UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2009
KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-11234 | 76-0380342 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
713-369-9000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the following information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) has priced an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 5,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests pursuant to an effective registration statement. The Partnership has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase a maximum of 825,000 additional common units to cover over-allotments, if any. The public offering price is $46.95 per common unit, and the Partnership will receive proceeds of $45.53 per common unit before offering expenses.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are acting as joint book-running managers of the Offering. Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC are acting as co-managers of the Offering.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus related to the Offering may be obtained from the following persons at the addresses set forth below:
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Attn: Prospectus Department
180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10014-4606
Telephone: 1-866-718-1649
Email:prospectus@morganstanley.com
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Attn: Prospectus Department
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 1-800-221-1037
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Attn: Prospectus Department
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 1-866-471-2526
Facsimile: 212-902-9316
Email:prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Attn: Prospectus Department
4 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10080
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. | ||||||||
| By: | KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC., | |||||||
| its general partner | ||||||||
| By: | KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT, LLC, | |||||||
| its delegate | ||||||||
| Dated: February 26, 2009 | By: | /s/ Kim Dang | ||||||
| Kim Dang | ||||||||
| Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
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