As previously reported, on December 1, 2017, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., DNB Markets, Inc., Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC, USCA Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (each a “Manager” and collectively the “Managers”), pursuant to which the Partnership may issue and sell from time to time through the Managers common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership having an aggregate offering price of up to $2,538,500,000 (the “Units”). Sales of the Units, if any, will be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the New York Stock Exchange at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by the Partnership and the Managers.
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Partnership may also sell Units from time to time to any Manager as principal for its own account at a price to be agreed upon at the time of such sale. Any sale of Units to a Manager as principal would be pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement between the Partnership and such Manager.
The Units will be issued pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-250007) (the “Registration Statement”), as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement to be filed by the Partnership on December 16, 2020 and any subsequent prospectus supplements thereto.
The description of the Agreement in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Certain legal opinions related to the Registration Statement are also filed herewith as Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1.
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