EXHIBIT 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF EQUITY OFFERING
Dallas, Texas — June 30, 2004- Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ETP) announced it has completed the sale by the Partnership of 4.5 million common units at a public offering price of $39.20 per unit. Net proceeds from the common units offering were approximately $169 million and will be used to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness incurred to fund the TUFCO System acquisition and for general partnership purposes.
Copies of the final prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11220, Attn: Prospectus Department, Phone: 718-765-6732, or from Lehman Brothers Inc., c/o ADP Financial Services, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717. Any offering shall be made only by means of a final prospectus. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. is a publicly traded partnership owning and operating a diversified portfolio of energy assets. The Partnership’s natural gas operations include approximately 6,500 miles of natural gas gathering and transportation pipelines with an aggregate throughput capacity of 3.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, with natural gas treating, processing and storage assets located in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. The Partnership is the fourth largest retail marketer of propane in the United States, serving more than 650,000 customers from 310 customer service locations in 31 states extending from coast to coast, with concentrations in the western, upper midwestern, northeastern, and southeastern regions of the United States.
This press release may include certain statements concerning expectations for the future that are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management’s control. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events.
The information contained in this press release is available on the Partnership’s website at www.energytransfer.com. For more information, please contact Michael L. Greenwood, Vice President — Finance, at 918-492-7272.
