UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
| x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
OR
| ¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 1-31383
ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
61-1414604 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1100 Louisiana, Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(713) 821-2000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):
| Large Accelerated Filer ¨ |
Accelerated Filer x | |
| Non-Accelerated Filer ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Smaller reporting company ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
The Registrant had 16,052,737 Listed Shares outstanding as of November 3, 2009.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009.
| PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||||
| Item 1. | Financial Statements | 1 | ||
| Statements of Income for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 | 1 | |||
| Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 | 2 | |||
| Statements of Cash Flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 | 3 | |||
| Statements of Financial Position as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 | 4 | |||
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 5 | |||
| Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 7 | ||
| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 9 | ||
| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 9 | ||
| PART II. OTHER INFORMATION | ||||
| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 10 | ||
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 10 | ||
| Item 6. | Exhibits | 10 | ||
| 11 | ||||
| 12 | ||||
In this report, unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” or “Enbridge Management” are intended to mean Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are identified as any statement that does not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “position,” “projection,” “strategy,” “could,” “should” or “will” or the negative of those terms or other variations of them or by comparable terminology. In particular, statements, expressed or implied, concerning future actions, conditions or events or future operating results or the ability to generate revenue, income or cash flow are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future actions, conditions or events and future results of operations may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine these results are beyond our ability to control or predict. For additional discussion of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, see “Risk Factors” included in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
| For the three months ended September 30, |
For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
| (unaudited; in millions, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||
| Equity income from investment in Enbridge Energy Partners, |
$ | 5.9 | $ | 15.4 | $ | 26.9 | $ | 36.1 | ||||
| Gain on issuance of units by Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. |
— | — | — | 6.4 | ||||||||
| Income before income tax expense |
5.9 | 15.4 | 26.9 | 42.5 | ||||||||
| Income tax expense |
2.6 | 5.9 | 10.3 | 15.8 | ||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 3.3 | $ | 9.5 | $ | 16.6 | $ | 26.7 | ||||
| Net income per share, basic and diluted |
$ | 0.21 | $ | 0.67 | $ | 1.07 | $ | 1.91 | ||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding |
15.9 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 14.0 | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
| For the three months ended September 30, |
For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||
| (unaudited; in millions) | ||||||||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 3.3 | $ | 9.5 | $ | 16.6 | $ | 26.7 | ||||||
| Equity in other comprehensive income (loss) of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., net of tax benefit (expense) of $2.1, $(13.4), $5.8 and $(3.5), respectively |
(3.0 | ) | 23.6 | (9.4 | ) | 6.1 | ||||||||
| Comprehensive income |
$ | 0.3 | $ | 33.1 | $ | 7.2 | $ | 32.8 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| For the nine months ended September 30, |
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| 2009 | 2008 | |||||||
| (unaudited; in millions) | ||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities |
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| Net income |
$ | 16.6 | $ | 26.7 | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities: |
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| Equity income from investment in Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. |
(26.9 | ) | (36.1 | ) | ||||
| Gain on issuance of units by Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. |
— | (6.4 | ) | |||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of cash acquired: |
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| Due from affiliates |
(0.1 | ) | (0.1 | ) | ||||
| Due to affiliates |
0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
10.3 | 15.8 | ||||||
| Net cash flows from operating activities |
— | — | ||||||
| Net cash flows from investing activities |
— | — | ||||||
| Net cash flows from financing activities |
— | — | ||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
— | — | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
— | — | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | — | $ | — | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
| September 30, 2009 |
December 31, 2008 |
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| (unaudited; dollars in millions) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Due from affiliates |
$ | 0.2 | $ | 0.1 | ||||
| Investment in Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. |
556.0 | 544.3 | ||||||
| $ | 556.2 | $ | 544.4 | |||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Due to affiliates |
$ | 0.2 | $ | 0.1 | ||||
| Deferred income tax liability |
82.8 | 78.3 | ||||||
| 83.0 | 78.4 | |||||||
| Stockholders’ equity |
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| Voting shares-unlimited authorized; 1.78 and 1.64 issued and outstanding at |
— | — | ||||||
| Listed shares-unlimited authorized; 16,052,737 and 14,763,053 issued and |
646.4 | 601.2 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit |
(157.8 | ) | (129.2 | ) | ||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(15.4 | ) | (6.0 | ) | ||||
| 473.2 | 466.0 | |||||||
| $ | 556.2 | $ | 544.4 | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
| 1. | BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
We are a limited partner of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., or the Partnership, through our ownership of i-units, a special class of the Partnership’s limited partner interests. We have prepared the accompanying unaudited interim financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, they contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which management considers necessary to present fairly our financial position at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, and our results of operations and cash flows for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. We derived our statement of financial position as of December 31, 2008 from the audited financial statements included in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 should not be taken as indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. Our results of operations, financial position and cash flows are dependent on the results of operation, financial position and cash flows of the Partnership. As a result, you should also read these interim financial statements in conjunction with the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto presented in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as well as the Partnership’s interim consolidated financial statements presented in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2009, June 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009.
| 2. | SHARE DISTRIBUTION |
The following table sets forth the details regarding our share distributions, as approved by our board of directors for the nine month period ended September 30, 2009:
| Distribution Declaration Date |
Record Date | Distribution Payment Date |
Distribution per Unit of the Partnership |
Average Closing Price of the Listed Shares |
Additional i-units owned |
Listed Shares distributed to Public |
Listed Shares distributed to General Partner | |||||||||
| July 24, 2009 |
August 6, 2009 | August 14, 2009 | $ | 0.990 | $ | 42.16 | 368,333 | 304,898 | 63,435 | |||||||
| April 30, 2009 |
May 7, 2009 | May 15, 2009 | 0.990 | 34.55 | 436,857 | 361,621 | 75,236 | |||||||||
| January 30, 2009 |
February 5, 2009 | February 13, 2009 | 0.990 | 30.17 | 484,494 | 401,053 | 83,441 | |||||||||
We had non-cash operating activities in the form of i-units distributed to us by the Partnership and corresponding non-cash financing activities in the form of share distributions to our shareholders in the amounts of $45.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
| 3. | CAPITAL ACCOUNT ADJUSTMENTS ON ISSUANCES OF COMMON UNITS BY ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. |
The Partnership records an adjustment to the carrying value of its book capital accounts when it issues additional common units and the new issuance price per unit is greater than or less than the average cost per unit for each class of units. We refer to these adjustments as capital account adjustments. Beginning January 1, 2009, in conjunction with our adoption of the authoritative accounting guidance for noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements, we recognize any capital account adjustments recorded by the Partnership to the book capital account it maintains for our i-units by increasing or decreasing our investment in the Partnership and recording a corresponding capital account adjustment directly to “Stockholders’ equity” on our statement of
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financial position. We adopted prospectively the applicable authoritative guidance, except for any applicable presentation and disclosure requirements. Prior to our adoption of this guidance, we historically recognized the capital account adjustment recorded by the Partnership to the book capital account it maintains for our i-units by increasing or decreasing our investment in the Partnership and recording a corresponding gain or loss in our statement of income. Gain or loss recognition is an accounting convention we have historically applied as our method of recognizing these capital account adjustments made by the Partnership.
In March 2008, the Partnership issued and sold 4.6 million Class A common units at $49.00 per unit, for proceeds of approximately $217.2 million, net of underwriters’ discounts, commissions and expenses. Since we did not participate in the offering, our ownership interest in the Partnership was reduced from 14.8 percent, immediately prior to the issuance, to 14.1 percent following the issuance. As a result, we recognized a $6.4 million gain from the capital account adjustment recorded by the Partnership. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Partnership did not issue any additional common units.
| 4. | SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. |
| For the three months ended September 30, |
For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||
| (unaudited; in millions) | ||||||||||||||
| Operating revenues |
$ | 1,363.7 | $ | 2,770.2 | $ | 4,104.2 | $ | 8,044.7 | ||||||
| Operating expenses |
1,175.7 | 2,601.2 | 3,616.9 | 7,640.8 | ||||||||||
| Operating income |
$ | 188.0 | $ | 169.0 | $ | 487.3 | $ | 403.9 | ||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 127.4 | $ | 116.6 | $ | 313.1 | $ | 270.8 | ||||||
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations |
(67.9 | ) | 2.8 | (67.5 | ) | 10.5 | ||||||||
| Net income |
59.5 | 119.4 | 245.6 | 281.3 | ||||||||||
| Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest |
2.3 | — | 2.3 | — | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. |
$ | 57.2 | $ | 119.4 | $ | 243.3 | $ | 281.3 | ||||||
We owned approximately 13.4 percent and 14.5 percent of the Partnership at September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
| 5. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
We have evaluated events subsequent to September 30, 2009 through November 4, 2009, the date we issued these financial statements, and identified the events presented below.
Share Distribution
On October 29, 2009, our board of directors declared a share distribution payable on November 13, 2009 to shareholders of record as of November 5, 2009, based on the $0.990 per limited partner unit distribution declared by the Partnership. The Partnership’s distribution increases the number of i-units we own. The amount of this increase is calculated by dividing the cash amount distributed by the Partnership per common unit, by the average closing price of one of our listed shares on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, for the 10-trading day period immediately preceding the ex-dividend date for our shares, multiplied by the number of shares outstanding on the record date. We distribute additional listed shares to our listed shareholders and additional shares to Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., the general partner of the Partnership, in respect of these additional i-units.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Our results of operations consist of our share of earnings of the Partnership attributed to the i-units we own. At September 30, 2009 and 2008, through our ownership of i-units, we had an approximate 13.4 percent and 14.5 percent limited partner interest in the Partnership, respectively. Our percentage ownership of the Partnership will change over time as the number of i-units we own becomes a different percentage of the total units outstanding due to our ownership of additional i-units and other issuances of limited partner interests by the Partnership.
The information set forth under “Part I, Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009 is hereby incorporated by reference, as our results of operation, financial position and cash flows are dependent on the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the Partnership.
The following table presents the Partnership’s allocation of net income to the general partner and limited partners for the periods presented.
| For the three months ended September 30, |
For the nine months ended September 30, |
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| 2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| (unaudited; in millions) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to general and limited partner ownership interests in Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. |
$ | 57.2 | $ | 119.4 | $ | 243.3 | $ | 281.3 | ||||||||
| Less: net income allocated to the general partner |
(13.9 | ) | (14.1 | ) | (42.7 | ) | (35.8 | ) | ||||||||
| Net income allocated to limited partners |
$ | 43.3 | $ | 105.3 | $ | 200.6 | $ | 245.5 | ||||||||
Our net income of $3.3 million and $9.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $16.6 million and $26.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, represents equity in earnings attributable to the i-units that we own, increased or decreased by the gain or loss we recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 for adjustments the Partnership makes to its capital accounts when it issues additional common units reduced by deferred income tax expense. We refer to the adjustments the Partnership makes to its capital accounts as capital account adjustments. Deferred income tax expense is calculated based on the difference between the accounting and tax basis of our investment in the Partnership and the combined federal and state income tax rate of 38.2% and 36.6% for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, applied to our share of the earnings of the Partnership for the respective periods.
Our earnings decreased by $6.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to a $9.5 million decrease in equity income from the Partnership resulting from the decrease in its net income in relation to the same period in 2008. This decrease was offset by a decrease in income taxes of $3.3 million associated with the decrease in our net income.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our net income decreased by $10.1 million as compared to the same period in 2008. The decrease is primarily attributable to the $9.2 million decrease in equity income from the Partnership resulting from the decrease in its net income in relation to the same period in 2008, coupled with $6.4 million of pre-tax net gains we recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 for capital account adjustments, discussed below. We did not recognize similar gains for unit issuances by the Partnership during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The decrease was offset by a decrease in income taxes of $5.5 million associated with the decrease in our net income.
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The Partnership records an adjustment to the carrying value of its book capital accounts when it issues additional common units and the new issuance price per unit is greater than or less than the average cost per unit for each class of units. We refer to these adjustments as capital account adjustments. Beginning January 1, 2009, in conjunction with our adoption of the authoritative accounting guidance for noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements, we recognize any capital account adjustments recorded by the Partnership to the book capital account it maintains for our i-units by increasing or decreasing our investment in the Partnership and recording a corresponding capital account adjustment directly to “Stockholders’ equity” on our statement of financial position. We adopted prospectively the applicable authoritative guidance, except for any applicable presentation and disclosure requirements. Prior to our adoption of this guidance, we historically recognized the capital account adjustment recorded by the Partnership to the book capital account it maintains for our i-units by increasing or decreasing our investment in the Partnership and recording a corresponding gain or loss in our statement of income. Gain or loss recognition is an accounting convention we have historically applied as our method of recognizing these capital account adjustments made by the Partnership.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our authorized capital structure consists of two classes of membership interests: (1) our listed shares, which represent limited liability company interests with limited voting rights, and (2) our voting shares, which represent limited liability company interests with full voting rights. At September 30, 2009, our issued capitalization consisted of $646.4 million associated with our 16,052,737 Listed Shares outstanding.
The number of our shares outstanding, including the voting shares owned by the general partner, will at all times equal the number of i-units we own in the Partnership. Typically, the general partner and owners of the Partnership’s Class A and B common units will receive distributions from the Partnership in cash. Instead of receiving cash distributions on the i-units we own, however, we receive additional i-units under the terms of the Partnership’s partnership agreement. The amount of additional i-units we receive is calculated by dividing the amount of the cash distribution paid by the Partnership on each of its Class A and B common units by the average closing price of one of our listed shares on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, for the 10-trading day period immediately preceding the ex-dividend date for our shares, multiplied by the number of our shares outstanding on the record date. We make share distributions to our shareholders concurrently with the i-unit distributions we receive from the Partnership that increases the number of i-units we own. As a result of our share distributions, the number of shares outstanding is equal to the number of i-units that we own in the Partnership.
INCOME TAXES
Our income tax expense of $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 is $3.3 million less than the $5.9 million we incurred for the same period in 2008. The decrease in income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was due to the decrease in our taxable income primarily associated with lower equity income from the Partnership.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our income tax expense decreased by $5.5 million to $10.3 million as compared to the $15.8 million that we incurred for the same period in 2008. The decrease in income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was due to the decrease in our taxable income primarily associated with the lower equity income from the Partnership coupled with the decrease in gains we recognized from the Partnership’s sale of its Class A common units.
We computed our income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 by applying a 38.2% effective income tax rate to our pre-tax income, which represents the federal statutory rate of 35.0% and the effective state income tax rate of 3.2%. We computed our income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 by applying a 36.6% effective income tax rate to our pre-tax income, which represents the
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federal statutory rate of 35.0% and the effective state income tax rate of 1.6%. The increase in the effective state income tax rate was due to the apportionment of greater amounts of income to states with higher state income tax rates.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
We have evaluated events subsequent to September 30, 2009 through November 4, 2009, the date we issued these financial statements, and identified the events presented below.
Share Distribution
On October 29, 2009, our board of directors declared a share distribution payable on November 13, 2009 to shareholders of record as of November 5, 2009, based on the $0.990 per limited partner unit distribution declared by the Partnership. The Partnership’s distribution increases the number of i-units we own. The amount of this increase is calculated by dividing the cash amount distributed by the Partnership per common unit, by the average closing price of one of our listed shares on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, for the 10-trading day period immediately preceding the ex-dividend date for our shares multiplied by the number of shares outstanding on the record date. We distribute additional listed shares to our listed shareholders and additional shares to the general partner in respect of these additional i-units.
Item 3. Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The nature of our business and operations is such that we do not conduct activities or enter into transactions of the type requiring discussion under this item.
For a discussion of these matters as they pertain to the Partnership, please read the information set forth under “Part I, Item 3—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009, which is hereby incorporated by reference, as activities of the Partnership have an impact on our results of operations and financial position.
Item 4. Controls And Procedures
Enbridge Management and Enbridge Inc. (“Enbridge”) maintain systems of disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that we are able to record, process, summarize and report the information required in our annual and quarterly reports under the Securities Exchange Act 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act,”) within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2009. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to accomplish their purpose. In conducting this assessment, our management relied on similar evaluations conducted by employees of Enbridge affiliates who provide certain treasury, accounting and other services on our behalf. We have not made any changes that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during the three month period ended September 30, 2009.
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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
We are a participant in various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Some of these proceedings are covered, in whole or in part, by insurance. We believe that the outcome of all these proceedings will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
Our risk factors have not materially changed from the disclosures included in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
Reference is made to the “Index of Exhibits” following the signature page, which we hereby incorporate into this Item.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: November 4, 2009 | By: | /s/ STEPHEN J.J. LETWIN | ||
| Stephen J.J. Letwin | ||||
| Managing Director (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||
| Date: November 4, 2009 | By: | /s/ MARK A. MAKI | ||
| Mark A. Maki | ||||
| Vice President—Finance (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||
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Each exhibit identified below is filed as part of this document. Exhibits included in this filing are designated by an asterisk (“*”); all exhibits not so designated are incorporated herein by reference to a previous filing as indicated.
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Formation of Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., dated May 14, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Enbridge Management’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on May 31, 2002). | |
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. (including Purchase Provisions adopted by Enbridge), dated October 17, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Enbridge Management’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 25, 2002). | |
| 3.3 | Amendment to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., dated May 1, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Enbridge Management’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 30, 2007). | |
| 31.1* | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 31.2* | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 32.1* | Certificate of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 32.2* | Certificate of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 99.1* | Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009. | |
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