those obligations and structurally subordinated to the existing and future indebtedness of the Issuers’ subsidiaries. The New Notes were issued at par.
The New Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion rate of 166.6667 shares per $1,000 principal amount of New Notes, which is equal to an initial conversion price of $6.00 per share of Common Stock.
The New Notes are convertible, at the option of the holders, into shares of Common Stock at any time from the date of issuance up until the close of business on the earlier of (i) the business day prior to the date of a mandatory conversion notice, (ii) with respect to a New Note called for redemption, the business day immediately preceding the redemption date or (iii) the business day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. In addition, if a holder exercises its right to convert on or prior to September 19, 2019, such holder will receive an early conversion payment, in cash, per $1,000 principal amount as follows:
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Early Conversion Date | | Early Conversion Payment | |
September 20, 2018 through November 30, 2018 | | $ | 80.00 | |
December 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019 | | $ | 64.22 | |
June 1, 2019 through September 19, 2019 | | $ | 24.22 | |
Subject to compliance with certain conditions, the Issuers have the right to mandatorily convert all of the New Notes if the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds the conversion price for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any period of 30 consecutive trading days commencing on or after the initial issuance date.
The New Notes are guaranteed by the Company, the Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership, and certain subsidiaries of the Partnership.
The Indenture contains customary covenants that restrict the Company’s ability and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) sell assets; (ii) declare or pay any dividend or distributions on, or repurchase or redeem equity interests, provided that such subsidiaries may pay dividends to the holders of their equity interests and the Company may pay distributions to the holders of their equity interests subject to certain conditions; (iii) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred units; (iv) create or incur certain liens; (v) enter into agreements that restrict distributions or other payments from certain of the subsidiaries to the Company; (vi) consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of the Company’s
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