Legacy Reserves LP Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Units Representing Limited Partner Interests

Legacy Reserves LP Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Units Representing
Limited Partner Interests

MIDLAND, Texas, Nov. 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legacy Reserves LP
(Nasdaq:LGCY) today announced that it has priced 8,700,000 units at an
offering price to the public of $24.80 per unit in an underwritten public
offering pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The underwriters
have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,305,000 additional units
if the underwriters sell more than 8,700,000 units in the offering. We intend
to use the net proceeds of this offering, including the net proceeds from any
exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional units, to fund a
portion of the $520 million purchase price of our pending acquisition of oil
and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin from Concho Resources, Inc.
Prior to funding the pending acquisition described above, we may use some or
all of the net proceeds for general partnership purposes, which may include
repayment of outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility. The
unit offering is scheduled to close on November 15, 2012.

Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan,
Raymond James, RBC Capital Markets and UBS Investment Bank are acting as joint
book-running managers of this offering.

The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus
supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and
accompanying base prospectus meeting such requirements relating to this
offering may be obtained from any of the underwriters, including the offices
of:

Wells Fargo Securities
Attn: Equity Syndicate Dept.
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
Email: cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com
Telephone: (800) 326-5897
 
Barclays
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717
Email: barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com
Telephone: (888) 603-5847 
 
BofA Merrill Lynch
222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038
Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com
 
Citigroup
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
Telephone: (800) 831-9146
 
J.P. Morgan
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
Telephone: (866) 803-9204 
 
Raymond James
Attn: Equity Syndicate
880 Carillon Parkway
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
Telephone: (800) 248-8863
 
RBC Capital Markets
Attn: Equity Syndicate
Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8^th Floor, New York, NY 10281
Telephone: (877) 822-4089
 
UBS Investment Bank
Attn: Prospectus Department
299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171
Telephone: (888) 827-7275 

You may also obtain these documents for free when they are available by
visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the 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 state or jurisdiction.

About Legacy Reserves LP

Legacy Reserves LP is an independent oil and natural gas limited partnership
headquartered in Midland, Texas, focused on the acquisition and development of
oil and natural gas properties primarily located in the Permian Basin,
Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States.

The Legacy Reserves logo is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=3201

This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding future
events. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions
concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and
factors, many of which are outside the control of Legacy Reserves LP, and a
variety of risks that could cause results to differ materially from those
expected by the management of Legacy Reserves LP. Legacy Reserves LP
undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to
reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes
to future operating results over time.

CONTACT: Legacy Reserves LP
         Dan Westcott, Executive Vice President and
         Chief Financial Officer
         432-689-5200

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