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Blue Rhino Corp & Ferrellgas Partners LP	Update Date: 02/02/09
Date Announced: 02/08/04
Value (million $USD): 350.2 million U.S. Dollar

Status: Completed

TRANSACTION DETAILS
Date Announced	02/08/04
Date Originally Announced	02/08/04
Format	Merger	Acquisition techniques	Not Applicable
Attitude	Friendly	Agency	Federal Trade Commission; Justice Department
Value	350.2 million U.S. Dollar	Advisor Fees	Blue Rhino paid Banc of America a fee of $1 mil for the rendering of its fairness opinion.

SYNOPSIS
US - Ferrellgas Partners LP acquired all the oustanding common stock of Blue Rhino Corp (BR), a provider of grill cylinder exchanges services, from Ferrell Cos Inc, for $17 in cash per share, or a total value of $350.19 mil. The transaction was subject to regulatory, BR shareholders and Hart Scott Rodino Act approvals.

TARGET
Name	Blue Rhino Corp (RINO)
Industries	Retail stores, nec
City	Winston-Salem
State	NC
Nation	United States
Incorporated in	DE
Public Status	Public
Business Description	Provide gas grill cylinder exchange services, which links propane distributors with major retailers to provide consumers with a convenient means to exchange empty grill cylinders for clean, safer, precision-filled cylinders
Advisors	Banc of America Securities LLC
Target Sales	253.9 million U.S. Dollar

ACQUIROR
Name	Ferrellgas Partners LP (FGP)
Industries	Natural gas liquids; Offices of holding companies, nec; Investors, nec
City	Overland Park
State	KS
Nation	United States
Incorporated in	DE
Public Status	Public
Business Description	Ferrellgas Partners LP, located in Overland Park, Kansas, provide propane retail services primarily in the United States.
Advisors	Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
Acquiror Sales	1.28 billion U.S. Dollar

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