Exhibit 99.1
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | | investorrelations@inergyservices.com |
Inergy, L.P. Announces
Public Offering of Common Units
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Inergy, L.P. (Nasdaq:NRGY) announced today the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 4,500,000 common units. Inergy, L.P. also intends to grant the underwriters the option to purchase up to 675,000 additional common units to cover over-allotments, if any.
Inergy, L.P. intends to use the net proceeds from this offering (and the net proceeds from any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common units) to repay outstanding indebtedness under its revolving general partnership credit facility, which was borrowed to fund the recent acquisitions of Liberty Propane, L.P. and MGS Corporation and to fund other capital expenditures in our midstream business.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.
UBS Investment Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo Securities will act as joint book-running managers for the offering. A copy of the prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement associated with this offering may be obtained from the underwriters as follows:
UBS Securities LLC
Prospectus Dept.
299 Park Ave.
New York, NY, 10171
Toll-free (888) 827-7275
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Attn: Prospectus Department
4 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10080
Morgan Stanley
Attn: Prospectus Department
180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10014
E-mail: prospectus@morganstanley.com
Telephone: 866-718-1649
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Attention: Equity Syndicate Dept.
375 Park Ave.
New York, NY, 10152
Toll-free number: (800) 326-5897
Email: equity.syndicate@wachovia.com
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the related prospectus supplement associated with this offering, and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website atwww.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter, or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the related prospectus supplement if you request them by calling any of the underwriters toll-free at the phone numbers listed above.
Inergy, L.P., with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, is a master limited partnership with operations that include the retail marketing, sale, and distribution of propane to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers. Inergy serves its retail propane customers from customer service centers in the United States. Inergy also operates a natural gas storage business and a supply logistics, transportation, and wholesale marketing business that serves independent dealers and multi-state marketers in the United States and Canada.
This press release includes statements regarding the offering that may constitute 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. Factors that can affect future results are discussed in Inergy, L.P.’s annual report on Form 10-K and other reports filed by Inergy, L.P. from time to time with the SEC. Inergy, L.P. undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events.
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