The Inergy family of companies includes
two separate, publicly traded securities on the NASDAQ
stock exchange – Inergy, L.P. (NRGY)
and Inergy Holdings, L.P. (NRGP) – which
offer investors two distinct ways to invest in Inergy’s
growth objectives.
Inergy, L.P. (Nasdaq: NRGY)
Inergy, L.P. (NRGY) is a rapidly growing propane
marketing and distribution company that proudly serves
over 700,000 customers in the Midwest, South, Southeast
and Northeast United States.
Inergy L.P. sells and leases propane, propane supplies
and equipment to retail consumers
(residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural) under a number of
regional brand names. In addition to its retail business, the company also operates
a natural gas storage business and provides wholesale propane
supply, price risk management and distribution services
to customers throughout the United States and Canada.
Inergy Holdings, L.P. (Nasdaq: NRGP)
Inergy Holdings, L.P.’s (NRGP) cash-generating
assets primarily consist of its partnership interests,
including incentive distribution rights, in Inergy,
L.P. (NRGY), which operates a rapidly growing, geographically
diverse retail and wholesale propane supply, marketing
and distribution business. Inergy Holdings’ primary
objective is to increase distributable cash flow
to its unitholders through ownership of partnership
interests in Inergy.
Inergy Holdings, L.P.’s aggregate partnership
interests in Inergy consist of the following:
- a 100% ownership interest of the general partner
of Inergy including an approximate .9% general
partner interest;
- 4,706,689 Inergy limited partnership units, representing
an aggregate limited partner interest in Inergy
of approximately 9.4%; and
- all of the incentive distribution rights in Inergy,
which entitle Inergy Holdings to receive increasing
percentages, up to a maximum of 48.0%, of any cash
distributed by Inergy as certain target distribution
levels are reached in excess of $0.33 per Inergy
unit in any quarter.
Through these two distinct securities, Inergy is committed
to generating industry-leading returns to its unitholders. |