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): March 21, 2013
StoneMor Partners L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-32270 | 80-0103159 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
311 Veterans Highway, Suite B, Levittown, PA 19056
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (215) 826-2800
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On March 21, 2013, StoneMor Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”), StoneMor GP LLC, the general partner of the Partnership, and StoneMor Operating LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership, entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”).
The Underwriting Agreement provides for the issuance and sale by the Partnership of up to 1,400,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“Common Units”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Units Offering”) at a price to the public of $25.35 per Common Unit. The Partnership has also granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 210,000 additional Common Units to cover over-allotments, which was exercised on March 21, 2013.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is an affiliate of one of the lenders under the Partnership’s Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2012, as amended, which will receive a portion of the proceeds of the Units Offering.
The Partnership’s sale of the Common Units in the Units Offering was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Partnership’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-170870).
The Units Offering closed on March 26, 2013. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated March 21, 2013, by and among StoneMor Partners L.P., StoneMor GP LLC, StoneMor Operating LLC, and Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. regarding tax matters. | |
| 23.1 | Consents of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 hereto). | |
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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.
| STONEMOR PARTNERS L.P. | ||||
| By: | StoneMor GP LLC | |||
| its general partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Timothy K. Yost | |||
| Name: | Timothy K. Yost | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
Date: March 26, 2013
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated March 21, 2013, by and among StoneMor Partners L.P., StoneMor GP LLC, StoneMor Operating LLC, and Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. regarding tax matters. | |
| 23.1 | Consents of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 hereto). | |