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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 11, 2003
PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-2921 44-0382470
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
5444 Westheimer Court 77056
Houston, Texas 77056 (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 989-7000
ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
This report is being amended to include the letter from Ernst and Young LLP
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 7. EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1 Letter of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
This report and other Company reports and statements issued or made from time to
time contain certain "forward-looking statements" concerning projected future
financial performance, expected plans or future operations. Panhandle Eastern
Pipe Line Company cautions that actual results and developments may differ
materially from such projections or expectations. Investors should be aware of
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking projections or expectations. These factors include, but are not
limited to: weather conditions in the Company's service territories; cost of
gas; regulatory and court decisions; the receipt of timely and adequate rate
relief; the achievement of operating efficiencies and the purchase and
implementation of any new technologies for attaining such efficiencies; impact
of relations with labor unions of bargaining-unit employees; the effect of any
stock purchases; and the effect of strategic initiatives (including: any recent
pending or potential acquisitions or merger, recent corporate restructuring
activities, any sales of non-core assets, and any related financing arrangements
including refinancings and debt repurchases) on earnings and cash flows.
EXHIBIT 99.1
July 18, 2003
Office of the Chief Accountant
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Sir or Madam:
We have read paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Item 4 included in the Form 8 K
dated July 18, 2003 of Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and are in agreement with the statements
contained therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements
of the registrant contained therein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ ERNST AND YOUNG LLP
cc: Gary Lefelar
Vice President and Controller
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY
Dated: July 22, 2003 By: /s/ David J. Kvapil
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David J. Kvapil
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer