0000203248-11-000116.txt : 20111116 0000203248-11-000116.hdr.sgml : 20111116 20111116170049 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000203248-11-000116 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111116 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHERN UNION CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000203248 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922] IRS NUMBER: 750571592 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06407 FILM NUMBER: 111210584 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5051 WESTHEIMER RD CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056-5622 BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 989-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5051 WESTHEIMER RD CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056-5622 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHERN UNION CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000203248 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922] IRS NUMBER: 750571592 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5051 WESTHEIMER RD CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056-5622 BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 989-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5051 WESTHEIMER RD CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056-5622 425 1 suform425_111511.htm SU FORM 425, NOVEMBER 16, 2011 suform425_111511.htm
Filed by Southern Union Company
 
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Subject Company: Southern Union Company
 
Commission File No. 333-175461
 

 
The following letter was sent by Southern Union to shareholders on November 15, 2011.

 
November 15, 2011
 
Dear Fellow Stockholder:
 
We have previously sent to you proxy materials for the important December 9, 2011 Special Meeting of Stockholders of Southern Union Company, in connection with the proposed merger with Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. Your Board of Directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote FOR Proposals 1, 2 and 3.

Since the merger requires the affirmative vote of a majority of outstanding Southern Union shares entitled to vote as of the record date, your vote is important, no matter how many or how few shares you may own.  If you have not already done so, please vote TODAY by telephone, via the Internet, or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the envelope provided.

Very truly yours,
/s/ GEORGE L. LINDEMANN
GEORGE L. LINDEMANN
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer



 
REMEMBER:
You can vote your shares by telephone, or via the Internet.
Please follow the easy instructions on the enclosed proxy card.

If you have any questions, or need assistance in voting
your shares, please call our proxy solicitor,

INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED
TOLL-FREE, at 1-877-825-8906.



 

 
 
 
 

 
Additional Information
 

 
In connection with the proposed merger, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (“ETE”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that included a proxy statement/prospectus. The Registration Statement was declared effective on October 27, 2011.  Southern Union Company (the “Company”) mailed the definitive proxy statement/prospectus to its stockholders on or about October 27, 2011.  Investors and security holders are urged to carefully read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus because it contains important information regarding ETE, the Company and the merger.
 

 
Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed by ETE and the Company with the SEC at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus and such other documents relating to ETE may also be obtained free of charge by directing a request to Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Attn: Investor Relations, 3738 Oak Lawn Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75219, or from ETE’s website, www.energytransfer.com. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus and such other documents relating to the Company may also be obtained free of charge by directing a request to Southern Union Company, Attn: Investor Relations, 5051 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77056, or from the Company’s website, www.sug.com.
 

 
ETE, the Company and their respective directors and executive officers may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed to be “participants” in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information concerning the interests of the persons who may be “participants” in the solicitation is set forth in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus.