Filed pursuant to Rule 424 (b)(2)
Registration No. 333-162091
Registration No. 333-162091-01

 

PROSPECTUS

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

 

Unconditionally Guaranteed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

 

Offers to Exchange
All Outstanding Notes of the Series Specified Below
and Solicitation of Consents to Amend the Related Indentures

 

Expiration Date: 9:00 a.m., New York City Time, October 26, 2009, unless extended

 

We are conducting the exchange offers and solicitation of consents set forth in this prospectus and related letter of transmittal and consent in connection with, and subject to the consummation of, the planned acquisition of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (“TEPPCO”) by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (“Enterprise”) pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger referred to below. We are offering to exchange all validly tendered and accepted notes that were issued by TEPPCO with notes to be issued by Enterprise Products Operating LLC (“EPO”), the operating subsidiary of Enterprise, and guaranteed by Enterprise, each as described in the table below.

 

 

 

 

In exchange for each TEPPCO Note that is validly tendered and accepted, holders will receive a new Enterprise Note in a principal amount equal to the exchange price of such tendered TEPPCO Note. The principal amount of each new Enterprise Note will be rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of $1,000, and we will pay cash equal to the remaining portion, if any, of the exchange price of such TEPPCO Note. The exchange price for each TEPPCO Note will be 100% of its principal amount if it is validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) either prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 6, 2009 (the “Early Consent Date”), or after the Early Consent Date and prior to the expiration date (as defined below) of the exchange offers. We have extended our offer of 100% of the principal amount for tenders made after the Early Consent Date and prior to the expiration date based on our receipt of the requisite consents as of the Early Consent Date. Each new Enterprise Note issued in exchange for a TEPPCO Note will have an identical interest rate, interest payment dates, redemption terms and maturity as the corresponding TEPPCO Note for which it is offered in exchange, and will accrue interest from the most recent interest payment date of the tendered TEPPCO Note. The Enterprise Notes will be issued by EPO and be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis by Enterprise as compared with the TEPPCO Notes, which are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of TEPPCO. The exchange offers will expire immediately following 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 26, 2009, unless extended (the “expiration date”). You may withdraw tendered TEPPCO Notes at any time prior to the expiration date. As of the date of this prospectus, there was $2,000,000,000 principal amount of outstanding TEPPCO Notes.

 

Concurrently with the exchange offers, we are also soliciting consents from each holder of the TEPPCO Notes, on behalf of TEPPCO and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this prospectus and the related letter of transmittal and consent (“letter of transmittal”), to certain proposed amendments (the “proposed amendments”) to, as applicable:

 

 

The 2002 TEPPCO Indenture and the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture are referred to collectively as the “TEPPCO Indentures.”

 

A holder validly tendering TEPPCO Notes for exchange will, by tendering those notes, be deemed to have validly delivered its consent to the proposed amendments to the applicable TEPPCO Indenture under which those notes were issued, as further described under “The Proposed Amendments.” You may revoke your consent at any time prior to the Early Consent Date, but you may not do so after the Early Consent Date. If the requisite consents of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each series of TEPPCO Notes issued under the relevant TEPPCO Indenture, as described more fully herein, are received, it is anticipated that TEPPCO, the trustee for the respective TEPPCO Indenture and the other parties to the respective TEPPCO Indenture will enter into supplemental indentures with respect to the affected notes that will, subject to the successful completion of the applicable exchange offer, have the effect of eliminating all of the restrictive covenants contained in the applicable TEPPCO Indenture.

 

Our obligations to complete the exchange offers and consent solicitations are conditioned upon, among other things, consummation of the merger referred to below 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.

 

On June 28, 2009, the board of directors of Enterprise Products GP, LLC (“Enterprise GP”), the general partner of Enterprise, and the board of directors of Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC (“TEPPCO GP”), the general partner of TEPPCO, agreed to combine the businesses of Enterprise and TEPPCO by merger (the “merger”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 28, 2009, by and among Enterprise, Enterprise GP, Enterprise Sub B LLC, TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP (the “merger agreement”). Immediately prior to and as a condition to the merger, TEPPCO GP will merge with a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise (“GP Merger”). As a result of the merger, the outstanding limited partner interests in TEPPCO will be extinguished, TEPPCO will merge with a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise, and TEPPCO and its operating subsidiaries will become directly or indirectly owned by Enterprise. TEPPCO and Enterprise are affiliated partnerships controlled by Dan L. Duncan. In the merger, TEPPCO unitholders, except for a privately held affiliate of EPCO, Inc. (“EPCO,” a private company controlled by Mr. Duncan), will receive 1.24 common units of Enterprise for each TEPPCO unit. The privately held affiliate of EPCO will exchange its 11,486,711 TEPPCO units for 14,243,521 Enterprise units, based on the 1.24 exchange ratio, which will consist of 9,723,090 Enterprise common units and 4,520,431 Enterprise Class B units. The Class B units will not be entitled to regular quarterly cash distributions for the first 16 quarters following the closing of the merger and will convert automatically into the same number of Enterprise common units on the date immediately following the payment date of the sixteenth quarterly distribution following the closing of the merger. Enterprise common unitholders will continue to own their existing common units, which will not be affected by the merger.

 

In order to complete the merger, the merger agreement and the merger must be approved by the affirmative vote of the TEPPCO unitholders holding at least a majority of the outstanding TEPPCO units. In addition, the number of votes actually cast in favor of the proposal by “Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders,” which consist of TEPPCO unitholders other than Mr. Duncan, EPCO, certain other privately held affiliates of Mr. Duncan, TEPPCO GP, Enterprise, Enterprise GP and specified officers and directors of TEPPCO GP, Enterprise GP and the general partners of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., the 100% owner of TEPPCO GP (“Enterprise GP Holdings”), must exceed the number of votes actually cast against the proposal by the Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders in order for the proposal to be approved. The obligations of Enterprise and TEPPCO to complete the merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver of several other conditions to the merger, including receiving approvals from regulatory agencies. If the merger agreement is terminated for any reason, Enterprise intends promptly to terminate the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents.

 

We plan to issue new Enterprise Notes promptly after the consummation of the merger and the expiration of the exchange offers (in exchange for TEPPCO Notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration date). The TEPPCO Notes are not, and the Enterprise Notes will not be, listed on any securities exchange.

 

This investment involves risks. Prior to participating in any of the exchange offers and consenting to the proposed amendments to a TEPPCO Indenture, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 20 of this prospectus for a discussion of the risks that you should consider in connection with your investment in the Enterprise Notes.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

None of Enterprise, EPO or their subsidiaries, TEPPCO, the exchange agent, the information agent, the trustee under either of the TEPPCO Indentures, the trustee under the Enterprise indentures or the dealer managers makes any recommendation as to whether holders of TEPPCO Notes should exchange their notes in the exchange offers or deliver consents to the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures.

 

 

 

 

The dealer managers for the exchange offers and solicitation agents for consent solicitations are :

 

 

 

 

The date of this prospectus is October 7, 2009

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

The information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. You should rely only on the information provided in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, or documents to which we otherwise refer you. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of any securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of the document in which such information is contained or such other date referred to in such document, regardless of the time of any sale or issuance of a security.

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC or the Commission. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with the registration statement, the exhibits thereto and the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference contain various forward-looking statements and information that are based on the beliefs of Enterprise and TEPPCO and those of their respective general partners, as well as assumptions made by Enterprise and TEPPCO and information currently available to them. When used in this prospectus, words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “intend,” “could,” “believe,” “may,” and similar expressions and statements regarding plans and objectives for future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. They include statements regarding the timing and expected benefits of the business combination transaction involving Enterprise and TEPPCO, and also include statements relating to or regarding:

 

 

These statements are based on the current expectations and estimates of the management of Enterprise and TEPPCO and their respective general partners; actual results may differ materially due to certain risks and uncertainties. Although Enterprise, TEPPCO and their respective general partners believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, they cannot give assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. For instance, although Enterprise and TEPPCO have signed a merger agreement, there is no assurance that they will complete the proposed merger. The merger agreement will terminate if TEPPCO does not receive the necessary approval of its unitholders, and also may be terminated if any conditions to closing are not satisfied, in any of which cases the exchange offers and consent solicitations will also terminate. Other risks and uncertainties that may affect actual results include:

 

 

 

You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. When considering forward-looking statements, please review carefully the risk factors described under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and incorporated by reference into this document.

 

Enterprise and TEPPCO file annual, quarterly and current reports, and other information with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). You may read and copy any document filed with the SEC at its public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-732-0330 for further information regarding the public reference room. The filings are also available to the public at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed by Enterprise and TEPPCO can be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

 

The SEC allows Enterprise to incorporate by reference information about Enterprise and TEPPCO into this prospectus, which means that Enterprise can disclose important information to you about Enterprise and TEPPCO by referring you to those documents. The information about Enterprise and TEPPCO incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by information that is included directly in this prospectus. Any later information filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act by Enterprise or TEPPCO up until the expiration of the exchange offers shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and will automatically update and supersede this information. Therefore, before you tender your TEPPCO Notes, you should always check for reports that Enterprise and TEPPCO may have filed with the SEC after the date of this prospectus.

 

This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below that Enterprise and TEPPCO have previously filed with the SEC, excluding any information in a Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 (unless otherwise indicated), which is not deemed filed under the Exchange Act.

 

Enterprise’s Filings (Commission File No. 1-14323)

 

 

 

You may request a copy of these filings at no cost by making written or telephone requests for copies to: Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Attention: Investor Relations, 1100 Louisiana, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002; Telephone: (713) 381-6500.

 

Enterprise also makes available free of charge on its internet web site at http://www.epplp.com its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC. Information contained on Enterprise’s web site is not part of this prospectus.

 

TEPPCO’s Filings (Commission File No. 1-10403)

 

 

You may request a copy of these filings at no cost by making written or telephone requests for copies to: TEPPCO Partners, L.P., Attention: Investor Relations, 1100 Louisiana, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002; Telephone: (713) 381-3636.

 

TEPPCO also makes available free of charge on its internet web site at http://www.teppco.com its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC. Information contained on TEPPCO’s web site is not part of this prospectus.

 

Documents incorporated by reference and made available by Enterprise and TEPPCO exclude any exhibits to those documents unless the exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

We have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the merger, the exchange offers, the consent solicitations, Enterprise or TEPPCO, that is different from, or in addition to, the information contained in this prospectus or in any materials that have been incorporated into this prospectus by reference. Therefore, if anyone does give you information of this sort, you should not rely on it. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to exchange or sell, or solicitations of offers to exchange or purchase, the securities offered by this prospectus is unlawful, then the offer presented in this prospectus does not extend to you. The information contained in this prospectus speaks only as of the date of this prospectus unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.

 

SUMMARY

Q:		Why is Enterprise making the exchange offers and consent solicitations?
A:		Enterprise is conducting the exchange offers in order to simplify the capital structure of Enterprise and its consolidated subsidiaries, and to provide TEPPCO noteholders the option to obtain securities with the same guarantees as the notes Enterprise currently has outstanding and those notes that Enterprise may offer in the future. The Enterprise Notes will be guaranteed by Enterprise as compared with the subsidiary guarantees with respect to the TEPPCO Notes. By commencing the exchange offers near the time of the merger, Enterprise intends to help achieve these benefits as soon as practicable after consummation of the merger.
		The principal purpose of the consent solicitations and the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures is to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants in the TEPPCO Indentures. Completion of the exchange offers and consent solicitations should help make the overall long-term debt of Enterprise and its subsidiaries more uniform in character and easier to administer.
Q:		What will I receive if I tender my TEPPCO Notes in the exchange offers and consent solicitations?

A:		Subject to certain conditions described below, for each TEPPCO Note validly tendered (and concurrent consent to the proposed amendments delivered) and not validly withdrawn prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 26, 2009, unless extended or earlier terminated (the “expiration date”), and accepted for exchange, you will be eligible to receive an Enterprise Note (as designated in the table below), which will accrue interest at the same annual interest rate, have the same interest payment dates, same redemption terms and same maturity date as the TEPPCO Note for which it was exchanged. The exchange price for the tendered TEPPCO Notes that are not validly withdrawn will be 100% of their aggregate principal amount if such notes are validly tendered either prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 6, 2009 (the “Early Consent Date”), or after such Early Consent Date and prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers. We have extended our offer of 100% of the principal amount for TEPPCO Notes tendered after the Early Consent Date and prior to the expiration date based on our receipt of the requisite consents as of the Early Consent Date.

		Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Enterprise Notes will be issued only in denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. See “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Senior Notes — General,” and “Description of Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Subordinated Notes — General.” If EPO would otherwise be required to issue an Enterprise Note in a denomination other than $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000, EPO will, in lieu of such issuance:
		• issue an Enterprise Note in a principal amount that has been rounded down to the nearest lesser whole multiple of $1,000; and
		• pay cash, which we refer to as “cash exchange consideration”, in an amount equal to:
		•     the difference between (i) the principal amount yielded by such formula and (ii) the principal amount of the Enterprise Note actually issued in accordance with this paragraph; plus
		•     accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount representing such difference to the date of the exchange.
		The Enterprise Notes will be issued under and governed by the terms of the relevant Enterprise indenture described under “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.” Except as otherwise set forth above, instead of receiving a payment for accrued interest on TEPPCO Notes that you exchange, the Enterprise Notes you receive in exchange for those TEPPCO Notes will accrue interest from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on those TEPPCO Notes.
		As a holder of TEPPCO Notes, you may give your consent to the proposed amendments to the relevant TEPPCO Indenture only by tendering your TEPPCO Notes in the appropriate exchange offer. By tendering your TEPPCO Notes for exchange, you will be deemed to have given a consent to the proposed amendments with respect to the TEPPCO Indenture under which the tendered TEPPCO Notes were issued.

Series of Notes Issued by TEPPCO to be Exchanged			Series of Notes to be Issued by EPO(1)
7.625% Senior Notes due February 15, 2012, and the guarantees thereof (the “TEPPCO 2012 Notes”)			7.625% Senior Notes due February 15, 2012 (the “Enterprise 2012 Notes”)
6.125% Senior Notes due February 1, 2013, and the guarantees thereof (the “TEPPCO 6.125% 2013 Notes”)			6.125% Senior Notes due February 1, 2013 (the “Enterprise 6.125% 2013 Notes”)
5.90% Senior Notes due April 15, 2013, and the guarantees thereof (the “TEPPCO 5.90% 2013 Notes”)			5.90% Senior Notes due April 15, 2013 (the “Enterprise 5.90% 2013 Notes”)
6.65% Senior Notes due April 15, 2018, and the guarantees thereof (the “TEPPCO 2018 Notes”)			6.65% Senior Notes due April 15, 2018 (the “Enterprise 2018 Notes”)
7.55% Senior Notes due April 15, 2038, and the guarantees thereof (the “TEPPCO 2038 Notes” and, together with the TEPPCO 2012 Notes, the TEPPCO 6.125% 2013 Notes, the TEPPCO 5.90% 2013 Notes and the TEPPCO 2018 Notes, the “TEPPCO Senior Notes”)			7.55% Senior Notes due April 15, 2038 (the “Enterprise 2038 Notes” and, together with the Enterprise 2012 Notes, the Enterprise 6.125% 2013 Notes, the Enterprise 5.90% 2013 Notes and the Enterprise 2018 Notes, the “Enterprise Senior Notes”)
7.000% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2067, and the guarantees thereof (the “TEPPCO Subordinated Notes” and, together with the TEPPCO Senior Notes, the “TEPPCO Notes” or singularly, a “TEPPCO Note”)			7.000% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2067 (the “Enterprise Subordinated Notes” and, together with the Enterprise Senior Notes, the “Enterprise Notes” or singularly, an “Enterprise Note”)

(1)		The Enterprise Notes will be issued by EPO and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis by its parent entity, Enterprise.

Q:		What are the consequences of not having consented in the consent solicitations prior to the Early Consent Date?

A:		As of the Early Consent Date, the requisite consents for each series of TEPPCO Notes had been received. In light of the receipt of these consents, which are irrevocable after the Early Consent Date, holders that failed to tender their TEPPCO Notes (and thereby failed to deliver valid and unrevoked consents) prior to the Early Consent Date but who do so prior to the expiration date will receive an exchange price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of such tendered notes.

Q:		What are the consequences of not tendering in the exchange offers?
A:		If the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures have been adopted, the amendments will apply to all TEPPCO Notes governed by such indentures that are not acquired in the exchange offers. Thereafter, all such TEPPCO Notes will be governed by the respective TEPPCO Indenture as amended by the proposed amendments, which will have less restrictive terms and afford reduced protections to the holders of such securities compared to those currently in the TEPPCO Indentures. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes — The proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will afford reduced protection to remaining holders of TEPPCO Notes.”
Q:		How do the TEPPCO Notes differ from the Enterprise Notes to be issued in the exchange offers?
A:		The TEPPCO Notes are the obligations solely of TEPPCO and its subsidiary guarantors and are governed by the relevant TEPPCO Indenture. The Enterprise Notes will initially be the obligations solely of EPO and Enterprise and will be governed by the relevant Enterprise indenture. The TEPPCO Indentures and the Enterprise indentures differ in certain respects, including as follows:
		• The provisions of the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture that limit the ability of TEPPCO and its subsidiaries to incur liens or engage in sale and leaseback transactions are different than the corresponding provisions of the Enterprise indentures.
		• The 2002 TEPPCO Indenture contains an event of default that is not contained in the Enterprise indenture that triggers default if TEPPCO or any of its subsidiaries defaults in the payment of any principal on any debt outstanding (other than the notes of that series) in an aggregate principal amount in excess

		of $50 million, or if TEPPCO defaults on its outstanding indebtedness (other than the notes of that series) and the effect of such default is to cause indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity.

		However, if the proposed amendments are adopted, these provisions will be eliminated from, or modified in, the TEPPCO Indentures. The elimination or modification of the restrictive covenants contemplated by the proposed amendments would, among other things, permit TEPPCO and its subsidiaries to take actions that could be adverse to the interests of the holders of the outstanding TEPPCO Notes. See “Description of the Differences Between Enterprise Notes and the TEPPCO Notes,” “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations,” “The Proposed Amendments” and “Description of the Enterprise Notes.”
		The Enterprise Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of EPO, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Enterprise as a parent guarantor, and will rank equally in right of payment with all other existing and future senior indebtedness of EPO (operating subsidiary only). At June 30, 2009, the direct indebtedness of Enterprise that is pari passu with the Enterprise Senior Notes totaled approximately $7.6 billion, and the direct indebtedness of Enterprise that is pari passu with the Enterprise Subordinated Notes totaled approximately $1.2 billion.
		The Enterprise Notes offered will also be structurally subordinated to all obligations of our subsidiaries with respect to the assets of such subsidiaries, other than any subsidiaries that may guarantee these notes in the future. As of June 30, 2009, we and our consolidated subsidiaries had approximately $9.4 billion of principal amount of indebtedness and TEPPCO had approximately $2.7 billion of principal amount of indebtedness (including $2.0 billion proposed to be exchanged for the Enterprise Notes and approximately $723 million under a TEPPCO revolving credit facility expected to be repaid at the closing of the merger). See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes — We may require cash from our subsidiaries to make payments on the notes,” “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes — The Enterprise Notes will be unsecured obligations. As such, the Enterprise Notes will be effectively junior to any secured debt we may have to the extent of the value of the security and to the existing and future debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries, as well as pari passu with a substantial portion of our other unsecured senior indebtedness,” “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Senior Notes — Ranking” and “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Subordinated Notes — Subordination; Ranking of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes; Payment Blockage.”
Q:		What consents are required to effect the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures and consummate the exchange offers?

A:		Each TEPPCO Indenture may be amended so that amendments affect only a particular series of TEPPCO Notes or so that amendments affect all notes issued under such TEPPCO Indenture. In order for the proposed amendments to a TEPPCO Indenture to be adopted with respect to a series of TEPPCO Notes, holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding TEPPCO Notes of each series affected by such proposed amendments must consent to them, and such consents must be received by the expiration date for the exchange offers in order to amend the respective TEPPCO Indenture. As of the Early Consent Date, the requisite consents for each series of TEPPCO Notes had been received (and such consents were irrevocable by the terms and conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations as described in this prospectus). In light of having received the requisite consents, the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will be adopted, assuming all other conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are satisfied or waived, as applicable.

		Our obligations to complete the exchange offers are conditioned upon, among other things, (i) receipt of valid consents sufficient to effect the amendments with respect to the TEPPCO Notes and (ii) the consummation of the merger with TEPPCO, although we may, at our option, waive any other condition with respect to the exchange offers. For information about other conditions to our obligations to complete the exchange offers, see “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Conditions to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.”

Q:		Will EPO accept all tenders of TEPPCO Notes?
A:		Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the exchange offers, we will accept for exchange any and all TEPPCO Notes that (i) have been validly tendered in the exchange offers before the expiration date of the exchange offers and (ii) have not been validly withdrawn before the expiration of the exchange offers.
Q:		When will EPO issue new Enterprise Notes and pay cash exchange consideration (as applicable)?

A:		Assuming the conditions to the exchange offers are satisfied or waived, EPO will issue new Enterprise Notes in book-entry form and pay cash exchange consideration (as applicable) promptly after the expiration date of the exchange offers and consummation of the merger (in exchange for TEPPCO Notes that are validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) before the expiration date of the exchange offers and that are accepted for exchange).

Q:		When will the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures become effective?
A:		If we receive the requisite consents before the expiration date, the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will become effective when we settle the exchange offers, which we expect to occur shortly after the consummation of the merger.
Q:		When will the exchange offers expire?
A:		Each exchange offer will expire immediately following 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 26, 2009, unless we, in our sole discretion, extend the exchange offer, in which case the expiration date will be the latest date and time to which the exchange offer is extended. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments.”
Q:		What are my rights if I change my mind after I tender my TEPPCO Notes and deliver my consent?
A:		Tenders of TEPPCO Notes may be validly withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration date. Consents to the proposed amendments may be revoked at any time prior to the Early Consent Date, but may not be revoked after the Early Consent Date.
		Once withdrawal rights have expired on the expiration date, tenders of TEPPCO Notes may not be validly withdrawn unless Enterprise changes the exchange price for the TEPPCO Notes or is otherwise required by law to permit withdrawal. Under certain of these circumstances, previously tendered TEPPCO Notes may be validly withdrawn until the expiration of at least 10 business days after the date that notice of such change to the exchange price or requirement is first published or given or sent to holders by Enterprise. In the event of termination of an exchange offer, the TEPPCO Notes tendered pursuant to such exchange offer will be promptly returned to the tendering holders. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Withdrawal of Tenders and Revocation of Corresponding Consents.”
Q:		How do I exchange my TEPPCO Notes if I am a beneficial owner of TEPPCO Notes held of record by a custodian bank, depositary, broker, trust company or other nominee? Will the record holder exchange my TEPPCO Notes for me?
A:		Currently, all of the TEPPCO Notes are held in book-entry form and can only be tendered through the applicable procedures of The Depository Trust Company. However, if any TEPPCO Notes are subsequently issued in certificated form and are held of record by a custodian bank, depositary, broker, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender the securities in the exchange offers, you should contact that institution promptly and instruct the institution to tender on your behalf. The record holder will tender your notes on your behalf, but only if you instruct the record holder to do so. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Procedures for Consenting and Tendering — TEPPCO Notes Held through a Nominee.”
Q:		Do I have the right to dissent from the exchange offers or the consent solicitations or seek appraisal of the TEPPCO notes I hold?
A:		Holders of TEPPCO Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under New York law, the law governing the TEPPCO Indentures, or under the terms of the TEPPCO Indentures in connection with the exchange offers and consent solicitations.

Q:		Will the Enterprise Notes be eligible for trading on an exchange?
A:		The TEPPCO Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange, but we expect that the Enterprise Notes will be eligible for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board. However, there can be no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the Enterprise notes. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes — Your ability to transfer the Enterprise Notes may be limited by the absence of a trading market.”
Q:		To whom should I direct any questions?
A:		Questions concerning the terms of the exchange offers or the consent solicitations should be directed to the dealer managers; contact information for the dealer managers is set forth on the back cover of this prospectus. Questions concerning tender procedures and requests for additional copies of this prospectus should be directed to the information agent. The address and telephone numbers of the information agent are also set forth on the back cover page of this prospectus.

Exchange Offers		EPO is hereby offering to exchange, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this prospectus and the related letter of transmittal, up to the aggregate principal amounts of each series of outstanding TEPPCO Notes listed on the front cover of this prospectus, for newly issued series of Enterprise Notes with identical interest rates, interest payment dates, redemption terms and maturity as the corresponding series of TEPPCO Notes. The Enterprise Notes will be issued by EPO and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by its parent, Enterprise, as compared with the TEPPCO Notes, which are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of TEPPCO. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Terms of the Exchange Offers.”
Consent Solicitations		EPO is soliciting consents to the proposed amendments of the TEPPCO Indentures from holders of the TEPPCO Notes, on behalf of TEPPCO and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this prospectus and the related letter of transmittal. You may not tender your TEPPCO Notes for exchange without delivering a consent to the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indenture under which the respective series of TEPPCO Notes was issued. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Terms of the Consent Solicitations.”
The Proposed Amendments		If the requisite consents to amend both TEPPCO Indentures are obtained, the indenture amendments will eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants in each respective indenture and holders of TEPPCO Notes will no longer benefit from those covenants, although the subsidiary guarantees will remain in effect. The indenture amendments being proposed are the same for both TEPPCO Indentures. See “The Proposed Amendments.”

Requisite Consents		For the proposed amendments to be adopted with respect to the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture or the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture, the consents of the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of each series of TEPPCO Notes issued under the relevant indenture must be obtained before the expiration date of the exchange offers with respect to such series. As of the Early Consent Date, the requisite consents for each series of TEPPCO Notes had been received (and such consents were irrevocable by the terms and conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations as described in this prospectus). In light of having received the requisite consents, the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will be adopted, assuming all other conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are satisfied or waived, as applicable. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Terms of the Consent Solicitations.”

Procedures for Participating in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations		If you are the record or beneficial owner of any TEPPCO Notes issued in certificated form and you wish to participate in the exchange offers and consent solicitations, you must complete, sign and date an original or facsimile of the accompanying letter of

		transmittal and consent in accordance with the instructions contained in this prospectus and the letter of transmittal and consent, and send the letter of transmittal and consent or a facsimile of it and the outstanding TEPPCO Notes you wish to exchange and any other required documentation to the exchange agent at the address set forth on the back cover of this prospectus. These materials must be received by the exchange agent prior to the expiration date. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Procedures for Tendering TEPPCO Notes and Delivering Consents.”
		Alternatively, if you hold TEPPCO Notes through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in the form of book-entry interests, and wish to participate in an exchange offer and consent solicitation, you must cause the book-entry transfer of the TEPPCO Notes to the exchange agent’s account at DTC, and the exchange agent must receive a confirmation of book-entry transfer and either:
		• a completed letter of transmittal and consent; or
		• an agent’s message transmitted pursuant to DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program, by which each tendering holder will agree to be bound by the letter of transmittal and consent.
		See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Procedures for Consenting and Tendering.”

Early Consent Date		The exchange price for each TEPPCO Note will be 100% of its principal amount if it is validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) either prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 6, 2009 (the “Early Consent Date”), or after the Early Consent Date and prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers. We have extended our offer of 100% of the principal amount for TEPPCO Notes tendered after the Early Consent Date and prior to the expiration date based on our receipt of the requisite consents as of the Early Consent Date.

Expiration Date		Each of the exchange offers and consent solicitations will expire at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 26, 2009, or a later date and time to which EPO extends it (the “expiration date”). We do not currently intend to extend the expiration date, although we reserve the right to do so.
Withdrawal and Revocation		Tenders of TEPPCO Notes may be validly withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration date. Consents to the proposed amendments may be revoked at any time prior to the Early Consent Date, but may not be revoked after the Early Consent Date.
		Once withdrawal rights have expired on the expiration date, tenders of TEPPCO Notes may not be validly withdrawn unless Enterprise changes the exchange price for the TEPPCO Notes or is otherwise required by law to permit withdrawal. Under certain of these circumstances, previously tendered TEPPCO Notes may be validly withdrawn until the expiration of at least 10 business days after the date that notice of such change to the exchange price or requirement is first published or given or sent to holders by EPO. In the event of termination of an exchange offer, the TEPPCO Notes tendered pursuant to such exchange offer will be promptly returned to the tendering

		holders. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Withdrawal of Tenders and Revocation of Corresponding Consents.”
Conditions		Our obligations to complete the exchange offers and consent solicitations are conditioned upon, among other things, consummation of the merger and receipt of valid consents sufficient to effect all of the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures. Each exchange offer is independent of the others, and we may consummate any of them without doing so with respect to any other. The merger and its related transactions are not conditioned upon the commencement or completion of the exchange offers or consent solicitations.
Special Procedures for Beneficial Owners of any Certificated Notes		Currently, all of the TEPPCO Notes are held in book-entry form and can only be tendered through the applicable procedures of the DTC. However, if any TEPPCO Notes are subsequently issued to you in certificated form and you are a beneficial owner of TEPPCO Notes that are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and you wish to tender those TEPPCO Notes and deliver your consent, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender your TEPPCO Notes and deliver your consent on your behalf. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Procedures for Consenting and Tendering — TEPPCO Notes Held Through a Nominee.”
Acceptance of TEPPCO Notes and Consents and Delivery of Enterprise Notes		Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the exchange offers and consent solicitations, EPO will accept for exchange any and all TEPPCO Notes that are validly tendered prior to the expiration date and not validly withdrawn; likewise, because the act of validly tendering TEPPCO Notes will also constitute valid delivery of consents to the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indenture under which the tendered TEPPCO Notes were issued and are governed, EPO will also accept all consents that are validly delivered prior to the expiration date that are not validly revoked prior to the Early Consent Date. All TEPPCO Notes exchanged will be cancelled. The Enterprise Notes issued pursuant to the exchange offers will be issued and delivered through the facilities of the DTC promptly following the expiration date of the exchange offers. We will return to you any TEPPCO Notes that are not accepted for exchange for any reason without expense to you promptly after the expiration date. See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Acceptance of TEPPCO Notes for Exchange; Enterprise Notes and Cash Exchange Consideration; Effectiveness of Proposed Amendments.”
Federal Income Tax Considerations		Holders should consider certain United States federal income tax consequences of the exchange offers and consent solicitations; please consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences to you of the exchange. See “Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

Consequences of Not Exchanging TEPPCO Notes for Enterprise Notes		If you do not exchange your TEPPCO Notes for Enterprise Notes in the exchange offers, you will not receive the benefit of the parental guarantee of Enterprise on the Enterprise Notes. In addition, if the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures are adopted, holders of TEPPCO Notes will no longer be entitled to the benefit of certain restrictive covenants contained in the TEPPCO Indentures. In addition, the trading market for any TEPPCO Notes not validly tendered is likely to be significantly more limited in the future if the exchange offers are consummated. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes — The liquidity of the TEPPCO Notes that are not exchanged will be reduced.”
Use of Proceeds		We will not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange offers.
Exchange Agent, Information Agent and Dealer Managers.		Global Bondholder Services Corporation is serving as exchange agent and information agent for the exchange offers and consent solicitations.
		Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are serving as the dealer managers.
		The addresses and the facsimile and telephone numbers of these parties appear on the back cover of this prospectus.
		We have other business relationships with the exchange agent and the dealer managers, as described in “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Exchange Agent” and “— Dealer Managers.”
No Guaranteed Delivery Procedures		No guaranteed delivery procedures are being offered in connection with the exchange offers and consent solicitations. You must tender your TEPPCO Notes and deliver your consent by the expiration date in order to participate in the exchange offers.
No Recommendation		None of Enterprise, EPO or their subsidiaries,TEPPCO, the dealer managers, the information agent, the exchange agent or the trustees under the TEPPCO Indentures or the Enterprise indentures makes any recommendation in connection with the exchange offers or consent solicitations as to whether any TEPPCO noteholder should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of the principal amount of such holder’s TEPPCO Notes (and in so doing, consent to the adoption of the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures), and no one has been authorized by any of them to make such a recommendation.

Risk Factors		For risks related to the exchange offers and consent solicitations, please read the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 20 of this prospectus.

Issuer		Enterprise Products Operating LLC (“EPO”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (“Enterprise”)

General; Comparison to TEPPCO Notes		After giving effect to the merger, the terms of each new series of Enterprise Notes will be substantially identical to the terms of the corresponding series of outstanding TEPPCO Notes for which they are being offered in exchange, except that the Enterprise Notes will be guaranteed by EPO’s parent entity, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (“Enterprise”), as compared with the TEPPCO Notes, which are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of TEPPCO.
		See “The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations — Terms of the Exchange Offers” and “Comparison of TEPPCO Notes with Enterprise Notes.”
Interest Rates; Interest Payment Dates; Maturity Dates		Each new series of Enterprise Notes will bear the same interest rates, maturity dates, redemption terms and interest payment dates as the corresponding series of TEPPCO Notes for which they are being offered in exchange.
		Each Enterprise Note will bear interest from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid on the corresponding TEPPCO Note. Holders of TEPPCO Notes that are accepted for exchange will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any payment from TEPPCO in respect of interest accrued from the date of the last interest payment date in respect of their TEPPCO Notes until the date of the issuance of the Enterprise Notes. Consequently, holders of Enterprise Notes will receive the same interest payments that they would have received had they not exchanged their TEPPCO Notes in the applicable exchange offer.

Interest Rates and Maturity Dates		Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates
7.625% Senior Notes due 2012		February 15 and August 15
6.125% Senior Notes due 2013		February 1 and August 1
5.90% Senior Notes due 2013		April 15 and October 15
6.65% Senior Notes due 2018		April 15 and October 15
7.55% Senior Notes due 2038		April 15 and October 15
7.000% Junior Fixed/Floating Subordinated Notes due 2067		June 1 and December 1 (up to, but not including, June 1, 2017); March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 (from June 1, 2017 to, but not including, the maturity date (June 1, 2067))

Guarantees		Upon issuance by EPO, payment of the Enterprise Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis by Enterprise. In certain circumstances, the Enterprise Notes may also be guaranteed in the future on the same basis by one or more subsidiary guarantors, but no subsidiary of Enterprise is obligated to do so. See “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Senior Notes — Parent Guarantee” and “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Subordinated Notes — Parent Guarantee.”
Use of Proceeds		We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Enterprise Notes in connection with the exchange offers. In exchange for

		issuing the Enterprise Notes and paying the cash exchange consideration (as applicable), we will receive TEPPCO Notes that will be cancelled and not reissued. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Ranking		The Enterprise Notes will be our unsecured obligations.
		The Enterprise Senior Notes will be unsubordinated obligations and will rank equally with all of our other existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness. The Enterprise Subordinated Notes will be subordinated but will rank equally with our other existing and future subordinated indebtedness containing similar subordination terms. Please read “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Senior Notes — Ranking” and “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Subordinated Notes — Subordination; Ranking of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes; Payment Blockage.”
Optional Redemption		We may redeem any series of the Enterprise Notes before their stated maturity in whole, at any time, or in part, from time to time, at a redemption price that includes accrued and unpaid interest and a make-whole premium. For a more complete description of the redemption provisions of the Enterprise Notes, see “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of the Enterprise Senior Notes — Optional Redemption” and “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes — Optional Redemption.”
Covenants		We will issue the Enterprise Notes under an indenture with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. The indenture covenants include a limitation on liens and a restriction on sale and leasebacks. Each covenant is subject to a number of important exceptions, limitations and qualifications that are described under “Description of Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Senior Notes — Certain Covenants.”

		Enterprise Consolidated Historical
																						For the Six Months
		For the Year Ended December 31,																				Ended June 30,
		2004				2005				2006				2007				2008				2008				2009
		(Dollars in millions, except per unit amounts)
Income statement data:
Revenues		$	8,321.2			$	12,257.0			$	13,991.0			$	16,950.1			$	21,905.7			$	12,024.2			$	6,931.0
Net income from continuing operations			276.4				425.3				610.3				564.3				995.4				544.3				437.4
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest			(8.1	)			(5.8	)			(9.1	)			(30.6	)			(41.4	)			(21.4	)			(25.5	)
Net income attributable to Enterprise		$	268.3			$	419.5			$	601.2			$	533.7			$	954.0			$	522.9			$	411.9
Earnings per unit from continuing operations:
Basic earnings per unit		$	0.84			$	0.90			$	1.20			$	0.95			$	1.84			$	1.03			$	0.73
Diluted earnings per unit		$	0.84			$	0.90			$	1.20			$	0.95			$	1.84			$	1.03			$	0.73
Distributions to limited partners:
Per common unit (declared with respect to period)		$	1.5400			$	1.6975			$	1.8250			$	1.9475			$	2.0750			$	1.0225			$	1.0825
Balance sheet data (at period end):
Total assets		$	11,315.5			$	12,591.0			$	13,989.7			$	16,608.0			$	17,957.5			$	18,180.9			$	19,022.5
Total long-term debt, including current maturities			4,266.2				4,833.8				5,295.6				6,906.1				9,108.4				7,768.5				9,405.7
Equity			5,399.8				5,782.4				6,609.4				6,562.1				6,478.6				6,693.4				6,818.9

		TEPPCO Consolidated Historical
																						For the Six Months
		For the Year Ended December 31,																				Ended June 30,
		2004				2005				2006				2007				2008				2008				2009
		(In millions, except per unit amounts)
Income statement data:
Revenues		$	5,948.1			$	8,605.0			$	9,607.5			$	9,658.1			$	13,532.9			$	6,989.0			$	3,370.8
Income from continuing operations			135.8				159.4				182.7				279.2				193.6				111.8				89.4
Net income			138.5				162.6				202.1				279.2				193.6				111.8				89.4
Earnings per unit from continuing operations:
Continuing operations(1)		$	1.53			$	1.67			$	1.77			$	2.60			$	1.65			$	0.99			$	0.71
Distributions to limited partners:
Per common unit (declared with respect to period)		$	2.6500			$	2.6875			$	2.7000			$	2.7600			$	2.8700			$	1.4200			$	1.4500
Balance sheet data (at period end):
Total assets		$	3,186.3			$	3,680.5			$	3,922.1			$	4,750.1			$	5,049.8			$	6,146.0			$	5,354.9
Total long-term debt, including current maturities			1,480.2				1,525.0				1,603.3				1,865.1				2,529.6				2,545.2				2,733.8
Equity			1,011.1				1,201.4				1,320.3				1,264.6				1,591.5				1,382.5				1,506.4

(1)		On January 1, 2009 TEPPCO adopted Emerging Issues Task Force 07-4, Application of the Two-Class Method under FASB Statement No. 128 to Master Limited Partnerships. The effect of this application would have increased earnings per unit from continuing operations by $0.07 for the year ended 2006.

		Enterprise Pro Forma
		For the Year Ended				For the Six Months Ended
		December 31, 2008				June 30, 2009
		(Dollars in millions, except per unit amounts)
Income statement data:
Revenues		$	35,469.6			$	10,321.2
Net income from continuing operations			1,187.1				526.5
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest			(41.4	)			(25.5	)
Net income attributable to Enterprise			1,145.7				501.0
Earnings per unit from continuing operations:
Basic earnings per unit		$	1.69			$	0.68
Diluted earnings per unit		$	1.68			$	0.68
Distributions to limited partners:
Per common unit (declared with respect to period)		$	2.0750			$	1.0825
Balance sheet data (at period end):
Total assets			n/a			$	25,546.4
Total long-term debt, including current maturities			n/a				12,139.5
Equity			n/a				9,515.8

																						For the Six Months
		For the Year Ended December 31,																				Ended June 30,
		2004				2005				2006				2007				2008				2009
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges			2.69	x			2.69	x			2.94	x			2.32	x			2.98	x			2.70x

	•	the sum of: pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for income or loss from equity investees; fixed charges; amortization of capitalized interest; distributed income of equity investees; and our share of pre-tax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges;
	•	less: interest capitalized; preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries; and the non-controlling interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges.

	•	interest expensed and capitalized;
	•	amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness;
	•	an estimate of the interest within rental expense; and
	•	preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries.

 

In addition to the other information included in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus, including the matters addressed in “Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” you should carefully consider the following risks before deciding whether to participate in the exchange offers and consent solicitations. In addition, you should read and consider the risks associated with each of the businesses of Enterprise and TEPPCO because these risks will also affect the combined company. These risks can be found in Enterprise’s and TEPPCO’s respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as well as their Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009, in each case as filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes

 

We may require cash from our subsidiaries to make payments on the Enterprise Notes.

 

We conduct the majority of our operations through our subsidiaries and unconsolidated affiliates, some of which are not wholly-owned, and we rely to a significant extent on dividends, distributions, proceeds from inter-company transactions, interest payments and loans from those entities to meet our obligations for payment of principal and interest on our outstanding debt obligations and corporate expenses, including interest payments on the Enterprise Notes, which may be subject to contractual restrictions. Accordingly, the Enterprise Notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of our subsidiaries and unconsolidated affiliates, other than any subsidiaries that may guarantee the Enterprise Notes in the future. Holders of Enterprise Notes should look only to our assets and the assets of Enterprise, and not to any of our subsidiaries or unconsolidated affiliates, for payments on the Enterprise Notes, other than those subsidiaries that may guarantee those notes in the future. If we are unable to obtain cash from such entities to fund required payments in respect of the Enterprise Notes, we may be unable to make payments of principal of or interest on those notes.

 

The Enterprise Senior Notes are pari passu with a substantial portion of our other senior indebtedness, and the Enterprise Subordinated Notes are subordinated to our senior indebtedness and pari passu with our other subordinated indebtedness containing the same subordination terms.

 

Our payment obligations under the Enterprise Notes are unsecured. The Enterprise Senior Notes are pari passu in right of payment with a substantial portion of our current and future indebtedness, including our indebtedness for borrowed money, indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, obligations arising from or with respect to guarantees and direct credit substitutes, obligations associated with hedges and derivative products, capitalized lease obligations and other senior indebtedness. The Enterprise Subordinated Notes are pari passu in right of payment with other subordinated notes issued by EPO that contain the same subordination terms.

 

The Enterprise indentures do not limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness and other obligations, including indebtedness and other obligations that rank senior to or pari passu with the Enterprise Notes. At June 30, 2009, the direct indebtedness of Enterprise that is pari passu with the Enterprise Senior Notes totaled approximately $7.6 billion, and the direct indebtedness of Enterprise that is pari passu with the Enterprise Subordinated Notes totaled approximately $1.2 billion. On October 5, 2009, we issued $500 million of senior notes due 2020 and $600 million of senior notes due 2039, the proceeds of which will be used to repay all of the $500 million principal amount of senior notes due October 2009, to reduce borrowings outstanding under our multi-year credit facility and for general company purposes. As discussed below, the Enterprise Notes will also be effectively subordinated to all of our subsidiaries’ and unconsolidated affiliates’ existing and future indebtedness and other obligations. At June 30, 2009, total long-term indebtedness, including current maturities, of our subsidiaries and unconsolidated affiliates totaled approximately $630.0 million.

Enterprise’s guarantee of the Enterprise Senior Notes is pari passu with all of its other senior indebtedness, and Enterprise’s guarantee of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes is subordinated to Enterprise senior indebtedness and pari passu with all of its other subordinated indebtedness containing the same subordination terms.

 

Enterprise’s guarantee of the Enterprise Senior Notes ranks pari passu in right of payment with all of its current and future senior indebtedness, including Enterprise’s indebtedness for borrowed money, indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, obligations arising from or with respect to guarantees and direct credit substitutes, obligations associated with hedges and derivative products, capitalized lease obligations and other senior indebtedness. Enterprise’s guarantee of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes ranks junior in right of payment to Enterprise’s senior indebtedness (including the Enterprise Senior Notes) and pari passu in right of payment with all of its current and future subordinated indebtedness.

 

The proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will afford reduced protection to remaining holders of TEPPCO Notes.

 

If the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures are adopted, the covenants and some other terms of the TEPPCO Notes will be materially less restrictive and will afford significantly reduced protection to holders of such securities compared to the covenants and other provisions currently contained in the TEPPCO Indentures.

 

The proposed amendments to the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture would, among other things:

 

 

The proposed amendments to the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture would, among other things:

 

 

If the proposed amendments are adopted with respect to the TEPPCO Notes, each non-exchanging holder of TEPPCO Notes will be bound by the proposed amendments even if that holder did not consent to the

proposed amendments. The elimination or modification of the covenants and other provisions in the TEPPCO Indentures contemplated by the proposed amendments would, among other things, permit Enterprise, TEPPCO and their respective subsidiaries to take actions that could increase the credit risk with respect to TEPPCO, and might adversely affect the liquidity, market price and price volatility of the TEPPCO Notes or otherwise be adverse to the interests of the holders of the TEPPCO Notes. See “The Proposed Amendments.”

 

The liquidity of the TEPPCO Notes that are not exchanged will be reduced.

 

The current trading market for the TEPPCO Notes is limited. The trading market for unexchanged TEPPCO Notes will become more limited and could cease to exist due to the reduction in the amount of the TEPPCO Notes outstanding upon consummation of the exchange offers. A more limited trading market might adversely affect the liquidity, market price and price volatility of these securities. If a market for unexchanged TEPPCO Notes exists or develops, these securities may trade at a discount to the price at which the securities would trade if the amount outstanding were not reduced, depending on prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities and other factors. However, there can be no assurance that an active market in the unexchanged TEPPCO Notes will exist, develop or be maintained or as to the prices at which the unexchanged TEPPCO Notes may be traded.

 

Your ability to transfer the Enterprise Notes may be limited by the absence of a trading market.

 

The Enterprise Notes will be new securities for which currently there is no established trading market. We do not currently intend to apply for listing of the Enterprise Notes on any securities exchange. We expect that the Enterprise Notes will be eligible for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board; however, the liquidity of any market for the Enterprise Notes will depend on the number of holders of the Enterprise Notes, our performance, the market for similar securities, the interest of securities dealers in making a market for the Enterprise Notes, prevailing interest rates and other factors. Accordingly, we can provide no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the Enterprise Notes.

 

The exchange offers and consent solicitations may be cancelled or delayed.

 

We are not obligated to complete the exchange offers and consent solicitations unless and until we receive valid and unrevoked tenders and consents representing a majority in aggregate principal amount of each series of TEPPCO Notes outstanding under the TEPPCO Indentures. If the merger agreement is terminated for any reason, Enterprise intends promptly to terminate the exchange offers and the consent solicitations. Even if each of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are completed, the exchange offers and consent solicitations may not be completed on the schedule described in this prospectus. Accordingly, holders participating in the exchange offers and consent solicitations may have to wait longer than expected to receive their Enterprise Notes and cash exchange consideration, if any, during which time those holders of TEPPCO Notes will not be able to effect transfers of their TEPPCO Notes tendered for exchange.

 

The credit and risk profile of the general partner of Enterprise and its owners could adversely affect our credit ratings and profile.

 

The credit and business risk profiles of the general partner or owners of a general partner may be factors in credit evaluations of a limited partnership. This is because the general partner can exercise significant influence over the business activities of the partnership, including its cash distribution and acquisition strategy and business risk profile. Another factor that may be considered is the financial condition of the general partner and its owners, including the degree of their financial leverage and their dependence on cash flow from the partnership to service their indebtedness.

 

Entities controlling the owner of the general partner of Enterprise have significant indebtedness outstanding and are dependent principally on the cash distributions from their equity interests in EPO, Enterprise, Enterprise GP Holdings and TEPPCO to service such indebtedness. Any distributions by EPO, Enterprise, Enterprise GP Holdings and TEPPCO to such entities will be made only after satisfying our then current obligations to creditors. Although we have taken certain steps in our organizational structure, financial

reporting and contractual relationships to reflect the separateness of EPO and the general partner of Enterprise from the entities that control such general partner, our credit ratings and business risk profile could be adversely affected if the ratings and risk profiles of Dan L. Duncan or the entities that control the general partner of Enterprise were viewed as substantially lower or riskier than our ratings and risk profiles.

 

We may elect to cause the redemption of the Enterprise Notes when prevailing interest rates are relatively low.

 

As discussed in “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of the Enterprise Senior Notes — Optional Redemption,” we may redeem any series of the Enterprise Senior Notes at any time, in whole or in part, at a price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of the calculation of the redemption price) on the Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus a number of basis points dependent upon the original maturity of such series; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the redemption date. The Enterprise Subordinated Notes are also subject to optional redemption at any time at a redemption price described under “Description of Notes — Description of Enterprise Subordinated Notes — Optional Redemption.”

 

The trustee has only limited rights of acceleration.

 

The trustee under the relevant Enterprise indentures governing the Enterprise Notes may accelerate payment of the principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the Enterprise Notes only upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default. An Event of Default is generally limited to payment defaults, breach of other covenants after notice (but only in respect of the Enterprise Senior Notes) and specific events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization relating to EPO or Enterprise. There is no right to acceleration upon breaches by EPO of other covenants under the indentures for the Enterprise Subordinated Notes.

 

There are restrictions on your ability to resell the Enterprise Notes.

 

The Enterprise Notes may not be purchased by or transferred to certain types of benefit plans. See “ERISA Considerations.”

 

If we were to become subject to entity level taxation for federal or state tax purposes, then our cash available for payment on the Enterprise Notes would be substantially reduced.

 

Current law may change so as to cause us to be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or otherwise subject us to entity-level federal income taxation. If we were treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, we would pay United States federal income tax on our taxable income at the corporate tax rate, which is currently a maximum of 35%, and we likely would pay state taxes as well. Because a tax would be imposed upon us as a corporation, the cash available for payment on the Enterprise Notes would be substantially reduced. Therefore, treatment of us as a corporation would result in a material reduction in our anticipated cash flows and could cause a reduction in the value of the Enterprise Notes.

 

In addition, several states are evaluating ways to subject partnerships to entity-level taxation through the imposition of state income, franchise and other forms of taxation. For example, we are now subject to a new entity-level tax on the portion of our gross income apportioned to Texas. If any additional state were to impose an entity-level tax on us, the cash available for payment on the Enterprise Notes would be reduced.

Risks Related to the Merger

 

The transactions contemplated by the merger agreement may not be approved by the TEPPCO unitholders, and may not be consummated even if TEPPCO unitholders approve the merger agreement and the merger.

 

Completion of the proposed merger with TEPPCO is subject to the approval of holders of at least a majority of the outstanding TEPPCO units. In addition, pursuant to the merger agreement providing for the merger of TEPPCO, the number of votes actually cast in favor of the merger agreement by TEPPCO’s unitholders (excluding specified unitholders affiliated with EPCO and other specified officers and directors of TEPPCO GP, Enterprise GP Holdings and us) must exceed the number of votes actually cast against the merger agreement by such unaffiliated TEPPCO unitholders. If the required approval of TEPPCO unitholders is not obtained, the merger will not be consummated. Further, the merger agreement contains conditions that, if not satisfied or waived, would result in the merger not occurring, even though TEPPCO’s unitholders may have voted in favor of the merger agreement. In addition, TEPPCO and Enterprise can agree not to consummate the merger even if TEPPCO unitholders approve the merger agreement and the merger. The closing conditions to the merger may not be satisfied, and any unsatisfied conditions may not be waived, which may cause the merger not to occur. If the merger agreement is terminated for any reason, Enterprise intends promptly to terminate the exchange offers and the solicitation of consents.

 

The failure to obtain required regulatory approvals in a timely manner or any materially burdensome conditions contained in any regulatory approvals could delay or prevent completion of the merger and diminish the anticipated benefits of the merger.

 

Completion of the merger is conditioned upon the receipt of required governmental consents, approvals, orders and authorizations, including the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”). On August 31, 2009, Enterprise and TEPPCO filed required antitrust documents relating to the merger under the HSR Act with the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”). Although Enterprise and TEPPCO have agreed in the merger agreement to use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the requisite regulatory approvals, there can be no assurance that these approvals will be obtained in a timely manner. The requirement to receive these approvals before the merger could delay the completion of the merger, possibly for a significant period of time after TEPPCO’s unitholders have approved the merger agreement and the merger. In addition, at any time before or after completion of the merger, the DOJ, the FTC, or any state could take such action under the antitrust laws as it deems necessary or desirable in the public interest, including seeking to enjoin completion of the merger, rescind the merger or seek divestiture of particular assets of Enterprise or TEPPCO. Any delay in the completion of the merger could diminish anticipated benefits of the merger or result in additional transaction costs, loss of revenue or other effects associated with uncertainty about the transaction. Any uncertainty over the ability of the partnerships to complete the merger could make it more difficult for them to retain key employees or to pursue business strategies. Similarly, the governmental authorities from which these approvals are required may impose conditions on the completion of the merger or require changes to the terms of the merger. If Enterprise becomes subject to any material conditions in order to obtain any approvals required to complete the merger, the business and results of operations of the combined company may be adversely affected.

 

If the merger agreement is terminated and TEPPCO is unable to obtain external financing to repay any borrowings under the Loan Agreement with EPO, TEPPCO may suffer a default under a substantial majority of its outstanding indebtedness.

 

In order to supplement its liquidity position during the pendency of the merger, TEPPCO entered into a Loan Agreement on August 5, 2009 (the “Loan Agreement”) with EPO. TEPPCO is not entitled to borrow under the Loan Agreement unless there is no remaining availability for borrowing under its revolving credit facility. In addition, borrowings under the Loan Agreement mature upon termination by either Enterprise or TEPPCO of the merger agreement, among other events. If TEPPCO were to incur material indebtedness under the Loan Agreement that became due either because of termination of the merger agreement or otherwise,

TEPPCO would likely be required to seek additional bank financing to fund a repayment to EPO due to the likely unavailability of borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility and of timely access to the capital markets. Failure to satisfy timely the accelerated obligations under the Loan Agreement would constitute a default under the Loan Agreement, which would entitle EPO to declare unpaid amounts under the Loan Agreement immediately due and payable. Such a default would constitute an event of default under TEPPCO’s revolving credit facility and may constitute an event of default under its senior notes, which would allow for the acceleration of a substantial majority of its indebtedness.

 

Risks Related to the Enterprise’s Business After the Merger

 

Enterprise’s growth strategy may adversely affect its results of operations if it does not successfully integrate TEPPCO.

 

Enterprise may be unable to successfully integrate TEPPCO or other businesses that it acquires in the future. Enterprise may incur substantial expenses or encounter delays or other problems in connection with its growth strategy that could negatively impact its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

Moreover, the merger involves numerous risks, including but not limited to:

 

 

In addition, any anticipated benefits of the merger, such as expected cost savings, may not be fully realized, if at all.

 

Enterprise and EPO will have substantial debt after the merger, which could have a material adverse effect on their financial health and limit their future operations.

 

Following the completion of the merger, both Enterprise and EPO will have a substantially increased level of consolidated debt, including the TEPPCO Notes. On a pro forma basis, both Enterprise’s and EPO’s consolidated long-term debt as of June 30, 2009 would have been approximately $12.1 billion. The amount of Enterprise’s and EPO’s future debt could have significant effects on their operations, including, among other things:

 

 

EPO’s public debt indentures currently do not limit the amount of future indebtedness that it can create, incur, assume or guarantee. Although the multi-year revolving credit facility of EPO will restrict EPO’s ability to incur additional debt above certain levels, any debt EPO may incur in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial.

EPO’s multi-year revolving credit facility and each of its indentures for public debt contain customary financial covenants and other restrictions. A breach of any of these restrictions by EPO could permit EPO’s lenders or noteholders, as applicable, to declare all amounts outstanding under these debt agreements to be immediately due and payable and, in the case of EPO’s multi-year revolving credit facility, to terminate all commitments to extend further credit.

 

Enterprise’s and EPO’s ability to access capital on favorable terms could be affected by EPO’s debt level, the timing of its debt maturities, and by prevailing market conditions. Moreover, if the rating agencies were to downgrade Enterprise’s and EPO’s credit ratings, then Enterprise and EPO could experience an increase in its borrowing costs, difficulty assessing capital markets or a reduction in the market price of its common units. Such a development could adversely affect EPO’s ability to obtain financing for working capital, capital expenditures or acquisitions or to refinance existing indebtedness. If EPO is unable to access the capital markets on favorable terms in the future, it might be forced to seek extensions for some of its short-term securities or to refinance some of its other debt obligations, including the Enterprise Notes, through bank credit, as opposed to long-term public debt securities or equity securities. The price and terms upon which EPO might receive such extensions or additional bank credit, if at all, could be more onerous than those contained in existing debt agreements. Any such arrangements could, in turn, increase the risk that EPO’s leverage may adversely affect its future financial and operating flexibility.

 

EPO’s and TEPPCO’s variable rate debt and future maturities of fixed-rate, long-term debt make Enterprise vulnerable to increases in interest rates. Increases in interest rates could materially adversely affect Enterprise’s business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

On a pro forma basis, EPO would have had outstanding $12.1 billion of consolidated debt (excluding the value of interest rate swaps) as of June 30, 2009. Of this amount, approximately $2.7 billion, or 22%, was subject to variable interest rates, either as short-term or long-term variable-rate debt obligations or as long-term fixed-rate debt converted to variable rates through the use of interest rate swaps. With respect to debt maturities prior to December 31, 2010, EPO will have $500.0 million of 4.625% fixed-rate senior notes maturing in October 2009, $54.0 million of 8.70% fixed-rate debt maturing in March 2010, and $500.0 million of 4.95% fixed-rate senior notes maturing in June 2010. Should interest rates increase, EPO’s refinancing cost would increase and the amount of cash required to service EPO’s debt would increase. As a result, EPO’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows, could be materially adversely affected.

 

Substantially all of the common units of Enterprise that are owned or will be owned by EPCO and certain of its affiliates after giving effect to the mergers are pledged or will be pledged as security under the credit facility of an affiliate of EPCO. Additionally, all of the member interests in Enterprise GP and all of the common units of Enterprise that are owned by Enterprise GP Holdings are pledged under its credit facility. Upon an event of default under either of these credit facilities, a change in ownership or control of Enterprise could ultimately result.

 

An affiliate of EPCO has pledged substantially all of its Enterprise common units (as well as TEPPCO units and member interests in TEPPCO GP that will be exchanged in connection with the mergers for Enterprise common units or Class B units) as security under its credit facility. This credit facility contains customary and other events of default relating to defaults of the borrower, including certain defaults by Enterprise and other affiliates of EPCO. An event of default, followed by a foreclosure on the pledged collateral, could ultimately result in a change in ownership of Enterprise. In addition, the 100.0% membership interest in Enterprise GP and 13,454,498 Enterprise common units that are owned by Enterprise GP Holdings are pledged under Enterprise GP Holdings’ credit facility. Enterprise GP Holdings’ credit facility contains customary and other events of default. Upon an event of default, the lenders under Enterprise GP Holdings’ credit facility could foreclose on Enterprise GP Holdings’ assets, which could ultimately result in a change in control of Enterprise GP and a change in the ownership of the Enterprise common units held by Enterprise GP Holdings.

 

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Enterprise Notes in connection with the exchange offers. In exchange for issuing the Enterprise Notes and paying the cash exchange consideration (as applicable), we will receive TEPPCO Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Enterprise Notes plus (ii) the aggregate amount of such cash exchange consideration. The TEPPCO Notes surrendered in connection with the exchange offers will be retired and cancelled and will not be reissued.

 

Enterprise’s Business

 

This section summarizes information from Enterprise’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and its other filings incorporated into this prospectus by reference. For a more detailed discussion of Enterprise’s business, please read the “Business and Properties” section contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as well as descriptions regarding the same and its results of operations in its most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, along with other filings incorporated into this prospectus by reference.

 

Business Segments

 

Enterprise has four reportable business segments:

 

 

NGL Pipelines & Services.  Enterprise’s NGL Pipelines & Services business segment includes Enterprise’s (i) natural gas processing business and related NGL marketing activities, (ii) NGL pipelines aggregating approximately 13,758 miles and related storage facilities, including Enterprise’s Mid-America Pipeline System, (iii) NGL and related product storage facilities and (iv) NGL fractionation facilities located in Texas and Louisiana. This segment also includes Enterprise’s import and export terminal operations.

 

Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services.  Enterprise’s Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines & Services business segment includes approximately 17,758 miles of onshore natural gas pipeline systems that provide for the gathering and transmission of natural gas in Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming. In addition, Enterprise owns two salt dome natural gas storage facilities located in Mississippi and lease natural gas storage facilities located in Texas and Louisiana. This segment also includes Enterprise’s natural gas marketing activities.

 

Offshore Pipelines & Services.  Enterprise’s Offshore Pipelines & Services business segment includes (i) approximately 1,555 miles of offshore natural gas pipelines strategically located to serve production areas including some of the most active drilling and development regions in the Gulf of Mexico, (ii) approximately 914 miles of offshore Gulf of Mexico crude oil pipeline systems and (iii) six multi-purpose offshore hub platforms located in the Gulf of Mexico with crude oil or natural gas processing capabilities.

 

Petrochemical Services.  Enterprise’s Petrochemical Services business segment includes five propylene fractionation facilities, an isomerization complex and an octane additive production facility. This segment also includes approximately 683 miles of petrochemical pipeline systems.

 

Enterprise provides the foregoing services directly and through its subsidiaries and unconsolidated affiliates.

 

TEPPCO’s Business

 

This section summarizes information from TEPPCO’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and its other filings incorporated into this prospectus by reference. For a more detailed discussion of TEPPCO’s business, please read TEPPCO’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as well as descriptions regarding the same and its results of operations in its most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, along with other filings incorporated into this prospectus by reference.

Business Segments

 

TEPPCO operates and reports in four business segments:

 

 

TEPPCO operates principally through four operating subsidiaries. TEPPCO’s interstate pipeline transportation operations, including rates charged to customers, are subject to regulations prescribed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

 

The following summary describes certain material terms of the merger agreement and the related transactions. The provisions of the merger agreement are extensive and not easily summarized. While the discussion below summarizes many of the material provisions of the merger agreement, it may not contain all of the information about the merger agreement that is important to you as a holder of TEPPCO Notes. We encourage you to read the merger agreement, which has been filed as an exhibit to Enterprise’s Form 8-K on June 29, 2009, in its entirety for a more complete description of the terms and conditions of the merger.

 

The merger agreement contains representations and warranties by each of the parties to the merger agreement. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties are qualified by information in confidential disclosure schedules that the parties have exchanged in connection with signing the merger agreement. The disclosure schedules contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the merger agreement. Accordingly, as you read the merger agreement, you should keep in mind that the representations and warranties are modified in important part by the underlying disclosure schedules. The disclosure schedules contain information that has been included in TEPPCO’s and Enterprise’s general prior public disclosures, as well as additional information, some of which is non-public. TEPPCO and Enterprise do not believe the disclosure schedules contain information that the securities laws require to be publicly disclosed except as discussed in this prospectus. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may have changed since the date of the merger agreement, and this information may or may not be fully reflected in the companies’ public disclosures.

 

Structure of the Merger and the GP Merger

 

At the effective time of the merger, Enterprise Sub B LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise, will be merged with TEPPCO, with TEPPCO surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise and Enterprise Sub B LLC ceasing to exist. In connection with the merger, the outstanding units of TEPPCO will be converted into the right to receive Enterprise units.

 

The TEPPCO partnership agreement, as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, will be the partnership agreement of the surviving entity until thereafter changed or amended in accordance with the provisions of the TEPPCO partnership agreement and applicable law.

 

In addition to the merger agreement, Enterprise has entered into a merger agreement, dated as of June 28, 2009 (referred to as the “GP merger agreement”), by and among the Enterprise parties, Enterprise Sub A LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise, and the TEPPCO parties. Pursuant to the GP merger agreement, Enterprise will acquire 100% of the limited liability company interests in TEPPCO GP (referred to as the “TEPPCO GP interests”) and Enterprise Sub A LLC will be merged with TEPPCO GP, with TEPPCO GP surviving the GP merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise and Enterprise Sub A LLC ceasing to exist.

 

Under the terms of the GP merger agreement, Enterprise GP Holdings, the owner of TEPPCO GP and Enterprise GP, will receive 1,331,681 Enterprise common units and an increase in the capital account of Enterprise GP in Enterprise sufficient to maintain its 2% general partner interest.

 

The GP merger agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants by each of the parties. Completion of the GP merger is conditioned upon, among other things: (1) the absence of certain legal impediments prohibiting the transactions; (2) applicable regulatory approvals, including the termination or expiration of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act; and (3) the conditions precedent contained in the merger agreement having been satisfied.

 

The GP merger agreement contains provisions granting both Enterprise and TEPPCO the right to terminate the GP merger agreement for certain reasons, including, among others, if the GP merger does not occur on or before December 31, 2009.

When the Merger Becomes Effective

 

The closing of the merger will take place on a date to be specified by the parties, which will be no later than the second full NYSE trading day to occur after the date following the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions stated in the merger agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions), unless another date is agreed to in writing by the parties or the merger agreement has been previously terminated pursuant to its terms.

 

The merger will become effective at the time, which is referred to as the “effective time” of the merger, when TEPPCO files a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on the closing date, or at a later date or time as Enterprise and TEPPCO agree in writing and specify in the certificate of merger.

 

Effect of Merger on Outstanding TEPPCO Units and Other Interests

 

At the effective time, by virtue of the merger and without any further action on the part of any holder of TEPPCO units, the following will occur:

 

 

In addition, the TEPPCO incentive distribution rights that are owned by TEPPCO GP immediately prior to the effective time of the merger will continue to be owned by TEPPCO GP. TEPPCO GP will continue to hold general partner interests in TEPPCO and will continue to serve as TEPPCO’s general partner.

 

No fractional Enterprise common units will be issued upon the surrender of TEPPCO units. In lieu of any fractional Enterprise common unit, each TEPPCO unitholder who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of an Enterprise common unit will be paid in cash (without interest) an amount equal to the value (based on the average of the daily high and low sale price of an Enterprise common unit over ten consecutive full NYSE trading days immediately prior to the closing of the merger) of such fractional unit interest. Any fractional unit interest will not entitle the owner thereof to any voting or other rights of an Enterprise unitholder with regard to such interest.

 

If, before the merger is completed, there is a reclassification, recapitalization, split, split-up, unit distribution, combination or exchange of units with respect to, or rights issued in respect of, Enterprise common units or the TEPPCO units, the exchange ratio will be adjusted to provide to the holders of the TEPPCO units and the designated TEPPCO units the same economic effect as of before such event.

 

Immediately upon the effective time of the merger, the unit transfer books of TEPPCO will be closed and there will be no further registration of transfers of TEPPCO units on the records of TEPPCO. If any TEPPCO units are presented to Enterprise, TEPPCO or its transfer agent for transfer after the effective time of the merger, they will be canceled against delivery of TEPPCO units for Enterprise common units and any cash payments for fractional common units and unpaid distributions.

Conditions to the Merger

 

Conditions of Each Party

 

The respective obligations of the TEPPCO parties and the Enterprise parties to effect the merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, on or prior to the closing date of the merger, of each of the following conditions:

 

 

 

 

Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Enterprise Parties

 

The obligations of the Enterprise parties to effect the merger are further subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Enterprise parties, on or prior to the closing date of the merger, of each of the following conditions:

 

 

 

 

Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the TEPPCO Parties

 

The obligations of the TEPPCO parties to effect the merger are further subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the TEPPCO parties, on or prior to the closing date of the merger, of each of the following conditions:

 

 

 

 

Termination

 

The merger agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the effective time of the merger, by action taken or authorized by the board of directors of, or on behalf of the general partner of the terminating party or parties, and, except as specifically provided below, whether before or after the meeting of TEPPCO unitholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment; Extension and Waiver

 

Amendment

 

The merger agreement may be amended by the parties thereto, by action taken or authorized by their respective member, board of directors or general partner, as applicable, at any time before or after receipt of the TEPPCO unitholder approval required under the merger agreement, but, after any such approval, no amendment shall be made which by law or in accordance with the rules of the NYSE requires further approval of such TEPPCO unitholders without such further approval. The merger agreement may not be amended except in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties to the merger agreement.

 

Extension and Waiver

 

At any time prior to the effective times of the merger and the GP merger, Enterprise or TEPPCO may, to the extent permitted by law:

 

 

Any agreement on the part of a party to the merger agreement to any extension or waiver will be valid only if in writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure of any party to the merger agreement to assert any of its rights under the merger agreement or otherwise will not constitute a waiver of those rights.

 

Enterprise is conducting the exchange offers in order to simplify the capital structure of Enterprise and its consolidated subsidiaries, and to give TEPPCO noteholders the option to obtain securities with the same guarantees as the Enterprise Notes hereby offered and those Enterprise notes that may be offered in the future. The Enterprise Notes, which are to be issued by EPO, will be guaranteed by Enterprise, EPO’s parent, as compared with the TEPPCO Notes, which are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of TEPPCO. By commencing the exchange offers near in time to the merger, Enterprise intends to help achieve these benefits as soon as practicable after consummation of the merger.

 

The principal purpose of the consent solicitations and the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures is to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants in the TEPPCO Indentures. Completion of the exchange offers and consent solicitations should help make the overall long-term debt of Enterprise and its subsidiaries more uniform in character and easier to administer.

Terms of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations

 

In the exchange offers, we are offering in exchange for a holder’s outstanding TEPPCO Notes the following Enterprise Notes:

 

 

 

 

The exchange price for the tendered TEPPCO Notes will be 100% of their aggregate principal amount if such notes are properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) either prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 6, 2009 (the “Early Consent Date”), or after the Early Consent Date and prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 26, 2009, unless extended at the discretion of EPO (the “expiration date” of the exchange offers). We have extended our offer of 100% of the principal amount for TEPPCO Notes tendered

after the Early Consent Date and prior to the expiration date based on our receipt of the requisite consents as of the Early Consent Date.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Enterprise Notes will be issued only in denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. See “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Senior Notes — General,” and “Description of the Enterprise Notes — Description of Enterprise Subordinated Notes — General.” If EPO would otherwise be required to issue an Enterprise Note in a denomination other than $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000, EPO will, in lieu of such issuance:

 

 

 

The interest rate, interest payment dates, redemption terms and maturity of each series of Enterprise Notes to be issued by EPO in the exchange offers will be the same as those of the corresponding series of TEPPCO Notes to be exchanged. The Enterprise Notes received in exchange for the tendered TEPPCO Notes will accrue interest from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on those TEPPCO Notes. Except as otherwise set forth above, you will not receive a payment for accrued interest on TEPPCO Notes you exchange at the time of the exchange.

 

For the purposes of this prospectus, the “2002 TEPPCO Indenture” means the indenture, dated as of February 20, 2002, as amended, by and among TEPPCO as issuer, TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC (f/k/a TE Products Pipeline Company, Limited Partnership), TCTM, L.P., TEPPCO Midstream Companies, LLC (f/k/a TEPPCO Midstream Companies, L.P.) and Val Verde Gas Gathering Company, L.P. as subsidiary guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association (successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, National Association and First Union National Bank) as trustee, and the “2007 TEPPCO Indenture” means the indenture, dated as of May 14, 2007, as amended, by and among TEPPCO as issuer, TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC (f/k/a TE Products Pipeline Company, Limited Partnership), TCTM, L.P., TEPPCO Midstream Companies, LLC (f/k/a TEPPCO Midstream Companies, L.P.) and Val Verde Gas Gathering Company, L.P. as subsidiary guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor in name to The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.) as trustee. The 2002 TEPPCO Indenture and the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture are referred to collectively as the “TEPPCO Indentures.”

 

The Enterprise Senior Notes are a new series of debt securities that will be issued under an Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, as amended by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture (which Indenture, as so amended, we refer to as the “Enterprise Base Indenture”) and as supplemented by the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of the first date on which we exchange Enterprise Notes for TEPPCO Notes pursuant to the exchange offers (which we refer to as the “Enterprise Senior Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Enterprise Base Indenture, the “Enterprise Senior Indenture”), among EPO (successor to Enterprise Products Operating L.P.) as issuer, Enterprise as parent guarantor, any subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee. The Enterprise Subordinated Notes are a new series of debt securities that will be issued under the Enterprise Base Indenture as supplemented by the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of the first date on which we exchange Enterprise Subordinated Notes for TEPPCO Subordinated Notes pursuant to the exchange offers (which we refer to as the “Enterprise Subordinated Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Enterprise Base Indenture, as the “Enterprise Subordinated Indenture”), among EPO (successor to Enterprise Products Operating L.P.) as issuer, Enterprise as parent guarantor, any subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee. The terms of the Enterprise Senior Notes will include those expressly set forth in the Enterprise Senior Indenture and those made part of the Enterprise Senior Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). References to the “Guarantee” refer to Enterprise’s guarantee of payments on the Enterprise Notes. The terms of the Enterprise

Subordinated Notes will include those expressly set forth in the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture and those made part of such indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act.

 

The Enterprise Senior Indenture and the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture are referred to collectively as the “Enterprise Indentures.”

 

In conjunction with the exchange offers, we are also soliciting consents from the holders of the TEPPCO Notes to effect a number of amendments to the applicable TEPPCO Indentures under which those notes were issued and are governed. As a holder of TEPPCO Notes, you may give your consent to the proposed amendments to the applicable TEPPCO Indenture only by tendering your TEPPCO Notes of a series governed by such indenture in one of the aforementioned exchange offers. Our obligations to complete the exchange offers are conditioned on, among other things, receipt of valid and unrevoked consents to the proposed amendments from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each of the series of TEPPCO Notes outstanding under each TEPPCO Indenture (the “requisite consents”), although we may, at our option, waive certain conditions with respect to the exchange offers. For a description of the proposed amendments, see “The Proposed Amendments.”

 

If the requisite consents are received and accepted with respect to the TEPPCO Notes of a given series, then TEPPCO, the trustee and other parties under the relevant TEPPCO Indenture will execute a supplemental indenture setting forth the proposed amendments in respect of such series of notes. Under the terms of this supplemental indenture, the proposed amendments will become effective on the exchange date with respect to that series, which is expected to occur shortly after the consummation of the merger. Each non-consenting holder of TEPPCO Notes will be bound by the supplemental indenture.

 

As of the Early Consent Date, the requisite consents for each series of TEPPCO Notes had been received (and such consents were irrevocable by the terms and conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations as described in this prospectus). In light of having received the requisite consents, the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will be adopted, assuming all other conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are satisfied or waived, as applicable.

 

Conditions to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations

 

Our obligations to complete the exchange offers are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (by us) of the following conditions as applicable: (a) the receipt of the requisite consents described above under “— Terms of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations”, (b) the valid tender (without valid withdrawal) of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each series of TEPPCO Notes held by non-affiliates of TEPPCO as of the expiration date, as it may be extended at Enterprise’s discretion, (c) the merger has been consummated and (d) the following statements are true:

 

(1) In our reasonable judgment, no action or event has occurred or been threatened (including a default under an agreement, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which we or one of our affiliates is a party or by which we or one of our affiliates is bound), no action is pending, no action has been taken, and no statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, stay, decree or injunction has been promulgated, enacted, entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the exchange offers, the exchange of TEPPCO Notes under an exchange offer, the consent solicitations or the proposed amendments, by or before any court or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal, which either:

 

 

(2) None of the following has occurred:

 

 

(3) The trustees under the TEPPCO Indentures have executed and delivered supplemental indentures relating to the proposed amendments and have not objected in any respect to, or taken any action that could in our reasonable judgment adversely affect the consummation of, any of the exchange offers, the exchange of TEPPCO Notes under an exchange offer, the consent solicitations or our ability to effect the proposed amendments, nor have the trustees taken any action that challenges the validity or effectiveness of the procedures used by us in soliciting consents (including the form thereof) or in making the exchange offers, the exchange of the TEPPCO Notes under an exchange offer or the consent solicitations.

 

All of these conditions are for our sole benefit and may be waived by us, in whole or in part, and with respect to an exchange offer or consent solicitation for the TEPPCO Notes, in our sole discretion. Any determination made by us concerning these events, developments or circumstances shall be conclusive and binding.

 

If any of these conditions are not satisfied with respect to the TEPPCO Notes, we may, at any time before the consummation of the exchange offers or consent solicitations:

 

(1) terminate any one or more of the exchange offers or the consent solicitations and promptly return all tendered TEPPCO Notes to the holders thereof (whether or not we terminate the other exchange offers or consent solicitations);

 

(2) modify, extend or otherwise amend any one or more of the exchange offers or consent solicitations and retain all tendered TEPPCO Notes and consents until the expiration date of the exchange offers or consent solicitations, subject, however, to the withdrawal rights of holders (see “Procedures for Consenting and Tendering — Withdrawal of Tenders and Revocation of Corresponding Consents” and “— Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments”); or

 

(3) waive the unsatisfied conditions with respect to any one or more of the exchange offers or consent solicitations to the extent permitted and accept all TEPPCO Notes tendered and not previously validly withdrawn.

 

If the merger agreement is terminated for any reason, Enterprise intends promptly to terminate the exchange offers and the consent solicitations and to return any tendered TEPPCO Notes.

 

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments

 

For purposes of each of the exchange offers, the term “expiration date” means the time immediately following 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 26, 2009, subject to our right to extend that date and

time in our sole discretion, in which case the expiration date shall be the latest date and time to which we have extended the exchange offer.

 

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to (1) delay accepting any validly tendered TEPPCO Notes, (2) extend any of the exchange offers, or (3) terminate or amend any of the exchange offers, by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension, termination or amendment to the exchange agent. Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed promptly by a public announcement thereof which, in the case of an extension, will be made no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

 

We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to provide a subsequent offering period of between three and 20 business days for any of the exchange offers. If a subsequent offering period is provided, all TEPPCO Notes that (i) have been validly tendered prior to the expiration date of the initial offering period and (ii) have not been validly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the applicable exchange offer will be accepted and exchanged for Enterprise Notes and, as applicable, cash exchange consideration, and we will make a public announcement of the subsequent offering period no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the expiration date of the initial offering period. Unless otherwise provided in the announcement of the subsequent offering period, all TEPPCO Notes validly tendered during the subsequent offering period will be promptly accepted and exchanged for the Enterprise Notes and, as applicable, cash exchange consideration, as they are tendered. Unless otherwise provided in the announcement of the subsequent offering period, holders of TEPPCO Notes will not have the right to withdraw those notes tendered during the subsequent offering period.

 

If any of the exchange offers is amended in a manner determined by us to constitute a material change, we will promptly disclose such amendment by means of a supplement to this prospectus that will be distributed to holders of TEPPCO Notes and we will extend the relevant exchange offer to a date at least ten business days after disclosing the amendment, depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to the holders, if such exchange offer would otherwise have expired during such ten business-day period.

 

Without limiting the manner in which we may choose to make a public announcement of any delay, extension, amendment or termination of any of the exchange offers and consent solicitations, we will have no obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any such public announcement other than by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including the Dow Jones News Service.

 

Effect of Tender

 

Any tender of a TEPPCO Note by a noteholder prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers that is not validly withdrawn prior to the expiration date will constitute a binding agreement between that holder and Enterprise and a consent to the proposed amendments, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the relevant exchange offer and the letter of transmittal and consent. The acceptance of the exchange offers by a tendering holder of TEPPCO Notes will constitute the agreement by that holder to deliver good and marketable title to the tendered TEPPCO Notes, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind.

 

Holders that failed to tender their TEPPCO Notes (and thereby failed to deliver valid and unrevoked consents) prior to the Early Consent Date but who do so prior to the expiration date will receive an exchange price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of such tendered notes. If the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures have been adopted, the amendments will apply to all TEPPCO Notes governed by such indentures that are not acquired in the exchange offers. Thereafter, all such TEPPCO Notes will be governed by the respective TEPPCO Indenture as amended by the proposed amendments, which will have less restrictive terms and afford reduced protections to the holders of such securities compared to those currently in the TEPPCO Indentures. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes — The proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will afford reduced protection to remaining holders of TEPPCO Notes.”

Absence of Dissenters’ Rights

 

Holders of the TEPPCO Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under New York law, the law governing the TEPPCO Indentures and the TEPPCO Notes, or under the terms of the TEPPCO Indentures in connection with the exchange offers and consent solicitations.

 

Accounting Treatment of the Exchange Offers

 

The exchange offers will be accounted for by Enterprise as exchanges of debt under United States generally accepted accounting principles. The Enterprise Notes to be issued in the exchange offers will be recorded at the same carrying value as the TEPPCO Notes. Accordingly, Enterprise will recognize no gain or loss for accounting purposes upon the consummation of the exchange offers. The direct costs incurred with third parties will be expensed.

 

Acceptance of TEPPCO Notes for Exchange; Enterprise Notes and Cash Exchange Consideration; Effectiveness of Proposed Amendments

 

Assuming the conditions to the exchange offers are satisfied or waived, we will issue new Enterprise Notes in book-entry form and pay any cash exchange consideration, as applicable, in connection with the exchange offers promptly after the expiration date of the exchange offers and consummation of the merger (in exchange for TEPPCO Notes that are properly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) before the expiration date and accepted for exchange).

 

We refer to each date on which we exchange Enterprise Notes for TEPPCO Notes pursuant to the exchange offers as an “exchange date.”

 

We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered TEPPCO Notes (and will be deemed to have accepted validly delivered consents to the proposed amendments for the appropriate TEPPCO Indenture) if and when we have given oral or written notice thereof to the exchange agent. Subject to the terms and conditions of the exchange offers, delivery of Enterprise Notes and payment of any cash exchange consideration, as applicable, in connection with the exchange of TEPPCO Notes accepted by us will be made by the exchange agent on the exchange date upon receipt of such notice. The exchange agent will act as agent for participating holders of the TEPPCO Notes for the purpose of receiving consents and TEPPCO Notes from, and transmitting Enterprise Notes and cash exchange consideration to, such holders. If any tendered TEPPCO Notes are not accepted for any reason set forth in the terms and conditions of the exchange offers or if TEPPCO Notes are withdrawn prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers, such unaccepted or withdrawn TEPPCO Notes will be returned without expense to the tendering holder promptly after the expiration or termination of the exchange offers.

 

We received the requisite consents by the Early Consent Date, and so the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will become effective on the exchange date, which is expected to occur shortly after the consummation of the merger, assuming all other conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are satisfied or waived, as applicable.

 

Procedures for Consenting and Tendering

 

If you hold TEPPCO Notes and wish to have those notes exchanged for Enterprise Notes and, as applicable, cash exchange consideration, you must validly tender (or cause the valid tender of) your TEPPCO Notes using the procedures described in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal and consent. The proper tender of TEPPCO Notes will constitute an automatic consent to the proposed amendments to the relevant TEPPCO Indenture.

 

The procedures by which you may tender or cause to be tendered TEPPCO Notes will depend upon the manner in which you hold the TEPPCO Notes, as described below.

TEPPCO Notes Held Through a Nominee

 

Currently, all of the TEPPCO Notes are held in book-entry form and can only be tendered by following the procedures described below under “— TEPPCO Notes Held with DTC.” However, if you are a beneficial owner of TEPPCO Notes that are subsequently issued in certificated form and that are held of record by a custodian bank, depositary, broker, trust company or other nominee, and you wish to tender TEPPCO Notes in the exchange offers, you should contact the record holder promptly and instruct the record holder to tender the TEPPCO Notes and thereby deliver a consent on your behalf using one of the procedures described below.

 

TEPPCO Notes Held with DTC

 

Pursuant to authority granted by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), if you are a DTC participant that has TEPPCO Notes credited to your DTC account and thereby held of record by DTC’s nominee, you may directly tender your TEPPCO Notes and deliver a consent as if you were the record holder. Accordingly, references herein to record holders include DTC participants with TEPPCO Notes credited to their accounts. Within two business days after the date of this prospectus, the exchange agent will establish accounts with respect to the TEPPCO Notes at DTC for purposes of the exchange offers.

 

Any participant in DTC may tender TEPPCO Notes and thereby deliver a consent to the proposed amendments to the appropriate TEPPCO Indenture by effecting a book-entry transfer of the TEPPCO Notes to be tendered in the exchange offers into the account of the exchange agent at DTC and either (1) electronically transmitting its acceptance of the exchange offers through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) procedures for transfer; or (2) completing and signing the letter of transmittal and consent according to the instructions contained therein and delivering it, together with any signature guarantees and other required documents, to the exchange agent at its address on the back cover page of this prospectus, in either case before the exchange offers expire.

 

If ATOP procedures are followed, DTC will verify each acceptance transmitted to it, execute a book-entry delivery to the exchange agent’s account at DTC and send an agent’s message to the exchange agent. An “agent’s message” is a message, transmitted by DTC to and received by the exchange agent and forming part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgement from a DTC participant tendering TEPPCO Notes that the participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal and consent and that Enterprise and TEPPCO may enforce the agreement against the participant. DTC participants following this procedure should allow sufficient time for completion of the ATOP procedures prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers.

 

The letter of transmittal and consent (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, or (in the case of book-entry transfer) an agent’s message in lieu of the letter of transmittal and consent, and any other required documents, must be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of this prospectus. Delivery of such documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.

 

Letter of Transmittal and Consent

 

Subject to and effective upon the acceptance for exchange and issuance of Enterprise Notes and, as applicable, the payment of cash exchange consideration, in exchange for TEPPCO Notes tendered by a letter of transmittal and consent in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus, by executing and delivering a letter of transmittal and consent (or agreeing to the terms of a letter of transmittal and consent pursuant to an agent’s message) a tendering holder of TEPPCO Notes:

 

 

 

Proper Execution and Delivery of Letter of Transmittal and Consent

 

If you wish to participate in the exchange offers and consent solicitations, delivery of your TEPPCO Notes, signature guarantees and other required documents are your responsibility. Delivery is not complete until the required items are actually received by the exchange agent. If you mail these items, we recommend that you (1) use registered mail properly insured with return receipt requested and (2) mail the required items in sufficient time to ensure timely delivery.

 

Except as otherwise provided below, all signatures on the letter of transmittal and consent or a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by a recognized participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the NYSE Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program. Signatures on the letter of transmittal and consent need not be guaranteed if:

 

 

Withdrawal of Tenders and Revocation of Corresponding Consents

 

Tenders of TEPPCO Notes in connection with any of the exchange offers may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration date of the particular exchange offer. Tenders of TEPPCO Notes may not be withdrawn at any time thereafter. Consents to the proposed amendments in connection with the consent solicitations may be revoked at any time prior to the Early Consent Date, but may not be withdrawn at any time thereafter. A valid withdrawal of tendered TEPPCO Notes prior to the Early Consent Date would have been deemed to be a concurrent revocation of the related consent to the proposed amendments to the appropriate TEPPCO Indenture. You may only revoke a consent by having validly withdrawn the related TEPPCO Notes prior to the Early Consent Date. If you validly withdraw your TEPPCO Notes following the Early Consent Date but before the expiration date, your consent will continue to be deemed delivered.

 

Beneficial owners desiring to withdraw TEPPCO Notes previously tendered through the ATOP procedures should contact the DTC participant through which they hold their TEPPCO Notes. In order to withdraw TEPPCO Notes previously tendered, a DTC participant may, prior to the expiration date of the exchange offers, withdraw its instruction previously transmitted through ATOP by (1) withdrawing its acceptance through ATOP, or (2) delivering to the exchange agent by mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, notice of withdrawal of such instruction. The notice of withdrawal must contain the name and number of the DTC

participant. Withdrawal of a prior instruction will be effective upon receipt of such notice of withdrawal by the exchange agent. All signatures on a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by a recognized participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the NYSE Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, except that signatures on the notice of withdrawal need not be guaranteed if the TEPPCO Notes being withdrawn are held for the account of an eligible institution. A withdrawal of an instruction must be executed by a DTC participant in the same manner as such DTC participant’s name appears on its transmission through ATOP to which such withdrawal relates. A DTC participant may withdraw a tender only if such withdrawal complies with the provisions described in this section.

 

If you are a beneficial owner of TEPPCO Notes issued in certificated form and have tendered these notes (but not through DTC) and you wish to withdraw your tendered notes, you should contact the exchange agent for instructions.

 

Withdrawals of tenders of TEPPCO Notes may not be rescinded and any TEPPCO Notes withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the exchange offers. Properly withdrawn TEPPCO Notes, however, may be re-tendered by following the procedures described above at any time prior to the expiration date of the applicable exchange offer.

 

Miscellaneous

 

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of any tender of TEPPCO Notes in connection with the exchange offers will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, and our determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any or all tenders not in proper form or the acceptance for exchange of which may, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any TEPPCO Notes in the exchange offers, and our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offers (including the instructions in the letter of transmittal and consent) will be final and binding on all parties. None of Enterprise or its subsidiaries, TEPPCO, the exchange agent, the information agent, the dealer managers or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

 

Tenders of TEPPCO Notes involving any irregularities will not be deemed to have been made until such irregularities have been cured or waived. TEPPCO Notes received by the exchange agent in connection with any exchange offer that are not validly tendered and as to which the irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the exchange agent to (i) you by mail if they were tendered in certificated form or (ii) if they were tendered through the ATOP procedures, to the DTC participant who delivered such TEPPCO Notes by crediting an account maintained at DTC designated by such DTC participant, in either case promptly after the expiration date of the applicable exchange offer or the withdrawal or termination of the applicable exchange offer.

 

Transfer Taxes

 

We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer and sale of TEPPCO Notes to us in the exchange offers. If transfer taxes are imposed for any other reason, the amount of those transfer taxes, whether imposed on the registered holders or any other persons, will be payable by the tendering holder.

 

If satisfactory evidence of payment of or exemption from those transfer taxes is not submitted with the letter of transmittal and consent, the amount of those transfer taxes will be billed directly to the tendering holder and/or withheld from any payments due with respect to the TEPPCO Notes tendered by such holder.

 

U.S. Federal Backup Withholding

 

U.S. federal income tax law requires that a holder of TEPPCO Notes, whose notes are accepted for exchange, provide the exchange agent, as payer, with the holder’s correct taxpayer identification number or otherwise establish a basis for an exemption from backup withholding. This information should be provided on Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, Form W-9. In the case of a holder who is an individual, other than a resident alien, this identification number is his or her social security number. For holders other than

individuals, the identification number is an employer identification number. Exempt holders, including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals, are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements, but must establish that they are so exempt. If you do not provide the exchange agent with your correct taxpayer identification number or an adequate basis for an exemption or a completed IRS Form W-8BEN, you may be subject to backup withholding on payments made in exchange for any TEPPCO Notes and a penalty imposed by the IRS. Backup withholding is not an additional federal income tax. Rather, the amount of tax withheld will be credited against the federal income tax liability of the holder subject to backup withholding. If backup withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, you may obtain a refund from the IRS. You should consult with a tax advisor regarding qualifications for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining the exemption.

 

To prevent backup withholding, you must either (1) provide a completed IRS Form W-9 and indicate either (a) your correct taxpayer identification number or (b) an adequate basis for an exemption, or (2) provide a completed Form W-8BEN.

 

Each of EPO and TEPPCO reserves the right in its sole discretion to take all necessary or appropriate measures to comply with its respective obligations regarding backup withholding.

 

Exchange Agent

 

Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been appointed the exchange agent for the exchange offers and consent solicitations. Letters of transmittal and consent and all correspondence in connection with the exchange offers should be sent or delivered by each holder of TEPPCO Notes, or a beneficial owner’s custodian bank, depositary, broker, trust company or other nominee, to the exchange agent at the address and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover page of this prospectus. We will pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith.

 

Information Agent

 

Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been appointed as the information agent for the exchange offers and the consent solicitations, and will receive customary compensation for its services. Questions concerning tender procedures and requests for additional copies of this prospectus or the letter of transmittal and consent should be directed to the information agent at the address and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover page of this prospectus. Holders of any TEPPCO Notes issued in certificated form and that are held of record by a custodian bank, depositary, broker, trust company or other nominee may also contact such record holder for assistance concerning the exchange offers.

 

Dealer Managers

 

We have retained Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. to act as dealer managers in connection with the exchange offers and consent solicitations and will pay the dealer managers as compensation for their services aggregate fees in an amount equal to 0.20% of the aggregate principal amount of the TEPPCO Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange in the exchange offers. Of the fees payable, we will pay 50.0% to Citibank Global Markets Inc. and 50.0% to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. We will also reimburse the dealer managers for certain expenses. The obligations of the dealer managers to perform such function are subject to certain conditions. We have agreed to indemnify the dealer managers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the federal securities laws. Questions regarding the terms of the exchange offers or the consent solicitations may be directed to the dealer managers at their respective addresses and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover page of this prospectus.

 

The dealer managers and their affiliates have performed investment banking, commercial banking and advisory services for us, TEPPCO and our respective affiliates from time to time, for which they have received customary fees and expenses. The dealer managers and their affiliates may, from time to time in the future, engage in transactions with and perform services for us and our affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

Affiliates of the dealer managers are lenders under our multi-year revolving credit facility.

 

Other Fees and Expenses

 

The expenses of soliciting tenders and consents with respect to the TEPPCO Notes will be borne by us. The principal solicitations are being made by mail; however, additional solicitations may be made by facsimile transmission, telephone or in person by the dealer managers and the information agent, as well as by officers and other employees of Enterprise and its affiliates.

 

Tendering holders of TEPPCO Notes will not be required to pay any fee or commission to the dealer managers. However, if a tendering holder handles the transaction through its broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other institution, such holder may be required to pay brokerage fees or commissions.

 

The following are summary comparisons of the material terms of the Enterprise Senior Notes compared to the TEPPCO Senior Notes and of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes compared to the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes.

 

Description of the Differences Between the Enterprise Senior Notes and the TEPPCO Senior Notes

 

The following is a summary comparison of the material terms of the Enterprise Senior Notes and the TEPPCO Senior Notes. The Enterprise Senior Notes issued in the applicable exchange offers will be governed by the Enterprise Senior Indenture. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Enterprise Senior Indenture and the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture. Copies of those indentures are available from the information agent upon request.

 

The TEPPCO Senior Notes represent, as of the date of this prospectus, the only debt securities issued under the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture.

 

EPO, the issuer of the Enterprise Senior Notes, is referred to as the “Issuer” below. Other terms used in the comparison of the Enterprise Senior Notes and the TEPPCO Senior Notes below and not otherwise defined in this prospectus have the meanings given to such terms in the Enterprise Senior Indenture and the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture, respectively. Article and section references in the descriptions of the notes below are references to the applicable indenture under which the notes were or will be issued.

 

The description of the TEPPCO Senior Notes reflects the TEPPCO Senior Notes as currently constituted and does not reflect any changes to the covenants and other terms of the TEPPCO Senior Notes or the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture that may be effected following the consent solicitations as described under “The Proposed Amendments.”

 

 

Description of the Differences Between the Enterprise Subordinated Notes and the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes

 

The following is a summary comparison of the material terms of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes and the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes. The Enterprise Subordinated Notes issued in the applicable exchange offer will be governed by the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture and the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture. Copies of those indentures are available from the information agent upon request.

 

The TEPPCO Subordinated Notes represent, as of the date of this prospectus, the only debt securities issued under the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture.

 

Terms used in the descriptions of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes and the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes below and not otherwise defined in this prospectus have the meanings given to such terms in the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture and the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture, respectively. Article and section references in the descriptions of the notes below are references to the applicable indenture under which the notes were or will be issued.

 

The description of the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes reflects the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes as currently constituted and does not reflect any changes to the covenants and other terms of the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes or the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture that may be effected following the consent solicitations as described under “The Proposed Amendments.”

 

 

We are soliciting the consent of the holders of TEPPCO Notes to (1) eliminate certain covenants in the TEPPCO Indentures, (2) eliminate the restrictions on TEPPCO’s ability to consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets and (3) eliminate an event of default under the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture. If the proposed amendments described below are adopted, the amendments will apply to all TEPPCO Notes not acquired in the exchange offers. Thereafter, all such TEPPCO Notes will be governed by the TEPPCO Indentures as amended by the proposed amendments, which will have less restrictive terms and afford reduced protections to the holders of such securities compared to those currently in the TEPPCO Indenture. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Exchange Offers, the Consent Solicitations and the Enterprise Notes — The proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will afford reduced protection to remaining holders of TEPPCO Notes.”

 

The descriptions below of the provisions of the TEPPCO Indentures to be eliminated or modified do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the TEPPCO Indentures and the forms of supplemental indentures to the TEPPCO Indentures that contain the proposed amendments with respect to the TEPPCO Notes (and that are to be executed by TEPPCO and the trustees under the TEPPCO Indentures in the event the requisite consents are obtained). The form of supplemental indenture for the TEPPCO Senior Notes is included in this prospectus as Annex A. The form of supplemental indenture for the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes is included in this prospectus as Annex B.

 

The proposed amendments for each of the TEPPCO Indentures constitute a single proposal with respect to each of the indentures and related series of notes, and a consenting holder of TEPPCO Notes must consent to the proposed amendments in their entirety and may not consent selectively with respect to certain of the proposed amendments.

 

Pursuant to the terms of each of the TEPPCO Indentures and related supplemental indentures for each series of TEPPCO Notes, the proposed amendments require the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding TEPPCO Notes of each series affected by the supplemental indenture. Any TEPPCO Notes held by any Affiliate (as defined in the TEPPCO Indentures) are not considered to be “outstanding” for this purpose.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, the aggregate principal amount outstanding with respect to each series of TEPPCO Notes is:

 

 

The valid tender of a holder’s TEPPCO Notes will constitute the consent of such tendering holder to the proposed amendments.

 

Given that all of the requisite consents with respect to the TEPPCO Senior Notes under the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture have been received as of the Early Consent Date, assuming all other conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are satisfied or waived, as applicable, all of the sections or provisions listed below under the 2002 TEPPCO Indenture and related supplemental indentures for the TEPPCO Senior Notes will be deleted. For a description of these covenants, see “Description of the Differences Between the Enterprise Notes and the TEPPCO Notes — Description of the Differences Between the Enterprise Senior Notes and the TEPPCO Senior Notes.”

 

 

 

In addition, clause (h) (cross-default of other indebtedness) of Section 6.01 (Events of Default) would be deleted.

 

Given that all of the requisite consents with respect to the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes under the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture have been received as of the Early Consent Date, assuming all other conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are satisfied or waived, as applicable, all of the sections or provisions listed below under the 2007 TEPPCO Indenture and related supplemental indentures for the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes will be deleted. For a description of these covenants, see “Description of the Differences Between the Enterprise Notes and the TEPPCO Notes — Description of the Differences Between the Enterprise Subordinated Notes and the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes.”

 

 

Conforming Changes, etc.  The proposed amendments would amend the TEPPCO Indentures to make certain conforming or other changes to the TEPPCO Indentures, including modification or deletion of certain definitions and cross-references.

 

By consenting to the proposed amendments to the applicable TEPPCO Indenture, you will be deemed to have waived any default, event of default or other consequence under such indenture for failure to comply with the terms of the provisions identified above (whether before or after the date of the supplemental indenture effecting the amendments described above).

 

Effectiveness of Proposed Amendments

 

We received the requisite consents by the Early Consent Date, and so the proposed amendments to the TEPPCO Indentures will become effective on the exchange date, which is expected to occur shortly after the consummation of the merger, assuming all other conditions of the exchange offers and consent solicitations are satisfied or waived, as applicable.

 

The following is a summary description of the material terms of the Enterprise Senior Notes and of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes.

 

Description of the Enterprise Senior Notes

 

We have summarized below certain material terms and provisions of the Enterprise Senior Notes. This summary is not a complete description of all of the terms and provisions of the Enterprise Senior Notes. For more information, we refer you to the Enterprise Senior Notes, the Enterprise Base Indenture and the Enterprise Senior Supplemental Indenture, all of which are available from us. We urge you to read the Enterprise Base Indenture and the Enterprise Senior Supplemental Indenture because they, and not this description, define your rights as an owner of the Enterprise Senior Notes. This summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of those documents, including definitions of terms referred to in this prospectus.

 

The Enterprise Senior Notes will be issued under an Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, as amended by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture (the “Enterprise Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of the first date on which we exchange Enterprise Notes for TEPPCO Notes pursuant to the exchange offers (the “Enterprise Senior Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Enterprise Base Indenture, the “Enterprise Senior Indenture”) among Enterprise Products Operating LLC (successor to Enterprise Products Operating L.P.) as issuer (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P. as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), any subsidiary guarantors party thereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as trustee (the “Trustee”). References in this section to the “Guarantee” refer to the Parent Guarantor’s Guarantee of payments on the Enterprise Senior Notes. The terms of the Enterprise Senior Notes will include those expressly set forth in the Enterprise Senior Indenture and those made part of the Enterprise Senior Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

 

In addition to these five new series of Enterprise Senior Notes, as of June 30, 2009, there were outstanding under the above-referenced Enterprise Base Indenture $682.7 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.034% fixed/floating rate junior subordinated notes B due 2068, $550 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.375% fixed/floating rate junior subordinated notes A due 2066, $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior notes F due 2009, $650 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.600% senior notes G due 2014, $350 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.650% senior notes H due 2034, $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% senior notes I due 2015, $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior notes J due 2035, $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.950% senior notes K due 2010, $800 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.30% senior notes L due 2017, $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.65% senior notes M due 2013, $700 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior notes N due 2019, $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.75% senior notes O due 2014 and $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.60% senior notes P due 2012.

 

General

 

The Enterprise Senior Notes:

 

 

 

Principal and Maturity

 

The 7.625% Enterprise senior notes will mature on February 15, 2012. Up to $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Enterprise senior notes may be issued in the exchange offers.

 

The 6.125% Enterprise senior notes will mature on February 1, 2013. Up to $200 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Enterprise senior notes may be issued in the exchange offers.

 

The 5.90% Enterprise senior notes will mature on April 15, 2013. Up to $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.90% Enterprise senior notes may be issued in the exchange offers.

 

The 6.65% Enterprise senior notes will mature on April 15, 2018. Up to $350 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.65% Enterprise senior notes may be issued in the exchange offers.

 

The 7.55% Enterprise senior notes will mature on April 15, 2038. Up to $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.55% Enterprise senior notes may be issued in the exchange offers.

 

Interest

 

Interest on the Enterprise Senior Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

Interest on the 7.625% Enterprise senior notes will:

 

 

Interest on the 6.125% Enterprise senior notes will:

 

 

Interest on the 5.90% Enterprise senior notes will:

 

 

Interest on the 6.65% Enterprise senior notes will:

 

 

 

Interest on the 7.55% Enterprise senior notes will:

 

 

Payment and Transfer

 

Initially, the Enterprise Senior Notes will be issued only in global form. Beneficial interests in Enterprise Senior Notes in global form will be shown on, and transfers of interests in the Enterprise Senior Notes in global form will be made only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants. Enterprise Senior Notes in definitive form, if any, may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange at the office or agency maintained by us for such purpose (which initially will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10006).

 

Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Enterprise Senior Notes in global form registered in the name of DTC’s nominee will be made in immediately available funds to DTC’s nominee, as the registered holder of such global notes. If any of the Enterprise Senior Notes is no longer represented by a global note, payment of interest on the Enterprise Senior Notes in definitive form may, at our option, be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee indicated above or by check mailed directly to holders at their respective registered addresses or by wire transfer to an account designated by a holder.

 

If any interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a business day, the payment will be made on the next business day with the same force and effect as if made on the relevant interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date. No interest will accrue for the period from and after the applicable interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date.

 

No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Enterprise Senior Notes, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. We are not required to register the transfer of or exchange any Enterprise Senior Note selected for redemption or for a period of 15 days before mailing a notice of redemption of the Enterprise Senior Notes of the same series.

 

The registered holder of an Enterprise Senior Note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes, and all references in this Description of the Enterprise Senior Notes to “holders” mean holders of record, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Investors may hold interests in the Enterprise Senior Notes outside the United States through Euroclear or Clearstream if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in those systems. Euroclear and Clearstream will hold interests on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in Euroclear’s and Clearstream’s names on the books of their respective depositaries which in turn will hold such positions in customers’ securities accounts in the names of the nominees of the depositaries on the books of DTC. All securities in Euroclear or Clearstream are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts.

 

Transfers of the Enterprise Senior Notes by persons holding through Euroclear or Clearstream participants will be effected through DTC, in accordance with DTC’s rules, on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by its depositaries; however, such transactions will require delivery of exercise

instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the participant in such system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the exercise meets its requirements, deliver instructions to its depositaries to take action to effect exercise of the Enterprise Senior Notes on its behalf by delivering Enterprise Senior Notes through DTC and receiving payment in accordance with its normal procedures for next-day funds settlement. Payments with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes held through Euroclear or Clearstream will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the relevant system’s rules and procedures, to the extent received by its depositaries.

 

Replacement of Enterprise Senior Notes

 

We will replace any mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost Enterprise Senior Notes at the expense of the holder upon surrender of the mutilated notes to the Trustee or evidence of destruction, loss or theft of a note satisfactory to us and the Trustee.

 

In the case of a destroyed, lost or stolen Enterprise Senior Note, we may require an indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee and to us before a replacement note will be issued.

 

Further Issuances

 

We may from time to time, without notice or the consent of the holders of the Enterprise Senior Notes of any series, create and issue further Enterprise Senior Notes of the same series ranking equally and ratably with the original Enterprise Senior Notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Enterprise Senior Notes, the public offering price and the issue date), so that such further Enterprise Senior Notes form a single series with the original Enterprise Senior Notes of that series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the original Enterprise Senior Notes of that series.

 

Optional Redemption

 

Each series of Enterprise Senior Notes will be redeemable, at our option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a price equal to the greater of:

 

 

The actual redemption price, calculated as provided below, will be calculated and certified to the Trustee and us by the Independent Investment Banker.

 

Enterprise Senior Notes called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of the Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. The notice of optional redemption for the Enterprise Senior Notes will state, among other things, the amount of Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the method of calculating the redemption price and each place that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Enterprise Senior Notes that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all of the Enterprise Senior Notes of any series are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis

or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date with respect to any Enterprise Senior Notes called for optional redemption.

 

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Enterprise Senior Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Enterprise Senior Notes to be redeemed; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for such Enterprise Senior Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors or, if no such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Enterprise Senior Notes, an average, as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Enterprise Senior Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to an Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Ranking

 

The Enterprise Senior Notes will be unsecured, unless we are required to secure them pursuant to the limitations on liens covenant described below under “— Certain Covenants — Limitations on Liens.” The Enterprise Senior Notes will also be the unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer and will rank equally with all other existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer. Each guarantee of the Enterprise Senior Notes will be an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and will rank equally with all other existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantor. The Enterprise Senior Notes and each guarantee will effectively rank junior to any future indebtedness of the Issuer and the Guarantor that is both secured and unsubordinated to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness, and the Enterprise Senior

Notes will effectively rank junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

At June 30, 2009, the Issuer had approximately $8.1 billion of consolidated total senior long-term debt principal outstanding, including current maturities, and approximately $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debt principal outstanding, and the Parent Guarantor had no long-term indebtedness, including current maturities, (excluding guarantees totaling $8.9 billion), in each case excluding intercompany loans. At June 30, 2009, TEPPCO had approximately $2.7 billion of consolidated total long-term debt principal outstanding, including current maturities, including $1.7 billion of senior notes and $300 million of junior subordinated notes.

 

Parent Guarantee

 

The Parent Guarantor will fully and unconditionally guarantee to each holder and the Trustee, on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis, the full and prompt payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Enterprise Senior Notes, when and as the same become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise.

 

Potential Guarantee of Enterprise Senior Notes by Subsidiaries

 

Initially, the Enterprise Senior Notes will not be guaranteed by any of our Subsidiaries. In the future, however, if our Subsidiaries become guarantors or co-obligors of our Funded Debt (as defined below), then these Subsidiaries will jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guarantee our payment obligations under the Enterprise Senior Notes. We refer to any such Subsidiaries as “Subsidiary Guarantors” and sometimes to such guarantees as “Subsidiary Guarantees.” Each Subsidiary Guarantor will execute a supplement to the Enterprise Senior Indenture to effect its guarantee.

 

The obligations of each Guarantor under its guarantee of the Enterprise Senior Notes will be limited to the maximum amount that will not result in the obligations of the Guarantor under the guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law, after giving effect to:

 

 

“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more.

 

Addition and Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

 

The guarantee of any Guarantor may be released under certain circumstances. If we exercise our legal or covenant defeasance option with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes of any series as described below under “Defeasance and Discharge,” then any guarantee will be released with respect to that series. Further, if no Default has occurred and is continuing under the Enterprise Senior Indenture, a Subsidiary Guarantor will be unconditionally released and discharged from its guarantee:

 

 

 

If at any time following any release of a Subsidiary Guarantor from its initial guarantee of the Enterprise Senior Notes pursuant to the third bullet point in the preceding paragraph, the Subsidiary Guarantor again guarantees or co-issues any of our Funded Debt (other than our obligations under the Enterprise Senior Indenture), then the Parent Guarantor will cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to again guarantee the Enterprise Senior Notes in accordance with the Enterprise Senior Indenture.

 

No Sinking Fund

 

We are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes.

 

Certain Covenants

 

Except as set forth below, neither the Issuer nor the Parent Guarantor is restricted by the Enterprise Senior Indenture from incurring any type of indebtedness or other obligation, from paying dividends or making distributions on its equity interests or purchasing or redeeming its equity interests. The Enterprise Senior Indenture does not require the maintenance of any financial ratios or specified levels of net worth or liquidity. In addition, the Enterprise Senior Indenture does not contain any provisions that would require the Issuer to repurchase or redeem or otherwise modify the terms of the Enterprise Senior Notes upon a change in control or other events involving the Issuer which may adversely affect the creditworthiness of the Enterprise Senior Notes.

 

Limitations on Liens.  The Enterprise Senior Indenture provides that the Parent Guarantor will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance (“liens”) other than Permitted Liens (as defined below) upon any Principal Property (as defined below) or upon any capital stock of any Subsidiary owning or leasing, either directly or through ownership in another Subsidiary, any Principal Property (a “Restricted Subsidiary”), whether owned or leased on the date of the Enterprise Senior Indenture or thereafter acquired, to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money (“debt”) of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer or any other person (other than the Enterprise Senior Notes and any other notes issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture), without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the Enterprise Senior Notes and any other notes issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture outstanding shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such debt so long as such debt shall be so secured.

 

In the Enterprise Senior Indenture, the term “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries after deducting therefrom:

 

(1) all current liabilities (excluding (A) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (B) current maturities of long-term debt); and

 

(2) the value (net of any applicable reserves) of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets,

 

all as set forth, or on a pro forma basis would be set forth, on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries for the Parent Guarantor’s most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

“Permitted Liens” means:

 

(1) liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;

(2) any statutory or governmental lien or lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s or similar lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined lien which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or repair; or any right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;

 

(3) liens for taxes and assessments which are (a) for the then current year, (b) not at the time delinquent, or (c) delinquent but the validity or amount of which is being contested at the time by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(4) liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases; or any lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;

 

(5) any lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults on receivables;

 

(6) any lien in favor of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary; or any lien upon any property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in existence on the date of the execution and delivery of the Enterprise Senior Indenture;

 

(7) any lien in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any debt incurred by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to such lien;

 

(8) any lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations;

 

(9) liens in favor of any person to secure obligations under provisions of any letters of credit, bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or statute; or any lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory obligations;

 

(10) any lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property or assets by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such property or assets or debt incurred to finance such purchase price, whether such debt was incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition; or any lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon or to secure debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year after completion of such construction, development, repair or improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof (whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;

 

(11) any lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary and any lien upon any property or assets of a person existing thereon at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary by acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided that, in each case, such lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired or owned by such person at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary;

 

(12) liens imposed by law or order as a result of any proceeding before any court or regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Subsidiary has not exhausted its appellate rights;

(13) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above; provided, however, that any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be limited to the property or assets covered by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (including any premium) incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement; or

 

(14) any lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing debt of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary.

 

“Principal Property” means, whether owned or leased on the date of the Enterprise Senior Indenture or thereafter acquired:

 

(1) any pipeline assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, including any related facilities employed in the transportation, distribution, storage or marketing of refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids, and petrochemicals, that are located in the United States of America or any territory or political subdivision thereof; and

 

(2) any processing or manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary that is located in the United States or any territory or political subdivision thereof,

 

except, in the case of either of the foregoing clauses (1) or (2):

 

a. any such assets consisting of inventories, furniture, office fixtures and equipment (including data processing equipment), vehicles and equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles; and

 

b. any such assets, plant or terminal which, in the opinion of the board of directors of the sole manager (as successor to the general partner) of the Issuer, is not material in relation to the activities of the Issuer or of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

“Subsidiary” means:

 

(1) the Issuer; or

 

(2) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof or any partnership of which more than 50% of the partners’ equity interests (considering all partners’ equity interests as a single class) is, in each case, at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Parent Guarantor, the Issuer or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer or combination thereof.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, under the Enterprise Senior Indenture, the Parent Guarantor may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, or suffer to exist any lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any Principal Property or capital stock of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure debt of the Parent Guarantor, the Issuer or any other person (other than the Enterprise Senior Notes and any other notes issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture), without securing the Enterprise Senior Notes and any other notes issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all debt then outstanding secured by such lien and all similar liens, together with all Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-Leaseback Transactions (excluding Sale-Leaseback Transactions permitted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the first paragraph of the restriction on sale-leasebacks covenant described below) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks.  The Enterprise Senior Indenture provides that the Parent Guarantor will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in the sale or transfer by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any Principal Property to a person (other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary) and the taking back by

the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property (a “Sale-Leaseback Transaction”), unless:

 

(1) such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date of completion of the acquisition of the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of construction, development or substantial repair or improvement, or commencement of full operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later;

 

(2) the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years;

 

(3) the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary would be entitled to incur debt secured by a lien on the Principal Property subject thereto in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Enterprise Senior Notes and any other notes issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture; or

 

(4) the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, within a one-year period after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction to (a) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any debt of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary that is not subordinated to the Enterprise Senior Notes and any other notes issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture, or (b) the expenditure or expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or its Subsidiaries.

 

“Attributable Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such termination.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, under the Enterprise Senior Indenture the Parent Guarantor may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the first paragraph under “— Restrictions on Sale-Leasebacks,” provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of all other such Attributable Indebtedness deemed to be outstanding in respect of all Sale-Leaseback Transactions and all outstanding debt (other than the Enterprise Senior Notes and any other notes issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture) secured by liens (other than Permitted Liens) upon Principal Properties or upon capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, do not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.  The Enterprise Senior Indenture provides that each of the Parent Guarantor and the Issuer may, without the consent of the holders of any of the Enterprise Senior Notes, consolidate with or sell, lease, convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any partnership, limited liability company or corporation if:

 

(1) the entity surviving any such consolidation or merger or to which such assets shall have been transferred (the “successor”) is either the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer, as applicable, or the successor is a domestic partnership, limited liability company or corporation and expressly assumes all the Parent Guarantor’s or the Issuer’s, as the case may be, obligations and liabilities under the Enterprise Senior Indenture and the Enterprise Senior Notes (in the case of the Issuer) and the Guarantee (in the case of the Parent Guarantor);

(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and

 

(3) the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies with the Enterprise Senior Indenture.

 

The successor will be substituted for the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be, in the Enterprise Senior Indenture with the same effect as if it had been an original party to the Enterprise Senior Indenture. Thereafter, the successor may exercise the rights and powers of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be, under the Enterprise Senior Indenture, in its name or in its own name. If the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets, it will be released from all liabilities and obligations under the Enterprise Senior Indenture and under the Enterprise Senior Notes (in the case of the Issuer) and the Guarantee (in the case of the Parent Guarantor) except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its assets.

 

Events of Default

 

Each of the following will be an Event of Default under the Enterprise Senior Indenture with respect to each series of Enterprise Senior Notes:

 

(1) default in any payment of interest on any Enterprise Senior Notes of that series when due, continued for 30 days;

 

(2) default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Enterprise Senior Notes of that series when due at its stated maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration or otherwise;

 

(3) failure by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Enterprise Senior Indenture;

 

(4) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor (the “bankruptcy provisions”); or

 

(5) the guarantee of the Parent Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or the Parent Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Enterprise Senior Indenture or its guarantee.

 

However, a default under clause (3) of this paragraph will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of that series notify the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor of the default such default is not cured within the time specified in clause (3) of this paragraph after receipt of such notice.

 

An Event of Default for a particular series of Enterprise Senior Notes will not necessarily constitute an Event of Default for any other series of notes that may be issued under the Enterprise Senior Indenture. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (4) above) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of that series by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default described in clause (4) above occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Enterprise Senior Notes will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. However, the effect of such provision may be limited by applicable law. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of a series may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series and its consequences if rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and all existing Events of Default with respect to that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of,

premium, if any, and interest on the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Enterprise Senior Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, if an Event of Default with respect to a series of Enterprise Senior Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Enterprise Senior Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of Enterprise Senior Notes of that series, unless such holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest when due, no holder of Enterprise Senior Notes of any series may pursue any remedy with respect to the Enterprise Senior Indenture or the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series unless:

 

(1) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series is continuing;

 

(2) holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of that series have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(3) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(5) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of that series have not given the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of each series have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to that series of Enterprise Senior Notes. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Enterprise Senior Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder of Enterprise Senior Notes of that series or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

The Enterprise Senior Indenture provides that if a Default (that is, an event that is, or after notice or the passage of time would be, an Event of Default) with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes of a particular series occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must mail to each holder of Enterprise Senior Notes of that series notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series, the Trustee may withhold notice, but only if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the holders of the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series. In addition, the Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an officers’ certificate as to compliance with all covenants in the Enterprise Senior Indenture and indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous year. The Issuer also is required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, an officers’ certificate specifying any Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

 

Amendments and Waivers

 

Amendments of the Enterprise Senior Indenture may be made by the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of all Enterprise Senior Notes of each series affected thereby then outstanding under the Enterprise Senior Indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Enterprise Senior Notes). However,

without the consent of each holder of outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes affected thereby, no amendment may, among other things:

 

(1) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Enterprise Senior Notes of any series whose holders must consent to an amendment;

 

(2) reduce the stated rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any Enterprise Senior Notes;

 

(3) reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any Enterprise Senior Notes;

 

(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Enterprise Senior Notes or change the time at which the Enterprise Senior Notes may be redeemed;

 

(5) make the Enterprise Senior Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Enterprise Senior Notes;

 

(6) impair the right of any holder to receive payment of, premium, if any, principal of and interest on such holder’s Enterprise Senior Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s Enterprise Senior Notes;

 

(7) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions;

 

(8) release any security that may have been granted in respect of the Enterprise Senior Notes; or

 

(9) release the Parent Guarantor or modify its guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders.

 

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of each series affected thereby, may waive compliance by the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor with certain restrictive covenants on behalf of all holders of Enterprise Senior Notes of such series, including those described under “— Certain Covenants — Limitations on Liens” and “— Certain Covenants — Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks.” The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of each series affected thereby, on behalf of all such holders, may waive any past Default or Event of Default with respect to that series (including any such waiver obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Enterprise Senior Notes), except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, premium or interest or in respect of a provision that under the Enterprise Senior Indenture that cannot be amended without the consent of all holders of the series of Enterprise Senior Notes that is affected.

 

Without the consent of any holder, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Enterprise Senior Indenture to:

 

(1) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2) provide for the assumption by a successor of the obligations of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer under the Enterprise Senior Indenture;

 

(3) provide for uncertificated Enterprise Senior Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Enterprise Senior Notes (provided that the uncertificated Enterprise Senior Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Enterprise Senior Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code);

 

(4) add or release guarantees by any Subsidiary with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes, in either case as provided in the Enterprise Senior Indenture;

 

(5) secure the Enterprise Senior Notes or a guarantee;

 

(6) add to the covenants of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer for the benefit of the holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer;

 

(7) make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of any Enterprise Senior Notes;

(8) comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Enterprise Senior Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; and

 

(9) issue any other series of debt securities under the Enterprise Senior Indenture.

 

The consent of the holders is not necessary under the Enterprise Senior Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment. After an amendment requiring consent of the holders becomes effective, the Issuer is required to mail to the holders of an affected series a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all such holders, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment.

 

Defeasance and Discharge

 

The Issuer at any time may terminate all its obligations under the Enterprise Senior Indenture as they relate to a series of Enterprise Senior Notes (“legal defeasance”), except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust and obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Enterprise Senior Notes of that series, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Enterprise Senior Notes of that series and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of such Enterprise Senior Notes.

 

The Issuer at any time may terminate its obligations under covenants described under “— Certain Covenants” (other than “Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”) and the bankruptcy provisions with respect to the Parent Guarantor, and the guarantee provision, described under “— Events of Default” above with respect to a series of Enterprise Senior Notes (“covenant defeasance”).

 

The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the defeased series of Enterprise Senior Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the affected series of Enterprise Senior Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (3), (4) (with respect only to the Parent Guarantor) or (5) under “— Events of Default” above. If the Issuer exercises either its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, each guarantee will terminate with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes of the defeased series and any security that may have been granted with respect to such Enterprise Senior Notes will be released.

 

In order to exercise either defeasance option, the Issuer must irrevocably deposit in trust (the “defeasance trust”) with the Trustee money, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in the Enterprise Senior Indenture) or a combination thereof for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the relevant series of Enterprise Senior Notes to redemption or stated maturity, as the case may be, and must comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the Trustee of an opinion of counsel (subject to customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that holders of that series of Enterprise Senior Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. In the case of legal defeasance only, such opinion of counsel must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable federal income tax law.

 

In the event of any legal defeasance, holders of the Enterprise Senior Notes of the relevant series would be entitled to look only to the trust fund for payment of principal of and any premium and interest on their Enterprise Senior Notes until maturity.

 

Although the amount of money and U.S. Government Obligations on deposit with the Trustee would be intended to be sufficient to pay amounts due on the Enterprise Senior Notes of a defeased series at the time of their stated maturity, if the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option for the Enterprise Senior Notes of any series and the Enterprise Senior Notes are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the Enterprise Senior Notes of that

series at the time of the acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. The Issuer would remain liable for such payments, however.

 

In addition, the Issuer may discharge all its obligations under the Enterprise Senior Indenture with respect to Enterprise Senior Notes of any series, other than its obligation to register the transfer of and exchange notes of that series, provided that it either:

 

 

Book-Entry System

 

We will issue the Enterprise Senior Notes of each series in the form of one or more global securities in fully registered form initially in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The global securities will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC and may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any nominee to a successor of DTC or a nominee of such successor.

 

DTC has advised us as follows:

 

 

Acquisitions of Enterprise Senior Notes in the exchange offers under the DTC system must be made by or through direct participants, which will receive a credit for the Enterprise Senior Notes on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual acquiror of Enterprise Senior Notes is in turn to be recorded on the direct and indirect participants’ records. Beneficial owners of the Enterprise Senior Notes will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their acquisition, but beneficial owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the direct or indirect participants through which the beneficial owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Enterprise Senior Notes are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of direct and indirect participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not receive

certificates representing their ownership interests in the Enterprise Senior Notes, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Enterprise Senior Notes is discontinued.

 

To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Enterprise Senior Notes deposited by direct participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Enterprise Senior Notes with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the Enterprise Senior Notes; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the direct participants to whose accounts such Enterprise Senior Notes are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The direct and indirect participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

 

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by, direct participants to indirect participants, and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.

 

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the global securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an omnibus proxy to the issuer as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those direct participants to whose accounts the Enterprise Senior Notes are credited on the record date (identified in the listing attached to the omnibus proxy).

 

All payments on the global securities will be made to Cede & Co., as holder of record, or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit direct participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from us or the Trustee on payment dates in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by participants to beneficial owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such participant and not of DTC, us or the Trustee, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) shall be the responsibility of us or the Trustee. Disbursement of such payments to direct participants shall be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the beneficial owners shall be the responsibility of direct and indirect participants.

 

DTC may discontinue providing its service as securities depositary with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes at any time by giving reasonable notice to us or the Trustee. In addition, we may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depositary). Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor securities depositary is not obtained, note certificates in fully registered form are required to be printed and delivered to beneficial owners of the Enterprise Senior Notes representing such Enterprise Senior Notes.

 

Neither we nor the Trustee will have any responsibility or obligation to direct or indirect participants, or the persons for whom they act as nominees, with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC, its nominee or any participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Enterprise Senior Notes, or payments to, or the providing of notice to participants or beneficial owners.

 

So long as the Enterprise Senior Notes are in DTC’s book-entry system, secondary market trading activity in the Enterprise Senior Notes will settle in immediately available funds. All payments on the Enterprise Senior Notes issued as global securities will be made by us in immediately available funds.

 

No Recourse

 

The Issuer’s sole manager (as successor to the general partner), the Parent Guarantor’s general partner and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor under the Enterprise Senior Notes, the Enterprise Senior

Indenture or the guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Enterprise Senior Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws, and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

 

Concerning the Trustee

 

The Enterprise Senior Indenture contains certain limitations on the right of the Trustee, should it become our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize for its own account on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee is permitted to engage in certain other transactions. However, if it acquires any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it must eliminate the conflict or resign as Trustee.

 

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Enterprise Senior Notes of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to, or trust or power conferred on, the Trustee with respect to the Enterprise Senior Notes of such series.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is not cured under the Enterprise Senior Indenture and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Enterprise Senior Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Enterprise Senior Indenture at the request of any of the holders of Enterprise Senior Notes unless they shall have offered to such Trustee reasonable security or indemnity.

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the Trustee under the Enterprise Senior Indenture and has been appointed by the Issuer as Registrar and Paying Agent with regard to the Enterprise Senior Notes. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is a lender under the Issuer’s credit facilities.

 

Governing Law

 

The Enterprise Senior Indenture, the Enterprise Senior Notes and the Guarantee are governed by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

Description of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes

 

We have summarized below certain material terms and provisions of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes. This summary is not a complete description of all of the terms and provisions of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes. For more information, we refer you to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, the Enterprise Base Indenture and the Enterprise Subordinated Supplemental Indenture, all of which are available from us. We urge you to read the Enterprise Base Indenture and the Enterprise Subordinated Supplemental Indenture because they, and not this description, define your rights as an owner of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes. This summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of those documents, including definitions of terms referred to in this prospectus.

 

The Enterprise Subordinated Notes are a new series of debt securities that will be issued under an Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, as amended by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture (the “Enterprise Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of the first date on which we exchange Enterprise Subordinated Notes for TEPPCO Subordinated Notes pursuant to the exchange offers (the “Enterprise Subordinated Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Enterprise Base Indenture, the “Enterprise Subordinated Indenture”), among Enterprise Products Operating LLC as issuer (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P. as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), any subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as trustee (the “Trustee”). References in this section to the “Guarantee” refer to the Parent Guarantor’s Guarantee of payments on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes.

The terms of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes will include those expressly set forth in the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture and those made part of the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

 

In addition to this new series of Enterprise Subordinated Notes, as of June 30, 2009, there were outstanding under the above-referenced Enterprise Base Indenture $682.7 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.034% fixed/floating rate junior subordinated notes B due 2068, $550 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.375% fixed/floating rate junior subordinated notes A due 2066, $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior notes F due 2009, $650 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.600% senior notes G due 2014, $350 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.650% senior notes H due 2034, $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% senior notes I due 2015, $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior notes J due 2035, $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.950% senior notes K due 2010, $800 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.30% senior notes L due 2017, $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.65% senior notes M due 2013, $700 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior notes N due 2019, $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 9.75% senior notes O due 2014 and $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.60% senior notes P due 2012.

 

General

 

The Enterprise Subordinated Notes:

 

 

We may, without the consent of the holders of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, increase the principal amount of the series and issue additional notes of such series having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Enterprise Subordinated Notes except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, first interest payment date. The Enterprise Subordinated Notes and any additional notes of the same series having the same terms as the Enterprise Subordinated Notes offered hereby subsequently issued under the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture may be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture, including, without limitation, voting waivers and amendments. In addition, the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture does not limit our incurrence or issuance of other senior, pari passu or subordinated debt, whether under the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture relating to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes or any

existing or other indenture or agreement that we may enter into in the future or otherwise. As of June 30, 2009, the direct indebtedness of Enterprise that is senior to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes totaled approximately $7.6 billion, and the direct indebtedness of Enterprise that is pari passu with the Enterprise Subordinated Notes totaled approximately $1.2 billion. As of June 30, 2009, the direct indebtedness of TEPPCO that is senior to the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes totaled approximately $2.4 billion, and there was no direct indebtedness of TEPPCO that was pari passu with the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes.

 

Maturity

 

The Enterprise Subordinated Notes will mature on June 1, 2067.

 

The Enterprise Subordinated Notes are non-amortizing and do not have the benefit of a sinking fund. This means that we are not required to make any principal payments prior to maturity or otherwise set aside amounts in respect of the repayment of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes prior to their maturity.

 

Interest Rate and Interest Payment Dates

 

The Notes will bear interest from June 1, 2009 (the most recent date to which interest will have been paid on the TEPPCO Subordinated Notes) to but not including June 1, 2017, which we refer to as the “Fixed Rate Period,” at an annual rate of 7.000% of their principal amount, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2009, and thereafter, which we refer to as the “Floating Rate Period,” at an annual rate equal to the Three-Month LIBOR Rate for the related interest period plus a spread of 277.75 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2017.

 

Interest payments not paid when due will accrue interest at the then applicable rate of interest on the amount of unpaid interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded semi-annually during the Fixed Rate Period and quarterly during the Floating Rate Period. The amount of interest payable during the Fixed Rate Period will be computed based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and the amount of interest payable during the Floating Rate Period will be computed based on a 360-day year and the number of days actually elapsed. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.

 

Determining the Floating Rate; Calculation Agent

 

Following June 1, 2017, the Calculation Agent will calculate the floating rate with respect to each interest period and the amount of interest payable on each interest payment date during the Floating Rate Period. The floating rate determined by the Calculation Agent, absent manifest error, will be binding and conclusive upon the beneficial owners and registered holders of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes and us. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act initially as “Calculation Agent.”

 

The floating rate for any interest period during the Floating Rate Period will be equal to the sum of the Three-Month LIBOR Rate plus a spread of 277.75 basis points.

 

The “Three-Month LIBOR Rate,” with respect to an interest period, means the rate (expressed as a percentage per year) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second London banking day immediately preceding the first day of such interest period (the “LIBOR determination date”). The term “Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display so designated on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such other service as may be nominated as the information vendor, for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the London Interbank Offered Rate for U.S. dollar deposits).

 

If the Three-Month LIBOR Rate cannot be determined as described above, we will select four major banks in the London interbank market. We will request that the principal London offices of those four selected banks provide their offered quotations to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the LIBOR determination date for such interest period. These quotations will be

for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period. Offered quotations must be based on a principal amount equal to an amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in the market at the time.

 

If two or more quotations are provided, the Three-Month LIBOR Rate for such interest period will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, we will select three offered rates quoted by three major banks in New York City on the LIBOR determination date for that interest period. The rates quoted will be for loans in U.S. dollars for a three-month period. Rates quoted must be based on a principal amount equal to an amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in the market at the time. If fewer than three New York City banks selected by us are quoting rates, the Three-Month LIBOR Rate for the applicable interest period will be the same as for the immediately preceding interest period or, if the immediately preceding interest period was the Fixed Rate Period, the same as for the most recent quarter for which the Three-Month LIBOR Rate can be determined.

 

“Business day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in New York City or Houston, Texas.

 

“London banking day” means any Business day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

 

Payment; Record Dates and Transfer

 

Initially, the Enterprise Subordinated Notes will be issued only in permanent global form. Beneficial interests in Enterprise Subordinated Notes in global form will be shown on, and transfers of interests in Enterprise Subordinated Notes in global form will be made only through, records maintained by The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, and its participants. Under the limited circumstances when the Enterprise Subordinated Notes are no longer in global form, Enterprise Subordinated Notes in definitive form, if any, may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange at the office or agency maintained by us for such purpose (which initially will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10006).

 

Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Enterprise Subordinated Notes in global form registered in the name of DTC’s nominee will be made in immediately available funds to DTC’s nominee, as the registered holder of such global notes. Under the limited circumstances when the Enterprise Subordinated Notes are no longer in global form, payment of interest on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes in definitive form may, at our option, be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee indicated above or by check mailed directly to holders at their respective registered addresses or by wire transfer to an account designated by a holder.

 

The regular record date for interest payable on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes on any interest payment date during the Fixed Rate Period will be the immediately preceding May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, and during the Floating Rate Period will be the immediately preceding February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, as the case may be.

 

No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Enterprise Subordinated Notes, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. We are not required to register the transfer of or exchange any Enterprise Subordinated Notes selected for redemption or for a period of 15 days before mailing a notice of redemption of Notes.

 

The registered holder of Enterprise Subordinated Notes will be treated as the owner of such Enterprise Subordinated Notes for all purposes, and all references in this Description of the Enterprise Junior Subordinated Notes to “holders” mean holders of record, unless otherwise indicated. DTC will be the holder of the global Enterprise Subordinated Note.

Optional Deferral of Interest

 

We may elect to defer payment of all or part of the current and accrued interest otherwise due on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes from time to time, for one or more periods (each, an “Optional Deferral Period”) of up to 10 consecutive years per Optional Deferral Period. However, we may not optionally defer interest payments on or after the maturity date of, or redemption date for, the Enterprise Subordinated Notes.

 

Deferred interest not paid on an interest payment date will bear interest from that interest payment date until paid at the then prevailing interest rate on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, compounded semi-annually during the Fixed Rate Period and quarterly during the Floating Rate Period. We refer to such deferred interest, the interest accrued thereon and any accrued and unpaid interest on any interest payment date during a deferral period collectively as “Deferred Interest.” No interest will be due and payable on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes until the end of an Optional Deferral Period except upon a redemption of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes during such Optional Deferral Period. At the end of the Optional Deferral Period or on any redemption date, we will be obligated to pay all Deferred Interest.

 

Once we pay all Deferred Interest resulting from our optional deferral, such Optional Deferral Period will end and we may later defer interest again for a new Optional Deferral Period.

 

If we defer interest for a period of 10 consecutive years from the commencement of an Optional Deferral Period, we will be required to pay all Deferred Interest at the conclusion of the 10-year period, and, to the extent we do not do so, the Parent Guarantor will be required to make guarantee payments in accordance with the Guarantee. If we fail to pay in full all accrued and unpaid interest at the conclusion of the 10-year period, such failure continues for 30 days and the Parent Guarantor fails to make guarantee payments with respect thereto, an Event of Default that gives rise to acceleration of principal and interest on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes will occur under the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture. See “— Events of Default” below.

 

We will provide the Trustee with written notice of any optional deferral of interest at least ten and not more than 60 business days prior to the applicable interest payment date, other than in the case of an optional deferral in connection with certain defaults on Senior Indebtedness as described under “— Subordination; Ranking of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes; Payment Blockage,” and any such notice will be forwarded promptly by the Trustee to each holder of record of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes.

 

We have no current intention to exercise our right to defer interest payments.

 

Distribution Stopper

 

During any period in which we defer interest payments on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, subject to the exceptions described below:

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we, the Parent Guarantor and any of our respective subsidiaries may take any of the following actions at any time, including during an Optional Deferral Period:

 

 

 

Optional Redemption

 

We may redeem the Enterprise Subordinated Notes before their maturity, subject to the limitations set forth in the Replacement Capital Covenant discussed under “— Certain Terms of the Replacement Capital Covenant,” as follows:

 

 

Enterprise Subordinated Notes called for redemption become due on the redemption date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Enterprise Subordinated Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. The notice of optional redemption for the Enterprise Subordinated Notes will state, among other things, the amount of Enterprise

Subordinated Notes to be redeemed, the redemption date, the method of calculating the redemption price and each place that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Enterprise Subordinated Notes to be redeemed. If less than all of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Enterprise Subordinated Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price or the subordination provisions of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes prohibit its payment, interest will cease to accrue on the redemption date with respect to any Enterprise Subordinated Notes called for optional redemption.

 

We may not redeem the Enterprise Subordinated Notes in part if the principal amount has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded or unless all accrued and unpaid interest, including Deferred Interest, has been paid in full on all outstanding Enterprise Subordinated Notes for all interest periods terminating on or before the redemption date.

 

In the event of any redemption, neither we nor the Trustee will be required to:

 

 

The following definitions apply with respect to the redemption of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes:

 

The “Make-Whole Redemption Price” will be equal to (a) all accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the redemption date, plus (b) the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes being redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) being redeemed from the redemption date to June 1, 2017 (which we refer to as the “Remaining Life”), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 0.50%.

 

A “Tax Event” means the receipt by us of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any:

 

 

there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by us on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion will not be, deductible by us, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

A “Rating Agency Event” means a change by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act that publishes a rating for us (a “rating agency”)

to its equity credit criteria for securities such as the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, as such criteria is in effect on the date of the Enterprise Subordinated Supplemental Indenture (the “current criteria”), which change results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for which such current criteria are scheduled to be in effect with respect to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, or (ii) a lower or higher equity credit being given to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes as of the date of such change than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes as of the date of such change by such rating agency pursuant to its current criteria.

 

The “Special Event Make-Whole Redemption Price” for the Enterprise Subordinated Notes if redeemed prior to June 1, 2017 in connection with a Rating Agency Event or Tax Event will be equal to (a) all accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the redemption date, plus (b) the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes being redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Enterprise Subordinated Notes (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) being redeemed during the Remaining Life discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 0.50%.

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any redemption date applicable to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business day immediately preceding the redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the redemption date.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (a) the average, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, or (b) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations received.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life; however, if no maturity is within three months before or after the end of the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the Treasury Yield will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” means either J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (or their respective successors) or, if no such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue or perform the other functions of the Independent Investment Banker provided in the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to us.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (a) J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and their respective successors) and (b) three other primary United States government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker, each of which we refer to as a “Primary Treasury Dealer.” However, if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer for such dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date for the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, an average, as determined and furnished to the Independent Investment Banker by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business day preceding the redemption date.

Enterprise’s right to redeem, repurchase, defease or purchase the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, and the right of Enterprise and its subsidiaries to purchase the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, are limited by a covenant that Enterprise has made in favor of certain debtholders. See “— Certain Terms of the Replacement Capital Covenant” in this prospectus.

 

In the event that the Replacement Capital Covenant terminates prior to June 1, 2037 as a result of there being no eligible designated debt outstanding, we intend that, if we redeem, repurchase, defease or purchase the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, or if we or one of our subsidiaries purchases the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, the redemption or purchase price of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes will be paid with amounts that include net proceeds received by us, the Parent Guarantor or our subsidiaries from the sale or issuance, during the 180-day period prior to the date of such redemption or such purchase, by us, the Parent Guarantor or our subsidiaries to third-party purchasers of securities for which we will receive equity-like credit from the rating agencies that rate our securities, that is equal to or greater than the equity-like credit then attributed to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes being redeemed, repurchased, defeased or purchased. The determination of the equity-like credit of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes may result in the issuance of an amount of new securities that may be less than the principal amount of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, depending upon, among other things, the nature of the new securities issued and the equity-like credit attributed by a rating agency to the Enterprise Subordinated Notes and the new securities.

 

Certain Covenants

 

Except as set forth below, neither the Issuer nor the Parent Guarantor is restricted by the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture from incurring any type of indebtedness or other obligation, from paying dividends or making distributions on its partnership interests or capital stock or purchasing or redeeming its partnership interests or capital stock. The Enterprise Subordinated Indenture does not require the maintenance of any financial ratios or specified levels of net worth or liquidity. In addition, the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture does not contain any provisions that would require the Issuer to repurchase or redeem or otherwise modify the terms of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes upon a change in control or other events involving the Issuer which may adversely affect the creditworthiness of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes.

 

No Limitations on Liens.  Holders of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes will not have the benefit of and will not be entitled to enforce the covenant in the Enterprise Base Indenture restricting the ability of the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise and their respective majority-owned subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance other than Permitted Liens.

 

No Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks.  Holders of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes will not have the benefit of and will not be entitled to enforce the covenant in the Enterprise Base Indenture restricting the ability of the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise and their respective majority-owned subsidiaries to enter into Sale-Leaseback Transactions.

 

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.  The Enterprise Subordinated Indenture provides that each of the Parent Guarantor and the Issuer may, without the consent of the holders of any of the Enterprise Subordinated Notes, consolidate with or sell, lease, convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any partnership, limited liability company or corporation if:

 

(1) the entity surviving any such consolidation or merger or to which such assets shall have been transferred (the “successor”) is either the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer, as applicable, or the successor is a domestic partnership, limited liability company or corporation and expressly assumes all the Parent Guarantor’s or the Issuer’s, as the case may be, obligations and liabilities under the Enterprise Subordinated Indenture and the Enterprise Subordinated Notes (in the case of the Issuer) and the Guarantee (in the case of the Parent Guarantor);

 

(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and