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): | January 5, 2012 |
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
| 1-13692
| 23-2787918
| ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
460 No. Gulph Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
| 19406
| |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 337-7000
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 5, 2012, AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing that its wholly owned subsidiaries, AmeriGas Finance Corp. and AmeriGas Finance LLC (the “Issuers”) will issue $550 million of senior notes maturing in May 2020 with an interest rate of 6.75% and $1 billion of senior notes maturing in May 2022 with an interest rate of 7.0% (together, the “notes”) in a registered public offering. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Partnership. The notes will be issued pursuant to that certain indenture, a form of which was filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s shelf registration statement on January 4, 2012, by and among the Issuers, the Partnership, as guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press Release dated January 5, 2012 announcing the pricing of the notes offering.
SIGNATURES
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.
| AmeriGas Partners, L.P. | ||||||||
| January 5, 2012 | By: | AmeriGas Propane, Inc., its general partner | ||||||
/s/ Margaret M. Calabrese | ||||||||
| Name: | Margaret M. Calabrese | |||||||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||||||
Exhibit Index
Exhibit | Description | |||
| 99.1 | Press Release dated January 5, 2012 announcing the pricing of the notes offering. | |||
