Tallgrass Energy Partners Increases Quarterly Distribution for Eighth Consecutive Quarter; Tallgrass Energy GP Declares First Distribution Post IPO
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: TEP) and Tallgrass Energy GP, LP (NYSE: TEGP) today announced their quarterly distributions for the second quarter of 2015.
TEP
The board of directors of TEP’s general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.58 per common unit for the second quarter of 2015, or $2.32 on an annualized basis. This represents a 52.6 percent increase from the second quarter of 2014 and an 11.5 percent sequential increase from the first quarter 2015 distribution of $0.52. It is TEP’s eighth consecutive increase since its IPO in May 2013. In addition, this represents a 19.6 percent increase for the year 2015.
The quarterly distribution will be paid on Friday, August 14, 2015, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on Friday, July 31, 2015.
TEGP
The board of directors of TEGP’s general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.073 per Class A share which is prorated for the number of days between the closing of TEGP’s initial public offering on May 12, 2015 and the end of the second quarter. The distribution corresponds to a pro forma full-quarter, non-prorated distribution of $0.133 per Class A share or $0.532 on an annualized basis. As a reminder, the prospective financial information presented in TEGP’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A covers the twelve month period ended June 30, 2016 and thus does not include the second quarter of 2015.
The quarterly distribution will be paid on Monday, August 17, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Friday, July 31, 2015.
About Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP
Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: TEP) is a publicly traded, growth-oriented limited partnership formed to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets in North America. TEP currently provides natural gas transportation and storage services for customers in the Rocky Mountain and Midwest regions of the United States through its Tallgrass Interstate Gas Transmission and Trailblazer Pipeline systems. It provides crude oil transportation to customers in Wyoming, Colorado and the surrounding regions through its membership interest in Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline. TEP also provides services for customers in Wyoming through Tallgrass Midstream at its Casper and Douglas natural gas processing and its West Frenchie Draw natural gas treating facilities and provides water business services to customers in Colorado and Texas through BNN Water Solutions. TEP’s operations are strategically located in and provide services to certain key United States hydrocarbon basins, including the Denver-Julesburg, Powder River, Wind River, Permian and Hugoton-Anadarko Basins and the Niobrara, Mississippi Lime, Eagle Ford and Bakken shale formations.
About Tallgrass Energy GP, LP
Tallgrass Energy GP, LP (NYSE: TEGP) is a Delaware limited partnership that has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. TEGP owns a controlling membership interest in Tallgrass Equity, LLC through its role as the sole managing member. Tallgrass Equity, LLC owns, both directly and through its ownership of the general partner of TEP, all of TEP's incentive distribution rights, 100% of the general partner interest in TEP and 20,000,000 TEP Common Units.
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