UNITED STATES
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 15, 2023, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BBVA Securities Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (each a “Manager” and collectively the “Managers”), pursuant to which the Partnership may issue and sell from time to time through the Managers common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership having an aggregate offering price of up to $2,538,500,000 (the “Units”). Sales of the Units, if any, will be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the New York Stock Exchange at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by the Partnership and the Managers.
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Partnership may also sell Units from time to time to any Manager as principal for its own account at a price to be agreed upon at the time of such sale. Any sale of Units to a Manager as principal would be pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement between the Partnership and such Manager.
The Units will be issued pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-273870) (the “Registration Statement”).
The description of the Agreement in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Certain legal opinions related to the Registration Statement are also filed herewith as Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1.
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 15, 2023, by and among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BBVA Securities Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP. | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File–the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. | ||||||||||
| By: | Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, | |||||||||
| its General Partner | ||||||||||
| Date: September 15, 2023 | By: | /s/ R. Daniel Boss | ||||||||
| Name: | R. Daniel Boss | |||||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President – Accounting, Risk Control and Information Technology of Enterprise Products Holdings LLC | |||||||||
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