SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Cash Distribution

On July 31, 2020, the board of directors of the General Partner approved a cash distribution for the second quarter of 2020 of $0.29 per common unit, payable on August 24, 2020, to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 17, 2020.

Notes Offering

On July 14, 2020, the Partnership completed the Notes Offering of $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% Notes. Interest on the Notes is payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2021. The Notes mature on July 15, 2025. The Partnership received net proceeds of approximately $489.5 million from the Notes Offering. The Partnership loaned the gross proceeds to the Operating Company, which used such proceeds to pay down borrowings under the Credit Agreement.

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Partnership, rank equally in right of payment with all of the Partnership’s existing and future senior indebtedness it may incur and initially are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Operating Company, Tall Towers, Rattler OMOG LLC and Rattler Ajax Processing LLC. Neither Diamondback nor the General Partner guarantee the Notes. In the future, each of the Partnership’s restricted subsidiaries that either (1) guarantees any of its or a guarantor’s other indebtedness or (2) is classified as a domestic restricted subsidiary under the indenture governing the Notes and is an obligor with respect to any indebtedness under any credit facility will be required to guarantee the Notes.

Intercompany Promissory Note

In connection with and upon closing of the Notes Offering, the Partnership loaned the gross proceeds from the Notes Offering to the Operating Company under the terms of a subordinated promissory note, dated as of July 14, 2020, made by the Operating Company payable to the Partnership (the “Intercompany Promissory Note”). The Intercompany Promissory Note requires the Operating Company to repay the intercompany loan to the Partnership on the same terms and in the same amounts as the Notes and has the same maturity date, interest rate, change of control repurchase and redemption provisions. The Partnership’s right to receive payment under the Intercompany Promissory Note is contractually subordinated to the Operating Company’s guarantee of the Notes and its obligations under the Credit Agreement.