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): January 24, 2007

 

ENTERPRISE GP HOLDINGS L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

1-32610

13-4297064

 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

 

Incorporation or Organization)

Identification No.)

 

 

1100 Louisiana, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas

77002

 

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(713) 381-6500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 


 

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On January 24, 2007, Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. issued a press release regarding its consolidated and parent-only financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006. A copy of the earnings press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” or “Enterprise GP Holdings” within the context of this Current Report on Form 8-K refer to the consolidated business and operations of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. References to “Enterprise Products Partners” refer to Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and its subsidiaries.

 

Basis of Presentation of Financial Information

 

In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), the transfer of net assets to us from affiliates of EPCO, Inc. (“EPCO”) in August 2005 was accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control in a manner similar to a pooling of interests. As a result, the historical consolidated financial information of Enterprise GP Holdings presented in this press release for periods prior to its receipt of such contributions from EPCO has been presented using the consolidated financial information of Enterprise Products GP, LLC (the general partner of Enterprise Products Partners), which has been deemed the predecessor company of Enterprise GP Holdings. Our consolidated financial information represents our primary (or general purpose) financial information as a publicly held registrant.

 

Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (the “parent company”) has no separate operating activities apart from those conducted by Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (the operating partnership of Enterprise Products Partners). The parent company’s principal sources of cash flow are its investments in limited partner and general partner interests of Enterprise Products Partners. The parent company’s primary cash requirements are for general and administrative expenses, debt service requirements and distributions to its partners.

 

In order for our unitholders and others to more fully understand the financial condition and results of operations of the parent company on a standalone basis, this press release includes financial information of the parent company apart from that of our consolidated partnership.

 

The parent-only statement of operations includes earnings from its equity-method investments in Enterprise Products Partners and Enterprise Products GP, LLC as a component of operating income. These investments are the primary source of earnings for the parent company on a standalone basis. In accordance with GAAP, such equity earnings are eliminated in the consolidation of Enterprise Products Partners’ and Enterprise Products GP, LLC’s financial statements with those of the parent company.

 

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

This press release and accompanying schedules include the non-generally accepted accounting principle (“non-GAAP”) financial measure of distributable cash flow. The accompanying schedules provide a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP measures such as net income, cash flow from operating activities or any other GAAP measure of liquidity or financial performance.

 

Distributable cash flow. We define distributable cash flow as cash distributions expected to be received from Enterprise Products Partners in connection with the parent company’s investments in limited partner and general partner interests of Enterprise Products Partners minus (i) parent-only expenditures for general and administrative costs and debt service and (ii) general and administrative costs of Enterprise Products GP, LLC. Distributable cash flow is a significant liquidity metric used by senior management to compare net cash flow generated by the parent company’s equity investments to the cash distributions the parent company is expected to pay its unitholders. Using this metric, senior management can quickly compute the coverage ratio of estimated cash flow to planned cash distributions.

 

 

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Distributable cash flow is an important non-GAAP financial measure for the parent company’s limited partners since it indicates to investors whether or not the parent company’s investments are generating cash flow at a level that can sustain or support an increase in quarterly cash distribution levels. Financial metrics such as distributable cash flow are quantitative standards used by the investment community with respect to publicly-traded partnerships because the value of a partnership unit is in part measured by its yield (which, in turn, is based on the amount of cash distributions a partnership pays to a unitholder). The GAAP measure most directly comparable to distributable cash flow is cash flow from operating activities.

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

99.1

Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. press release dated January 24, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

ENTERPRISE GP HOLDINGS L.P.

 

By:

EPE Holdings, LLC,

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

Date: January 24, 2007

By: ___/s/ Michael J. Knesek_____________________

 

Name:

Michael J. Knesek

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal

 

 

Accounting Officer of EPE Holdings, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

99.1

Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. press release dated January 24, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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