8-K

 

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): May 24, 2005

AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-13692	23-2787918
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
460 No. Gulph Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania		19406
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 610 337-7000

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On May 24, 2005, Mr. Gregory A. Pratt was elected to the Board of Directors of AmeriGas Propane, Inc., the general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. Mr. Pratt was also appointed to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Pratt is Vice Chairman and a director of OAO Technology Solutions, Inc. ("OAOT"), an information technology and professional services company (2002 to present). He joined OAOT in 1998 as President and Chief Executive Officer after OAOT acquired Enterprise Technology Group, Inc., a software engineering firm founded by Mr. Pratt. Mr. Pratt served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Intelligent Electronics, Inc. (1991 to 1996), and was co-founder, and served variously as Chief Financial Officer and President of Atari Corporation (1984 to 1991).

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

99.1 News release dated May 31, 2005

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.

	AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
May 31, 2005	By:	Margaret M. Calabrese
		Name: Margaret M. Calabrese
		Title: Assistant Secretary of AmeriGas Propane, Inc., the general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	News release dated May 31, 2005

EX-99.1

Contact:610-337-1000
Robert W. Krick, ext. 3141
Brenda Blake, ext. 3202 For Immediate Release:


May 31, 2005

AmeriGas Elects Gregory A. Pratt to
Its Board of Directors

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 31—AmeriGas Propane, Inc., general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L. P. (NYSE:APU), reported today that Gregory A. Pratt has been elected a director. Mr. Pratt is vice chairman of OAO Technology Solutions, Inc., a multi-national information technology services provider to global outsourcers, major corporations, health benefit organizations and government agencies headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Pratt, 56, joined OAO in 1998 as president and chief executive officer. Previously, he was founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Enterprise Technology Group, Inc., a software development and implementation firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also served as a director, president and chief operating officer of Intelligent Electronics, Inc., a distributor and retailer of personal computers and provider of information technology services. Pratt is a director of Carpenter Technology Corporation, and the US Chess Center, a non-profit foundation. He is a 1973 graduate of Cheyney University, West Chester, Pennsylvania and received his masters degree in business administration from the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a certified public accountant.

AmeriGas Partners is the nation’s largest retail propane marketer, serving nearly 1.3 million customers from over 650 locations in 46 states. UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI), through subsidiaries, owns 46% of the Partnership and individual unitholders own the remaining 54%.
Comprehensive information about AmeriGas is available on the Internet at http://www.amerigas.com.

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