Williams Pipeline Company Sinks on Secondary Offering (WPZ, WMB)

Williams Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ), a pipeline master limited partnership, announced a secondary offering of 10 million common units this morning at a price of $54.56/unit. The company’s common units closed last night at $56.30. Williams Pipeline’s majority owner,…

Published April 4, 2012, 11:27am ET · 1 min read

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Williams Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ), a pipeline master limited partnership, announced a secondary offering of 10 million common units this morning at a price of $54.56/unit. The company’s common units closed last night at $56.30.

Williams Pipeline’s majority owner, Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB), completed a secondary offering of 26 million shares last week. Both offerings will use proceeds either directly or indirectly to finance Williams Pipeline’s acquisition of Caiman Eastern Midstream LLC, the owner of a gathering system in the Marcellus shale play.

Williams Pipeline’s common units are down -3.5% at $54.33 in a 52-week range of $45.39-$65.39. Williams Cos. shares are down nearly -1% at $31.14 in a 52-week range of $21.90-$33.47.

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Paul Ausick

Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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