SEC Declares MarkWest Registration Statement/Joint Proxy Statement on Form S-4 Effective
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MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE) today announced that the
Securities and Exchange Commission (�SEC�) declared effective the
Registration Statement/Joint Proxy Statement on Form S-4 related to
the Agreement and Plan of Redemption and Merger between MarkWest
Energy Partners and MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. (AMEX: MWP). The
joint proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed on or about January
18, 2008, to equityholders of record of both companies as of
January 14, 2008. The companies will hold separate equityholder
meetings on February 21, 2008, to consider the approval and
adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Redemption and Merger and
related matters. The proposed merger is subject to customary
closing conditions, including requisite approvals by the
equityholders of both companies. MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.
(NYSE: MWE) is a publicly traded master limited partnership with a
solid core of midstream assets and a growing core of gas
transmission assets. It is one of the largest processors of natural
gas in the Northeast and is the largest gas gatherer of natural gas
in the prolific Carthage field in east Texas. It also has a growing
number of other gas gathering and intrastate gas transmission
assets in the Southwest, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma. MarkWest
Hydrocarbon, Inc. (AMEX: MWP) controls and operates MarkWest Energy
Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE), a publicly traded limited partnership
engaged in the gathering, processing and transmission of natural
gas; the transportation, fractionation and storage of natural gas
liquids; and the gathering and transportation of crude oil. We also
market natural gas and NGLs. This press release includes
�forward-looking statements� within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other
than statements of historical facts included or incorporated herein
may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results could
vary significantly from those expressed or implied in such
statements and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance
that such expectations will prove to be correct. The
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that
affect our operations, financial performance and other factors as
discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Among the factors that could cause results to differ
materially are those risks discussed in our Form 10-K/A for the
year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC. You are urged
to carefully review and consider the cautionary statements and
other disclosures made in those filings, specifically those under
the heading �Risk Factors.� We do not undertake any duty to update
any forward-looking statement. Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements,
specifically those including those referring to future performance,
growth, cash flow, operating income, distributable cash flow (DCF),
distributions, or other factors, are reasonable, these
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to
be correct and that projected performance or distributions may not
be achieved. Among the factors that could cause results to differ
materially are those risks discussed in our Form S-1, as amended,
our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31,
2006, and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as amended, each as
filed with the SEC. You are also urged to carefully review and
consider the cautionary statements and other disclosures, including
those under the heading �Risk Factors,� made in those filings,
which identify and discuss significant risks, uncertainties and
various other factors that could cause actual results to vary
significantly from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any duty to update
any forward-looking statement. MarkWest Energy Partners and
MarkWest Hydrocarbon filed a definitive joint proxy
statement/prospectus and other documents with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in relation to the merger
transaction announced on September 5, 2007. Investors and security
holders are urged to read these documents carefully because they
contain important information regarding MarkWest Energy Partners,
MarkWest Hydrocarbon, and the transaction. A definitive joint proxy
statement/prospectus will be sent to security holders of MarkWest
Energy Partners and MarkWest Hydrocarbon seeking their approval of
the transactions contemplated by the redemption and merger
agreement. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of
the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents containing
information about MarkWest Energy Partners and MarkWest
Hydrocarbon, without charge, at the SEC�s website at www.sec.gov.
Copies of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and the SEC filings
that will be incorporated by reference in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus may also be obtained free of charge by
directing a request to the entities' investor relations department
at 866-858-0482, or by accessing the companies� website at
www.markwest.com. MarkWest Energy Partners, MarkWest Hydrocarbon,
the officers and directors of the general partner of MarkWest
Energy Partners, and the officers and directors of MarkWest
Hydrocarbon may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies from their security holders. Information about these
persons can be found in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the
year ended December 31, 2006, for each of MarkWest Energy Partners
and MarkWest Hydrocarbon, as filed with the SEC, and additional
information about such persons may be obtained from the joint proxy
statement/prospectus when it becomes available. This document shall
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities
shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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