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TEPPCO Unitholders Approve Merger with Enterprise
Business Wire
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (NYSE:TPP) and Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
(NYSE:EPD) today announced that the TEPPCO unitholders have approved the
merger of TEPPCO and Enterprise, which will create the nation’s largest
publicly traded energy partnership with an enterprise value of
approximately $30 billion. Approximately 97 percent of the TEPPCO units
that voted were cast in favor of the merger and represented about 71
percent of TEPPCO’s total outstanding units. In addition, approximately
96 percent of the votes cast by Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders approved
the merger of the two partnerships. Under the terms of the merger
agreement, TEPPCO unitholders will receive 1.24 Enterprise common units
for each TEPPCO unit owned at the effective time of the merger, which is
expected to be completed October 26, 2009.
“With their overwhelming support of the merger, TEPPCO unitholders have
clearly recognized the benefits and potential growth opportunities that
will result by combining the complementary strengths of these two
successful partnerships,” said Jerry E. Thompson, president and chief
executive officer of TEPPCO’s general partner. “In addition to greater
business diversification, the merger should create improved access to
financial resources allowing us to more effectively pursue accretive
growth opportunities designed to support distribution increases for
investors.”
Michael A. Creel, Enterprise president and chief executive officer,
added, “With the necessary regulatory approvals already obtained, the
unitholder vote represents the final step in the process. Investors and
customers can expect a seamless transition following the completion of
the merger, and we look forward to serving them as a stronger and more
diverse growth-driven partnership.”
As previously announced, Enterprise is offering to exchange TEPPCO
senior and subordinated notes validly tendered for exchange, and not
validly withdrawn, prior to their expiration date for Enterprise notes.
Enterprise’s obligation to complete the exchange offers and consent
solicitations are conditioned upon, among other things, completion of
the proposed merger of TEPPCO with a wholly owned subsidiary of
Enterprise and receipt of valid consents sufficient to effect all of the
proposed amendments to the TEPPCO indentures. The merger and related
transactions are not conditioned upon the commencement or completion of
the exchange offers or consent solicitations. As of 10 a.m. CDT October
23, 2009, approximately $1.94 billion of the $2 billion aggregate
principal amount of TEPPCO notes had been tendered for exchange.
TEPPCO Partners, L.P., is a publicly traded energy logistics partnership
with operations that span much of the continental United States. TEPPCO
owns and operates an extensive network of assets that facilitate the
movement, marketing, gathering and storage of various commodities and
energy-related products. The partnership’s midstream network is
comprised of approximately 12,500 miles of pipelines that gather and
transport refined petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, liquefied
petroleum gases (LPGs) and natural gas liquids, and includes one of the
largest common carrier pipelines for refined petroleum products and LPGs
in the United States. TEPPCO’s storage assets include approximately 27
million barrels of capacity for refined petroleum products and LPGs and
about 14 million barrels of capacity for crude oil. TEPPCO also owns a
marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United
States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems, and in the Gulf of
Mexico. For more information, visit TEPPCO’s website at
www.teppco.com.
Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, the general partner of
TEPPCO Partners, L.P., is currently owned by Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.
(NYSE:EPE).
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded
partnerships and is a leading North American provider of midstream
energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude
oil and petrochemicals. Enterprise transports natural gas, NGLs, crude
oil and petrochemical products through approximately 36,000 miles of
onshore and offshore pipelines. Services include natural gas gathering,
processing, transportation and storage; NGL fractionation (or
separation), transportation, storage and import and export terminaling;
crude oil transportation and offshore production platform; and
petrochemical transportation and storage. For more information, visit
Enterprise on the web at
www.epplp.com.
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is managed by its general partner,
Enterprise Products GP, LLC, which is wholly-owned by Enterprise GP
Holdings L.P. (NYSE:EPE). For more information on Enterprise GP Holdings
L.P., visit its website at
www.enterprisegp.com
.
Forward-Looking Statement
This news release includes forward-looking statements.
Except
for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed
in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve certain
risks and uncertainties such as the partnerships’ expectations regarding
the merger.
These risks and uncertainties include, among other
things, market conditions, governmental regulations and factors
discussed in TEPPCO Partners, L.P.'s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the proxy statement relating to the
merger with Enterprise and Enterprise’s registration statement on Form
S-4 relating to the merger.
If any of these risks or
uncertainties materializes, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those
expected.
The partnership disclaims any intention or obligation
to update publicly or reverse such statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
Investor Notice
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor
shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. The exchange offers and consent solicitations are being
made only by means of a prospectus that is part of an effective
registration statement.
Copyright Business Wire 2009
2009-10-23 18:30:00
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