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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 28, 2009
ENTERPRISE GP HOLDINGS L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
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1-32610
(Commission File Number)
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13-4297064
(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) |
(713) 381-6500
(Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 1.01. |
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Enterprise GP Holdings, L.P. (EPE) owns Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC
(TEPPCO GP), a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of
TEPPCO Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(TEPPCO), and owns Enterprise Products GP, LLC (EPD GP), a
Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Enterprise Products Partners
L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (Enterprise). EPE also owns limited partner interests in each of
TEPPCO and Enterprise. The following summarizes certain agreements entered into by EPE,
Enterprise, TEPPCO and their affiliates regarding certain proposed mergers of TEPPCO GP and TEPPCO
with subsidiaries of Enterprise, and related transactions.
MLP Merger Agreement
Enterprise has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2009 (the
MLP Merger Agreement), by and among Enterprise, EPD GP, Enterprise Sub B LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise (Merger Sub B), TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP. Pursuant to the MLP Merger Agreement, Enterprise will acquire all of the outstanding limited
partner interests in TEPPCO and Merger Sub B will merge with and into TEPPCO, with TEPPCO surviving
the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise (the MLP Merger).
Under the terms of the MLP Merger Agreement, all outstanding TEPPCO units, other than
3,645,509 TEPPCO units (the Designated Units) owned by an affiliate of EPCO, Inc. (EPCO), a
private company controlled by Dan L. Duncan, will be cancelled and converted into the right to
receive Enterprise common units based on an exchange rate of 1.24 Enterprise common units per
TEPPCO unit. The Designated Units will be converted, based on the 1.24 exchange rate, into the
right to receive 4,520,431 Enterprise Class B Units (the Class B Units). The Class B Units will
not be entitled to regular quarterly cash distributions of Enterprise for sixteen quarters
following the closing of the MLP Merger. The Class B Units will convert automatically into
Enterprise common units on the date immediately following the payment date for the sixteenth
distribution following the closing of the MLP Merger. No fractional Enterprise common units will
be issued in the MLP Merger, and TEPPCO unitholders will, instead, receive cash in lieu of
fractional Enterprise common units, if any.
The MLP Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants by
each of the parties. Completion of the merger is conditioned upon, among other things: (1)
approval of the MLP Merger Agreement by a majority of outstanding TEPPCO unitholders and the
approval of at least a majority of the votes cast by TEPPCO unitholders (other than certain named
unitholders who are affiliates of EPCO or officers and directors of TEPPCO GP, Enterprise and EPE)
(the Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders), (2) the absence of certain legal impediments prohibiting
the transactions, (3) applicable regulatory approvals, including the termination or expiration of
the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended (the HSR Act), (4) approval for the listing of the Enterprise common units to be issued
in connection with the MLP Merger on the New York Stock Exchange, (5) the effectiveness of a
registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the Enterprise common units to be issued in the MLP
Merger, (6) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the GP Merger Agreement (as
defined below) and (7) the receipt of certain tax opinions.
The MLP Merger Agreement contains provisions granting both Enterprise and TEPPCO the right to
terminate the MLP Merger Agreement for certain reasons, including, among others, (1) if the MLP
Merger has not occurred on or before December 31, 2009, and (2) the failure of TEPPCO to obtain
approval of the MLP Merger Agreement by the affirmative vote or consent of (a) TEPPCO unitholders
holding at least a majority of the outstanding TEPPCO units and (b) the Unaffiliated TEPPCO
Unitholders (as defined in the MLP Merger Agreement) holding at least a majority of the outstanding
TEPPCO units that are actually voted for or against the proposal to approve the MLP Merger
Agreement by the Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders.
GP Merger Agreement
In addition to the MLP Merger Agreement, Enterprise has entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of June 28, 2009 (the GP Merger Agreement), by and among Enterprise, EPD GP,
Enterprise Sub A LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of
Enterprise (Merger Sub A), TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP. Pursuant to the GP Merger Agreement, Enterprise
will acquire 100% of the limited liability company interests in TEPPCO GP (the TEPPCO GP
Interests) and Merger Sub A will be merged with and into TEPPCO GP,
with TEPPCO GP surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise (the GP Merger,
and, together with the MLP Merger, the Mergers).
Under the terms of the GP Merger Agreement, EPE , the owner of the TEPPCO GP Interests, will
receive 1,331,681 Enterprise common units and an increase in the capital account of EPD GP to
maintain EPD GPs two percent general partner interest in Enterprise. EPD GP is a wholly owned
subsidiary of EPE.
The GP Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants by
each of the parties. Completion of the GP Merger is conditioned upon, among other things: (1) the
absence of certain legal impediments prohibiting the transactions, (2) applicable regulatory
approvals, including the termination or expiration of the applicable waiting period under the HSR
Act, and (3) the conditions precedent contained in the MLP Merger Agreement having been satisfied.
The GP Merger Agreement contains provisions granting both Enterprise and TEPPCO the right to
terminate the GP Merger Agreement for certain reasons, including, among others, if the GP Merger
does not occur on or before December 31, 2009.
Support Agreement
In connection with the MLP Merger Agreement, Enterprise entered into a Support Agreement,
dated as of June 28, 2009 (the Support Agreement), by and among Enterprise, on one hand, and EPE,
DD Securities LLC, DFI GP Holdings, L.P., Dan Duncan Family Interests, Inc., Duncan Family 2000
Trust and Dan L. Duncan, on the other hand (collectively, the Duncan Unitholders). Pursuant to
the Support Agreement, the Duncan Unitholders, who directly own 16,691,550 TEPPCO units, agreed to
vote their TEPPCO units in favor of the adoption of the MLP Merger Agreement at any meeting of the
TEPPCO unitholders. EPE also acknowledged and agreed to the vote its member interests in TEPPCO GP
by written consent at this time in favor of the GP Merger Agreement. In addition, Duncan Family
Interests, Inc. (DFI), a wholly owned subsidiary of EPCO, agreed and consented to the receipt of
the Class B Units pursuant to the MLP Merger Agreement in lieu of Enterprise common units as
consideration for the Designated Units.
Memorandum of Understanding
On April 29, 2009, Peter Brinckerhoff and Renee Horowitz, as Attorney in Fact for Rae Kenrow,
purported unitholders of TEPPCO, filed separate complaints in the Court of Chancery of New Castle
County in the State of Delaware (the Court), as putative class actions on behalf of other
unitholders of TEPPCO, concerning a proposal made by Enterprise to
TEPPCO GP, to acquire all of the partnership interests of TEPPCO (the Proposed Merger). On May 11, 2009, these actions
were consolidated into the Brinckerhoff class action, entitled Texas Eastern Products Pipeline
Company, LLC Merger Litigation, C.A. No. 4548-VCL. The initial proposal made at this time was an
exchange of 1.043 Enterprise common units and $1 in cash for each TEPPCO unit. The complaints named as defendants
Enterprise; EPD GP; TEPPCO GP; the directors of TEPPCO GP; EPCO; and Dan L. Duncan.
The complaints allege, among other things, that the terms of the Proposed Merger
were grossly unfair
to TEPPCOs unitholders, that Mr. Duncan and other
defendants who control TEPPCO had acted to drive down the price of
TEPPCOs units and that the Proposed Merger was an attempt to extinguish, without
consideration and without adequate information for TEPPCOs
unitholders, a separate derivative action that previously had been filed on behalf of TEPPCO by
Peter Brinckerhoff against Enterprise; EPD GP and certain of its
affiliates; EPCO; Dan L. Duncan; TEPPCO GP; and certain of
TEPPCO GPs current and former directors. The complaints further allege that the process through
which a special committee of the Audit, Conflicts and Governance Committee of TEPPCO GP (the
Special Committee) was appointed to consider the Proposed Merger is contrary to the spirit and
intent of TEPPCOs partnership agreement and constitutes a breach of the implied covenant of fair
dealing.
On
June 28, 2009, the parties entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) in connection with a proposed
settlement of the class action and the derivative action.
Pursuant to the MOU, the board of directors of TEPPCO GP will recommend to TEPPCO unitholders that
they approve the adoption of the MLP Merger Agreement and take all necessary steps to seek
unitholder approval for the MLP Merger as soon as practicable. Pursuant to the MOU, approval of the Mergers will require,
in addition to votes required under the TEPPCO partnership agreement, the affirmative vote of at
least a majority of the votes cast by holders of outstanding TEPPCO units,
excluding those held by defendants to the derivative actions and their affiliates.
The MOU further provides that the derivative action was considered by the Special Committee to
be a significant asset of TEPPCO for which fair value was obtained in the merger consideration.
The
MOU contemplates
that the parties will enter into a stipulation of settlement within 30 days from the date of
the MOU. The stipulation of settlement will be subject to customary conditions, including Court
approval. There can be no assurance that the parties will ultimately enter into a stipulation of
settlement or that the Court will approve the settlement even if the parties were to enter into
such stipulation. In such event, the proposed settlement as contemplated by the MOU may be
terminated. Plaintiffs agreement to settle the derivative action and merger litigation, including
their agreement to the fairness of the proposed terms and process of the Mergers negotiations is
subject to (a) the drafting and execution of the stipulation of settlement and other such
documentation as may be required to obtain final Court approval and dismissal of the actions, (b)
satisfactory confirmatory discovery confirming the fairness of the Mergers, (c) Court approval and
the mailing of the notice of settlement which sets forth the terms of settlement to TEPPCO
unitholders, (d) consummation of the Mergers and (e) final Court certification and approval of the
settlement and dismissal of the actions.
Cautionary Statements
The foregoing descriptions of the MLP Merger Agreement, the GP Merger Agreement, the Support
Agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
full text of the agreements, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4,
respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
The merger agreements are filed herewith to provide investors with information regarding their
terms and are not intended to provide any other factual information about EPE, Enterprise or
TEPPCO. In particular, the assertions embodied in the representations and warranties contained in
the merger agreements are as of specified dates and were made only for purposes of such merger
agreements. Such representations and warranties are solely for the benefit of the parties to the
merger agreements, and may be subject to limitations agreed between the parties, including being
qualified by information contained in the disclosure letters exchanged between the parties in
connection with the execution of the merger agreements that may modify and create exceptions to the
representations and warranties set forth in the merger agreements. Moreover, certain
representations and warranties in the merger agreements were used for the purpose of allocating
risk among the parties thereto, rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, they
should not be related upon as statements of factual information. Investors are not third-party
beneficiaries under the merger agreements and should not rely on the representations and warranties
in the merger agreements as characterizations of the actual state of facts about EPE, Enterprise or
TEPPCO. None of the representations and warranties contained in the merger agreements will have
any legal effect among the parties to the merger agreements after the closing of the mergers.
Forward Looking Statements
This current report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements as defined by the SEC.
All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein that address activities,
events or developments that EPE, Enterprise or TEPPCO expect, believe or anticipate will or may
occur in the future, including anticipated benefits and other aspects of the proposed Mergers, are
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including required approvals by
unitholders and regulatory agencies, the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the
proposed Mergers cannot be fully realized, the possibility that costs or difficulties related to
integration of the two companies will be greater than expected, the impact of competition and other
risk factors included in the reports filed with the SEC by EPE, Enterprise and TEPPCO. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
their dates. Except as required by law, neither EPE, Enterprise nor TEPPCO intends to update or
revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Important Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed MLP Merger, a registration statement of Enterprise, which will
include a prospectus of Enterprise and a proxy statement of TEPPCO and other materials, will be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE
URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/ PROSPECTUS
AND THESE OTHER MATERIALS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE
THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ENTERPRISE, TEPPCO AND THE PROPOSED MERGER. A
definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to security holders of TEPPCO seeking their
approval of the proposed MLP Merger. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the
proxy statement/prospectus (when it is available) and other documents containing information about
Enterprise and TEPPCO, without charge, at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the
registration statement and the
definitive proxy statement/prospectus and the SEC filings that will be incorporated by
reference in the proxy statement/prospectus may also be obtained for free by directing a request
to: (i) Investor Relations: Enterprise Products Partners L.P., (866) 230-0745, or (ii) Investor
Relations, TEPPCO Partners, L.P., (800) 659-0059.
TEPPCO, its general partner and the directors and management of their general partner may be
deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from TEPPCOs security holders in
respect of the proposed MLP Merger. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PERSONS CAN BE FOUND IN TEPPCOS 2008
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K AND SUBSEQUENT STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ON FILE
WITH THE SEC. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERESTS OF SUCH PERSONS IN THE SOLICITATION OF
PROXIES IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED MERGER WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE
PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC.
On June 29, 2009, EPE, Enterprise and TEPPCO issued a joint press release relating to the
mergers. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The press release contains statements intended as
forward looking statements that are subject to the cautionary statements about forward-looking
statements set forth in the press release.
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Item 9.01. |
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Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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10.1 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2009, by
and among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise
Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Sub B LLC, TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
and Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC
(Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K
filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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10.2 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2009 by and
among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products
GP, LLC, Enterprise Sub A LLC, TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and Texas
Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC (Incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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10.3 |
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Support Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2009, by and among
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P., DD Securities LLC, DFI GP Holdings, L.P., Duncan Family
Interests Inc., Duncan Family 2000 Trust and Dan L. Duncan.
(Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K
filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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10.4 |
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Memorandum of Understanding, dated June 28, 2009 (Incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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99.1 |
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Press Release dated June 29, 2009 (Incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed by Enterprise Products
Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
With respect to exhibits incorporated by reference to any Exchange Act filings by Enterprise
Products Partners, L.P., the Commission file number for Enterprise is 1-14323.
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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EPE HOLDINGS, LLC,
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its General Partner |
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Date: June 29, 2009 |
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/s/ Michael J. Knesek
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Name: |
Michael J. Knesek |
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Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal
Accounting Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC |
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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10.1 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2009, by
and among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise
Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Sub B LLC, TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
and Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC
(Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K
filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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10.2 |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2009 by and
among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products
GP, LLC, Enterprise Sub A LLC, TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and Texas
Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC (Incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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10.3 |
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Support Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2009, by and among
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P., DD Securities LLC, DFI GP Holdings, L.P., Duncan Family
Interests Inc., Duncan Family 2000 Trust and Dan L. Duncan.
(Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K
filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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10.4 |
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Memorandum of Understanding, dated June 28, 2009 (Incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
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99.1 |
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Press Release dated June 29, 2009 (Incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed by Enterprise Products
Partners L.P. on June 29, 2009) |
With respect to exhibits incorporated by reference to any Exchange Act filings by Enterprise
Products Partners, L.P., the Commission file number for Enterprise is 1-14323.