GasLog Partners LP Announces Voting Results from the Special Meeting of Common Unitholders and Declaration of Special Distribution
July 07 2023 - 5:08PM
GasLog Partners LP Announces Voting
Results from the Special Meeting
of Common Unitholders and
Declaration of Special Distribution
Majuro, Marshall
Islands, July 7,
2023, GasLog Partners LP
(“GasLog Partners” or the “Partnership”) (NYSE:
GLOP), an international owner, operator and
acquirer of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carriers, today
announced that at a special meeting of
the common unitholders of the Partnership (the
“common unitholders”) held on July 7,
2023, the common unitholders voted to approve
the previously announced merger pursuant to
which GasLog Ltd. (“Parent”) will acquire all
of the outstanding common units of the Partnership (“common
units”)not beneficially owned by Parent (the
“Transaction”).
The voting results are as follows:
FOR25,617,911 |
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AGAINST9,338,001 |
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ABSTAIN63,122 |
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The Partnership’s Seventh Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership (the “Partnership
Agreement”) requires the affirmative vote (in person or
by proxy) of the holders of at least a majority of the common units
entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class, in favor of the
approval of the Transaction. Subject to certain exceptions,
the Partnership Agreement restricts common unitholders’ voting
rights (such restriction, the “Cutback”) by providing that if
any person or group beneficially owns more than 4.9% of the issued
and outstanding common units, any
such common units owned by that person or group in excess
of 4.9% may not be voted on any matter and will not be considered
to be outstanding for, among other purposes, calculating
required votes. In order to apply the Cutback with respect to the
voting results of the Special Meeting, the Partnership
obtained information from certain common unitholders regarding
their holdings as of the record date of the Special
Meeting and, based on such
information, deemed 51,152,015 common units to be
outstanding as of such record date.
In connection with the Transaction, each common
unit (other than those common units held by Parent or its
affiliates) will be entitled to receive overall consideration
of $8.65 in cash, consisting in part of the Special
Distribution (as defined below) and the remainder to be paid
by Parent as merger consideration at the closing of
the Transaction. The Transaction is currently
anticipated to close on or about July 13, 2023.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
as of April 6, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the
Partnership, GasLog GP LLC, the general partner of the
Partnership (the “General Partner”), Parent and Saturn Merger
Sub LLC, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, on July
7, 2023, the board of directors of the
Partnership approved and declared a special cash distribution
of $3.28 per common unit (with a corresponding amount
distributed in respect of each General Partner Unit (as
defined in the Merger Agreement)) (the “Special
Distribution”). The Special Distribution will be
paid on July 12, 2023 (the “Special Distribution
Payment Date”) to the General Partner
and all common unitholders of record as
of July 10, 2023 (the “Special
Distribution Record Date”), subject to the applicability
of due-bill trading as described below. For additional
information regarding the Special Distribution,
please see Amendment No. 4 to the Transaction Statement
on Schedule 13E-3, together with the exhibits
thereto, filed by the Partnership with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2023.
Important Information About the Special Distribution
Due to the size of the Special Distribution, as required by the
rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), during the
period beginning July 7, 2023, one business day prior to the
Special Distribution Record Date, through the Special
Distribution Payment Date, the common units will be traded with
“due bills”, representing an assignment of the right to receive the
Special Distribution (such period of time, the “Due-bill
Period”). AS A RESULT, COMMON UNITHOLDERS AS OF
THE SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION RECORD DATE MUST HOLD THEIR COMMON UNITS
THROUGH MARKET CLOSE ON THE SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION PAYMENT DATE IN
ORDER TO BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION. COMMON
UNITHOLDERS WHO SELL THEIR COMMON UNITS ON OR BEFORE THE SPECIAL
DISTRIBUTION PAYMENT DATE WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE
SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION. PURCHASERS OF THE COMMON UNITS DURING THE
DUE-BILL PERIOD (EVEN IF THE TRADE WILL SETTLE AFTER THE DUE-BILL
PERIOD ENDS) WHO HOLD SUCH COMMON UNITS ON THE SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION
PAYMENT DATE WILL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE SPECIAL
DISTRIBUTION. COMMON UNITHOLDERS THAT SELL ANY COMMON
UNITS DURING THE DUE-BILL PERIOD (EVEN IF THE TRADE
WILL SETTLE AFTER THE DUE-BILL PERIOD) WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE THE SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY COMMON UNITS
THEY SELL.
Due bills obligate a seller of shares or units of a company to
deliver the dividend to the buyer. The due bill obligations are
settled customarily between the brokers representing buyers and
sellers of the shares or units. The Partnership has no obligation
for either the amount of the due bill or the processing of the due
bill. Buyers and sellers of common units during the Due-bill Period
should consult with their broker before trading in common units to
be sure they understand the effect of the NYSE’s due-bill
procedures.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this press release that are not statements of
historical fact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements include statements that address
activities, events or developments, such as the closing of the
Transaction or payment of the Special Distribution, that the
Partnership expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may
occur in the future. We caution that these forward-looking
statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the
date of this press release, about factors that are beyond our
ability to control or predict, and are not intended to give any
assurance as to future results. Any of these factors or
a combination of these factors, including the closing of
the Transaction or payment of the Special
Distribution, could materially affect future results of
operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking
statements. Other factors that might cause future results and
outcomes to differ include, but are not limited to, the other risks
and uncertainties described in the Partnership’s Annual Report on
Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 6, 2023, available
at http://www.sec.gov. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely
on any forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether
as a result of new information, future events, a change in our
views or expectations or otherwise, except as required by
applicable law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot
assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent
to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual
results to be materially different from those contained in any
forward-looking statement.
About GasLog Partners
GasLog Partners is an owner, operator and acquirer of LNG
carriers. The Partnership’s fleet consists of eleven wholly-owned
LNG carriers as well as three vessels on bareboat charters, with an
average carrying capacity of approximately
159,000 cbm. GasLog Partners is a publicly traded
master limited partnership (NYSE: GLOP) but has elected to be
treated as a C corporation for U.S. income tax purposes and
therefore its investors receive an Internal Revenue Service Form
1099 with respect to any distributions declared and received.
Visit GasLog Partners’ website at
http://www.gaslogmlp.com.
Contacts:
Robert BrinbergRose & CompanyPhone: +1 212-517-0810
Email: gaslog@roseandco.com
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