UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
April 2, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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1-11727
(Commission
File Number)
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73-1493906
(IRS Employer
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3738 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX 75219
(Address of principal executive offices)
(214) 981-0700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Item 7.01. |
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Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On March 24, 2009, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) gave a presentation to
analysts at a conference hosted by Barclays Capital. The presentation, which was
temporarily posted to the Partnership’s website, contained a statement on page 32
relating to the Partnership’s liquidity position in relation to its approved growth plans that was based on an unstated assumption.
A copy of the presentation that states this assumption related to our liquidity position has been
posted to the Partnership’s website at www.energytransfer.com.
In
addition, a copy of a new
presentation, which was given to investors at a conference hosted by Morgan Keegan on March 31
and April 1, 2009, has been posted to the Partnership’s website at www.energytransfer.com.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On March 26,
2009, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
issued an order dismissing a consolidated class action complaint that had been
filed against us in November 2007 alleging that we had engaged in
intentional and unlawful manipulation of the price of natural gas futures and
options contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange, or NYMEX, in violation
of the Commodity Exchange Act. The court dismissed the complaint, with
prejudice, for failure to state a claim. We are unable to predict whether the
plaintiff will seek to appeal this order.
On March 26,
2009, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
issued an order dismissing a separate class action complaint that had been
filed against us in March 2008 alleging that we had engaged in unlawful
restraint of trade and intentional monopolization and attempted monopolization
of the market for fixed-price natural gas baseload transactions in the Houston
Ship Channel from December 2003 through December 2005 in violation of
federal antitrust law. The court found that the plaintiffs failed to state a
claim on all causes of action and for anti-trust injury, but granted leave to
amend. We are unable to predict whether the plaintiffs will seek to amend their
complaint in accordance with the order or whether the plaintiffs will seek to
appeal the order.