Enviva Partners, LP Announces At-The-Market Program
BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) (the “Partnership” or “we”) today
announced the commencement of an At-The-Market program and that it has
entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with
Barclays Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Raymond James &
Associates, Inc. and USCA Securities LLC (collectively, the “Managers”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Partnership may offer and
sell common units representing limited partner interests in the
Partnership (the “Common Units”) from time to time to or through the
Managers, as the Partnership’s sales agents or as principals, of up to
an aggregate sales amount of $100,000,000.
The Common Units will be offered and sold pursuant to an effective shelf
registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Copies of the prospectus supplement and
accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained on
the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website. The Partnership
intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Common Units for
general partnership purposes.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor
shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus
supplement and accompanying base prospectus.
About Enviva Partners, LP
Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) is a publicly traded master limited
partnership that aggregates a natural resource, wood fiber, and
processes it into a transportable form, wood pellets. The Partnership
sells a significant majority of its wood pellets through long-term,
take-or-pay agreements with creditworthy customers in the United Kingdom
and Europe. The Partnership owns and operates six plants in Southampton
County, Virginia; Northampton County and Ahoskie, North Carolina; Amory
and Wiggins, Mississippi; and Cottondale, Florida. We have a combined
production capacity of approximately 2.3 million metric tons of wood
pellets per year. In addition, the Partnership owns a deep-water marine
terminal at the Port of Chesapeake, Virginia, which is used to export
wood pellets. Enviva Partners also exports pellets through the ports of
Mobile, Alabama and Panama City, Florida.
To learn more about Enviva Partners, LP, please visit our website at www.envivabiomass.com.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and information in this press release, including
those concerning our future results of operations, acquisition
opportunities, and distributions, may constitute “forward-looking
statements.” The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,”
“intend,” “foresee,” “should,” “would,” “could,” or other similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which
are generally not historical in nature. These forward-looking statements
are based on the Partnership’s current expectations and beliefs
concerning future developments and their potential effect on the
Partnership. Although management believes that these forward-looking
statements are reasonable when made, there can be no assurance that
future developments affecting the Partnership will be those that it
anticipates. The forward-looking statements involve significant risks
and uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Partnership’s control)
and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the Partnership’s historical experience and its present
expectations or projections. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to: (i) the amount of products that the Partnership
is able to produce, which could be adversely affected by, among other
things, operating difficulties; (ii) the volume of products that the
Partnership is able to sell; (iii) the price at which the Partnership is
able to sell products; (iv) changes in the price and availability of
natural gas, coal, or other sources of energy; (v) changes in prevailing
economic conditions; (vi) the Partnership’s ability to complete
acquisitions, including acquisitions from its sponsor;
(vii) unanticipated ground, grade, or water conditions; (viii) inclement
or hazardous weather conditions, including extreme precipitation,
temperatures, and flooding; (ix) environmental hazards; (x) fires,
explosions, or other accidents; (xi) changes in domestic and foreign
laws and regulations (or the interpretation thereof) related to
renewable or low-carbon energy, the forestry products industry, or power
generators; (xii) inability to acquire or maintain necessary permits;
(xiii) inability to obtain necessary production equipment or replacement
parts; (xiv) technical difficulties or failures; (xv) labor disputes;
(xvi) late delivery of raw materials; (xvii) inability of the
Partnership’s customers to take delivery or their rejection of delivery
of products; (xviii) failure of the Partnership’s customers to pay or
perform their contractual obligations to the Partnership; (xix) changes
in the price and availability of transportation; and (xx) the
Partnership’s ability to borrow funds and access capital markets.
For additional information regarding known material factors that could
cause the Partnership’s actual results to differ from projected results,
please read its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q most recently filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date thereof. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date
they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.