OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 27, 2012--
Access Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ACMP), formerly Chesapeake
Midstream Partners, L.P., today announced that the Board of Directors of
its general partner declared a cash distribution of $0.42 per limited
partner unit for the 2012 second quarter. The second quarter
distribution represents an increase of $0.0575, or 15.9%, compared to
the 2011 second quarter and represents an increase of $0.015, or 3.7%,
compared to the 2012 first quarter.
The distribution will be payable on August 14, 2012 to all unitholders
of record at the close of business on August 7, 2012, together with the
distribution to the general partner.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Please note that 100% of the
Partnership’s distributions to foreign investors are attributable to
income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or
business. Accordingly, the Partnership’s distributions to foreign
investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest
applicable effective tax rate.
Access Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ACMP) is the industry’s
largest gathering and processing master limited partnership as measured
by throughput volume and owns, operates, develops and acquires natural
gas gathering systems and other midstream energy assets. Headquartered
in Oklahoma City, the Partnership's operations are focused on the
Barnett Shale, Haynesville Shale, Marcellus Shale and Mid-Continent
regions of the U.S. The Partnership’s common units are listed on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol ACMP. Further information is
available at www.accessmidstream.com
where the Partnership routinely posts announcements, updates, events,
investor information and presentations and all recent press releases.
This press release includes forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of
future events. They include but are not limited to our business strategy
and plans and objectives for future operations. We caution you not to
place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligations to
update this information. Although we believe the expectations and
forecasts reflected in these and other forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we can give no assurance they will prove to be correct. They
can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks
and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from expected results are described under “Risk Factors” in
our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Source: Access Midstream Partners, L.P.
Access Midstream Partners, L.P.
Investor Contact:
Dave Shiels,
CFO, 405-935-6224
dave.shiels@accessmidstream.com
or
Media
Contacts:
Jack Cowell, 917-405-0717
jack.cowell@global-infra.com
or
Tom
Johnson, 212-371-5999
tbj@abmac.com