American Midstream Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results

American Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: AMID) (“American Midstream” or the “Partnership”) today reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2016.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2016, the Partnership reported net income of $5.5 million, an increase of 105% as compared to the same period in 2015; Adjusted EBITDA of $33.5 million, an increase of 64%; and Distributable Cash Flow (“DCF”) of $17.9 million, an increase of 25%.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Partnership reported a net loss of $1.5 million, an improvement of 99% as compared to 2015; Adjusted EBITDA of $125.7 million, an increase of 90% ; and DCF of $87.9 million, an increase of 89%.

EXECUTIVE COMMENTARY

“The Partnership had an active year announcing approximately $400 million of growth projects and acquisitions, which accelerated scale across our platform with Adjusted EBITDA increasing approximately 90% versus last year,” said Lynn Bourdon, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We continue to execute on the growth and expansion of our core businesses with positive developments in all of our geographic areas. With the ability to produce strong operational and financial results, we are poised to drive ongoing success into 2017 by executing on our strategy of acquiring or building attractive assets that build upon our core businesses.”

“We are pleased to be on the cusp of closing the JP Energy merger. The merger elevates and reshapes two businesses into a unified platform that allows for increased growth, new business opportunities and a stronger financial position than either company could achieve separately. With a larger asset footprint, increased scale and expanded service offering, we are poised to create a best-in-class integrated midstream company. Whether it’s gathering and processing, transmission or terminals, we will be able to provide our customers with a larger suite of services that lever the capabilities of our combined system,” stated Mr. Bourdon.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Net income attributable to the Partnership was $5.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of 105% as compared to the same period in 2015, due to an increase in earnings from unconsolidated affiliates from our investment in Delta House and our acquisitions of Destin, Okeanos, Wilprise, and Tri-States (the “Gulf Coast Acquisitions”). Net loss attributable to the Partnership for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 was $1.5 million, an improvement of 99% as compared to 2015, primarily related to the Gulf Coast Acquisitions.

Gross margin was $36.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of 32% as compared to the same period in 2015, due to increased margin in our Gathering and Processing segment as a result of American Panther being acquired in second quarter 2016, 9% higher daily average throughput volumes in our Transmission segment, and an increase in our Terminals segment as a result of higher storage revenue. Gross margin was $130.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of 6% as compared to 2015, primarily due to increased revenues in our Transmission segment due to the nearly six month shut-down of the Pascagoula processing plant which redirected volumes to our High Point system and an increase in our Terminals segment as a result of higher storage revenue.

Adjusted EBITDA was $33.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $13.1 million or 64% as compared to the same period in 2015. Adjusted EBITDA was $125.7 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $59.4 million or 90% as compared to 2015. Distributable Cash Flow was $17.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of 25% as compared to the same period in 2015. DCF was $87.9 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of 89% as compared to 2015. Fourth quarter DCF includes additional cash payments for Series C and D Preferred Units.

The Partnership paid its fourth quarter 2016 distribution at a rate of $0.4125 per common unit, or $1.65 per unit on an annualized basis. This distribution was paid on February 13, 2017 to unitholders of record on February 6, 2017. Full year 2016 distribution coverage is 1.7 times.

Reconciliations of supplemental non-GAAP financial measures of gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and DCF to Net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, are provided at the end of this press release.

SEGMENT PERFORMANCE

Gathering and Processing

Gross margin was $19.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $2.2 million or 13% as compared to the same period in 2015, primarily attributable to higher realized natural gas liquids (“NGL”) prices and higher average throughput volumes from American Panther. Gross margin was $74.6 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, a decrease of $2.3 million or 3% as compared to 2015, primarily due to lower NGL production and lower commodity prices. These declines were partially offset by increased gross margin from our American Panther facility.

Transmission

Gross margin was $12.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $4.5 million or 54% as compared to the same period in 2015. Gross margin was $41.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $5.9 million or approximately 17% as compared to 2015. The increases in gross margin are primarily attributable to the Pascagoula pipeline shutdown which redirected volumes to our High Point system.

Terminals

Gross margin was $4.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $2.3 million or 105% as compared to the same period in 2015. Gross margin was $14.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of $4.2 million or 42%, as compared to 2015 primarily attributable to expansion at the Harvey terminal site and increased demand for terminal storage. Pro forma gross margin for the exclusion of the earn-out incentive awards for the cash flow success of the Harvey expansion would have been $15.2 million and $10.6 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, an increase of $4.6 million or 43%.

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

Terminal Expansion

Throughout 2016, incremental storage was added at the Partnership’s Harvey terminal in the Port of New Orleans. Overall, 775,000 barrels of new storage were added across the Partnership’s Harvey and Westwego locations. Additionally, in the fourth quarter, AMID received site plan approval from Jefferson Parish to construct an additional 1.35 million barrels at the Harvey site. The Partnership is in the later stages of commercialization and expects to commence construction in the first half of 2017. Once the multi-phase expansion is complete, the Partnership will have approximately 2.5 million barrels of storage for specialty chemical, petroleum products and other applications.

Bakken System

In the fourth quarter, the Partnership expanded crude oil marketing as well as commissioned hydrogen sulfide removal capabilites at its Bakken gathering system. These expanded service offerings were in preparation for increased drilling in the Partnership’s operating areas that are expected to create new volumes on the system.

Providing further optionality, AMID has entered into a connection agreement with Dakota Access Pipeline. The 1,172-mile 30-inch pipeline will extend from the Bakken formation production area in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois. Through the expansion of our service offerings and ability to provide critical infrastructure, the Partnership offers customers further optionality and additional takeaway point for their product.

Incremental Delta House Acquisition

On November 1, 2016, the Partnership announced the acquisition of an additional 6.2% interest in Delta House, a fee-based, semi-submersible floating production system (FPS), and associated oil and gas pipelines in the Gulf Coast, bringing the Partnership’s total equity interest to 20.14% of the Class A Units. In October, the 11th LLOG-operated tie-back was completed bringing the system to peak capacity of approximately 100 MBbl/d oil and 240 MMcf/d gas.

This acquisition of additional interests was accretive to Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow and is part of the Partnership’s ongoing strategy to build a portfolio of complementary assets across multiple strategic producing areas.

JP Energy Merger

On October 24, 2016, American Midstream Partners, LP and JP Energy Partners LP (NYSE: JPEP) (“JP Energy”) announced their execution of a merger agreement to create a combined midstream partnership. American Midstream will acquire 100% of JP Energy in a unit-for-unit merger. In conjunction with the transaction, ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, the sponsor of both American Midstream and JP Energy, will combine the general partners of the two companies. The merger of American Midstream and JP Energy will create a diversified midstream business operating in leading North American basins, including the Permian, Gulf of Mexico, Eagle Ford and Bakken.

The merger is expected to close shortly after the JP Energy unitholder vote that is being held on March 7, 2017. The combined partnership will own and operate diverse midstream infrastructure representing:

• More than 3,100 miles of gathering and transportation pipeline,
• Over 2.5 Bcf/d of transportation capacity,
• Six processing plants with 400 MMcf/d of processing capacity,
• Three fractionation facilities with 20,000bpd of capacity,
• 20.1% interest of offshore floating production facility (FPS) in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico,
• 6.7 million barrels of above-ground storage capacity,
• Third largest propane cylinder exchange business in the U.S., and
• Eighth largest retail propane distribution business in the U.S.

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

On November 1, 2016, the Partnership announced the issuance of $35 million, Series D convertible preferred units issued to affiliates of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the acquisition of a 6.2% incremental interest in Delta House. The preferred equity is cash paying and receives preferred distributions equal to the greater of $0.4125 per unit or the distribution paid to the common unitholders.

On December 28, 2016, the Partnership closed on the issuance of its first senior unsecured debt offering, comprising of $300 million of 8.50% senior unsecured notes maturing December 15, 2021. The net proceeds were deposited into escrow pending completion of the Partnership’s merger with JP Energy. Upon release of the net proceeds from escrow at the closing of the Merger, the Partnership expects to use the net proceeds to repay and terminate JP Energy’s revolving credit facility and to reduce borrowings under American Midstream’s senior secured revolving credit facility.

As of December 31, 2016, excluding the unsecured notes held in escrow, the Partnership had $711.3 million outstanding under its senior secured revolving credit facility with debt covenant leverage of approximately 4.2 times.

For 2016, capital expenditures totaled $396.5 million including $273.4 million for acquisition capital, $120.0 million for growth capital and $3.1 million for maintenance capital.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Partnership periodically enters into risk management contracts to minimize the impact of commodity price changes associated with natural gas, NGL, crude oil and interest rates. Currently, the Partnership has not entered into commodity contracts to hedge 2017 equity production.

In order to mitigate the impact of rising interest rates on floating rate debt, the Partnership has entered into $450 million of interest rate swaps through 2022 at a weighted average rate of 1.3%.

2016 TAX PACKAGE

The American Midstream K-1 tax packages are expected to be made available on-line by 12:00 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, March 08, 2017 and will be mailed by Friday, March 10, 2017.

CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

The Partnership will host a conference call at 10:00 AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 to discuss these results. The call will be webcast and archived on the Partnership’s website for a limited time.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release and the accompanying tables include supplemental non-GAAP financial measures, including “Adjusted EBITDA,” “Gross Margin,” “Operating Margin,” “Segment Operating Margin,” and “Distributable Cash Flow.” The tables included in this press release include reconciliations of these supplemental non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP financial measures. In addition, a “Note About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” is set forth later in this press release.

About American Midstream Partners, LP

American Midstream Partners, LP is a growth-oriented limited partnership formed to provide critical midstream infrastructure that links producers of natural gas, crude oil, NGLs, condensate and specialty chemicals to end-use markets. AMID’s assets are strategically located in some of the most prolific onshore and offshore basins in the Permian, Eagle Ford, East Texas, Bakken and Gulf Coast. AMID owns or has an ownership interest in more than 3,850 miles of interstate and intrastate pipelines, as well as ownership in gas processing plants, fractionation facilities, an offshore semisubmersible floating production system with nameplate processing capacity of 80 MBbl/d of crude oil and 200 MMcf/d of natural gas; and marine terminal sites with approximately 2.4 MMBbls of storage capacity.

For more information about American Midstream Partners, LP, visit www.americanmidstream.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements. These statements relate to, among other things, projections of 2016 financial performance, consummation of transactions, operational volumetrics and improvements, growth projects, distributions, cash flows and capital expenditures. We have used the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “potential,” and similar terms and phrases to identify forward-looking statements in this press release. Although we believe the assumptions upon which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of these assumptions could prove to be inaccurate and the forward-looking statements based on these assumptions could be incorrect. Our operations and future growth involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially affect our results of operations and whether the forward-looking statements ultimately prove to be correct. Actual results and trends in the future may differ materially from those suggested or implied by the forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors which are described in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Risks we face include risks associated with the pending merger with JP Energy Partners, the integration of acquired businesses, decreased liquidity, increased interest and other expenses, assumption of potential liabilities, diversion of management’s attention, and other risks associated with growth and acquisitions, operational issues, actions by regulatory agencies and third parties and industry and market conditions. Please see our “Risk Factor” and other disclosures included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2016 and subsequent reports that we have filed with the SEC. All future written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the previous statements. The forward-looking statements herein speak as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update any information contained herein or to publicly release the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur, or that we become aware of, after the date of this press release.

Appendix A

Note About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Operating margin and Segment operating margin are all non-GAAP financial measures. Each has important limitations as an analytical tool because it excludes some, but not all, items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Management compensates for the limitations of these non-GAAP financial measures as analytical tools by reviewing the nearest comparable GAAP financial measures, understanding the differences between the measures and incorporating these data points into management’s decision-making process.

You should not consider any of Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Operating margin and Segment operating margin in isolation or as a substitute for or more meaningful than our results as reported under GAAP. Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Operating margin and Segment operating margin may be defined differently by other companies in our industry. Our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.

Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used by our management and by external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, to assess: the financial performance of our assets without regard to financing methods, capital structure or historical cost basis; the ability of our assets to generate cash flow from operations to make cash distributions to our unitholders and our General Partner; our operating performance and return on capital as compared to those of other companies in the midstream energy sector, without regard to financing or capital structure; and the attractiveness of capital projects and acquisitions and the overall rates of return on alternative investment opportunities.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership, plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense attributable to the Partnership, certain non-cash charges such as non-cash equity compensation expense, unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives, debt issuance costs paid during the period, distributions from investments in unconsolidated affiliates, transaction expenses and selected charges that are unusual, less, earnings in unconsolidated affiliates, gains (losses) on sale of assets, net and selected gains that are unusual or nonrecurring. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to our performance measure Adjusted EBITDA is Net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership.

DCF is a significant performance metric used by us and by external users of the Partnership’s financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks and research analysts, to compare basic cash flows generated by us to the cash distributions we expect to pay the Partnership’s unitholders. Using this metric, management and external users of the Partnership’s financial statements can quickly compute the coverage ratio of estimated cash flows to planned cash distributions. DCF is also an important financial measure for the Partnership’s unitholders since it serves as an indicator of the Partnership’s success in providing a cash return on investment. Specifically, this financial measure may indicate to investors whether we are generating cash flow at a level that can sustain or support an increase in the Partnership’s quarterly distribution rates. DCF is also a quantitative standard used throughout the investment community with respect to publicly traded partnerships and limited liability companies because the value of a unit of such an entity is generally determined by the unit’s yield (which in turn is based on the amount of cash distributions the entity pays to a unitholder). DCF will not reflect changes in working capital balances.

We define DCF as Adjusted EBITDA, less cash paid for interest expense, normalized maintenance capital expenditures, and distributions related to the Series A, Series C, and Series D convertible preferred units. The GAAP financial measure most comparable to DCF is Net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership.

Segment gross margin and Gross margin are metrics that we use to evaluate our performance. We define Segment gross margin in our Gathering and Processing segment as total revenue generated from gathering and processing operations less unrealized gains or plus unrealized losses on commodity derivatives, less the cost of natural gas, crude oil, NGLs and condensate purchased. Revenue includes revenue generated from fixed fees associated with the gathering and treatment of natural gas and crude oil and from the sale of natural gas, crude oil, NGLs and condensate resulting from gathering and processing activities under fixed-margin and percent-of-proceeds arrangements. The cost of natural gas, NGLs and condensate includes volumes of natural gas, NGLs and condensate remitted back to producers pursuant to percent-of-proceeds arrangements and the cost of natural gas purchased for our own account, including pursuant to fixed-margin arrangements.

We define Segment gross margin in our Transmission segment as total revenue less the cost of natural gas purchased in connection with fixed-margin arrangements. Substantially all of our gross margin in this segment is fee-based or fixed-margin, with little to no direct commodity price risk.

We define Segment gross margin in our Terminals segment as total revenue less direct operating expense which includes direct labor, general materials and supplies and direct overhead.

We define Gross margin as the sum of our Segment gross margin for our Gathering and Processing, Transmission and Terminals segments. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Gross margin is Net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership.

We define Segment operating margin in all of our operating segments as Segment gross margin less the direct operating expenses of that segment.

We define Operating margin as total gross margin less direct operating expense. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Gross margin is Net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership.

Additional Information and Where to Find it

This communication relates to a proposed business combination between American Midstream and JP Energy. In connection with the proposed transaction, on November 23, 2016, American Midstream filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 that included a preliminary joint proxy statement of American Midstream and JP Energy that also constitutes a prospectus of American Midstream. The registration statements was declared effective by the SEC on January 31, 2017, and American Midstream and JP Energy commenced mailing the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus to their respective unitholders on or about February 3, 2017. This material is not a substitute for the joint proxy statement/prospectus or registration statement or for any other document that American Midstream or JP Energy may file with SEC and send to American Midstream’s and /or JP Energy’s unitholders in connection with the proposed transactions. WE URGE INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain these materials as they become available free of charge at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. In addition, copies of any documents filed with the SEC may be obtained free of charge from JP Energy’s internet website for investors at http://ir.jpenergypartners.com, and from American Midstream’s investor relations website at http://www.americanmidstream.com/investor-relations. Investors and security holders may also read and copy any reports, statements and other information filed by American Midstream and JP Energy with the SEC at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or visit the SEC’s website for further information on its public reference room.

No Offer or Solicitation

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Participation in the Solicitation of Votes

American Midstream and JP Energy and their respective directors and executive officers may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding JP Energy’s directors and executive officers is available in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016. Information regarding American Midstream’s directors and executive officers is available in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2016 and its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on June 20, 2016, July 11, 2016, and August 31, 2016. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials filed with the SEC.

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