Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2018

Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-35917	46-1972941
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



4200 W. 115th Street, Suite 350 Leawood, Kansas		66211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (913) 928-6060

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Item 7.01.	Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 3, 2018, Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP issued a press release announcing two strategic acquisitions by its Tallgrass Terminals business and several significant commercial developments that continue to expand the variety of services offered by Pony Express in key crude oil producing basins it serves. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.



Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits



EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION

99.1		Press release issued by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, dated January 3, 2018 (Furnished solely for purposes of Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



		TALLGRASS ENERGY PARTNERS, LP

		By:	Tallgrass MLP GP, LLC
			its general partner


Date:	January 3, 2018	By:	/s/ David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
			David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
			President and Chief Executive Officer