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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2006
Valero L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-16417 | 74-2956831 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
One Valero Way San Antonio, Texas |
78249 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (210) 345-2000
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
At 5:00 p.m. on September 18, 2006, Valero L.P. (the Partnership) completed its previously announced solicitation of consents of the Partnerships unitholders (Unitholders) to amend the Valero GP, LLC Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Plan). The Partnerships Unitholders voted to approve the amendments to the Plan, and, accordingly, the Plan was amended and restated effective as of October 1, 2006.
Of the 46,809,749 units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (Units) outstanding as of the record date, 26,445,782 Units, or 56.5%, were voted. Holders of 23,968,943 Units, or 51.2% of the total Units outstanding, voted in favor of the amendments. Holders of 2,141,205 Units, or 4.6% of the total Units outstanding, voted against the amendments, and holders of 335,634 Units, 0.7% of the total Units outstanding, abstained.
The amendments to the Plan:
| increase the number of Units authorized for issuance under the Plan from 250,000 Units (of which 223,147 have been granted to date) to 1,500,000 Units; |
| permit the cashless-broker exercise of options; |
| provide that if an award under the Plan expires, is cancelled, exercised, paid or otherwise terminates without the delivery of Units then the Units covered by such award, to the extent of such expiration, cancellation, exercise, payment or termination, shall again be Units with respect to which awards under the Plan may be granted; |
| amend the Plan to meet the requirements of, and facilitate compliance with, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code; and |
| amend the definition of Change of Control to reflect that as a result of its recently completed initial public offering, Valero GP Holdings, LLC is now the 100% owner of the general partner of the Partnership. |
A copy of the Valero GP, LLC Second Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit Number | Description | |
Exhibit 10.01 | Valero GP, LLC Second Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Valero L.P. | ||
By: |
Riverwalk Logistics, L.P. its general partner |
By: | Valero GP, LLC its general partner |
Date: September 22, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ Amy L. Perry | ||||||
Name: | Amy L. Perry | |||||||
Title: |
Assistant Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description | |
Exhibit 10.01 | Valero GP, LLC Second Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan |