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One Valero Way |
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San Antonio, Texas |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (210) 345-2000 | |||
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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 2.01 |
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
On March 30, 2006, Support Terminals Operating Partnership, L.P. (“STOP”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero L.P. (the “Partnership”), closed on the sale of ST Australia Pty, Ltd. and Kaneb Terminals Limited (together, the “Companies”), both of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of STOP, to ANZ Terminals Pty Ltd. (“Buyer”). The purchase price for the Companies was $65 million plus net working capital in excess $1 million.
The Companies’ assets include eight terminals located in Australia and New Zealand with an aggregate storage capacity of 1.1 million barrels.
Edward D. Doherty, who was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Kaneb Pipe Line Company LLC, the general partner of Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P., is a Director of Buyer.
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Item 8.01 |
Other Events. |
On March 24, 2006, Valero Logistics Operations, L.P. (“Logistics”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership, purchased the shares of Valero Pipeline Corporation, a Michigan corporation (“VPC”), for aggregate consideration of $13,001,000, which was paid from borrowings under the Partnership’s existing revolving credit agreement. VPC owns a 23.77% interest in an approximately 57-mile pipeline system extending from Patoka, Illinois to Wood River, Illinois. Prior to its purchase by Logistics, VPC was a wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, which controls Valero GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership’s general partner. The transaction was approved by the Conflicts Committee of Valero GP, LLC, the general partner of the general partner of the Partnership, on October 26, 2005.
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Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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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.
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Date: March 30, 2006 |
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/s/ Amy L. Perry |
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Amy L. Perry |
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Exhibit 99.1
Valero L.P. Completes Sale of Australia and New Zealand Subsidiaries
SAN ANTONIO, March 30, 2006 -- Valero L.P. (NYSE: VLI) today announced it has completed its previously announced sale of Australia and New Zealand subsidiaries to ANZ Terminals Pty. Ltd. for total proceeds of approximately $65 million, plus net working capital. This transaction included the sale of eight terminals, located in Australia and New Zealand, with an aggregate storage capacity of 1.1 million barrels.
Valero L.P. is a master limited partnership based in San Antonio, with 9,186 miles of pipeline, 89 terminal facilities and four crude oil storage facilities. One of the largest independent terminal and petroleum liquids pipeline operators in the nation, the partnership has operations in the United States, the Netherlands Antilles, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The partnership’s combined system has approximately 77.7 million barrels of storage capacity, and includes crude oil and refined product pipelines, refined product terminals, petroleum and a specialty liquids storage and terminaling business, as well as crude oil storage tank facilities. For more information, visit Valero L.P.’s web site at www.valerolp.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding future events and the future financial performance of Valero L.P. All forward-looking statements are based on the partnership’s beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the partnership. These statements reflect the partnership’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions are discussed in Valero L.P.’s 2005 annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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