HOUSTON, Feb 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) today announced a registered underwritten public offering of 3,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests. Western Gas Partners will grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 450,000 additional common units. Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used to repay amounts outstanding under the partnership's $450 million revolving credit facility.
Citi, Barclays Capital, Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained from Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220, Attention: Prospectus Dept., or by calling (877) 858-5407 or by emailing BATProspectusdept@citi.com; Barclays Capital, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by calling (888) 603-5847 or by emailingBarclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; Morgan Stanley, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attention: Prospectus Dept., or by calling (866) 718-1649 or by emailingprospectus@morganstanley.com; or RBC Capital Markets, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281-8098, Attention: Equity Syndicate, or by calling (877) 822-4089. An electronic copy of the prospectus and prospectus supplement is available from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. The offer is being made only through the prospectus as supplemented, which is part of a shelf registration statement that became effective on August 17, 2009.
This news release contains forward-looking statements. Western Gas Partners and its general partner believe that their expectations are based on reasonable assumptions. No assurance, however, can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this news release, including Western Gas Partners' ability to close successfully on the common units offering and to use the net proceeds as indicated in this news release. See "Risk Factors" in Western Gas Partners' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and other public filings and press releases. Except as required by law, Western Gas Partners undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
SOURCE: Western Gas Partners, LP
Western Gas Partners, LP
Benjamin Fink, CFA, 832.636.3348
benjamin.fink@westerngas.com
