MPLX LP increases quarterly distribution
FINDLAY, Ohio, Oct. 25, 2017 - MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) today announced that the board of directors of its general partner has declared a cash distribution of $0.5875 per common unit for the third
quarter of 2017. This represents an increase of $0.025 per unit, or 4 percent, over the second-quarter 2017 distribution, and an increase of $0.0725 per unit, or 14 percent, over the third-quarter
2016 distribution. Since the partnership's initial public offering in October 2012, the MPLX board has authorized distribution increases for 19 consecutive quarters, representing a compound annual
growth rate of 18 percent over the minimum quarterly distribution established at the partnership's formation. The distribution will be paid Nov. 14, 2017, to common unitholders of record as of Nov.
6, 2017.
On Oct. 26, MPLX will provide an update on its 2017 third-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 1-888-606-5719 (confirmation number 6033306) or by visiting MPLX's website at http://www.mplx.com and clicking on the "2017 Third-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, storage and distribution of crude oil and refined petroleum products. Headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, MPLX's assets consist of a network of crude oil and 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 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 approximately 5.9 billion cubic feet per day of
gathering capacity, 8 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas processing capacity and 570,000 barrels per day of fractionation capacity.
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Source: MPLX LP via Globenewswire