AmeriGas Partners, L.P. Commences Cash Tender Offers for any and all of its Outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes Due 2019, 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 and 6.50% Senior Notes due 2021
AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APU) (“AmeriGas Partners”) has commenced
offers to purchase for cash any and all of the:
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$450 million outstanding principal amount of its 6.25% Senior Notes
due 2019 (CUSIP No. 030981AG9)
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$550 million outstanding principal amount of its 6.75% Senior Notes
due 2020 (CUSIP No. 03077JAA8)
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$270 million outstanding principal amount of its 6.50% Senior Notes
due 2021 (CUSIP No. 030981AF1); Collectively (the “Notes”).
The tenders offers are being made upon terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offers to Purchase, dated June 20, 2016, and
a related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed delivery, which
set forth the terms and conditions of the tender offers in full detail.
Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to 5 p.m.
New York City time on June 24, 2016 (the “Expiration Date”) will be
eligible to receive the following purchase price per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes Tendered:
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$1,023.25 for the 6.25% Senior Notes due 2019
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$1,037.40 for the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020
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$1,036.00 for the 6.50% Senior Notes due 2021
Tendering holders will also receive accrued and unpaid interest from the
last applicable interest payment date to, but not including, the
settlement date of the tender offer.
Tendered Notes can only be withdrawn before 5 p.m., New York City time
on the Expiration Date (the “Withdrawal Deadline”). Following the
Withdrawal Deadline, holders who have tendered their Notes may not
withdraw such Notes unless AmeriGas Partners is required to extend
withdrawal rights under applicable law.
AmeriGas Partners expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
subject to applicable law, to terminate the tender offers at any time
prior to the Expiration Date. The tender offers are subject to the
satisfaction of various conditions set forth in the Offers to Purchase,
including the receipt by AmeriGas Partners of proceeds from a proposed
debt financing on terms reasonably satisfactory to AmeriGas Partners.
BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as the sole dealer manager for the tender
offers. The depositary and information agent for the tender offers is
D.F. King & Co., Inc. Questions regarding the tender offers may be
directed to BofA Merrill Lynch, (888) 292-0070 (toll-free) or (980)
388-3646 (collect). Requests for copies of the Offers to Purchase and
related documents may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. (800)
283-3192 (toll free) and (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or by
visiting www.dfking.com/amerigas.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an
offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes. The
tender offers are being made solely by means of the tender offer
documents, including the Offers to Purchase that AmeriGas Partners is
distributing to holders of Notes. The tender offers are not being made
to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or
acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue
sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.
About AmeriGas Partners
AmeriGas Partners is the nation’s largest retail propane marketer,
serving approximately two million customers in all 50 states from
approximately 2,000 distribution locations. UGI Corporation, through
subsidiaries, is the sole General Partner and owns 26% of AmeriGas
Partners and the public owns the remaining 74%.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that
management believes to be reasonable as of today’s date only. Actual
results may differ significantly because of risks and uncertainties that
are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management’s
control. You should read AmeriGas Partners’ Annual Report on Form 10-K,
as amended, for a more extensive list of factors that could affect
results. Among them are adverse weather conditions, cost volatility and
availability of propane, increased customer conservation measures, the
capacity to transport propane to our market areas, the impact of pending
and future legal proceedings, political, economic and regulatory
conditions in the U.S. and abroad, and our ability to successfully
integrate acquisitions and achieve anticipated synergies. AmeriGas
Partners undertakes no obligation to release revisions to its
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring
after today.
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