SEC Form 4
FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Tallgrass Energy, LP [ TGE ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/30/2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
Class A Shares | 06/30/2018 | J(1)(2) | 250,230(1)(2)(3)(4) | A | (1)(2) | 285,230(5) | D |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
TEGP Tracking Units in Tallgrass KC, LLC | (6) | (6) | (6) | Class A Shares | 311,948(6) | 311,948(7) | D |
Explanation of Responses: |
1. The Reporting Person acquired beneficial ownership of 250,230 Class A Shares of the Issuer ("Class A Shares") as consideration in the merger (the "Merger") of Razor Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Merger Sub"), with and into Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("TEP"), with TEP surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tallgrass Equity, LLC ("Tallgrass Equity") and its subsidiaries, which was effected pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Tallgrass Equity, TEP, Merger Sub and Tallgrass MLP GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The Merger closed on June 29, 2018, with a delayed effective date and time of June 30, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time (the "Effective Time"). |
2. (Continued from Footnote 1) At the Effective Time, (i) each common unit representing a limited partner interest in TEP (a "Common Unit") held by the Reporting Person immediately prior to the Merger converted into the right to receive 2.0 Class A Shares (the "Exchange Ratio") and (ii) as further described in the Merger Agreement, each equity participation unit in TEP (a "TEP EPU") held by the Reporting Person immediately prior to the Merger converted into the right to receive equity participation shares in the Issuer (each, a "Converted EPS") on substantially the same terms as such TEP EPU, but subject to adjustment to take into account the Exchange Ratio. Following the Merger, each such Converted EPS will be settled, when vested, if at all, in Class A Shares. |
3. Includes 203,200 unvested Equity Participation Shares in the Issuer ("EPSs") of which the Reporting Person acquired beneficial ownership as a result of the conversion at the Effective Time of the unvested TEP EPUs held by the Reporting Person immediately prior to the Effective Time, of which (i) 5,800 will vest on May 13, 2019, (ii) 4,000 will vest on November 1, 2019, (iii) 13,400 will vest on January 1, 2020 and (iv) 180,000 will vest on the earliest date on or after April 1, 2021 on which the average compounded annual distribution growth rate for regular quarterly Issuer distributions, based upon the regular quarterly distribution paid by the Issuer on, or immediately prior to, such date is at least 5% over an annualized distribution rate of $1.67 per Class A Share, as determined by the board of directors of the general partner of the Issuer (the "Distribution Hurdle Date"). |
4. (Continued from Footnote 3) If the Distribution Hurdle Date has not occurred by August 2, 2024, the 180,000 EPSs described in clause (iv) will expire and terminate and no vesting will occur. |
5. Includes 238,200 unvested EPSs, of which (i) 35,000 will vest on May 12, 2019, and (ii) 203,200 will vest in accordance with the terms described in footnote 2. |
6. Pursuant to the limited liability company agreement of Tallgrass KC, LLC, a private Delaware limited liability company ("Tallgrass KC"), at any time and from time to time, the Reporting Person may exchange his TEGP Tracking Units in Tallgrass KC ("TEGP Tracking Units") for an equivalent number of Class A Shares of the Issuer. As a result, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own the Class A Shares receivable upon exercise of such exchange right. |
7. The TEGP Tracking Units constitute derivative securities as described herein. |
Remarks: |
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
/s/Christopher R. Jones | 07/03/2018 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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