Notes to Pro Forma Financial Statements
Transaction Accounting Adjustments and Assumptions
The adjustments are based on currently available information and certain estimates and assumptions, and therefore the actual effects of these transactions will differ from the transaction accounting adjustments. A general description of these transactions and adjustments is provided as follows:
(a) Reflects the removal of operating revenues, operations and maintenance expenses, depreciation and amortization, taxes other than income taxes and other, interest expense, equity in earnings of equity method investees and other income and deductions associated with the activities of the Texas pipelines.
(b) Reflects the removal of income taxes associated with the Texas pipelines based on the statutory rate.
(c) Reflects adjustments to net income attributable to noncontrolling interests based on the allocation of the transaction accounting adjustments.
(d) Reflects estimated net cash consideration from the sale of the Texas pipelines including $1,815 million of cash consideration less approximately $376 million to pay off project-related debt, offset by $3 million in associated interest rate swaps, and $201 million relating to the final buyout of the remaining membership interests in South Texas Midstream, LLC (STX Midstream), partly offset by $22 million of working capital adjustments, net of $2 million of cash at the Texas pipelines, based on balances as of September 30, 2023.
(e) Reflects the removal of assets and liabilities associated with the Texas pipelines.
(f) Reflects NEP’s share of income taxes related to the sale of the Texas pipelines based on the statutory rate.
(g) Reflects the payoff of outstanding borrowings at September 30, 2023 under the South Texas Midstream Holdings, LLC credit facility and associated interest rate swaps.
(h) Reflects NEP’s portion of the estimated after-tax gain that would have been recorded if the sale of the Texas pipelines closed on September 30, 2023.
(i) Reflects the noncontrolling interests of STX Midstream of approximately $207 million which NEP bought out in October 2023 for $201 million and noncontrolling interests relating to a 10% owner in one of the Texas pipelines of $78 million, partly offset by a noncontrolling interest’s portion of the gain that would have been recorded if the sale of the Texas pipelines closed on September 30, 2023 of $208 million.
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