Summary
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD) announced a significant corporate action via a press release filed on July 15, 2014. The company declared a two-for-one split of its common units. This move will effectively double the number of outstanding common units by issuing one additional unit for every unit currently held by investors. The primary impact of this unit split is an increase in the total number of outstanding units, which typically aims to make the units more accessible to a broader range of investors by lowering the per-unit price. While this action does not change the underlying value of an investor's total holdings or the company's overall market capitalization at the time of the split, it can improve liquidity and trading efficiency. Investors should anticipate seeing their number of EPD units double, with a corresponding adjustment to the per-unit price.
Key Highlights
- 1Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD) announced a two-for-one common unit split.
- 2The split will be effected by issuing one additional common unit for each unit held.
- 3This action is expected to increase the total number of outstanding common units.
- 4The purpose of the unit split is likely to improve unit affordability and trading liquidity.
- 5The press release detailing the unit split was filed on July 15, 2014.