SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
W ASHINGTON , D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October 1 , 2013 (September 26, 2013)
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
INERGY MIDSTREAM, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-35377 | 20-1647837 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
Two Brush Creek Boulevard, Suite 200
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
(Address of principal executive offices)
(816) 842-8181
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
The discussion in Item 5.03 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) Departure of Directors
On September 26, 2013, Messrs. Arthur B. Krause and Randy E. Moeder resigned from the board of directors (the Board) of NRGM GP, LLC, (NRGM GP), the general partner of Inergy Midstream, L.P. (the Partnership) effective as of the closing of the previously announced merger of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP with a subsidiary of the Partnership (the Proposed Merger).
(d) Appointment of Directors
On September 30, 2013, Messrs. Alvin Bledsoe, Phillip D. Gettig and David Lumpkins were appointed to the Board, effective as of the closing of the Proposed Merger. It is expected that Messrs. Bledsoe, Gettig and Lumpkins will serve on the Audit Committee of the Board and that Messrs. Getting and Lumpkins will serve on the Conflicts Committee of the Board.
Messrs. Bledsoe, Getting and Lumpkins will be compensated in accordance with NRGM GPs compensation policy for non-employee directors as described in the Partnerships Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, which compensation policy is currently under review as part of the Proposed Merger. There are no arrangements or understandings between Messrs. Bledsoe, Getting and Lumpkins and any other person pursuant to which Messrs. Bledsoe, Gettig and Lumpkins were appointed to the Board, and there are no relationships between Messrs. Bledsoe, Gettig and Lumpkins and the Partnership that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Pursuant to the Partnerships First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, Messrs. Bledsoe, Getting and Lumpkins will be fully indemnified for actions associated with being a director to the extent permitted under Delaware law.
Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On September 27, 2013, the Board approved an amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (Amendment No. 1), to be effective as September 27, 2013. Amendment No. 1 changes the fiscal year end of the Partnership from September 30 to December 31. In connection with the change to the Partnerships fiscal year, the Partnership will file (i) a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ending September 30, 2013 and (ii) a Transition Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ending December 31, 2012. Thereafter, the Partnership will file Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K based on calendar quarters and calendar years, respectively.
The description of Amendment No. 1 above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of Amendment No. 1, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On October 1, 2013, the Partnership issued a press release announcing the appointment of Messrs. Bledsoe, Gettig and Lumpkins to the Board. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit Number |
Description |
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3.1 | Amendment No. 1 to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Inergy Midstream, L.P. | |
99.1 | Press Release dated October 1, 2013. |
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
INERGY MIDSTREAM, L.P. | ||||||
By: |
NRGM GP, LLC, its General Partner |
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Date: October 1, 2013 | By: |
/s/ Michael J. Campbell |
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Michael J. Campbell Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
INERGY MIDSTREAM, L.P.
This Amendment No. 1 (this Amendment ) to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Inergy Midstream, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership ), dated as of December 21, 2011 (the Partnership Agreement ), is entered into effective as of September 27, 2013 at the direction of NRGM GP, LLC, as the general partner of the Partnership (the General Partner ), pursuant to authority granted to it in Section 13.1 of the Partnership Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , Section 13.1(e) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner may amend any provision of the Partnership Agreement, without the approval of any Partner, to reflect a change in the fiscal year of the Partnership and any other changes that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate as a result of a change in the fiscal year of the Partnership; and
WHEREAS , the General Partner has determined, pursuant to Section 13.1(e) of the Partnership Agreement, that it is necessary and appropriate to amend the Partnership Agreement to change the fiscal year of the Partnership from September 30 to December 31.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, the General Partner does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as follows:
1. Amendment . Section 8.2 of the Partnership Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Section 8.2 Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be a fiscal year ending December 31.
2. Agreement in Effect . Except as hereby amended, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
3. Applicable Law . This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
4. Invalidity of Provisions . If any provisions of this Amendment are or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed effective as of the date first written above.
GENERAL PARTNER: | ||
NRGM GP, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Robert G. Phillips |
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Name: | Robert G. Phillips | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
For Immediate Distribution
CRESTWOOD AND INERGY ANNOUNCE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
FOR COMBINED COMPANIES
HOUSTON, Tx. and KANSAS CITY, Mo. October 1, 2013 Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:CMLP) (Crestwood Midstream or Crestwood), Inergy, L.P. (NYSE:NRGY) (Inergy L.P.) and Inergy Midstream, L.P. (NYSE:NRGM) (Inergy Midstream and, together with Inergy L.P., Inergy) today announced the composition of the Boards of Directors of Inergy GP, LLC (Inergy GP), the general partner of Inergy L.P., and NRGM GP, LLC (Inergy Midstream GP), the general partner of Inergy Midstream, immediately following completion of the previously announced merger of Crestwood with a subsidiary of Inergy Midstream (the proposed merger).
The new boards comprise an impressive and diverse group of individuals with a wide breadth of experience and talent, said Robert G. Phillips, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crestwood and Inergy. When the final step of the merger is completed, I look forward to working alongside these outstanding directors to continue building the industrys next great midstream partnership and generate enhanced value for our unitholders.
The directors were chosen for their wide variety of expertise, qualifications, attributes and skills, including corporate governance and board service, executive management, finance and accounting, operations, strategy, technology, investor relations, energy industry experience, and public service.
The directors of the Inergy GP Board, upon completion of the proposed merger, will be as follows:
| Robert G. PhillipsChairman |
| Alvin Bledsoe |
| Michael G. France |
| Warren H. Gfeller |
| Arthur B. Krause |
| Randy E. Moeder |
| John J. Sherman |
| John W. Somerhalder II |
| David M. Wood |
The directors of the Inergy Midstream GP Board, upon completion of the proposed merger, will be as follows:
| Robert G. PhillipsChairman |
| Alvin Bledsoe |
| Michael G. France |
| Philip D. Gettig |
| Warren H. Gfeller |
| David Lumpkins |
| John J. Sherman |
| David M. Wood |
Robert G. Phillips was appointed Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC in October 2010 and of Inergy GP and Inergy Midstream GP in June 2013. Mr. Phillips was previously the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., and he was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eastex Energy, Inc. Mr. Phillips has previously served as a director and a member of the audit committee of Pride International, Inc. and as a director of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.
Alvin Bledsoe was appointed to the Board of Directors of Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC in July 2007 and he will be joining the Boards of Directors of Inergy GP and Inergy Midstream GP on October 7, 2013. Prior to his retirement in 2005, Mr. Bledsoe served as a certified public accountant for 33 years at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP. Since 2011, Mr. Bledsoe has served as a director and as chair of the audit committee of SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE:SXC).
Michael G. France was appointed to the Board of Directors of Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC in October 2010 and of Inergy GP and Inergy Midstream GP in June 2013. Mr. France is a Managing Director at First Reserve Corporation, which he joined in 2007. Mr. France has previously served as a director of Cobalt International Energy, Inc.
Philip D. Gettig was appointed to the Board of Directors of Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC in July 2007 and he will be joining the Board of Directors of Inergy Midstream GP on October 7, 2013. Mr. Gettig was Managing Senior Counsel of Union Pacific Resources Corporation as well as General Counsel of Union Pacific Fuels, Inc. He also served as the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Prism Gas Systems I, L.P.
Warren H. Gfeller was appointed to the Board of Directors of Inergy GP in July 2001 and the Board of Directors of Inergy Midstream GP in December 2011. Mr. Gfeller is currently a private investor and previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
Arthur B. Krause was appointed to the Board of Directors of Inergy GP in May 2003 and the Board of Directors of Inergy Midstream GP in December, 2011. Mr. Krause retired from Sprint Corporation as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2002. He currently serves as a director of Westar Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WR).
David Lumpkins will be joining the Board of Directors of Inergy Midstream GP Board on October 7, 2013. He currently serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board of PetroLogistics GP LLC, the General Partner of PetroLogistics LP (NYSE:PDH).
Randy E. Moeder was appointed to the Board of Directors of Inergy Midstream GP in March 2012 and will be joining the Board of Directors of Inergy GP, LLC on October 7, 2013. He currently is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Moeder Oil & Gas, LLC and previously served as the CEO and President of Hiland Partners, LP and Hiland Partners, GP.
John J. Sherman was appointed to the Board of Directors of Inergy GP in July 2001 and the Board of Directors of Inergy Midstream GP in December 2011. Mr. Sherman is the former Chief Executive Officer and President of Inergy, L.P. and Inergy Midstream, L.P. and served in those positions until June 2013. He currently serves as a director at Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE:GXP).
John W. Somerhalder II was appointed to the Board of Directors of Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC in July 2007 and he will be joining the Board of Directors of Inergy GP on October 7, 2013. Mr. Somerhalder has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and as a director of AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE:GAS) since 2006 and as chairman since 2007.
David M. Wood was appointed to the Boards of Directors of Inergy GP and Inergy Midstream GP in August 2013. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Murphy Oil Corporation. Mr. Wood has served as a director of the American Petroleum Institute and was a member of the National Petroleum Council.
About Crestwood Midstream Partners LP
Houston, Texas based Crestwood is a growth-oriented, midstream master limited partnership which owns and operates predominately fee-based gathering, processing, treating and compression assets servicing natural gas producers in the Barnett Shale in north Texas, the Marcellus Shale in northern West Virginia, the Fayetteville Shale in northwest Arkansas, the Granite Wash in the Texas Panhandle, the Avalon Shale/Bone Spring in southeastern New Mexico and the Haynesville/Bossier Shale in western Louisiana. For more information about Crestwood, visit www.crestwoodlp.com .
About Inergy, L.P.
Inergy, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership that controls, owns, and operates energy midstream businesses. Inergys operations include a natural gas storage business in Texas and an NGL and crude oil supply and logistics business that serves customers in the United States and Canada. Through its general partner interest in Inergy Midstream, L.P. and Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, Inergy is also engaged in the development and operation of natural gas, NGL and crude oil gathering, processing, storage, and transportation assets in multiple unconventional shale plays across the United States. For more information about Inergy, L.P., visit www.inergylp.com .
About Inergy Midstream, L.P.
Inergy Midstream, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership that develops, owns, and operates predominantly fee-based natural gas, NGL and crude oil storage and transportation businesses.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This press release contains information about the proposed merger involving Crestwood and Inergy Midstream. In connection with the Merger, Crestwood and Inergy Midstream filed the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus on September 5, 2013 and began mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to its unitholders on September 6, 2013. INVESTORS AND UNITHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CRESTWOOD, INERGY MIDSTREAM, THE PROPOSED MERGER AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and unitholders are able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Inergy Midstream and Crestwood through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and unitholders will be able to obtain free copies of documents filed by Crestwood with the SEC from Crestwoods website, www.crestwoodlp.com , under the heading SEC Filings in the Investor Relations tab and free copies of documents filed by Inergy Midstream with the SEC from Inergy Midstreams website, www.inergylp.com , under the heading SEC Filings in the Inergy Midstream, L.P. Investor Relations tab.
Participants in the Solicitation
Crestwood, Inergy Midstream, Inergy, L.P. and their respective general partners directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the unitholders of Crestwood in respect of the proposed merger transaction. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of the unitholders of Crestwood in connection with the proposed transaction, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC. Information regarding Crestwoods directors and executive officers is contained in Crestwoods Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, which is filed with the SEC. Information regarding Inergys directors and executive officers is contained in Inergy Midstreams Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012, which is filed with the SEC. Information regarding Inergys directors and executive officers is contained in Inergy, L.P.s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012, which is filed with the SEC. Free copies of these documents may be obtained from the sources described above.
Forward Looking Statements
The statements in this communication regarding future events, occurrences, circumstances, activities, performance, outcomes and results are forward-looking statements. Although these statements reflect the current views, assumptions and expectations of Crestwood and Inergy management, the matters addressed herein are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties which could cause actual activities, performance, outcomes and results to differ materially from those indicated. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the future financial and operating results, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Factors that could result in such differences or otherwise materially affect Crestwoods or Inergys financial condition, results of operations and cash flows include, without limitation, failure to satisfy closing conditions with respect to the merger; the risks that the Crestwood and Inergy businesses will not be integrated successfully or may take longer than anticipated; the possibility that expected synergies will not be realized, or will not be realized within the expected timeframe; fluctuations in oil, natural gas and NGL prices; the extent and success of drilling efforts, as well as the extent and quality of natural gas volumes produced within proximity of Crestwood or Inergy assets; failure or delays by customers in achieving expected production in their natural gas projects; competitive conditions in the industry and their impact on the ability of Crestwood or Inergy to connect natural gas supplies to Crestwood or Inergy gathering and processing assets or systems; actions or inactions taken or non-performance by third parties, including suppliers, contractors, operators, processors, transporters and customers; the ability of Crestwood or Inergy to consummate acquisitions, successfully integrate the acquired businesses, realize any cost savings and other synergies from any acquisition; changes in the availability and cost of capital; operating hazards, natural disasters, weather-related delays, casualty losses and other matters beyond Crestwood or Inergys control; timely receipt of necessary government approvals and permits, the ability of Crestwood or Inergy to control the costs of construction, including costs of materials, labor and right-of-way and other factors that may impact either companys ability to complete projects within budget and on schedule; the effects of existing and future laws and governmental regulations, including environmental and climate change requirements; the effects of existing and future litigation; and risks related to the substantial indebtedness of either company, as well as other factors disclosed in Crestwood and Inergys filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You should read filings made by Crestwood and Inergy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2012, respectively, and the most recent Quarterly Reports and Current Reports, for a more extensive list of factors that could affect results. Crestwood and Inergy do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
CONTACTS
Crestwood
Mark Stockard
832-519-2207
mstockard@crestwoodlp.com
or
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Andy Brimmer / Michael Freitag / Jed Repko
212-355-4449
Inergy
Vince Grisell
816-842-8181
investorrelations@inergyservices.com