epeform8k_111008.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): November 10,
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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pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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240.14d-2(b))
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240.13e-4(c))
Item
2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
November 10, 2008, Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. issued a press release regarding
its consolidated and parent-only financial results for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2008 and 2007. A copy of the earnings press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which
is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.
Significant
Relationships
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is a
publicly traded Delaware limited partnership, the registered limited partnership
interests (the “Units”) of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”) under the ticker symbol “EPE.” The current business of
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is the ownership of general and limited partner
interests of publicly traded partnerships engaged in the midstream energy
industry and related businesses. Unless the context requires
otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our” or “the Partnership” are intended to
mean the business and operations of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. and its
consolidated subsidiaries.
References to “Parent Company” mean
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., individually as the parent company, and not on a
consolidated basis. The Parent Company is owned 99.99% by its limited
partners and 0.01% by its general partner, EPE Holdings, LLC (“EPE
Holdings”). EPE Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dan Duncan,
LLC, the membership interests of which are owned by Dan L. Duncan.
References to “Enterprise Products
Partners” mean Enterprise Products Partners L.P., the common units of which are
listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “EPD.” Enterprise Products
Partners has no business activities outside those conducted by its operating
subsidiary, Enterprise Products Operating LLC (“EPO”). References to
“EPGP” refer to Enterprise Products GP, LLC, which is the general partner of
Enterprise Products Partners. The Parent Company owns
EPGP.
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 TEPPCO
Partners, L.P., the common units of which are listed on the NYSE under the
ticker symbol “TPP.” References to “TEPPCO GP” refer to Texas Eastern
Products Pipeline Company, LLC, which is the general partner of
TEPPCO. The Parent Company owns TEPPCO GP.
References to “Energy Transfer Equity”
mean the business and operations of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and its
consolidated subsidiaries, which includes 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”). The Parent Company has non-controlling interests in both Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP that it accounts for using the equity method of
accounting.
References to “EPCO” mean EPCO, Inc.
and its private company affiliates, which are related parties to all of the
foregoing named entities. Mr. Duncan is the Group Co-Chairman and
controlling shareholder of EPCO.
The
Parent Company, Enterprise Products Partners, EPGP, TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP and EPCO
are affiliates under common control of Mr. Duncan. Enterprise Products Partners
and TEPPCO and their respective general partners have been under Mr. Duncan’s
indirect control for all periods presented in the press release and this Current
Report on Form 8-K.
Basis
of Financial Statement Presentation
General Purpose Consolidated and
Parent Company-Only Information
In
accordance with rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) and various other accounting standard-setting organizations,
our general purpose consolidated financial statements reflect the consolidation
of the financial statements of businesses that we control through the ownership
of general partner
interests
(e.g., Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO). Our general purpose
consolidated financial statements present those investments in which we do not
have a controlling interest as unconsolidated affiliates (e.g., Energy Transfer
Equity and LE GP). To the extent that Enterprise Products
Partners and TEPPCO reflect investments in unconsolidated affiliates in their
respective consolidated financial statements, such investments will also be
reflected as such in our general purpose consolidated financial statements
unless subsequently consolidated by us due to common control considerations
(e.g., Jonah Gas Gathering Company). Also, minority interest
presented in our financial statements reflects third-party and related party
ownership of our consolidated subsidiaries, which include the third-party and
related party unitholders of Enterprise Products Partners, TEPPCO and Duncan
Energy Partners. Unless noted otherwise, our discussions and analysis
in this Current Report and press release are presented from the perspective of
our consolidated businesses and operations.
In order
for the unitholders of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. and others to more fully
understand the Parent Company’s business activities and financial statements on
a standalone basis, our press release includes information devoted exclusively
to the Parent Company apart from that of our consolidated
Partnership. A key difference between the non-consolidated Parent
Company financial information and those of our consolidated Partnership is that
the Parent Company views each of its investments (e.g., Enterprise Products
Partners, TEPPCO and Energy Transfer Equity) as unconsolidated affiliates and
records its share of the net income of each as equity earnings. In
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we
eliminate such equity earnings in the preparation of our consolidated
Partnership financial statements.
Presentation
of Investments
Enterprise
Products Partners and EPGP. The Parent Company 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.
TEPPCO
and TEPPCO GP. Private company affiliates of EPCO contributed
equity interests in TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP to the Parent Company in May
2007. As a result of such contributions, the Parent Company 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 financial
statements was effective January 1, 2005 because an affiliate of EPCO under
common control with the Parent Company originally acquired the ownership
interests of TEPPCO GP in February 2005.
All earnings derived from TEPPCO IDRs
and TEPPCO common units in excess of those allocated to the Parent Company are
presented as a component of minority interest in our consolidated financial
statements. In addition, the former owners of the TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP interests and rights were allocated all cash receipts from these investments
during the periods they owned such interests prior to May 2007.
Energy
Transfer Equity and LE GP. In May 2007, the Parent Company
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. We account for our
investments in Energy Transfer Equity and LE GP using the equity method of
accounting.
Use
of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The press release and accompanying
schedules include the non-generally accepted accounting principle (“non-GAAP”)
financial measure of distributable cash flow. Exhibit C provides a
reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly
comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, net cash flow
provided by operating activities. Distributable cash flow should not
be considered an alternative to GAAP financial measures such as net income, net
cash flow provided by operating activities or any other GAAP measure of
liquidity or financial performance. We define distributable cash flow
as follows:
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Cash
distributions expected to be received from the Parent Company’s
investments in limited and general partner interests (including related
IDRs, if any, held by these general partners); less the sum
of,
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Parent
Company general and administrative costs on a standalone basis;
and
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EPGP
and TEPPCO GP general and administrative costs on a standalone
basis.
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Distributable
cash flow is a significant liquidity metric used by senior management to compare
net cash flow generated by the Parent Company’s investments to the cash
distributions the Parent Company is expected to pay its
partners. Using this metric, senior management can quickly compute
the coverage ratio of estimated cash flow to planned cash
distributions.
Distributable cash flow is an important
non-GAAP financial measure for the Parent Company’s unitholders since it
indicates to investors whether or not the Parent Company’s investments are
generating cash flow at a level that can sustain or support an increase in
quarterly cash distribution levels. Financial metrics such as
distributable cash flow are quantitative standards used by the investment
community because the value of a partnership unit is in part measured by its
yield (which, in turn, is based on the amount of cash distributions a
partnership pays to a unitholder).
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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Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P. press release dated November 10,
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:
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EPE
Holdings, LLC,
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as general partner
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Date: November 10, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Michael
J. Knesek
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Name:
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Michael
J. Knesek
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Title:
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Senior
Vice President, Controller
and
Principal Accounting
Officer
of the
general partner
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Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Enterprise
GP Holdings L.P. press release dated November 10,
2008.
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