Acquisitions and Merger The following table presents EQM's acquisitions and merger transactions completed during the three years ended December 31, 2015. Acquisition Date Total Consideration Cash Common Units Issued to EQT GP Units Issued to EQT (Thousands, except unit amounts) Sunrise Merger (a) 7/22/13 $ 650,000 $ 617,500 479,184 267,942 Jupiter Acquisition (b) 5/7/14 1,180,000 1,121,000 516,050 262,828 NWV Gathering Acquisition (c) 3/17/15 925,683 873,183 511,973 178,816 MVP Interest Acquisition (d) 3/30/15 54,229 54,229   Preferred Interest Acquisition (e) 4/15/15 $ 124,317 $ 124,317   (a) Sunrise Pipeline, LLC (Sunrise), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of EQT, merged with and into Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of EQM. Upon closing, EQM paid EQT $507.5 million in cash and issued EQM common units and EQM general partner units to EQT. The cash portion of the purchase price was funded with the net proceeds from an equity offering of EQM common units. Prior to the Sunrise Merger, Equitrans entered into a precedent agreement with a third party for firm transportation service on the Sunrise Pipeline over a twenty -year term. Following the effectiveness of the transportation agreement contemplated by the precedent agreement in December 2013, EQM was obligated to pay additional cash consideration of $110 million to EQT in January 2014 which was funded by borrowings under EQM's credit facility. (b) EQT contributed Jupiter natural gas gathering system (Jupiter) to EQM Gathering Opco, LLC (EQM Gathering), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of EQM. The cash portion of the purchase price was funded with the net proceeds from an equity offering of EQM common units and borrowings under EQMs credit facility. (c) EQT contributed NWV Gathering to EQM Gathering. The cash portion of the purchase price was funded with net proceeds from an equity offering of EQM common units and borrowings under EQM's credit facility. (d) EQM assumed 100% of the membership interests in MVP Holdco, LLC (