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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As of the effective time of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 21, 2013 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), by and among the Crosstex, Inc. (the &quot;Issuer&quot;), Devon Energy Corporation, Devon Gas Services, L.P., Acacia Natural Gas Corp I, Inc., EnLink Midstream, LLC (formerly known as New Public Rangers, L.L.C.) (&quot;EnLink Midstream&quot;), Boomer Merger Sub, Inc. and Rangers Merger Sub, Inc., pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of the Issuer's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;), was converted into the right to receive (i) one common unit of EnLink Midstream and (ii) cash in an amount determined pursuant to the Merger Agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Fund LP directly held 5,121,480 shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Overseas Master Fund L.P. (collectively with Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Fund L.P., the &quot;GSO Funds&quot;) directly held 1,878,520 shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Associates LLC is the general partner of Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Fund LP. GSO Holdings I LLC is the managing member of Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Associates LLC. Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Overseas Associates LLC is the general partner of Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Overseas Master Fund L.P. GSO Holdings I LLC is the managing member of Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Overseas Associates LLC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Blackstone Holdings I L.P. is the sole member of GSO Holdings I LLC. Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings I L.P. The Blackstone Group L.P. is the controlling shareholder of Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is the general partner of The Blackstone Group L.P. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is wholly owned by Blackstone's senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Stephen A. Schwarzman.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">In addition, each of Bennett J. Goodman, J. Albert Smith III and Douglas I. Ostrover, each of whom serves as an executive of GSO Holdings I LLC, which is an affiliate of Blackstone / GSO Capital Solutions Associates LLC and of Blackstone/GSO Capital Solutions Overseas Associates LLC, may be deemed to have shared investment control with respect to the Common Stock held by the GSO Funds.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system, Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc., The Blackstone Group L.P., Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. and Stephen A. Schwarzman are filing a separate Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Information with respect to each of the Reporting Persons is given solely by such Reporting Person, and no Reporting Person has responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by another Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Each of the Reporting Persons, other than the GSO Funds as to their direct holdings of securities, disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the GSO Funds except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, and, pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Reporting Persons, other than the GSO funds as to their direct holdings of securities, states that the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>GSO Holdings I LLC, By:  /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Blackstone Holdings I L.P., By: Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc., its general partner, By:  /s/ John G. Finley, Name: John G. Finley, Title: Chief Legal Officer,</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Bennett J. Goodman, By: /s/ Marisa Beeney, Name: Marisa Beeney, Title: Attorney-in-Fact,</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>J. Albert Smith III, By: /s/ Marisa Beeney, Name: Marisa Beeney, Title: Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Douglas I. Ostrover, By: /s/ Marisa Beeney, Name: Marisa Beeney, Title: Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-03-18</signatureDate>
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