OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) today declared its fourth-quarter cash distribution of $0.50 per partnership common unit. The distribution marks the 60th consecutive $0.50 quarterly distribution and is payable September 14, 2009, to common unitholders of record as of September 7, 2009.

The distribution covers the period from May 1, 2009 to July 31, 2009, the partnership's fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. Ferrellgas' annualized distribution is currently $2.00 per common unit.

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., through its operating partnership, Ferrellgas, L.P., currently serves approximately one million customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Ferrellgas employees indirectly own more than 20 million common units of the partnership through an employee stock ownership plan. More information about the partnership can be found online at www.ferrellgas.com.

In accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.1446-4(d), nominees are hereby notified they are responsible for withholding 35% of this distribution from foreign investors as required under Section 1446 of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Contact:
    Tom Colvin, Investor Relations, 913-661-1530
    Jim Saladin, Media Relations, 913-661-1833

SOURCE Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.

Tom Colvin, Investor Relations, +1-913-661-1530, or Jim Saladin, Media Relations, +1-913-661-1833, both of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.