Participants in the Solicitation
The Partnership, Energy Transfer, and the directors and executive officers of their respective general partners, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (and its affiliates) and OGE Energy Corp. (and its affiliates) may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect to the Mergers.
Information regarding the directors and executive officers of the Partnership’s general partner is contained in the Partnership’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 19, 2020, certain of its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and certain of its Current Reports on Form 8-K. You can obtain a free copy of this document at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by accessing the Partnership’s website at http://www.enablemidstream.com. Information regarding the executive officers and directors of Energy Transfer’s general partner is contained in Energy Transfer’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2020 and certain of its Current Reports on Form 8-K. You can obtain a free copy of this document at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by accessing Energy Transfer’s website at http://www.energytransfer.com.
Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of those persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the Mergers by reading the consent solicitation statement/prospectus regarding the Mergers when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of this document as described above.
Forward-Looking Statements and Cautionary Statements
The foregoing contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this communication that address activities, events or developments that the Partnership or Energy Transfer expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Words such as “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “position,” “predict,” “strategy,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “project,” “budget,” “potential,” or “continue,” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements. They can be affected by assumptions used or by known or unknown risks or uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statements can be guaranteed. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Mergers, pro forma descriptions of the company and its operations following the Mergers, integration and transition plans, anticipated cost savings, tax benefits and synergies, opportunities and anticipated future performance. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements included in this communication. These include the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the Mergers, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the Mergers that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the Mergers, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that unitholders of the Partnership may not approve the Mergers, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the Mergers in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the Mergers, the risk that any announcements relating to the Mergers could have adverse effects on the market price of Energy Transfer’s or the Partnership’s common units, the risk that the Mergers and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of the Partnership and Energy Transfer to retain and hire key personnel, on the ability of the Partnership to attract third-party customers and maintain its relationships with joint venture counterparties and on the Partnership’s operating results and businesses generally, including the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the risk the pending Mergers could distract management of both entities and they will incur substantial costs, the risk that problems may arise in successfully integrating the companies, which may result in the companies not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected following the Mergers, the risk that the parties may be unable to achieve the anticipated benefits or any other synergies from the Mergers or that it may take longer than expected to achieve those benefits and synergies and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. All such factors are difficult to predict and are beyond the Partnership’s or Energy Transfer’s control, including those detailed in the Partnership’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that are available on its website at http:// http://www.enablemidstream.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and those detailed in Energy Transfer’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that are available on Energy Transfer’s website at
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