PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM) (Partnership) today announced its intent to offer, subject to market conditions, three new series of senior unsecured notes (collectively, Notes), in an underwritten public offering, each in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at pricing. Each series of the Notes will be issued pursuant to a new supplemental indenture to the Partnership’s existing base indenture. The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to repay the amounts outstanding under its 364-day term loan facility and for general partnership purposes. In addition, if the proposed merger between the Partnership and Rice Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: RMP) is consummated, the Partnership intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to repay the amounts outstanding under RMP’s revolving credit facility.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. When available, 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:
The Notes will be offered and sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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, Utica and Upper Devonian regions. The Partnership owns approximately 950 miles of FERC-regulated interstate pipelines; and also owns approximately 1,950 miles of high- and low-pressure gathering lines.
