-----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, WSrJN9Ih3bmoBZe1UGeLKdvg2JTcYgcjLjH0G9TSS+TsOuzhdlVcfKPBjUP7XmEy Amperf/zAkcvWvXvDet9Dw== 0000203248-03-000127.txt : 20030722 0000203248-03-000127.hdr.sgml : 20030722 20030722163534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000203248-03-000127 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030722 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in registrant's certifying accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030722 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000076063 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 440382470 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-02921 FILM NUMBER: 03796746 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5444 WESTHEIMER COURT CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056 BUSINESS PHONE: 7136275400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 1642 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77251-1642 8-K/A 1 chgauditors8ka.txt FORM 8-K/A CHANGE OF AUDITORS (PANHANDLE) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K/A CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 11, 2003 PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY, LLC (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 1-2921 44-0382470 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation) Identification No.) 5444 Westheimer Court 77056 Houston, Texas 77056 (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 989-7000 ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT This report is being amended to include the letter from Ernst and Young LLP attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. ITEM 7. EXHIBITS (c) Exhibits Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 99.1 Letter of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors. This report and other Company reports and statements issued or made from time to time contain certain "forward-looking statements" concerning projected future financial performance, expected plans or future operations. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company cautions that actual results and developments may differ materially from such projections or expectations. Investors should be aware of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking projections or expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to: weather conditions in the Company's service territories; cost of gas; regulatory and court decisions; the receipt of timely and adequate rate relief; the achievement of operating efficiencies and the purchase and implementation of any new technologies for attaining such efficiencies; impact of relations with labor unions of bargaining-unit employees; the effect of any stock purchases; and the effect of strategic initiatives (including: any recent pending or potential acquisitions or merger, recent corporate restructuring activities, any sales of non-core assets, and any related financing arrangements including refinancings and debt repurchases) on earnings and cash flows. EXHIBIT 99.1 July 18, 2003 Office of the Chief Accountant Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Dear Sir or Madam: We have read paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Item 4 included in the Form 8 K dated July 18, 2003 of Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are in agreement with the statements contained therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein. Very truly yours, /s/ ERNST AND YOUNG LLP cc: Gary Lefelar Vice President and Controller Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company 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 thereunto duly authorized. PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY Dated: July 22, 2003 By: /s/ David J. Kvapil ------------------------------- David J. Kvapil Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----