tppform8k_080708.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 30,
2008
Commission
File No. 001-10403
TEPPCO
Partners, L.P.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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76-0291058
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of incorporation)
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Identification
Number)
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1100
Louisiana Street, Suite 1600
Houston,
Texas 77002
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(713)
381-3636
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
8.01. Other Events.
The unaudited condensed consolidated
balance sheet of Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC (“TEPPCO GP”) as
of June 30, 2008 is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference. TEPPCO GP is the general partner of TEPPCO Partners,
L.P.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of TEPPCO GP as of June 30,
2008.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
(Registrant)
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By:
Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company,
LLC
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General
Partner
Date: August
8,
2008 /s/ WILLIAM G.
MANIAS
William
G. Manias
Vice
President and
Chief
Financial Officer
exhibit99_1.htm
Texas
Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC and Subsidiaries
Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
June
30, 2008
UNAUDITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET OF
TEXAS
EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
No.
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2008
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1
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheet
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Note
1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
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2
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Note
2. General Accounting Policies and Related
Matters
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3
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Note
3. Accounting for Unit-Based Awards
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5
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Note
4. Employee Benefit Plans
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8
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Note
5. Financial Instruments
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8
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Note
6. Inventories
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12
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Note
7. Property, Plant and Equipment
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13
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Note
8. Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates
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14
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Note
9. Acquisitions
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15
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Note
10. Intangible Assets and Goodwill
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19
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Note
11. Debt Obligations
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20
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Note
12. Minority Interest
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24
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Note
13. Member’s Equity (Deficit)
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24
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Note
14. Business Segments
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25
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Note
15. Related Party Transactions
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26
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Note
16. Commitments and Contingencies
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28
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Note
17. Subsequent Event
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32
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TEXAS
EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars
in thousands)
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June
30,
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2008
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ |
37 |
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Accounts
receivable, trade (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$128)
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1,968,611 |
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Accounts
receivable, related parties
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12,639 |
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Inventories
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125,911 |
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Other
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72,845 |
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Total
current assets
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2,180,043 |
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Property, plant and equipment,
at cost (net of accumulated depreciation of
$627,671)
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2,330,061 |
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Equity
investments
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1,175,573 |
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Intangible
assets
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220,927 |
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Goodwill
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105,582 |
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Other
assets
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133,822 |
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Total
assets
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$ |
6,146,008 |
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LIABILITIES
AND MEMBER’S EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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$ |
2,031,547 |
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Accounts
payable, related parties
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20,029 |
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Accrued
interest
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39,404 |
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Other
accrued taxes
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23,856 |
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Other
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74,788 |
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Total
current liabilities
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2,189,624 |
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Long-term
debt:
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Senior
notes
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1,715,615 |
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Junior
subordinated notes
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299,556 |
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Other
long-term debt
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530,000 |
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Total
long-term debt
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2,545,171 |
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Other
liabilities and deferred credits
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28,723 |
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Commitments
and contingencies
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Minority
interest
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1,551,346 |
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Member’s
equity (deficit):
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Member’s
equity (deficit)
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(95,168 |
) |
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(73,688 |
) |
Total member’s equity
(deficit)
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(168,856 |
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Total liabilities and member’s
equity (deficit)
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$ |
6,146,008 |
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See Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
TEXAS
EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
Except
as noted within the context of each footnote disclosure, the dollar amounts
presented in the tabular data within these footnote disclosures are stated in
thousands.
NOTE
1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization
Texas
Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC (the “Company”), is a Delaware limited
liability company that owns a 2% general partner interest in TEPPCO
Partners, L.P. (“TEPPCO”) and acts as the managing general partner of
TEPPCO. We have no independent operations and no material assets
outside those of TEPPCO. TEPPCO, a Delaware limited partnership, is a
master limited partnership formed in March 1990, and its Units are listed on the
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the ticker symbol
“TPP.” TEPPCO operates through TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC (“TE
Products”), TCTM, L.P. (“TCTM”), TEPPCO Midstream Companies, LLC (“TEPPCO
Midstream”) and TEPPCO Marine Services, LLC (“TEPPCO Marine
Services”).
Our
membership interests are owned by Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (“Enterprise GP
Holdings”), a publicly traded partnership controlled by Dan L.
Duncan. Enterprise GP Holdings is an affiliate of EPCO, Inc.
(“EPCO”), a privately held company also controlled by Dan L.
Duncan. Through May 6, 2007, our membership interests were owned by
DFI GP Holdings L.P. (“DFIGP”), an affiliate of EPCO which initially acquired
such interests in February 2005. On May 7, 2007, all of our
membership interests, together with 4,400,000 of TEPPCO Partners, L.P.’s
(“TEPPCO”) limited partner units (“Units”) and the incentive distribution rights
associated with our general partner interest in TEPPCO, were sold by DFIGP to
Enterprise GP Holdings for partnership interests in Enterprise GP
Holdings. Mr. Duncan and certain of his affiliates, including DFIGP,
Enterprise GP Holdings and Dan Duncan LLC, a privately held company controlled
by him, control us, TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (“Enterprise
Products Partners”) and its affiliates, including Duncan Energy Partners
L.P. EPCO and its affiliates and Enterprise GP Holdings are not
liable for our obligations nor do we assume or guarantee the obligations of such
affiliates. We do not receive financial assistance from or own
interests in any other EPCO affiliates other than our general partner interests
in TEPPCO. Enterprise GP Holdings, DFIGP and other entities
controlled by Mr. Duncan own 16,691,550 of TEPPCO’s Units. Our
executive officers are employees of EPCO, and the other personnel working on
behalf of TEPPCO also are employees of EPCO. Under an amended and
restated administrative services agreement (“ASA”), EPCO performs management,
administrative and operating functions required for us and our subsidiaries, and
we reimburse EPCO for all direct and indirect expenses that have been incurred
in managing us and our subsidiaries.
As used
in this Report, “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” mean Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC, and where the context requires, include our subsidiaries
and their business and operations. References to the “Parent Company”
are intended to mean and include Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC,
in its individual capacity, and not on a consolidated basis as part of a common
control group with EPCO, Enterprise GP Holdings or TEPPCO and its
subsidiaries.
Basis
of Presentation
In accordance with our adoption of
Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 04-5, Determining Whether a General
Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or
Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights, beginning
January 1, 2006, we consolidated our interests in TEPPCO into our balance
sheet.
We own a 2% general partner interest in
TEPPCO, which conducts substantially all of our business. We have no
independent operations and no material assets outside those of
TEPPCO. The number of reconciling items between our consolidated
balance sheet and that of TEPPCO are few. The most significant
difference is that relating
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EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET – (Continued)
to
minority interest ownership in our net assets by the limited partners of TEPPCO,
and the elimination of our investment in TEPPCO with our underlying partner’s
capital account in TEPPCO (see Note 12 for additional information regarding
minority interest ownership in our consolidated subsidiaries).
The accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated balance sheet reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of
our management, of a normal and recurring nature and necessary for a fair
statement of our financial position as of June 30, 2008. Although we
believe our disclosures are adequate to make the information presented in our
unaudited balance sheet not misleading, certain information and footnote
disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and
regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or
“Commission”). Our unaudited June 30, 2008 balance sheet should
be read in conjunction with our audited December 31, 2007 balance sheet filed on
TEPPCO’s Current Report on Form 8-K on February 28, 2008 and TEPPCO’s annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. In
addition, this financial information should be read in conjunction with TEPPCO’s
Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008. The Commission file
number for TEPPCO’s public filings is 1-10403.
NOTE
2. GENERAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND RELATED MATTERS
Business
Segments
We operate and report in four business
segments:
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pipeline
transportation, marketing and storage of refined products, liquefied
petroleum gases (“LPGs”) and petrochemicals (“Downstream
Segment”);
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§
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gathering,
pipeline transportation, marketing and storage of crude oil and
distribution of lubrication oils and specialty chemicals (“Upstream
Segment”);
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§
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gathering
of natural gas, fractionation of natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and pipeline
transportation of NGLs (“Midstream Segment”);
and
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§
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marine
transportation of refined products, crude oil, condensate, asphalt, heavy
fuel oil and other heated oil products via tow boats and tank barges
(“Marine Services Segment”).
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Our
reportable segments offer different products and services and are managed
separately because each requires different business strategies (see Note
14).
Our interstate pipeline transportation
operations, including rates charged to customers, are subject to regulations
prescribed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). We
refer to refined products, LPGs, petrochemicals, crude oil, lubrication oils and
specialty chemicals, NGLs, natural gas, asphalt, heavy fuel oil and other heated
oil products in this Report, collectively, as “petroleum products” or
“products.”
Consolidation
Policy
We evaluate our financial interests in
business enterprises to determine if they represent variable interest entities
where we are the primary beneficiary. If such criteria are met, we
consolidate the financial statements of such businesses with those of our
own. Our consolidated financial statements include our accounts and
those of our majority-owned subsidiaries in which we have a controlling
interest, after the elimination of all intercompany accounts and
transactions. We also consolidate other entities and ventures in
which we possess a controlling financial interest as well as partnership
interests where we are the sole general partner of the
partnership.
TEXAS
EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET – (Continued)
If the
entity is organized as a limited partnership or limited liability company and
maintains separate ownership accounts, we account for our investment using the
equity method if our ownership interest is between 3% and 50% and we exercise
significant influence over the entity’s operating and financial
policies. For all other types of investments, we apply the equity
method of accounting if our ownership interest is between 20% and 50% and we
exercise significant influence over the entity’s operating and financial
policies. Our proportionate share of profits and losses from
transactions with equity method unconsolidated affiliates are eliminated in
consolidation to the extent such amounts are material and remain on our balance
sheet (or those of our equity method investments) in inventory or similar
accounts. Our investments in Seaway Crude Pipeline Company (“Seaway”)
and Centennial Pipeline LLC (“Centennial”) are accounted for under the equity
method of accounting, as we own 50% ownership interests in these entities and
have 50% equal management with the other joint venture
participants. Our investment in Jonah Gas Gathering Company (“Jonah”)
is accounted for under the equity method of accounting, as we have 50% equal
management with the other participant, even though we own an approximate 80%
economic interest in the partnership.
If our ownership interest in an entity
does not provide us with either control or significant influence, we account for
the investment using the cost method.
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with GAAP requires our management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods. Although we believe these estimates are
reasonable, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Recent
Accounting Developments
The following information summarizes
recently issued accounting guidance since those reported in our audited December
31, 2007 balance sheet filed on TEPPCO’s Current Report on Form 8-K on February
28, 2008 that will or may affect our future financial statements.
In March 2008, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(“SFAS”) No. 161, Disclosures
about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities an – amendment of FASB Statement No.
133. SFAS 161 changes the disclosure requirements for
derivative instruments and hedging activities with the intent to provide users
of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of (i) how and why an
entity uses derivative instruments, (ii) how derivative instruments and related
hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, and its related interpretations, and
(iii) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s
financial position, financial performance and cash flows. SFAS 161
requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using
derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and
losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit risk-related
contingent features in derivative agreements. This statement has the
same scope as SFAS 133, and accordingly applies to all entities. SFAS
161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim
periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application
encouraged. This statement encourages, but does not require,
comparative disclosures for earlier periods at initial adoption. SFAS
161 only affects disclosure requirements; therefore, our adoption of this
statement effective January 1, 2009 will not impact our financial position or
results of operations.
In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No.
162, The Hierarchy of
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which establishes a consistent
framework, or hierarchy, for selecting the accounting principles used to prepare
financial statements of nongovernmental entities in conformity with
GAAP. SFAS 162 is effective 60 days
TEXAS
EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET – (Continued)
following
the SEC’s approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
amendments to its Interim Auditing Standards. We do not expect SFAS
162 to have a material impact on the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements.
In February 2008, FSP SFAS No. 157-2,
Effective Date of FASB
Statement No. 157, was issued. FSP 157-2 defers the effective
date of SFAS 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and interim
periods within those fiscal years, for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial
liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in
the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). As
allowed under FSP 157-2, we have not applied the provisions of SFAS 157 to our
nonfinancial assets and liabilities measured at fair value, which include
certain assets and liabilities acquired in business combinations. We
are currently evaluating the impact of our adoption of FSP 157-2 effective
January 1, 2009 on our consolidated financial statements.
In April 2008, the FASB issued FSP No.
142-3, Determination of the
Useful Life of Intangible Assets (“FSP 142-3”), which amends the
factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions
used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under
SFAS No. 142, Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets. This change is intended to
improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset
under SFAS 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the
fair value of the asset under SFAS 141(R) and other
GAAP. FSP 142-3 is effective for us on January 1,
2009. The requirement for determining useful lives must be applied
prospectively to intangible assets acquired after January 1, 2009 and the
disclosure requirements must be applied prospectively to all intangible assets
recognized as of, and subsequent to, January 1, 2009. We are
evaluating the impact that FSP 142-3 will have on our future financial
statements.
On January 1, 2008, we adopted the
provisions of SFAS 157 that apply to financial assets and
liabilities. See Note 5 for these fair value
disclosures.
NOTE
3. ACCOUNTING FOR UNIT-BASED AWARDS
1999
Plan
The Texas Eastern Products Pipeline
Company, LLC 1999 Phantom Unit Retention Plan (“1999 Plan”) provides for the
issuance of phantom unit awards as incentives to key employees. In
April 2008, 13,000 phantom units vested resulting in a cash payment of $0.4
million. A total of 18,600 phantom units were outstanding under the
1999 Plan at June 30, 2008. These awards cliff vest as follows:
13,000 in April 2009 and 5,600 in January 2010. At June 30, 2008, we
had an accrued liability balance of $0.6 million for compensation related to the
1999 Plan.
2000
LTIP
The Texas Eastern Products Pipeline
Company, LLC 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (“2000 LTIP”) provides key employees
incentives to achieve improvements in our financial performance. On
December 31, 2007, 8,400 phantom units vested and $0.5 million was paid out to
participants in the first quarter of 2008. At June 30, 2008, a total
of 11,300 phantom units were outstanding under the 2000 LTIP that cliff vest on
December 31, 2008 and will be paid out to participants in 2009. At
June 30, 2008, we had an accrued liability balance of $0.3 million related to
the 2000 LTIP.
2005
Phantom Unit Plan
The Texas Eastern Products Pipeline
Company, LLC 2005 Phantom Unit Plan (“2005 Phantom Unit Plan”) provides key
employees incentives to achieve improvements in our financial
performance. On December 31, 2007, 36,200 phantom units vested and
$1.6 million was paid out to participants in the first quarter of
2008. At June 30,
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EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET – (Continued)
2008, a
total of 36,600 phantom units were outstanding under the 2005 Phantom Unit Plan
that cliff vest on December 31, 2008 and will be paid out to participants in
2009. At June 30, 2008, we had an accrued liability balance of $0.9
million for compensation related to the 2005 Phantom Unit Plan.
2006
LTIP
The EPCO, Inc. 2006 TPP Long-Term
Incentive Plan (“2006 LTIP”) provides for awards of TEPPCO’s Units and other
rights to our non-employee directors and to certain employees of EPCO and its
affiliates providing services to us. Awards granted under the 2006
LTIP may be in the form of restricted units, phantom units, unit options, unit
appreciation rights (“UARs”) and distribution equivalent rights. The
term “restricted unit” represents a time-vested unit under SFAS No. 123(R),
Share-Based
Payment. Such awards are non-vested until the required service
period expires. Subject to adjustment as provided in the 2006 LTIP,
awards with respect to up to an aggregate of 5,000,000 of TEPPCO’s Units may be
granted under the 2006 LTIP. We reimburse EPCO for the costs
allocable to 2006 LTIP awards made to employees who work in our
business. The 2006 LTIP is effective until December 8, 2016 or,
if earlier, the time which all available TEPPCO Units under the 2006 LTIP have
been delivered to participants or the time of termination of the 2006 LTIP by
EPCO or the Audit, Conflicts and Governance Committee of our Board of Directors
(“ACG Committee”). In May 2008, we granted 200,000 unit options and
95,000 restricted units to certain employees providing services directly to us
and 29,429 UARs to a non-executive member of our board of directors in
connection with his election to the board. After giving effect to
outstanding unit options and restricted units at June 30, 2008, and the
forfeiture of restricted units through June 30, 2008, a total of 4,842,100
additional TEPPCO Units could be issued under the 2006 LTIP in the
future.
Unit
Options
The information in the following table
presents unit option activity under the 2006 LTIP for the periods
indicated:
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Weighted-
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Weighted-
|
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Average
|
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Average
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Remaining
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Number
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Strike
Price
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Contractual
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of Units
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(dollars/Unit)
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Term
(in years)
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Unit
Options:
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Outstanding at December 31, 2007
(1)
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155,000 |
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$ |
45.35 |
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|
-- |
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Granted
(2)
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200,000 |
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|
35.86 |
|
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|
-- |
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Outstanding at June 30,
2008
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355,000 |
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$ |
40.00 |
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|
5.07 |
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Options
exercisable at:
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June
30,
2008
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-- |
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$ |
-- |
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|
-- |
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___________________________________
(1)
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During
2008, previous unit option grants were amended. The expiration
dates of the 2007 awards were modified from May 22, 2017 to December 31,
2012.
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(2)
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The
total grant date fair value of these awards was $0.3 million based on the
following assumptions: (i) expected life of the option of 4.7
years; (ii) risk-free interest rate of 3.3%; (iii) expected distribution
yield on TEPPCO’s Units of 7.9%; (iv) estimated forfeiture rate of 17%;
and (v) expected TEPPCO Unit price volatility on its Units of
18.7%.
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At June 30, 2008, total unrecognized
compensation cost related to nonvested unit options granted under the 2006 LTIP
was an estimated $0.7 million. We expect to recognize this cost over
a weighted-average period of 3.45 years.
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EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET – (Continued)
Restricted
Units
The following table summarizes
information regarding our restricted units for the periods
indicated:
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Weighted-
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Average
Grant
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Number
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Date
Fair Value
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of
Units
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per
Unit (1)
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Restricted Units at December 31,
2007
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62,400 |
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Granted
(2)
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95,900 |
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$ |
32.97 |
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Forfeited
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(400 |
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35.86 |
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Restricted Units at June 30,
2008
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157,900 |
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____________________________
(1)
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Determined
by dividing the aggregate grant date fair value of awards (including an
allowance for forfeitures) by the number of awards
issued.
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(2)
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Aggregate
grant date fair value of restricted unit awards issued during the six
months ended June 30, 2008 was $2.8 million based on grant date market
prices of TEPPCO’s Units ranging from $34.63 to $35.86 per TEPPCO Unit and
an estimated forfeiture rate of
17%.
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None of our restricted units vested
during the six months ended June 30, 2008. At June 30, 2008, total
unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted units was $4.4 million, and
these costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.3
years.
Phantom
Units and UARs
At June 30, 2008, a total of 1,647
phantom units were outstanding, which have been awarded under the 2006 LTIP to
the non-executive members of our board of directors. Each phantom
unit will pay out in cash on April 30, 2011 or, if earlier, the date the
director is no longer serving on the board of directors, whether by voluntarily
resignation or otherwise. Each participant is also entitled to cash
distributions equal to the product of the number of phantom units granted to the
participant and the per TEPPCO Unit cash distribution that TEPPCO paid to its
unitholders. Phantom unit awards to non-executive directors are
accounted for similar to SFAS 123(R) liability awards.
On June 20, 2008, 29,429 UARs were
awarded under the 2006 LTIP at an exercise price of $33.98 per TEPPCO Unit to a
non-executive member of our board of directors in connection with his election
to the board. At June 30, 2008, a total of 95,654 UARs were
outstanding, which have been awarded under the 2006 LTIP at a weighted average
exercise price of $41.82 per TEPPCO Unit to the non-executive members of our
board of directors. The UARs will be subject to five year cliff
vesting and will vest earlier if the director dies or is removed from, or not
re-elected or appointed to, the board of directors for reasons other than his
voluntary resignation or unwillingness to serve. When the UARs become
payable, the director will receive a payment in cash equal to the fair market
value of the TEPPCO Units subject to the UARs on the payment date over the fair
market value of the TEPPCO Units subject to the UARs on the date of
grant. UARs awarded to non-executive directors are accounted for
similar to SFAS 123(R) liability awards.
At June 30, 2008, a total of 335,723
UARs were outstanding, which have been awarded under the 2006 LTIP at an
exercise price of $45.35 per TEPPCO Unit to certain employees providing services
directly to us. The UARs are subject to five year cliff vesting and
are subject to forfeiture. When the UARs become payable, the awards
will be redeemed in cash (or, in the sole discretion of our ACG Committee,
TEPPCO Units or a combination of cash and TEPPCO Units) equal to the fair market
value of the TEPPCO Units subject to the UARs on the payment date over the fair
market value of the TEPPCO Units subject to the UARs on the date of
grant. In addition,
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for each
calendar quarter from the grant date until the UARs become payable, each holder
will receive a cash payment equal to the product of (i) the per Unit cash
distribution paid to its unitholders during such calendar quarter less the
quarterly distribution amount in effect at the time of grant multiplied by (ii)
the number of TEPPCO Units subject to the UAR. UARs awarded to
employees are accounted for as liability awards under SFAS 123(R) since the
current intent is to settle the awards in cash.
NOTE
4. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Retirement
Plan
The TEPPCO Retirement Cash Balance Plan
(“TEPPCO RCBP”) was a non-contributory, trustee-administered pension
plan. The benefit formula for all eligible employees was a cash
balance formula. Under a cash balance formula, a plan participant
accumulated a retirement benefit based upon pay credits and current interest
credits. The pay credits were based on a participant’s salary, age
and service. We used a December 31 measurement date for this
plan.
Effective May 31, 2005, participation
in the TEPPCO RCBP was frozen, and no new participants were eligible to be
covered by the plan after that date. Effective June 1, 2005, EPCO
adopted the TEPPCO RCBP for the benefit of its employees providing services to
us. Effective December 31, 2005, all plan benefits accrued were
frozen, participants received no additional pay credits after that date, and all
plan participants were 100% vested regardless of their years of
service. The TEPPCO RCBP plan was terminated effective December 31,
2005, and plan participants had the option to receive their benefits either
through a lump sum payment in 2006 or through an annuity. In April
2006, we received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
(“IRS”) providing IRS approval of the plan termination. For those
plan participants who elected to receive an annuity, we purchased an annuity
contract from an insurance company in which the plan participants own the
annuity, absolving us of any future obligation to the participants.
As of December 31, 2007, all benefit
obligations to plan participants have been settled. During the first
quarter of 2008, the remaining balance of the TEPPCO RCBP was transferred to an
EPCO benefit plan.
EPCO maintains defined contribution
plans for the benefit of employees providing services to us, and we reimburse
EPCO for the cost of maintaining these plans in accordance with the ASA (see
Note 15).
NOTE
5. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
We are exposed to financial market
risks, including changes in commodity prices and interest rates. We
do not have foreign exchange risks. We may use financial instruments
(i.e., futures, forwards, swaps, options and other financial instruments with
similar characteristics) to mitigate the risks of certain identifiable and
anticipated transactions. In general, the type of risks we attempt to
hedge are those related to fair values of certain debt instruments and cash
flows resulting from changes in applicable interest rates or commodity
prices.
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Program
Our interest rate exposure results from
variable and fixed interest rate borrowings under various debt
agreements. We manage a portion of our interest rate exposure by
utilizing interest rate swaps and similar arrangements, which allow us to
convert a portion of fixed rate debt into variable rate debt or a portion of
variable rate debt into fixed rate debt.
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Fair Value Hedges – Interest Rate
Swaps
In January 2006, TEPPCO entered into
interest rate swap agreements with a total notional value of $200.0 million to
hedge its exposure to increases in the benchmark interest rate underlying its
variable rate revolving credit facility. Under the swap agreements,
TEPPCO paid a fixed rate of interest ranging from 4.67% to 4.695% and received a
floating rate based on the three-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR rate. At
December 31, 2007, the fair value of these interest rate swaps was an asset of
$0.3 million. These interest rate swaps expired in January
2008.
In October 2001, TE Products entered
into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge its exposure to changes in the
fair value of its fixed rate 7.51% Senior Notes due 2028. This swap agreement,
designated as a fair value hedge, had a notional value of $210.0 million and was
set to mature in January 2028 to match the principal and maturity of the TE
Products Senior Notes. In September 2007, TEPPCO terminated this swap
agreement, resulting in a loss of $1.2 million. This loss was
deferred as an adjustment to the carrying value of the 7.51% Senior Notes, and
approximately $0.2 million of the loss was amortized to interest expense in
2007, with the remaining $1.0 million recognized in interest expense in January
2008 at the time the 7.51% Senior Notes were redeemed (see Note
11).
During 2002, TEPPCO entered into
interest rate swap agreements, designated as fair value hedges, to hedge its
exposure to changes in the fair value of our fixed rate 7.625% Senior Notes due
2012. The swap agreements had a combined notional value of $500.0
million and were set to mature in 2012 to match the principal and maturity of
the underlying debt. These swap agreements were terminated in 2002
resulting in deferred gains of $44.9 million, which are being amortized using
the effective interest method as reductions to future interest expense over the
remaining term of the 7.625% Senior Notes. At June 30, 2008, the
unamortized balance of the deferred gains was $20.7 million. In the
event of early extinguishment of the 7.625% Senior Notes, any remaining
unamortized gains would be recognized in the statement of consolidated income at
the time of extinguishment.
Cash Flow Hedges – Treasury
Locks
At times,
we may use treasury lock financial instruments to hedge the underlying U.S.
treasury rates related to anticipated debt incurrence. Gains or
losses on the termination of such instruments are amortized to earnings using
the effective interest method over the estimated term of the underlying
fixed-rate debt. Each of TEPPCO’s treasury lock transactions was
designated as a cash flow hedge under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended and
interpreted.
In
October 2006 and February 2007, TEPPCO entered into treasury lock agreements,
accounted for as cash flow hedges, which extended through June 2007 for a
notional value totaling $300.0 million. In May 2007, these treasury
locks were terminated concurrent with the issuance of junior subordinated notes
(see Note 11). The termination of the treasury locks resulted in gains of $1.4
million, and these gains were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive
income. These gains are being amortized using the effective interest
method as reductions to future interest expense over the term of the forecasted
fixed rate interest payments, which is ten years. Over the next
twelve months, TEPPCO expects to reclassify $0.1 million of accumulated other
comprehensive income that was generated by these treasury locks as a reduction
to interest expense. In the event of early extinguishment of the
junior subordinated notes, any remaining unamortized gains would be recognized
in the statement of consolidated income at the time of
extinguishment.
In
2007, TEPPCO entered into treasury locks, accounted for as cash flow hedges,
which extended through January 31, 2008 for a notional value totaling $600.0
million. At December 31, 2007, the fair value of the treasury locks
was a liability of $25.3 million. In January 2008, these treasury
locks were extended through April 30, 2008. In March 2008, these
treasury locks were settled concurrently with the issuance of senior notes (see
Note 11). The settlement of the treasury locks resulted in losses of
$52.1 million, and these losses were recorded in accumulated
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other
comprehensive income. TEPPCO recognized approximately $3.6 million of
this loss in interest expense as a result of interest payments hedged under the
treasury locks not occurring as forecasted. The remaining losses are
being amortized using the effective interest method as increases to future
interest expense over the terms of the forecasted interest payments, which range
from five to ten years. Over the next twelve months, TEPPCO expects
to reclassify $4.3 million of accumulated other comprehensive loss that was
generated by these treasury locks as an increase to interest
expense. In the event of early extinguishment of these senior notes,
any remaining unamortized losses would be recognized in the statement of
consolidated income at the time of extinguishment.
Commodity
Risk Hedging Program
We seek to maintain a position that is
substantially balanced between crude oil purchases and related sales and future
delivery obligations. As part of our crude oil marketing business, we
enter into financial instruments such as swaps and other hedging
instruments. The purpose of such hedging activity is to either
balance our inventory position or to lock in a profit margin.
At June 30, 2008, TEPPCO had a limited
number of commodity derivatives that were accounted for as cash flow
hedges. The majority of these contracts will expire during 2008, with
the remainder expiring during the first quarter of 2009, and any amounts
remaining in accumulated other comprehensive income will be recorded in net
income. Gains and losses on these derivatives are offset against
corresponding gains or losses of the hedged item and are deferred through other
comprehensive income, thus minimizing exposure to cash flow risk. No
ineffectiveness was recognized as of June 30, 2008. In addition,
TEPPCO had some commodity derivatives that did not qualify for hedge
accounting. These financial instruments had a minimal impact on our
earnings. The fair values of the open positions at June 30, 2008 was
a liability of $26.5 million.
Adoption
of SFAS 157 – Fair Value Measurements
On January 1, 2008, we adopted the
provisions of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, that
apply to financial assets and liabilities. We will adopt the
provisions of SFAS 157 that apply to nonfinancial assets and liabilities on
January 1, 2009. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would
be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
Our fair value estimates are based on
either (i) actual market data or (ii) assumptions that other market participants
would use in pricing an asset or liability. These assumptions include
estimates of risk. Recognized valuation techniques employ inputs such
as product prices, operating costs, discount factors and business growth
rates. These inputs may be either readily observable,
corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. In developing
our estimates of fair value, we endeavor to utilize the best information
available and apply market-based data to the extent
possible. Accordingly, we utilize valuation techniques (such as the
market approach) that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use
of unobservable inputs.
SFAS 157 established a three-tier
hierarchy that classifies fair value amounts recognized or disclosed in the
financial statements based on the observability of inputs used to estimate such
fair values. The hierarchy considers fair value amounts based on
observable inputs (Levels 1 and 2) to be more reliable and predictable than
those based primarily on unobservable inputs (Level 3). At each balance sheet
reporting date, we categorize our financial assets and liabilities using this
hierarchy. The characteristics of fair value amounts classified
within each level of the SFAS 157 hierarchy are described as
follows:
§
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Level
1 fair values are based on quoted prices, which are available in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the measurement
date. Active markets are defined as those in which transactions
for identical assets or liabilities occur in sufficient frequency so as to
provide pricing information on an ongoing basis (e.g., the NYSE or New
York Mercantile Exchange). Level
1
|
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§
|
primarily
consists of financial assets and liabilities such as exchange-traded
financial instruments, publicly-traded equity securities and U.S.
government treasury securities.
|
§
|
Level
2 fair values are based on pricing inputs other than quoted prices in
active markets (as reflected in Level 1 fair values) and are either
directly or indirectly observable as of the measurement
date. Level 2 fair values include instruments that are valued
using financial models or other appropriate valuation
methodologies. Such financial models are primarily
industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including
quoted forward prices for commodities, time value of money, volatility
factors for stocks, and current market and contractual prices for the
underlying instruments, as well as other relevant economic
measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable
in the marketplace throughout the full term of the instrument, can be
derived from observable data, or are validated by inputs other than quoted
prices (e.g., interest rates and yield curves at commonly quoted
intervals). Level 2 includes non-exchange-traded instruments
such as over-the-counter forward contracts, options, and repurchase
agreements.
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§
|
Level
3 fair values are based on unobservable inputs. Unobservable
inputs are used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs
are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is
little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the
measurement date. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting
entity’s own ideas about the assumptions that market participants would
use in pricing an asset or liability (including assumptions about
risk). Unobservable inputs are based on the best information
available in the circumstances, which might include the reporting entity’s
internally-developed data. The reporting entity must not ignore
information about market participant assumptions that is reasonably
available without undue cost and effort. Level 3 inputs are
typically used in connection with internally developed valuation
methodologies where management makes its best estimate of an instrument’s
fair value. Level 3 generally includes specialized or unique
financial instruments that are tailored to meet a customer’s specific
needs.
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The following table sets forth by level
within the fair value hierarchy our financial assets and liabilities measured on
a recurring basis at June 30, 2008. These financial assets and
liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input
that is significant to the fair value measurement. Our assessment of
the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires
judgment, and may affect the valuation of the fair value assets and liabilities
and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. At June
30, 2008, we had no Level 1 financial assets and liabilities.
|
|
Level
2
|
|
|
Level
3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity financial
instruments
|
|
$ |
25,362 |
|
|
$ |
95 |
|
|
$ |
25,457 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
25,362 |
|
|
$ |
95 |
|
|
$ |
25,457 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity financial
instruments
|
|
$ |
51,780 |
|
|
$ |
137 |
|
|
$ |
51,917 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
51,780 |
|
|
$ |
137 |
|
|
$ |
51,917 |
|
The determination of fair values above
associated with our commodity financial instrument portfolios are developed
using available market information and appropriate valuation techniques in
accordance with SFAS 157.
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The following table sets forth a
reconciliation of changes in the fair value of our net financial assets and
liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:
|
|
Net
|
|
|
|
Commodity
|
|
|
|
Financial
|
|
|
|
Instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
balance, April 1,
2008
|
|
$ |
24 |
|
Total
gains (losses) included in:
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
(1)
|
|
|
(66 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Ending
balance, June 30,
2008
|
|
$ |
(42 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
unrealized losses included in net income for the
|
|
|
|
|
three months relating to
instruments still held at June 30, 2008 (1)
|
|
$ |
(66 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
balance, January 1,
2008
|
|
$ |
(394 |
) |
Total
gains (losses) included in:
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
(1)
|
|
|
352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending
balance, June 30,
2008
|
|
$ |
(42 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
unrealized gains included in net income for the
|
|
|
|
|
six months relating to
instruments still held at June 30, 2008 (1)
|
|
$ |
352 |
|
_________
(1)
|
Total
commodity financial instrument gains (losses) included in net income were
a $0.1 million loss and $0.4 million gain for the three months and six
months ended June 30, 2008, respectively. These amounts were
recognized in revenues on our statement of consolidated income during the
three months and six months ended June 30,
2008.
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NOTE
6. INVENTORIES
Inventories are valued at the lower of
cost (based on weighted average cost method) or market. The major
components of inventories were as follows:
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Crude
oil
(1)
|
|
$ |
67,312 |
|
Refined
products and LPGs
(2)
|
|
|
39,187 |
|
Lubrication
oils and specialty
chemicals
|
|
|
9,524 |
|
Materials
and
supplies
|
|
|
8,042 |
|
NGLs
|
|
|
1,846 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
125,911 |
|
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(1)
|
$43.5
million of our crude oil inventory was subject to forward sales
contracts.
|
(2)
|
Refined
products and LPGs inventory is managed on a combined
basis.
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NOTE
7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Major categories of property, plant and
equipment at June 30, 2008, were as follows:
|
|
Estimated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Useful
Life
|
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
|
In
Years
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Plants
and pipelines
(1)
|
|
|
5-40 |
(4) |
|
$ |
1,823,230 |
|
Underground
and other storage facilities
(2)
|
|
|
5-40 |
(5) |
|
|
262,533 |
|
Transportation
equipment
(3)
|
|
|
5-10 |
|
|
|
8,885 |
|
Marine
vessels
|
|
|
20-30 |
|
|
|
445,341 |
|
Land
and right of
way
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
138,825 |
|
Construction
work in
progress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
278,918 |
|
Total property, plant and
equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,957,732 |
|
Less accumulated
depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
627,671 |
|
Property, plant and equipment,
net
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,330,061 |
|
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(1)
|
Plants
and pipelines include refined products, LPGs, NGL, petrochemical, crude
oil and natural gas pipelines; terminal loading and unloading facilities;
office furniture and equipment; buildings, laboratory and shop equipment;
and related assets.
|
(2)
|
Underground
and other storage facilities include underground product storage caverns;
storage tanks; and other related
assets.
|
(3)
|
Transportation
equipment includes vehicles and similar assets used in our
operations.
|
(4)
|
The
estimated useful lives of major components of this category are as
follows: pipelines, 20-40 years (with some equipment at 5
years); terminal facilities, 10-40 years; office furniture and equipment,
5-10 years; buildings 20-40 years; and laboratory and shop equipment, 5-40
years.
|
(5)
|
The
estimated useful lives of major components of this category are as
follows: underground storage facilities, 20-40 years (with some
components at 5 years) and storage tanks, 20-30
years.
|
Asset
Retirement Obligations
Asset retirement obligations (“AROs”)
are legal obligations associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived
asset that results from its acquisition, construction, development or normal
operation or a combination of these factors. We have conditional AROs
related to the retirement of the Val Verde Gas Gathering Company, L.P. (“Val
Verde”) natural gas gathering system and to structural restoration work to be
completed on leased office space that is required upon our anticipated office
lease termination. At June 30, 2008, we have a $1.4 million
liability, which represents the fair values of these conditional
AROs. We assigned probabilities for settlement dates and settlement
methods for use in an expected present value measurement of fair value and
recorded conditional AROs.
The following table presents
information regarding our AROs:
ARO
liability balance, December 31,
2007
|
|
$ |
1,346 |
|
Liabilities
incurred
|
|
|
-- |
|
Liabilities
settled
|
|
|
-- |
|
Accretion
expense
|
|
|
62 |
|
ARO
liability balance, June 30,
2008
|
|
$ |
1,408 |
|
Property, plant and equipment at June
30, 2008, includes $0.5 million of asset retirement costs capitalized as an
increase in the associated long-lived asset.
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NOTE
8. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES
We own interests in related businesses
that are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. These
investments are identified below by reporting business segment (see Note 14 for
a general discussion of our business segments). The following table
presents our investments in unconsolidated affiliates as of June 30,
2008:
|
|
Ownership
Percentage
|
|
|
Investments
in unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
Downstream
Segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Centennial
|
|
|
50.0 |
% |
|
$ |
74,966 |
|
Other
|
|
|
25.0 |
% |
|
|
398 |
|
Upstream
Segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seaway
|
|
|
50.0 |
% |
|
|
193,905 |
|
Midstream
Segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jonah
|
|
|
80.64 |
% |
|
|
906,304 |
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,175,573 |
|
Seaway
Through one of our indirect wholly
owned subsidiaries, we own a 50% ownership interest in Seaway. The
remaining 50% interest is owned by ConocoPhillips. We operate and
commercially manage the Seaway assets. Seaway owns pipelines and
terminals that carry imported, offshore and domestic onshore crude oil from a
marine terminal at Freeport, Texas, to Cushing, Oklahoma, from a marine terminal
at Texas City, Texas, to refineries in the Texas City and Houston, Texas,
areas. Seaway also has a connection to our South Texas system that
allows it to receive both onshore and offshore domestic crude oil in the Texas
Gulf Coast area for delivery to Cushing. The Seaway Crude Pipeline
Company Partnership Agreement provides for varying participation ratios
throughout the life of Seaway. Our sharing ratio (including the
amount of distributions we receive) of Seaway for the six months ended June 30,
2008 was 40% of revenue and expense (and distributions) and will remain at that
level in the future. During the six months ended June 30, 2008, we
received distributions from Seaway of $3.4 million. During the six
months ended June 30, 2008, we did not invest any funds in Seaway.
Centennial
TE Products owns a 50% ownership
interest in Centennial, and Marathon Petroleum Company LLC (“Marathon”) owns the
remaining 50% interest. Centennial owns an interstate refined petroleum products
pipeline extending from the upper Texas Gulf Coast to central
Illinois. Marathon operates the mainline Centennial pipeline, and TE
Products operates the Beaumont origination point and the Creal Springs
terminal. During the six months ended June 30, 2008, we did not
invest any funds in Centennial. TE Products has received no cash
distributions from Centennial since its formation.
Jonah
Enterprise Products Partners, through
its affiliate, Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC, is our joint venture partner in
Jonah, the partnership through which we have owned our interest in the system
serving the Jonah and Pinedale fields in the greater Green River Basin in
southwestern Wyoming. The joint venture is governed by a management
committee comprised of two representatives approved by Enterprise Products
Partners and two representatives approved by us, each with equal voting
power. Enterprise Products Partners serves as operator. In
connection with the joint venture arrangement, in June 2008, Jonah completed the
Phase V expansion, which increased the combined system capacity of the Jonah and
Pinedale fields from 1.5 billion cubic feet (“Bcf”) per day
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to 2.35
Bcf per day. The expansion is expected to significantly reduce system
operating pressures, which is anticipated to lead to increased production rates
and ultimate reserve recoveries. Enterprise Products Partners managed
the Phase V construction project.
From August 1, 2006 through July 2007,
we and Enterprise Products Partners equally shared the costs of the Phase V
expansion, and Enterprise Products Partners shared in the incremental cash flow
resulting from the operation of those new facilities. During August
2007, with the completion of the first portion of the expansion, we and
Enterprise Products Partners began sharing joint venture cash distributions and
earnings based on a formula that takes into account the capital contributions of
the parties, including expenditures by us prior to the
expansion. Based on this formula in the partnership agreement,
beginning in August 2007, our ownership interest in Jonah was approximately
80.64%, and Enterprise Products Partners’ ownership interest in Jonah was
approximately 19.36%. Amounts exceeding an agreed upon base cost
estimate of $415.2 million were shared 19.36% by Enterprise Products Partners
and 80.64% by us. Our ownership interest in Jonah is currently
anticipated to remain at 80.64%. Through June 30, 2008, we have
reimbursed Enterprise Products Partners $296.9 million ($35.3 million in 2008,
$152.2 million in 2007 and $109.4 million in 2006) for our share of the Phase V
cost incurred by it (including its cost of capital incurred prior to the
formation of the joint venture of $1.3 million). At June 30, 2008, we
had a payable to Enterprise Products Partners for costs incurred of $2.8
million.
In early 2008, Jonah began an expansion
of the portion of its system serving the Pinedale field, which is expected to
increase the combined system capacity of the Jonah and Pinedale fields from 2.35
Bcf per day to approximately 2.55 Bcf per day. This project will
include an additional 17,000 horsepower of compression at the Paradise and Bird
Canyon stations in Sublette County, Wyoming and involve construction of
approximately 52 miles of 30-inch and 24-inch diameter
pipelines. This expansion is expected to be completed in phases, with
final completion expected in early 2009. The total anticipated cost
of this system expansion is expected to be approximately $125.0
million. Our share of the costs of the construction is expected to be
80.64%, and Enterprise Products Partners’ share is expected to be
19.36%. Enterprise Products Partners is managing this construction
project.
During the six months ended June 30,
2008, we received distributions from Jonah of $75.9 million. During
the six months ended June 30, 2008, we invested $64.5 million in
Jonah.
Summarized
Financial Information of Unconsolidated Affiliates
Summarized combined balance sheet
information by reporting segment as of June 30, 2008, is presented
below:
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
Noncurrent
Assets
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|
|
Long-term
Debt
|
|
|
Noncurrent
Liabilities
|
|
|
Partners’
Capital
|
|
Downstream
Segment
|
|
$ |
15,676 |
|
|
$ |
243,957 |
|
|
$ |
21,146 |
|
|
$ |
124,800 |
|
|
$ |
1,278 |
|
|
$ |
112,409 |
|
Upstream
Segment
|
|
|
35,241 |
|
|
|
249,491 |
|
|
|
5,910 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
278,790 |
|
Midstream
Segment
|
|
|
51,840 |
|
|
|
1,107,499 |
|
|
|
32,167 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
305 |
|
|
|
1,126,867 |
|
NOTE
9. ACQUISITIONS
Cenac
On February 1, 2008, we, through our
subsidiary, TEPPCO Marine Services, entered the marine transportation business
for refined products, crude oil and condensate. We acquired
transportation assets and certain intangible assets that comprised the marine
transportation business of Cenac Towing Co., Inc. (“Cenac
Towing”),
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Cenac
Offshore, L.L.C. and Mr. Arlen B. Cenac, Jr., the sole owner of Cenac Towing
Co., Inc. and Cenac Offshore, L.L.C. (collectively, “Cenac”). The
aggregate value of total consideration we paid or issued to complete the Cenac
acquisition was $444.7 million, which consisted of $258.1 million in cash and
4,854,899 newly issued TEPPCO Units. Additionally, we assumed $63.2
million of Cenac’s long-term debt in this transaction. On February 1,
2008, we repaid the $63.2 million of assumed debt in full with borrowings under
TEPPCO’s term credit agreement (see Note 11).
The following table summarizes the
components of total consideration paid or issued in this
transaction.
Cash
payment for Cenac
acquisition
|
|
$ |
256,593 |
|
Fair
value of TEPPCO’s 4,854,899
Units
|
|
|
186,558 |
|
Other
cash acquisition costs paid to third-parties
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
Total
consideration
|
|
$ |
444,662 |
|
We
financed the cash portion of the consideration with borrowings under TEPPCO’s
term credit agreement (see Note 11). In accordance with purchase
accounting, the value of TEPPCO’s Units issued in connection with the Cenac
acquisition was based on the average closing price of such Units immediately
prior to and on the day of February 1, 2008. For the purpose of this
calculation, the average closing price was $38.43 per TEPPCO Unit.
We
acquired 42 tow boats, 89 tank barges and the economic benefit of certain
related commercial agreements. This business serves refineries and
storage terminals along the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio rivers, and the
Intracoastal Waterway between Texas and Florida. These assets also
gather crude oil from production facilities and platforms along the U.S. Gulf
Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. This acquisition is a natural
extension of our existing assets and complements two of our core franchise
businesses: the transportation and storage of refined products and
the gathering, transportation and storage of crude oil.
The
results of operations for the Cenac acquisition are included in our consolidated
financial statements beginning at the date of acquisition, in a newly created
business segment, Marine Services Segment. Our fleet of acquired tow
boats and tank barges will continue to be operated by employees of Cenac under a
transitional operating agreement with TEPPCO Marine Services for a period of up
to two years following the acquisition. These operations will remain
headquartered in Houma, Louisiana during such time.
The
purchase agreement gives us the right to repurchase the approximately 4.9
million TEPPCO Units issued in the transaction in connection with proposed sales
thereof by Cenac and specified related persons for 10 years. If Cenac
or related persons sell TEPPCO Units during a specified 30-day window for a per
unit price that is less than the market value of such TEPPCO Units (as
determined under the purchase agreement) on February 1, 2008, we are obligated
to pay the difference in such values to Cenac or such related
persons. In addition, if we or any of our affiliates sell any of the
assets acquired from Cenac Towing prior to June 30, 2018 and recognize certain
“built-in gains” for federal income tax purposes that are allocable to Cenac
Towing, we have indemnification obligations under the purchase agreement to pay
Cenac Towing an amount generally intended to compensate for the incremental
level of double taxation imposed on Cenac Towing as a result of the
sale. The purchase agreement prohibits Cenac from competing with our
marine services business for two years or from soliciting employees and service
providers of TEPPCO Marine Services and its affiliates for four
years. The purchase agreement contains other customary
representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification
provisions.
This acquisition was accounted for
using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the cost has been
allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on estimated
preliminary fair values. Such preliminary fair values have been
developed using recognized business valuation techniques and are subject
to
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change
pending a final valuation analysis. We expect to finalize the
purchase price allocation for this transaction during 2008.
The
following table summarizes estimated fair values of the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition.
Property,
plant and
equipment
|
|
$ |
360,146 |
|
Intangible
assets
|
|
|
63,500 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
2,726 |
|
Total
assets
acquired
|
|
|
426,372 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
debt
|
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
Total
liabilities
assumed
|
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
Total
assets acquired less liabilities assumed
|
|
|
363,215 |
|
Total
consideration
given
|
|
|
444,662 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
$ |
81,447 |
|
The $63.5 million preliminary fair
value of acquired intangible assets represents customer relationships and
non-compete agreements. Customer relationship intangible assets
represent the estimated economic value attributable to certain relationships
acquired in connection with the Cenac acquisition whereby (i) we acquired
information about or access to customers and now have regular contact with them
and (ii) the customers now have the ability to make direct contact with
us. In this context, customer relationships arise from contractual
arrangements (such as transportation contracts) and through means other than
contracts, such as regular contact by sales or service
representative. The values assigned to these intangible assets are
amortized to earnings on a straight-line basis over the expected period of
economic benefit, which ranges from 2 to 20 years.
Of the $444.7 million in consideration
we paid or issued to complete the Cenac acquisition, $81.4 million has been
assigned to goodwill. Management attributes the value of this
goodwill to potential future benefits we expect to realize as a result of
acquiring these assets.
Horizon
On February 29, 2008, we expanded our
Marine Services Segment with the acquisition of marine assets from Horizon
Maritime, L.L.C. (“Horizon”), a privately-held Houston-based company and an
affiliate of Mr. Cenac for $80.8 million in cash. We acquired 7 tow
boats, 17 tank barges, rights to two tow boats under construction and certain
related commercial and other agreements (or the associated economic
benefits). In April 2008, we paid $3.0 million to Horizon pursuant to
the purchase agreement upon delivery of one of the tow boats under construction,
and in June 2008, we paid $3.8 million upon delivery of the second tow
boat. The acquired vessels transport asphalt, heavy fuel oil and
other heated oil products to storage facilities and refineries along the
Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio Rivers, and the Intracoastal
Waterway. We financed the acquisition with borrowings under TEPPCO’s
term credit agreement.
The results of operations for the
Horizon acquisition are included in our consolidated financial statements
beginning at the date of acquisition, in our Marine Services
Segment. This acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method
of accounting and, accordingly, the cost has been allocated to assets acquired
and liabilities assumed based on estimated preliminary fair
values. Such preliminary fair values have been developed using
recognized business valuation techniques and are subject to change pending a
final valuation analysis. We expect to finalize the purchase price
allocation for this transaction during 2008. The following table
summarizes estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
at the date of acquisition.
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Property,
plant and
equipment
|
|
$ |
71,215 |
|
Intangible
assets
|
|
|
6,700 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
981 |
|
Total
assets
acquired
|
|
|
78,896 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
consideration
given
|
|
|
87,525 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
$ |
8,629 |
|
The $6.7 million preliminary fair value
of acquired intangible assets represents customer relationships and non-compete
agreements. Customer relationship intangible assets represent the
estimated economic value attributable to certain relationships acquired in
connection with the Horizon acquisition whereby (i) we acquired information
about or access to customers and now have regular contact with them and (ii) the
customers now have the ability to make direct contact with us. In
this context, customer relationships arise from contractual arrangements (such
as transportation contracts) and through means other than contracts, such as
regular contact by sales or service representative. The values
assigned to these intangible assets are amortized to earnings on a straight-line
basis over the expected period of economic benefit, which ranges from 2 to 9
years.
Of the $87.5 million in consideration
we paid to complete the acquisition of the Horizon business, $8.6 million has
been assigned to goodwill. Management attributes the value of this
goodwill to potential future benefits we expect to realize as a result of
acquiring these assets and further expanding our Marine Services
Segment.
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NOTE
10. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL
Intangible
Assets
The following table summarizes our
intangible assets, including excess investments, being amortized at June 30,
2008:
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
|
Gross
Carrying
Amount
|
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
|
Intangible
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Downstream
Segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation
agreements
|
|
$ |
1,000 |
|
|
$ |
(382 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
5,227 |
|
|
|
(544 |
) |
Subtotal
|
|
|
6,227 |
|
|
|
(926 |
) |
Upstream Segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation
agreements
|
|
|
888 |
|
|
|
(365 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
10,005 |
|
|
|
(3,315 |
) |
Subtotal
|
|
|
10,893 |
|
|
|
(3,680 |
) |
Midstream Segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gathering
agreements
|
|
|
239,649 |
|
|
|
(116,754 |
) |
Fractionation
agreement
|
|
|
38,000 |
|
|
|
(19,475 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
306 |
|
|
|
(157 |
) |
Subtotal
|
|
|
277,955 |
|
|
|
(136,386 |
) |
Marine Services
Segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationship
intangibles
|
|
|
51,320 |
|
|
|
(1,399 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
18,880 |
|
|
|
(1,957 |
) |
Subtotal
|
|
|
70,200 |
|
|
|
(3,356 |
) |
Total
intangible
assets
|
|
|
365,275 |
|
|
|
(144,348 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excess
investments: (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Downstream Segment
(2)
|
|
|
33,390 |
|
|
|
(23,895 |
) |
Upstream Segment
(3)
|
|
|
26,908 |
|
|
|
(5,478 |
) |
Midstream Segment
(4)
|
|
|
7,469 |
|
|
|
(160 |
) |
Subtotal
|
|
|
67,767 |
|
|
|
(29,533 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
intangible assets, including excess investments
|
|
$ |
433,042 |
|
|
$ |
(173,881 |
) |
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(1)
|
Excess
investments are included in “Equity Investments” in our consolidated
balance sheet.
|
(2)
|
Relates
to our investment in Centennial.
|
(3)
|
Relates
to our investment in Seaway.
|
(4)
|
Relates
to our investment in Jonah.
|
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Goodwill
The following table presents the
carrying amount of goodwill at June 30, 2008, by business segment:
|
|
June
30,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill:
|
|
|
|
Downstream Segment
|
|
$ |
1,339 |
|
Upstream Segment
|
|
|
14,167 |
|
Midstream Segment
|
|
|
-- |
|
Marine Services
Segment
|
|
|
90,076 |
|
Total
goodwill
|
|
$ |
105,582 |
|
NOTE
11. DEBT OBLIGATIONS
The
following table summarizes the principal amounts outstanding under all of
TEPPCO’s debt instruments at June 30, 2008:
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term:
|
|
|
|
Senior debt obligations:
(1)
|
|
|
|
Revolving
Credit Facility, due December
2012
|
|
$ |
530,000 |
|
7.625%
Senior Notes, due February
2012
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
6.125%
Senior Notes, due February
2013
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
5.90% Senior Notes,
due April
2013
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
6.65% Senior Notes,
due April
2018
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
7.55% Senior Notes,
due April
2038
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
Total principal amount of
long-term senior debt obligations
|
|
|
2,230,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.000%
Junior Subordinated Notes, due June 2067
(1)
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
Total principal
amount of long-term debt
obligations
|
|
|
2,530,000 |
|
Adjustment to carrying value
associated with hedges of fair value and
unamortized
discounts (2)
|
|
|
15,171 |
|
Total
long-term debt
obligations
|
|
|
2,545,171 |
|
Total
Debt Instruments
(2)
|
|
$ |
2,545,171 |
|
Standby
letter of credit outstanding
(3)
|
|
$ |
26,130 |
|
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(1)
|
TE
Products, TCTM, TEPPCO Midstream and Val Verde (collectively, the
“Subsidiary Guarantors”) have issued full, unconditional, joint and
several guarantees of TEPPCO’s senior notes, junior subordinated notes and
revolving credit facility.
|
(2)
|
TEPPCO
has entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge its exposure to
changes in the fair value on a portion of the debt obligations presented
above (see Note 5). At June 30, 2008, amount includes $5.5
million of unamortized discounts and $20.7 million related to fair value
hedges.
|
(3)
|
A
letter of credit was issued in connection with crude oil purchased during
the quarter. Payables related to these purchases of crude oil
are generally paid during the following
quarter.
|
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Revolving
Credit Facility
TEPPCO has in place an unsecured
revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit Facility”), which matures on
December 12, 2012. The Revolving Credit Facility allows TEPPCO to
request unlimited one-year extensions of the maturity date, subject to lender
approval and satisfaction of certain other conditions and contains an accordion
feature whereby the total amount of the bank commitments may be increased, with
lender approval and the satisfaction of certain other conditions, from $700.0
million up to a maximum amount of $1.0 billion, including the issuance of
letters of credit (see Note 17 for a discussion of expanded availability under
this facility). The aggregate outstanding principal amount of swing
line loans or same day borrowings permitted under the Revolving Credit Facility
is $40.0 million. The interest rate is based, at TEPPCO’s option, on
either the lender’s base rate, or LIBOR rate, plus a margin, in effect at the
time of the borrowings. The applicable margin with respect to LIBOR
rate borrowings is based on TEPPCO’s senior unsecured non-credit enhanced
long-term debt rating issued by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services
(“S&P”) and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). The
Revolving Credit Facility contains a term-out option in which TEPPCO may, on the
maturity date, convert the principal balance of all revolving loans then
outstanding into a non-revolving one-year term loan. Upon the
conversion of the revolving loans to term loans pursuant to the term-out option,
the applicable LIBOR spread will increase by 0.125% per year, and if immediately
prior to such borrowing the total outstanding revolver borrowings then
outstanding exceeds 50% of the total lender commitments, the applicable LIBOR
spread with respect to borrowings will increase by an additional 10 basis
points.
The Revolving Credit Facility contains
financial covenants that require TEPPCO to maintain a ratio of Consolidated
Funded Debt to Pro Forma EBITDA (as defined and calculated in the facility) of
less than 5.00 to 1.00 (and, if after giving effect to a permitted acquisition
the ratio exceeds 5.00 to 1.00, the threshold ratio will be increased to 5.50 to
1.00 for the fiscal quarter in which such acquisition occurs and the first full
fiscal quarter following such acquisition). Other restrictive
covenants in the Revolving Credit Facility limit TEPPCO’s ability, and the
ability of certain of its subsidiaries, to, among other things, incur certain
additional indebtedness, make certain distributions, incur certain liens, engage
in specified transactions with affiliates and complete mergers, acquisitions and
sales of assets. The credit agreement restricts the amount of
outstanding debt of the Jonah joint venture to debt owing to the owners of its
partnership interests and other third-party debt in the aggregate principal
amount of $50.0 million and allows for the issuance of certain hybrid securities
of up to 15% of TEPPCO’s Consolidated Total Capitalization (as defined
therein). At June 30, 2008, $530.0 million was outstanding under the
Revolving Credit Facility at a weighted average interest rate of
3.08%. At June 30, 2008, TEPPCO was in compliance with the covenants
of the Revolving Credit Facility.
Senior
Notes
On January 27, 1998, TE Products issued
$180.0 million principal amount of 6.45% Senior Notes due 2008 and $210.0
million principal amount of 7.51% Senior Notes due 2028 (collectively the “TE
Products Senior Notes”). Interest on the TE Products Senior Notes was
payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each
year. The 6.45% TE Products Senior Notes were issued at a discount of
$0.3 million and were being accreted to their face value over the term of the
notes. The 6.45% TE Products Senior Notes due 2008 were redeemed at
maturity on January 15, 2008. The 7.51% TE Products Senior Notes due
2028, issued at par, became redeemable at any time after January 15, 2008, at
the option of TE Products, in whole or in part, at varying fixed annual
redemption prices. In October 2007, TE Products repurchased $35.0
million principal amount of the 7.51% TE Products Senior Notes for $36.1 million
and accrued interest. On January 28, 2008, TE Products redeemed the
remaining $175.0 million of 7.51% TE Products Senior Notes at a redemption price
of 103.755% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest at the date
of redemption. TEPPCO funded the retirement of both series of senior
notes with borrowings under its term credit agreement.
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On
February 20, 2002 and January 30, 2003, TEPPCO issued $500.0 million principal
amount of 7.625% Senior Notes due 2012 (“7.625% Senior Notes”) and $200.0
million principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2013 (“6.125% Senior
Notes”), respectively. The 7.625% Senior Notes and the 6.125% Senior
Notes were issued at discounts of $2.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively,
and are being accreted to their face value over the applicable term of the
senior notes. The senior notes may be redeemed at any time at
TEPPCO’s option with the payment of accrued interest and a make-whole premium
determined by discounting remaining interest and principal payments using a
discount rate equal to the rate of the United States Treasury securities of
comparable remaining maturity plus 35 basis points.
On March
27, 2008, TEPPCO issued (i) $250.0 million principal amount of 5.90% Senior
Notes due 2013, (ii) $350.0 million principal amount of 6.65% Senior Notes due
2018, and (iii) $400.0 million principal amount of 7.55% Senior Notes due
2038. The senior notes were issued at discounts of $0.2 million, $1.3
million and $2.2 million, respectively, and are being accreted to their face
value over the applicable terms of the senior notes. The senior notes
may be redeemed at any time at TEPPCO’s option with the payment of accrued
interest and a make-whole premium determined by discounting remaining interest
and principal payments using a discount rate equal to the rate of the United
States Treasury securities of comparable remaining maturity plus 50 basis
points.
The
indentures governing TEPPCO’s senior notes contain covenants, including, but not
limited to, covenants limiting the creation of liens securing indebtedness and
sale and leaseback transactions. However, the indentures do not limit
TEPPCO’s ability to incur additional indebtedness. At June 30, 2008,
TEPPCO was in compliance with the covenants of its senior notes.
Junior
Subordinated Notes
In May 2007, TEPPCO issued and sold
$300.0 million in principal amount of fixed/floating, unsecured, long-term
subordinated notes due June 1, 2067 (“Junior Subordinated
Notes”). TEPPCO’s payment obligations under the Junior Subordinated
Notes are subordinated to all of its current and future senior indebtedness (as
defined in the related indenture). The Subsidiary Guarantors have
issued full, unconditional, and joint and several guarantees, on a junior
subordinated basis, of payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Junior Subordinated Notes.
The indenture governing the Junior
Subordinated Notes does not limit TEPPCO’s ability to incur additional debt,
including debt that ranks senior to or equally with the Junior Subordinated
Notes. The indenture allows TEPPCO to defer interest payments on one
or more occasions for up to ten consecutive years, subject to certain
conditions. The indenture also provides that during any period in
which TEPPCO defers interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Notes, subject
to certain exceptions, (i) TEPPCO cannot declare or make any distributions with
respect to, or redeem, purchase or make a liquidation payment with respect to,
any of its equity securities; (ii) neither TEPPCO nor the Subsidiary Guarantors
will make, and TEPPCO and the Subsidiary Guarantors will cause its respective
majority-owned subsidiaries not to make, any payment of interest, principal or
premium, if any, on or repay, purchase or redeem any of TEPPCO’s or the
Subsidiary Guarantors’ debt securities (including securities similar to the
Junior Subordinated Notes) that contractually rank equally with or junior to the
Junior Subordinated Notes or the guarantees, as applicable; and (iii) neither
TEPPCO nor the Subsidiary Guarantors will make, and TEPPCO and the Subsidiary
Guarantors will cause their respective majority-owned subsidiaries not to make,
any payments under a guarantee of debt securities (including under a guarantee
of debt securities that are similar to the Junior Subordinated Notes) that
contractually ranks equally with or junior to the Junior Subordinated Notes or
the guarantees, as applicable.
The Junior Subordinated Notes bear
interest at a fixed annual rate of 7.000% from May 2007 to June 1, 2017, payable
semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing
December 1, 2007. After June 1, 2017, the Junior Subordinated Notes
will bear interest at a variable annual rate equal to the 3-month LIBOR rate for
the related interest period plus 2.7775%, payable quarterly in arrears on March
1, June 1, September
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1 and
December 1 of each year commencing September 1, 2017. Interest
payments may be deferred on a cumulative basis for up to ten consecutive years,
subject to certain provisions. Deferred interest will accumulate
additional interest at the then-prevailing interest rate on the Junior
Subordinated Notes. The Junior Subordinated Notes mature in June
2067. The Junior Subordinated Notes are redeemable in whole or in
part prior to June 1, 2017 for a “make-whole” redemption price and thereafter at
a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus accrued
interest. The Junior Subordinated Notes are also redeemable prior to
June 1, 2017 in whole (but not in part) upon the occurrence of certain tax or
rating agency events at specified redemption prices. At June 30,
2008, TEPPCO was in compliance with the covenants of the Junior Subordinated
Notes.
In
connection with the issuance of the Junior Subordinated Notes, TEPPCO and its
Subsidiary Guarantors entered into a replacement capital covenant in favor of
holders of a designated series of senior long-term indebtedness (as provided in
the underlying documents) pursuant to which TEPPCO and its Subsidiary Guarantors
agreed for the benefit of such debt holders that TEPPCO would not redeem or
repurchase or otherwise satisfy, discharge or defease any of the Junior
Subordinated Notes on or before June 1, 2037, unless, subject to certain
limitations, during the 180 days prior to the date of that redemption,
repurchase, defeasance or purchase, TEPPCO has or one of its subsidiaries has
received a specified amount of proceeds from the sale of qualifying securities
that have characteristics that are the same as, or more equity-like than, the
applicable characteristics of the Junior Subordinated Notes. The
replacement capital covenant is not a term of the indenture or the Junior
Subordinated Notes.
Term
Credit Agreement
TEPPCO had in place a senior unsecured
term credit agreement (“Term Credit Agreement”), with a borrowing capacity of
$1.0 billion and a maturity date of December 19, 2008. During the
first quarter of 2008, TEPPCO borrowed $1.0 billion under the Term Credit
Agreement to finance the retirement of TE Products’ senior notes and the Cenac
and Horizon acquisitions and for other partnership purposes. In March
2008, TEPPCO repaid the outstanding balance of the Term Credit Agreement with
proceeds from the issuance of senior notes and other cash on hand and terminated
the agreement.
Debt
Obligations of Unconsolidated Affiliates
We have
one unconsolidated affiliate, Centennial, with long-term debt
obligations. The following table shows the total debt of Centennial
at June 30, 2008 (on a 100% basis) and the corresponding scheduled maturities of
such debt.
|
|
Scheduled
Maturities of Debt
|
|
2008
|
|
$ |
5,100 |
|
2009
|
|
|
9,900 |
|
2010
|
|
|
9,100 |
|
2011
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
2012
|
|
|
8,900 |
|
After
2012
|
|
|
93,000 |
|
Total
scheduled maturities of
debt
|
|
$ |
135,000 |
|
At June 30, 2008, Centennial’s debt
obligations consisted of $135.0 million borrowed under a master shelf loan
agreement. Borrowings under the master shelf agreement mature in May
2024 and are collateralized by substantially all of Centennial’s assets and
severally guaranteed by Centennial’s owners. In January 2008, TEPPCO
entered into an amended and restated guaranty agreement (“Amended Guaranty”) in
which TEPPCO, TCTM, TEPPCO Midstream and TE Products (collectively, “TEPPCO
Guarantors”) are required, on a joint and several
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basis, to
pay 50% of any past-due amount under Centennial’s master shelf loan agreement
not paid by Centennial (see Note 16).
NOTE
12. MINORITY INTEREST
Minority interest represents
third-party ownership interests, including those of TEPPCO’s public unitholders,
in the net assets of TEPPCO through TEPPCO’s publicly traded
Units. The Parent Company owns a 2% general partner interest in
TEPPCO. For financial reporting purposes, the assets and liabilities
of TEPPCO are consolidated with those of our own, with any third party
investor’s interest in our consolidated balance sheet amounts shown as minority
interest. Distributions to and contributions from minority interests
represent cash payments and cash contributions, respectively. At June
30, 2008, TEPPCO had outstanding 95,022,897 Units.
Equity
Offerings and Registration Statements
TEPPCO has a universal shelf
registration statement on file with the SEC that, subject to agreement on terms
at the time of use and appropriate supplementation, allows it to issue, in one
or more offerings, up to an aggregate of $2.0 billion of equity securities, debt
securities or a combination thereof. In March 2008, TEPPCO sold $1.0
billion principal amount of senior notes under its universal shelf registration
statement (see Note 11). After taking into account past issuances of
securities under this registration statement, as of June 30, 2008, TEPPCO has
the ability to issue approximately $205.1 million of additional securities under
this registration statement, subject to customary marketing terms and
conditions.
EPCO,
Inc. TPP Employee Unit Purchase Plan
The EPCO,
Inc. TPP Employee Unit Purchase Plan (the “Unit Purchase Plan”) provides for
discounted purchases of TEPPCO Units by employees of EPCO and its
affiliates. A maximum of 1,000,000 of TEPPCO’s Units may be delivered
under the Unit Purchase Plan (subject to adjustment as provided in the
plan). The Unit Purchase Plan is effective until December 8, 2016,
or, if earlier, at the time that all available TEPPCO Units under the plan have
been purchased on behalf of the participants or the time of termination of the
plan by EPCO or the Chairman or Vice Chairman of EPCO. As of June 30,
2008, 15,504 of TEPPCO’s Units have been issued to employees under this
plan.
Distribution
Reinvestment Plan
TEPPCO’s distribution reinvestment plan
(“DRIP”) provides for the issuance of up to 10,000,000 of TEPPCO’s
Units. TEPPCO Units purchased through the DRIP may be acquired at a
discount rating from 0% to 5% (currently set at 5%), which will be set from time
to time by TEPPCO. As of June 30, 2008, 189,765 of TEPPCO’s Units
have been issued in connection with the DRIP.
NOTE
13. MEMBER’S EQUITY (DEFICIT)
At June
30, 2008, member’s equity (deficit) consisted of our capital account and
accumulated other comprehensive loss.
At June 30, 2008, we had a deficit
balance of $95.2 million in our member’s equity account. This
negative balance does not represent an asset to us and does not represent
obligations of our member to contribute cash or other property to
us. The member’s equity account generally consists of our member’s
cumulative share of our net income less cash distributions made to it plus
capital contributions that it has made to us. Cash distributions that
we
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receive
during a period from TEPPCO may exceed TEPPCO’s net income for the
period. In turn, cash distributions we make to our member during a
period may exceed our net income for the period. TEPPCO makes
quarterly cash distributions of all of its Available Cash, generally defined as
consolidated cash receipts less consolidated cash disbursements and cash
reserves established by us, as general partner, in our reasonable discretion
(these cash distributions paid to us are eliminated upon consolidation of the
Parent Company’s financial statements with TEPPCO’s financial
statements). Cash distributions by us to our member in excess of our
net income during previous periods resulted in a deficit in the member’s equity
account at June 30, 2008. Future cash distributions that exceed net
income will result in an increase in the deficit balance in the member’s equity
account.
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Loss
SFAS No.
130, Reporting Comprehensive
Income requires certain items such as foreign currency translation
adjustments, gains or losses associated with pension or other postretirement
benefits, prior service costs or credits associated with pension or other
postretirement benefits, transition assets or obligations associated with
pension or other postretirement benefits and unrealized gains and losses on
certain investments in debt and equity securities to be reported in a financial
statement. As of June 30, 2008, the components of accumulated other
comprehensive loss reflected on our consolidated balance sheet was composed of
crude oil hedges and treasury locks. The majority of these crude oil
hedges have forward positions that expire during 2008, with the remainder
expiring during the first quarter of 2009. While the crude oil hedges
are in effect, changes in their fair values, to the extent the hedges are
effective, are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss until they are
recognized in net income in future periods. The amounts related to
settlements of treasury lock agreements are being amortized into earnings over
the terms of the respective debt (see Note 5).
The
accumulated balance of other comprehensive loss is as follows:
Balance
at December 31,
2007
|
|
$ |
(42,557 |
) |
Changes
in fair values of crude oil cash flow hedges
|
|
|
(7,904 |
) |
Settlement of treasury
locks
|
|
|
(52,098 |
) |
Amortization of treasury lock
proceeds into earnings
|
|
|
(53 |
) |
Changes in fair values of treasury
locks
|
|
|
25,296 |
|
Ineffectiveness
of treasury locks
|
|
|
42 |
|
Transfer
portion of interest payment hedged under treasury locks
|
|
|
|
|
not
occurring as forecasted to earnings
|
|
|
3,586 |
|
Balance
at June 30,
2008
|
|
$ |
(73,688 |
) |
NOTE
14. BUSINESS SEGMENTS
We have
four reporting segments:
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Our
Downstream Segment, which is engaged in the pipeline transportation,
marketing and storage of refined products, LPGs and
petrochemicals;
|
§
|
Our
Upstream Segment, which is engaged in the gathering, pipeline
transportation, marketing and storage of crude oil and distribution of
lubrication oils and specialty
chemicals;
|
§
|
Our
Midstream Segment, which is engaged in the gathering of natural gas,
fractionation of NGLs and pipeline transportation of NGLs;
and
|
§
|
Our
Marine Services Segment, which is engaged in the marine transportation of
refined products, crude oil, condensate, asphalt, heavy fuel oil and other
heated oil products via tow boats and tank
barges.
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The amounts indicated below as “Other”
relate primarily to intersegment eliminations and assets that we hold that have
not been allocated to any of our reporting segments.
|
|
Downstream
Segment
|
|
|
Upstream
Segment
|
|
|
Midstream
Segment
|
|
|
Marine
Services
Segment
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
|
At
June 30, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
assets
|
|
$ |
1,273,312 |
|
|
$ |
2,781,355 |
|
|
$ |
1,679,621 |
|
|
$ |
656,126 |
|
|
$ |
(244,406 |
) |
|
$ |
6,146,008 |
|
Investments
in unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
66,121 |
|
|
|
193,905 |
|
|
|
906,304 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
9,243 |
|
|
|
1,175,573 |
|
Intangible
assets
|
|
|
5,301 |
|
|
|
7,213 |
|
|
|
141,569 |
|
|
|
66,844 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
220,927 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
1,339 |
|
|
|
14,167 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
90,076 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
105,582 |
|
NOTE
15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The
following table summarizes related party balances at June 30, 2008:
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable, related parties
(1)
|
|
$ |
12,639 |
|
Accounts
payable, related parties
(2)
|
|
|
20,029 |
|
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(1)
|
Relates
to sales and transportation services provided to Enterprise Products
Partners and certain of its subsidiaries and EPCO and certain of its
affiliates and direct payroll, payroll related costs and other operational
expenses charged to unconsolidated
affiliates.
|
(2)
|
Relates
to direct payroll, payroll related costs and other operational related
charges from Enterprise Products Partners and certain of its subsidiaries,
EPCO and certain of its affiliates and Cenac and affiliates, and
transportation and other services provided by unconsolidated affiliates
and advances from Seaway for operating
expenses.
|
Unless noted otherwise, our
transactions and agreements with EPCO or its affiliates are not on an arm’s
length basis. As a result, we cannot provide assurance that the terms
and provisions of such transactions or agreements are at least as favorable to
us as we could have obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
Relationship
with EPCO and Affiliates
We have
an extensive and ongoing relationship with EPCO and its affiliates, which
include the following significant entities:
§
|
EPCO
and its consolidated private company
subsidiaries;
|
§
|
Enterprise
GP Holdings, which owns and controls all our membership
interests;
|
§
|
Enterprise
Products Partners, which is controlled by affiliates of EPCO, including
Enterprise GP Holdings;
|
§
|
Duncan
Energy Partners L.P., which is controlled by affiliates of EPCO;
and
|
§
|
Enterprise
Gas Processing LLC, which is controlled by affiliates of EPCO and is our
joint venture partner in Jonah.
|
Dan L. Duncan directly owns and
controls EPCO and, through Dan Duncan LLC, owns and controls EPE Holdings, LLC,
the general partner of Enterprise GP Holdings. Enterprise GP Holdings
owns all of our membership interests. Our principal business activity
is to act as the managing partner of TEPPCO. Our executive officers
are employees of EPCO (see Note 1).
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We and TEPPCO are both separate legal
entities apart from each other and apart from EPCO and its other affiliates,
with assets and liabilities that are separate from those of EPCO and its other
affiliates. EPCO and its consolidated private company subsidiaries
and affiliates depend on the cash distributions they receive from the Parent
Company and other investments to fund their operations and to meet their debt
obligations. We paid cash distributions of $25.9 million to our
member during the six months ended June 30, 2008.
The ownership interests in us and the
limited partners interests in TEPPCO that are owned or controlled by EPCO and
certain of its affiliates, other than those interests owned by Dan Duncan LLC
and certain trusts affiliated with Dan L. Duncan, are pledged as security under
the credit facility of an affiliate of EPCO. All of the membership
interests in us and the limited partner interests in us that are owned or
controlled by Enterprise GP Holdings are pledged as security under its credit
facility. If Enterprise GP Holdings were to default under its credit
facility, its lender banks could own our the Parent Company.
EPCO Administrative Services
Agreement
We do not have any employees, and all
of our management, administrative and operating functions are performed by
employees of EPCO, pursuant to the ASA or by other service
providers. We, TEPPCO, Enterprise Products Partners, Duncan Energy
Partners L.P., Enterprise GP Holdings and the respective general partners are
parties to the ASA. The ACG Committees of each general partner have
approved the ASA.
Under the ASA, we reimburse EPCO for
the allocated costs of its employees who perform operating functions for us and
for costs related to its other management and administrative employees (see Note
1).
Jonah
Joint Venture
Enterprise Products Partners (through
an affiliate) is our joint venture partner in Jonah, the partnership through
which we have owned our interest in the system serving the Jonah and Pinedale
fields. Through June 30, 2008, we have reimbursed Enterprise Products Partners
$296.9 million ($35.3 million in 2008, $152.2 million in 2007 and $109.4 million
in 2006) for our share of the Phase V cost incurred by it (including its cost of
capital incurred prior to the formation of the joint venture of $1.3
million). At June 30, 2008, we had a payable to Enterprise Products
Partners for costs incurred of $2.8 million (see Note 8). At June 30,
2008, we had a receivable from Jonah of $11.3 million for operating
expenses. During the six months ended June 30, 2008, we received
distributions from Jonah of $75.9 million. During the six months
ended June 30, 2008, Jonah paid distributions of $18.2 million to the affiliate
of Enterprise Products Partners that is our joint venture partner.
TEPPCO has agreed to indemnify
Enterprise Products Partners from any and all losses, claims, demands, suits,
liability, costs and expenses arising out of or related to breaches of its
representations, warranties, or covenants related to the formation of the Jonah
joint venture, Jonah’s ownership or operation of the Jonah-Pinedale system prior
to the effective date of the joint venture, and any environmental activity, or
violation of or liability under environmental laws arising from or related to
the condition of the Jonah-Pinedale system prior to the effective date of the
joint venture. In general, a claim for indemnification cannot be
filed until the losses suffered by Enterprise Products Partners exceed $1.0
million, and the maximum potential amount of future payments under the indemnity
is limited to $100.0 million. However, if certain representations or
warranties are breached, the maximum potential amount of future payments under
the indemnity is capped at $207.6 million. All indemnity payments are
net of insurance recoveries that Enterprise Products Partners may receive from
third-party insurers. TEPPCO carries insurance coverage that may offset any
payments required under the indemnity. TEPPCO does not expect that
these indemnities will have a material adverse effect on its financial position,
results of operations or cash flows.
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Sale
of General Partner to Enterprise GP Holdings; Relationship with Energy Transfer
Equity
On May 7, 2007, all of our membership
interests, together with 4,400,000 of TEPPCO Units, were sold by DFIGP to
Enterprise GP Holdings, a publicly traded partnership also controlled indirectly
by Dan L. Duncan. As of May 7, 2007, Enterprise GP Holdings
owns and controls our 2% general partner interest in TEPPCO and has the right
(through its 100% ownership interest in us) to receive the incentive
distribution rights associated with our general partner interest in
TEPPCO. Enterprise GP Holdings, DFIGP and other entities controlled
by Mr. Duncan own 16,691,550 of TEPPCO’s Units.
Concurrently with the acquisition of
the Parent Company, Enterprise GP Holdings acquired non-controlling ownership
interests, accounted for as equity method investments, in Energy Transfer
Equity, L.P. (“Energy Transfer Equity”) and LE GP, LLC (“ETE GP”), the general
partner of Energy Transfer Equity.
Relationship
with Unconsolidated Affiliates
Our
significant related party revenues and expense transactions with unconsolidated
affiliates consist of management, rental and other revenues, transportation
expense related to movements on Centennial and Seaway and rental expense related
to the lease of pipeline capacity on Centennial. For additional
information regarding our unconsolidated affiliates, see Note 8.
See
“Jonah Joint Venture” within this Note 15 for a description of ongoing
transactions involving our Jonah joint venture with Enterprise Products
Partners.
NOTE
16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation
On December 21, 2001, TE Products was
named as a defendant in a lawsuit in the 10th Judicial District, Natchitoches
Parish, Louisiana, styled Rebecca L. Grisham et al.
v. TE Products Pipeline Company, Limited
Partnership. In this case, the plaintiffs contend that our
pipeline, which crosses the plaintiffs’ property, leaked toxic products onto
their property and, consequently caused damages to them. We have
filed an answer to the plaintiffs’ petition denying the allegations, and we are
defending ourselves vigorously against the lawsuit. The plaintiffs
assert damages attributable to the remediation of the property of approximately
$1.4 million. This case has been stayed pending the completion of
remediation pursuant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
(“LDEQ”) requirements. We do not believe that the outcome of this
lawsuit will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results
of operations or cash flows.
In 1991, we were named as a defendant
in a matter styled Jimmy R.
Green, et al. v. Cities Service Refinery, et al. as filed in the 26th
Judicial District Court of Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The plaintiffs
in this matter reside or formerly resided on land that was once the site of a
refinery owned by one of our co-defendants. The former refinery is
located near our Bossier City facility. Plaintiffs have claimed
personal injuries and property damage arising from alleged contamination of the
refinery property. The plaintiffs have pursued certification as a
class and have significantly increased their demand to approximately $175.0
million. We have never owned any interest in the refinery property made the
basis of this action, and we do not believe that we contributed to any alleged
contamination of this property. While we cannot predict the ultimate
outcome, we do not believe that the outcome of this lawsuit will have a material
adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
On September 18, 2006, Peter
Brinckerhoff, a purported unitholder of TEPPCO, filed a complaint in the Court
of Chancery of New Castle County in the State of Delaware, in his individual
capacity, as a putative class action on behalf of TEPPCO’s other unitholders,
and derivatively on TEPPCO’s behalf, concerning proposals made
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to its
unitholders in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on September
11, 2006 (“Proxy Statement”) and other transactions involving TEPPCO
and Enterprise Products Partners or its affiliates. Mr. Brinckerhoff
filed an amended complaint on July 12, 2007. The amended complaint
names as defendants the Parent Company; our Board of Directors; the Parent
Company’s parent companies, including EPCO; Enterprise Products Partners and
certain of its affiliates and Dan L. Duncan. TEPPCO is named as a
nominal defendant.
The amended complaint alleges, among
other things, that certain of the transactions adopted at a special meeting of
TEPPCO’s unitholders on December 8, 2006, including a reduction of the Parent
Company’s maximum percentage interest in TEPPCO’s distributions in exchange for
TEPPCO Units (the “Issuance Proposal”), were unfair to TEPPCO’s unitholders and
constituted a breach by the defendants of fiduciary duties owed to TEPPCO
unitholders and that the Proxy Statement failed to provide TEPPCO unitholders
with all material facts necessary for them to make an informed decision whether
to vote in favor of or against the proposals. The amended complaint
further alleges that, since Mr. Duncan acquired control of us in 2005, the
defendants, in breach of their fiduciary duties to TEPPCO and its unitholders,
have caused TEPPCO to enter into certain transactions with Enterprise Products
Partners or its affiliates that were unfair to TEPPCO or otherwise unfairly
favored Enterprise Products Partners or its affiliates over
TEPPCO. The amended complaint alleges that such transactions include
the Jonah joint venture entered into by TEPPCO and an Enterprise Products
Partners affiliate in August 2006 (citing the fact that our ACG Committee did
not obtain a fairness opinion from an independent investment banking firm in
approving the transaction), and the sale by TEPPCO to an Enterprise Products
Partners’ affiliate of the Pioneer plant in March 2006. As more fully
described in the Proxy Statement, our ACG Committee recommended the Issuance
Proposal for approval by our Board of Directors. The amended
complaint also alleges that Richard S. Snell, Michael B. Bracy and Murray H.
Hutchison, constituting the three members of our ACG Committee at the time,
cannot be considered independent because of their alleged ownership of
securities in Enterprise Products Partners and its affiliates and/or their
relationships with Mr. Duncan.
The amended complaint seeks relief (i)
awarding damages for profits and special benefits allegedly obtained by
defendants as a result of the alleged wrongdoings in the complaint; (ii)
rescinding all actions taken pursuant to the Proxy vote and (iii) awarding
plaintiff costs of the action, including fees and expenses of his attorneys and
experts.
In addition to the proceedings
discussed above, we have been, in the ordinary course of business, a defendant
in various lawsuits and a party to various other legal proceedings, some of
which are covered in whole or in part by insurance. We believe that the outcome
of these other proceedings will not individually or in the aggregate have a
future material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results
of operations or cash flows.
Regulatory
Matters
Our pipelines and other facilities are
subject to multiple environmental obligations and potential liabilities under a
variety of federal, state and local laws and regulations. These include, without
limitation: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Clean Air Act;
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Clean Water Act; the Oil
Pollution Act; and analogous state and local laws and regulations. Such laws and
regulations affect many aspects of our present and future operations, and
generally require us to obtain and comply with a wide variety of environmental
registrations, licenses, permits, inspections and other approvals, with respect
to air emissions, water quality, wastewater discharges, and solid and hazardous
waste management. Failure to comply with these requirements may expose us to
fines, penalties and/or interruptions in our operations that could influence our
results of operations. If an accidental leak, spill or release of hazardous
substances occurs at any facilities that we own, operate or otherwise use, or
where we send materials for treatment or disposal, we could be held jointly and
severally liable for all resulting liabilities, including investigation,
remedial and clean-up costs. Likewise, we could be required to remove or
remediate previously disposed wastes or
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property
contamination, including groundwater contamination. Any or all of
this could materially affect our results of operations and cash
flows.
We believe that our operations and
facilities are in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and
regulations, and that the cost of compliance with such laws and regulations will
not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial
position. We cannot ensure, however, that existing environmental
regulations will not be revised or that new regulations will not be adopted or
become applicable to us. The clear trend in environmental regulation is to place
more restrictions and limitations on activities that may be perceived to affect
the environment, and thus there can be no assurance as to the amount or timing
of future expenditures for environmental regulation compliance or remediation,
and actual future expenditures may be different from the amounts we currently
anticipate. Revised or additional regulations that result in increased
compliance costs or additional operating restrictions, particularly if those
costs are not fully recoverable from our customers, could have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of
operations and cash flows. At June 30, 2008, we had an accrued
liability of $7.3 million related to sites requiring environmental remediation
activities.
In 1999, our Arcadia, Louisiana,
facility and adjacent terminals were directed by the Remediation Services
Division of the LDEQ to pursue remediation of environmental
contamination. Effective March 2004, we executed an access agreement
with an adjacent industrial landowner who is located upgradient of the Arcadia
facility. This agreement enables the landowner to proceed with
remediation activities at our Arcadia facility for which it has accepted shared
responsibility. At June 30, 2008, we have an accrued liability of
$0.6 million for remediation costs at our Arcadia facility. We do not
expect that the completion of the remediation program proposed to the LDEQ will
have a future material adverse effect on our financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
We
are in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Transportation with respect to a
notice of probable violation that we received on April 25, 2005, for alleged
violations of pipeline safety regulations at our Todhunter facility, with a
proposed $0.4 million civil penalty. We responded on June 30, 2005,
by admitting certain of the alleged violations, contesting others and requesting
a reduction in the proposed civil penalty. We do not expect any
settlement, fine or penalty to have a material adverse effect on our financial
position, results of operations or cash flows.
The
FERC, pursuant to the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, as amended, the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 and rules and orders promulgated thereunder, regulates the
tariff rates for our interstate common carrier pipeline
operations. To be lawful under that Act, interstate tariff rates,
terms and conditions of service must be just and reasonable and not unduly
discriminatory, and must be on file with the FERC. In addition,
pipelines may not confer any undue preference upon any
shipper. Shippers may protest, and the FERC may investigate, the
lawfulness of new or changed tariff rates. The FERC can suspend those
tariff rates for up to seven months. It can also require refunds of
amounts collected with interest pursuant to rates that are ultimately found to
be unlawful. The FERC and interested parties can also challenge
tariff rates that have become final and effective. Because of the
complexity of rate making, the lawfulness of any rate is never
assured. A successful challenge of our rates could adversely affect
our revenues.
The FERC uses prescribed rate
methodologies for approving regulated tariff rates for transporting crude oil
and refined products. Our interstate tariff rates are either
market-based or derived in accordance with the FERC’s indexing methodology,
which currently allows a pipeline to increase its rates by a percentage linked
to the producer price index for finished goods. These methodologies
may limit our ability to set rates based on our actual costs or may delay the
use of rates reflecting increased costs. Changes in the FERC’s
approved methodology for approving rates could adversely affect
us. Adverse decisions by the FERC in approving our regulated rates
could adversely affect our cash flow.
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The intrastate liquids pipeline
transportation services we provide are subject to various state laws and
regulations that apply to the rates we charge and the terms and conditions of
the services we offer. Although state regulation typically is less
onerous than FERC regulation, the rates we charge and the provision of our
services may be subject to challenge.
Although our natural gas gathering
systems are generally exempt from FERC regulation under the Natural Gas Act of
1938, FERC regulation still significantly affects our natural gas gathering
business. Our natural gas gathering operations could be adversely
affected in the future should they become subject to the application of federal
regulation of rates and services or if the states in which we operate adopt
policies imposing more onerous regulation on gathering. Additional
rules and legislation pertaining to these matters are considered and adopted
from time to time at both state and federal levels. We cannot predict
what effect, if any, such regulatory changes and legislation might have on our
operations or revenues.
Contractual
Obligations
In March 2008, TEPPCO issued $1.0
billion of senior notes due 2013, 2018 and 2038 (see Note 11). Other
than the issuance of these senior notes, there have been no significant changes
in TEPPCO’s schedule of maturities of long-term debt or other contractual
obligations since the year ended December 31, 2007.
The following table summarizes TEPPCO’s
maturities of long-term debt obligations at June 30, 2008:
|
|
Payment
or Settlement due by Period
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturities
of long-term debt (1)
|
|
$ |
2,530,000 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
1,030,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,500,000 |
|
Interest
payments (2)
|
|
|
2,742,161 |
|
|
|
155,935 |
|
|
|
155,935 |
|
|
|
155,935 |
|
|
|
155,935 |
|
|
|
113,046 |
|
|
|
2,005,375 |
|
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(1)
|
TEPPCO
has long-term payment obligations under its Revolving Credit Facility, its
senior notes and its Junior Subordinated Notes. Amounts shown
in the table represent TEPPCO’s scheduled future maturities of long-term
debt principal for the periods indicated (see Note 11 for additional
information regarding TEPPCO’s consolidated debt
obligations).
|
(2)
|
Includes
interest payments due on TEPPCO’s senior notes and junior subordinated
notes and interest payments and commitment fees due on its Revolving
Credit Facility. The interest amount calculated on the
Revolving Credit Facility and the junior subordinated notes is based on
the assumption that the amount outstanding and the interest rate charged
both remain at their current
levels.
|
Other
At June 30, 2008, Centennial’s debt
obligations consisted of $135.0 million borrowed under a master shelf loan
agreement. In January 2008, TEPPCO entered into an Amended Guaranty
agreement with Centennial’s lenders, under which the TEPPCO Guarantors are
required, on a joint and several basis, to pay 50% of any past-due amount under
Centennial’s master shelf loan agreement not paid by Centennial. The
Amended Guaranty also has a credit maintenance requirement whereby TEPPCO may be
required to provide additional credit support in the form of a letter of credit
or pay certain fees if either of our credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. falls below investment grade
levels as specified in the Amended Guaranty. If Centennial defaults
on its debt obligations, the estimated maximum potential amount of future
payments for the TEPPCO Guarantors and Marathon is $67.5 million each at June
30, 2008. At June 30, 2008, we have a liability of $9.2 million,
which represents the present value of the estimated amount we would have to pay
under the guaranty.
TE Products, Marathon and Centennial
have also entered into a limited cash call agreement, which allows each member
to contribute cash in lieu of Centennial procuring separate insurance in the
event of a third-party
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liability
arising from a catastrophic event. There is an indefinite term for
the agreement and each member is to contribute cash in proportion to its
ownership interest, up to a maximum of $50.0 million each. As a
result of the catastrophic event guarantee, at June 30, 2008, TE Products has a
liability of $4.0 million, which represents the present value of the estimated
amount, based on a probability estimate, we would have to pay under the
guarantee. If a catastrophic event were to occur and we were required
to contribute cash to Centennial, such contributions might be covered by our
insurance (net of deductible), depending upon the nature of the catastrophic
event.
One of our subsidiaries, TCO, has
entered into master equipment lease agreements with finance companies for the
use of various equipment. Lease expense related to this equipment is
approximately $5.2 million per year. We have guaranteed the full and
timely payment and performance of TCO’s obligations under the
agreements. Generally, events of default would trigger our
performance under the guarantee. The maximum potential amount of
future payments under the guarantee is not estimable, but would include base
rental payments for both current and future equipment, stipulated loss payments
in the event any equipment is stolen, damaged, or destroyed and any future
indemnity payments. We carry insurance coverage that may offset any
payments required under the guarantees. We do not believe that any
performance under the guarantee would have a material effect on our financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows.
In December 2006, we signed an
agreement with Motiva Enterprises, LLC (“Motiva”) for us to construct and
operate a new refined products storage facility to support the expansion of
Motiva’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Under the terms of the
agreement, we are constructing a 5.4 million barrel refined products storage
facility for gasoline and distillates. The agreement also provides
for a 15-year throughput and dedication of volume, which will commence upon
completion of the refinery expansion. The project includes the
construction of 20 storage tanks, five 5.4-mile product pipelines connecting the
storage facility to Motiva’s refinery, 21,000 horsepower of pumping capacity,
and distribution pipeline connections to the Colonial, Explorer and Magtex
pipelines. The storage and pipeline project is expected to be
completed by January 1, 2010. As a part of a separate but
complementary initiative, we are constructing an 11-mile, 20-inch pipeline to
connect the new storage facility in Port Arthur to our refined products terminal
in Beaumont, Texas, which is the primary origination facility for our mainline
system. These projects will facilitate connections to additional
markets through the Colonial, Explorer and Magtex pipeline systems and provide
the Motiva refinery with access to our pipeline system. The total
cost of the project is expected to be approximately $310.0 million, which
includes $20.0 million for the 11-mile, 20-inch pipeline, $30.0 million of
capitalized interest and $17.0 million of scope changes requested by
Motiva. Through June 30, 2008, we have spent approximately $112.3
million on this construction project. Under the terms of the
agreement, if Motiva cancels the agreement prior to the commencement date of the
project, Motiva will reimburse us the actual reasonable expenses we have
incurred after the effective date of the agreement, including both internal and
external costs that would be capitalized as a part of the project, plus a ten
percent cancellation fee.
NOTE
17. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
Expanded
Availability Under Revolving Credit Facility
On July
17, 2008, TEPPCO received confirmations from participating lenders making
effective its exercise of the accordion feature under its Revolving Credit
Facility. As a result of the exercise of the accordion feature, the
bank commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility were increased from $700.0
million to $950.0 million.