0001181431-12-059154.txt : 20121116 0001181431-12-059154.hdr.sgml : 20121116 20121116174355 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-059154 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121114 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121116 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SHERMAN R BROOKS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001193472 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34664 FILM NUMBER: 121212763 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INERGY L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001136352 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-NONSTORE RETAILERS [5960] IRS NUMBER: 431918951 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO BRUSH CREEK STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64112 BUSINESS PHONE: 8168428181 4 1 rrd360484.xml FORM 4 - 11/14/2012 CLASS B UNIT DISTRIBUTION & CONVERSION X0306 4 2012-11-14 0 0001136352 INERGY L P NRGY 0001193472 SHERMAN R BROOKS TWO BRUSH CREEK BLVD. SUITE 200 KANSAS CITY MO 64112 0 1 0 0 President Common Units 1020 I By Unit Purchase Plan Common Units 2012-11-14 4 C 0 136090 0 A 688494 I See Footnote Common Units 230615 D Class B Units 2012-11-14 4 J 0 362.283 37.5654 A Common Units 362.283 136090.345 I See Footnote Class B Units 2012-11-14 4 C 0 136090 0 D Common Units 136090 0 I See Footnote The Class B units will convert automatically into common units on a one-for-one basis, with 50% of the outstanding Class B units converting into common units following the payment date of the fourth quarterly distribution following the closing of the merger and the remaining outstanding Class B units converting into common units following the payment date of the eighth quarterly distribution following the closing of the merger. Mr. Sherman is the trustee of the R. Brooks Sherman, Jr. Revocable Trust dated 1/15/2008 as amended from time to time. The reporting person received 362.283 Class B units as a payment-in-kind distribution on 135,728.062 Class B units owned on the distribution record date. Includes restricted units granted under the Inergy, L.P. Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended. In lieu of receiving the fractional units, the reporting person was paid cash based on the NRGY closing price on November 14, 2012. Contributions to the EUPP plan are used to purchase Inergy, LP Common Units at the end of each quarter. On January 12, 2004, Inergy, LP's Common Units, Senior Subordinated Units and Junior Subordinated Units underwent a two-for-one split. /s/ Judy Riddle (attorney-in-fact) for R. Brooks Sherman 2012-11-16 EX-24.TXT 2 rrd323464_365654.htm POA rrd323464_365654.html 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5)

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Laura L. Ozenberger, Michael K. Post and/or Judy Riddle the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any and all reports on Forms 3, 4, and 5 that may be required from time to time with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Inergy, L.P. (the "Company"), all in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such reports on Forms 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, including without limitation, completing and executing for and on behalf of the undersigned a Uniform Applications For Access Codes To File On Edgar, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.  A photocopy or facsimile copy of this Power of Attorney may be relied upon to the same extent as an original copy of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 10th day of February, 2006.

/s/  R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.