Sec Form 4 Filing - Edgerton Matthew S. @ Tallgrass Energy GP, LP - 2018-02-07

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Edgerton Matthew S. 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Tallgrass Energy GP, LP [ TEGP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director X __ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KELSO & COMPANY, 320 PARK AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 02/07/2018 (Street) NEW YORK, NY10022 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _____ Form filed by One Reporting Person __ X __ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class B shares 02/07/2018 J( 1 )( 2 )( 3 ) 11,646,401 A 46,727,603 I ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) ( 8 ) By partnership

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Units in Tallgrass Equity, LLC ( 1 ) 02/07/2018 J( 1 )( 2 )( 3 )( 9 ) 11,6 46,401 ( 9 ) ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Class A shares 11,646,401 ( 2 ) ( 3 ) 46,727,603 I ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) ( 8 ) ( 10 ) By partnership

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Edgerton Matthew S. C/O KELSO & COMPANY 320 PARK AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY10022 X Dutton Stephen C. C/O KELSO & COMPANY 320 PARK AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY10022 X Signatures By: /s/ Rosanna T. Leone, Attorney-in-Fact for Matthew S. Edgerton 02/09/2018 Signature of Reporting Person Date By: /s/ Rosanna T. Leone, Attorney-in-Fact for Stephen C. Dutton 02/09/2018 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Pursuant to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Issuer dated May 12, 2015 (the "Partnership Agreement"), KIA VIII (Rubicon), L.P. ("KIA VIII") and KEP VI AIV (Rubicon), LLC ("KEP VI AIV") each have the right, at any time following the expiration of a lock-up period and from time to time, to immediately exchange (the "Exchange Right") Class B shares of the Issuer (the "Class B shares") and a corresponding number of Units of limited liability company interest in Tallgrass Equity, LLC ("Tallgrass Equity", and such Units, the "Units", and each Class B share and Unit so exchanged, together, an "Exchange Unit") for a like number of Class A shares of the Issuer (the "Class A shares"), not to exceed, in the aggregate, the total number of Exchange Units held by KIA VIII or KEP VI AIV, as applicable. As a result, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own the Class A shares receivable upon election of the Exchange Right. ( 2 )On February 7, 2018, the Issuer, Tallgrass Development, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Development"), Tallgrass Equity, Tallgrass Development Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of TE ("Merger Sub"), and, for certain limited purposes, Tallgrass Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Holdings") entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which Development merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub remaining as the surviving company (the "Merger"), in exchange for (i) 27,554,785 Units, and (ii) 27,554,785 Class B Shares (such Units and Class B Shares, together, the "Merger Consideration"). ( 3 )The Merger Consideration was paid to the limited partners of Development upon the closing of the Merger. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Consideration of 9,919,280 Units and Class B Shares were issued to KIA VIII and 1,727,121 Units and Class B Shares were issued to KEP VI AIV, in their respective capacities as limited partners of Development. ( 4 )Consists of 39,798,058 Class B shares owned of record by KIA VIII and 6,929,545 Class B shares owned of record by KEP VI AIV following the transactions reported in this line of this Form 4. ( 5 )Kelso GP VIII, LLC ("GP VIII, LLC") is the general partner of KIA VIII (Rubicon) GP, L.P. ("GP VIII, L.P." and, together with GP VIII, LLC, the "Kelso GPs"). GP VIII, L.P. is the general partner of KIA VIII. GP VIII, LLC and GP VIII, L.P. could be deemed to share beneficial ownership of securities owned of record or deemed to be beneficially owned by KIA VIII. GP VIII, LLC and GP VIII, L.P. each disclaim beneficial ownership of all of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its respective pecuniary interest, if any, therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes. ( 6 )KIA VIII and KEP VI AIV, due to their common control, could be deemed to beneficially own each of the other's securities. KIA VIII and KEP VI AIV each disclaim beneficial ownership of all of the securities deemed to be beneficially owned by the other and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes. ( 7 )The Kelso GPs and KEP VI AIV, due to their common control, could be deemed to beneficially own each of the other's securities. The Kelso GPs and KEP VI AIV each disclaim beneficial ownership of all of the securities owned of record or deemed to be beneficially owned by the other or owned of record by KIA VIII and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes. ( 8 )Frank T. Nickell, Thomas R. Wall, IV, George E. Matelich, Michael B. Goldberg, David I. Wahrhaftig, Frank K. Bynum, Jr., Philip E. Berney, Frank J. Loverro, James J. Connors, II, Church M. Moore, Stanley de J. Osborne, Christopher L. Collins, A. Lynn Alexander, Howard A. Matlin, John K. Kim, Henry Mannix, III, Mathew S. Edgerton, and Stephen C. Dutton (the "Kelso Individuals") could be deemed to share beneficial ownership of securities owned of record by KIA VIII and KEP VI AIV or deemed to be beneficially owned by GP VIII, LLC or GP VIII, L.P., by virtue of their status as managing members of KEP VI AIV and of GP VIII, LLC. The Kelso Individuals each disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that any of the Kelso Individuals is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes. ( 9 )The Units, collectively with the Class B shares, constitute the derivative securities described herein. ( 10 )Consists of 39,798,058 Units owned of record by KIA VIII and 6,929,545 Units owned of record by KEP VI AIV following the transactions reported in this line of this Form 4.

Remarks: Because an electronically filed joint filing is limited to a maximum of ten reporting persons, this Form 4 is one of three filed today reporting on the same securities by the following joint filers: Kelso GP VIII, LLC; KIA VIII (Rubicon) GP, L.P.; KIA VIII (Rubicon), L.P.; KEP VI AIV (Rubicon), LLC; Frank T. Nickell, Thomas R. Wall, IV, George E. Matelich, Michael B. Goldberg, David I. Wahrhaftig, Frank K. Bynum, Jr., Philip E. Berney, Frank J. Loverro, James J. Connors, II, Church M. Moore, Stanley de J. Osborne, Christopher L. Collins, A. Lynn Alexander, Howard A. Matlin, John K. Kim, Henry Mannix, III, Matthew S. Edgerton and Stephen C. Dutton.

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