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 5, 2018
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-14323 | 76-0568219 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 1100 Louisiana Street, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas | 77002 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 381-6500
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K in order to (a) file Exhibit 99.1 hereto to replace in its entirety (1) the section under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” that appears in the Partnership’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 7, 2017, as amended on November 16, 2017 and declared effective by the SEC on November 20, 2017 (Registration No. 333-221397), including the prospectus contained therein (“Registration Statement I”) and (2) the section under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” that appears in the Partnership’s prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on December 1, 2017, supplementing the prospectus contained in Registration Statement I (the “Prospectus Supplement”), (b) file Exhibit 99.2 hereto to replace in its entirety the section under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” that appears in the Partnership’s automatically effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on May 12, 2016, as amended by a post-effective amendment thereto on December 14, 2017 (Registration No. 333-211218), including the prospectus contained therein (“Registration Statement II”), in each case (a) and (b) to provide updated disclosure regarding the material tax considerations associated with the Partnership’s operations and purchase, ownership and disposition of the Partnership’s common units, and (c) provide the legal opinion of Sidley Austin LLP relating to certain tax matters, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 8.1 hereto.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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.
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. | ||||||
| By: | Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, its General Partner | |||||
| Date: March 5, 2018 | By: | /s/ R. Daniel Boss | ||||
| Name: | R. Daniel Boss | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President - Accounting and Risk Control | |||||
| By: | /s/ Michael W. Hanson | |||||
| Name: | Michael W. Hanson | |||||
| Title: | Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer | |||||