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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August&nbsp;14, 2013 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>ACCESS MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, L.P. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>of incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>File No.)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(877) 413-1023 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Debt Underwriting Agreement </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August&nbsp;14, 2013, Access
Midstream Partners, L.P. ( the &#147;Partnership&#148;), ACMP Finance Corp. (&#147;Finance Corp&#148; and together with the Partnership, the &#147;Issuers&#148;), Access Midstream Partners GP, L.L.C. (the &#147;General Partner&#148;) and certain
subsidiaries of the Partnership, as guarantors (the &#147;Guarantors&#148;), entered into an underwriting agreement (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;) with Barclays Capital Inc., BBVA Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS
Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, acting as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to sell $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers&#146;
5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The offering of the Notes was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File
No.&nbsp;333-185398), initially filed by the Partnership on December&nbsp;12, 2012 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement, dated August&nbsp;14, 2013 (the &#147;Notes Prospectus Supplement&#148;), filed
by the Partnership with the Commission on August&nbsp;15, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Notes were issued at a price of 101.500% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest from April&nbsp;15, 2013. The Partnership received proceeds (net of underwriting discounts, commissions and
offering expenses) from the issuance and sale of the Notes of approximately $400.8 million, plus accrued interest from April&nbsp;15, 2013, which it intends to use for general partnership purposes, including funding working capital, repayment of
indebtedness or funding its capital expenditure program or acquisitions. Affiliates of the underwriters are lenders under the Partnership&#146;s revolving credit facility and will, in such capacities, receive a portion of the proceeds from this
offering through the repayment of borrowings outstanding under our revolving credit facility. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Notes were issued as
additional notes pursuant to an existing indenture, dated as of April&nbsp;19, 2011 (the&nbsp;&#147;Original Indenture&#148;), among the Issuers, the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
&#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated January&nbsp;7, 2013, among the Issuers, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (collectively, the &#147;Indenture&#148;). The Issuers previously issued
$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the &#147;Existing Notes&#148;) in April 2011. The Notes have the same CUSIP number, are fully fungible with, rank equally with and form a single series with the Existing
Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Description of Notes </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Notes will mature on April&nbsp;15, 2021. The interest payment dates are each April&nbsp;15 and October&nbsp;15, beginning on October&nbsp;15, 2013. The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuers and
are guaranteed on a senior basis by all of the Partnership&#146;s existing consolidated subsidiaries other than Cardinal Gas Services, L.L.C. and Finance Corp. The Notes and guarantees are unsecured and rank equally with all of the Issuers&#146; and
each Guarantor&#146;s existing and future unsubordinated obligations, including the Issuers&#146; existing senior notes and the guarantees thereof. The Notes are senior in right of payment to any of the Issuers&#146; and each Guarantor&#146;s future
obligations that are, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and guarantees. The Notes and guarantees are effectively subordinated to the Issuers&#146; and each Guarantor&#146;s secured obligations, including the
Partnership&#146;s revolving credit facility, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations, and structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and obligations of the Partnership&#146;s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the
Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Before April&nbsp;15, 2014, the Issuers may, at any time or from time to time, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes with the net proceeds of a public or private equity offering at a redemption price of 105.875% of the principal amount of the notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption provided that:
(1)&nbsp;at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and (2)&nbsp;the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the
closing of such public or private equity offering. </FONT></P>

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redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on
April&nbsp;15 of the years indicated below: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2015</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">104.406</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2016</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">102.938</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2017</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">101.469</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2018 and thereafter</FONT></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prior to April&nbsp;15, 2015, the Issuers may redeem all or part of the notes at a redemption price equal
to the sum of: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the principal amount thereof, plus </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the Make Whole Premium, as defined in the Indenture, at the redemption date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Indenture governing the Notes contains covenants that, among other things, limit the Partnership&#146;s ability and the ability of
certain of its subsidiaries to: (1)&nbsp;sell assets including equity interests in its subsidiaries; (2)&nbsp;pay distributions on, redeem or purchase its units or redeem or purchase its subordinated debt; (3)&nbsp;make investments; (4)&nbsp;incur
or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred units; (5)&nbsp;create or incur certain liens; (6)&nbsp;enter into agreements that restrict distributions or other payments from certain subsidiaries to the Partnership; (7)&nbsp;consolidate,
merge or transfer all or substantially all of its assets; (8)&nbsp;engage in transactions with affiliates; and (9)&nbsp;create unrestricted subsidiaries. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications. If the Notes achieve an
investment grade rating from either of Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc. and Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Ratings Services and no Default, as defined in the Indenture, has occurred or is continuing, many of these covenants will terminate.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon the occurrence of certain change of control events, as defined in the Indenture, each holder of the Notes will have the
right to require that the Issuers repurchase all or a portion of such holder&#146;s Notes in cash at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Indenture also contains customary Events of Default. Each of the following is an &#147;Event of Default&#148;: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) default in payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) failure by the Partnership to comply with the covenant relating to mergers, consolidations or sales of assets or failure by the
Partnership to purchase notes when required pursuant to the asset sale or change of control provisions of the Indenture; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)
failure by the Partnership for 90 days after notice to comply with its reporting obligations; </FONT></P>

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covenants or agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which
there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Partnership or any of its Guarantors (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its Guarantors), whether such indebtedness
or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the Indenture, if that default: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) is caused by a failure to pay
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of any grace period provided in such Indebtedness (a &#147;Payment Default&#148;); or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its Stated Maturity, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under
which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $50.0 million or more, subject to a cure provision. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) failure by the Partnership or any of its Guarantors to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 consecutive
days; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for
any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, except, in each case, by reason of the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with the indenture; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization described in
the indenture with respect to Finance Corp, the Partnership or any of the Partnership&#146;s restricted subsidiaries that is a significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a significant
subsidiary of the Partnership. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization described in the indenture with respect to Finance Corp, the Partnership, any Guarantor of the Partnership that is a significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
significant subsidiary of the Partnership, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the then-outstanding notes (including Existing Notes and the Notes) may declare all the Existing Notes and Notes to be due and payable immediately. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Item&nbsp;1.01 have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture. This summary of the Indenture and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Notes, which are included as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 and incorporated into this Item&nbsp;1.01 by reference. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information included or incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference
into this Item&nbsp;2.03. </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Exhibits </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the General Partner, the Guarantors and the Underwriters named therein.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indenture, dated April&nbsp;19, 2011, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 the Partnership&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;20, 2011).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 7, 2013, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (included in Exhibit 4.1 as Exhibit 1 to the Appendix thereto).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden &amp; Nelson, P.C.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden &amp; Nelson, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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 thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ACCESS MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, L.P.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Access Midstream Partners GP, L.L.C.,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">its general partner</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ David C. Shiels</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">David C. Shiels</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief
Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: August&nbsp;19, 2013 </FONT></P>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:66pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Exhibit Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the General Partner, the Guarantors and the Underwriters named therein.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indenture, dated April 19, 2011, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 the Partnership&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2011).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 7, 2013, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (included in Exhibit 4.1 as Exhibit 1 to the Appendix thereto).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden &amp; Nelson, P.C.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden &amp; Nelson, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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Form 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): August 14, 2013
ACCESS MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Delaware
001-34831
80-0534394
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File No.)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
525 Central Park Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73105
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(877) 413-1023
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Debt Underwriting Agreement
On August 14, 2013, Access
Midstream Partners, L.P. ( the "Partnership"), ACMP Finance Corp. ("Finance Corp" and together with the Partnership, the "Issuers"), Access Midstream Partners GP, L.L.C. (the "General Partner") and certain
subsidiaries of the Partnership, as guarantors (the "Guarantors"), entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Barclays Capital Inc., BBVA Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS
Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, acting as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to sell $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers'
5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Notes"). The offering of the Notes was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File
No. 333-185398), initially filed by the Partnership on December 12, 2012 (the "Registration Statement"), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement, dated August 14, 2013 (the "Notes Prospectus Supplement"), filed
by the Partnership with the Commission on August 15, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Notes were issued at a price of 101.500% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest from April 15, 2013. The Partnership received proceeds (net of underwriting discounts, commissions and
offering expenses) from the issuance and sale of the Notes of approximately $400.8 million, plus accrued interest from April 15, 2013, which it intends to use for general partnership purposes, including funding working capital, repayment of
indebtedness or funding its capital expenditure program or acquisitions. Affiliates of the underwriters are lenders under the Partnership's revolving credit facility and will, in such capacities, receive a portion of the proceeds from this
offering through the repayment of borrowings outstanding under our revolving credit facility.
The Notes were issued as
additional notes pursuant to an existing indenture, dated as of April 19, 2011 (the "Original Indenture"), among the Issuers, the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
"Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 7, 2013, among the Issuers, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (collectively, the "Indenture"). The Issuers previously issued
$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Existing Notes") in April 2011. The Notes have the same CUSIP number, are fully fungible with, rank equally with and form a single series with the Existing
Notes.
Description of Notes
The Notes will mature on April 15, 2021. The interest payment dates are each April 15 and October 15, beginning on October 15, 2013. The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuers and
are guaranteed on a senior basis by all of the Partnership's existing consolidated subsidiaries other than Cardinal Gas Services, L.L.C. and Finance Corp. The Notes and guarantees are unsecured and rank equally with all of the Issuers' and
each Guarantor's existing and future unsubordinated obligations, including the Issuers' existing senior notes and the guarantees thereof. The Notes are senior in right of payment to any of the Issuers' and each Guarantor's future
obligations that are, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and guarantees. The Notes and guarantees are effectively subordinated to the Issuers' and each Guarantor's secured obligations, including the
Partnership's revolving credit facility, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations, and structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and obligations of the Partnership's subsidiaries that do not guarantee the
Notes.
Before April 15, 2014, the Issuers may, at any time or from time to time, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes with the net proceeds of a public or private equity offering at a redemption price of 105.875% of the principal amount of the notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and (2) the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the
closing of such public or private equity offering.
On and after April 15, 2015, the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to be redeemed to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on
April 15 of the years indicated below:
Year
Percentage
2015
104.406
%
2016
102.938
%
2017
101.469
%
2018 and thereafter
100.000
%
Prior to April 15, 2015, the Issuers may redeem all or part of the notes at a redemption price equal
to the sum of:
(1) the principal amount thereof, plus
(2) the Make Whole Premium, as defined in the Indenture, at the redemption date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.
The Indenture governing the Notes contains covenants that, among other things, limit the Partnership's ability and the ability of
certain of its subsidiaries to: (1) sell assets including equity interests in its subsidiaries; (2) pay distributions on, redeem or purchase its units or redeem or purchase its subordinated debt; (3) make investments; (4) incur
or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred units; (5) create or incur certain liens; (6) enter into agreements that restrict distributions or other payments from certain subsidiaries to the Partnership; (7) consolidate,
merge or transfer all or substantially all of its assets; (8) engage in transactions with affiliates; and (9) create unrestricted subsidiaries. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications. If the Notes achieve an
investment grade rating from either of Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and no Default, as defined in the Indenture, has occurred or is continuing, many of these covenants will terminate.
Upon the occurrence of certain change of control events, as defined in the Indenture, each holder of the Notes will have the
right to require that the Issuers repurchase all or a portion of such holder's Notes in cash at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
The Indenture also contains customary Events of Default. Each of the following is an "Event of Default":
(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;
(2) default in payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes;
(3) failure by the Partnership to comply with the covenant relating to mergers, consolidations or sales of assets or failure by the
Partnership to purchase notes when required pursuant to the asset sale or change of control provisions of the Indenture;
(4)
failure by the Partnership for 90 days after notice to comply with its reporting obligations;
(5) failure by the Partnership for 60 days after notice to comply with any of the other
covenants or agreements in the Indenture or the Notes;
(6) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which
there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Partnership or any of its Guarantors (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its Guarantors), whether such indebtedness
or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the Indenture, if that default:
(a) is caused by a failure to pay
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of any grace period provided in such Indebtedness (a "Payment Default"); or
(b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its Stated Maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under
which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $50.0 million or more, subject to a cure provision.
(7) failure by the Partnership or any of its Guarantors to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 consecutive
days;
(8) any Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for
any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, except, in each case, by reason of the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with the indenture; and
(9) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization described in
the indenture with respect to Finance Corp, the Partnership or any of the Partnership's restricted subsidiaries that is a significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a significant
subsidiary of the Partnership.
In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization described in the indenture with respect to Finance Corp, the Partnership, any Guarantor of the Partnership that is a significant subsidiary or any group of its restricted subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
significant subsidiary of the Partnership, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the then-outstanding notes (including Existing Notes and the Notes) may declare all the Existing Notes and Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Item 1.01 have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture. This summary of the Indenture and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Notes, which are included as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 and incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information included or incorporated by reference in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference
into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the General Partner, the Guarantors and the Underwriters named therein.
4.1
Indenture, dated April 19, 2011, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 the Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2011).
4.2
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 7, 2013, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee.
4.3
Form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (included in Exhibit 4.1 as Exhibit 1 to the Appendix thereto).
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
5.2
Opinion of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.2)
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
ACCESS MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, L.P.
By:
Access Midstream Partners GP, L.L.C.,
its general partner
By:
/s/ David C. Shiels
David C. Shiels
Chief
Financial Officer
Dated: August 19, 2013
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, among the Partnership, Finance Corp., the General Partner, the Guarantors and the Underwriters named therein.
4.1
Indenture, dated April 19, 2011, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 the Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2011).
4.2
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 7, 2013, by and among the Partnership, Finance Corp, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee.
4.3
Form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (included in Exhibit 4.1 as Exhibit 1 to the Appendix thereto).
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
5.2
Opinion of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.2)