INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Completion of the Merger and other Teekay Transactions
On January 13, 2022, pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of, that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
Merger Agreement) by and among Teekay LNG Partners L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the Partnership), Stonepeak Limestone Holdings LP (f/k/a Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund IV Cayman (AIV III) LP), a Cayman Islands
exempted limited partnership (Parent), Limestone Merger Sub, Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), and Teekay GP L.L.C., a Marshall Islands limited liability company and the
sole general partner of the Partnership (the General Partner), Parent completed its acquisition of the Partnership. Merger Sub merged with and into the Partnership, with the Partnership surviving the merger as a subsidiary of Parent (the
Merger). Teekay Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation (Teekay), owns, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, (a) approximately 41.1% of the Partnerships issued and outstanding common units, representing
limited partner interests in the Partnership (the Common Units), and (b) 100% of the General Partner, which holds all of the general partner interests (the General Partner Interest) in the Partnership. The General Partner
Interest includes an economic ownership interest equal in value to 1,555,061 Common Units. As described below, concurrently with the Merger, Parent acquired from Teekay or its applicable subsidiaries (a) all of the issued and outstanding Common
Units held by Teekay, (b) all of Teekays General Partner Interest and (c) certain restructured Teekay subsidiaries (the Services Companies) that provide, through existing services agreements, various services to the
Partnership and the Partnerships subsidiaries and joint ventures.
Merger Agreement
At the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time) on January 13, 2022, pursuant to the Merger Agreement:
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Each Common Unit that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Excluded
Units (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) automatically converted into the right to receive $17.00 in cash (the Merger Consideration);
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Each restricted unit or other Incentive Equity Award (as defined in the Merger Agreement) granted pursuant to the
Partnerships long-term incentive plan (the Incentive Equity Plan) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not vested, was automatically vested, cancelled and converted into the right to receive an
amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (b) the number of Common Units subject to such Incentive Equity Award held by such holder, less applicable withholding taxes;
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Each 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Unit and 8.50% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Unit of the Partnership that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time remains
outstanding immediately following the Effective Time, and no consideration was delivered in respect thereof; and
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The General Partner Interest that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time remains
outstanding, and the General Partner, as a subsidiary of Parent, will continue as the sole general partner of the Partnership.
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Limited Liability Company Interest Purchase Agreement. Concurrently with the closing of the Merger, Parent purchased from Teekay and
its wholly owned subsidiary, Teekay Holdings Limited, 100% of the limited liability company interests of the General Partner (the Purchased Interest) pursuant to, and upon the terms subject to the conditions set forth in, that certain
Limited Liability Company Interest Purchase Agreement (the LLC Interest Purchase Agreement) dated as of October 4, 2021 by and between Parent and Teekay. As a result of this transaction, Parent owns 100% of the sole general partner
of the Partnership. The total purchase price to be paid to Teekay for the Purchased Interest was $26.4 million in cash, which represents the product of (a) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (b) the 1,555,061 Common
Unit-equivalent economic ownership interest represented by the General Partner Interest. Accordingly, the purchase price per Common Unit equivalent will be the same amount as the Merger Consideration paid per Common Unit in the Merger.