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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):		May 5, 2008

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-11331	43-1698480
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, Overland Park, Kansas		66210
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		913-661-1500

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	333-06693	43-1742520
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, Overland Park, Kansas		66210
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		913-661-1500

n/a
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Ferrellgas, L.P.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-50182	43-1698481
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, Overland Park, Kansas		66210
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		913-661-1500

n/a
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Ferrellgas Finance Corp.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-50183	14-1866671
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, Overland Park, Kansas		66210
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		913-661-1500

n/a
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information included in Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On May 5, 2008, we renewed our accounts receivable securitization facility for a 364 day commitment with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Fifth Third Bank. The renewed facility allows us to sell up to $160 million of accounts receivable, depending on the available undivided interest on our accounts receivable from certain customers.

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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.

		Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
May 6, 2008		By:		/s/ J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Name: J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer

		Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.
May 6, 2008		By:		/s/ J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Name: J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Title: Officer and Sole Director

		Ferrellgas, L.P.
May 6, 2008		By:		/s/ J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Name: J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer

		Ferrellgas Finance Corp.
May 6, 2008		By:		/s/ J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Name: J. Ryan VanWinkle
				Title: Officer and Sole Director

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement
10.2		Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Receivable Interest Sale Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 5, 2008 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Ferrellgas”), as initial Servicer (the initial Servicer together with Seller, the “Seller Parties” and each, a “Seller Party”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan Chase” and, together with its successors and assigns hereunder that become Committed Purchasers, the “Financial Institutions”), Falcon Asset Securitization Company, LLC (“Falcon”), as assignee of Jupiter Securitization Company LLC), Fifth Third Bank (“Fifth Third”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent for the Purchasers hereunder or any successor agent hereunder (together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the “Agent”) with respect to the Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 6, 2006 among the parties (as heretofore amended, the “Existing Agreement”). The Existing Agreement, as amended hereby, is hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement.” Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit I to the Existing Agreement.

WITNESSETH :

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Existing Agreement as hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Amendments.

1.1. All references in the Existing Agreement to “Jupiter Securitization Company, LLC” are hereby replaced with “Falcon Asset Securitization Company, LLC” and all references to “Jupiter,” either alone, or as part of another defined term, are hereby replaced with “Falcon”.

1.2 Each of the following definitions in the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Liquidity Termination Date” means May 4, 2009.

“Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser Interest, the amount paid to Seller for such Purchaser Interest which shall not exceed the least of (i) the amount requested by Seller in the applicable Purchase Notice, (ii) the unused portion of the Purchase Limit on the applicable purchase date and (iii) the excess, if any, of 75% of the Net Asset Interest Balance on the applicable purchase date over the aggregate outstanding amount of Aggregate Capital determined as of the date of the most recent Monthly Report or Weekly Report, as applicable, taking into account such proposed Incremental Purchase.

1.3 Section 1.1(b) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(b) Not more than once per calendar month, Seller may, upon at least 5 Business Days’ notice to the Agent (who will promptly forward a copy of each such notice to the Purchasers), terminate in whole or reduce in part, ratably between the Purchaser Groups (and, within the Falcon Group, ratably among the Financial Institutions), the unused portion of the Purchase Limit and the Group Purchase Limits; provided that each partial reduction of the Purchase Limit shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Each decrease in the Purchase Limit shall decrease (A) the aggregate Commitments by a like amount, which aggregate decrease shall be apportioned amongst the various Committed Purchasers’ Commitments ratably in accordance with their respective Committed Purchaser Percentages, and (B) the Group Purchase Limits by an amount equal to their respective Percentages of such decrease. Each notice of a partial decrease in the Purchase Limit shall be accompanied by an updated version of Schedule A hereto bearing the effective date of such increase or decrease.

1.4 Section 8.5(b) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(b) In addition to the Monthly Reports and other reports required under Section 8.5(a), on Tuesday of each week, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, a “Weekly Reporting Date”), the Servicer shall prepare and forward to the Agent a Weekly Report as of the last Business Day of the week then most recently ended.

1.5. Section 9.1(k) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(k) As of the last day of any Measurement Period ending during the periods specified in the table below, the average of the three Measurement Periods then most recently ended for the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables included in the Purchaser Interests (regardless of whether they are Eligible Receivables on the date of determination) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 91 days or more from the original due date for such payment shall exceed the percentage specified in the table below opposite such period:

1.6 Section 10.3 of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended to insert after “on demand” in each place where it appears the following:

(and, in the absence of demand, within 45 days after presentation of an invoice therefor setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the fees and charges therein).

1.7 Schedule A to the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Schedule A hereto.

2. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Buyer and the Originator hereby represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto as follows:

(a) The execution and delivery by such party of this Amendment, and the performance of its obligations under the Agreement as amended hereby, are within such party’s organizational powers and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action on its part;

(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such party, and the Agreement, as amended hereby, constitutes such party’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), and

(c) As of the date hereof, no event has occurred and is continuing that will constitute a Termination Event or a Potential Termination Event.

3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written upon delivery to the Agent of each of the following:

(a) counterparts hereof, duly executed by each of the parties hereto;

(b) counterparts of an amendment and restatement of the Purchasers’ Fee Letter, duly executed by each of the parties thereto; and

(c) counterparts of Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, duly executed by each of the parties thereto.

4. Miscellaneous.

(a) CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(c) Ratification of Agreement. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement remains unaltered and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.

FERRELLGAS RECEIVABLES, LLC

By:
Name:
Title:

FERRELLGAS, L.P.

By: Ferrellgas, Inc., its General Partner

By:
Name:
Title:

1

FALCON ASSET SECURITIZATION COMPANY, LLC

By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as attorney-in-fact
By:
Trisha Lesch, Vice President

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

Individually as a Financial Institution and as Agent

By:
Trisha Lesch, Vice President

2

FIFTH THIRD BANK

By:
Robert Finley, Vice President and Manager

3

Schedule A to Amendment

SCHEDULE A

COMMITMENTS
As of May 5, 2008

4

exhibit 10.2

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLE INTEREST SALE AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLE INTEREST SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 5, 2008 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Originator”), and Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”), and pertains to the Amended and Restated Receivables Interest Sale Agreement dated as of June 7, 2005 between Originator and Buyer (as heretofore amended, the “Existing Agreement”). The Existing Agreement, as amended hereby, is hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement.” Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit I to the Existing Agreement.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Existing Agreement as hereinafter set forth; and

WHEREAS, the Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers, is willing to consent to such amendment;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Amendments.

(a) Clause E in the Preliminary Statements recited at the beginning of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

E. From time to time after the date hereof, Buyer will sell undivided interests in the Receivable Interest and the Contributed Interest pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 7, 2005 (as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified, the “Purchase Agreement”) among Buyer, as seller, Originator, as initial Servicer, Falcon Asset Securitization Company, LLC (“Conduit”), Fifth Third Bank (“Fifth Third”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (together with Fifth Third, Conduit and their respective successor and permitted assigns, the “Purchasers”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or any successor agent appointed pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, as agent for the Purchasers (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

(b) Paragraph (o) of Section 7.1 of the Existing Agreement is amended by substituting “$53,000,000” for “$40,000,000.”

(c) The definition of “Adjusted Pool Amount” in Exhibit I to the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Adjusted Pool Amount” means, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the quotient of the Funded Amount divided by 0.75.

2. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Buyer and the Originator hereby represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto as follows:

(a) The execution and delivery by such party of this Amendment, and the performance of its obligations under the Agreement and the Subordinated Note, are within such party’s organizational powers and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action on its part;

(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such party, and the Agreement and, in the case of the Buyer, the Subordinated Note, constitute such party’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), and

(c) As of the date hereof, no event has occurred and is continuing that will constitute a Termination Event or a Potential Termination Event.

3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written upon execution by the Originator, the Buyer and the Agent of counterparts hereof and delivery of such executed counterparts to the Agent.

4. Miscellaneous.

(a) CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

(b) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(c) Ratification of Agreement. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement and the Subordinated Note remain unaltered and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.

FERRELLGAS, L.P.

By: Ferrellgas, Inc., its General Partner

By:
Name:
Title:

FERRELLGAS RECEIVABLES, LLC

By:
Name:
Title:

By its signature below, the Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers, hereby consents to the foregoing Amendment as of the date first above written:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent

By:
Trisha Lesch, Vice President