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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): January 8, 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.
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, 2017 of $0.965 per common unit, or $3.86 on an annualized basis. The distribution will be paid on February 14, 2018, to unitholders of record on January 31, 2018. A copy of the press release dated January 8, 2018 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
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:
January 8, 2018
By:
/s/ David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
 
 
 
 
David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer