Inergy, L.P. (NYSE:NRGY) announced today that its Maximum Tender Offer
for up to $150 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding
6.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes”) and 7% Senior Notes due
2018 (the "2018 Notes”) was oversubscribed as of the early tender date,
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 28, 2011.
According to information provided to Inergy by the D.F. King & Co.,
Inc., the depositary for the Maximum Tender Offer, greater than
$150 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes were
validly tendered and not withdrawn as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
yesterday. The 2021 Notes have an acceptance priority over the 2018
Notes per the terms of the Maximum Tender Offer. Accordingly,
Inergy has accepted for payment $150 million in aggregate principal
amount of the 2021 Notes, subject to proration in accordance with the
terms of the Maximum Tender Offer.
Inergy will make payment for the 2021 Notes accepted for purchase later
today through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company. The
holders of such notes will receive total consideration equal to
$1,025.00 per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which includes an early
tender premium of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of notes accepted
for purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such notes to the
payment date.
No 2018 Notes will be purchased, and all of the 2018 Notes that have
been tendered and not withdrawn will be returned to the holders. As
permitted by the terms of the Maximum Tender Offer, Inergy has
opted not to accept any additional tenders of notes.
About Inergy, L.P.
Inergy, L.P., with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, is a master
limited partnership with operations that include the retail marketing,
sale, and distribution of propane to residential, commercial,
industrial, and agricultural customers. The company also operates a
natural gas storage business; a liquid petroleum gas storage business; a
solution-mining and salt production company; and a propane supply
logistics, transportation, and wholesale marketing business that serves
independent dealers and multi-state marketers in the United States and
Canada.
For more information, contact Mike Campbell in Inergy's Investor
Relations Department at 816-842-8181 or via e-mail at investorrelations@inergyservices.com.
