0001104659-17-045517.txt : 20170817 0001104659-17-045517.hdr.sgml : 20170817 20170718125042 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-045517 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170718 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FERRELLGAS PARTNERS L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000922358 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL [5900] IRS NUMBER: 431698480 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7500 COLLEGE BOULEVARD, STE 1000 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66210 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-792-1600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LIBERTY PLAZA STREET 2: MAILDROP #24 CITY: LIBERTY STATE: MO ZIP: 64068 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FERRELLGAS PARTNERS FINANCE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001012493 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL [5900] IRS NUMBER: 431742520 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7500 COLLEGE BOULEVARD, STE 1000 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66210 BUSINESS PHONE: 9136611500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7500 COLLEGE BOULEVARD, STE 1000 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66210 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

 

July 18, 2017

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC  20549

Attention: Katherine Bagley

 

Re:                             Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.
Registration Statement on Form S-4

File No. 333-219218

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned, Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. (together, the “Issuers”), pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby request that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 be accelerated to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, July 20, 2017 or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The Issuers acknowledge that (i) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Issuers from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (iii) the Issuers may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

FERRELLGAS PARTNERS, L.P.

 

By: Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alan C. Heitmann

 

 

Alan C. Heitmann

 

 

Executive Vice President,

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

FERRELLGAS PARTNERS FINANCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alan C. Heitmann

 

 

Alan C. Heitmann

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 


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