Natural Resource Partners L.P. Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Units and Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
HOUSTON, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: NRP) announced today that it has closed an underwritten public offering of 4,576,700 common units representing limited partner interests in Natural Resource Partners L.P. at $25.17 per common unit, including 576,700 common units sold to the underwriters pursuant to their option to purchase additional common units. Natural Resource Partners L.P. intends to use the net proceeds of approximately $112.5 million from this offering, including its general partner's proportionate capital contribution, to repay all of the indebtedness outstanding under its credit facility and for general partnership purposes, including financing future acquisitions, such as subsequent closings under the transaction with Colt LLC and other acquisitions in the ordinary course of business.
UBS Investment Bank and Barclays Capital are acting as joint book-running managers of the offering. Citi and Morgan Stanley are acting as senior co-managers, and Madison Williams, RBC Capital Markets and Stifel Nicolaus are acting as co-managers of the offering.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The common units were offered and sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, which is part of an effective registration statement on Form S-3, as amended, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus related to this offering may be obtained from UBS Investment Bank, Attention: Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171 or by telephone at (888) 827-7275; Barclays Capital, c/o Broadridge, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY11717, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (888) 603-5847 or from any of the other underwriters. Investors may also obtain these documents free of charge by visiting the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
Company Profile
Natural Resource Partners L.P. is headquartered in Houston, TX, with its operations headquartered in Huntington, WV. NRP is a master limited partnership that is principally engaged in the business of owning and managing mineral reserve properties. NRP owns coal reserves and coal handling and transportation infrastructure in the three major coal producing regions of the United States: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Powder River Basin. In addition, NRP owns and manages aggregate reserves in Arizona, Indiana, Texas, West Virginia and Washington.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such statements include the use of any proceeds. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the partnership expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the partnership based on its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the partnership. These risks include, but are not limited to, decreases in demand for coal; changes in operating conditions and costs; production cuts by our lessees; commodity prices; unanticipated geologic problems; changes in the legislative or regulatory environment and other factors detailed in Natural Resource Partners' Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Natural Resource Partners L.P. has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE Natural Resource Partners L.P.
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