Hess Midstream Partners LP Completes Acquisition of Hess Infrastructure Partners LP, IDR Simplification and Conversion to An Up-C Corporate Structure

Hess Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: HESM) (the “Company” or “HESM”) today announced that the Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of Hess Infrastructure Partners LP (“HIP”), IDR simplification and conversion from a master limited partnership into an “Up-C” structure by merging with Hess Midstream LP (“Hess Midstream”), an entity taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. At the effective time of the transaction, each HESM common unit held by Hess Midstream Partners LP public unitholders converted on a one-for-one basis into a newly issued Class A share representing a limited partner interest in Hess Midstream. Based on the number of HESM common units held by Hess Midstream Partners LP public unitholders, Hess Midstream issued approximately 17 million Class A shares to HESM public unitholders. As part of the transaction, Hess Midstream Partners LP changed its name to “Hess Midstream Operations LP” and will continue as a consolidated subsidiary of Hess Midstream, the new publicly listed entity. Hess Midstream Partners LP common units ceased trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) effective after the market close today and the Class A shares will begin trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “HESM” at the opening of the market on December 17, 2019.

“Hess Midstream has successfully transitioned from a small-cap MLP to a midstream company with an enterprise value of approximately $8 billion,” said Jonathan Stein, Chief Financial Officer of Hess Midstream. “A more diversified investor base can now participate in our differentiated business model of strong expected EBITDA and distribution growth and free cash flow generation, all underpinned by our best-in-class contract structure and conservative balance sheet.”

As consideration for the acquisition, affiliates of Hess Corporation (“Hess”) and Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), the Company’s existing sponsors, received approximately 230 million newly issued HESM common units and a cash payment of approximately $602 million in the aggregate. After giving effect to the acquisition and related transactions, public shareholders of Class A shares in Hess Midstream own approximately 6% of the consolidated entity on an as-exchanged basis and Hess and GIP each own approximately 47% of the consolidated entity on an as-exchanged basis, primarily through the sponsors’ ownership of limited partner interests in HESM that are exchangeable into Class A shares of Hess Midstream on a one-for-one basis.