Vanguard Natural Resources Unitholders Approve the Merger with Encore Energy Partners LP

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NYSE: VNR) (“Vanguard”) announced that at a special meeting of unitholders held today, the unitholders of Vanguard approved an issuance of common units representing limited liability company interests in Vanguard in connection with the merger of Encore Energy Partners LP (“Encore”) with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanguard. The issuance of common units was approved by approximately 90.6% of the Vanguard units that voted on the transaction. Vanguard expects the merger to be completed later today on November 30, 2011.