NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2017 — Arc Logistics Partners LP (NYSE:ARCX) (“Arc Logistics” or the “Partnership”) announced that at the special meeting of the Partnership’s common unitholders held on December 18, 2017, the Partnership’s unitholders voted to approve the Purchase Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated as of August 29, 2017, by and among the Partnership, Arc Logistics GP LLC (“Arc GP”), Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP (“LCP LP”), Lightfoot Capital Partners GP LLC (“LCP GP” and, together with LCP LP, “Lightfoot”) and Zenith Energy U.S., L.P. and certain of its affiliates (together with such affiliates, “Zenith”), a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, and the merger contemplated thereby. Approximately 99.38% of the Partnership’s common units represented in person or by proxy at the special meeting voted in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement and the merger contemplated thereby, which represented approximately 81.12% of the Partnership’s total outstanding common units as of October 20, 2017, the record date for the special meeting.Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the closing Zenith will acquire Arc GP, the general partner of the Partnership (the “GP Transfer”), and all of the outstanding common units in the Partnership (the “Merger” and, together with the GP Transfer, the “Proposed Transaction”). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, all Arc Logistics common unitholders, other than Lightfoot, will receive $16.50 per common unit in cash for each common unit they own, which represents a premium of approximately 15% to the Partnership’s common unit price as of August 28, 2017 (which is the day prior to the announcement of the Merger). LCP LP will receive $14.50 per common unit in cash for the approximately 5.2 million common units held by it, and LCP GP will receive $94.5 million for 100% of the membership interests in Arc GP. Subject to satisfaction of the remaining closing conditions, the parties currently expect to close the Proposed Transaction on or about December 21, 2017. The transaction is subject to (i) the closing of the purchase by Zenith and Lightfoot from EFS Midstream Holdings LLC of certain of the interests in Arc Terminals Joliet Holdings LLC, which indirectly owns among other things a crude oil unloading facility and a 4-mile crude oil pipeline in Joliet, Illinois, and (ii) the closing of the purchase by Zenith of a 5.5% interest (and, subject to certain conditions, an additional 4.2% interest) in Gulf LNG Holdings Group, LLC, which owns a liquefied natural gas regasification and storage facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, from Lightfoot.About Arc Logistics Partners LP
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