-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, L0bxEgPNL3B5D+pL1vWA6U+Lhpn2tDvgMb7LmvrAAL83IexvC04+ZL9j+2l9aW56 gd4Uqe7ntxWprv1iMjP2dA== 0001193125-10-230332.txt : 20101015 0001193125-10-230332.hdr.sgml : 20101015 20101015172143 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-230332 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101014 ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101015 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101015 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INERGY L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001136352 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-NONSTORE RETAILERS [5960] IRS NUMBER: 431918951 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34664 FILM NUMBER: 101126425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO BRUSH CREEK STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64112 BUSINESS PHONE: 8168428181 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

October 14, 2010

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

INERGY, L.P.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34664   43-1918951
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

Two Brush Creek Boulevard, Suite 200

Kansas City, MO 64112

(Address of principal executive offices)

(816) 842-8181

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

On October 14, 2010, Inergy Midstream, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inergy, L.P. (the “Partnership”) completed its acquisition all of the equity interests of Tres Palacios Gas Storage LLC for $725 million (plus reimbursement of certain capital expenditures and subject to customary net working capital adjustments) pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as September 3, 2010, among TP Gas Holding LLC and Inergy Midstream, LLC.

The Purchase and Sale Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Partnership’s current report on Form 8-K filed on September 7, 2010, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On October 14, 2010, the Partnership issued a press released related to this event. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Other Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated October 14, 2010

 

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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.

 

  INERGY, L.P.
  By:  

INERGY GP, LLC,

Its Managing General Partner

Date: October 15, 2010   By:  

/s/ Laura L. Ozenberger

   

Laura L. Ozenberger

Senior Vice President – General Counsel

 

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EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

Inergy Completes Acquisition of Tres Palacios Natural Gas Storage Facility

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Opens New Houston Office to Support Commercial Operations

Kansas City, MO (October 14, 2010) – Inergy, L.P. (NYSE:NRGY) (“Inergy”) announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Tres Palacios natural gas storage facility located in Matagorda County, Texas, for approximately $725 million. The Tres Palacios acquisition significantly expands Inergy’s natural gas storage operations and adds a new natural gas storage platform for growth in its midstream operations.

Tres Palacios is a high deliverability, salt dome natural gas storage facility with approximately 38.4 Bcf of working gas capacity including 27.1 Bcf of current working gas capacity (Caverns 1 and 2) and 11.4 Bcf of incremental working gas capacity scheduled to be placed in service in the fourth calendar quarter of 2010 (Cavern 3). The facility is expandable by an additional 9.5 Bcf of working gas capacity which Inergy expects to place in service by or before 2014 (Cavern 4). Located approximately 100 miles southwest of Houston, Tres Palacios is currently connected to a total of ten intrastate and interstate pipelines offering connectivity to multiple demand markets including the Houston and San Antonio metropolitan areas and the broader Texas markets as well as markets in the Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, Florida, and Mid-Atlantic United States and Mexico.

Inergy completed the long-term financing of the Tres Palacios acquisition in September with the issuance of over $400 million of Inergy common units and $600 million in senior unsecured notes due 2018.

Bill Moler, Senior Vice President of Inergy Midstream, also announced that Bruce Page has joined the Inergy Midstream management team as the Director of Commercial Operations-South reporting to Ron Happach, Vice President of Commercial Operations. Mr. Page is a 28-year industry veteran with experience in both the Texas intrastate and national transportation and storage infrastructure markets. Prior to joining Inergy, Bruce held senior level positions at Kinder Morgan, primarily in the marketing and development of gas storage and transportation services. Assisting Bruce will be Jeff Reavis, Manager, Hub Services. Mr. Reavis has 25 years of experience in natural gas storage, marketing, gas aggregation, and storage facility optimization and will focus on hub service opportunities on behalf of the customers of Tres Palacios. Prior to joining Inergy, Jeff held senior positions at Iberdrola, PPM, Aquila, and MidCon. For commercial opportunities at Tres Palacios, Bruce and Jeff can be reached at Inergy’s newly opened office in north Houston by phone at 281-453-5353.

About Inergy, L.P. and Inergy Holdings, L.P.

Inergy, L.P., headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is among the fastest growing master limited partnerships in the country. The company’s operations include the retail marketing, sale, and distribution of propane to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers. Today, Inergy serves nearly 800,000 retail customers from over 300 customer service centers throughout the United States. The company also operates a 78 Bcf natural gas storage business; a liquid petroleum gas storage business; a solution-mining and salt production company; and a propane supply logistics, transportation, and wholesale marketing business that serves independent dealers and multi-state marketers in the United States and Canada. Inergy Holdings, L.P.’s assets consist of its ownership interest in Inergy, L.P., including limited partnership interests, ownership of the general partners, and the incentive distribution rights.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions, and beliefs about future events. This release includes forward-looking statements concerning the availability and timing of any expansion possibilities at Tres Palacios and the anticipated future storage capacity as well as future demand for such

 

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capacity. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, many of which are outside our control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or any underlying assumption proves incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, or projected. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements are: weather conditions that vary significantly from historically normal conditions; the demand for high deliverability natural gas storage capacity in the Northeast and in Texas; the general level of natural gas and other hydrocarbon product demand; the availability of natural gas; the price of natural gas to the consumer compared to the price of alternative and competing fuels; our ability to successfully implement our business plan for midstream expansion; our ability to generate available cash for distribution to unitholders; the outcome of certificate and rate decisions issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and the costs and effects of legal, regulatory, and administrative proceedings against us or which may be brought against us. These and other risks and assumptions are described in Inergy’s annual report on Form 10-K and other filings we make with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than we have described. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Corporate news, unit prices, and additional information about Inergy, including reports from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, are available on the company’s web site, www.InergyLP.com. For more information, contact Mike Campbell in Inergy’s Investor Relations Department at 816-842-8181 or via e-mail at investorrelations@inergyservices.com.

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