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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): February 22, 2017

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

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.
On February 22, 2017, Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP issued a press release announcing that Pony Express Pipeline has reached an agreement with Holly Frontier Corporation and its affiliates ("Holly Frontier") to build facilities to connect Holly Frontier’s refinery complex in El Dorado, Kansas to the Pony Express Pipeline. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)     Exhibits
EXHIBIT NUMBER
 
DESCRIPTION
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release issued by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP , dated February 22, 2017. (Furnished solely for purposes of Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K).





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:
February 22, 2017
By:
/s/ David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
 
 
 
 
David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer






EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER
 
DESCRIPTION
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release issued by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, dated February 22, 2017. (Furnished solely for purposes of Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K).