Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 5, 2008, Copano Energy, L.L.C. ("Copano") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter of 2008, and on November 6, 2008, at 10 a.m. Eastern time, Copano will hold a webcast conference call discussing those results. A copy of the earnings release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The webcast conference call will be available for replay on Copano's website, www.copanoenergy.com, and will be archived for 90 days.
Exhibit 99.1 includes discussion of the non-generally accepted accounting principles, or non-GAAP, financial measures of segment gross margin, total segment gross margin, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, distributable cash flow and total distributable cash flow and provides reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measures such as net income, operating income, cash flows from operating activities or any other GAAP measure of liquidity or financial performance. Copano uses non-GAAP financial measures as measures of its core profitability or to assess the financial performance of its assets. Copano believes that investors benefit from having access to the same financial measures that its management uses in evaluating Copano's liquidity position or financial performance.
The information in this report and the exhibits attached to this report shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or the Exchange Act, unless Copano expressly states that such information is to be considered "filed" under the Exchange Act or incorporates such information by specific reference in a Securities Act or Exchange Act filing. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Copano Energy, L.L.C. press release dated November 5, 2008.

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