Current Report Filing (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): January 5, 2015

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: [phone]

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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

The Board of Directors of Tallgrass MLP GP, LLC (the “Board”), the general partner of Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), declared a cash distribution for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 of $0.485 per common unit, or $1.94 on an annualized basis. The distribution will be paid on February 13, 2015, to unitholders of record on January 26, 2015. A copy of the press release dated January 5, 2015 announcing the cash distribution is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information provided under this Item 7.01 and the information attached to this 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 except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release dated January 5, 2015 issued by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP

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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:	January 5, 2015	By:	/s/ David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
		David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Document Description
99.1	Press release dated January 5, 2015 issued by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP

Exhibit 99.1

Tallgrass Energy Partners Increases Quarterly Distribution for Sixth Consecutive Quarter to $0.485, an 18.3% Increase over Third Quarter 2014

LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 5, 2015--Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: TEP) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution to partners of $0.485 per common unit for the fourth quarter of 2014, or $1.94 on an annualized basis. This represents a 54 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2013 and an 18.3 percent sequential increase from the third quarter 2014 distribution of $0.41. It is TEP’s sixth consecutive increase since its IPO in May 2013.

In addition, the distribution increase of $0.075 is 7 percent higher than the minimum increase management had expected to recommend for the fourth quarter as a result of the September acquisition of a 33.3 percent interest in the Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline.

The quarterly distribution will be paid on Friday, February 13, 2015, to unitholders of record as of the close of business on Monday, January 26, 2015.

About Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP

Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: TEP) is a publicly traded, growth-oriented limited partnership formed to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets in North America. We currently provide natural gas transportation and storage services for customers in the Rocky Mountain and Midwest regions of the United States through our Tallgrass Interstate Gas Transmission and Trailblazer Pipeline systems. We provide crude oil transportation to customers in Wyoming, servicing the Bakken production area of North Dakota and eastern Montana through our ownership interest in Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline. We also provide services for customers in Wyoming through Tallgrass Midstream at our Casper and Douglas natural gas processing and our West Frenchie Draw natural gas treating facilities and we provide water business services to customers in Colorado and Texas through BNN Water Solutions. We believe we are well-positioned to provide midstream services in the Denver-Julesburg and Permian Basins and the Niobrara, Mississippi Lime, Eagle Ford and Bakken shale formations.

To learn more, please visit our website at www.tallgrassenergy.com.

CONTACT:
Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP
Investor and Financial Inquiries:
Nate Lien, 913-928-6012
[e-mail]
or
Media and Trade Inquiries:
Phyllis Hammond, 913-928-6014
[e-mail]