Spectra Energy Partners Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Units

HOUSTON, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spectra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: SEP) (the "Partnership") announced today that its public offering of 4,750,000 common units was priced at $27.60 per unit to the public. The Partnership expects the delivery of the units to occur on November 19, 2012. In addition, the underwriters have an overallotment option to purchase up to approximately 712,500 additional common units.

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Assuming no exercise of the overallotment option, Spectra Energy Partners expects to receive net proceeds from the offering of approximately $128.7 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the Partnership, and including a capital contribution from its general partner to maintain its proportionate 2 percent interest in the Partnership.  The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds, as well as the net proceeds from any exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option, for funding capital expenditures and acquisitions. Pending such use, the net proceeds of this offering will be held as cash or invested in short-term securities, or a combination of both.

Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Investment Bank, and Credit Suisse acted as joint book running managers for the offering.  The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus.  A copy of the prospectus supplement, when available, and the accompanying base prospectus for the offering may be obtained from:

Wells Fargo Securities   
Attn: Equity Syndicate Dept.   
375 Park Avenue  
New York, New York 10152  
Telephone: 800-326-5897 
Email: [email protected]

Citigroup 
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions 
1155 Long Island Avenue 
Edgewood, NY 11717 
Telephone: 800-831-9146 

Deutsche Bank Securities 
Attn.: Prospectus Group  
60 Wall Street 
New York, NY 10005-2836 
Email: [email protected]  
Telephone: 800-503-4611 

UBS Investment Bank 
Attn: Prospectus Department 
299 Park Avenue 
New York, New York 10171 
Telephone: 888-827-7275 

Credit Suisse 
Prospectus Department  
One Madison Avenue 
New York, NY 10010-3629, USA 
Telephone: 1-800-221-1037 

An electronic copy of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus will be available from the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

The common units are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement the Partnership previously filed with the SEC.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are identified by terms and phrases such as: anticipate, believe, intend, estimate, expect, continue, should, could, may, plan, project, predict, will, potential, forecast, and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from the results predicted. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in any forward-looking statement include, but are not limited to: state and federal legislative and regulatory initiatives that affect cost and investment recovery, have an effect on rate structure, and affect the speed at and degree to which competition enters the natural gas industries; outcomes of litigation and regulatory investigations, proceedings or inquiries; weather and other natural phenomena, including the economic, operational and other effects of hurricanes and storms; the timing and extent of changes in interest rates; general economic conditions, including the risk of a prolonged economic slowdown or decline, or the risk of delay in a recovery, which can affect the long-term demand for natural gas and related services; potential effects arising from terrorist attacks and any consequential or other hostilities; changes in environmental, safety and other laws and regulations; results and costs of financing efforts, including the ability to obtain financing on favorable terms, which can be affected by various factors, including credit ratings and general market and economic conditions; increases in the cost of goods and services required to complete capital projects; growth in opportunities, including the timing and success of efforts to develop domestic pipeline, storage, gathering and other infrastructure projects and the effects of competition; the performance of natural gas transmission, storage and gathering facilities; the extent of success in connecting natural gas supplies to transmission and gathering systems and in connecting to expanding gas markets; the effect of accounting pronouncements issued periodically by accounting standard-setting bodies; conditions of the capital markets during the periods covered by the forward-looking statements; and the ability to successfully complete merger, acquisition or divestiture plans; regulatory or other limitations imposed as a result of a merger, acquisition or divestiture; and the success of the business following a merger, acquisition or divestiture. These factors, as well as additional factors that could affect our forward-looking statements, are described in our filings that we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which are available via the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov.  In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than we have described.  All forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date hereof and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Spectra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: SEP) is a Houston-based master limited partnership, formed by Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), that owns interests in natural gas transportation and storage assets in the United States, including more than 3,500 miles of transmission and gathering pipelines and approximately 57 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage. These assets are capable of transporting 4.5 Bcf of natural gas per day from growing supply areas to high-demand markets.

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