SC 13D Amendment No. 4

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 4

to

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

(Name of Issuer)

Limited Voting Shares Representing Limited Liability Company Interests

(Title of Class of Securities)

29250X 10 3

(CUSIP Number)

Tyler W. Robinson, Esq.

Enbridge Inc.

200, 425 – 1st Street S.W.

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8

Canada

(403) 231-3900

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

September 17, 2018

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of This Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box:  ☐

 

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The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


Schedule 13D/A

 

CUSIP No. 29250X 10 3  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.

39-0793581

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ☐        (b)  ☐

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

WC

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)  ☐

 

  6.      

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Delaware

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned By

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.      

Sole Voting Power

 

None

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

11,524,316†

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

None

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

11,524,316†

11.      

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

11,524,316†

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)  ☐

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

11.7%†

14.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

 

CO

 

Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. (“EECI”) also holds 7.43 voting shares (the “Voting Shares”) of Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. (“EEM”), constituting 100% of such class of securities.

 

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Schedule 13D/A

 

CUSIP No. 29250X 10 3  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

Enbridge (U.S.) Inc.

41-1824246

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ☐        (b)  ☐

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

*

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)  ☐

 

  6.      

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Delaware

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned By

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.      

Sole Voting Power

 

None

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

*

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

None

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

*

11.      

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

*

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)  ☐

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

*

14.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

 

CO

 

*

EECI is wholly owned by Enbridge (U.S.) Inc. (“EUSI”). Therefore, EUSI may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 11,524,316 limited voting shares representing limited liability company interests of EEM (the “Listed Shares”) that are owned by EECI and the 7.43 Voting Shares that are owned by EECI. Thus, EUSI is filing this Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D jointly with EECI.

 

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Schedule 13D/A

 

CUSIP No. 29250X 10 3  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

Enbridge US Holdings Inc.

Not applicable.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ☐        (b)  ☐

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

**

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)  ☐

 

  6.      

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Canada

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned By

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.      

Sole Voting Power

 

None

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

**

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

None

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

**

11.      

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

**

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)  ☐

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

**

14.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

 

CO

 

**

EECI is indirectly owned by Enbridge US Holdings Inc. (“EUSHI”). Therefore, EUSHI may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 11,524,316 Listed Shares of EEM that are owned by EECI and the 7.43 Voting Shares that are owned by EECI. Thus, EUSHI is filing this Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D jointly with EECI.

 

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Schedule 13D/A

 

CUSIP No. 29250X 10 3  

 

  1.   

Names of Reporting Persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

Enbridge Inc.

98-0377957

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a)  ☐        (b)  ☐

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

***

  5.  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)  ☐

 

  6.      

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Canada

Number of

Shares

Beneficially

Owned By

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

     7.      

Sole Voting Power

 

None

     8.   

Shared Voting Power

 

***

     9.   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

None

   10.   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

***

11.      

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

***

12.  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)  ☐

 

13.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

***

14.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

 

CO

 

***

EECI is indirectly owned by Enbridge Inc. (“Enbridge”). Therefore, Enbridge may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 11,524,316 Listed Shares of EEM that are owned by EECI and the 7.43 Voting Shares that are owned by EECI. Thus, Enbridge is filing this Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D jointly with EECI.

 

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This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D updates the information relating to the current beneficial owners and amends Items 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the Schedule 13D filed by Enbridge Inc., IPL System Inc., Enbridge Pipelines Inc. and Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2002 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Original Schedule 13D filed by Enbridge Inc. (“Enbridge”), Enbridge US Holdings Inc. (“EUSHI”), Enbridge (U.S.) Inc. (“EUSI”), and Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. (“EECI” and, together with Enbridge, EUSHI and EUSI, the “Reporting Persons”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2016, Amendment No. 2 to the Original Schedule 13D, filed by the Reporting Persons with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2017and Amendment No. 3 to the Original Schedule 13D, filed by the Reporting Persons with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2018.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

The information previously provided in response to Item 3 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraph:

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below), the funding for the Merger (as defined below) described in Item 4 of this Amendment (which Item 4 is incorporated herein by reference) will consist entirely of newly issued shares of Enbridge Common Stock (as defined below) as described in Item 4 and cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Enbridge Common Stock to which a holder is entitled pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

 

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction

Agreement and Plan of Merger

On September 17, 2018, EEM, Enbridge, Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge (“Merger Sub”), and, solely for the purposes of Article I, Section 2.4 and Article X, EECI, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into EEM (the “Merger”), with EEM continuing as the sole surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each Listed Share of EEM (each, an “EEM Listed Share”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, other than certain excluded EEM Listed Shares owned by Enbridge and its subsidiaries, will be converted into, and become exchangeable for, 0.335 common shares of Enbridge (“Enbridge Common Stock”).

The special committee (the “Special Committee”) of the board of directors of EEM (in such capacity, the “Board”) has, acting in good faith, unanimously, (i) determined, based upon the facts and circumstances it deemed relevant, reasonable or appropriate to its decision, that the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, and the limited liability company agreement of EEM (the “Company Agreement” and, as amended, the “Company Agreement Amendment”) are fair and reasonable to EEM, including the holders of EEM Listed Shares (other than Enbridge and its affiliates) (the “Public Shareholders”), (ii) approved the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, and (iii) recommended that the Board approve the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment. Based upon such recommendation, the Board has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, and the Company Agreement Amendment are fair and reasonable to EEM, including the Public Shareholders, (ii) approved the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, and (iii) resolved to recommend that holders of EEM Listed Shares approve the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment, and waive Section 9.05(a)(v) of the limited liability company agreement of EEM (the “Company Agreement”), and directed that the Merger Agreement be submitted to the holders of EEM Listed Shares for their approval.

EEM has agreed, subject to certain exceptions with respect to unsolicited proposals, not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, enter into discussions concerning, provide non-public information in connection with or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make any competing acquisition proposals. However, the Special Committee may, subject to certain conditions, change its recommendation in favor of approval of the Merger Agreement if, in connection with the receipt of a superior proposal or an event occurring after the date of the Merger Agreement that was not known by or reasonably foreseeable to the Special Committee at the time of the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Special Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel and its financial advisor, that

 

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the failure to take such action would be materially adverse to the interests of EEM or the Public Shareholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable law or obligations under the Company Agreement.

The approval of the Merger Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding EEM Listed Shares held by the Public Shareholders (the “Shareholder Approval”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Enbridge has agreed that, at the EEM shareholder meeting, it will vote, or cause to be voted, all EEM securities then owned beneficially or of record by it or any of its subsidiaries, in favor of (i) the approval of the Merger Agreement and (ii) for purposes of determining the manner in which the I-Units of EEP are voted, the approval of the Merger Agreement.

The completion of the Merger is subject to the concurrent consummation of the merger of Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC with and into Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (“EEP”), with EEP continuing as the sole surviving entity. The completion of the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including: (i) receipt of the Shareholder Approval, (ii) the Enbridge Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger having been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance, (iii) expiration or termination of any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the Merger under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, (iv) the absence of any governmental order prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated thereby, and (v) Enbridge’s registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) having become effective under the Securities Act of 1933. The obligation of each party to the Merger Agreement to consummate the Merger is also conditioned upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other parties as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the closing (subject to customary materiality qualifiers), the performance in all material respects by the other parties of all obligations required to be performed by them under the Merger Agreement at or prior to closing, and receipt of an officer’s certificate evidencing the satisfaction of the foregoing.

Each of Enbridge, Merger Sub and EEM have made customary representations and warranties, and agreed to customary covenants, in the Merger Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, Enbridge and EEM have each agreed, among other things, to covenants relating to the conduct of their respective businesses during the interim period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Merger.

The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights that may be exercised by either Enbridge or EEM, including in the event that (i) both parties agree by mutual written consent by action of the board of directors of Enbridge and the Board, with the approval of the Special Committee, to terminate the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Merger is not consummated by March 18, 2019, (iii) the Shareholder Approval is not obtained at the EEM shareholder meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof taken in accordance with the Merger Agreement, (iv) any order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger having become final and non-appealable or (v) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 17, 2018, by and among EEP, EECI, EEM, Enbridge, EUSI, Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC, and solely for the purposes of Articles I, II and XI, EUSHI is terminated in accordance with its terms. In addition, Enbridge may terminate the Merger Agreement if the Special Committee changes its recommendation with respect to approval of the Merger Agreement prior to receipt of the Shareholder Approval. If the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, Enbridge may be required to reimburse EEM for its transaction expenses in an amount not to exceed US$4 million.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to Enbridge’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 18, 2018 and Exhibit 2.1 to the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 18, 2018, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

The information provided or incorporated by reference in Item 4 is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 7.

Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

The information previously provided in response to this Item 7 is hereby amended and supplemented with the following:

 

  (h)

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 17, 2018, by and among Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., Enbridge Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc., and solely for the purposes of Article I, Section 2.4 and Article X, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Enbridge Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-15254) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2018).

 

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: September 18, 2018

 

ENBRIDGE INC.
By:  

/s/ Tyler W. Robinson

Name:   Tyler W. Robinson
Title:   Vice President & Corporate Secretary
By:  

/s/ Wanda Opheim

Name:   Wanda Opheim
Title:   Senior Vice President, Finance
ENBRIDGE US HOLDINGS INC.
By:  

/s/ David Taniguchi

Name:   David Taniguchi
Title:   Corporate Secretary
ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC.
By:  

/s/ Kelly L. Gray

Name:   Kelly L. Gray
Title:   Corporate Secretary
ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Kelly L. Gray

Name:   Kelly L. Gray
Title:   Corporate Secretary