-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Oo5i7hFrb/ZgPcIUFZ2IfkR8/0sUGv0ir/5dDA+7bbGQ3uKydwumapomsk186B3Z 8sdbkPgJdEgkM8O5BDG7og== 0000922358-04-000084.txt : 20040728 0000922358-04-000084.hdr.sgml : 20040728 20040728160458 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922358-04-000084 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040726 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040728 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FERRELLGAS L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922359 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL [5900] IRS NUMBER: 431676206 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50182 FILM NUMBER: 04936114 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 BUSINESS PHONE: 8167921600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FERRELLGAS PARTNERS L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922358 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL [5900] IRS NUMBER: 431698480 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11331 FILM NUMBER: 04936112 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 BUSINESS PHONE: 8167921600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 0NE LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FERRELLGAS FINANCE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922360 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL [5900] IRS NUMBER: 431677595 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50183 FILM NUMBER: 04936115 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 BUSINESS PHONE: 8167926803 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FERRELLGAS PARTNERS FINANCE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001012493 IRS NUMBER: 431742520 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-06693-02 FILM NUMBER: 04936116 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 BUSINESS PHONE: 8167926803 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LIBERTY PLAZA CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 8-K 1 fgp072804_8-k.htm

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 Earliest Event Reported: July 28, 2004

Date of Report: July 28, 2004

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.Ferrellgas
Partners Finance Corp.
Ferrellgas, L.P.
Ferrellgas Finance Corp.


(Exact name of registrants as specified in their charters)

Delaware
Delaware
Delaware
Delaware

001-11331
333-06693
000-50182
000-50183

43-1698480
43-1742520
43-1698481
14-1866671

(States or other jurisdictions
     of incorporation or
        organization)
Commission file numbers    (I.R.S. Employer
 Identification Nos.)

One Liberty Plaza, Liberty, Missouri 64068


(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (816) 792-1600















ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

Anticipated Equity Offering

        Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. has issued a press release announcing its plan to sell 2,500,000 common units in an underwritten offering pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ferrellgas will also grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to 375,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any. A consent from Ernst & Young LLP related to this offering is filed as Exhibit 23.1 to this Current Report and is hereby incorporated by reference. Ferrellgas also issued a press release today regarding the anticipated equity offering, and is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

        This filing does not constitute an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities. No offer, solicitation or sale of these securities will occur in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired

      Not applicable

(b) Pro forma financial information

      Not applicable

(c) Exhibits

        The exhibits listed in the Index to Exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

FERRELLGAS PARTNERS, L.P.

By Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner

Date: July 28, 2004 By /s/ Kevin T. Kelly                          
Kevin T. Kelly
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

FERRELLGAS PARTNERS FINANCE CORP.

Date: July 28, 2004 By /s/ Kevin T. Kelly                          
Kevin T. Kelly
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

FERRELLGAS, L.P.

By Ferrellgas, Inc., its general Partner

Date: July 28, 2004 By /s/ Kevin T. Kelly                          
Kevin T. Kelly
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

FERRELLGAS FINANCE CORP.

Date: July 28, 2004 By /s/ Kevin T. Kelly                          
Kevin T. Kelly
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer












INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, for the certain use of its report appearing in
the Current Report on Form 8-K of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.,
Ferrellgas, L.P., and Ferrellgas Finance Corp. as filed with the SEC on April 22, 2004.

99.1 Press Release of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. dated July 28, 2004, announcing its proposed public equity
     offering of 2,500,000 common units.



































EX-23 2 ex231.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

   Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-103267) and related Prospectus Supplement of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. for the registration of 2,875,000 common units representing limited partner interests in Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated September 16, 2003, except for the last paragraph of Note 2 as to which the date is October 8, 2003, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Blue Rhino Corporation for the year ended July 31, 2003, included in the Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp., Ferrellgas, L.P., and Ferrellgas Finance Corp. Current Report (Form 8-K) dated April 22, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Greensboro, North Carolina
July 28, 2004

EX-99 3 pressrelease.htm PRESS RELEASE

Exhibit 99.1

For immediate release
Contact:
   Ryan VanWinkle, Investor Relations, 816-792-7998

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. Announces
Proposed Public Offering of Common Units

Liberty, MO (July 28, 2004) – Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) today announced that it plans to sell 2,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ferrellgas also plans to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to 375,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.

Ferrellgas intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering to reduce borrowings outstanding under the bank credit facility of its operating partnership, Ferrellgas, L.P.

Statements in this release concerning expectations for the future are forward-looking statements. A variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause results, performance and expectations to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or expectations. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are discussed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp., Ferrellgas, L.P. and Ferrellgas Finance Corp. for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2003, and other documents filed from time to time by those entities with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

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