by TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. announced Thursday that it has priced a public offering of 8,000,000 units representing limited partner interests. TEPPCO has also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 units to cover overallotments. TEPPCO also agreed to sell approximately 240,000 additional units at the same public offering price to TEPPCO Unit L.P., an affiliate of EPCO, Inc. EPCO, Inc., along with TEPPCO, is under the common control of Dan L. Duncan. The underwritten offering and sale of units to TEPPCO Unit L.P. are expected to close on September 9, 2008, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
TEPPCO intends to use the net proceeds from these sales of units to reduce borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility and expects to use some of the increased availability under the facility to finance capital expenditures and other growth projects.
Lehman Brothers, UBS Investment Bank and Wachovia Securities are joint book-running managers for the offering.
TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a publicly traded partnership with an enterprise value of approximately $5 billion, is a diversified energy logistics company with operations that span much of the continental United States. TEPPCO owns and operates an extensive network of assets that facilitate the movement, marketing, gathering and storage of various commodities and energy-related products. The partnership's pipeline network is comprised of approximately 12,500 miles of pipelines that gather and transport refined petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs) and natural gas liquids, including one of the largest common carrier pipelines for refined petroleum products and LPGs in the United States. Including joint venture ownership, TEPPCO's storage assets include approximately 27 million barrels of capacity for refined petroleum products and LPGs and about 14 million barrels of capacity for crude oil. TEPPCO also owns a marine business that transports refined petroleum products, crude oil, asphalt, condensate, heavy fuel oil and other heated oil products via tow boats and tank barges. For more information, visit TEPPCO's website. Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, the general partner of TEPPCO Partners, L.P., is owned by Enterprise GP Holdings L.P.
