Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
4 June 2015material agreement▼ BadMajor
Had its credit facility borrowing base cut from $2.0 billion to $1.6 billion and its debt-to-EBITDA covenant tightened for coming years - the first clear sign the 2014-15 oil price collapse was constraining the balance sheet it had built through years of acquisitions.
Filed the registration statement (Form S-4) to issue up to 15,453,258 new Vanguard common units to LRR Energy unitholders in the merger agreed April 20, 2015. Each LRR unit converts into 0.550 Vanguard units (valued at $8.93 per LRR unit on April 20, 2015, a 12.6% premium to LRR's $7.93 close). LRR holders would own about 11.9% of Vanguard if the Eagle Rock merger also closes, or about 15.2% if it does not. The LRR vote date is still blank and the filing is preliminary, so this continues the LRR deal rather than completing it.
One month after agreeing to buy LRR Energy, announced a second roll-up - acquiring Eagle Rock Energy Partners for common units valued at about $614 million including assumed debt, at a 0.185 exchange ratio.
Filed the full LRR Energy merger agreement: each LRR unit converts into 0.550 Vanguard units, structured as a unit-for-unit roll-up rather than a cash deal.
Announced a deal to acquire LRR Energy (Lime Rock Resources' public MLP) for common units valued at about $539 million including assumed debt - the first of two roll-up mergers announced within a month, even as low oil prices squeezed the sector.
Grizzly Energy, LLC shareholders approved the routine matters put to a vote at the company's annual meeting (director elections, auditor ratification, and the executive-pay advisory vote).
Set up a new at-the-market program covering up to $400 million of common units plus its three preferred series, as commodity prices stayed weak into 2015.