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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 26, 2018

Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
 
001-35917
 
46-1972941
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4200 W. 115th Street, Suite 350
Leawood, Kansas
 
66211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (913) 928-6060

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Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 26, 2018, Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (“TEP”) and Tallgrass Energy GP, LP (“TEGP”) issued a joint press release announcing the approval by the holders of common units representing limited partner interests in TEP of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 26, 2018, by and among TEGP, Tallgrass Equity, LLC, TEP, Razor Merger Sub, LLC and Tallgrass MLP GP, LLC, and the transactions contemplated thereby. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information provided in this Item 7.01 and attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 shall be deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)     Exhibits
EXHIBIT NUMBER
 
DESCRIPTION
 
 
 
 





SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
TALLGRASS ENERGY PARTNERS, LP
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
Tallgrass MLP GP, LLC
 
 
 
its general partner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
June 26, 2018
By:
/s/ David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
 
 
 
 
David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer