FWP

ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-167108

Registration No. 333-167108-01

March 8, 2012

 

LOGO

DCP MIDSTREAM OPERATING, LP

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

DCP Midstream Partners, LP

Pricing Term Sheet

$350,000,000 4.95% Senior Notes due 2022

 

Issuer:    DCP Midstream Operating, LP
Guarantor:    DCP Midstream Partners, LP
Ratings: (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch)*    Baa3 / BBB- / BBB-
Security Type:    Senior Unsecured Notes
Form:    SEC Registered
Pricing Date:    March 8, 2012
Settlement Date: (T+3)    March 13, 2012
Maturity Date:    April 1, 2022
Principal Amount:    $350,000,000
Benchmark:    2.00% due February 15, 2022
Benchmark Price / Yield:    99-29+/ 2.009%
Spread to Benchmark:    +300 bps
Yield to Maturity:    5.009%
Coupon:    4.95%
Public Offering Price:    99.535%
Net Proceeds Before Expenses    $346,097,500
Optional Redemption:    At any time prior to the date that is 90 days prior to the maturity date, we will have the right to redeem the notes, in whole or in part at any time prior to the maturity date, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the principal amounts of the notes to be redeemed and the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such notes (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted from their respective schedule payment dates to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, such redemption date. From and after the date that is 90 days prior to the maturity date, we will have the right to redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.


Interest Payment Dates:    April 1 and October 1, beginning October 1, 2012
CUSIP / ISIN:    23311V AB3 / US23311VAB36
Joint Bookrunning Managers:   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

RBS Securities Inc.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

Co-Managers:   

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

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