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):  December 11, 2018

 

ENLINK MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (214) 953-9500

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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).

 

Emerging growth company          o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 

Item 1.01.                                        Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 11, 2018, EnLink Midstream Partners, LP (“ENLK”) entered into a Term Loan Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada, as Co-Syndication Agents, Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, and the lenders party thereto.

 

Also on December 11, 2018, ENLK borrowed $850 million under the Term Loan Agreement and used the net proceeds to repay a portion of the obligations outstanding under ENLK’s existing revolving credit facility. Upon the closing of the previously announced simplification transaction with EnLink Midstream, LLC (“ENLC”), ENLC will either guarantee ENLK’s obligations under the Term Loan Agreement or assume ENLK’s obligations thereunder, with ENLK becoming a guarantor of the term loan thereunder. The obligations under the Term Loan Agreement are unsecured.

 

The Term Loan Agreement will mature on December 10, 2021. The Term Loan Agreement contains certain financial, operational, and legal covenants. The financial covenants will be tested on a quarterly basis, based on the rolling four-quarter period that ends on the last day of each fiscal quarter. The financial covenants include (i) maintaining a ratio of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement, which term includes projected EBITDA from certain capital expansion projects) to consolidated interest charges of no less than 2.50 to 1.0 at all times prior to the occurrence of an investment grade event (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) and (ii) maintaining a ratio of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA of no more than 5.00 to 1.00. If ENLK consummates one or more acquisitions in which the aggregate purchase price is $50.0 million or more, ENLK can elect to increase the maximum allowed ratio of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA to 5.5 to 1.0 for the quarter in which the acquisition occurs and the three subsequent quarters.

 

Borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement bear interest at ENLK’s option at the Eurodollar Rate (the LIBOR Rate) plus an applicable margin (ranging 1.00% to 1.75%) or the Base Rate (the highest of the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, the 30-day Eurodollar Rate plus 1.0% or the administrative agent’s prime rate) plus an applicable margin (ranging from 0.00% to 0.75%). The applicable margins vary depending on ENLK’s debt rating (or, if ENLC has assumed or guaranteed the term loan and has a debt rating, ENLC’s debt rating). Upon breach by ENLK of certain covenants included in the Term Loan Agreement, amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement, if any, may become due and payable immediately.

 

The foregoing description of the Term Loan Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Term Loan Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 2.03.                                        Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
10.1		Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2018, by and among EnLink Midstream Partners, LP, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada, as Co-Syndication Agents, Citibank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, and the lenders party thereto.

 

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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.

 

	ENLINK MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP
	By:	EnLink Midstream GP, LLC,
		its General Partner
Date: December 12, 2018	By:	/s/ Eric D. Batchelder
		Eric D. Batchelder
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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