EQT Midstream Partners Announces Pricing of Senior Notes

PITTSBURGH--()--EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM) announced today that it has priced an offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior notes due December 1, 2026 at a price to the public of 99.191% of their face value. EQT Midstream Partners, LP (Partnership) expects the offering to close on November 4, 2016.

The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay the amounts outstanding under its credit facility and for general partnership purposes.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, free of charge, on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriters of the offering as follows:

  Deutsche Bank Securities    

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Attn: Prospectus Group Attn: Prospectus Group
60 Wall Street

200 North College Street

New York, NY 10005-2836 NC1-004-03-43
Tel: 1 (800) 503-4611 Charlotte, NC 28255-0001

Email: prospectus.CPDG@db.com

Tel: 1 (800) 294-1322

Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com

 
MUFG Securities Americas, Inc.
Attn: Prospectus Department
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020-1001
Tel: 1 (877) 649-6848

Email: Prospectus@us.sc.mufg.jp

 

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

About EQT Midstream Partners:

EQT Midstream Partners, LP is a growth-oriented limited partnership formed by EQT Corporation to own, operate, acquire, and develop midstream assets in the Appalachian Basin. The Partnership provides midstream services to EQT Corporation and third-party companies through its strategically located transmission, storage, and gathering systems that service the Marcellus and Utica regions. The Partnership owns approximately 950 miles of FERC-regulated interstate pipelines; and also owns approximately 1,800 miles of high- and low-pressure gathering lines.

Cautionary Statements

Disclosures in this news release contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts are forward-looking. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this news release specifically include the expectations of plans, strategies, objectives and growth of the Partnership and its subsidiaries, including guidance relating to the expected consummation of the offering and the Partnership’s expected use of proceeds from the offering. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Partnership has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events. While the Partnership considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Partnership's control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the Partnership's business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those risks discussed in the Partnership's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and the Partnership does not intend to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contacts

EQT Midstream Partners
Analyst inquiries please contact:
Nate Tetlow – Investor Relations Director, 412-553-5834
ntetlow@eqtmidstreampartners.com
or
Patrick Kane – Chief Investor Relations Officer, 412-553-7833
pkane@eqtmidstreampartners.com
or
Media inquiries please contact:
Natalie Cox – Corporate Director, Communications, 412-395-3941
ncox@eqtmidstreampartners.com

Contacts

EQT Midstream Partners
Analyst inquiries please contact:
Nate Tetlow – Investor Relations Director, 412-553-5834
ntetlow@eqtmidstreampartners.com
or
Patrick Kane – Chief Investor Relations Officer, 412-553-7833
pkane@eqtmidstreampartners.com
or
Media inquiries please contact:
Natalie Cox – Corporate Director, Communications, 412-395-3941
ncox@eqtmidstreampartners.com