TULSA, Okla. – The
board of directors of Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) has increased
the partnership’s quarterly cash distribution to 69.5 cents per unit for the
period Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2014, representing the 51st distribution
increase since its initial public offering in 2001.
The fourth-quarter 2014
distribution is 19% higher than the fourth-quarter 2013 distribution of 58.5
cents per unit and represents a 4% increase over the third-quarter 2014
distribution of 66.75 cents. For the year, Magellan declared distributions of $2.615
per unit for 2014, or 20% higher than distributions of $2.1825 per unit for 2013.
The new distribution,
which equates to $2.78 per unit on an annualized basis, will be paid Feb. 13 to
unitholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 6.
This
announcement is intended to be a qualified notice to nominees under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b), with 100% of the partnership’s distributions to
foreign investors 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 effective tax rate.
About Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) is a publicly
traded partnership that primarily transports, stores and distributes refined
petroleum products and crude oil. The partnership owns the longest refined
petroleum products pipeline system in the country, with access to nearly 50% of
the nation’s refining capacity, and can store more than 90 million barrels of
petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel fuel and crude oil. More
information is available at www.magellanlp.com.
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Portions of this document may constitute
forward-looking statements as defined by federal law. Although management
believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, actual
outcomes may be materially different. Additional information about issues that
could lead to material changes in performance is contained in the partnership’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.