ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-194999
June 10, 2014

 

PRICING TERM SHEET

 

LEGACY RESERVES LP

 

8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units
(Liquidation Preference $25.00 per Unit)

 

Issuer:

 

Legacy Reserves LP

 

 

 

Securities Offered:

 

Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units, liquidation preference $25.00 per unit (the “units”)

 

 

 

Number of Units:

 

7,000,000 units

 

 

 

Number of Option Units:

 

1,050,000 units

 

 

 

Public Offering Price:

 

$25.00 per unit; $175,000,000 total (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units)

 

 

 

Underwriting Discounts:

 

$0.7875 per unit; $5,512,500 total (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units)

 

 

 

Maturity Date:

 

Perpetual (unless redeemed by the issuer on or after June 15, 2019 or in connection with a Change of Control)

 

 

 

Ratings:

 

The units will not be rated

 

 

 

Trade Date:

 

June 10, 2014

 

 

 

Settlement Date:

 

June 17, 2014 (T+5)

 

 

 

Liquidation Preference:

 

$25.00, plus accumulated and unpaid distributions

 

 

 

Distribution Rate:

 

The initial distribution rate for the units from, and including the date of original issuance to, but not including, June 15, 2024, will be 8.00% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per unit (equal to $2.00 per unit per annum). On and after June 15, 2024, distributions on the units will accrue at an annual rate equal to the sum of (a) Three-Month LIBOR (as defined below) as calculated on each applicable date of determination and (b) 5.256%, based on the $25.00 liquidation preference per unit.

 

The term “Three-Month LIBOR” means, on the second business day in London immediately preceding the first date of each relevant distribution period for the units, the rate (expressed as a percentage per year) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period as appears on Bloomberg, L.P. page US0003M, as set by the British Bankers

 

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Association at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination.

 

All distributions accrue daily during the relevant distribution period. For distribution periods beginning on and after June 15, 2024, Three-Month LIBOR will be determined on each distribution payment date, or, if applicable, the redemption date, which determination will apply to each day during the distribution period.

 

 

 

Distribution Payment Dates:

 

Monthly on the 15th day of each month of each year, commencing on July 15, 2014

 

 

 

Optional Redemption:

 

In the event of a Change of Control or at any time on or after June 15, 2019, the issuer may, at its option, redeem the units, in whole or in part,  at a redemption price of $25.00 per unit plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to the date of redemption, whether or not declared.

 

 

 

Change of Control Conversion Right Unit Cap:

 

1.72236

 

 

 

CUSIP/ISIN:

 

524707 502 / US5247075022

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

 

UBS Securities LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

MLV & Co. LLC

Senior Co-Manager:

 

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

 

 

 

Co-Managers:

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

 

 

 

Listing:

 

The issuer intends to file an application to list the units on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “LGCYO.” If the application is approved, trading of the units on the NASDAQ Global Select Market is expected to commence within 30 days after their original issue date.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

 

All information (including financial information) presented in the Preliminary Prospectus is deemed to have changed to the extent affected by the changes described herein.

 

An entity controlled by Cary D. Brown, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of our general partner and Dale A. Brown, a member of the board of directors of our general partner, has purchased 200,000 units in this offering directly from the underwriters at a price per unit equal to the public offering price.

 

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This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by us. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell the units and is not soliciting an offer to buy the units in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriters or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling UBS Securities LLC at (877) 827-6444, ext. 561-3884, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at (866) 718-1649, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated at (855) 300-7136 or MLV & Co. LLC at (212) 542-5882.

 

ANY DISCLAIMER OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED, SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

 

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