Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF MERGER
of
STREAMLINE MERGER SUB, LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
with and into
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
(a Delaware limited partnership)
Pursuant toSection 17-211 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “DRULPA”) andSection 18-209 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”), the undersigned hereby certifies to the following information relating to the merger of Streamline Merger Sub, LLC (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware limited liability company, with and into Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership (the “Merger”):
FIRST: The name, type of entity and jurisdiction of formation or organization of each of the constituent entities (the “Constituent Entities”) to the Merger are as follows:
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Name | | Entity Type | | Jurisdiction of Formation or Organization |
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. | | Limited Partnership | | Delaware |
| | |
Streamline Merger Sub, LLC | | Limited Liability Company | | Delaware |
SECOND: An Agreement and Plan of Merger has been approved and executed by each of the Constituent Entities in accordance withSection 17-211 of the DRULPA andSection 18-209 of the DLLCA.
THIRD: The Partnership shall be the entity surviving the Merger (the “Surviving Entity”), and the name of the Surviving Entity shall be changed to “Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.”
FOURTH: The certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Certificate of Merger shall be the certificate of limited partnership of the Surviving Entity, except that Paragraph 1 of such certificate of limited partnership shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
| “1. | Name. The name of the limited partnership is: |
“Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.”
FIFTH: The Agreement and Plan of Merger is on file at 8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75225, a place of business of the Surviving Entity, and a copy thereof will be furnished by the Surviving Entity, on request and without cost, to any partner or member of, or person holding an interest in, either of the Constituent Entities.
SIXTH: The Merger shall become effective at 8:00 A.M., Eastern Time, on October 19, 2018.
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