FELP Foresight Energy Partners LP

On December 20, 2017, the Board of Directors of Foresight Energy GP LLC, the general partner of Foresight Energy LP (the “Partnership”), approved the submission of a re-entry plan to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for the Deer Run Mine at the Partnership’s Hillsboro Energy complex.  The re-entry submission contains a plan for the permanent sealing of the current longwall district of the Deer Run Mine immediately upon MSHA’s approval.  At this time, the Partnership is uncertain as to when production will resume at its Deer Run Mine.

In connection with the proposed re-entry plan, certain longwall equipment and other related assets will be permanently sealed within or may not be recovered from the Deer Run Mine.  As such, the Partnership expects to record an aggregate impairment charge between $42 million and $67 million in the fourth quarter of 2017.  The impairment charge represents the estimated net book value of the certain longwall equipment and other related assets as of December 2017.  The Partnership expects the permanent sealing of the current longwall district to result in future cash expenditures between $0.8 million and $1.5 million.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 8-K c o n ta i n s, and oral statements made from time to time by our representatives may contain, “ f o r w a rd - l oo k i n g ” s tate m e n ts w it h in t h e m ea n i n g o f t h e f e d e r al s ec u r ities la w s .  T h e s e s tate m e n ts include, without limitation statements regarding the operations at our Deer Run Mine and other statements that c on tain w ord s s u ch as “ po s s i b le , ” “ i n t e n d, ” “ w i l l , ” “ i f ” a n d “ e x p ect” a n d actual results can b e i m p acted b y nu m e ro u s f act or s , i n cl u d i n g operation r i s k s r elati n g to t h e s ec u r ities m ar k et s , t h e i m p act o f a d v e r s e m ar k et c o n d iti o n s a f f ecti n g bu s i n e s s o f t h e P a r t n e r sh i p , a d v e r s e c h a n g es i n la w s i n cl u d i n g w i t h r e s p ect to tax a n d r e g u la t or y m atte r s a n d o t h er r i s k s .  T h e r e can b e n o a ssu r a n ce t h at act u al r e s u lts w i ll n o t d i ff er f ro m t h o s e e x p ected b y m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e P a r t n e r sh i p .  K n o w n m ate r ial f act or s t h at c o u ld ca us e act u al r e su l ts to d i f f er f r o m t h o s e in t h e f o r w a r d - l o o k i n g s tate m e n t s a r e d e s c r i b ed in P a r t I , “ I tem 1 A .   R i s k Fact or s ” o f t h e P a r t n e r s h i p ’ s A n n u al R e por t o n F or m 10 - K f iled o n Ma r ch  1 ,  2 0 17.   T h e P a r t n e r sh ip u n d e r ta k es n o ob li g ati o n to u pd ate o r r e v i s e su ch f o r w a rd - l oo k i n g s tate m e n ts to r e f lect e v e n ts o r ci r c um s ta n ces t h at o cc u r , o r w h ich t h e P a r t n e r s h i p b ec o m es a w a r e o f , a f ter t h e d ate h e r e o f .