UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On February 26, 2021, TC PipeLines, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“TC PipeLines”), convened a special meeting of unitholders (the “Special Meeting”), to vote on the proposal identified in the definitive proxy statement dated January 26, 2021, which was first mailed to TC PipeLines unitholders on or about January 28, 2021.
As of the close of business on January 15, 2021, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 71,306,396 TC PipeLines common units outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. A quorum of 55,605,011 common units was represented virtually or by proxy at the Special Meeting. A summary of the voting results for the following proposal, which is described in detail in the definitive proxy statement, is set forth below:
| 1. | Proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2020, by and among TC PipeLines, TC PipeLines GP, Inc., TC Energy Corporation (“TC Energy”), TransCan Northern Ltd., TransCanada PipeLine USA Ltd., and TCP Merger Sub, LLC, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger (the “Merger Proposal”). The Merger Proposal received the affirmative vote of approximately 70% of the outstanding common units represented at the Special Meeting virtually or by proxy. |
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Votes For |
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| 38,857,061 | 16,701,747 | 46,203 | 0 |
No other business properly came before the Special Meeting.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On February 26, 2021, each of TC PipeLines and TC Energy issued a press release announcing the results of the unitholder vote at the Special Meeting. A copy of the TC PipeLines press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated February 26, 2021, issued by TC PipeLines, LP. | |
| 104 | The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. |
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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.
| TC PipeLines, LP | ||
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| By: | TC PipeLines GP, Inc., its general partner | |
| Date: February 26, 2021 | ||
| By: | /s/ Jon Dobson | |
| Name: | Jon Dobson | |
| Title: | Secretary | |
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