0000947871-11-000989.txt : 20111207 0000947871-11-000989.hdr.sgml : 20111207 20111207172221 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000947871-11-000989 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111201 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20111207 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111207 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERIGAS PARTNERS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000932628 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990] IRS NUMBER: 232787918 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13692 FILM NUMBER: 111249344 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 460 N GULPH RD STREET 2: BOX 965 CITY: VALLEY FORGE STATE: PA ZIP: 19406 BUSINESS PHONE: 6103377000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 460 NORTH GULPH ROAD CITY: KING OF PRUSSIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19406 8-K 1 ss133477_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT
 


UNITED STATES
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
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 1, 2011
 
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware   1-13692   23-2787918
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
    
460 No. Gulph Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania   19406
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (610) 337-7000
         
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 
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 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 1, 2011, AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Contribution and Redemption Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”), dated as of October 15, 2011, with Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ETP”), Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the general partner of ETP, and Heritage ETC, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Contributor”, and collectively, the “Contributor Parties”).

The Contribution Agreement had provided that, (i) as a condition to the completion of the Transaction, the Contributor Parties would deliver to the Company certain audited historical financial statements of Titan Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Titan”), and its consolidated subsidiaries and (ii) as a condition to the commencement of the Marketing Period (as such term is defined in the Contribution Agreement), the Contributor Parties would deliver to the Company certain financial statements of Heritage Operating, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“HOLP”), and its consolidated subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Titan and its consolidated subsidiaries, on the other hand.  The Amendment modifies the Contributor Parties’ obligations with respect to the delivery of financial statements by generally providing that ETP will not be required to deliver separate audited financial statements related to Titan and HOLP and their respective consolidated subsidiaries, but instead be required to deliver combined audited financial statements of HOLP and Titan and their respective consolidated subsidiaries.

The above description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto, and the full text of the Contribution Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2011, each of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 
Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
2.1*
Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 1, 2011, to the Contribution and Redemption Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2011, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., Heritage ETC, L.P. and AmeriGas Partners, L.P.

*Schedules and annexes omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.  The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
Dated:  December 7, 2011
 
 
  AmeriGas Partners, L.P.  
  By:  AmeriGas Propane, Inc., its general partner  
         
         
  By:  /s/ Margaret M. Calabrese  
    Name:  Margaret M. Calabrese  
    Title:  Assistant Secretary  
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
       
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
2.1*
Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 1, 2011, to the Contribution and Redemption Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2011, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., Heritage ETC, L.P. and AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
 
*Schedules and annexes omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.  The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EX-2.1 2 ss133477_ex0201.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE CONTRIBUTION AND REDEMPTION AGREEMENT
 
Exhibit 2.1
 
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
 
CONTRIBUTION AND REDEMPTION AGREEMENT
 
This AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of December 1, 2011 (this “Amendment”), to the Contribution and Redemption Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2011 (the “Contribution Agreement”),  is made and entered into by and among  Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ETP”), Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the general partner of ETP (“ETP GP”), Heritage ETC, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Contributor”), and AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Acquirer”).
 
ETP, ETP GP and Contributor are sometimes referred to individually in this Amendment as a “Contributor Party” and are sometimes collectively referred to in this Amendment as the “Contributor Parties.”  Each of the parties to this Amendment is sometimes referred to individually in this Agreement as a “Party” and all of the parties to this Amendment are sometimes collectively referred to in this Amendment as the “Parties.”
 
R E C I T A L S
 
WHEREAS, the Parties are parties to the Contribution Agreement, pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Contributor will contribute to Acquirer, and Acquirer will acquire from Contributor, the Acquired Interests, and in exchange Acquirer will issue to ETP the Equity Consideration and the Cash Consideration; and
 
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Contribution Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the covenants and agreements contained herein, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree that, effective as of the date of this Amendment, the Contribution Agreement shall be amended as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS; REFERENCES
 
Section 1.1          Definitions; References.  Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Contribution Agreement. On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Contribution Agreement to “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereunder” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Contribution Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Each reference herein to “the date of this Amendment” shall refer to the date set forth above and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Amendment, each reference in the Contribution Agreement to the “date of this Agreement” or “date hereof” or similar references shall refer to October 15, 2011.
 
 
 
 

 
    
ARTICLE II
 
AMENDMENTS
 
Section 2.1          Amendment to Section 3.9(c).  Section 3.9(c) of the Contribution Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereof and replacing it in its entirety with the following:  “The Propane Group Audited Financial Statements, when delivered pursuant to Section 5.13(a), (A) will not differ in any material respect from the HOLP Financial Statements and the Titan Unaudited Financial Statements, except for any differences required by GAAP in presenting HOLP and its Subsidiaries and Titan and its Subsidiaries on a combined basis, (B) will be prepared in accordance with (1) GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods presented thereby, and (2) Regulation S-X and (C) will fairly present in all material respects the combined financial position and operating results, equity and cash flows of HOLP and its Subsidiaries and Titan and its Subsidiaries, on a combined basis, as of, and for the periods ended on, the respective dates thereof, subject, however, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.”
 
Section 2.2          Amendments to Section 5.13(a), Section 5.22(a) and Section 6.2(e).
 
(a)           Section 5.13(a), Section 5.22(a) and Section 6.2(e) of the Contribution Agreement are hereby amended by replacing the term “Titan Audited Financial Statements” with the term “Propane Group Audited Financial Statements” each place where such term appears.
 
(b)           Section 5.13(a) is hereby amended by replacing clause (ii) of the final sentence thereof with the following:  “(ii) Grant Thornton LLP to audit the Titan Audited Financial Statements in accordance with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.”
 
Section 2.3          Amendment to Section 5.26(a).  Section 5.26(a) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:  “Except as set forth in Schedule 5.26(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, prior to the Contribution Closing, the Contributor Parties shall cause any Contract described in Section 3.15(a)(i) that is disclosed (or should have been disclosed) in Schedule 3.15(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, to be terminated or otherwise amended to exclude any of the Propane Group Entities as a party thereto.”
 
Section 2.4          Amendment to Exhibit A.  Exhibit A to the Contribution Agreement is hereby amended by:
 
(i)           Deleting the definition of “Titan Audited Financial Statements” in its entirety; and
 
(ii)           Adding the following definition in the appropriate alphabetical position:
 
Propane Group Audited Financial Statements” means (a) the audited combined balance sheets of HOLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries and Titan and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 and audited
 
 
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combined statements of operations and comprehensive income, statements of partners’ capital, and statements of cash flows of HOLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries and Titan and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the twelve (12) month periods ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
 
Section 2.5          Amendment to Schedule 5.13(b) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule.  Schedule 5.13(b) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with the Schedule 5.13(b) attached to this Amendment.
 
ARTICLE III
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Section 3.1          Effect on the Contribution Agreement.  The Contribution Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and, as amended by this Amendment, is hereby ratified and affirmed in all respects.
 
Section 3.2          Facsimiles; Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed by facsimile signatures by any Party and such signature shall be deemed binding for all purposes hereof, without delivery of an original signature being thereafter required.  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.
 
Section 3.3          Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  The provisions set forth in Article IX of the Contribution Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.
 

 
[Signature page follows.]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Amendment to be executed by its respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
 
 
  CONTRIBUTOR PARTIES:  
     
  ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.  
         
  By:  Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., its general partner  
         
  By:  Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., its general partner  
         
         
  By:   /s/ Thomas P. Mason  
    Thomas P. Mason  
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary  
         
     
  ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS GP, L.P.  
         
  By:  Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., its general partner  
         
         
  By:   /s/ Thomas P. Mason  
    Thomas P. Mason  
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary  
         
    
  HERITAGE ETC, LP  
         
  By:  Heritage ETC GP, LLC, its general partner  
         
         
  By:   /s/ Thomas P. Mason  
    Thomas P. Mason  
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary  
         
 
 
 
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1
Contribution Agreement
 
 
 

 
 
 
  ACQUIRER:  
     
  AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P.  
         
  By:  AmeriGas Propane, Inc., its general partner  
         
         
  By:  /s/ Eugene Bissell  
    Eugene Bissell  
    President and CEO  
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1
Contribution Agreement