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): January 1, 2008
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-9516
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13-3398766
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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767
Fifth Avenue, Suite 4700, New York, NY 10153
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212)
702-4300
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
5.02 Departure of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
Effective
January 1, 2008, the management agreements (the “Management
Agreements”)
between Icahn Capital Management LP (“Icahn
Capital Management”)
and
Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Master Fund LP and other private funds to which
Icahn
Capital Management provided administrative and back office services (the
“Funds”)
were
terminated, as were the Funds’ obligations to pay management fees (the
“Management
Fees”)
thereunder to Icahn Capital Management. In addition, the limited partnership
agreements of certain of the Funds (the “Fund
LPAs”)
were
amended to provide that, as of January 1, 2008, the general partners of the
Funds (Icahn Onshore LP and Icahn Offshore LP, the “Fund
GPs”)
will
provide or cause their affiliates to provide such administrative and back
office
services to the Funds formerly provided by Icahn Capital Management (the
“Services”)
and
the Fund GPs will therefore receive special profits interest allocations
(“Special
Profits Interest Allocations”)
from
the applicable Funds.
As
a
result of the amendments to the Management Agreements and the Fund LPAs,
effective January 1, 2008, Icahn Enterprises L.P. (the “Company”)
amended the previously reported Contribution and Exchange Agreement (as defined
below) and certain employment agreements to which it is a party to reflect
the
termination of the Management Agreements, the Funds’ obligations to pay the
Management Fees, the Services to be provided by the Fund GPs and the Special
Profits Interest Allocations the Fund GPs will now receive. The amendments
to
the Contribution and Exchange Agreement and the employment agreements to
which
the Company is a party are described as follows:
(1) Effective
January 1, 2008, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Icahn
Amendment Agreement”)
with
Carl C. Icahn (“Carl
Icahn”),
CCI
Onshore Corp. (“CCI
Onshore”),
CCI
Offshore Corp. (“CCI
Offshore”),
Icahn
Management LP (“Icahn
Management”)
and
Icahn Capital Management. The Icahn Amendment Agreement amends certain
provisions of (A) the Contribution and Exchange Agreement, dated as of August
8,
2007 (the “Contribution
and Exchange Agreement”),
by
and among CCI Offshore, CCI Onshore, Icahn Management, Carl Icahn and the
Company and (B) the Employment Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2007 (the
“Icahn
Employment Agreement”),
by
and among the Company, Icahn Capital Management and Carl Icahn. Pursuant
to the
Icahn Amendment Agreement, in the definition of “Hedge Fund Earnings” in the
Contribution and Exchange Agreement, the reference to “(i) management fees
payable to Icahn Capital Management with respect to the Funds pursuant to
the
Management Agreements” was deleted and replaced with “(i) Special Profits
Interest Allocation made to the Onshore GP and the Offshore GP with respect
to
the Master Funds pursuant to the limited partnership agreement of each Master
Fund in effect from time to time.” Pursuant to the Icahn Amendment Agreement,
the references in the Icahn Employment Agreement in Section 1(a) and Section
2(a) in Exhibit A to “management fee” were deleted and replaced with “Special
Profits Interest Allocation.” Furthermore, in the Icahn Amendment Agreement, the
parties thereto that are also parties to the Icahn Employment Agreement agreed
that, notwithstanding the fact that the management fees payable to Icahn
Capital
Management were terminated effective as of January 1, 2008 (with no payment
of
such fees being due on such date or any date thereafter), the obligation
of Carl
Icahn to pay a 2% management fee in the circumstances set forth in Section
6 of
the Icahn Employment Agreement and in Section 3 in Exhibit A to the Icahn
Employment Agreement shall remain in effect as an obligation to pay a 2%
fee.
(2) Effective
January 1, 2008, Keith Meister entered into an amendment (the “Meister
Amendment Agreement”)
with
Icahn Capital Management, Icahn Management, Icahn Capital LP (“Icahn
Capital”),
the
Fund GPs, the Company and the Related Entities (as defined therein) amending
his
Agreement, dated December 31, 2004 with (among others) Icahn Management,
the
Fund GPs and the Related Entities (as amended, the “Amended
Meister Employment Agreement”).
The
Amended Meister Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Meister’s former right to
receive 4.0% of the Management Fees earned by Icahn Capital Management (net
of
its expenses incurred to provide the Services) is terminated, and for all
periods from and after January 1, 2008, Mr. Meister is entitled to receive
(i)
from Icahn Capital as additional Cash Compensation (as defined in the Meister
Amendment Agreement) on the first day of each quarter during the term of
Mr.
Meister’s employment, commencing with January 1, 2008, 1.5% of the “Target
Special Profits Amounts” of the limited partners of the Funds net of the Fund
GPs’ expenses incurred in providing the Services to the Funds (which term is
defined such that the 1.5% Mr. Meister will receive is computed in the same
manner as the 1.5% interest in the net Management Fees Mr. Meister was entitled
to receive under the Management Agreements) and, (ii) from the Fund GPs,
2.5% of
their Special Profits Interest Allocations, if any, net of the Fund GPs’ and/or
their affiliates’ expenses incurred in providing the Services to the
Funds.
(3) On
January 1, 2008, Vince J. Intrieri entered into an amendment (the “Intrieri
Amendment Agreement”)
with
Icahn Capital Management, Icahn Management, Icahn Capital, the Fund GPs,
the
Company and the Related Entities (as defined therein) amending his Agreement,
dated December 31, 2004 with (among others) Icahn Management, the Fund GPs
and
the Related Entities (as amended, the “Amended
Intrieri Employment Agreement”).
The
Amended Intrieri Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Intrieri’s former right
to receive 2.5% of the gross Management Fees earned by Icahn Capital Management
is terminated and, for all periods from and after January 1, 2008, Mr. Intrieri
is entitled to receive from the Fund GPs 2.5% of their Special Profits Interest
Allocations, if any.
The
Icahn
Amendment Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated
by
reference in this Item 5.02(e).
The
following agreements are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5,
10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11, and are incorporated by reference
in
this Item 5.02(e): the Amended Meister Employment Agreement, the Letter
Agreement, dated June 1, 2005 (the “June
1, 2005 Meister Amendment”),
Amendment No. 1 of Agreement made as of December 31, 2004, dated January
1, 2006
(the “January
1, 2006 Meister Amendment”),
the
Letter Agreement, dated March 14, 2006 (the “March
14, 2006 Meister Amendment”),
the
Letter Agreement, dated April 11, 2006 (the “April
11, 2006 Meister Amendment”),
the
Letter Agreement, dated February 1, 2007 (the “February
1, 2007 Meister Amendment”),
the
Memorandum, dated April 19, 2007 (the “April
19, 2007 Meister Amendment”),
the
Amendment, dated August 8, 2007 (the “1st
August 8, 2007 Meister Amendment”),
the
Amendment in Relation to Management Fee Participation, dated August 8, 2007
(the
“2nd
August 8, 2007 Meister Amendment”)
and
the Meister Amendment Agreement.
The
following agreements are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.12, 10.13, 10.14,
10.15,
10.16 and 10.17, and are incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02(e):
the
Amended Intrieri Employment Agreement, the Letter Agreement, dated February
1,
2007 (the “February
1, 2007 Intrieri Amendment”),
the
Memorandum, dated April 19, 2007 (the “April
19, 2007 Intrieri Amendment”),
the
Amendment, dated August 8, 2007 (the “1st
August 8, 2007 Intrieri Amendment”),
the
Amendment in Relation to Management Fee Participation, dated August 8, 2007
(the
“2nd
August 8, 2007 Intrieri Amendment”)
and
the Intrieri Amendment Agreement.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibit
10.1 - Icahn Amendment Agreement
Exhibit
10.2 - Amended Meister Employment Agreement
Exhibit
10.3 - June 1, 2005 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.4 - January 1, 2006 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.5 - March 14, 2006 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.6 - April 11, 2006 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.7 - February 1, 2007 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.8 - April 19, 2007 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.9 - 1st
August
8, 2007 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.10 - 2nd
August
8, 2007 Meister Amendment
Exhibit
10.11 - Meister Amendment Agreement
Exhibit
10.12 - Amended Intrieri Employment Agreement
Exhibit
10.13 - February 1, 2007 Intrieri Amendment
Exhibit
10.14 - April 19, 2007 Intrieri Amendment
Exhibit
10.15 - 1st
August
8, 2007 Intrieri Amendment
Exhibit
10.16 - 2nd
August
8, 2007 Intrieri Amendment
Exhibit
10.l7 - Intrieri Amendment Agreement
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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.
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ICAHN
ENTERPRISES L.P.
(Registrant)
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By: |
Icahn
Enterprises G.P. Inc. its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/
Keith A. Meister |
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Keith
A. Meister |
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Principal
Executive Officer |
Date: January
7, 2008