Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company Announces Formation of Direct Fuels Partners, L.P.HOUSTON, TX -- 06/11/2007 -- (NYSE: KED) Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company (the "Company") announced today the formation of Direct Fuels Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership"), a non-traded limited partnership. The Partnership was formed to acquire the assets of Insight Equity Acquisition Partners, LP and its affiliates ("Direct Fuels"), which consist primarily of specialty refining, storage and distribution assets based in North Texas. The refining assets are dedicated to refining transmix into gasoline and diesel. Transmix is the "transportation mixture" created when various fuels are mixed at transition points during the shipment in a refined products pipeline. The former owners of Direct Fuels will own 100% of the general partner of the Partnership, 0.7 million common units (11% limited partnership interest) and 3.2 million subordinated units (49% limited partnership interest). The existing management team of Direct Fuels, including Ted Beneski, Chief Executive Officer, will continue to serve in their current capacities.
In conjunction with the formation of the Partnership, the Company made a $50.0 million equity investment. As part of this investment, the Company received 2.5 million common units, which represents a 38% limited partnership interest.
The Company is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company that elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company's investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily through equity and debt investments. The Company will seek to achieve this objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets together with the proceeds of any borrowings (its "total assets") in securities of companies that derive the majority of their revenue from activities in the energy industry, including: (a) Midstream Energy Companies, which are businesses that operate assets used to gather, transport, process, treat, terminal and store natural gas, natural gas liquids, propane, crude oil or refined petroleum products; (b) Upstream Energy Companies, which are businesses engaged in the exploration, extraction and production of natural resources, including natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil, from onshore and offshore geological reservoirs; and (c) Other Energy Companies, which are businesses engaged in owning, leasing, managing, producing, processing and sale of coal and coal reserves; the marine transportation of crude oil, refined petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, as well as other energy-related natural resources using tank vessels and bulk carriers; and refining, marketing and distributing refined energy products, such as motor gasoline and propane to retail customers and industrial end-users.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the laws of such state or jurisdiction. A registration statement relating to these securities was filed with and has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
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Contacts:
KA Fund Advisors, LLC
David Shladovsky
1800 Avenue of the Stars, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(800) 231-7414
or
Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company
www.kaynebdc.com
(888) 533-1232
