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PARTNERS' CAPITAL AND MEZZANINE CAPITAL
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Equity [Abstract]  
PARTNERS' CAPITAL AND MEZZANINE CAPITAL

9. PARTNERS' CAPITAL AND MEZZANINE CAPITAL

Common Units. A rollforward of the number of issued and outstanding common limited partner units follows for the period from December 31, 2020 to March 31, 2021.

 

 

Common Units

 

Units, December 31, 2020

 

 

6,110,092

 

Common units issued for SMLP LTIP, net

 

 

95,929

 

Units, March 31, 2021

 

 

6,206,021

 

 

Series A Preferred Units.  In 2017, the Partnership issued 300,000 Series A Preferred Units at a price to the public of $1,000 per unit. As of March 31, 2021, the Partnership had 162,109 Series A Preferred Units outstanding. On March 10, 2021, the Partnership commenced an offer to exchange its Series A Preferred Units for up to 2,160,000 (the “Maximum Exchange Amount”) newly issued common units (the “2021 Exchange Offer”), with each participating holder receiving 27 common units for each Series A Preferred Unit properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) (the “Exchange Consideration”). On March 23, 2021, the Partnership announced an increase of the Exchange Consideration to 30 common units for each Series A Preferred Unit properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn), and a corresponding increase in the Maximum Exchange Amount to 2,400,000 newly issued common units. The 2021 Exchange Offer expired on April 13, 2021. As a result of the 2021 Exchange Offer, the Partnership exchanged 18,662 Series A Preferred Units at a ratio of 30 common units per Series A Preferred Unit for a total of 538,715 SMLP common units, net of units withheld for withholding taxes. Upon completion of the 2021 Exchange Offer on April 15, 2021, the Partnership has 143,447 Series A Preferred Units outstanding. 

Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units.  The Partnership records its Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units at fair value upon issuance, net of issuance costs, and subsequently records an effective interest method accretion amount each reporting period to accrete the carrying value to a most probable redemption value that is based on a predetermined internal rate of return measure. If the Partnership elects to make payment-in-kind (“PIK”) distributions to holders of its Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units, these PIK distributions increase the liquidation preference on each Subsidiary Series A Preferred Unit. Net Income (Loss) attributable to common limited partners includes adjustments for PIK distributions and redemption accretion.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Partnership elected to make PIK distributions and issued 1,494 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units. As of March 31, 2021, the Partnership has 86,802 Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units issued and outstanding.

If the Subsidiary Series A Preferred Units were redeemed on March 31, 2021, the redemption amount would be $108.5 million when considering the applicable multiple of invested capital metric and make-whole amount provisions contained in the Subsidiary Series A Preferred Unit agreement.

The following table shows the change in our Subsidiary Series A Preferred Unit balance from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Balance at January 1,

 

$

89,658

 

PIK distributions

 

 

1,494

 

Redemption accretion

 

 

2,438

 

Balance at March 31,

 

$

93,590

 

Warrants.  On May 28, 2020, and in connection with the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership issued (i) a warrant to purchase up to 537,307 SMLP common units (8,059,609 SMLP common units prior to the Reverse Unit Split) to ECP NewCo (the “ECP NewCo Warrant”) and (ii) a warrant to purchase up to 129,360 SMLP common units (1,940,391 SMLP common units prior to the Reverse Unit Split) to ECP Holdings (the “ECP Holdings Warrant” and together with the ECP NewCo Warrant, the “ECP Warrants”). The exercise price under the ECP Warrants is $15.345 per SMLP common unit ($1.025 prior to the Reverse Unit Split) and the Partnership may issue a maximum of 666,667 SMLP common units (10,000,000 SMLP common units prior to the Reverse Unit Split) under the ECP Warrants.

Upon exercise of the ECP Warrants, each of ECP NewCo and ECP Holdings may receive, at its election: (i) a number of SMLP common units equal to the number of SMLP common units for which the ECP Warrants are being exercised, if exercising the ECP Warrants by cash payment of the exercise price; (ii) a number of SMLP common units equal to the product of the number of common units being exercised multiplied by (a) the difference between the average of the daily volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the SMLP common units on the NYSE on each of the three trading days prior to the delivery of the notice of exercise (the “VWAP Average”) and the exercise price (the “VWAP Difference”), divided by (b) the VWAP Average; and/or (iii) an amount in cash, to the extent that the payment of such cash would not result in any violation of any financial covenant under the Revolving Credit Facility, and the Partnership’s leverage ratio would be at least 0.5x less than the maximum

applicable ratio set forth in the Revolving Credit Facility, equal to the product of (a) the number of SMLP common units exercised and (b) the VWAP Difference, subject to certain adjustments under the ECP Warrants.

The ECP Warrants are subject to standard anti-dilution adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits (including reverse splits) and recapitalizations and are exercisable at any time on or before May 28, 2023. Upon exercise of the ECP Warrants, the proceeds to the holders of the ECP Warrants, whether in the form of cash or common units, will be capped at $30.00 ($2.00 prior to the Reverse Unit Split) per SMLP common unit above the exercise price.

At March 31, 2021, the ECP Warrants were valued at $3.4 million using the Black-Scholes model and accounted for as a liability instrument.

Cash Distribution Policy. In connection with the GP Buy-In Transaction, the Partnership suspended its cash distributions to holders of its common units, commencing with respect to the quarter ending March 31, 2020. Upon the resumption of distributions, the Partnership Agreement requires that it distribute all available cash, subject to reserves established by its General Partner, within 45 days after the end of each quarter to unitholders of record on the applicable record date. The amount of distributions paid under this policy is subject to fluctuations based on the amount of cash the Partnership generates from its business and the decision to make any distribution is determined by the General Partner, taking into consideration the terms of the Partnership Agreement. The Partnership’s last distribution was paid on February 14, 2020, to unitholders of record at the close of business on February 7, 2020.