Rose Rock Midstream completes acquisition
Rose Rock Midstream®, LP and SemGroup® Corporation have announced today that Rose Rock has acquired from SemGroup the remaining one-third interest in SemCrude Pipeline, LLC, which owns a 51% interest in White Cliffs Pipeline LLC for US$ 300 million. Rose Rock now owns a 100% interest in SemCrude Pipeline and indirectly owns a 51% interest in White Cliffs Pipeline.
White Cliffs Pipeline is a 527 mile common carrier, crude oil pipeline system that originates in Colorado and terminates in Cushing, Oklahoma. It has a current capacity of 76 000 bpd and is in the process of an expansion project which will increase total capacity to 150 000 bpd. This project is expected to be completed in August 2014.
The acquisition will be immediately accretive to Rose Rock's distributable cash flow on a per unit basis and was funded with approximately:
- US$ 114.4 million of cash borrowings under Rose Rock's revolving credit facility.
- US$ 120 million of equity from the issuance of 2.4 million common units to SemGroup.
- US$ 61.9 million of equity from the issuance of 1.25 million Class A units to SemGroup. The Class A units will not receive any distributions, but are convertible into common units on a one-for-one basis once White Cliffs Pipeline achieves an average monthly volume of 125 000 bpd.
SemGroup gains increased distributions from Rose Rock for the limited partner common units it received as consideration for the transaction. The increased distributions from Rose Rock will support SemGroup's dividend growth strategy.
SemGroup now owns approximately 57% of the limited partner common units and all of the two percent general partner interest of Rose Rock.
The terms of the acquisition were approved by the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Rose Rock's general partner. The Conflicts Committee engaged Evercore Partners to act as its independent financial advisor and to render a fairness opinion, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP to act as its legal advisor. LCT Capital, LLC acted as financial advisor to SemGroup on the transaction.
Adapted from press release by Hannah Priestley-Eaton
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/24062014/rose_rock_midstream_completes_acquisition/
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