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): | May 3, 2005 |
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-13692 | 23-2787918 |
| _____________________ (State or other jurisdiction | _____________ (Commission | ______________ (I.R.S. Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | 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
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
At 5:00 P.M. on May 2, 2005, the tender offer and consent solicitation of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership) for its outstanding 8.875% Series B Senior Notes due 2011 (the "Notes") expired. The Partnership accepted for purchase all of the approximately $373 million aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered, representing 96% of the total principal amount outstanding. Approximately $14.6 million aggregate principal amount of Notes remain outstanding.
As a result of the receipt of the requisite amount of consents in connection with the Partnership’s Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated April 4, 2005, the Partnership and AP Eagle Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Co-Issuer," and together with the Partnership, the "Issuers"), have amended the Indenture relating to the Notes (the "Original Indenture"), which was dated August 21, 2001, by and among the Issuers and First Union National Bank, as trustee, with a Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated April 13, 2005, by and among the Issuers and Wachovia Bank, National Association (as successor to First Union National Bank), as trustee (the "Trustee") (the "Supplemental Indenture"). The Supplemental Indenture became effective upon acceptance of the Notes for purchase on May 3, 2005 and it eliminates substantially all of the restrictive covenants in the Original Indenture, including limitations on incurring indebtedness, entering into sale and leaseback transactions, providing liens, making distributions, restrictions affecting the making of dividends and other payments by the Partnership’s subsidiaries, and selling certain assets or merging with or into other companies.
The Partnership is filing the Supplemental Indenture as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K. The description of the terms of the Supplemental Indenture in this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibit.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
4.1 Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated April 13, 2005, by and among the Issuers and the Trustee
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. | ||||
| May 9, 2005 | By: | Margaret M. Calabrese | ||
| Name: Margaret M. Calabrese | ||||
| Title: Assistant Secretary of AmeriGas Propane, Inc., the General Partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. | ||||
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
4.1 | Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated April 13, 2005, by and among the Issuers and the Trustee |