Natural Resource Partners acquires stake in OCI Wyoming

NRP issued $75 million in equity to several affiliates of NRP's general partner, including Corbin J. Robertson, Jr, Chairman and CEO of Natural Resource Partners, and members of his family; Chris Cline; S. Reed Morian; and W.W. Scott, Jr.  The 3,784,572 common units issued at $19.8173 reflect a 4.5% discount to the volume-weighted average closing price of NRP's units over the prior 15 trading days.  NRP (GP) L.P., the general partner of Natural Resource Partners L.P., also contributed $1.5 million to maintain its 2% interest in the partnership.

Following the acquisition and associated financing, NRP has approximately $285 million in liquidity, consisting of $133 million in cash (at December 31, 2012 pro-forma for the transaction) and $152 million available under its credit facility.

Natural Resource Partners L.P. is a master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, TX, with its operations headquarters in Huntington, WV.  NRP is principally engaged in the business of owning natural resource assets.  NRP primarily owns coal, aggregate and oil and gas reserves across the United States that generate royalty income for the partnership.

Natural Resource Partners L.P.