Access Midstream Partners, L.P. Announces Pricing of $750 Million Offering of Senior Notes Due 2024

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ACMP) today announced the pricing of a public offering of $750 million of senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”). The offering was increased from a previously announced offering size of $600 million. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.875% per annum. The offering is expected to close on March 7, 2014, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay borrowings under the Partnership’s revolving credit facility and for general partnership purposes, including funding working capital, the Partnership's capital expenditure program and acquisitions.

Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The Notes are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed December 12, 2012 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the 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:

Wells Fargo Securities Attn: Client Support 550 South Tryon Street, 7^th Floor Charlotte, NC 28202 [e-mail] phone: [phone]	J.P. Morgan c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions 1155 Long Island Avenue Edgewood, NY 11717 phone: [phone]
Citigroup c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions 1155 Long Island Avenue Edgewood, NY 11717 [e-mail] phone: [phone]	Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Attention: Capital Markets Group 1633 Broadway, 29th Floor New York, NY 10019 phone: [phone]
Goldman Sachs & Co. Attn: Prospectus Department 200 West Street New York, NY 10282 [e-mail] phone: [phone]	RBC Capital Markets Three World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10281-8098 [e-mail] phone: [phone]

This press 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 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.

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, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Marcellus, Niobrara and Utica Shales and the Mid-Continent region of the U.S.

This press release includes forward-looking statements that relate to, among other things, the closing of the offering of the Notes and the expected use of proceeds from such offering. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. 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 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other SEC filings.