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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report: November&nbsp;7, 2013 (Date of earliest event reported) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rosetta Resources Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>DE</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>000-51801</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>43-2083519</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>File Number)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1111 Bagby Street, Suite 1600</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, TX</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Not Applicable </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former
Name or Former Address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Underwriting Agreement </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;7, 2013, Rosetta Resources Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and certain subsidiary guarantors of the Company (the
&#147;Guarantors&#148;) entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to the public offering by the Company of $600,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), pursuant to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No.&nbsp;333-180439), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March&nbsp;29, 2012 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), and as supplemented by the prospectus supplement
relating to the Notes filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;12, 2013. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of approximately $590.3 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, to
repay all of the borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The underwriting
agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and Guarantors, including obligations of the Company and Guarantors to indemnify the underwriters for certain liabilities under the Securities Act. The foregoing
description of the underwriting agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the underwriting agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Relationships </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the ordinary
course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments, including serving as counterparties to certain derivative and hedging arrangements, and actively trade debt
and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and may have in the past and at any time in the future, hold long and short
positions in such securities and instruments. Such investment and securities activities may have involved, and in the future may involve, the Company&#146;s securities and instruments. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make
investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and
instruments. An affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC serves as administrative agent under the Company&#146;s revolving credit facility. Additionally, affiliates of certain of the underwriters serve as lenders under the Company&#146;s revolving
credit facility, and, as such, will receive a portion of the proceeds from the offering from the repayment of borrowings under such facility. An affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC also serves as the trustee for the Company&#146;s existing
notes and will serve as the trustee for the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d) Exhibits. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Underwriting Agreement dated as of November 7, 2013 among Rosetta Resources Inc., certain subsidiary guarantors of Rosetta Resources Inc. party thereto and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several
underwriters.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP regarding legality of the Notes.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dated: November&nbsp;12, 2013</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">ROSETTA RESOURCES INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John E. Hagale</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><I>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</I></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Underwriting Agreement dated as of November 7, 2013 among Rosetta Resources Inc., certain subsidiary guarantors of Rosetta Resources Inc. party thereto and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several
underwriters.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP regarding legality of the Notes.</TD></TR>
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Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: November 7, 2013 (Date of earliest event reported)
Rosetta Resources Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DE
000-51801
43-2083519
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1111 Bagby Street, Suite 1600
Houston, TX
77002
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
713-335-4000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Underwriting Agreement
On November 7, 2013, Rosetta Resources Inc. (the "Company") and certain subsidiary guarantors of the Company (the
"Guarantors") entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to the public offering by the Company of $600,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (the "Notes"). The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-180439), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 29, 2012 (the "Registration Statement"), and as supplemented by the prospectus supplement
relating to the Notes filed with the Commission on November 12, 2013. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of approximately $590.3 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, to
repay all of the borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
The underwriting
agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and Guarantors, including obligations of the Company and Guarantors to indemnify the underwriters for certain liabilities under the Securities Act. The foregoing
description of the underwriting agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the underwriting agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Relationships
In the ordinary
course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments, including serving as counterparties to certain derivative and hedging arrangements, and actively trade debt
and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and may have in the past and at any time in the future, hold long and short
positions in such securities and instruments. Such investment and securities activities may have involved, and in the future may involve, the Company's securities and instruments. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make
investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and
instruments. An affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC serves as administrative agent under the Company's revolving credit facility. Additionally, affiliates of certain of the underwriters serve as lenders under the Company's revolving
credit facility, and, as such, will receive a portion of the proceeds from the offering from the repayment of borrowings under such facility. An affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC also serves as the trustee for the Company's existing
notes and will serve as the trustee for the Notes.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement dated as of November 7, 2013 among Rosetta Resources Inc., certain subsidiary guarantors of Rosetta Resources Inc. party thereto and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several
underwriters.
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP regarding legality of the Notes.
23.1
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 12, 2013
ROSETTA RESOURCES INC.
By:
/s/ John E. Hagale
John E. Hagale
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement dated as of November 7, 2013 among Rosetta Resources Inc., certain subsidiary guarantors of Rosetta Resources Inc. party thereto and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representative of the several
underwriters.
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP regarding legality of the Notes.
23.1
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).