Total net proceeds of the offering were approximately US$741.3 million. The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay outstanding borrowings under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility and commercial paper programme and for general partnership purposes. Amounts repaid under the partnership's senior unsecured revolving credit facility and commercial paper programme may be re-borrowed, as necessary, to fund its ongoing expansion capital programme, future acquisitions and investments or for general partnership purposes.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; BNP Paribas Securities Corp.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC; BBVA Securities Inc.; DNB Markets, Inc.; and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. acted as joint book-running managers of the offering.
The senior notes were offered and sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus.
