Crestwood Midstream Buys Remaining Stake in Marcellus Shale JV for $258M

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP CMLP ("Crestwood") announced today that it has purchased the remaining 65% interest in Crestwood Marcellus Midstream LLC ("CMM") from Crestwood Holdings Partners LLC ("Crestwood Holdings") for $258 million. The transaction is expected to be 7-8% accretive to Crestwood's 2013 distributable cash flow on a fully diluted basis and was funded with $129 million of cash drawn on Crestwood's existing revolving credit facility and approximately 6.2 million new Crestwood Class D units ("Class D Units") issued to Crestwood Holdings. As a part of the consideration received for the transaction, Crestwood Holdings is maintaining its 2% general partner interest in Crestwood. Crestwood does not expect any additional capital markets activity related to this transaction.