-----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, OSL6FQcLBDUnjUz4CkOEMr/KAAdaRnJensSKOQ7SFG06k+iFAtzB3p6azQIpV3FT T3Lrq1BFhUTZ/md7mFZzgg== 0000950129-03-000174.txt : 20030117 0000950129-03-000174.hdr.sgml : 20030117 20030117171959 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-03-000174 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030117 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030117 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTHERN BORDER PARTNERS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909281 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922] IRS NUMBER: 931120873 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12202 FILM NUMBER: 03518392 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13710 FIRST NATIONAL BANK STREET 2: PARKWAY CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68154-5200 BUSINESS PHONE: 4024927300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13710 FIRST NATIONAL BANK STREET 2: PARKWAY CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68154-5200 8-K 1 h02594e8vk.txt NORTHERN BORDER PARTNERS, L.P.- JANUARY 17, 2003 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): JANUARY 17, 2003 NORTHERN BORDER PARTNERS, L.P. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 1-12202 93-1120873 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 13710 FNB PARKWAY 68154-5200 OMAHA, NEBRASKA (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices)
(402) 492-4300 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS The registrant is filing herewith a copy of its press release announcing the acquisition of Viking Gas Transmission Company including a one third interest in Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. dated January 17, 2003. ITEM 7. EXHIBITS 99.1 Northern Border Partners, L.P. press release dated January 17, 2003. 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. Northern Border Partners, L.P. ( A Delaware Limited Partnership) Dated: January 17, 2003 By: /s/ Jerry L. Peters -------------------------------------- Chief Financial & Accounting Officer EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ------- ----------- 99.1 Northern Border Partners, L.P Press Release dated January 17, 2003.
EX-99.1 3 h02594exv99w1.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED JANUARY 17, 2003 EXHIBIT 99.1 Northern Border News Partners, L.P. Release 13710 FNB Parkway Omaha, Nebraska 68154-5200 For Further Information Contact: Media Contact: Beth Jensen (402) 492-3400 Investor Contact: Ellen Konsdorf (402) 492-7500 NORTHERN BORDER PARTNERS, L.P. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF VIKING GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY AND ONE-THIRD INTEREST IN GUARDIAN PIPELINE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 17, 2003 OMAHA - Northern Border Partners, L.P. (NYSE-NBP) today announced that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Viking Gas Transmission Company including a one-third interest in Guardian Pipeline from Xcel Energy. The Partnership has indicated that the acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings and cash flow per unit, adding at least $0.10 in additional cash flow per unit in 2003 and 2004, depending on the timing of permanent financing. The Viking system is a 671-mile interstate natural gas pipeline extending from the U.S.-Canadian border near Emerson, Manitoba to Marshfield, Wisconsin. Viking connects to other major pipeline systems including TransCanada, Northern Natural Gas, Great Lakes and ANR to provide service to markets in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. Guardian Pipeline is a 141-mile interstate natural gas pipeline system that went into service on December 7, 2002. This system transports natural gas from Joliet, Illinois to a point west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Subsidiaries of CMS Energy and Wisconsin Energy Corporation hold the remaining interests in this system. "These pipeline systems strongly complement our existing businesses," said Bill Cordes, chairman and chief executive officer of Northern Border Partners. "They offer operating and commercial synergies with our Northern Border and Midwestern Gas Transmission pipelines and their stable cash flows are excellent investments for our Partnership." Northern Border Partners, L.P. owns interests in four interstate natural gas pipeline systems: a 70 percent general partner interest in Northern Border Pipeline Company, a system that transports natural gas from the Montana-Saskatchewan border to markets in the midwestern United States; Midwestern Gas Transmission, a system that stretches from Portland, Tennessee to Joliet, Illinois; Viking Gas Transmission Company, a pipeline extending from the U.S.-Canadian border near Emerson, Manitoba to Marshfield, Wisconsin; and a one-third interest in the Guardian Pipeline, a pipeline system that transports natural gas from Joliet, Illinois to a point west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Partnership also has gathering systems and processing plants in the Powder River, Wind River and Williston Basins in the U.S.; owns and operates processing plants and gathering pipelines in Alberta, Canada; and transports coal-water slurry via a pipeline in the southwestern U.S. Northern Border Partners, L.P. information may be found at http://www.northernborderpartners.com. This press release includes 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. Although Northern Border Partners, L.P. believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that such expectations will be achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include: competitive conditions in the overall natural gas and electricity markets; our ability to market pipeline capacity on favorable terms; prices of natural gas; developments in the voluntary petition for bankruptcy by Enron; and conditions in the capital markets and our ability to access the capital markets. ###### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----