epd8k06042009.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):  July 8, 2009



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 or Organization)
(Commission
 File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 
1100 Louisiana, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
77002
(Zip Code)
 
(713) 381-6500
(Registrant’s 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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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On January 1, 2009, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (“Enterprise”) and Enterprise Products GP, LLC (“EPGP”) adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an Amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS 160”).  EPGP is the general partner of Enterprise Products Partners L.P.  Additionally, on January 1, 2009 Enterprise adopted Emerging Issues Task Force 07-4, Application of the Two-Class Method under FASB Statement No. 128 to Master Limited Partnerships (“EITF 07-4”).

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference are retrospectively adjusted versions of Items 6, 7, 7A, 8 and 15 – Exhibit 12.1 of Enterprise’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 2, 2009, which reflect the adoption of SFAS 160  and EITF 07-4 and the resulting change in the presentation and disclosure requirements relating to the financial statements for all periods presented in accordance with the requirements of SFAS 160 and EITF 07-4.  All other Items of the Form 10-K remain unchanged.  The information in Exhibit 99.1 does not reflect events or developments that occurred after March 2, 2009. More current information is contained in Enterprise’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009 and other filings with the SEC. The Form 10-Q and other filings contain important information regarding events or developments that have occurred since the filing of the 2008 Form 10-K.  This Current Report on Form 8-K should be read in conjunction with the portions of the Form 10-K that have not been updated herein.

Attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a retrospectively adjusted version of the consolidated balance sheet of EPGP as of December 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on March 12, 2009, which reflects the adoption of SFAS 160 and the resulting change in the presentation and disclosure requirements relating to the consolidated balance sheet presented in accordance with the requirements of SFAS 160.


CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This current report contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on our beliefs and those of our general partner, as well as assumptions made by us and information currently available to us.  When used in this document, words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “seek,” “goal,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “believe,” “may,” “potential” and similar expressions and statements regarding our plans and objectives for future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Although we and our general partner believe that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither we nor our general partner can give any assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct.  Such statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions as described in more detail in Item 1A of our 2008 Form 10-K and Part II, Item 1A of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on May 11, 2009.  If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.  You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.


 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
99.1
Recast Items 6, 7, 7A, 8 and 15 – Exhibit 12.1 of Enterprise Products Partners L.P.’s Annual
 
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
99.2
Recast Consolidated Balance Sheet of Enterprise Products GP, LLC on Form 8-K at
 
December 31, 2008.



 
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 GP, LLC, as General Partner
       
       
       
       
Date: July 8, 2009
 By:   
        /s/ Michael J. Knesek  
       
  Name: 
Michael J. Knesek
  Title: 
Senior Vice President, Controller
and Principal Accounting Officer
of Enterprise Products GP, LLC