epeform8k_051908.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): March 31, 2008
ENTERPRISE
GP HOLDINGS L.P.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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1-32610
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13-4297064
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Organization)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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1100
Louisiana, 10th Floor
Houston,
Texas 77002
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
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(713)
381-6500
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including Area
Code)
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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨ Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01. Other
Events.
We are filing the unaudited condensed
consolidated balance sheet of EPE Holdings, LLC at March 31, 2008, which is
included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. EPE
Holdings, LLC is the general partner of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of EPE Holdings, LLC at March 31,
2008.
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SIGNATURES
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.
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ENTERPRISE
GP HOLDINGS L.P.
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By:
EPE Holdings, LLC, as general partner |
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Date:
May 19, 2008
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By:
/s/ Michael J.
Knesek
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Michael J.
Knesek
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Senior Vice President,
Controller
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and Principal Accounting
Officer
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of EPE Holdings,
LLC
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exhibit99_1.htm
EXHIBIT
99.1
EPE
HOLDINGS, LLC
Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2008
EPE
HOLDINGS, LLC
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
No.
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2008
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2
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Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
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Note
1 – Company Organization and Basis of Financial Statement
Presentation
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3
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Note
2 – General Accounting Policies and Related Matters
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5
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Note
3 – Business Segments
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7
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Note
4 – Accounting for Unit-Based Awards
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8
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Note
5 – Financial Instruments
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13
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Note
6 – Inventories
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17
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Note
7 – Property, Plant and Equipment
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18
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Note
8 – Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated
Affiliates
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20
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Note
9 – Business Combinations
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21
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Note
10 – Intangible Assets and Goodwill
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22
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Note
11 – Debt Obligations
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24
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Note
12 – Member’s Equity
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27
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Note
13 – Related Party Transactions
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28
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Note
14 – Commitments and Contingencies
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30
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Note
15 – Significant Risks and Uncertainties – Weather-Related
Risks
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34
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Note
16 – Subsequent Event
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34
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EPE
HOLDINGS, LLC
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET
AT
MARCH 31, 2008
(Dollars
in thousands)
ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ |
65,511 |
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Accounts
and notes receivable – trade (net of allowance for
doubtful
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accounts
of $19,419)
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3,663,465 |
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Accounts
receivable – related parties
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142 |
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Inventories
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366,261 |
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Prepaid
and other current assets
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203,520 |
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Total
current assets
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4,298,899 |
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Property,
plant and equipment, net
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15,312,645 |
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Investments
in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates
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2,496,253 |
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Intangible
assets, net of accumulated amortization of $578,211
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1,860,321 |
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Goodwill
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912,312 |
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Deferred
tax assets
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3,194 |
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Other
assets, including restricted cash of $6,561
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267,916 |
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Total
assets
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$ |
25,151,540 |
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LIABILITIES
AND MEMBER'S EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable – trade
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$ |
282,654 |
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Accounts
payable – related parties
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13,341 |
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Accrued
product payables
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3,803,617 |
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Accrued
expenses
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74,409 |
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Accrued
interest
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108,662 |
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Other
current liabilities
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330,692 |
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Total
current liabilities
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4,613,375 |
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Long-term debt (see Note
11)
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11,051,991 |
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Deferred
tax liabilities
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19,044 |
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Other
long-term liabilities
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121,880 |
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Minority
interest
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9,362,379 |
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Commitments
and contingencies
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Member’s
equity, including accumulated other
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comprehensive
income loss of $16,986 (see Note 12)
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(17,129 |
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Total
liabilities and member’s equity
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$ |
25,151,540 |
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See Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
EPE
HOLDINGS, LLC
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AT
MARCH 31, 2008
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 of dollars.
Note
1. Company Organization and Basis of Financial Statement
Presentation
Company
Organization
EPE
Holdings, LLC is a
Delaware limited liability company that was formed in April 2005 to
become the general partner of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. The
business purpose of EPE Holdings, LLC is to manage the affairs and operations of
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. At March 31, 2008, Dan Duncan LLC
owned 100% of the membership interests of EPE Holdings, LLC.
Unless
the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our” or “EPE
Holdings, LLC” are intended to mean and include the business and operations of
EPE Holdings, LLC, as well as its consolidated subsidiaries, which include
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (“Enterprise GP Holdings”) and its consolidated
subsidiaries. Enterprise Products GP LLC, Enterprise Products
Partners L.P., Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC, and TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and their respective
consolidated subsidiaries are consolidated subsidiaries of Enterprise GP
Holdings. References to “EPE Holdings” are intended to mean EPE
Holdings, LLC, individually, and not on a consolidated basis.
Enterprise
GP Holdings is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership, the common
units of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the
ticker symbol “EPE.” The current business of
Enterprise GP Holdings is the ownership of general and limited partner interests
of publicly traded partnerships engaged in the midstream energy industry and
related businesses. EPE Holdings’ general partner interest in Enterprise GP
Holdings is fixed without any requirement for capital contributions in
connection with additional unit issuances by Enterprise GP
Holdings.
References to “Enterprise Products
Partners” mean the business and operations of Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
and its consolidated subsidiaries. Enterprise Products Partners is a
publicly traded Delaware limited partnership, the common units of which are
listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPD.” References to
“EPGP” mean Enterprise Products GP, LLC, which is the general partner of
Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise Products Partners has no business
activities outside those conducted by its operating subsidiary, Enterprise
Products Operating LLC (“EPO”).
References to “Duncan Energy Partners”
mean Duncan Energy Partners L.P., which is a consolidated subsidiary of
EPO. Duncan Energy Partners is a publicly traded Delaware limited
partnership, the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker
symbol “DEP.” References to “DEP GP” mean DEP Holdings, LLC,
which is the general partner of Duncan Energy Partners.
References to “TEPPCO” mean the
business and operations of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and its consolidated
subsidiaries. TEPPCO is a publicly traded Delaware limited
partnership, the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker
symbol “TPP.” References to “TEPPCO GP” mean Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company, LLC, which is the general partner of TEPPCO.
References to “Energy Transfer Equity”
mean the business and operations of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and its
consolidated subsidiaries, which include Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
(“ETP”). Energy Transfer Equity is a publicly traded Delaware limited
partnership, the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the ticker
symbol “ETE.” The general partner of Energy Transfer Equity is LE GP,
LLC (“LE GP”). Enterprise GP Holdings has non-controlling interests
in both Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP.
References to “Employee Partnerships”
mean EPE Unit L.P. (“EPE Unit I”), EPE Unit II, L.P. (“EPE Unit II”), EPE Unit
III, L.P. (“EPE Unit III”) and Enterprise Unit L.P. (“Enterprise Unit”),
collectively, which are private company affiliates of EPCO, Inc.
References
to “EPCO” mean EPCO, Inc. and its private company affiliates, which are related
party affiliates to all of the foregoing named entities. Mr. Duncan
is the Group Co-Chairman and controlling shareholder of EPCO.
References
to “DFI” mean Duncan Family Interests, Inc. and “DFIGP” mean DFI GP Holdings,
L.P. DFI and DFIGP are private company affiliates of
EPCO. Enterprise GP Holdings acquired its ownership interests in
TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP from DFI and DFIGP.
EPE Holdings, Enterprise GP Holdings,
Enterprise Products Partners, EPGP, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, the Employee
Partnerships, EPCO, DFI and DFIGP are affiliates under common control of Mr.
Duncan. We do not control Energy Transfer Equity or LE
GP.
Basis
of Financial Statement Presentation
Since EPE
Holdings exercises control over Enterprise GP Holdings, EPE Holdings
consolidates its balance sheet with that of Enterprise GP
Holdings. EPE Holdings owns a 0.01% general partner interest in
Enterprise GP Holdings, which conducts substantially all of EPE Holdings’
business. EPE Holdings has no independent operations and no material
assets outside those of Enterprise GP Holdings.
The
number of reconciling items between our consolidated balance sheet and that of
Enterprise GP Holdings are few. The most significant reconciling item
is that relating to minority interest in our net assets by the limited partners
of Enterprise GP Holdings and the elimination of our investment in Enterprise GP
Holdings with our underlying partner’s capital account in Enterprise GP
Holdings. See Note 2 for additional details regarding minority
interest ownership in our consolidated subsidiaries.
Presentation
of Investments. Enterprise GP Holdings owns 13,454,498 common
units of Enterprise Products Partners and 100% of the membership interests of
EPGP, which is entitled to 2% of the cash distributions paid by Enterprise
Products Partners as well as the associated incentive distribution rights
(“IDRs”) of Enterprise Products Partners.
Private company affiliates of EPCO (DFI
and DFIGP) contributed equity interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP to
Enterprise GP Holdings in May 2007. As a result of such contributions,
Enterprise GP Holdings owns 4,400,000 common units of TEPPCO and 100% of the
membership interests of TEPPCO GP, which is entitled to 2% of the cash
distributions of TEPPCO as well as the IDRs of TEPPCO. The
contributions of ownership interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP were accounted for
at historical costs as a reorganization of entities under common control in a
manner similar to a pooling of interests. The inclusion of TEPPCO and
TEPPCO GP in our consolidated balance sheet was effective January 1, 2005
because an affiliate of EPCO under common control with Enterprise GP Holdings
originally acquired the ownership interests of TEPPCO GP in February
2005.
In May
2007, Enterprise GP Holdings acquired 38,976,090 common units of Energy Transfer
Equity and approximately 34.9% of the membership interests of its general
partner, LE GP, for $1.65 billion in cash. Energy Transfer Equity
owns limited partner interests and the general partner interest of ETP.
Enterprise GP Holdings accounts for its investments in Energy Transfer Equity
and LE GP using the equity method of accounting.
Note
2. General Accounting Policies and Related Matters
Consolidation
Policy
We
evaluate our financial interests in companies 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 balance sheet includes our
accounts and those of our majority-owned subsidiaries in which we have a
controlling financial or equity interest, after the elimination of intercompany
accounts and transactions.
If an
investee 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 investee’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 investee’s operating and financial
policies. In consolidation, we eliminate our proportionate share of
profits and losses from transactions with equity method unconsolidated
affiliates to the extent such amounts are material and remain on our balance
sheet (or those of our equity method investees) in inventory or similar
accounts.
If our ownership interest in an
investee does not provide us with either control or significant influence over
the investee, we account for the investment using the cost method.
Dixie Employee
Benefit Plans
Dixie Pipeline Company (“Dixie”), a
consolidated subsidiary of EPO, directly employs the personnel that operate its
pipeline system. Certain of these employees are eligible to participate in
Dixie’s defined contribution plan and pension and postretirement benefit
plans. Dixie contributed $0.1 million to its company-sponsored
defined contribution plan during the three months ended March 31,
2008. During the remainder of 2008, Dixie expects to contribute
approximately $0.3 million to its postretirement benefit plan and approximately
$0.5 million to its pension plan.
Environmental
Costs
Environmental
costs for remediation are accrued based on estimates of known remediation
requirements. Such accruals are based on management’s best estimate of the
ultimate cost to remediate a site and are adjusted as further information and
circumstances develop. Those estimates may change substantially depending
on information about the nature and extent of contamination, appropriate
remediation technologies and regulatory approvals. Ongoing environmental
compliance costs are charged to expense as incurred. In accruing for
environmental remediation liabilities, costs of future expenditures for
environmental remediation are not discounted to their present value, unless the
amount and timing of the expenditures are fixed or reliably determinable.
Expenditures to mitigate or prevent future environmental contamination are
capitalized.
At March
31, 2008, our accrued liabilities for environmental remediation projects totaled
$32.5 million. This amount was derived from a range of reasonable
estimates based upon studies and site surveys. Unanticipated changes
in circumstances and/or legal requirements could result in expenses being
incurred in future periods in addition to an increase in actual cash required to
remediate contamination for which we are responsible.
Estimates
Preparing
our balance sheet in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect amounts presented in the balance sheet (i.e. assets
and liabilities) and disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities. Our
actual results could differ from these estimates. On
an
ongoing basis, management reviews its estimates based on currently available
information. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised
estimates.
Enterprise
Products Partners revised the remaining useful lives of certain assets, most
notably the assets that constitute its Texas Intrastate System, effective
January 1, 2008. This change in estimate adjusted the remaining useful life of
such assets to incorporate recent data showing that proved natural gas reserves
supporting throughput and processing volumes for these assets have changed since
original estimates were made in September 2004. These revisions will
prospectively reduce our depreciation expense on assets having carrying values
totaling $2.7 billion at March 31, 2008. For additional information
regarding this change in estimate, see Note 7.
Minority
Interest
As
presented in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, minority
interest represents third-party and affiliate ownership interests in the net
assets of our consolidated subsidiaries. For financial reporting
purposes, the assets and liabilities of our controlled subsidiaries are
consolidated with those of our own, with any third-party and affiliate ownership
interest in such amounts presented as minority interest. The following
table presents the components of minority interest as presented on our Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2008:
Limited
partners of Enterprise Products Partners:
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Third-party
owners of Enterprise Products Partners (1)
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$ |
5,033,917 |
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Related
party owners of Enterprise Products Partners (2)
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284,848 |
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Limited
partners of Enterprise GP Holdings:
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Third-party
owners of Enterprise GP Holdings (1)
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1,036,341 |
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Related
party owners of Enterprise GP Holdings (2)
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1,038,889 |
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Limited
partners of Duncan Energy Partners:
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Third-party
owners of Duncan Energy Partners (1)
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286,812 |
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Limited
partners of TEPPCO:
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Third-party
owners of TEPPCO (1)
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1,555,323 |
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Related
party owners of TEPPCO (2)
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(13,714 |
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Joint
venture partners (3)
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139,963 |
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Total
minority interest on consolidated balance sheet
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$ |
9,362,379 |
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(1) Consists
of non-affiliate public unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners,
Enterprise GP Holdings, Duncan Energy Partners and TEPPCO.
(2) Consists
of unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners, Enterprise GP Holdings and
TEPPCO that are related party affiliates. This group is primarily
comprised of EPCO and certain of its private company consolidated
subsidiaries.
(3) Represents
third-party ownership interests in joint ventures that we consolidate,
including Seminole Pipeline Company (“Seminole”), Dixie, Tri-States
Pipeline L.L.C. (“Tri-States”), Independence Hub, LLC (“Independence
Hub”), Wilprise Pipeline Company, LLC (“Wilprise”) and Belle Rose NGL
Pipeline, L.L.C. (“Belle Rose”).
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Recent
Accounting Developments
Certain
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 157, “Fair
Value Measurements,” became effective for us on January 1, 2008. See
Note 5 for information regarding new fair value-related disclosures required in
connection with SFAS 157.
During
the first quarter of 2008, SFAS 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” was
issued. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures regarding (i) how and
why an entity uses derivative instruments, (ii) how derivative instruments and
related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS 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, results of operations and cash flows. SFAS 161
requires disclosure of (i) the fair values of derivative instruments and their
gains and losses in a tabular format, (ii) derivative features that are credit
risk-related and (iii) cross-referencing within the financial statement
footnotes to locate important information about derivative instruments.
SFAS 161 is effective for
us on
January 1, 2009. Management is currently evaluating the impact that SFAS
161 will have on our financial statement disclosures. At present, we
do not believe that this standard will impact how we record financial
instruments.
Note
3. Business Segments
Our
investing activities are organized into business segments that reflect how the
Chief Executive Officer of EPE Holdings (i.e., our chief operating decision
maker) routinely manages and reviews the financial performance of Enterprise GP
Holdings’ investments. On a consolidated basis, we have three
reportable business segments: (i) Investment in Enterprise Products
Partners, (ii) Investment in TEPPCO and (iii) Investment in Energy Transfer
Equity.
Each of the respective general partners
of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Energy Transfer Equity have separate
operating management and boards of directors, with each board having at least
three independent directors. Enterprise GP Holdings controls
Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO through its ownership of their
respective general partners. We do not control Energy Transfer Equity
or its general partner.
TEPPCO and Enterprise Products Partners
are joint venture partners in Jonah, which owns a natural gas gathering system
(the “Jonah system”) located in southwest Wyoming. Within their
respective financial statements, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO account
for their individual ownership interests in Jonah using the equity method of
accounting. As a result of common control at the Enterprise GP
Holdings level, Jonah is a consolidated subsidiary of Enterprise GP Holdings.
For financial reporting purposes, management elected to classify the net assets
of Jonah within our Investment in TEPPCO segment.
Financial information presented for our
Investment in Enterprise Products Partners and Investment in TEPPCO business
segments was derived from the underlying unaudited condensed consolidated
balance sheets of EPGP and TEPPCO GP, respectively. Financial
information presented for our Investment in Energy Transfer Equity segment
represents amounts we record in connection with these equity method investments
based primarily on publicly available information of Energy Transfer
Equity.
The following table presents selected
business segment information at March 31, 2008:
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Investment
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Investment
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in
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in
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Enterprise
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Investment
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Energy
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Adjustments
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Products
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in
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Transfer
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and
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Consolidated
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Partners
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TEPPCO
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Equity
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Eliminations
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Totals
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Segment
assets:
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At
March 31, 2008
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$ |
16,945,426 |
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$ |
6,661,720 |
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$ |
1,621,601 |
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$ |
(77,207 |
) |
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$ |
25,151,540 |
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Investments
in and advances
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to
unconsolidated affiliates (see Note 8):
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At
March 31, 2008
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610,594 |
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|
264,058 |
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|
1,621,601 |
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|
-- |
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2,496,253 |
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Intangible
Assets (see Note 10):
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At
March 31, 2008
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906,968 |
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970,864 |
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-- |
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(17,511 |
) |
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1,860,321 |
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Goodwill
(see Note 10):
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At
March 31, 2008
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591,652 |
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320,660 |
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-- |
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-- |
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912,312 |
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Note
4. Accounting for Unit-Based Awards
We
account for unit-based awards in accordance with SFAS 123(R), “Share-Based
Payment.” SFAS 123(R) requires us to recognize compensation expense related to
unit-based awards based on the fair value of the award at grant
date. The fair value of restricted unit awards is based on the market
price of the underlying common units on the date of grant. The fair
value of other unit-based awards is estimated using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of an
equity-classified award (such as a restricted unit award) is amortized to
earnings on a straight-line basis over the requisite service or vesting
period. Compensation expense for liability-classified awards (such as unit
appreciation rights (“UARs”)) is recognized over the requisite service or
vesting period of an award based on the fair value of the award remeasured at
each reporting period. Liability-type awards are cash settled upon
vesting.
As used
in the context of the EPCO and TEPPCO plans, the term “restricted unit”
represents a time-vested unit under SFAS 123(R) Such awards are
nonvested until the required service period expires.
EPGP
UARs
The
non-employee directors of EPGP have been granted UARs in the form of letter
agreements. These liability awards are not part of any established
long-term incentive plan of EPCO, Enterprise GP Holdings or Enterprise Products
Partners. These UARs entitle each non-employee director to receive a
cash payment on the vesting date equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market
value of the Enterprise GP Holdings’ units (determined as of a future vesting
date) over the grant date fair value. At March 31, 2008, there were a total of
90,000 UARs outstanding that had been granted to non-employee directors of
EPGP.
EPCO
Employee Partnerships
EPCO
formed the Employee Partnerships to serve as an incentive arrangement for key
employees of EPCO by providing them a “profits interest” in the Employee
Partnerships. Currently, there are four Employee Partnerships: EPE
Unit I, EPE Unit II, EPE Unit III and Enterprise Unit. EPE Unit I was formed in
August 2005 in connection with Enterprise GP Holdings’ initial public offering
and EPE Unit II was formed in December 2006. EPE Unit III was formed
in May 2007, and Enterprise Unit was formed in February 2008. For a
detailed description of EPE Unit I, EPE Unit II and EPE Unit III, see Enterprise
GP Holdings’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007.
As of
March 31, 2008, there was an estimated $25.5 million of combined unrecognized
compensation cost related to the four Employee Partnerships. We will
recognize our share of these costs in accordance with the EPCO administrative
services agreement over a weighted-average period of 3.7 years.
Enterprise
Unit. On
February 20, 2008, EPCO formed Enterprise Unit to serve as an incentive
arrangement for certain employees of EPCO through a “profits interest” in
Enterprise Unit. On that date, EPCO Holdings, Inc. (“EPCO Holdings”)
agreed to contribute $18.0 million in the aggregate (the “Initial Contribution”)
to Enterprise Unit and was admitted as the Class A limited
partner. Certain key employees of EPCO, including the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Enterprise GP Holdings, were issued
Class B limited partner interests and admitted as Class B limited partners
of Enterprise Unit without any capital contributions. EPCO
Holdings may make capital contributions to Enterprise Unit in addition to its
Initial Contribution. It is currently anticipated that EPCO Holdings
will contribute up to an additional $33.0 million to Enterprise Unit; however,
EPCO Holdings has no legal obligation to make such additional contributions and
may ultimately contribute more or less than this amount to Enterprise
Unit. EPCO Holdings has contributed $23.4 million to Enterprise Unit
through April 30, 2008.
As with
the awards granted in connection with the other Employee Partnerships, these
awards are designed to provide additional long-term incentive compensation for
such employees. The profits interest awards (or Class B limited
partner interests) in Enterprise Unit entitle the holder to participate in the
appreciation in value of Enterprise Products Partners’ units and Enterprise GP
Holdings’ units and are subject to forfeiture.
An allocated portion of the fair value
of these equity awards will be charged to us under the EPCO administrative
services agreement as a non-cash expense. We will not reimburse EPCO,
Enterprise Unit or any of their affiliates or partners, through the
administrative services agreement or otherwise, in cash for any expenses related
to Enterprise Unit, including the Initial Contribution by EPCO
Holdings.
The Class B limited partner
interests in Enterprise Unit that are owned by EPCO employees are subject to
forfeiture if the participating employee’s employment with EPCO and its
affiliates is terminated prior to February 20, 2014, with customary exceptions
for death, disability and certain retirements. The risk of forfeiture
associated with the Class B limited partner interests in Enterprise Unit
will also lapse upon certain change of control events.
Unless otherwise agreed to by EPCO,
EPCO Holdings and a majority in interest of the Class B limited partners of
Enterprise Unit, Enterprise Unit will terminate at the earlier of February 20,
2014 (six years from the date of the agreement) or a change in control
of Enterprise GP Holdings or Enterprise Products Partners.
Enterprise Unit has the following material terms regarding its
quarterly cash distribution to partners:
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Distributions
of cash flow –
Each quarter, 100% of the cash distributions received by Enterprise
Unit from Enterprise Products Partners and Enterprise GP Holdings
will be distributed to the Class A limited partner until EPCO
Holdings has received an amount equal to the Class A preferred return
(as defined below), and any remaining distributions received by Enterprise
Unit will be distributed to the Class B limited partners. The
Class A preferred return equals the Class A capital base (as defined
below) multiplied by 5.0% per annum. The Class A limited
partner’s capital base equals the amount of any contributions of cash or
cash equivalents made by the Class A limited partner to Enterprise Unit,
plus any unpaid Class A preferred return from prior periods, less any
distributions made by Enterprise Unit of proceeds from the sale of units
owned by Enterprise Unit (as described
below).
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§
|
Liquidating
Distributions –
Upon liquidation of Enterprise Unit, units having a fair market
value equal to the Class A limited partner capital base will be
distributed to EPCO Holdings, plus any accrued Class A preferred
return for the quarter in which liquidation occurs. Any remaining
units will be distributed to the Class B limited
partners.
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§
|
Sale
Proceeds – If
Enterprise Unit sells any units that it beneficially owns, the sale
proceeds will be distributed to the Class A limited partner and the
Class B limited partners in the same manner as liquidating
distributions described above.
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EPCO
1998 Plan
The EPCO
1998 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 7,000,000 common units of
Enterprise Products Partners. After giving effect to outstanding
option awards at March 31, 2008 and the issuance and forfeiture of restricted
unit awards through March 31, 2008, a total of 1,418,833 additional common units
of Enterprise Products Partners could be issued under the EPCO 1998
Plan.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ unit option awards. Under the EPCO 1998
Plan, non-qualified incentive options to purchase a fixed number of Enterprise
Products Partners’ common units may be granted to key employees of EPCO who
perform management, administrative or operational functions for
us. The following table presents option activity under the EPCO 1998
Plan for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average
|
|
|
remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
strike
price
|
|
|
contractual
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
(dollars/unit)
|
|
|
term
(in years)
|
|
|
Value
(1)
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
2,315,000 |
|
|
$ |
26.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(10,000 |
) |
|
$ |
22.76 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
or terminated
|
|
|
(85,000 |
) |
|
$ |
26.72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at March 31, 2008
|
|
|
2,220,000 |
|
|
$ |
26.17 |
|
|
|
7.47 |
|
|
$ |
2,491 |
|
Options
exercisable at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31, 2008
|
|
|
325,000 |
|
|
$ |
22.03 |
|
|
|
3.70 |
|
|
$ |
2,491 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Aggregate intrinsic value
reflects fully vested option awards at March 31,
2008.
|
|
The total
intrinsic value of option awards exercised during the three months ended March
31, 2008 was $0.1 million. At March 31, 2008, there was an estimated
$2.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested option
awards granted under the EPCO 1998 Plan. We expect to recognize our
share of this cost over a weighted-average period of 2.7 years in accordance
with the EPCO administrative services agreement.
During
the three months ended March 31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners received
cash of $0.3 million from the exercise of unit
options. Conversely, its option-related reimbursements to EPCO
were $0.1 million.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ restricted unit awards. Under the EPCO 1998
Plan, Enterprise Products Partners may also issue restricted common units to key
employees of EPCO and directors of EPGP. The following table
summarizes information regarding Enterprise Products Partners’ restricted unit
awards for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Grant
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
Date
Fair Value
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
per
Unit (1)
|
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,688,540 |
|
|
|
|
Granted
(2)
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
$ |
25.34 |
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(56,577 |
) |
|
$ |
25.57 |
|
Vested
|
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
$ |
23.79 |
|
Restricted
units at March 31, 2008
|
|
|
1,634,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Determined
by dividing the aggregate grant date fair value of awards (including an
allowance for forfeitures) by the number of awards issued.
(2)
Aggregate
grant date fair value of restricted unit awards issued during 2008 was
$0.1 million based on a grant date market price of Enterprise Products
Partners’ common units of $30.53 per unit and estimated forfeiture rate of
17.0%.
|
|
The total
fair value of Enterprise Products Partners’ restricted unit awards that vested
during the three months ended March 31, 2008 was $0.1 million. As
of March 31, 2008, there was an estimated $22.9 million of total
unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted unit awards granted under
the EPCO 1998 Plan, which we expect to recognize over a weighted-average period
of 2.2 years. We will recognize our share of such costs in accordance
with the EPCO administrative services agreement.
Enterprise
Products 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan
On January 29, 2008, the
unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners approved the Enterprise Products
2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “EPD 2008 LTIP”), which provides for awards
of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units and other rights to its
non-employee directors and to consultants and employees of EPCO and its
affiliates providing services to Enterprise Products Partners. Awards under the
EPD 2008 LTIP may be granted in the form of restricted units, phantom units,
unit options, UARs and distribution equivalent rights. The EPD 2008 LTIP will be
administered by EPGP’s Audit, Conflicts and Governance (“ACG”) Committee. Up to
10,000,000 of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units may be granted as
awards under the plan, with such amount subject to adjustment.
The exercise price of unit options or
UARs awarded to participants will be determined by the ACG Committee (at its
discretion) at the date of grant and may be no less than the fair market value
of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units at the date of grant. The EPD 2008
LTIP may be amended or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors of EPCO
or EPGP’s ACG Committee; however, the rules of the NYSE require that any
material amendment, such as a significant increase in the number of common units
available under the plan or a change in the types of awards available under the
plan, would require the approval of Enterprise Products Partners’ unitholders.
The ACG Committee is also authorized to make adjustments in the terms and
conditions of, and the criteria included in, awards under the plan in specified
circumstances. The EPD 2008 LTIP is effective until the earlier of
January 29, 2018 or the time which all available units under the incentive
plan have been delivered to participants or the time of termination of the plan
by EPCO or EPGP’s ACG Committee. As of March 31, 2008 no awards have
been issued under the EPD 2008 LTIP.
DEP GP
UARs
The
non-employee directors of DEP GP have been granted UARs in the form of
letter agreements. These UARs entitle each non-employee director to receive a
cash payment on the vesting date equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market
value of Enterprise GP Holdings’ units (determined as of a future vesting date)
over the grant date fair value. As of March 31, 2008, Enterprise GP
Holdings had a total of 90,000 outstanding UARs granted to non-employee
directors of DEP GP that cliff vest in 2012. If a director
resigns prior to vesting, his UAR awards are forfeited. The grant
date fair value with respect to these UARs is based on a unit price of $36.68
per unit.
TEPPCO 1999 Plan
The
TEPPCO 1999 Plan provides for the issuance of phantom unit awards as incentives
to key employees of EPCO working on behalf of TEPPCO. There were a
total of 31,600 phantom unit awards outstanding under the TEPPCO 1999 Plan at
March 31, 2008. In April 2008, 13,000 phantom units vested resulting
in a cash payment of $0.4 million. The remaining cliff vest as
follows: 13,000 in April 2009 and 5,600 in January
2010. At March 31, 2008, TEPPCO had accrued liability balances of
$1.0 million related to the TEPPCO 1999 Plan.
TEPPCO
2000 LTIP
The
TEPPCO 2000 LTIP provides key employees of EPCO working on behalf of TEPPCO
incentives to achieve improvements in TEPPCO’s 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. There were a total of 11,300 phantom
unit awards outstanding under the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP at March 31, 2008 that cliff
vest on December 31, 2008 and will be paid out to participants in
2009. At March 31, 2008, TEPPCO had accrued liability balances of
$0.2 million related to the TEPPCO 2000 LTIP.
TEPPCO
2005 Phantom Unit Plan
The
TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan provides key employees of EPCO working on behalf
of TEPPCO incentives to achieve improvements in TEPPCO’s 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. There were a total of 38,200 phantom unit
awards outstanding under the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan at March 31, 2008
that cliff vest on December 31, 2008 and will be paid out to participants in
2009. At March 31, 2008, TEPPCO had an accrued liability balance of
$1.0 million related to the TEPPCO 2005 Phantom Unit Plan.
TEPPCO
2006 LTIP
The
TEPPCO 2006 LTIP provides for awards of TEPPCO common units and other rights to
its non-employee directors and to employees of EPCO working on behalf of
TEPPCO. As of March 31, 2008, 1,647 phantom units and 66,225 UARs had
been awarded to non-employee directors of TEPPCO. As of March 31,
2008, certain EPCO employees working on behalf of TEPPCO had been granted
155,000 option awards, 62,400 restricted unit awards and 335,723
UARs. After giving effect to outstanding option awards at March 31,
2008 and the issuance and forfeiture of restricted unit awards through March 31,
2008, a total of 4,782,600 common units of TEPPCO could be issued under the
TEPPCO 2006 LTIP. Option awards and restricted unit awards granted
under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP vest in 2011. The UARs vest in
2012.
TEPPCO
unit
options. There was no unit option activity under the TEPPCO
2006 LTIP during the three months ended March 31, 2008, and no options were
exercisable at March 31, 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
average
|
|
|
|
|
|
average
|
|
remaining
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
strike
price
|
|
contractual
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
(dollars/unit)
|
|
term
(in years)
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
155,000 |
|
|
$ |
45.35 |
|
|
Outstanding
at March 31, 2008
|
|
|
155,000 |
|
|
$ |
45.35 |
|
9.15
|
At March
31, 2008, total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested option
awards granted under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP was an estimated $0.4
million. TEPPCO expects to recognize this cost over a
weighted-average period of 3.1 years.
TEPPCO
restricted
units. There was no
restricted unit activity under the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP during the three months
ended March 31, 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Grant
|
|
|
|
Number
of
|
|
|
Date
Fair Value
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
|
per
Unit (1)
|
|
Restricted
units at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
62,400 |
|
|
|
|
Restricted
units at March 31, 2008
|
|
|
62,400 |
|
|
$ |
37.64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Determined
by dividing the aggregate grant date fair value of awards (including an
allowance for forfeitures) by the number of awards issued.
|
|
None of
TEPPCO’s restricted unit awards vested during the three months ended March 31,
2008. At March 31, 2008, there was an estimated $1.9 million of total
unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted unit awards granted under
the TEPPCO 2006 LTIP. TEPPCO expects to recognize these costs over a
weighted-average period of 3.1 years.
TEPPCO
UARs and phantom units. As of March 31, 2008, there were a
total of 66,225 UARs outstanding that had been granted to non-employee directors
of TEPPCO GP and 335,723 UARs outstanding that were granted to certain employees
of EPCO who work on behalf of TEPPCO. These UAR awards will cliff
vest in 2012. If the non-employee director or employee resigns prior
to vesting, their UAR awards are forfeited. These UAR awards are accounted
for similar to liability awards under SFAS 123(R) since they will be settled
with cash.
As
of March 31, 2008, there were a total of 1,647 phantom unit awards outstanding
that had been granted to non-employee directors of TEPPCO GP. Each
phantom unit will be redeemed in cash the earlier of (i) April 2011 or (ii) when
the director is no longer serving on the board of TEPPCO GP. In
addition, during the vesting period, each participant is entitled to cash
distributions equal to the product of the number of phantom units outstanding
for the participant and the cash distribution per unit paid by TEPPCO on its
common units. Phantom units awarded to non-employee directors are
accounted for similar to liability awards.
Note
5. Financial Instruments
We are
exposed to financial market risks, including changes in commodity prices,
interest rates and foreign exchange rates. 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 types of
risks we attempt to hedge are those related to (i) the variability of future
earnings, (ii) fair values of certain debt instruments and (iii) cash flows
resulting from changes in applicable interest rates, commodity prices or
exchange rates.
Interest
Rate Risk Hedging Program
Enterprise GP
Holdings. Enterprise GP Holdings’
interest rate exposure results from variable interest rate borrowings under its
credit facility. A portion its interest rate exposure is managed by
utilizing interest rate swaps and similar arrangements, which effectively
convert a portion of its variable rate debt into fixed rate
debt. Enterprise GP Holdings had four floating-to-fixed interest rate
swap agreements outstanding at March 31, 2008 that were accounted for as cash
flow hedges.
|
Number
|
Period
Covered
|
Termination
|
Variable
to
|
Notional
|
|
Hedged
Variable Rate Debt
|
Of
Swaps
|
by
Swap
|
Date
of Swap
|
Fixed Rate
(1)
|
Value
|
|
Enterprise
GP Holdings variable-rate borrowings
|
2
|
Aug.
2007 to Aug. 2009
|
Aug.
2009
|
4.54% to
5.01%
|
$250.0
million
|
|
Enterprise
GP Holdings variable-rate borrowings
|
2
|
Sep.
2007 to Aug. 2011
|
Aug.
2011
|
4.54% to
4.82%
|
$250.0
million
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Amounts
receivable from or payable to the swap counterparties are settled every
three months (the “settlement
period”).
|
At March
31, 2008, the aggregate fair value of these interest rate swaps was a liability
of $25.1 million.
Enterprise
Products Partners.
Enterprise Products Partners’ interest rate exposure results from
variable and fixed interest rate borrowings under its consolidated debt
agreements, primarily those of EPO. A portion of its interest rate
exposure is managed by utilizing interest rate swaps and similar arrangements,
which effectively convert a portion of fixed rate debt into variable rate debt
or a portion of variable rate debt into fixed rate debt.
Enterprise
Products Partners had nine interest rate swaps outstanding at March 31, 2008
that were accounted for as fair value hedges. These agreements had a
combined notional value of $850.0 million and match the maturity dates of
the underlying fixed rate debt being hedged. The aggregate fair value
of these interest rate swaps at March 31, 2008 was an asset of $48.7
million, with an offsetting decrease in the fair value of the underlying
debt.
In
February 2008, Enterprise Products Partners terminated two interest rate swaps,
each with a notional value of $100.0 million, related to its Senior Notes K and
received $6.3 million of cash.
At times,
Enterprise Products Partners may enter into treasury rate lock
transactions to hedge U.S. treasury rates related to its anticipated
issuances of debt. 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 EPO’s treasury lock transactions
was designated as a cash flow hedge
under
SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as
amended and interpreted.
In
connection with EPO’s issuance of its Senior Notes M and N in April 2008 (see
Note 16), EPO terminated all of its outstanding treasury lock financial
instruments. On March 31, 2008, EPO terminated treasury locks having
a notional value of $350.0 million and recognized an other comprehensive
loss of $27.7 million. On April 1, 2008, EPO terminated its remaining
treasury locks, which had an aggregate notional value of $250.0
million. As a result, Enterprise Products Partners will recognize an
additional other comprehensive loss of $12.7 million during the second quarter
of 2008.
Duncan
Energy Partners. Duncan Energy Partners had three floating-to-fixed
interest rate swap agreements outstanding at March 31, 2008 that were accounted
for as cash flow hedges having a notional value of $175.0
million. The purpose of these financial instruments is to reduce the
sensitivity of Duncan Energy Partners’ earnings to the variable interest rates
charged under its revolving credit facility.
The aggregate fair value of these
interest rate swaps at March 31, 2008 was a liability of $9.0 million.
TEPPCO. TEPPCO also
utilizes interest rate swap agreements to manage its cost of
borrowing. TEPPCO had interest rate swap agreements outstanding at December
31, 2007 that had an aggregate notional value of $200.0 million. The
fair value of these interest rate swaps at December 31, 2007 was an asset of
$0.3 million. These swap agreements settled in January 2008, and there are
currently no swap agreements outstanding.
In
connection with TEPPCO’s issuance of senior notes in March 2008 (see Note 11),
TEPPCO terminated all of its outstanding treasury lock financial instruments
having a notional value of $600.0 million. As a result of this
termination, TEPPCO recognized an other comprehensive loss of $52.1
million. This loss is being amortized using the effective interest
method over the estimated term of the underlying fixed-rate debt.
Commodity
Risk Hedging Program
Enterprise
Products Partners. The prices of natural gas, natural gas
liquids (“NGLs”) and certain petrochemical products are subject to fluctuations
in response to changes in supply, market uncertainty and a variety of additional
factors that are beyond the control of Enterprise Products
Partners. In order to manage the price risks associated with such
products, Enterprise Products Partners may enter into commodity financial
instruments.
The
primary purpose of Enterprise Products Partners’ commodity risk management
activities is to hedge its exposure to price risks associated with (i) natural
gas purchases and gas injected into storage, (ii) the value of NGL production
and inventories, (iii) related firm commitments, (iv) fluctuations in
transportation revenues where the underlying fees are based on natural gas index
prices and (v) certain anticipated transactions involving either natural gas,
NGLs or certain petrochemical products. The commodity financial instruments
utilized by Enterprise Products Partners may be settled in cash or with another
financial instrument.
At March
31, 2008, the fair value of Enterprise Products Partners’ commodity financial
instruments portfolio, which primarily consisted of cash flow hedges, was
an asset of $68.3 million. These contracts will terminate during
2008.
TEPPCO. TEPPCO seeks to
maintain a position that is substantially balanced between crude oil purchases
and related sales and future delivery obligations. As part of its
crude oil marketing business, TEPPCO enters into financial instruments such as
swaps and other hedging instruments. The purpose of such hedging
activity is either to balance TEPPCO’s inventory position or to lock in a profit
margin.
At March
31, 2008, TEPPCO had a limited number of commodity derivatives that were
accounted for as cash flow hedges. These contracts will expire during
2008. The fair
value of the open positions at March 31, 2008 was a liability of $15.4
million.
Foreign
Currency Hedging Program – Enterprise Products Partners
Enterprise
Products Partners is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk primarily
through its Canadian NGL marketing subsidiary. As a result,
Enterprise Products Partners could be adversely affected by fluctuations in the
foreign currency exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian
dollar. Enterprise Products Partners attempts to hedge this risk
using foreign exchange purchase contracts to fix the exchange
rate. Mark-to-market accounting is utilized for these contracts,
which typically have a duration of one month. As of March 31, 2008,
$1.6 million of these exchange contracts were outstanding, all of which settled
in April 2008.
Adoption
of SFAS 157 – Fair Value Measurements
On
January 1, 2008, we adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 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 a specified 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:
§
|
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 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.
|
§
|
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.
|
The
following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, our
financial assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis at March 31,
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 March 31, 2008, there were no
Level 1 financial assets or liabilities.
|
|
Level
2
|
|
|
Level
3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Financial
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity
financial instruments
|
|
$ |
85,939 |
|
|
$ |
758 |
|
|
$ |
86,697 |
|
Foreign
currency hedging financial instruments
|
|
|
111 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
111 |
|
Interest
rate hedging financial instruments
|
|
|
48,748 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
48,748 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
134,798 |
|
|
$ |
758 |
|
|
$ |
135,556 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity
financial instruments
|
|
$ |
30,450 |
|
|
$ |
3,368 |
|
|
$ |
33,818 |
|
Foreign
currency hedging financial instruments
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Interest
rate hedging financial instruments
|
|
|
37,833 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
37,833 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
68,301 |
|
|
$ |
3,368 |
|
|
$ |
71,669 |
|
Fair
values associated with our interest rate, commodity and foreign currency
financial instrument portfolios were developed using available market
information and appropriate valuation techniques in accordance with SFAS
157.
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, January 1
|
|
$ |
(5,054 |
) |
Total
gains (losses) included in:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
(1,836 |
) |
Other
comprehensive income
|
|
|
2,419 |
|
Purchases,
issuances, settlements
|
|
|
1,861 |
|
Ending
balance, March 31
|
|
$ |
(2,610 |
) |
Note
6. Inventories
Our inventory amounts by business
segment were as follows at March 31, 2008:
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
Working
inventory (1)
|
|
$ |
279,225 |
|
Forward-sales
inventory (2)
|
|
|
9,573 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
288,798 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
Working
inventory (3)
|
|
|
58,275 |
|
Forward-sales
inventory (4)
|
|
|
21,393 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
79,668 |
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
(2,205 |
) |
Total
inventory
|
|
$ |
366,261 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Working
inventory is comprised of inventories of natural gas, NGLs and certain
petrochemical products that are either available-for-sale or used in the
provision for services.
(2) Forward
sales inventory consists of segregated NGL and natural gas volumes
dedicated to the fulfillment of forward-sales contracts.
(3) Working
inventory is comprised of inventories of crude oil, refined products,
liquefied petroleum gases (“LPGs”), lubrication oils, and specialty
chemicals that are either available-for-sale or used in the provision for
services.
(4) Forward
sales inventory primarily consists of segregated crude oil volumes
dedicated to the fulfillment of forward-sales contracts.
|
|
Our
inventory values reflect payments for product purchases, freight charges
associated with such purchase volumes, terminal and storage fees, vessel
inspection costs, demurrage charges and other related
costs. Inventories are valued at the lower of average cost or
market.
In addition to cash purchases,
Enterprise Products Partners takes ownership of volumes through
percent-of-liquids contracts and similar arrangements. These volumes
are recorded as inventory at market-related values in the month of
acquisition. Enterprise Products Partners capitalizes as a component
of inventory those ancillary costs (e.g. freight-in, handling and processing
charges) incurred in connection with such volumes.
Due to
fluctuating commodity prices, we recognize lower of cost or market (“LCM”)
adjustments when the carrying value of inventories exceeds their net realizable
value.
Note
7. Property, Plant and Equipment
Our property, plant and equipment
amounts by business segment were as follows at March 31, 2008:
|
|
Estimated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Useful
Life
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
Years
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plants,
pipelines, buildings and related assets (1)
|
|
|
3-35
(5)
|
|
|
$ |
11,383,624 |
|
Storage
facilities (2)
|
|
|
5-35
(6)
|
|
|
|
727,668 |
|
Offshore
platforms and related facilities (3)
|
|
|
20-31
|
|
|
|
634,645 |
|
Transportation
equipment (4)
|
|
|
3-10
|
|
|
|
33,210 |
|
Land
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49,821 |
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,288,212 |
|
Total
historical cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,117,180 |
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,020,672 |
|
Total
carrying value, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
12,096,508 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plants,
pipelines, buildings and related assets (1)
|
|
|
5-40
(5)
|
|
|
$ |
2,528,703 |
|
Storage
facilities (2)
|
|
|
5-40
(6)
|
|
|
|
262,265 |
|
Transportation
equipment (4)
|
|
|
5-10
|
|
|
|
9,101 |
|
Marine
vessels (7)
|
|
|
20-30
|
|
|
|
422,045 |
|
Land
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
193,325 |
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
472,848 |
|
Total
historical cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,888,287 |
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
672,150 |
|
Total
carrying value, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,216,137 |
|
Total
property, plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
15,312,645 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Includes
processing plants; NGL, crude oil, natural gas and other pipelines;
terminal loading and unloading facilities; buildings; office furniture and
equipment; laboratory and shop equipment; and related assets.
(2) Includes
underground product storage caverns, above ground storage tanks, water
wells and related assets.
(3) Includes
offshore platforms and related facilities and assets.
(4) Includes
vehicles used and similar assets used in our operations.
(5) In
general, the estimated useful lives of major components of this category
approximate the following: processing plants, 20-35 years; pipelines
and related equipment, 5-40 years; terminal facilities, 10-35 years;
delivery facilities, 20-40 years; buildings, 20-40 years; office furniture
and equipment, 3-20 years; and laboratory and shop equipment, 5-35
years.
(6) In
general, the estimated useful lives of major components of this category
approximate the following: underground storage facilities, 5-35
years; storage tanks 10-40 years; and water wells, 5-35
years.
(7) See
Note 9 for additional information regarding the acquisition of marine
services businesses by TEPPCO in February 2008.
|
|
The
following table summarizes our capitalized interest amounts by segment for the
periods noted:
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
Capitalized
interest (1)
|
|
$ |
18,112 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
Capitalized
interest (1)
|
|
|
4,356 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Capitalized
interest increases the carrying value of the associated asset and reduces
interest expense during the period it is recorded.
|
|
Enterprise
Products Partners reviewed assumptions underlying the estimated remaining useful
lives of certain of its assets during the first quarter of 2008. As a
result of this review, effective January 1, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners
revised the remaining useful lives of these assets, most notably the assets that
constitute its Texas Intrastate System. This change in estimate
increased the remaining useful life of such assets to incorporate recent data
showing that proved natural gas reserves supporting throughput and processing
volumes for these assets have changed since Enterprise Products Partners’
original estimates made in September 2004. These revisions will
prospectively reduce Enterprise Products Partners’ depreciation expense on
assets having carrying values totaling $2.7 billion as of March 31,
2008. On average, we extended the life of these assets by 3.1
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. The following table summarizes amounts recognized in
connection with AROs since December 31, 2007:
|
|
Investment
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
Investment
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners
|
|
|
TEPPCO
|
|
|
Total
|
|
ARO
liability balance, December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
40,614 |
|
|
$ |
1,610 |
|
|
$ |
42,224 |
|
Liabilities
incurred
|
|
|
384 |
|
|
|
(184 |
) |
|
|
200 |
|
Liabilities
settled
|
|
|
(4,906 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(4,906 |
) |
Revisions
in estimated cash flows
|
|
|
160 |
|
|
|
1,878 |
|
|
|
2,038 |
|
Accretion
expense
|
|
|
659 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
691 |
|
ARO
liability balance, March 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
36,911 |
|
|
$ |
3,336 |
|
|
$ |
40,247 |
|
Our
consolidated property, plant and equipment at March 31, 2008 includes $11.0
million of asset retirement costs capitalized as an increase in the associated
long-lived asset.
Note
8. Investments In and Advances to Unconsolidated
Affiliates
We own
interests in a number of related businesses that are accounted for using the
equity method of accounting. The following table presents our
investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates by segment at March 31,
2008:
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Venice
Energy Service Company L.L.C. (“VESCO”)
|
|
|
13.1%
|
|
|
$ |
33,706 |
|
K/D/S
Promix, L.L.C. (“Promix”)
|
|
|
50%
|
|
|
|
50,068 |
|
Baton
Rouge Fractionators LLC (“BRF”)
|
|
|
32.3%
|
|
|
|
25,372 |
|
Evangeline
(1)
|
|
|
49.5%
|
|
|
|
3,916 |
|
Poseidon
Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Poseidon”)
|
|
|
36%
|
|
|
|
57,904 |
|
Cameron
Highway Oil Pipeline Company (“Cameron Highway”)
|
|
|
50%
|
|
|
|
257,176 |
|
Deepwater
Gateway, L.L.C. (“Deepwater Gateway”)
|
|
|
50%
|
|
|
|
107,646 |
|
Neptune
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Neptune”)
|
|
|
25.7%
|
|
|
|
54,145 |
|
Nemo
Gathering Company, LLC (“Nemo”)
|
|
|
33.9%
|
|
|
|
2,944 |
|
Baton
Rouge Propylene Concentrator, LLC (“BRPC”)
|
|
|
30%
|
|
|
|
13,621 |
|
Other
|
|
|
50%
|
|
|
|
4,096 |
|
Total
Investment in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
610,594 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Seaway
Crude Pipeline Company (“Seaway”)
|
|
|
50%
|
|
|
|
187,758 |
|
Centennial
Pipeline LLC (“Centennial”)
|
|
|
50%
|
|
|
|
75,927 |
|
Other
|
|
|
25%
|
|
|
|
373 |
|
Total
Investment in TEPPCO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
264,058 |
|
Investment in Energy Transfer
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy
Transfer Equity
|
|
|
17.5%
|
|
|
|
1,609,600 |
|
LE
GP
|
|
|
34.9%
|
|
|
|
12,001 |
|
Total
Investment in Energy Transfer Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,621,601 |
|
Total consolidated
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,496,253 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Refers
to ownership interests in Evangeline Gas Pipeline Company, L.P. and
Evangeline Gas Corp., collectively.
|
|
On
occasion, the price Enterprise GP Holdings, Enterprise Products Partners or
TEPPCO pays to acquire an ownership interest in a company exceeds the underlying
book value of the capital accounts acquired. Such excess cost amounts
are included within the carrying values of our investments in and advances to
unconsolidated affiliates. That portion of excess cost attributable
to fixed assets or amortizable intangible assets is amortized over the estimated
useful life of the underlying asset(s) as a reduction in equity earnings from
the entity. That portion of excess cost attributable to goodwill or
indefinite life intangible assets is not subject to
amortization. Equity method investments, including their associated
excess cost amounts, are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that there is a loss in value of the investment which is
other than temporary.
The
following table summarizes our excess cost information at March 31, 2008
indicated by the business segment:
|
|
Investment in
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterprise
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
Investment in
|
|
|
Transfer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners
|
|
|
TEPPCO
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Initial
excess cost amounts attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Assets
|
|
$ |
51,476 |
|
|
$ |
30,277 |
|
|
$ |
572,588 |
|
|
$ |
654,341 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
294,640 |
|
|
|
294,640 |
|
Intangibles
– finite life
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
30,021 |
|
|
|
289,851 |
|
|
|
319,872 |
|
Intangibles
– indefinite life
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
513,508 |
|
|
|
513,508 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
51,476 |
|
|
$ |
60,298 |
|
|
$ |
1,670,587 |
|
|
$ |
1,782,361 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excess
cost amounts, net of amortization at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31, 2008
|
|
$ |
35,685 |
|
|
$ |
32,210 |
|
|
$ |
1,633,879 |
|
|
$ |
1,701,774 |
|
Enterprise
GP Holdings’ investments in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP exceed its share of
the historical cost of the underlying net assets of such entities. At
March 31, 2008, Enterprise GP Holdings’ investments in Energy Transfer Equity
and LE GP reflect preliminary fair value allocations (net of related
amortization) of the $1.63 billion basis differential consisting of $551.3
million attributed to fixed assets, $513.5 million attributable to ETP IDRs
(an indefinite-life intangible asset), $294.6 million of goodwill and $274.5
million attributed to amortizable intangible assets. The amounts
attributed to fixed assets and amortizable intangible assets represent the
pro rata excess of the preliminary fair values determined for such assets over
the entity’s historical carrying values for such assets at the acquisition
date. These excess cost amounts are amortized over the estimated useful
life of the underlying assets as a reduction in equity earnings from Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP.
The $513.5 million of excess cost
attributed to ETP IDRs represents the pro rata fair value of the incentive
distributions of ETP, which Energy Transfer Equity receives through its 100%
ownership interest in the general partner of ETP. The $294.6 million
of goodwill is associated with our view of the future results from Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP based upon their underlying assets and industry
relationships. Excess cost amounts attributed to IDRs and goodwill
are not amortized. However, the excess cost associated with our
investments in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP, including that portion
attributed to ETP IDRs and goodwill, is evaluated for impairment whenever events
or circumstances indicate that there is a significant decline in value of the
investment that is other than temporary.
Note
9. Business Combinations
TEPPCO
Marine Services Businesses
On
February 1, 2008, TEPPCO entered the marine transportation business for refined
products, crude oil and condensate through the purchase of related assets from
Cenac Towing Co., Inc., Cenac Offshore, L.L.C., and Mr. Arlen B. Cenac, Jr.
(collectively “Cenac”). The aggregate value of total consideration TEPPCO paid
or issued to complete this business combination was $444.3 million, which
consisted of $257.7 million in cash and approximately 4.9 million of TEPPCO’s
newly issued common units. Additionally TEPPCO assumed approximately
$63.2 million of Cenac’s debt in the transaction. TEPPCO acquired 42
tow boats, 89 tank barges and the economic benefit of certain related commercial
agreements. TEPPCO’s new business line serves refineries and storage
terminals along the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio rivers, as well as the
Intracoastal Waterway between Texas and Florida. These assets also
gather crude oil from production facilities and platforms along the
Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. TEPPCO used its short-term credit
facility to finance the cash portion of the acquisition. TEPPCO
repaid the $63.2 million of debt assumed in this transaction using borrowings
under its short-term credit facility.
On
February 29, 2008, TEPPCO purchased related marine assets from Horizon Maritime,
L.L.C. (“Horizon”), a privately-held Houston-based company, for $80.8
million in cash. TEPPCO acquired 7 tow boats, 17 tank barges, rights to two tow
boats under construction and the economic benefit of certain
related
commercial
agreements. These vessels transport asphalt, heavy fuel oil and other
heated oil products to storage facilities and refineries along the Mississippi,
Illinois and Ohio Rivers, as well as the Intracoastal
Waterway. TEPPCO’s short-term credit facility was used to finance
this acquisition.
Purchase
Price Allocations
We accounted for our business
combinations during the three months ended March 31, 2008 using the purchase
method of accounting and, accordingly, such costs have been allocated to assets
acquired and liabilities assumed based on estimated preliminary fair
values. Such preliminary 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
allocations for these transactions during 2008.
|
|
Cenac
|
|
|
Horizon
|
|
|
South
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
|
|
|
Acquisition
|
|
|
Monco
(1)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Assets
acquired in business combination:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
35 |
|
|
$ |
35 |
|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
359,955 |
|
|
|
63,872 |
|
|
|
(12,781 |
) |
|
|
411,046 |
|
Intangible
assets
|
|
|
52,850 |
|
|
|
6,790 |
|
|
|
12,747 |
|
|
|
72,387 |
|
Total
assets acquired
|
|
|
412,805 |
|
|
|
70,662 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
483,468 |
|
Liabilities
assumed in business combination:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
Total
liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
(63,157 |
) |
Total
assets acquired less liabilities assumed
|
|
|
349,648 |
|
|
|
70,662 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
420,311 |
|
Fair
value of 4,854,899 TEPPCO common units
|
|
|
186,557 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
186,557 |
|
Total
cash used for business combinations
|
|
|
257,711 |
|
|
|
80,774 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
338,486 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
$ |
94,620 |
|
|
$ |
10,112 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
104,732 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Primarily
represents non-cash reclassification adjustments to Enterprise Products
Partners’ December 2007 preliminary fair value estimates for assets
acquired in its South Monco natural gas pipeline business
acquisition.
|
|
Note
10. Intangible Assets and Goodwill
Identifiable
Intangible Assets
The
following tables summarize our intangible assets at March 31, 2008:
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
Accum.
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amort.
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
relationship intangibles
|
|
$ |
858,354 |
|
|
$ |
(228,801 |
) |
|
$ |
629,553 |
|
Contract-based
intangibles
|
|
|
395,236 |
|
|
|
(135,332 |
) |
|
|
259,904 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,253,590 |
|
|
|
(364,133 |
) |
|
|
889,457 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incentive
distribution rights
|
|
|
606,926 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
606,926 |
|
Customer
relationship intangibles
|
|
|
41,401 |
|
|
|
(568 |
) |
|
|
40,833 |
|
Gas
gathering agreements
|
|
|
462,449 |
|
|
|
(189,285 |
) |
|
|
273,164 |
|
Other
contract-based intangibles
|
|
|
74,166 |
|
|
|
(24,225 |
) |
|
|
49,941 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
1,184,942 |
|
|
|
(214,078 |
) |
|
|
970,864 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
2,438,532 |
|
|
$ |
(578,211 |
) |
|
$ |
1,860,321 |
|
The
carrying value of TEPPCO’s intangible assets increased as a result of its
acquisition of marine service businesses in February 2008 (see Note
9). TEPPCO acquired certain customer relationships and non-compete
agreements.
In
general, our amortizable intangible assets fall within two categories –
contract-based intangible assets and customer
relationships. Contract-based intangible assets represent specific
commercial rights we acquired in connection with business combinations or asset
purchases. Customer relationship intangible assets, as used in this
context, represent the estimated economic value assigned to certain
relationships
acquired
in connection with business combinations and asset purchases 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. Customer relationships may arise from contractual arrangements (such as
supplier contracts and service contracts) and through means other than
contracts, such as through regular contact by sales or service representatives.
The values assigned to intangible assets are amortized to earnings using
either (i) a straight-line approach or (ii) other methods that closely resemble
the pattern in which the economic benefits of associated resource bases are
estimated to be consumed or otherwise used, as appropriate.
Enterprise
GP Holdings recorded an indefinite-life intangible asset valued at $606.9
million in connection with its receipt of the TEPPCO IDRs from DFIGP in May
2007. This amount represents DFIGP’s historical carrying value and
characterization of such asset. This intangible asset is not subject
to amortization, but is subject to periodic testing for recoverability in a
manner similar to goodwill.
The IDRs
represent contractual rights to the incentive cash distributions paid by
TEPPCO. Such rights were granted to TEPPCO GP under the terms of
TEPPCO’s partnership agreement. In accordance with TEPPCO’s
partnership agreement, TEPPCO GP may separate and sell the IDRs independent of
its other residual general partner and limited partner interests in
TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP is entitled to 2% of the cash distributions paid by
TEPPCO as well as the associated IDRs of TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP is the
sole general partner of, and thereby controls, TEPPCO. As an
incentive, TEPPCO GP’s percentage interest in TEPPCO’s quarterly cash
distributions is increased after certain specified target levels of distribution
rates are met by TEPPCO.
Goodwill
Goodwill
represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired business over the
amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the
transaction. Goodwill is not amortized; however, it is subject to
annual impairment testing. The following table summarizes our
goodwill amounts by business segment at March 31, 2008:
Investment
in Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
$ |
591,652 |
|
Investment
in TEPPCO
|
|
|
320,660 |
|
Totals
|
|
$ |
912,312 |
|
The carrying value of TEPPCO’s goodwill
increased as a result of its acquisition of marine service businesses in
February 2008 (see Note 9). Management attributes the value of this
goodwill to potential future benefits TEPPCO expects to realize as a result of
acquiring such businesses.
Note
11. Debt Obligations
The
following table presents our consolidated debt obligations at March 31,
2008.
Debt
obligations of Enterprise GP Holdings:
|
|
|
|
EPE
Revolver, variable rate, due September 2012
|
|
$ |
113,000 |
|
Term
Loan A, variable rate, due September 2012
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
Term
Loan B, variable rate, due November 2014
|
|
|
850,000 |
|
Total
debt obligations of the Enterprise GP Holdings
|
|
|
1,088,000 |
|
Senior
debt obligations of Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
EPO
Revolver, variable rate, due November 2012
|
|
|
1,310,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes B, 7.50% fixed-rate, due February 2011
|
|
|
450,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes C, 6.375% fixed-rate, due February 2013
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes D, 6.875% fixed-rate, due March 2033
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes F, 4.625% fixed-rate, due October 2009
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes G, 5.60% fixed-rate, due October 2014
|
|
|
650,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes H, 6.65% fixed-rate, due October 2034
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes I, 5.00% fixed-rate, due March 2015
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes J, 5.75% fixed-rate, due March 2035
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes K, 4.950% fixed-rate, due June 2010
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
EPO
Senior Notes L, 6.30%, fixed-rate, due September 2017
|
|
|
800,000 |
|
Petal
GO Zone Bonds, variable rate, due August 2034
|
|
|
57,500 |
|
Pascagoula
MBFC Loan, 8.70% fixed-rate, due March 2010
|
|
|
54,000 |
|
Dixie
Revolver, variable rate, due June 2010
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Revolver, variable rate, due February
2011
|
|
|
188,000 |
|
Total
senior debt obligations of Enterprise Products Partners
|
|
|
6,219,500 |
|
Senior debt obligations of
TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
TEPPCO
Revolver, variable rate, due December 2012
|
|
|
429,200 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 7.625% fixed rate, due February 2012
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 6.125% fixed rate, due February 2013
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 5.90% fixed rate, due April 2013
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 6.65% fixed rate, due April 2018
|
|
|
350,000 |
|
TEPPCO
Senior Notes, 7.55% fixed rate, due April 2038
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
Total
senior debt obligations of TEPPCO
|
|
|
2,129,200 |
|
Total
principal amount of senior debt obligations
|
|
|
9,436,700 |
|
Subordinated
debt obligations of Enterprise Products Partners:
|
|
|
|
|
EPO
Junior Notes A, fixed/variable rates, due August 2066
|
|
|
550,000 |
|
EPO
Junior Notes B, fixed/variable rates, due January 2068
|
|
|
700,000 |
|
Total
subordinated debt obligations of Enterprise Products
Partners
|
|
|
1,250,000 |
|
Subordinated
debt obligations of TEPPCO:
|
|
|
|
|
TEPPCO
Junior Subordinated Notes, fixed/variable rates, due June
2067
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
Total
principal amount of senior and subordinated debt
obligations
|
|
|
10,986,700 |
|
Other, non-principal
amounts:
|
|
|
|
|
Changes
in fair value of debt-related financial instruments (1)
|
|
|
49,581 |
|
Unamortized
discounts, net of premiums
|
|
|
(11,941 |
) |
Unamortized
deferred gains related to terminated interest rate swaps
|
|
|
27,651 |
|
Total
other, non-principal amounts
|
|
|
65,291 |
|
Long-term
debt
|
|
|
11,051,991 |
|
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
consolidated debt obligations
|
|
$ |
11,051,991 |
|
Standby
letters of credit outstanding
|
|
$ |
24,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) See
Note 5 for information regarding our financial
instruments.
|
|
Guarantor
Relationships
Enterprise
Products Partners L.P. acts as guarantor of the consolidated debt obligations of
EPO with the exception of Dixie’s revolving credit facility and Duncan Energy
Partners’ revolving credit facility. If EPO were to default on any of
its guaranteed debt, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. would be responsible for
full repayment of that obligation. EPO’s debt obligations are
non-recourse to the Enterprise GP Holdings and EPGP.
TE
Products Pipeline Company, LLC (“TE Products”), TCTM, L.P., TEPPCO Midstream
Companies, LLC, and Val Verde Gas Gathering Company, L.P. (collectively, the
“Subsidiary Guarantors”) act as guarantors of TEPPCO’s senior notes and
revolver. The Subsidiary Guarantors also act as guarantors, on a
junior subordinated basis, of TEPPCO’s junior subordinated notes. TEPPCO’s debt
obligations are non-recourse to Enterprise GP Holdings and TEPPCO
GP.
Debt
Obligations of Enterprise GP Holdings
Enterprise
GP Holdings consolidates the debt obligations of both Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO; however, Enterprise GP Holdings does not have the
obligation to make interest or principal payments with respect to such
obligations.
There
have been no significant changes in the terms of Enterprise GP Holdings’ debt
obligations since those reported in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007.
Consolidated
Debt Obligations of Enterprise Products Partners
Apart
from that discussed below, there have been no significant changes in the terms
of Enterprise Products Partners’ debt obligations since those reported in
Enterprise GP Holdings’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2007.
In April
2008, EPO sold $400.0 million in principal amount of 5.65% senior notes due 2013
(“Senior Notes M”) and $700.0 million in principal amount of 6.50% senior notes
due 2019 (“Senior Notes N”). See Note 16 for additional information
regarding the issuance of these notes.
Consolidated
Debt Obligations of TEPPCO
Apart
from that discussed below, there have been no significant changes in the terms
of TEPPCO’s debt obligations since those reported in Enterprise GP Holdings’
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
TEPPCO
Short-Term Credit Facility. At December 31,
2007, TEPPCO had in place an unsecured term credit agreement with a borrowing
capacity of $1.0 billion which was set to mature on December 19,
2008. Term loans could be drawn in up to five separate drawings, each
in a minimum amount of $75.0 million. Amounts repaid could not be
re-borrowed, and the principal amounts of all term loans were due and
payable in full on the maturity date. During the first quarter of
2008, TEPPCO borrowed $1.0 billion to finance the retirement of TE Products’
senior notes, the marine services acquisitions and other partnership
purposes. In March 2008, TEPPCO repaid the outstanding balance
primarily with proceeds from the issuance of senior notes and terminated the
Short-Term Credit Facility on March 27, 2008.
The
following table presents borrowings and repayments associated with TEPPCO’s
Short-Term Credit Facility during the three months ended March 31,
2008.
Borrowings,
January 2008 (1)
|
|
$ |
355,000 |
|
Borrowings,
February 2008 (2)
|
|
|
645,000 |
|
Repayments,
March 2008
|
|
|
(1,000,000 |
) |
Balance,
March 27, 2008 (3)
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
Funds
borrowed to finance the retirement of TE Products’ senior
notes.
(2)
Funds
borrowed to finance TEPPCO’s marine services acquisitions and for general
partnership purposes.
(3)
TEPPCO’s
Short Term Credit Facility was terminated on March 27, 2008 upon full
repayment of borrowings thereunder.
|
|
TEPPCO
Senior
Notes. On March 27,
2008, TEPPCO issued and sold (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 99.922%, 99.640% and 99.451% of
their principal amounts, respectively. Interest on the notes will be
paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning
October 15, 2008. TEPPCO used the net proceeds from the issuance of
these notes to repay and terminate the TEPPCO Short-Term Credit Facility, which
was set to mature in December 2008.
TEPPCO
may redeem the senior notes before their maturity in whole, at any time, or in
part, from time to time, prior to maturity, at a redemption price that includes
accrued and unpaid interest and a make-whole premium. The indenture
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.
Covenants
We are in
compliance with the covenants of our consolidated debt agreements at March 31,
2008.
Information
regarding variable interest rates paid
The
following table presents the range of interest rates paid and weighted-average
interest rates paid on our consolidated variable-rate debt obligations during
the three months ended March 31, 2008.
|
Range
of
|
Weighted-average
|
|
interest
rates
|
interest
rate
|
|
paid
|
paid
|
EPE
Revolver
|
4.81%
to 6.99%
|
5.53%
|
EPE
Term Loan A
|
4.81%
to 6.99%
|
5.50%
|
EPE
Term Loan B
|
5.31%
to 7.49%
|
6.49%
|
EPO
Revolver
|
3.14%
to 6.00%
|
4.17%
|
Dixie
Revolver
|
2.86%
to 5.50%
|
4.03%
|
Petal
GO Zone Bonds
|
1.16%
to 3.25%
|
2.46%
|
Duncan
Energy Partners’ Revolver
|
3.39%
to 6.20%
|
5.50%
|
TEPPCO
Revolver
|
3.04%
to 3.62%
|
3.16%
|
TEPPCO
Short-Term Credit Facility
|
3.59%
to 4.96%
|
4.02%
|
Consolidated
debt maturity table
The
following table presents the scheduled maturities of principal amounts of our
consolidated debt obligations for the next five years and in total
thereafter. This information is presented on a pro forma basis,
taking into account the issuance of EPO’s Senior Notes M and N in April 2008 and
related use of proceeds (see Note 16).
2008
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
2009
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
2010
|
|
|
599,931 |
|
2011
|
|
|
638,000 |
|
2012
|
|
|
1,341,269 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
7,907,500 |
|
Total
scheduled principal payments
|
|
$ |
10,986,700 |
|
Debt
Obligations of Unconsolidated Affiliates
Enterprise
Products Partners has two unconsolidated affiliates with long-term debt
obligations and TEPPCO has one unconsolidated affiliate with long-term debt
obligations. The following table shows (i) the ownership interest in
each entity at March 31, 2008, (ii) total debt of each unconsolidated affiliate
at March 31, 2008 (on a 100% basis to the unconsolidated affiliate) and (iii)
the corresponding scheduled maturities of such debt.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scheduled
Maturities of Debt
|
|
|
|
Ownership
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
After
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Poseidon
(1)
|
|
|
36.0%
|
|
|
$ |
98,000 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
98,000 |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
|
$ |
-- |
|
Evangeline
(1)
|
|
|
49.5%
|
|
|
|
20,650 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
3,150 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Centennial
(2)
|
|
|
50.0%
|
|
|
|
140,000 |
|
|
|
10,100 |
|
|
|
9,900 |
|
|
|
9,100 |
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
8,900 |
|
|
|
93,000 |
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
258,650 |
|
|
$ |
15,100 |
|
|
$ |
14,900 |
|
|
$ |
12,250 |
|
|
$ |
114,500 |
|
|
$ |
8,900 |
|
|
$ |
93,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Denotes
an unconsolidated affiliate of Enterprise Products Partners.
(2) Denotes
an unconsolidated affiliate of TEPPCO.
|
|
The
credit agreements of these unconsolidated affiliates include customary
covenants, including financial covenants. These businesses were in
compliance with such covenants at March 31, 2008. The credit
agreements of these unconsolidated affiliates restrict their ability to pay cash
dividends or distributions if a default or an event of default (as defined in
each credit agreement) has occurred and is continuing at the time such dividend
or distribution is scheduled to be paid.
There
have been no significant changes in the terms of the debt obligations of our
unconsolidated affiliates since those reported in Enterprise GP Holdings’ Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Note
12. Member’s Equity
At March
31, 2008, member’s equity consisted of the capital account of Dan Duncan LLC and
accumulated other comprehensive loss. Subject to the terms of our
limited liability company agreement, we distribute available cash to Dan Duncan
LLC within 45 days of the end of each calendar quarter. No
distributions have been made to date. The capital account balance of
Dan Duncan LLC was nominal at March 31, 2008.
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
The following table summarizes
transactions affecting our accumulated other comprehensive loss since December
31, 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proportionate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share
of
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flow Hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
Pension
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Commodity
|
|
Rate
|
|
Foreign
|
|
Currency
|
|
And
|
|
Loss
of
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Financial
|
|
Financial
|
|
Currency
|
|
Translation
|
|
Postretirement
|
|
Unconsolidated
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Instruments
|
|
Instruments
|
|
Hedges
|
|
Adjustment
|
|
Plans
|
|
Affiliates
|
|
Balance
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
$ |
(40,271 |
) |
$ |
1,048 |
|
$ |
1,308 |
|
$ |
1,200 |
|
$ |
588 |
|
$ |
(3,848 |
) |
$ |
(39,975 |
) |
Net
commodity financial instrument gains during period
|
|
96,107 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
96,107 |
|
Net
interest rate financial instrument losses during period
|
|
-- |
|
|
(66,574 |
) |
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(66,574 |
) |
Amortization
of cash flow financing hedges
|
|
-- |
|
|
2,012 |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
2,012 |
|
Change in funded status of pension and postretirement plans, net of
tax
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(264 |
) |
|
-- |
|
|
(264 |
) |
Foreign
currency hedge losses
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(1,197 |
) |
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(1,197 |
) |
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(423 |
) |
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(423 |
) |
Proportionate share of other comprehensive loss of unconsolidated
affiliates
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
-- |
|
|
(6,672 |
) |
|
(6,672 |
) |
Balance, March
31, 2008
|
$ |
55,836 |
|
$ |
(63,514 |
) |
$ |
111 |
|
$ |
777 |
|
$ |
324 |
|
$ |
(10,520 |
) |
$ |
(16,986 |
) |
Note
13. Related Party Transactions
We
believe that the terms and provisions of our related party agreements are fair
to us; however, such agreements and transactions may not be 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 that are not part of our consolidated
group of companies:
§
|
EPCO
and its consolidated private company subsidiaries;
and
|
§
|
the
Employee Partnerships (see Note 4).
|
EPCO is a
private company controlled by Dan L. Duncan, who is also a director and Chairman
of EPE Holdings and EPGP. At March 31, 2008, EPCO beneficially owned
107,804,268 (or 77.4%) of the Enterprise GP Holdings’ outstanding
units. In addition, at March 31, 2008, EPCO beneficially owned
148,380,057 (or 34.0%) of Enterprise Products Partners’ common units,
including 13,454,498 common units owned by Enterprise GP Holdings. At
March 31, 2008, EPCO beneficially owned 16,691,550 (or 17.2%) of TEPPCO’s common
units, including the 4,400,000 common units owned by Enterprise GP Holdings.
Enterprise GP Holdings owns all of the membership interests of EPGP and TEPPCO
GP. The principal business activity of EPGP is to act as the sole
managing partner of Enterprise Products Partners. The principal
business activity of TEPPCO GP is to act as the sole general partner of
TEPPCO. The executive officers and certain of the directors of EPE
Holdings, EPGP and TEPPCO GP are employees of EPCO.
EPE
Holdings, Enterprise GP Holdings, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, Enterprise Products
Partners and EPGP are 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
private company subsidiaries depend on the cash distributions they receive from
Enterprise GP Holdings,
TEPPCO,
Enterprise Products Partners and other investments to fund their other
operations and to meet their debt obligations. EPCO and its
affiliates received $105.8 million in cash distributions from us during the
three months ended March 31, 2008.
The
ownership interests in Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO that are owned or
controlled by Enterprise GP Holdings are pledged as security under its credit
facility. In addition, the ownership interests in Enterprise GP
Holdings, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO that are owned or controlled
by EPCO and its affiliates, other than those interests owned by Enterprise GP
Holdings, DD Securities LLC and certain trusts affiliated with Dan L. Duncan,
are pledged as security under the credit facility of a private company affiliate
of EPCO. This credit facility contains customary and other events of
default relating to EPCO and certain affiliates, including Enterprise GP
Holdings, Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO.
We have
entered into an agreement with EPCO to provide trucking services to us for the
transportation of NGLs and other products. We also lease office space
in various buildings from affiliates of EPCO. The rental rates in
these lease agreements approximate market rates.
EPCO
Administrative Services Agreement
We have no employees. All of
our operating functions and general and administrative support services are
provided by employees of EPCO pursuant to an administrative services agreement
(the “ASA”). EPE Holdings and Enterprise GP Holdings, Enterprise
Products Partners and its general partner, Duncan Energy Partners and its
general partner, and TEPPCO and its general partner, among other affiliates, are
parties to the ASA. The ACG Committees of each general partner have
approved the ASA.
Under the ASA, we reimburse EPCO for
all costs and expenses it incurs in providing for us. The ASA also
addresses potential conflicts in business opportunities that may arise among
parties to the agreement, including (i) Enterprise Products Partners and EPGP;
(ii) Duncan Energy Partners and DEP GP; (iii) Enterprise GP Holdings and
EPE Holdings; and (iv) the EPCO Group, which includes EPCO and its affiliates
(but does not include the aforementioned entities and their controlled
affiliates).
Relationships
with Unconsolidated Affiliates
Enterprise
Products Partners. Enterprise Products Partners’ significant
related party transactions with its unconsolidated affiliates consist of the
sale of natural gas to Evangeline and the purchase of NGL storage,
transportation and fractionation services from Promix. In addition,
Enterprise Products Partners sells natural gas to Promix and processes natural
gas at VESCO.
TEPPCO. TEPPCO’s
significant related party transactions with its unconsolidated affiliates
consist of management, rental and other revenues; transportation expense related
to the transportation of crude oil on Seaway and rental expense related to the
lease of pipeline capacity on Centennial.
Energy
Transfer Equity. Enterprise Products Partners has a long-term
revenue generating contract with Titan Energy Partners, L.P. (“Titan”), a
consolidated subsidiary of ETP. Titan purchases substantially all of
its propane requirements from Enterprise Products Partners. The
contract continues until March 31, 2010 and contains renewal and extension
options. Enterprise Products Partners and another subsidiary of ETP,
Energy Transfer Company (“ETC OLP”), transport natural gas on each other’s
systems and share operating expenses on certain pipelines. ETC OLP
also sells natural gas to Enterprise Products Partners.
Relationship
with Duncan Energy Partners
In September 2006, Duncan Energy
Partners, a consolidated subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners, was formed
to acquire, own, and operate a diversified portfolio of midstream energy assets
and to support the growth objectives of EPO. On February 5, 2007,
Duncan Energy Partners completed its initial public offering of 14,950,000
common units at $21.00 per unit, which generated net proceeds to Duncan Energy
Partners of $290.5 million ($291.9 million as of March 31,
2007). As consideration for assets
contributed
and reimbursement for capital expenditures related to these assets, Duncan
Energy Partners distributed $260.6 million of these net proceeds to Enterprise
Products Partners (along with $198.9 million in borrowings under its credit
facility and a final amount of 5,351,571 common units of Duncan Energy
Partners).
Enterprise
Products Partners contributed 66% of its equity interests in certain of its
subsidiaries to Duncan Energy Partners. In addition to the 34% direct ownership
interest Enterprise Products Partners retained in these subsidiaries of Duncan
Energy Partners, it also owns the 2% general partner interest in Duncan Energy
Partners and 26.4% of Duncan Energy Partners’ outstanding common
units. EPO directs the business operations of Duncan Energy Partners
through its control of the general partner of Duncan Energy
Partners. Certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ officers and
directors are also beneficial owners of common units of Duncan Energy
Partners.
Enterprise Products Partners has
significant involvement with all of the subsidiaries of Duncan Energy Partners,
including the following types of transactions: (i) it utilizes storage
services to support its Mont Belvieu fractionation and other businesses; (ii) it
buys natural gas from and sells natural gas in connection with its normal
business activities; and (iii) it is currently the sole shipper on an NGL
pipeline system located in south Texas.
Enterprise Products Partners may
contribute additional equity interests in its subsidiaries to Duncan Energy
Partners and use the proceeds it receives from Duncan Energy Partners to fund
its capital spending program. Enterprise Products Partners has no obligation or
commitment to make such contributions to Duncan Energy Partners.
Relationship
with Cenac
In connection with the Cenac
acquisition (see Note 9), Cenac and affiliates became a related party to TEPPCO
due to its ownership of TEPPCO common units (approximately 5.1% as of March 31,
2008). TEPPCO entered into a transitional operating agreement with
Cenac in which TEPPCO’s fleet of acquired tow boats and tank barges will
continue to be operated by employees of Cenac for a period of up to two years
following the acquisition. Under this agreement, TEPPCO reimburses
Cenac for personnel salaries and related employee benefit expenses, certain
repairs and maintenance expenses and insurance premiums on its equipment, as
well as payment for the monthly operating fee.
Note
14. Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
On
occasion, we or our unconsolidated affiliates are named as defendants in
litigation relating to our normal business activities, including regulatory and
environmental matters. Although we are insured against various
business risks to the extent we believe it is prudent, there is no assurance
that the nature and amount of such insurance will be adequate, in every case, to
indemnify us against liabilities arising from future legal proceedings as a
result of our ordinary business activities. We are not aware of any
significant litigation, pending or threatened, that could have a significant
adverse effect on our financial position. The following is a
discussion of litigation-related risks by business segment.
Enterprise GP
Holdings’
matters. On February 14,
2008, Joel A. Gerber, a purported unitholder of Enterprise GP Holdings, filed
a derivative complaint on behalf of Enterprise GP Holdings in the
Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The complaint names as defendants
EPE Holdings; the Board of Directors of EPE Holdings; EPCO; and Dan L.
Duncan and certain of his affiliates. Enterprise GP Holdings is named
as a nominal defendant. The complaint alleges that the defendants, in
breach of their fiduciary duties to Enterprise GP Holdings and its unitholders,
caused Enterprise GP Holdings to purchase in May 2007 the TEPPCO GP membership
interests and TEPPCO common units from Mr. Duncan’s affiliates at an unfair
price. The complaint also alleges that Charles E. McMahen, Edwin E. Smith and
Thurmon Andress, constituting the three members of our ACG Committee, cannot be
considered
independent
because of their relationships with Mr. Duncan. The complaint seeks
relief (i) awarding damages for profits allegedly obtained by the
defendants as a result of the alleged wrongdoings in the complaint and
(ii) awarding plaintiff costs of the action, including fees and expenses of
his attorneys and experts. Management believes this lawsuit is
without merit and intends to vigorously defend against it. For information
regarding our relationship with Mr. Duncan and his affiliates, see Note
13.
Enterprise
Products Partners’ matters. On
February 13, 2007, EPO received notice from the U.S. Department of Justice
(“DOJ”) that it was the subject of a criminal investigation related to an
ammonia release in Kingman County, Kansas on October 27, 2004 from a
pressurized anhydrous ammonia pipeline owned by a third party, Magellan Ammonia
Pipeline, L.P. (“Magellan”). EPO is the operator of this pipeline. On
February 14, 2007, EPO received a letter from the Environment and Natural
Resources Division (“ENRD”) of the DOJ regarding this incident and a previous
release of ammonia on September 27, 2004 from the same
pipeline. The ENRD has indicated that it may pursue civil damages
against EPO and Magellan as a result of these incidents. Based on this
correspondence from the ENRD, the statutory maximum amount of civil fines that
could be assessed against EPO and Magellan is up to $17.4 million in the
aggregate. EPO is cooperating with the DOJ and is hopeful that an
expeditious resolution acceptable of this civil matter to all parties will be
reached in the near future. Magellan has agreed to indemnify EPO for the civil
matter. On September 4, 2007, we and the DOJ entered into a plea
agreement whereby a wholly-owned subsidiary of EPO, Mapletree, LLC, pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor charge of negligence in connection with the releases and
paid a fine of $1.0 million. The plea agreement concludes the DOJ’s criminal
investigation into the ammonia releases. At this time, we do not
believe that a final resolution of the civil claims by the ENRD will have a
material impact on our consolidated financial position.
On
October 25, 2006, a rupture in the Magellan Ammonia Pipeline resulted in
the release of ammonia near Clay Center, Kansas. The pipeline has
been repaired and environmental remediation tasks related to this incident have
been completed. At this time, we do not believe that this incident
will have a material impact on Enterprise Products Partners’ financial
position.
Several
lawsuits have been filed by municipalities and other water suppliers against a
number of manufacturers of reformulated gasoline containing methyl tertiary
butyl ether (“MTBE”). In general, such suits have not named
manufacturers of MTBE as defendants, and there have been no such lawsuits filed
against Enterprise Products Partners’ subsidiary that owns an octane-additive
production facility. It is possible, however, that former MTBE
manufacturers, such as Enterprise Products Partners’ subsidiary, could
ultimately be added as defendants in such lawsuits or in new
lawsuits.
The
Attorney General of Colorado on behalf of the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment filed suit against Enterprise Products Partners and
others on April 15, 2008 in connection with the construction of a pipeline near
Parachute, Colorado. The State sought a temporary restraining order and an
injunction to halt construction activities since it alleged that the defendants
failed to install measures to minimize damage to the environment and to follow
requirements for the pipeline’s stormwater permit and appropriate stormwater
plan. The State’s complaint also seeks penalties for the above alleged
failures. Defendants and the State agreed to certain stipulations that,
among other things, require Enterprise Products Partners to install specified
environmental protection measures in the disturbed pipeline right-of-way to
comply with regulations. We are in the process of complying with the
stipulations. The State has not yet assessed penalties and we are unable
to predict the amount of penalties that may be assessed. At this time, we
do not believe that this incident will have a material impact on our
consolidated financial position.
TEPPCO
matters. 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
other unitholders of TEPPCO, and derivatively on behalf of TEPPCO, concerning,
among other things, certain transactions involving TEPPCO and Enterprise
Products Partners or its affiliates. On July 12, 2007, Mr. Brinkerhoff filed an
amended complaint. The amended complaint names as defendants
(i) TEPPCO, certain of its current and former
directors,
and certain of its affiliates; (ii) Enterprise Products Partners and
certain of its affiliates; (iii) EPCO; and (iv) Dan L.
Duncan.
The
amended complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants caused TEPPCO
to enter into certain transactions that were unfair to TEPPCO or otherwise
unfairly favored Enterprise Products Partners or its affiliates over
TEPPCO. These transactions are alleged to include: (i) the joint
venture to further expand the Jonah system entered into by TEPPCO and Enterprise
Products Partners in August 2006; (ii) the sale by TEPPCO of its Pioneer
natural gas processing plant to Enterprise Products Partners in March 2006;
and (iii) certain amendments to TEPPCO’s partnership agreement, including a
reduction in the maximum tier of TEPPCO’s incentive distribution rights in
exchange for TEPPCO common units. The amended complaint seeks
(i) rescission of the amendments to TEPPCO’s partnership agreement;
(ii) damages for profits and special benefits allegedly obtained by
defendants as a result of the alleged wrongdoings in the amended complaint; and
(iii) awarding plaintiff costs of the action, including fees and expenses
of his attorneys and experts. We believe that the outcome of this
lawsuit will not have a material effect on TEPPCO’s financial
position.
Energy
Transfer Equity matters. In July 2007, ETP announced that
it was under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(“CFTC”) with respect to whether ETP engaged in manipulation or improper trading
activities in the Houston Ship Channel market around the time of the hurricanes
in the fall of 2005 and other prior periods in order to benefit financially from
commodities derivative positions and from certain index-priced physical gas
purchases in the Houston Ship Channel market. On March 17, 2008, ETP
entered into a consent order with the CFTC. Pursuant to this consent
order, ETP agreed to pay the CFTC $10.0 million and the CFTC agreed to release
ETP and its affiliates, directors and employees from all claims or causes of
action asserted by the CFTC in this proceeding. ETP neither admitted nor
denied the allegations made by the CFTC in this proceeding. The settlement
was paid on March 19, 2008.
In July
2007, ETP announced that it was also under investigation by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “FERC”) for the same matters noted in
the CFTC proceeding described above. The FERC is also investigating
certain of ETP’s intrastate transportation activities. On July 26, 2007,
the FERC announced that it was taking preliminary action against ETP and
proposed civil penalties of $97.5 million and disgorgement of profits, plus
interest, of $70.1 million. In October 2007, ETP filed a response
with the FERC refuting the FERC’s claims as being fundamentally flawed and
requested a dismissal of the FERC’s proceedings. On February 14,
2008, the FERC staff recommended an increase in the proposed civil penalties of
$25.0 million and disgorgement of profits of $7.3 million. The total amount of
civil penalties and disgorgement of profits sought by the FERC is approximately
$200.0 million. On March 31, 2008, ETP responded to the FERC staff
regarding the recommended increase in the proposed civil
penalties. On April 25, 2008, the FERC staff filed an answer to ETP’s
March 31, 2008 pleading. The FERC has not taken any actions related
to the recommendations of its staff. ETP management has stated that it
expects that the FERC will require a payment in order to conclude these
investigations on a negotiated settlement basis.
In
addition to the CFTC and FERC, third parties have asserted claims, and may
assert additional claims, against Energy Transfer Equity and ETP for damages
related to the aforementioned matters. Several natural gas producers
and a natural gas marketing company have initiated legal proceedings against
Energy Transfer Equity and ETP in Texas state courts for claims related to the
FERC claims. These suits contain contract and tort claims relating to
the alleged manipulation of natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel and
the Waha Hub in West Texas, as well as the natural gas price indices related to
these markets and the Permian Basin natural gas price index during the period
from December 2003 through December 2006, and seek unspecified direct, indirect,
consequential and exemplary damages. One of the suits against Energy
Transfer Equity and ETP contains an additional allegation that the defendants
transported natural gas in a manner that favored their affiliates and
discriminated against the plaintiff, and otherwise artificially affected the
market price of natural gas to other parties in the market. One of
the producers seeks to intervene in the FERC proceedings, alleging that it is
entitled to a FERC-ordered refund of $5.9 million, plus interest and
costs. On December 20, 2007, the FERC denied this producer’s request
to intervene in the proceedings and on February 6, 2008, the FERC dismissed the
producer’s complaint. ETP
has also
been served with a complaint from an owner of royalty interests in natural gas
producing properties, individually and on behalf of a putative class of
similarly situated royalty owners, working interest owners and
producers/operators, seeking arbitration to recover damages based on alleged
manipulation of natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel. ETP
filed an original action in Harris County, Texas seeking a stay of the
arbitration on the grounds that the action is not arbitrable. The
claimants have agreed to a four-week stay of the arbitration through May 22,
2008 while they evaluate the state court pleading.
A
consolidated class action complaint has been filed against ETP and certain
affiliates in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas. This action alleges that ETP engaged in intentional and unlawful
manipulation of the price of natural gas futures and options contracts on the
New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) in violation of the Commodity Exchange
Act (“CEA”). It is further alleged that during the class period
December 29, 2003 to December 31, 2005, ETP had the market power to
manipulate index prices, and that ETP used this market power to artificially
depress the index prices at major natural gas trading hubs, including the
Houston Ship Channel, in order to benefit its natural gas physical and financial
trading positions and intentionally submitted price and volume trade information
to trade publications. This complaint also alleges that ETP also violated the
CEA because ETP knowingly aided and abetted violations of the CEA. This action
alleges that the unlawful depression of index prices by ETP manipulated the
NYMEX prices for natural gas futures and options contracts to artificial levels
during the period stipulated in the complaint, causing unspecified damages to
the plaintiff and all other members of the putative class who purchased and/or
sold natural gas futures and options contracts on the NYMEX during the period.
This class action complaint consolidated two class actions which were pending
against ETP. Following the consolidation order, the plaintiffs who had
filed these two earlier class actions filed a consolidated complaint. They
have requested certification of their suit as a class action, unspecified
damages, court costs and other appropriate relief. On January 14,
2008, ETP filed a motion to dismiss this suit on the grounds of failure to
allege facts sufficient to state a claim. On March 20, 2008, the
plaintiffs filed a second consolidated class action complaint. In
response to this new pleading, ETP filed a motion to dismiss this complaint on
May 5, 2008.
On March
17, 2008, another class action complaint was filed against ETP in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. This action
alleges that ETP engaged in unlawful restraint of trade and intentional
monopolization and attempted monopolization of the market for fixed-price
natural gas baseload transactions at the Houston Ship Channel from December 2003
through December 2005 in violation of federal antitrust law. The
complaint further alleges that during this period ETP exerted monopolistic power
to suppress the price of these transactions to non-competitive levels in order
to benefit from its own physical natural gas positions. The plaintiff
has, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated sellers of
physical natural gas, requested certification of its suit as a class action and
seeks unspecified treble damages, court costs and other appropriate
relief.
At this
time, ETE is unable to predict the outcome of these matters; however, it is
possible that the amount it becomes obliged to pay as a result of the final
resolution of these matters, whether on a negotiated settlement basis or
otherwise, will exceed the amount of its existing accrual related to these
matters.
ETP
disclosed in its quarter report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
31, 2008 that its accrued amounts for contingencies and current litigation
matters (excluding environmental matters) aggregated $20.4
million. Since ETP’s accrual amounts are non-cash, any cash payment
of an amount in resolution of these matters would likely be made from its
operating cash flows or from borrowings. If these payments are substantial, ETP
and, ultimately, our investee, Energy Transfer Equity, may experience a material
adverse impact on their results of operations, cash available for distribution
and liquidity.
Contractual
Obligations
Scheduled
Maturities of Long-Term Debt. With the exception of the
issuance of senior notes by TEPPCO and EPO, there have been no significant
changes in our consolidated scheduled maturities of long-term debt since those
reported in Enterprise GP Holdings’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year
ended
December 31, 2007. See Note 11 for additional information regarding
the issuance of senior notes by TEPPCO in March 2008. See Note 16 for
additional information regarding the issuance of senior notes by EPO in April
2008.
Operating
Lease Obligations. We lease certain
property, plant and equipment under noncancelable and cancelable operating
leases. Our significant lease agreements involve (i) the lease of
underground caverns for the storage of natural gas and NGLs, (ii) leased office
space with affiliates of EPCO, (iii) a railcar unloading terminal in Mont
Belvieu, Texas and (iv) land held pursuant to right-of-way
agreements. In general, our material lease agreements have original
terms that range from two to 28 years and include renewal options that could
extend the agreements for up to an additional 20 years
There
have been no material changes in our operating lease commitments since December
31, 2007.
Other
Claims
As part
of our normal business activities with joint venture partners and certain
customers and suppliers, we occasionally have claims made against us as a result
of disputes related to contractual agreements or similar
arrangements. As of March 31, 2008, claims against us totaled
approximately $37.6 million. These matters are in various stages of
assessment and the ultimate outcome of such disputes cannot be reasonably
estimated. However, in our opinion, the likelihood of a material
adverse outcome related to disputes against us is
remote. Accordingly, accruals for loss contingencies related to these
matters, if any, that might result from the resolution of such disputes have not
been reflected in our consolidated financial statements.
Note
15. Significant Risks and Uncertainties – Weather-Related
Risks
Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita affected certain of Enterprise Products Partners’ Gulf Coast
assets in the summer of 2005. With respect to these storms,
Enterprise Products Partners received nonrefundable cash proceeds of $1.2
million from business interruption claims and $9.6 million from property damage
claims during the three months ended March 31, 2008. At March
31, 2008, Enterprise Products Partners had $31.4 million of estimated property
damage claims outstanding related to these storms that we believe are probable
of collection through 2009. To the extent we estimate the dollar
value of such damages, please be aware that a change in our estimates may occur
as additional information becomes available.
Note
16. Subsequent Event
Issuance
of Senior Notes by EPO
In
April 2008, EPO sold $400.0 million in principal amount of Senior Notes M due
2013 and $700.0 million in principal amount of Senior Notes N due
2019. The Senior Notes M were issued at 99.906% of their principal
amount and will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1
of each year, beginning October 1, 2008. The Senior Notes N were issued at
99.866% of their principal amount and will pay interest semi-annually in arrears
on January 31 and July 31 of each year, beginning July 31, 2008. EPO used
the net proceeds from the issuance of these notes to temporarily reduce
indebtedness outstanding under its Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility (see
Note 11).
EPO may
redeem the notes before their maturity in whole, at any time, or in part, from
time to time, prior to maturity, at a redemption price that includes accrued and
unpaid interest and a make-whole premium. These notes were issued under an
indenture containing certain covenants, which restrict EPO’s ability, with
certain exceptions, to incur debt secured by liens and engage in sale and
leaseback transactions.