Current Report Filing (8-k)

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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 26, 2020

 

GENESIS ENERGY, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		1-12295		76-0513049
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

919 Milam, Suite 2100, Houston, Texas		77002
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s 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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Units		GEL		NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On March 25, 2020, Genesis Energy, L.P. (“Genesis”) entered into a Tenth Amendment (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”) to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), among Genesis, as the borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and issuing bank, Bank of America, N.A. and Bank of Montreal, as co-syndication agents, U.S. Bank National Association, as documentation agent, the lenders and other parties party thereto, which, among other things, (i) sets the maximum Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) at 3.25 to 1.00 throughout the remaining term of the facility, and (ii) allows Genesis to purchase certain of its outstanding senior unsecured notes, subject to certain customary conditions.

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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.

						GENESIS ENERGY, L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership)
				By:		GENESIS ENERGY, LLC, as its sole general partner
Date: March 26, 2020				By:		/s/ Robert V. Deere
						Robert V. Deere Chief Financial Officer