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• Buckeye Partners L.P. (BPL) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 14, 2013
• Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. (MMP) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 06, 2013
• Enbridge Energy, L.P. (EEP) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 06, 2013

• AMLP 100% Rate It
• EPD 100% Rate It
• NGG 67% Rate It
• WPZ 0% Rate It

Williams Partners L.P. ( WPZ ) will begin trading ex-dividend on January 30, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.8275 per share is scheduled to be paid on February 08, 2013. Shareholders who purchased WPZ stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 2.48% increase over the prior quarter.

The previous trading day's last sale of WPZ was $50.39, representing a -19.7% decrease from the 52 week high of $62.75 and a 11.95% increase over the 52 week low of $45.01.

WPZ is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as Enterprise Products Partners L.P. ( EPD ) and National Grid Transco, PLC ( NGG ). WPZ's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.58. Zacks Investment Research reports WPZ's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -44.69%, compared to an industry average of 4.5%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the WPZ Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to WPZ through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have WPZ as a top-10 holding:

• Alerian MLP ETF ( AMLP ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is AMLP with an increase of 4.18% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of WPZ at 4.58%.

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