Edgar Filing: Western Gas Partners LP

Form 8-K

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

August 5, 2013

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

WESTERN GAS PARTNERS, LP

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34046

26-1075808

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

1201 Lake Robbins Drive

The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046

(Address of principal executive offices)

(832) 636-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 5, 2013, Western Gas Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), together with its general partner, entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters, relating to the public offering of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Partnership’s 2.600% senior notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) at a price to the public of 99.879% of the face amount of the Notes.

The offering of the Notes is expected to close on August 14, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. Net proceeds from the offering will be used to repay amounts outstanding under the Partnership’s revolving credit facility.

The offering was made pursuant to the Partnership’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-174043), which became effective on May 9, 2011.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements, conditions to closing, indemnification obligations, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, and termination provisions. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Relationships

From time to time, certain of the underwriters and their related entities have engaged, and may in the future engage, in commercial and investment banking transactions with the Partnership in the ordinary course of their business. They have received, and expect to receive, customary compensation and expense reimbursement for these commercial and investment banking transactions. In addition, affiliates of each of the underwriters are lenders under the Partnership’s revolving credit facility and, as such, will receive a substantial portion of the proceeds from the offering pursuant to the repayment of borrowings under such facility.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description of the Exhibit

Exhibit 1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated August 5, 2013, by and among the Partnership and Western Gas Holdings, LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

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.


	WESTERN GAS PARTNERS, LP

	By:	Western Gas Holdings, LLC, its general partner

Date: August 6, 2013	/s/ Philip H. Peacock
	Philip H. Peacock
	Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number		Description of the Exhibit

Exhibit 1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated August 5, 2013, by and among the Partnership and Western Gas Holdings, LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.