July 25, 2019
James Allegretto
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
Office of Consumer Products
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
| Re: | Targa Resources Corp. |
Form10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2018 |
Response Dated June 7, 2019 |
FileNo. 001-34991 |
Targa Resources Partners LP |
Form10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2018 |
Response Dated June 7, 2019 |
FileNo. 001-33303 |
Dear Mr. Allegretto:
Set forth below are the responses of Targa Resources Corp. (“Targa,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and Targa Resources Partners LP (the “Partnership”), to comments received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by letter dated July 15, 2019, with respect to our Annual Reports on Form10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2018, File Nos.001-34991 and001-33303 respectively, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2019 (collectively, the “Annual Reports”).
For your convenience, each response is prefaced by the exact text of the Staff’s corresponding comment in bold, italicized text. All references to page numbers and captions correspond to the applicable Annual Report unless otherwise specified.
Supplemental Response Filed June 7, 2019
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations OurNon-GAAP Financial Measures, page 63
| 1. | We have reviewed your response to comment 2. Please revise this measure in all future filings to exclude the adjustment for the “Splitter Agreement” presented in your Adjusted EBITDA measure. The measure as presented does not conform to Question 100.04 of theNon-GAAP Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations. |
Securities and Exchange Commission
July 25, 2019
Page 2
RESPONSE:
We respectively acknowledge the Staff’s comment. The Company and the Partnership will no longer include the adjustment for the “Splitter Agreement” in its respective Adjusted EBITDA measure in all prospective filings, beginning with the Company’s earnings release on Form8-K for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
Please direct any questions that you have with respect to the foregoing or if any additional supplemental information is required by the Staff, please contact Thomas G. Zentner of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. at (713)758-3671.
Very truly yours,
TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jennifer R. Kneale | |
| Name: | Jennifer R. Kneale | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| cc: | Thomas G. Zentner, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. |
