MPLX LP increases quarterly distribution
FINDLAY, Ohio, April 26, 2017 - MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) today announced that the board of directors of its general partner has declared a cash distribution of $0.54 per common unit for the first
quarter of 2017. This represents an increase of $0.02 per unit, or 4 percent, over the fourth-quarter 2016 distribution, and an increase of $0.035 per unit, or 7 percent, over the first-quarter
2016 distribution. Since the partnership's initial public offering in October 2012, the MPLX board has authorized distribution increases for 17 consecutive quarters, representing a compound annual
growth rate of 19 percent over the minimum quarterly distribution established at the partnership's formation. The distribution will be paid May 15, 2017, to common unitholders of record as of May
8, 2017.
On April 27, MPLX will provide an update on its 2017 first-quarter results through an earnings release, to be followed by a conference call scheduled for 11 a.m. EDT that day. Interested parties
may listen to the conference call by dialing 1-800-446-1671 (confirmation number 44548079) or by visiting MPLX's website at http://www.mplx.com and clicking on the "2017 First-Quarter Financial
Results" link in the "News & Headlines" section.
This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat 100 percent of MPLX's distributions to foreign investors as being
attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, MPLX's distributions to non-United States investors are subject to federal income tax
withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
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About MPLX LP
MPLX is a diversified, growth-oriented master limited partnership formed in 2012 by Marathon Petroleum Corporation to own, operate, develop and acquire midstream energy
infrastructure assets. We are engaged in the gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas; the gathering, transportation, fractionation, storage and marketing of NGLs; and the
transportation and storage of crude oil and refined petroleum products. Headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, MPLX's assets consist of a network of crude oil and refined products pipeline assets located
in the Midwest and Gulf Coast regions of the United States; 62 light-product terminals with approximately 24 million barrels of storage capacity; an inland marine business; storage caverns with
approximately 2.8 million barrels of storage capacity; crude oil and product storage facilities (tank farms) with approximately 4.5 million barrels of available storage capacity; a barge dock
facility with approximately 78,000 barrels per day of crude oil and product throughput capacity; and gathering and processing assets that include more than 5,600 miles of gas gathering and NGL
pipelines, 55 gas processing plants, 14 NGL fractionation facilities and two condensate stabilization facilities.
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Source: MPLX LP via Globenewswire