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CUSIP No. 874696107 | | 13D | | Page 5 of 15 pages |
Item 1. | Security and Issuer. |
This statement on Schedule 13D (the “Schedule 13D”) relates to the Class A Shares Representing Limited Partner Interests (the “Class A Shares”) of Tallgrass Energy, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), whose principal executive offices are located at 4200 W. 115th Street, Suite 350, Leawood, Kansas 66211.
Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
The Schedule 13D is being filed by the following persons (each a “Reporting Person” and, collectively, the “Reporting Persons”):
| (i) | Enagás, S.A. (“Enagás”) |
| (ii) | Enagás Internacional, S.L.U. (“Enagás Internacional”) |
| (iii) | Enagás Holding USA, S.L.U. (“Enagás Holding”) |
| (iv) | Enagas U.S.A. LLC (“Enagas USA” and, together with Enagás Holding, the “Enagas Investors”) |
Enagas USA is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the other Reporting Persons is organized under the laws of Spain. The business address for each of the Reporting Persons is Paseo de los Olmos, 19, 28005 Madrid, Spain. Enagás is Spain’s leading natural gas transmission company and Technical Manager of the Spanish gas system. Each of the other Reporting Persons is a holding company organized for the purpose of investing in securities.
Information with respect to the directors and executive officers of Enagás, (collectively, the “Related Persons”), including name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship is listed on the attached Schedule A, which is incorporated herein by reference.
During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons or Related Persons (i) has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. |
In connection with the closing (the “Closing”) on March 11, 2019 (the “Closing Date”) of the transactions contemplated by the purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”), dated as of January 30, 2019, by and among Tallgrass Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Tallgrass Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EMG”), KIA VIII (Rubicon), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“KIA”), KEP VI AIV (Rubicon), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“KEP” and, together with KIA, “Kelso”), Tallgrass KC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Tallgrass KC”), William R. Moler Revocable Trust, under trust agreement dated August 27, 2013 (“Moler Trust”), and David G. Dehaemers, Jr. Revocable Trust, a revocable trust under trust agreement dated April 26, 2006 (“DGD Trust” and, together with Holdings, EMG, Kelso, Tallgrass KC and Moler Trust, each a “Seller” and collectively, the “Sellers”), Prairie GP Acquiror LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GP Acquiror” and together with PrairieNon-ECI Acquiror LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Class A Acquiror”), Prairie ECI Acquiror LP, a Delaware limited partnership(“Up-C Acquiror 1”), Prairie VCOC Acquiror LP, a Delaware limited partnership(“Up-C Acquiror 2”, and together withUp-C Acquiror 1, the“Up-C Acquirors”), each an “Acquiror” and collectively, “Acquirors”), and David G. Dehaemers, Jr., John T. Raymond and Frank J. Loverro, in their respective capacities as Seller Representatives (the “Seller Representatives”), the Sellers transferred to the Acquirors an aggregate of 21,751,018 Class A Shares, 100,655,121 Class B Shares in the Issuer (“Class B Shares”), 100,655,121 units in Tallgrass Equity, LLC (“TE Units”), and all of the outstanding limited liability company interests (the “GP Interests”) of Tallgrass Energy GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TGE GP”), and the general partner of the Issuer, for aggregate consideration of $3,213,161,149.
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