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Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On September 4, 2019, Enable Midstream Partners, LP (the “Partnership”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) for the public offering of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.150% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), at a price to the public of 99.821% of their face value. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on September 13, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.
The offering of the Notes was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Partnership’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-224698), as amended, and to the prospectus dated May 7, 2018, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated September 4, 2019 (the “Prospectus Supplement”).
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties as well as indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Partnership, on one hand, and the underwriters, on the other, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund the repayment at maturity of the $250 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 6.25% senior notes due March 2020 (the “EOIT Senior Notes”), to repay $200 million of outstanding borrowings under its 2019 term loan agreement and to repay amounts outstanding under its commercial paper program. Pending the repayment of the EOIT Senior Notes at maturity, the Partnership intends to use such portion of the net proceeds to temporarily repay amounts outstanding under its commercial paper program.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.
As more fully described under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement, the underwriters and their respective affiliates have in the past performed commercial banking, investment banking and advisory services for the Partnership from time to time for which they have received customary fees and reimbursement of expenses and may, from time to time, engage in transactions with and perform services for the Partnership in the ordinary course of their business for which they may receive customary fees and reimbursement of expenses. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters are lenders under the Partnership’s 2019 term loan agreement and are dealers under the Partnership’s commercial paper program and, as a result, will receive a portion of the net proceeds of this offering. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of the trustee.