UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 22, 2015

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland
1-33292
20-3431375
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1100 Walnut, Ste. 3350, Kansas City, MO
64106
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(816) 875-3705
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On January 22, 2015, CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”) relating to the issuance and sale of up to 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, including 300,000 shares of common stock issuable to the Underwriters pursuant to an over-allotment option.  The price to the public in the offering was $24.2125 per share.  The Company’s total net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and commission and other estimated offering expenses, will be approximately $48,425,000, excluding the over-allotment option.  The offering is expected to close on or about January 27, 2015, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.  The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company.  It also provides for customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights, other obligations of the parties thereto and termination provisions.

The offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-176944) and a prospectus supplement thereto.

The foregoing summary of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement is only a brief description of certain terms therein, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by the full Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 23, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offering.   The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
(d)
Exhibits
   
1.1
Underwriting Agreement dated January 22, 2015, by and between CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of several underwriters named therein
 
5.1
Opinion of Venable LLP as to the legality of the registered securities
 
5.2 Opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP as to the legality of the registered securities
 
8.1
Opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP relating to tax matters
   
23.1
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
23.2
Consent of Husch Blackwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 and Exhibit 8.1)
 
99.1
Press Release dated January 23, 2015
 

SIGNATURES

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.

   
CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC.
     
Dated:  January 23, 2015
By:
/s Rebecca M. Sandring
   
Rebecca M. Sandring
   
Secretary
 

Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit No.
Description
   
Underwriting Agreement dated January 22, 2015, by and between CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of several underwriters named therein.
   
Opinion of Venable LLP as to the legality of the registered securities.
   
5.2
Opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP as to the legality of the registered securities.
 
Opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP relating to tax matters.
   
23.1
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   
23.2
Consent of Husch Blackwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 and Exhibit 8.1).
   
Press Release dated January 23, 2015.