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AmeriGas Announces Carey Monaghan Will Retire

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  Published in Business and Finance on Friday, January 8th 2010 at 16:05 GMT by Market Wire
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VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--AmeriGas Propane Inc., general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APU), announced that Carey Monaghan, vice president, sales & marketing, will retire effective January 31, 2010. Mr. Monaghan, 58, joined AmeriGas in 2000 following a nineteen year career at Campbell Soup Company, where he last served as vice president, dry soup.

"In retirement, Carey is looking forward to a more flexible lifestyle, which will allow him to combine consulting opportunities with additional family time. We wish him the best"

AmeriGas CEO Eugene V. N. Bissell said, "Throughout Carey's more than nine years with AmeriGas, he has filled an important role as the leader of our organic growth strategies. During his tenure managing AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange, volume increased from approximately two million cylinders per year to eleven million. Under Carey's leadership, we also achieved significant growth through our Strategic Accounts program."

"In retirement, Carey is looking forward to a more flexible lifestyle, which will allow him to combine consulting opportunities with additional family time. We wish him the best," concluded Bissell.

The company expects to name Mr. Monaghan's successor during the first quarter of 2010.

AmeriGas Partners is the nation's largest retail propane marketer, serving approximately 1.3 million customers in all 50 states from approximately 1,200 locations. UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI), through subsidiaries, owns 44% of the Partnership and public unitholders own the remaining 56%.

Comprehensive information about AmeriGas is available on the Internet at [ http://www.amerigas.com ].