Exhibit 99.1
REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF COMMON UNITS
DALLAS, December 1, 2009 — Regency Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: RGNC) announced today the commencement of an underwritten public offering of up to 10,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests in Regency pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3. In connection with the offering, Regency has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 common units. Regency intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility. The common units are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “RGNC.”
UBS Investment Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities are joint book-running managers for the offering.
The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus meeting such requirements relating to the offering may be obtained from the offices of:
UBS Investment Bank | BofA Merrill Lynch | J.P. Morgan | ||
Attn: Prospectus Department | Attn: Preliminary Prospectus Department | via Broadridge Financial Solutions | ||
299 Park Avenue | 4 World Financial Center | 1155 Long Island Ave | ||
New York, NY 10171 | New York, NY 10080 | Edgewood, NY 11717 | ||
Toll free: (866) 827-7275 | prospect.requests@ml.com | Toll free: (866) 803-9204 | ||
Morgan Stanley | Wells Fargo Securities | |||
Attn: Prospectus Department | Attn: Equity Syndicate Department | |||
180 Varick Street, 2nd floor | 375 Park Avenue | |||
New York, NY 10014 | New York, NY 10152 | |||
Toll free: (866) 718-1649 | Toll free: (800) 326-5897 | |||
prospectus@morganstanley.com | equity.syndicate@wachovia.com |
Regency Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: RGNC) is a growth-oriented, midstream energy partnership engaged in the gathering and processing, contract compression, marketing and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Regency’s general partner is majority-owned by an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE).
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the units described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these units in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Statements about the proposed offering are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and factors, many of which are outside the control of Regency Energy Partners LP, and a variety of risks that could cause results to differ materially from those expected by management of Regency Energy Partners LP.
CONTACT:
Investor Relations:
Shannon Ming
Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Finance Support
Regency Energy Partners
214-840-5477
IR@regencygas.com
Shannon Ming
Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Finance Support
Regency Energy Partners
214-840-5477
IR@regencygas.com
Media Relations:
Elizabeth Cornelius
HCK2 Partners
972-716-0500 x26
elizabeth.cornelius@hck2.com
Elizabeth Cornelius
HCK2 Partners
972-716-0500 x26
elizabeth.cornelius@hck2.com