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AmeriGas Partners Prices New Issue of Notes at 6.50%

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 16:05 GMT by Market Wire}  

VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--AmeriGas Propane, Inc., general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APU), announced today that the Partnership will issue $470 million of senior notes with an interest rate of 6.50%. The proceeds from the issuance will be used to finance the Partnershipa™s tender offer for its outstanding 7.25% Series A and Series B Senior Notes due 2015 and to repay borrowings outstanding under bank credit agreements of AmeriGas Partnersa™ operating partnership, AmeriGas Propane, L.P. The notes are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

AmeriGas Partners is the nationa™s largest retail propane marketer, serving approximately 1.3 million customers in all 50 states from nearly 1,200 distribution locations.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements which management believes to be reasonable as of todaya™s date only.Actual results may differ significantly because of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond managementa™s control.You should read the Partnershipa™s Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more extensive list of factors that could affect results.Among them are adverse weather conditions, cost volatility and availability of propane, increased customer conservation measures, the capacity to transport propane to our market areas, the impact of pending and future legal proceedings, political, economic and regulatory conditions in the U.S. and abroad, and the timing and success of our acquisitions and investments to grow our business.The partnership undertakes no obligation to release revisions to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today.

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