Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

December 15, 2017 (December 12, 2017)
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	1-31219	73-1493906
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75225

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 12, 2017, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “SXL Guarantor”), entered into certain supplemental indentures relating to the senior notes of the Partnership, pursuant to which the SXL Guarantor agreed to guarantee the Partnership’s payment obligations with respect to such senior notes for so long as the SXL Guarantor guarantees the Partnership’s obligations under its existing credit facilities.

The foregoing description of the supplemental indentures entered into by the Partnership and the SXL Guarantor does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to each of the supplemental indentures, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 through 10.4, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description of the Exhibit
10.1		Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2017, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations L.P. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
10.2		Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2017, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations L.P. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
10.3		Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2017, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Regency Energy Finance Corp., Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations L.P. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
10.4		Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2017, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Regency Energy Finance Corp., Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations L.P. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

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SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

		ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.
		By:	Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P.
			its General Partner
		By:	Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C.
			its General Partner
Date:	December 15, 2017	By:	/s/ Thomas E. Long
		Name:	Thomas E. Long
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer