MarkWest Energy Partners Announces Pricing Of An Offering Of $1.0 Billion Of 4.5% Senior Notes Due 2023

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE) (the "Partnership") and its subsidiary MarkWest Energy Finance Corporation announced today that they have priced at par an offering of $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.5% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the "Notes"). The offering of the Notes is expected to settle on January 10, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Natixis, RBC Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, UBS Investment Bank, US Bancorp, and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the Notes offering. The Notes offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. A copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus associated with this offering may be obtained from the underwriters as follows:

• Barclays, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Ave. Edgewood, NY 11717. By email at [e-mail], or Toll-Free: [phone];
• BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038. By email at [e-mail];
• Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Ave. Edgewood, NY 11717. By email at [e-mail], or Toll-Free: [phone];
• Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282. By email at [e-mail], or Toll-Free: [phone];
• J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Ave. Edgewood, NY 11717. Toll-Free: [phone];
• Morgan Stanley, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014. By email at [e-mail], or Toll-Free: [phone];
• Natixis, Attention: Natixis Securities Americas LLC Fixed Income Syndicate, 1251 Avenue of the Americas (4th floor), New York, NY 10020. Toll-Free: [phone];
• RBC Capital Markets, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10281-8098. By email at [e-mail], or Toll-Free: [phone];

• SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Attention: High Yield Syndicate, 333 Peachtree Road, 10th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30326. By phone: [phone];

• UBS Investment Bank, Attention: Prospectus Dept., 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171. Toll-Free: [phone], ext. 561 3884;
• US Bancorp, Attention: Stephen Philipson – High Yield Syndicate, 214 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. By email at [e-mail], or Toll-Free: [phone]; or
• Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 7th Floor MAC D1086-070, Charlotte, NC 28202. By email at [e-mail], or Toll-Free: [phone].

The Partnership expects to receive net proceeds from the Notes offering, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and offering expenses, of approximately $986,900,000. The Partnership intends to use a portion of such proceeds, together with cash on hand resulting in part from its recent equity offerings, to fund the redemption of all of its outstanding 8.75% Senior Notes due 2018, and a portion of its 6.5% Senior Notes due 2021 and 6.25% Senior Notes due 2022, with the balance of such proceeds to be used to fund the Partnership’s capital expenditure program, for general working capital and for other general partnership purposes. Any redemption of these series of senior notes will be made by separate notice to holders of such senior notes and nothing in this press release is intended to constitute such notice.

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