UNITED STATES
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): August 1, 2006
TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77002
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(713) 381-3636
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
2929 Allen Parkway
P.O. Box 2521
Houston, Texas 77252-2521
(Former address)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Jonah Joint Venture
On August 1, 2006 (the Effective Date), TEPPCO GP, Inc. (TEPPCO GP) and TEPPCO Midstream Companies, L.P. (TMC and collectively, the TEPPCO Parties) entered into an Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement (the Partnership Agreement) of Jonah Gas Gathering Company, a Wyoming general partnership (Jonah) with Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC (Enterprise). Jonah owns and operates a gas gathering system known as the Jonah Gas Gathering System. Under the Partnership Agreement, Enterprise is being admitted as a new partner in exchange for funding a portion of the costs related to an expansion of the Jonah Gas Gathering System (the Jonah Expansion). The Jonah Expansion will consist of the installation of new compression facilities, related new piping and certain related facilities and is contemplated to be completed in two phases, being Phase I and Phase II as described below.
TEPPCO Midstream Companies, L.P. is owned 99.999% by TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (TEPPCO) and 0.001% by TEPPCO GP as its general partner. TEPPCO GP is wholly owned by TEPPCO. Enterprise is an affiliate of DFI GP Holdings L.P., which is the sole member of TEPPCOs general partner and a privately held company controlled by Dan L. Duncan. Thus, the TEPPCO Parties and Enterprise are affiliated by virtue of having their respective general partners controlled by the same entity.
The Partnership Agreement provides that:
· After the Initial Commencement Date (defined below), the TEPPCO Parties and Enterprise will share in revenue from Jonah based on a formula which takes into account the total capital contributed by each. For the TEPPCO Parties, the amount contributed will consist of capital expenditures made by the TEPPCO Parties through the Effective Date, including expansions to the Jonah Gas Gathering System before commencement of the Jonah Expansion, as well as the TEPPCO Parties 50% portion of the funding of the Jonah Expansion as described below. For Enterprise, the amount contributed will consist of its portion of the capital expenditures made by Enterprise before and after the Effective Date to fund the Jonah Expansion.
· Enterprise will fund 100% of the Jonah Expansion costs payable on or before the Effective Date and TEPPCO will reimburse Enterprise on September 1, 2006 for 50% of such costs (including 50% of Enterprises cost of capital in funding such costs through August 31, 2006).
· Enterprise will fund 50% of the Jonah Expansion costs payable on and after the Effective Date and TEPPCO will fund 50% of the Jonah Expansion costs payable on and after the Effective Date until Enterprise and TEPPCO have collectively funded the Contemplated Total Expansion Capital of $415.2 million (which is the estimated total cost of the Jonah Expansion) or, if earlier, the completion of the Jonah Expansion. After such time, Enterprise and TEPPCO will fund costs based on their respective sharing ratios in Jonah, to be determined as described below.
· The joint venture will be governed by a management committee comprised of two representatives approved by Enterprise and two representatives approved by the TEPPCO Parties, each with equal voting power.
· The Jonah Expansion will be completed in two phases being Phase I and Phase II. The Phase I Commencement Date is the date that certain compression facilities are placed in service, which is expected to be in March of 2007. The Phase II Commencement Date is the date of completion of the Jonah Expansion, which is expected to be in September of 2007.
· From the Effective Date until the date that any pipeline portion of the Jonah Expansion is placed in service (the Initial Commencement Date), the TEPPCO Parties will be entitled to all distributions from Jonah, and Enterprise will not be entitled to any distributions. Upon the Initial Commencement Date and until the Phase I Commencement Date, Enterprise will be entitled to receive 50% of the incremental cash flow of Jonah which is generated by the incremental revenue attributable to those portions of the pipeline portion of the Jonah
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Expansion which have been placed in service and will not be entitled to any other distributions which do not relate to such incremental cash flow. Upon and after the Phase I Commencement Date, the TEPPCO Parties and Enterprise will share in all distributions from Jonah based on a formula that takes into account the capital contributions of the parties including expenditures by the TEPPCO Partners prior to the Jonah Expansion, so that the TEPPCO Parties sharing ratio will decrease over time as Enterprise contributes capital to fund the Jonah Expansion. Once the Contemplated Total Expansion Capital is spent or the Jonah Expansion is completed, the sharing ratios for the TEPPCO Parties and Enterprise will be determined based on the relative percentages of capital contributed by each party, again based upon the agreed upon formula. Since capital contributions after expenditure of the Contemplated Total Expansion Capital are based on sharing ratios, Enterprises interest in Jonah will effectively be capped at approximately 20% unless Enterprise funds a future Jonah expansion and the TEPPCO Parties elect not to participate, as described below.
· With respect to additional future expansions to Jonah, each party can contribute to such additional expansions up to its respective sharing ratio. To the extent one party decides not to participate in the additional expansion, then the other party may fund the expansion and receive a corresponding increase in its sharing ratio. With respect to any additional expansions which are undertaken prior to the Phase II Commencement Date when the final sharing ratios are determined, Enterprise and the TEPPCO Parties have agreed to fund any such expansions in accordance with their final sharing ratios when determined with such amounts initially being paid by the TEPPCO Parties and reimbursed by Enterprise on the Phase I Commencement Date and the Phase II Commencement Date, in each case based on the sharing ratios of the parties so that as of the Phase II Commencement Date Enterprise shall have funded its portion of such costs based on the final sharing ratio.
In connection with the Partnership Agreement, the TEPPCO Parties and Enterprise also entered into a Contribution Agreement effective as of August 1, 2006 (Contribution Agreement). Under the Contribution Agreement, Enterprise has committed to fund the Jonah Expansion as described in the Partnership Agreement in exchange for a partnership interest (and the related sharing ratio) in Jonah. Also, on the Effective Date, TMC acquired the Jonah partnership interest owned by TEPPCO GP and contributed all of its interest in Jonah Gas Marketing, LLC to Jonah so that after the Effective Date, Jonah owns all of the outstanding membership interests in Jonah Gas Marketing, LLC and TMC holds all of the partnership interest in Jonah that was previously held by TEPPCO GP.
This transaction was reviewed and approved by the Audit and Conflicts Committee of the board of directors of TEPPCOs general partner.
Credit Facility
On July 31, 2006, TEPPCO executed a third amendment (the Third Amendment) to its $700.0 Million Revolving Credit Agreement (the Credit Agreement) dated as of October 21, 2004. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are unsecured general obligations of TEPPCO and are non-recourse to its general partner.
The Third Amendment extends the maturity date of amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement from December 2010 to December 2011. The Third Amendment also releases Jonah as a guarantor of the Credit Agreement. The Third Amendment restricts the amount of outstanding debt of the Jonah joint venture to debt owing to the owners of its partnership interests and other debt in the principal aggregate amount of $50.0 million.
In addition, the Third Amendment allows for swing line loans up to $25.0 million (within the $700.0 million total borrowing limit) and modifies TEPPCOs financial covenants to, among other things, allow TEPPCO to include in the calculation of its Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement, as amended) pro forma adjustments for material projects.
The parties to the Credit Agreement are TEPPCO; SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent and LC Issuing Bank, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent; BNP Paribas, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Royal Bank of Scotland, PLC as Co-Documentation Agents; and the several banks and other financial institutions named therein.
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Effective July 31, 2006, Jonah was also released from its guarantee to Wachovia Bank pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.04 dated as of February 20, 2002, of the Indenture between TEPPCO, as issuer, TE Products Pipeline Company Limited Partnership, TCTM, L.P., TMC and Jonah, each as subsidiary guarantors and Wachovia Bank, as trustee.
The summaries of the Partnership Agreement, the Contribution Agreement and the Third Amendment in this report do not purport to be complete and are qualified by reference to such agreements, which are filed as exhibits hereto. The Partnership Agreement, the Contribution Agreement and the Third Amendment contain representations, warranties and other provisions that were made or agreed to, among other things, to provide the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk among them. Accordingly, those agreements should not be relied upon as constituting a description of the state of affairs of any of the parties thereto or their affiliates at the time they were entered into or otherwise.
The Partnership Agreement, the Contribution Agreement and the Third Amendment are incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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Partnership Agreement dated as of August 1, 2006. |
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Contribution Agreement dated as of August 1, 2006.* |
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Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Full Release of the Jonah Gas Guaranty dated as of July 31, 2006. |
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Press Release dated August 1, 2006. |
* Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the Company has omitted certain Schedules and Exhibits to the Contribution Agreement (all of which are listed therein) from this Exhibit 10.2. It hereby agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any such omitted item to the Securities and Exchange Commission on its request.
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SIGNATURE
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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TEPPCO Partners, L.P. |
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Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC |
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General Partner |
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Date: August 3, 2006 |
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/s/ William G. Manias |
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William G. Manias |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Partnership Agreement dated as of August 1, 2006. |
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Contribution Agreement dated as of August 1, 2006.* |
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Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Full Release of the Jonah Gas Guaranty dated as of July 31, 2006. |
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Press Release dated August 1, 2006. |
* Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the Company has omitted certain Schedules and Exhibits to the Contribution Agreement (all of which are listed therein) from this Exhibit 10.2. It hereby agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any such omitted item to the Securities and Exchange Commission on its request.
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EXHIBIT 10.1
JONAH GAS GATHERING COMPANY
(A Wyoming General Partnership)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
ARE SET FORTH HEREIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS |
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ORGANIZATION |
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Section 2.1. |
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Formation |
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Section 2.2. |
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Name, Place of Business and Office |
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Section 2.3. |
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Purposes and Character of Business; Powers |
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Section 2.4. |
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Term |
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PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL |
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Section 3.1. |
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Initial Capital Accounts and Contributions of the Partners |
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Section 3.2. |
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Additional Capital Contributions of the Partners |
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Section 3.3. |
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Partnership Capital |
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Section 3.4. |
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Liability of Partners |
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Section 3.5. |
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Loans by Partners or Affiliates |
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Section 3.6. |
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Capital Accounts |
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Section 3.7. |
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Sharing Ratios |
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Section 3.8. |
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No Right to Priority of Return of Capital |
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RIGHTS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTNERS, THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THE PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER OFFICERS |
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Management and Control of the Partnership |
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Delegation to President |
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Section 4.3. |
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Other Officers |
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Section 4.4. |
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Authority of the Partners, the Management Committee Representatives or the President as to Third Persons |
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Actions Requiring Consent of the Management Committee |
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Restrictions on the Authority of the Management Committee |
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Section 4.7. |
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Transactions or Disputes with Related Parties |
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Section 4.8. |
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Compensation of the Management Committee Representatives, Officers and Partners; Reimbursement of Expenses |
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Section 4.9. |
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Indemnification and Exculpation of the Partners, Management Committee Representatives, Officers and Employees |
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Section 4.10. |
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Competition. |
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Liability of the Management Committee Representatives and Partners |
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Section 5.1. |
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Section 10.2. |
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Assumed Name |
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No Action for Partition |
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Creditors Not Benefited |
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Benefits of Agreement Restricted to Partners |
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Reservation of Rights |
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Section 10.11. |
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Principles of Construction and Interpretation |
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Section 10.12. |
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Amendment of Agreement |
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Section 10.13. |
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Acknowledgment |
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Section 10.14. |
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Gender |
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Section 10.15. |
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Binding Effect |
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Section 10.16. |
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Severability |
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No Waiver |
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Section 10.18. |
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Exhibits and Schedules |
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Prior Agreement is Superseded; Entire Agreement |
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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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Names, Addresses, Capital Contributions and Sharing Ratios of the Partners |
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SCHEDULE 3.2 |
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Capital Contributions |
SCHEDULE 4.2 |
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Management Authorization Policy |
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SCHEDULE 10.23 |
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Dispute Resolution Procedures |
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JONAH GAS GATHERING COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
This Amended and Restated Agreement of Partnership (the Agreement) of Jonah Gas Gathering Company, dated effective as of the 1st day of August, 2006 (the Effective Date), is made and entered into by and among Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Enterprise), TEPPCO GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (TGP) and TEPPCO Midstream Companies, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (TMC and together with TGP, the TEPPCO Parties), each as a Partner of the Partnership.
WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed on June 20, 1996 by the execution of the Agreement of Partnership (Original Agreement) by and between Green River Pipeline LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company (Green River), and Jonah Pipeline Company, a Michigan corporation;
WHEREAS, McMurray Oil Company, a Wyoming corporation (MOC) acquired the Partnership Interest of Jonah Pipeline Company in the Partnership;
WHEREAS, on September 28, 2001, (i) TGP acquired from MOC and Green River, 0.001% of their respective Partnership Interests in the Partnership and (ii) TMC acquired from MOC and Green River, 99.999% of their respective Partnership Interests in the Partnership;
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement, TGP held a 0.001% Partnership Interest and TMC held a 99.999% Partnership Interest;
WHEREAS, on February 13, 2006, Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Enterprise Products) and TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (TEPPCO Partners) entered into a letter of intent relating to the formation of a joint venture with respect to the Partnership which letter of intent is superseded and replaced upon execution of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, prior to the date of this Agreement, Enterprise Products has funded certain portions of the expansion of the Jonah Gas Gathering System held by the Partnership on behalf of Enterprise and in contemplation of Enterprise entering into this Agreement on the terms herein set forth;
WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Date, all intercompany accounts payable of Jonah to TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates have been converted into Partners capital so that on the Effective Date Jonah does not have any amounts which are payable to any of its Partners or Affiliates;
WHEREAS, on the Effective Date, TMC will contribute all of its interest in Jonah Gas Marketing, LLC to the Partnership pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and after such contribution the Partnership will own 100% of the outstanding membership interests in Jonah Gas Marketing, LLC;
WHEREAS, on the Effective Date, Enterprise and the TEPPCO Parties have made and agree to make certain Capital Contributions to the Partnership as more particularly set forth in the Contribution Agreement and Exhibit A hereto and Enterprise shall be admitted as a Partner with all of the rights and obligations set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, on the Effective Date, TMC intends to acquire the Partnership Interest owned by TGP so that TGP will no longer hold a Partnership Interest and thus will no longer be a Partner;
WHEREAS, the Partnership is a continuation of the Partnership in all respects, including the ownership and operations of its business and assets under applicable state and local law and for federal tax purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Partners have agreed to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety and the Partnership shall be governed by this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
The definitions used in this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. Other terms defined in this Agreement shall have such meaning assigned to such term in the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
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(i) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset as determined by the contributing Partner and the Management Committee;
(ii) The Gross Asset Value of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the Management Committee, and in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), as of the following times: (a) the acquisition of an additional Partnership Interest by any new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (b) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of
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Partnership property as consideration for a Partnership Interest; and (c) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
(iii) The Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset distributed to any Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution; and
(iv) The Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(m) and Section 3.6(d) hereof; provided, however, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) to the extent the Management Committee determines that an adjustment to subparagraph (ii) hereof is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subparagraph (iv). If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iv) hereof, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
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(i) Any income described in Code Section 705(a)(1)(B) of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits and Losses pursuant to this definition shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(ii) Any expenditures of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition, shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(iii) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership property is adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of such adjustments shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the Disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses;
(iv) Gain or loss resulting from any Disposition of Partnership property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property Disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property may differ from its Gross Asset Value;
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(v) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account depreciation for such Fiscal Year or other period, computed in accordance with the definition of Depreciation; and
(vi) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this definition, any items which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.2(d)(2) or Section 5.2(d)(3) shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses.
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The Partnership was formed on June 20, 1996 by the execution of the Original Agreement and such other applicable filings for the Partnership pursuant to the Act.
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The Partnership term commenced as of June 20, 1996 and shall continue until December 31, 2026 unless (i) the Partners unanimously agree to extend the term of the Partnership for a longer duration or (ii) the Partnership is earlier dissolved pursuant to the provisions hereof.
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Subject to obtaining any approvals required under this Agreement for the Partnership to borrow funds, any Partner or its Affiliate may (but shall not be obligated to) at any time, upon obtaining the consent of the Management Committee, loan money to the Partnership or guarantee a loan of funds to the Partnership to finance Partnership operations, to finance or refinance Partnership property, to pay the debts and obligations of the Partnership, or for any other Partnership purpose. If any Partner or its Affiliate lends funds or guarantees a loan of funds to the Partnership, such Partner or Affiliate shall be entitled to receive interest on such loan, or a fee associated with any such loan or guaranty, at an interest rate or fee to be agreed upon by such Partner or Affiliate and the Management Committee. Each Partner acknowledges and agrees that any loan from any Partner to the Partnership shall not be a Capital Contribution and shall not result in any change in the Capital Accounts or the Sharing Ratios of the Partners.
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The Sharing Ratio (or the calculation thereof) of each Partner is set forth on Exhibit A, attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and on Exhibit A, the Sharing Ratios may only be adjusted with the consent of the Management Committee and the Management Committee shall have the full authority to amend Exhibit A to
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reflect any such adjustments to the Sharing Ratios; provided that no adjustments to the Sharing Ratios shall be made prior to the Initial Commencement Date. Enterprise shall begin receiving distributions from the Partnership based on its Sharing Ratio effective on the Initial Commencement Date in accordance with Exhibit A. Thereafter the Sharing Ratios shall be subject to any adjustments of the Partnership Interests as set forth in this Agreement and on Exhibit A.
No Partner shall have any priority over any other Partner as to the return of its contributions to capital or as to compensation by way of income.
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To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.5 and Section 4.6, the Management Committee hereby expressly delegates to the President the full authority of a Senior Vice President as set forth in the Management Authorization Policy attached hereto as Schedule 4.2 and applied in the same manner as if the Partnership were considered to be a subsidiary of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. or Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (collectively, the EP Parties), as the same may be amended from time to time by the EP Parties, to manage and control the affairs of the Partnership and to make all decisions affecting the Business, and such other duties as the Management Committee may from time to time establish which may be a reduction of or an addition to those duties enumerated on Schedule 4.2. Bill Ordemann is hereby appointed president (President) of the Partnership. Enterprise shall have the right to remove and/or replace the President and any other officers in its sole discretion, subject to the rejection rights of TMC set forth in Section 4.3(c).
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Any Person dealing with the Partnership, a Partner, a Management Committee Representative or the President may rely upon a certificate signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, thereunto duly authorized, concerning:
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The President shall not have the authority to take any action except as provided in Section 4.2 or as otherwise approved by the Management Committee.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, without the consent of each Partner, neither the Management Committee nor the President shall have the power or authority:
If the Partners are unable to agree as to any of the items set forth in this Section 4.6, the matter may be submitted to the Dispute Resolution Procedure set forth on Schedule 10.23 and upon resolution of such matter in accordance with the provisions set forth on Schedule 10.23, such matter shall be deemed to have been approved by all of the Partners.
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Upon approval of the Management Committee, the Partnership may agree, contract, or arrange with any Partner or any Affiliates of any Partner in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, for the performance of services for the Partnership, and the payment of compensation therefor, in carrying out the Business as if such Partner or Affiliate were an independent contractor.
The management, administrative and operating functions of the Partnership will be performed by employees of EPCO, Inc. pursuant to the administrative services agreement to which TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and TEPPCO GP, Inc. are parties, which was effective on February 24, 2005. The Partnership will reimburse EPCO, Inc. in accordance with such agreement for the allocated costs of its employees who perform operating, management and other administrative functions for the Partnership, including those of any Management Committee Representative, Officer or Partner.
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Each Partner, in its individual capacity or otherwise, and its respective principals and Affiliates, shall be free to engage and conduct or participate in any business or activity whatsoever, including, without limitation, the Business, without any accountability or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or to any other Partner and each Partner waives any right or Claim it may have against any Partner with respect to any competing business or activity or the income or profits therefrom.
It is the intent of this Section 4.11 to restrict the Liability and fiduciary duties of the Partners to the maximum extent permitted under Applicable Law. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any Claim against any Management Committee Representative or Partner by reason of any act or omission of such Management Committee Representative or Partner, provided that such act or omission was performed by the Management Committee Representative or Partner in the belief that the Management Committee Representative or Partner was acting within the scope of its authority under this Agreement and that such act or omission did not involve the Management Committee Representatives or Partners bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH ACT OR OMISSION CONSTITUTED THE SOLE, PARTIAL OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE (WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE) OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE OR PARTNER. Notwithstanding the above, a Management Committee Representative or Partner shall have no Liability hereunder for failing to act if such act required the consent of some or all of the Management Committee Representatives or Partners and the required consent to such action was not granted. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this
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Section 4.11 or any provision in this Section 4.11 shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the Management Committee Representatives or Partners Liability to the Partnership and the Partners under this Section 4.11 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when Claims relating to such matters may arise or be asserted. In furtherance of this limitation of fiduciary duties of the Management Committee Representatives and Partners, but not by way of limitation, the following provisions shall apply:
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Section 4.13. Operating Matters
The Partners acknowledge that an Affiliate of Enterprise has heretofore assumed the day-to-day responsibility for the operation and commercial management of the Jonah Gas Gathering System and it is the intent of the Partners that such Affiliate will continue such responsibility in accordance with past practice until such time as a mutually agreeable Operating Agreement can be entered into between the Partnership and such Affiliate (any such agreement, the Operating Agreement). The Partners agree to use good faith in negotiating the terms of such an Operating Agreement but to the extent that such Affiliate and the Partnership are unable to agree on such terms, such Affiliate and its Affiliates (including Enterprise) will have no obligation to continue assuming the day-to-day responsibility for the operation and commercial management of the Jonah Gas Gathering System.
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(1) (A) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), and notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.2, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership Fiscal Year, each Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary subsequent years) equal to such Partners share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g); provided that a Partner shall not be subject to this Section 5.2(d)(1)(A) to the extent that an exception is provided by Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(2), (3) and (4), and any Revenue Rulings issued pursuant to those Regulations. Any Partnership Minimum Gain allocated pursuant to this Section 5.2(d)(1)(A) shall consist of first, gains recognized from the Disposition of Partnership property subject to one or more Partnership Nonrecourse Liabilities, and second, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Partnerships other items of income or gain for such Fiscal Year. This Section 5.2(d)(1)(A) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. The Capital Accounts of the Partners may be restated pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) in connection with a termination of the Partnership under Code Section 708(b)(1)(B).
(B) Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4), and notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.2 except Section 5.2(d)(1)(A), if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Fiscal Year, each Partner who has a share of the Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt (determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5)) as of the beginning of the Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) equal to such Partners share of the net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A Partners share of the net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5); provided that a Partner shall not be subject to this Section 5.2(d)(1)(B) to the extent that an exception is provided by Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and any Revenue Rulings issued thereunder. Any Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain allocated pursuant to this Section 5.2(d)(1)(B) shall consist of first, gains recognized from the Disposition of Partnership property subject to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt, and second, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Partnerships other items of income or gain for that year. This Section 5.2(d)(1)(B)
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is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(C) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year or other period shall be allocated to the Partners in proportion to their respective Sharing Ratios.
(D) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated to the Partner who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(h).
(E) Section 754 Adjustment. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership property pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such section of the Regulations.
(2) Special Allocations.
(A) Allocation of Inherent Gain. If during the term of the Partnership, the Capital Accounts of the Partners are not restated pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), then except as required by the Regulatory Allocations, gain on Disposition of the Partnerships assets as of the date of this Agreement and their adjusted tax basis as of such date shall be allocated to the Partners in proportion to their Sharing Ratios.
(B) Curative and Remedial Allocations. The allocations set forth in Section 5.2(d)(1)(A) (E) hereof (the Regulatory Allocations) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b). It is the intent of the Partners that to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations shall be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations of other items of Partnership income, gain, loss, and deduction pursuant to this Section 5.2(d)(2)(B). Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.2 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Partners hereby authorize offsetting special allocations of income, gain, loss, or deductions either through curative or remedial allocations, as appropriate, so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Partners Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Partner would have had if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.
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(C) Deduction or Loss Attributable to Capital Contributions. Except as required by the Regulatory Allocations, all items of deduction or loss attributable to a Partners Capital Contribution to the Partnership shall be allocated to the contributing Partner in accordance with each Partners Sharing Ratio.
(3) Other Allocation Rules.
(A) The provisions of this Section 5.2 are intended to comply with Code Section 704 and the Regulations thereunder.
(B) For purposes of determining the Profits, Losses, or any other items allocable to any period, Profits, Losses, and any such other items shall be determined on a daily, monthly, or other basis, as determined by the Management Committee using any permissible methods under Code Section 706 and the Regulations thereunder.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction, and any other allocations not otherwise provided for shall be divided among the Partners in the same proportions as they share Profits or Losses, as the case may be, for the Fiscal Year.
(D) If any Partnership Interest is Disposed of during any accounting period, Profits, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to the Disposed Partnership Interest for such period shall be divided and allocated between the transferor and the transferee by taking into account their varying interests during the period in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using any conventions permitted by law and selected by the Management Committee. All distributions on or before the date of such Disposition shall be made to the transferor and all distributions thereafter shall be made to the transferee.
(E) For purposes of Regulations Section 1.752-3(1)(3), the Partners agree that nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership in excess of the sum of (A) the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, and (B) the total amount of built-in gain (as described in Regulation Section 1.752-3(a)(2)), shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios.
(F) Code Section 704(c). In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Partnership shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners so as to take into account any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Partnership for federal income tax purposes and its initial Gross Asset Value (computed in accordance with the definition of Gross Asset Value) including, but not limited to, special allocations to a contributing Partner that are required under Code Section 704(c) to be made upon distribution of such property to any of the non-contributing Partners. In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership property is adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder. Any elections or other decisions relating to such
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allocations shall be made by the Management Committee in any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of the Agreement; provided, however, the Partnership shall select the remedial method of allocation provided under Regulations Section 1.704-3(d). Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.2(d)(3)(F) are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing any Partners book Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items, or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement. It is also the intent of the Partners that the foregoing special allocation provided in this Section 5.2(d)(3)(F) shall be prospective and shall not affect allocations on assets contributed prior to the adoption of the amendment to this Section 5.2(d)(3)(F).
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A change in control of an Enterprise Parent Entity or any TEPPCO Parent Entity, or the merger or sale thereof of such an Enterprise Parent Entity or any TEPPCO Parent Entity to a previously unrelated Third Party, shall not be considered a Disposition of the Partnership Interest by the affected Partner and the other Partners rights under this Article 6 shall not be considered to be activated or applicable.
Every Disposition of all or any part of a Partners Partnership Interest under any provision of this Agreement shall be conditioned upon it being effective only when (i) the party receiving such Partnership Interest agrees in writing to be bound by this Agreement and to assume all obligations, Liabilities and duties with respect to that Partnership Interest to which the prior holder was bound and that the Disposition shall not cause or create any right on the part of any Person to cause a winding up or dissolution of the Partnership that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) a true copy of the document or instrument evidencing the Disposition of all or any part of such Partners Partnership Interest, certified as such by a duly authorized representative of the Disposing Partner, is furnished to the Partnership (a copy of which will be furnished to each Partner upon written request).
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Partners right to Dispose of all or a part of its Partnership Interest shall not be allowed if (i) when aggregated with the total of all other Dispositions of Partnership Interests within the preceding twelve (12) months, said Disposition results in the Partnership being considered to have terminated within the meaning of Code Section 708(b)(1)(B), (ii) would otherwise cause the Partnership to lose its status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; or (ii) would violate any federal securities laws or any applicable state securities laws (including suitability standards). Any Partner Disposing of
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all or any portion of its Partnership Interest shall promptly notify the Tax Matters Partner of such Disposition.
The books and records of the Partnership shall be maintained by the Partnership at the principal office of the Partnership and shall be available for examination at such office by any Partner or its duly authorized representatives during regular business hours. Any Partner, at its own expense, may cause an audit of the books and records of the Partnership during regular business hours and shall furnish a written report thereof to the other Partners.
The books and records of the Partnership shall be kept on the accrual method of reporting for tax and financial reporting purposes. The Fiscal Year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year.
The Officers of the Partnership shall establish and maintain one or more separate bank and investment accounts and arrangements for Partnership funds in the Partnerships name with financial institutions and firms that Officers of the Partnership may determine. The Partnership may not commingle the Partnerships funds with the funds of any other Person. All such accounts shall be and remain the property of the Partnership and all funds shall be received, held and disbursed for the purposes specified in this Agreement. The Officers of the Partnership may invest the Partnership funds only in (i) readily marketable securities issued by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States maturing within three months or less from the date of acquisition, (ii) readily marketable securities issued by any state or municipality within the United States of America or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, maturing within three months or less from the date of acquisition and rated A or better by any recognized rating agency, (iii) readily marketable commercial paper rated Prime-1 by Moodys or A-1 by Standard and Poors (or comparably rated by such organizations or any successors thereto if the rating system is changed or there are such successors) and maturing in not more than three months after the date of acquisition or (iv) certificates of deposit or time deposits issued by any incorporated bank organized and doing business under the Laws of the United States of America which is rated at least A or A2 by Standard and Poors or Moodys, and which matures within three (3) months or less from the date of acquisition.
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Section 7.4. Reports
For financial purposes, the value of the Capital Contributions described on Exhibit A and the Contribution Date Value are valued as of the Effective Date.
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Subject to Section 8.1, upon dissolution of the Partnership, a representative of the Partnership selected by all of the Partners (not including any Partner in breach of any provision of this Agreement at the time of dissolution) shall act as a liquidator or may appoint one or more Partners as liquidator (Liquidator). The Liquidator shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Partnership and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Act. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Partnership expense. Until final distribution, the Liquidator shall continue to operate the facilities owned by the Partnership with all of the power and authority of the Partners for a reasonable period of time to allow for the sale of all or a part of the assets of the Partnership. The steps to be accomplished by the Liquidator are as follows:
(A) the Liquidator may sell any or all Partnership assets, including to one or more of the Partners (other than any Partner in breach of any provision of this Agreement at the time of dissolution), and any resulting gain or loss from each sale shall be computed and allocated to the Capital Accounts of the Partners;
(B) with respect to all Partnership assets that have not been sold, the fair market value of those assets (as determined by the Liquidator using any method of valuation as it, using its best judgment, deems reasonable) shall be determined and the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized Profits, Losses, income, gain, loss, and deduction inherent in assets that have not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously would be allocated among the Partners if there were a taxable
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Disposition of those assets for the fair market value of those assets on the date of distribution; and
(C) Partnership assets shall be distributed among the Partners ratably in proportion to each Partners positive Capital Account balances, as determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs (other than those made by reason of this clause (2)); and in each case, those distributions shall be made by the end of the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs (or, if later, ninety (90) days after the date of the liquidation).
(D) All distributions in kind to the Partners shall be made subject to the Liability of each Partner for Liabilities theretofore incurred under the terms of this Agreement or for which the Partnership has committed prior to the date of dissolution. The distribution of cash and/or other assets of the Partnership to a Partner in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.2 constitutes a complete return to the Partner of its Capital Contributions and a complete distribution to the Partner of its Partnership Interest. To the extent that a Partner returns funds to the Partnership, it has no Claim against any other Partner for those funds.
In connection with the winding up of the Partnership, any Partner or its Affiliate may bid in any open bidding process held by the Liquidator and, if its bid is determined to be the best, it may purchase any assets of the Partnership upon dissolution. The Liquidator shall notify each Partner in writing of any Third Party offers it receives to purchase any Partnership assets. Each Partner shall have the preferential right to purchase any Partnership assets for the same price and on the same terms and conditions offered in writing by any Third Party. The rights available to the Partners as set forth in this Section 8.4 shall be exercised by written election delivered to the Liquidator within thirty (30) Business Days after such Partner has received notice of the Third Party offer and the failure to respond to a notice of a Third Party offer shall be deemed a waiver of the rights under this Section. If more than one Partner submits a bid, the Liquidator shall notify each Partner who submitted a bid of such fact and each such Partner shall be given the opportunity to submit a second bid on such Partnership assets which must be higher than the amount bid by the Third Party. The Partner who submits the highest second bid shall have the right to purchase the assets. Any Partner entitled to purchase an asset may elect to have part or
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all of such asset distributed to the Partner in kind to the extent of its Capital Account balance and/or in exchange for the assumption of Liabilities of the Partnership.
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All notices, demands, consents and reports provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given to the parties at the addresses set forth on Exhibit A or at such other addresses as the Partner may hereafter specify in writing. Such notices may be delivered by email, hand or by telex or facsimile or may be mailed, postage prepaid, by certified or registered mail, by a deposit in a depository for the receipt of mail regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service. All notices which are hand delivered or delivered by telex, telegram or telecopy shall be deemed given on the date of delivery. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices which are mailed in the manner provided above shall be deemed given upon receipt.
In connection with this Agreement, as well as all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Partners agree to execute such additional documents and papers, and to perform and do such additional acts as may be necessary and proper to effectuate and carry out all of the provisions of this Agreement.
The Partners or any authorized Officer of the Partnership shall execute and file all assumed name certificates necessary or appropriate to conduct the Business as required by Applicable Law.
The Partners or any authorized Officer of the Partnership shall take such steps as are necessary or desirable to allow the Partnership to conduct business in any jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts the Business.
This Agreement, the application or interpretation hereof and the rights of the Partners shall be governed exclusively by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming, without giving effect to conflict of law principles. With respect to all matters not expressly provided for in this Agreement, the Act and other applicable partnership laws of the State of Wyoming shall apply and control. In the event that any provision in this Agreement conflicts with the Act, such provision in this Agreement shall control and govern to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.
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No Partner shall have any right to maintain any action for partition with respect to the property of the Partnership.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended to nor shall it benefit any creditor of the Partnership. No creditor of the Partnership will be entitled to require any Partner to solicit or accept any loan or Additional Capital Contribution for the Partnership or to enforce any right which the Partnership or any Partner may have against a Partner, whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise except as required by the Act or Applicable Law.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give any Person, other than the Partners hereto and their permitted successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or Claim under or in respect to this Agreement or under any covenant, condition or provision contained herein; and all such covenants, conditions and provisions shall be for the sole benefit of the Partners.
The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this Agreement to Sections or Articles shall be deemed to mean and refer to Sections or Articles of this Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided herein, each Partner reserves to itself all rights, set-offs, counterclaims, and other remedies and/or defenses which such Partner is or may be entitled to arising from or out of this Agreement or as otherwise provided by Applicable Law.
In construing this Agreement, the following principles shall be followed:
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Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or restated only by a written agreement executed by each of the Partners.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS A DUTY TO READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT IT IS CHARGED WITH NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS HEREOF, AND THAT IT HAS IN FACT READ THIS AGREEMENT AND IS FULLY INFORMED AND HAS FULL NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS OF THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY SUCH PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARTY HAD NO NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH PROVISIONS OR THAT SUCH PROVISIONS ARE NOT CONSPICUOUS.
Where the context so indicates, the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter and the neuter shall include the masculine and feminine.
Except as herein otherwise provided to the contrary, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Partners, their legal representatives, and permitted successors and assigns.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable and such invalidity or unenforceability has or would have a material and substantial negative impact on the rights, duties or obligations of any party, then the parties shall meet to determine if such negative impact can be eliminated or mitigated. If such negative impact can not be eliminated or mitigated to the satisfaction of the party affected thereby, that party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable and such invalidity or unenforceability does not have a material and substantial negative impact on the rights, duties or obligations of either party, (i) such provision will be fully severable, (ii) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement, and (iii) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid, or
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unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision as may be possible and as may be legal, valid, and enforceable. Such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement nor the validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other provision of this Agreement.
No waiver, express or implied, by any Partner of any breach or default by any other Partner in the performance by the other Partner of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any other breach or default under this Agreement. Failure on the part of any Partner to complain of any act or omission of any other Partner, or to declare such other Partner in default irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver hereunder. No notice to or demand on a defaulting Partner shall entitle such defaulting Partner to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
All exhibits and schedules or descriptions referred to in this Agreement are expressly incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full, whether or not attached hereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any exhibit, schedule or other documents referenced herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall govern and control.
This Agreement, including all exhibits, schedules and descriptions incorporated herein and the Contribution Agreement, constitutes and contains the full and final agreement of the Partners hereto relating to the matters described herein, and unless otherwise specified herein, this Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements or understandings (whether written or oral and including that certain letter of intent between Enterprise Products and TEPPCO Partners, dated February 13, 2006) between or among the Partners regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces in its entirety the Original Agreement. It is the express intention of the Partners that this Agreement and the Contribution Agreement shall be the sole source of agreement of the parties with respect to the Partnership and, except to the extent a provision of this Agreement expressly incorporates federal income tax rules by reference to a section of the Code or Regulations or is expressly prohibited or ineffective under the Act, this Agreement shall govern, even when inconsistent with, or different than, the provisions of the Act or any other law or rule. The Partners hereby agree that each Partner shall be entitled to rely on the provisions of this Agreement and no Partner shall be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for any action or refusal to act taken in good faith reliance on the terms of this Agreement. The Partners and the Partnership hereby agree that the duties and obligations imposed on the Partners of the Partnership as such shall be those set forth in this Agreement,
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which is intended to govern the relationship among the Partnership and the Partners, notwithstanding any provision of the Act or common law to the contrary.
Unless the context requires otherwise, the rights and remedies of the Partners hereunder shall not be mutually exclusive so that the exercise of one or more of the provisions hereof shall not preclude the exercise of any other provision hereof.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon the Partner who executed the same, but all of such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Except where otherwise indicated, all approval, consent and other similar rights of the Partners pursuant to this Agreement may be exercised by such Partners, and such approvals and consents may be granted or denied by such Partners, in their sole and absolute discretion.
Any dispute, controversy or Claim (whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation, the interpretation, validity, termination or breach thereof, will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Schedule 10.23 attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Partners covenant that they shall not resort to court remedies prior to attempting to resolve such disputes in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Schedule 10.23, or for preliminary relief in aid thereof. A Partner that fails to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in Schedule 10.23 or this Section 10.23 shall pay all the legal costs incurred by the other Partners in connection with the enforcement thereof.
Each of the Partners will maintain in confidence, and use reasonable efforts to cause its employees, officers, directors, Affiliates, lenders, representatives and agents to maintain in confidence, any written, oral or other information obtained in confidence from the Partnership or another Partner in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby unless such information is already known to such Partner, is obtained from a person not otherwise bound by a duty of confidentiality or unless such information becomes publicly available through no breach of this Agreement by such Partner, unless the use of such information is necessary or appropriate in making any filing or obtaining any consent or approval required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or unless the furnishing or use of such information is required by any legal proceeding, rule, regulation or Applicable
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Law, provided that prior to furnishing or using such information in connection with any legal proceeding, rule, regulation or Applicable Law, the disclosing Partner shall give the non-disclosing Partner prompt written notice in advance of the required disclosure so that an appropriate protective order may be sought by the non-disclosing Partner, if appropriate. The Partners will consult with each other concerning the means by which the Partners respective employees, customers and suppliers and others having dealings with the Partners will be informed of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Section 10.24 shall not affect any other confidentiality agreement among the Partners or their respective Affiliates and such agreements shall expire or terminate pursuant to the terms of such agreements.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
OF
JONAH GAS GATHERING COMPANY
NAMES, ADDRESSES, CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
SHARING RATIOS OF THE PARTNERS
Names and Addresses of the Partners:
TEPPCO GP, Inc. (TGP)
1100 Louisiana
Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77002
Attn: Patricia Totten
Fax: (713) 381-3957
Email: patotten@teppco.com
TEPPCO Midstream Companies, L.P. (TMC and collectively with TGP, the TEPPCO Parties)
1100 Louisiana
Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77002
Attn: Patricia Totten
Fax: (713) 381-3957
Email: patotten@teppco.com
Enterprise
Gas Processing, LLC (Enterprise)
1100 Louisiana
Suite 1800
Houston, Texas 77002
Attn: Stephanie Hildebrandt
Fax: (713) 381-6570
Email: shildebrandt@eprod.com
Capital Contributions and Sharing Ratios of the Partners as of the Effective Date:
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(B) The Capital Contributions of Enterprise as of the Effective Date shall equal the sum of the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise which are not reimbursable to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
Capital Contributions and Sharing Ratios of the Partners as of first day of each month after the Effective Date until the Initial Commencement Date:
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(C) The Capital Contributions of the TEPPCO Parties as of the first day of each month after the Effective Date until the Initial Commencement Date shall equal the sum of (i) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (ii) 50% of the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise as of each such measurement date which have been reimbursed (or are reimbursable) to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
(D) The Capital Contributions of Enterprise as of the first day of each month after the Effective Date until the Initial Commencement Date shall equal the sum of (i) the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise as of each such measurement date which are not reimbursable to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
Capital Contributions and Sharing Ratios of the Partners as of the Initial Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the Phase I Commencement Date:
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Enterprise |
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(E) The Capital Contributions of the TEPPCO Parties as of the Initial Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the Phase I Commencement Date shall equal the sum of
(i) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (ii) 50% of the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise as of each such measurement date which have been reimbursed (or are reimbursable) to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
(F) The Capital Contributions of Enterprise as of the Initial Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the Phase I Commencement Date shall equal the sum of the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise as of each such measurement date which are not reimbursable to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
(G) The Sharing Ratio of the TEPPCO Parties as of the Initial Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the Phase I Commencement Date shall be equal to one minus the Enterprise Sharing Ratio determined in accordance with (H) below, such that the TEPPCO Parties shall be entitled to receive 50% of all Incremental Cash Flow and (ii) 100% of (a) Total Cash Flow minus (b) the Incremental Cash Flow, in each case which occurs after the Initial Commencement Date until the Phase I Commencement Date. The term Incremental Cash Flow means the incremental cash flow of the Partnership which is generated by the incremental revenue attributable to those portions of the pipeline portion of the Jonah Expansion which have been placed in service as of the applicable measurement date and prior to the Phase I Commencement Date, all as determined by the Management Committee. The term Total Cash Flow shall mean the cash flow of the Partnership which is generated by revenue other than the incremental revenue attributable to those portions of the pipeline portions of the Jonah Expansion which have been placed in service as of the applicable measurement date and prior to the Phase I Commencement Date, all as determined by the Management Committee.
(H) The Sharing Ratio of Enterprise as of the Initial Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the Phase I Commencement Date shall equal (i) 50% of the Incremental Cash Flow divided by (ii) the Total Cash Flow, such that Enterprise shall be entitled to receive 50% of the Incremental Cash Flow which occurs after the Initial Commencement Date until the Phase I Commencement Date.
Capital Contributions and Sharing Ratios of the Partners as of the Phase I Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date (defined in Schedule 3.2):
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Enterprise |
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(I) The Capital Contributions of the TEPPCO Parties as of the Phase I Commencement Date
and as of the first day of each month until the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date shall equal the sum of (i) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (ii) 50% of the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise as of such measurement date which have been reimbursed (or are reimbursable) to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
(J) The Capital Contributions of Enterprise as of the Phase I Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date shall equal the sum of the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise as of such measurement date which are not reimbursable to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
(K) The Sharing Ratio of the TEPPCO Parties as of the Phase I Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date shall equal one minus the Enterprise Sharing Ratio as determined in accordance with (L) below as of each such applicable date.
(L) The Sharing Ratio of Enterprise as of the Phase I Commencement Date and as of the first day of each month until the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date shall equal (i) the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which are incurred) by Enterprise as of the applicable measurement date which are not reimbursable to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2 divided by (ii) the sum of (a) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (b) the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred), as of each such applicable measurement date.
Capital Contributions and Sharing Ratios of the Partners as of the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date (defined in Schedule 3.2) and thereafter until any Capital Contribution is made to the Partnership other than in accordance with such Sharing Ratio:
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Sharing Ratio |
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TEPPCO Parties |
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(O) |
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Enterprise |
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(N) |
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(M) The Capital Contributions of the TEPPCO Parties as of the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date shall be calculated as of such date and shall equal the sum of (i) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (ii) 50% of the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital Contribution, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise as of such measurement date which have been
reimbursed (or are reimbursable) to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
(N) The Capital Contributions of Enterprise effective upon the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date shall be calculated as of the such date and shall equal the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by or on behalf of Enterprise through such date and which are not reimbursable to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2.
(O) In the event that the Cost Sharing Date occurs prior to the Phase II Commencement Date, the Sharing Ratio of the TEPPCO Parties (the TEPPCO Percentage) shall equal one minus the Enterprise Percentage (defined below). In the event the Cost Sharing Date does not occur prior to the Phase II Commencement Date, the Sharing Ratio of the TEPPCO Parties shall equal one minus the Enterprise Phase II Percentage (defined below).
(P) In the event that the Cost Sharing Date occurs prior to the Phase II Commencement Date, the Sharing Ratio of Enterprise as of the Cost Sharing Date (the Enterprise Percentage) shall equal (x) $207.6 million divided by (y) the sum of (i) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (ii) $415.2 million. In the event the Cost Sharing Date does not occur prior to the Phase II Commencement Date, the Sharing Ratio of Enterprise (the Enterprise Phase II Percentage) shall equal (x) the total amount of Qualified Costs paid (or in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital, which have been incurred) by Enterprise which are not reimbursable to Enterprise pursuant to Schedule 3.2 divided by (y) the JV Total Capital Investment. The term JV Total Capital Investment as of the applicable date shall mean the sum of (i) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (ii) the total amount of Qualified Costs paid as of the date of the Phase II Commencement Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Phase II Commencement Date occurs prior to the Cost Sharing Date and to the extent Qualified Costs are incurred to complete the Jonah Expansion which are not paid as of the Phase II Commencement Date, such costs, when they become known shall be included with retroactive effect (and after giving effect to the applicable reimbursement provisions of Schedule 3.2) in both the numerator and denominator of the foregoing as if such Qualified Costs had been paid as of the Phase II Commencement Date.
Sharing Ratios of the Partners after the Phase II Commencement Date in the event that any Capital Contributions are made to the Partnership other than in accordance with the then current Sharing Ratio:
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Enterprise |
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(Q) In the event that any Capital Contributions are made to the Partnership other than in accordance with the then current Sharing Ratio of the Partners and other than as contemplated by
the Jonah Expansion reimbursement provisions, the Sharing Ratio of the TEPPCO Parties will be adjusted to a percentage determined by dividing (i) the sum of (a) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (b) the total Capital Contributions made from the Effective Date to such date by the TEPPCO Parties by (ii) the sum (a) $641.9 million (which amount represents the agreed Capital Contributions made by the TEPPCO Parties prior to the Effective Date other than with respect to the Jonah Expansion and includes the Agreed Base Amount of $641.9 million, the 2006 Well Connect Capital, the Phase IV Capital Contribution, the Jonah Gas Marketing Contribution and the Intercompany Debt Contribution) and (b) all Capital Contributions made by all of the Partners from the Effective Date to such date, in each case after taking into account any modification necessary to fairly and equitably reflect the percentage of participation elected by the TEPPCO Parties relative to Enterprise.
(R) In the event that any Capital Contributions are made to the Partnership other than in accordance with the then current Sharing Ratio of the Partners and other than as contemplated by the Jonah Expansion reimbursement provisions, the Sharing Ratio of Enterprise will be adjusted to a percentage determined by dividing (i) the total Capital Contributions made as of such date by Enterprise by (ii) the sum (a) the Initial TEPPCO Agreed Amount and (b) all Capital Contributions made by all of the Partners from the Effective Date to such date, in each case after taking into account any modification necessary to fairly and equitably reflect the percentage of participation elected by the TEPPCO Parties relative to Enterprise.
SCHEDULE 3.2
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
OF
JONAH GAS GATHERING COMPANY
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
1. Enterprise agrees to make such Capital Contributions to the Partnership which are necessary to fund one hundred percent (100%) of the Qualified Costs payable on or before the Effective Date and the TEPPCO Parties agree to reimburse Enterprise for fifty percent (50%) of such payable Qualified Costs in accordance with this Schedule 3.2. Enterprise agrees to fund (by Capital Contribution or otherwise) fifty percent (50%) of the Qualified Costs which are payable on and after the Effective Date and the TEPPCO Parties agree to fund (by Capital Contribution or otherwise) fifty percent (50%) of the Qualified Costs which are payable on and after the Effective Date up to the Contemplated Total Expansion Capital. The Qualified Costs shall be reimbursed by the TEPPCO Parties in accordance with the following schedule:
(i) fifty percent (50%) of the Qualified Costs actually incurred by Enterprise thru the Effective Date (through August 31, 2006 in the case of the Enterprise Cost of Capital), to be paid on September 1, 2006; and
(ii) to the extent that Enterprise makes Capital Contributions to the Partnership which fund the Qualified Costs that are subject to reimbursement but have not been so reimbursed (i.e., Qualified Costs payable prior to the Effective Date, which are reimbursable but which were not previously reimbursed), the TEPPCO Parties shall reimburse Enterprise for fifty percent (50%) of such Qualified Costs within thirty (30) days from receipt of invoice(s) setting forth such Qualified Costs.
Notwithstanding anything in this Schedule 3.2 to the contrary, in the event there are Excess Expansion Costs, Enterprise agrees to fund the Enterprise Percentage (defined in Exhibit A) of such Excess Expansion Costs and the TEPPCO Parties agree to fund the TEPPCO Percentage (defined in Exhibit A) of such Excess Expansion Costs effective as of the date (the Cost Sharing Date) of each payment in excess of the Contemplated Total Expansion Capital. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) amounts funded by Enterprise (or its Affiliates) which are
subject to reimbursement by the TEPPCO Parties shall be treated as a Capital Contribution on behalf of such parties even if such reimbursement payment is made directly to Enterprise or any of its Affiliates and (ii) amounts funded directly by Enterprise and the TEPPCO Parties pursuant to this Schedule 3.2 shall be considered Capital Contributions on behalf of such parties. For the further avoidance of doubt, after the Effective Date, Enterprise and the TEPPCO Parties shall each directly fund (by Capital Contribution to the Partnership or otherwise), 50% of the Qualified Costs payable in connection with the Jonah Expansion up until the total amount of Qualified Costs paid in connection with the Jonah Expansion exceed the Contemplated Total Expansion Capital at which time Enterprise will directly fund (by Capital Contribution to the Partnership or otherwise) the Enterprise Percentage of the Excess Expansion Costs and the TEPPCO Parties will directly fund (by Capital Contribution to the Partnership or otherwise) the TEPPCO Percentage of the Excess Expansion Costs.
2. If there is an Additional Expansion, each of the Partners agree to fund such Additional Expansion in proportion to their relative Sharing Ratios (or their Final Ownership Interest (defined below) if such Additional Expansion were to occur prior to the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date or the Cost Sharing Date in which event the contribution and reimbursement provisions set forth below for well connect capital and other capital projects shall apply in like manner). It is expressly agreed that any Partner may decline to fund its proportionate share of such Additional Expansion, or to participate at less than its proportionate share of such Additional Expansion. In such event, such Partners Partnership Interest shall be adjusted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Exhibit A and as may further be determined by the Management Committee to fairly and equitably reflect the Additional Capital Contributions made by such Partners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to well connects to the Jonah Gas Gathering System and other non-expansion capital projects which are commenced after the Effective Date, each of the TEPPCO Parties and Enterprise agree to fund such well connects and other capital projects in proportion to their Final Ownership Interest, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, it being further agreed that the TEPPCO Parties will fund 100% of such costs up until the Phase I Commencement Date at which time Enterprise will, within 30 days of receipt of an appropriate invoice therefore which has been approved by the Management Committee, reimburse the TEPPCO Parties for the percentage of such costs which equal Enterprises Sharing Ratio as of the Phase I Commencement Date and that as of the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date, Enterprise will in like manner reimburse TEPPCO for the remainder of Enterprises portion of such costs based on Enterprises Final Ownership Interest. The term Final Ownership Interest shall mean the Sharing Ratio of the respective parties as of the earlier to occur of the Cost Sharing Date and the Phase II Commencement Date; provided that if any of the parties make any Capital Contribution which is not in proportion to their relative ownership interest other than as contemplated with respect to the Jonah
Expansion, after the date of such Capital Contribution the cost sharing for such projects shall be based on the Final Ownership Interest as may be further adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
3. The TEPPCO Parties shall have a unilateral right to (i) decline to participate in any required Capital Expenditure associated with any portion of an EnCana Expansion or (ii) participate in such EnCana Expansion in any percentage it determines up to the amount of its Sharing Ratio multiplied by such amounts required to fund such EnCana Expansion; provided that, if an EnCana Expansion is undertaken prior to the earlier of the Phase II Commencement Date and the Cost Sharing Date, TEPPCOs maximum percentage of participation shall be based on its Final Ownership Interest, as may later be determined. In the event the TEPPCO Parties decline to contribute their full amount of any Additional Capital Contributions with respect to an EnCana Expansion based on their Sharing Ratios, Enterprise will fund the remainder of such EnCana expansion by making all necessary Additional Capital Contributions without reimbursement by the TEPPCO Parties and Enterprises Partnership Interest shall be adjusted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Exhibit A and as may further be determined by the Management Committee to fairly and equitably reflect the Additional Capital Contributions made by such Partners.
4. No Partner shall be required to make any Capital Contribution (other than the Contributions contemplated by paragraph 1 of this Schedule 3.2 and any other Contribution to which such Partner has agreed in writing or otherwise consented to) unless such Capital Contribution has been approved by a majority of the Management Committee Representatives. If any Partner has the right to decline to fund its proportionate share of any required Capital Contribution, such Partner must provide written notice to the other Partners of its election not to participate within ten (10) Business Days of such Partners receipt of a written statement from the Partnership detailing such Capital Contribution or such Partner shall be deemed to have waived such right and shall fund its proportionate share of the required Capital Contribution together with the other Partners.
5. For the avoidance of doubt, TMC will contribute all of its interest in Jonah Gas Marketing, LLC to the Partnership pursuant to the Contribution Agreement on the Effective Date and prior to the Effective Date the TEPPCO Parties will cause the conversion of any amounts payable by the Partnership to the TEPPCO Parties or their Affiliates into Partners capital of the Partnership. The Jonah Gas Marketing Contribution shall be considered to be a Capital Contribution of TMC which occurred prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement.
6. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties calculated the Agreed Base Amount included in the Sharing Ratio calculations set forth on Exhibit A based on the March 31, 2006 balance sheet of the Partnership and such amount includes the
following:
Current Assets |
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$ |
32,520,000 |
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Property Plant and Equipment (Gross Cost) |
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412,266,000 |
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Intangible Assets |
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$ |
222,800,000 |
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Other Assets |
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$ |
6,157,000 |
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Current Liabilities |
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(31,785,000 |
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Total |
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641,958,000 |
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It is the parties intent that any amounts which were included in the calculation set forth above shall be paid by the TEPPCO Parties and not by Enterprise or the Partnership such that at the Effective Date the TEPPCO Parties shall have paid (or will be responsible for paying) any amounts which may be due and which relate to the assets included in the above calculation. In addition, with respect to the 2006 Well Connect Capital and the Phase IV Capital Contribution, it is the intent of the parties that the TEPPCO Parties will be responsible for paying 100% of any such amounts included in the 2006 Well Connect Capital or the Phase IV Capital Contribution and to the extent that any of such costs were included in the calculation set forth above, the TEPPCO Parties agree that the 2006 Well Connect Capital and/or the Phase IV Capital Contribution will be appropriately reduced. To the extent that there are any other non-expansion capital project costs which are not included as 2006 Well Connect Costs or as part of the Phase IV Capital Contribution or as part of the Agreed Base Amount referred to above and which have not been paid as of the Effective Date, the parties agree to contribute to such costs in the same manner as if such costs were non-expansion capital projects which are commenced after the Effective Date in accordance with paragraph 2 above.
SCHEDULE 4.2
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
OF
JONAH GAS GATHERING COMPANY
MANAGEMENT AUTHORIZATION POLICY
Enterprise Products GP, LLC
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
Management Authorization Policy
Effective Date: February 22, 2006
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy (this Policy) is the delegation by the Board of Directors (the Board) of Enterprise Products GP, LLC (EPGP) of approval limits for the various officers (the Officers) of EPGP, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPPLP), Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (EPOLP) and their respective subsidiaries (collectively or individually, as the context may require, Enterprise). This Policy is designed to promote the approval process of expenditures at levels which the Board believes is adequate for the efficient operation of Enterprise, while ensuring that material or significant expenditures will continue to be subject to Board approval.
This Policy is not a substitute for good judgment and, when a situation dictates, action may be required which is contrary to this Policy. In situations where persons may be subjected to injury or where financial losses are likely to occur, operational and financial requirements take precedence over administrative requirements. In these circumstances, the highest-ranking individual present may make commitments without normal approvals provided the approvals are subsequently obtained at the earliest possible time.
Other related and more detailed policies and procedures exist, or will exist, for specific purposes such as marketing, accounting and purchasing materials which may be obtained by contacting the Vice President - Human Resources. An example of this is the Financial Commodity Policy of Enterprise that encompasses risk management, marketing and the use of derivatives. These policies provide more specific guidance about different business areas and should be used in conjunction with this Management Authorization Policy.
OFFICER AUTHORITY AND DELEGATION
Officers have the authority under this Policy as, and to the extent, reflected in the Officer Limits of Authority attached as Exhibit A (the Officer Authority Limits) and may generally delegate to other non-Officer employees of EPCO, Inc. up to one-half of their Officer Authority Limits. Delegations shall be made in accordance with reporting levels within the Officers functional area and only for those items for which sub-delegation is allowed. Delegation by Officers to non-Officers for items such as administrative or operating expenses shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00); provided, however, this restriction or prohibition shall not apply to the delegation by Officers to non-Officers of the approval for payment of administrative or operating expenses, non-AFE PO requisitions or payments on Service Contracts, leases and rentals. Higher limits or specific variations in limits of authority must be approved by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or the Chief Operating Officer (COO). The Management Authorization Form for Delegation of Authority (the Authorization Form), the current form of which is attached as Exhibit B, shall be used to document delegation to other personnel.
The delegating Officer will retain a copy of each Authorization Form. The original will be sent to the Risk Control Director to ensure the delegation is within this Policy. The Risk Control Director will then have the authorization form prepared for electronic read only access by Accounting and Treasury for matching payment approvals with appropriate levels of authorization. A copy of each Authorization Form will also be sent by the Delegating Officer to the Legal Department. If an Officer wishes to change an individuals authority, such Officer must prepare and distribute, as set forth above, a new Authorization Form.
A periodic report showing delegated authorities will be distributed no less frequently than quarterly by Risk Control to the Delegating Officers to help ensure documentation presented for payment is properly authorized in accordance with this Policy.
Upon a change in employment of an individual with authority granted or delegated under this Policy, the delegating Officer will notify Risk Control to delete or modify, as appropriate, the employees electronic read-only authorization form and will notify the Legal Department of such change. Human Resources will also notify Risk Control of such changes to further ensure authorizations are maintained only for the employees current position.
If an Officer becomes aware of a problem or potential problem related to delegated authorities, such Officer should request their personnel and Accounts Payable to route some or all invoices or requests for payment to the Officer for review and approval prior to release of payment. Such routing should continue until the Officer has found and corrected the problem or has reasonably determined that no problem exists and that the authorization process is working as intended.
The following is a list of the basic authorization levels and types of expenditures addressed by this Policy:
AUTHORIZATION LEVELS
1. Chairman
2. CEO, COO and Management Directors (and officers who are management directors)
3. Executive Vice Presidents
4. Senior Vice Presidents
5. Vice President
All other levels are to be delegated.
FUNDS RELEASE PROCESS
Funds for AFEs will not be released until the project is approved. Project documentation submitted for AFE approval should include a substantial description, explanation justifying the need for the expenditure and properly prepared economic support.
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EXPENDITURE DEFINITIONS AND RELEVANT INFORMATION
1. AFEs are typically for capital or large expense items that include economic analysis and other critical documentation such as material and labor estimates, project maps and detailed engineering plans used to justify the decision for the expenditure. AFEs by nature have multiple signatures for approval such as the requesting party, their supervisor, etc. For Bank and Finance related AFEs, please refer to Item 14 of Exhibit A.
2. Charges to Approved AFEs: Spending limits on these charges aid management in monitoring actual costs against the approved AFE amounts budgeted for the project.
3. Over Expenditures: As soon as it becomes apparent that a project will exceed the original AFE, and the variance amount exceeds the lesser of 10% of the original AFE cost or One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), a supplemental AFE is required with the appropriate level(s) of approval. The supplemental AFE must be made for not only the anticipated increase over original project cost, but also include the original cost and any information pertaining thereto. Supplemental AFEs for over expenditures estimated to be less than $10,000 in excess of the original AFE amount can be approved by a senior vice-president responsible for that respective area such as the Senior Vice-President of Engineering.
4. Natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil and refined products agreements and joint venture agreements: This includes all types of natural gas, NGL, crude oil and refined products sales, purchase, exchange, transportation, storage, tolling, processing, fractionation, and compression agreements (contracts). These contracts and agreements are normally authorized and approved in writing by middle to upper level management in the functional marketing area such as the Vice President-Fractionation, Senior Vice President-Gas Liquids Marketing and Senior Vice President-Gas Processing.
5. Payments under natural gas, NGL, crude oil and refined products contracts: If the payment is the direct result of a specific contract for a specific transaction, and the contract has been properly approved, additional approval for release of these funds is not required. Otherwise, the appropriate level of management must approve payment.
6. Service contracts, leases and rental agreements: Service contracts, leases and rental agreements can be made at various locations for many reasons but, in any event, are subject to the prior written approval of the Legal Department. For this reason, the authorization and approval levels are intentionally much more limited for such items than for AFEs or gas contracts.
7. Non-AFE purchase order requisitions, operating and administrative expenses and charges to service contracts: Due to the number of possible transactions, this classification provides the most restrictive level of authorization and approval.
8. Payments for insurance premiums and taxes: These expenditures are infrequent by comparison to other expenses and require specific or technical knowledge as to their appropriateness, and thus should generally not be delegated.
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9. Sales or disposition of assets: Sale or disposition of assets with a sale price and or fair market value equal to or greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) also requires the written approval of the CEO, the COO or the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Financial Officer (the CFO). Any agreement for the sale or disposition of assets requires the prior written approval of the Chief Legal Officer or his delegate.
10. Guaranties: All guaranties in which Enterprise is the guarantor shall be approved in writing, as to the amount and term thereof, by the Treasurer, or his delegate, and as to the form thereof, by the Chief Legal Officer, or his delegate, and shall be executed only by the CFO, or in the CFOs absence, the CEO, the COO, the Treasurer or the Chief Legal Officer.
11. Confidentiality Agreements, Employment Agreements and Consulting Agreements: Confidentiality agreements, employment agreements and consulting agreements shall be approved in writing by the Chief Legal Officer or his delegate and shall be executed only by the CEO, the COO, the CFO or the Chief Legal Officer or their respective delegates.
12. Legal Services; Legal Fees: Only the Chief Legal Officer or his delegates are authorized to (i) retain any law firm or attorney for the providing of legal services to Enterprise and (ii) approve invoices for legal fees and expenses.
CONTRACT ROUTING
All contracts for the purchase of commodities and other goods or services (other than those transactions which are in the ordinary course of Enterprises business), Enterprise guarantees, letters of intent and indications of interest (except confirmations and unchanged standard agreements previously approved by the Legal Department) shall be approved in writing by the Legal Department and relevant administrative support (e.g. Treasury, Human Resources, Accounting, Corporate Risk, Contract Administration, Information Technology, etc.) management prior to execution. For example, joint venture agreements must be reviewed and approved by the CFO, the Chief Legal Officer and the Vice President-Corporate Risk, or their respective delegates, for proper financial, legal, accounting, tax, and insurance considerations. Another example is service agreements, which must be reviewed and approved by the Corporate Risk and Legal Departments prior to execution. For any contract requiring an extension of credit, the approving Officer must specifically obtain credit approval from the Credit Department within the Treasury Department.
Appropriate Marketing and Supply personnel must approve all natural gas and NGL contracts with a term greater than one month or a value greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) that could expose Enterprise to fixed price or option risk on price or volume.
All commodity contracts must be provided to Contract Administration no later than the day the transaction commitment occurs.
EXPENSE REPORTING
Expense reports (including Cash Advances) must be approved by the employees immediate supervisor who has a MAP form on file or, in the supervisors absence, the next higher level.
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Expense reports totaling more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) must be approved by a Vice President or higher.
For non-officers, the One Thousand Dollar limit is considered to be included in the line item beginning with Operating Expenses on the Management Authorization Form for the Delegation of Authority. For limits greater than a thousand dollars, please specify under the line item Other. Details of employee expense reporting are contained in the Enterprise Human Resources Policy for Expense Accounts.
INVOICE APPROVAL
Regarding expenditures for operating expenses or capital projects, a duly authorized member of management must approve all purchase requisitions, purchase orders (POs) and invoices without properly approved purchase orders. Accounting shall match the purchase requisition, purchase order and invoices with authorization forms as necessary to determine proper approval, and compare the receiving report for goods purchased to the vendor invoice before releasing the invoice for payment. Individuals approving invoices not generated by purchase orders are responsible for ensuring that the goods or services invoiced have been properly received by Enterprise and that such goods and services are required in the course of Enterprises business. The individual approving the invoice should be certain that the charges are correct as billed. If expenditure requires an AFE, the invoice should not be processed until an AFE is properly approved.
MAJOR EXPENDITURE MONITORING
The payment of expenditures related to new commercial operating arrangements or contracts (which expenditures have been approved under an appropriate AFE) should be reviewed and approved for a period of at least three months from the beginning of operations or inception of the contract, by the Officer (or by the manager or director who has been delegated such authority) in the commercial group responsible for obtaining the business. This will help ensure that expenditures are being made in accordance with the intent of the arrangement or contract.
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
The Chairman, the CEO, the COO or the management director shall, in addition to the appropriate dollar level approval, be required to approve contributions greater than $500 for charitable purposes, such as educational institutions and other publicly or privately funded special interest support organizations.
FINANCE RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The CFO or his delegate must approve all financial guarantees of obligations for any investments, financial obligations, long-term contracts including leases, any non-trade credit transactions and International Swap and Derivative Agreements (ISDAs).
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Enterprise Products GP, LLC
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
Officer Limits of Authority
Exhibit A
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6. Contracts for transportation, exchange, gathering, compression, processing, fractionation, or storage (e) (f) |
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9. Non-AFE purchase requisitions, operating & administrative expenses, & payments on previously authorized service contracts, leases & rentals (i) (j) (k) (p) |
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NOTES TO AUTHORIZATION LEVELS
(a) Must comply with the Funds Release Process as described in the Management Authorization Policy. It is understood that Officers may only approve AFEs relating to their assigned area of responsibility. In order for AFEs to be approved by Officers other than the Chairman, the CEO, or the COO, the AFE should be approved with joint concurrence of Officers in Operations, Business Management, Engineering, and Finance. Supplemental AFEs for over expenditures estimated to be less than $10,000 in excess of the original AFE amount can be approved by a senior vice-president for that respective area such as the Senior Vice-President of Engineering.
(b) Requires the approval of any two (2) of the Chairman, the CEO, the COO and/or management directors (and officers who are management directors) with the approval of an officer in Finance.
(c) The Chairman, the CEO, the COO or any management director (or any officer who is a management director), individually, can approve with the approval of an officer in Finance.
(d) The authorization amount is the total to be expended during the term of the contract.
(e) All contract approvals are subject to the Contract Routing requirements stated in the Management Authorization Policy.
(f) Exception - Any authorized personnel in this category may approve or delegate approval for contracts other than storage with volumes of 500 Bbls per day, 25 MMcf per day or less regardless of the term of the contract. [See note (e)]
(g) Payments to Shell and Shell affiliates may be approved by Accounting Vice Presidents up to a maximum of $30MM. Payments over $30MM must be approved by an Accounting Senior Vice President or higher.
(h) The Chief Legal Officer or his delegate must approve all Enterprise legal fees. All lease terms must be reviewed and approved by the CFO or his delegate prior to signing any lease. All leases requiring monthly payments of $10,000 or more, or $100,000 or more per annum must also be approved by the CFO. All lease payments including relevant terms such as the payment frequency, term of the agreement, amount of payment, and item(s) leased must be reported in writing to the CFO and the Controller.
(i) Purchase requisitions are intended for goods versus services, which should be approved by service contracts.
(j) Authorization for recurring expenses such as utility bills that are consistent with the annual budget may be approved by the Vice President responsible for that area.
(k) All computer hardware, software, software licensing, maintenance and consulting services must also be approved by the Vice President - Information Technology or his delegate.
(l) Per the Management Authorization Policy, all sales or dispositions of company assets with a sale price and or fair market value greater than $100,000 require approval by the CEO, the COO or the Chief Legal Officer and the CFO.
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(m) Premiums for new bonds require approval of the CFO or the Treasurer.
(n) Authorization for settlements of claims and lawsuits by Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents is limited to the officer(s) in charge of Corporate Risk Department. All other settlements, other than tax settlements involving less than $5M, must be approved and initialed by the Chief Legal Officer or his delegate.
(o) Authorizations for these transactions are specifically granted by Board resolutions and are subject to restrictions. All such transactions must have the involvement of or review by the CFOs organization and Chief Legal Officer
(p) All check requests for charitable contributions greater than $500 must be approved by the Chairman, the CEO, the COO or a management director.
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Exhibit B
Enterprise Products GP, LLC
Enterprise Products Partners L.P,
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
Management Authorization Form for Delegation of Authority
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TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
OF
TAX MATTERS
1. Tax Returns, Proceedings and Elections. Tax returns, proceedings, and elections shall be governed by the provisions of this Schedule 5.2 as it may be amended from time to time by a vote of the Partners.
(a) Enterprise is designated the tax matters partner (TMP) as defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. The designation of TMP shall be effective only for operations conducted by the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) The TMP shall cause to be prepared all necessary federal, state, and local Partnership income, excise, and property tax returns and, except for excise taxes, furnish a copy of the proposed return to the Partners for their review not later than one month prior to the due date, including extensions, for filing such returns. The TMP shall timely file such returns and, upon the written request of a Partner, shall provide the Partners with schedules which are consistent with the treatment of all items on those returns. The TMP agrees to use all reasonable efforts in the preparation and filing of such tax returns but, in doing so, shall incur no Liability to any Partner with respect to such returns or any elections relating thereto. On or before the last day of May after the end of the taxable year, the TMP will cause each Partner to be provided with estimates of all information reasonably necessary or appropriate to file its respective tax returns and reports.
(c) The Partners shall furnish the TMP with such information as it may reasonably request to aid in the preparation of the Partnership returns and which will permit it to provide the Internal Revenue Service with sufficient information so that proper notice can be mailed to such Partners as provided in Section 6223 of the Code.
(d) To the extent and in the manner provided by applicable Regulations, the TMP shall keep each Partner informed of all administrative and judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items (as defined in Section 6231(a)(3) of the Code) at the Partnership level.
(e) If an administrative proceeding contemplated under Section 6223 of the Code has begun, the Partners shall notify the TMP of their treatment of any Partnership item on
their federal income tax return in a manner which is or may be inconsistent with the treatment of that item on the Partnership return.
(f) The TMP shall not enter into any extension of the period of limitations as provided under Section 6229 of the Code without the prior written consent of the Partners.
(g) Any Partner who enters into a settlement agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to Partnership items shall promptly notify the other Partners of such settlement agreement.
(h) The TMP shall not bind the other Partners to a settlement agreement without obtaining the written concurrence of the Partners who will be bound by such agreement.
(i) The TMP shall notify all Partners of any intention to file a petition with a court for a readjustment of any Partnership items. Such notice shall be given within a reasonable time so that the Partners may participate in choosing the forum for the filing of any petition. This provision shall not apply to any Partner who does not have an interest in the outcome of such matter. Whether a Partner has an interest in the outcome will be determined using the standard in Section 6226(d) of the Code. Further, the TMP or other Partner who had brought the action under Section 6226 of the Code, shall provide the other Partners with notice of any intention to seek review of a determination by any court under that Section.
(j) No Partner may file a request for an administrative adjustment of Partnership items for any Partnership taxable year pursuant to Section 6227 of the Code without first notifying all other Partners. If the other Partners agree with the requested adjustment, the TMP shall file the request for administrative adjustment on behalf of the Partnership.
(k) If any part of an administrative adjustment request filed by a Partner is not allowed by the Internal Revenue Service, the Partner filing such request shall seek the concurrence of other Partners with regard to the filing of a petition with a court and with regard to seeking review of the determination by any court in the same manner as provided in Section l(i) of this Schedule 5.2.
(l) The TMP and other Partners shall use all reasonable efforts to comply with the responsibilities as outlined herein and in Sections 6222 through 6233 of the Code, but shall incur no Liability to any other Partner for failure to fulfill such responsibilities.
(m) The provisions of this Schedule 5.2 shall survive the termination of the Partnership or the termination of any Partners interest in the Partnership and shall remain binding on the Partners for a period of time necessary to resolve with the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of the Treasury any and all matters regarding the federal income taxation of the Partnership and any applicable state income tax matters.
2. Elections. The Partners agree that the TMP is directed to make the following elections on behalf of the Partnership in the appropriate returns of the Partnership prepared pursuant to Section 1 above:
(a) To adopt the accrual method of accounting;
(b) To compute the allowance for depreciation or cost recovery using the shortest permissible life and most rapid recovery method permitted under the Code;
(c) To elect the calendar year as the Fiscal Year of the Partnership;
(d) To elect to amortize all organization costs of the Partnership under Section 709 of the Code; and
(e) To make such other elections as the Partners may direct.
3. Section 754 Election. The Partnership shall make an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to adjust the basis of Partnership property.
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
OF
JONAH GAS GATHERING COMPANY
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Each potential new Partner in the Partnership must demonstrate adequate financial responsibility itself or through an Affiliate that is willing to execute a guarantee of the obligations of such prospective Partner on such terms that are acceptable to the Partners. Such credit worthiness may be demonstrated by satisfying one of the two methods of meeting financial responsibility described below.
1. Method I
The Partner or its Affiliate has senior unsecured debt outstanding which is rated by:
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If a Partner or its Affiliate fails to meet the above test, then the following criteria will be applied to the proposed new Partners or its Affiliates financial statements:
If the proposed Partner or its Affiliate meets any one of the above criteria, then such proposed Partner or its Affiliate shall be deemed to have adequate financial capability to fulfill the obligations of a Partner.
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP
OF
JONAH GAS GATHERING COMPANY
DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE
1. Initiation of Procedures. Any Party desiring to initiate the dispute resolution procedures set forth herein with respect to a dispute (including a dispute described in the last sentence of Section 4.1(k) of the Agreement) (Dispute) not resolved in the ordinary course of business (the Initiating Party) must give written notice of the Dispute (the Dispute Notice) to the other Party (the Non-Initiating Party). The Dispute Notice shall include (i) a statement of that Partys position and a summary of arguments supporting that position, and (ii) the name and title of the executive who will represent that Party, and of any other person who will accompany the executive, in the negotiations under Section 2 below. For purposes of the alternative dispute resolution procedure as set forth in this Schedule 10.23, any reference to Party or Parties shall include the Partners.
2. Negotiation Between Executives. If one Party has given a Dispute Notice under Section 1 above, the Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute within forty-five (45) days following receipt of the Dispute Notice by the Non-Initiating Party by negotiation between executives who have authority to settle the Dispute and who are at a higher level of management than the persons with direct responsibility for administration of this Agreement or the matter in Dispute. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Dispute Notice, the Non-Initiating Party shall submit to the other a written response. The response will include (i) a statement of that Partys position and a summary of arguments supporting that position, and (ii) the name and title of the executive who will represent that Party and of any other person who will accompany the executive. Within forty-five (45) days following receipt of the Dispute Notice by the Non-Initiating Party, the executives of both Parties will meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter, as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to attempt to resolve the Dispute.
3. Tolling and Performance. Except as otherwise provided in these procedures, all applicable statutes of limitation and defenses based upon the passage of time and all contractual limitation periods specified in this Agreement, if any, will be tolled while the procedures specified herein are pending. The Parties will take all actions necessary to effectuate the tolling of any applicable statute of limitation or contractual limitation periods. All deadlines specified herein may be extended by mutual written agreement of the Parties. Each Party is required to continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement pending final resolution of any Dispute, unless to do so would be impossible or impracticable under the circumstances.
EXHIBIT 10.2
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This Contribution Agreement (this Agreement), dated as of August 1, 2006 (the Effective Date), is entered into by and among Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Enterprise), TEPPCO GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (TGP) and TEPPCO Midstream Companies, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (TMC and together with TGP, the TEPPCO Parties), and Jonah Gas Gathering Company, a Wyoming general partnership and an affiliate of the TEPPCO Parties (Jonah).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Jonah was formed on June 20, 1996 by the execution of the Agreement of Partnership (Original Agreement) by and between Green River Pipeline LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company (Green River), and Jonah Pipeline Company, a Michigan corporation.
WHEREAS, McMurray Oil Company, a Wyoming corporation (MOC) acquired the Partnership Interest of Jonah Pipeline Company in Jonah;
WHEREAS, on September 28, 2001, (i) TGP acquired from MOC and Green River, 0.001% of their respective Partnership Interests in Jonah and (ii) TMC acquired from MOC and Green River, 99.999% of their respective Partnership Interests in Jonah;
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement, TGP held a 0.001% Partnership Interest and TMC held a 99.999% Partnership Interest;
WHEREAS, Jonah owns and operates a gas gathering system in Lincoln, Sublette and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming, which gathers gas from the Jonah Field and the Pinedale Anticline Field to points of interconnection with various other facilities, together with its lines of pipe, valves, tanks, interconnections, buildings, machinery, equipment, parts, tools, supplies and other related assets (collectively, the Jonah Gas Gathering System);
WHEREAS, on February 13, 2006, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (TEPPCO Partners) entered into a letter of intent relating to the formation of a joint venture with respect to the Partnership which letter of intent is superseded and replaced upon execution of this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement (defined below);
WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Date, Enterprise Products has funded certain portions of an expansion of the Jonah Gas Gathering System, which expansion when completed shall consist of the installation of new compression, related new piping and certain related facilities, all as more particularly described in Section 4 of that certain Gas Gathering Agreement dated as of February 1, 2006, between EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. and Jonah (the Jonah Expansion), on behalf of Enterprise and in contemplation of Enterprise entering into this Agreement on the terms herein set forth;
WHEREAS, the Jonah Expansion is to be completed pursuant to a joint venture on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and Jonahs Amended and Restated Agreement of Partnership (Partnership Agreement), which amends and restates the Original Agreement in its entirety, such Partnership Agreement to be executed and delivered by Enterprise and the TEPPCO Parties concurrent with this Agreement;
WHEREAS, on the Effective Date, TMC will contribute all of its interest in Jonah Gas Marketing, LLC to the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement and after such contribution the Partnership will own 100% of the outstanding membership interests in Jonah Gas Marketing, LLC;
WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Date, all intercompany accounts payable by Jonah to TEPPCO Partners, L.P. or its Affiliates have been converted into Partners capital so that on the Effective Date Jonah does not have any amounts which are payable to any of its Partners or Affiliates; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Partnership Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual promises contained herein and in the Partnership Agreement, the benefits to be derived by each party hereunder and thereunder, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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(a) The Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party reasonably prompt notice of any claim for which indemnity is sought. To the extent the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby, the failure to provide reasonably prompt notice to the Indemnifying Party shall relieve the Indemnifying Party from liability for such claims that it may have to the Indemnified Party, but only to the extent the liability for such claims is directly attributable to such failure to provide such prompt notice.
(b) The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend, settle, and compromise any proceedings involving claims for which indemnification is sought with counsel of its own choosing (but reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party); provided that any such settlement, compromise or other resolution shall include a full release of the Indemnified Party from such claims. If requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party agrees to cooperate with Indemnifying Party and its counsel in the defense or settlement of any such claim. All costs of any such defense shall be borne solely by the Indemnifying Party. At its own expense, the Indemnified Party may obtain its own counsel to participate in or assist with any settlement or defense, but the Indemnifying Party shall have full authority to determine all action to be taken in any such defense or settlement.
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Easements means all easements, licenses, surface leases, rights-of-way, servitudes and other surface rights and interests used in the operation of the Jonah Gas Gathering System.
Encumbrance means any liens, claims, burdens, title defect, conflicting claim of ownership right of way, hypothecations, or other legal or equitable encumbrance, limitation, order, decree, judgment, stipulation, settlement, attachment, restriction, right of first refusal, covenant, reservation, lease, pledge, option, charge, claim, security interest, mortgage or any other right of any third party.
Environmental Activity means any actual or threatened storage, holding, existence, release, emission, discharge, generation, processing, abatement, removal, investigation, remediation, monitoring, disposition, handling, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Substance at, from, under, into and/or on the Jonah Gas Gathering System or otherwise relating to the Jonah Gas Gathering System or any use of the Jonah Gas Gathering System which is regulated by or for which standards of conduct or liability are imposed by any Environmental Laws. As used in regards to Environmental Activity, release means releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, disposing, or dumping, other than a release, spill, leak, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharge, injection, escape, leach, disposal, or dumping of petroleum products and byproducts which is permitted pursuant to Environmental Laws.
Environmental Laws means all laws including but not limited to federal, state, municipal, county, local or other statutes and regulations, authorizations, judgments, decrees, concessions, grants, orders, franchises, permits, agreements and other restrictions and requirements relating to any Hazardous Substances, Environmental Activity, the environment, pollution, health, a communitys right to know, or worker protection.
Gas Contracts means those certain gas purchase, sales, gathering, transportation and/or treating agreements described or identified on Exhibit A attached hereto.
Hazardous Substances includes any pollutants, dangerous substances, toxic substances, hazardous wastes, solid wastes, infectious wastes, regulated substances, contaminants, hazardous materials, or hazardous substances as defined in or pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, or any other Environmental Laws; any
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material, waste, or substance that is or becomes regulated or classified under Environmental Laws; and any substance, material or waste which is or contains (i) petroleum, oil, or any fraction thereof, (ii) explosives, or (iii) radioactive materials (including naturally occurring radioactive materials).
Permits means all regulatory permits which relate to the Jonah Gas Gathering System, Easements or Gas Contracts, including, without limitation, those described or identified on Exhibit B attached hereto.
Permitted Encumbrances means (i) liens for Taxes or assessments not yet due and payable; (ii) terms and conditions of any leases that have been fully disclosed to Enterprise on an appropriate schedule to this Agreement; (iii) such liens, imperfections in title, charges, easements, restrictions, encumbrances or other matters that are due to zoning or subdivision laws or regulations (A) that do not materially and adversely affect the assets comprising the Jonah Gas Gathering System for the uses to which such assets are put or the ability to transfer or assign any such assets comprising the Jonah Gas Gathering System and (B) which are of a nature that would be reasonably acceptable to a prudent operator of natural gas assets and facilities of a type similar to the assets comprising the Jonah Gas Gathering System; and (iv) such other liens, imperfections in title, charges, easements, restrictions, encumbrances or other matters (A) that do not materially and adversely affect the assets comprising the Jonah Gas Gathering System for the use to which they are put or the ability to transfer or assign any such assets and (B) which are of a nature that would be reasonably acceptable to a prudent operator of natural gas assets and facilities of a type similar to the assets comprising the Jonah Gas Gathering System.
Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, other form of business or legal entity.
Records means all pertinent and material files, records and data relating to the Jonah Gas Gathering System, Easements, Gas Contracts and Permits, including, without limitation, books of account and other financial records, all management records, process safety management plans, oil spill prevention plans and records, plant operating procedures and records, title records, surveys, maps, drawings, construction x-rays, pipeline certifications, reports and filings to and with all applicable federal and state regulatory agencies.
Taxes means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Code §59A), customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not and including any obligations to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the Tax liability of any other person.
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If to TGP, TMC or TEPPCO:
TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
1100 Louisiana
Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77002
Attn: Patricia Totten
Fax: (713) 381-3957
Email: patotten@teppco.com
If to Jonah:
Jonah Gas Gathering Company
1100 Louisiana
Suite 1500
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Houston, Texas 77002
Attn: Bill Ordemann
Fax: (713) 381-6960
Email: bordemann@eprod.com
If to Enterprise:
Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC
1100 Louisiana
Suite 1800
Houston, Texas 77002
Attn: Stephanie Hildebrandt
Fax: (713) 381-6570
Email: shildebrandt@eprod.com
Any party may, by written notice so delivered to the other, change the address to which delivery shall thereafter be made.
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Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND FULL RELEASE OF THE JONAH GAS GUARANTY
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Amendment) is made and entered into as of July 31, 2006, by and among TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Borrower), the several banks and other financial institutions listed on the signature pages attached hereto (collectively, the Lenders), SUNTRUST BANK (SunTrust), as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as the LC Issuing Bank, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent (the Syndication Agent), and BNP PARIBAS, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, N.A. (Main Office Chicago)), and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as Co-Documentation Agents (the Co-Documentation Agents).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents are parties to a certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2004, as amended by a certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2005, and by a certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005 (as so amended and as hereafter amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain financial accommodations available to the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the LC Issuing Bank further amend the Credit Agreement and release Jonah Gas from its Guarantor Obligations, all as set forth in this Amendment and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lenders are willing to do so.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of all of which are acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the LC Issuing Bank agree as follows:
Borrowing means any Revolver Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing, as the case may be, whether as an original disbursement of funds or as a renewal, extension or continuation of any amount outstanding.
Borrowing Date means the Business Day requested by the Borrower for funding of a Revolver Loan pursuant to Section 2.2, or funding of a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.3, as the case may be.
Borrowing Request means a request for a Revolver Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2(a) substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1, or a request for a Swingline Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3, as the case may be.
Lender means (a) each financial institution (including, without limitation, SunTrust, in its capacity as a Lender, in respect of its Commitment) initially named on Schedule 2, (b) each Assignee pursuant to Section 14.10(d), (c) each Additional Lender pursuant to Section 2.6, and (d) unless the context otherwise requires, the Swingline Lender.
Note means one of the amended and restated promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A, with respect to Revolver Borrowings, and the swingline note substantially in the form of Exhibit F, with respect to Swingline Borrowings, as the case may be.
Pro Forma EBITDA means, for any period consisting of the last four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the sum of (i) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for such period, plus (ii) to the extent not already reflected in Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for such period, EBITDA for such period of any other Person or all or substantially all of the business or assets of any other Person or operating division or business unit of any other Person acquired in an Acquisition during such period.
Stated Termination Date means December 13, 2011, as such date may be extended for additional one-year periods pursuant to Section 2.7.
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA means for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for any period, the sum of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period plus (b) any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments for such period.
Commercial Operation Date means the date on which a Material Project is substantially complete and commercially operable.
Consolidated Net Worth means as to any Person, at any date of determination, the sum of (i) such Persons preferred stock (if any), (ii) par value of such Persons common stock, (iii) capital in excess of par value of such Persons common stock,
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(iv) such Persons partners capital or equity, and (v) retained earnings, less treasury stock (if any), of such Person, all as determined on a consolidated basis.
Consolidated Total Capitalization means the sum of (i) Consolidated Funded Debt and (ii) the Borrowers Consolidated Net Worth.
Hybrid Securities means any trust preferred securities, or deferrable interest subordinated debt with a maturity of at least 20 years, which provides for the optional or mandatory deferral of interest or distributions, issued by the Borrower, or any business trusts, limited liability companies, limited partnerships or similar entities (i) substantially all of the common equity, general partner or similar interests of which are owned (either directly or indirectly through one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries) at all times by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) that have been formed for the purpose of issuing hybrid securities or deferrable interest subordinated debt, and (iii) substantially all the assets of which consist of (A) subordinated debt of the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, and (B) payments made from time to time on the subordinated debt.
Jonah-Enterprise Transactions means the sale, dilution, transfer or other distribution of up to a 40% partnership interest in Jonah Gas to Enterprise Products Operating L.P. or its affiliates (other than the Borrower or any other Company) pursuant to the terms of the Jonah Expansion Agreement.
Jonah Expansion Agreement means the agreement between the Borrower and Enterprise Products Operating L.P. with respect to the Jonah-Enterprise Transactions, as is more fully set forth in that certain Letter of Intent dated February 13, 2006, between the Borrower and Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
Material Project means the construction or expansion of any capital project of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate capital cost of which exceeds $25,000,000.
Material Project EBITDA Adjustments means, with respect to each Material Project:
(A) prior to the Commercial Operation Date of a Material Project (but including the fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs), a percentage (based on the then-current completion percentage of such Material Project) of an amount to be approved by the Administrative Agent as the projected Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries attributable to such Material Project for the first 12-month period following the scheduled Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (such amount to be determined based on customer contracts or tariff-based customers relating to such Material Project, the creditworthiness of the other parties to such contracts or such tariff-based customers, and projected revenues from such contracts, tariffs, capital costs and expenses, scheduled Commercial Operation Date, oil and gas reserve and production estimates, commodity price assumptions and other factors deemed appropriate by Administrative Agent), which may, at the Borrowers option, be
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added to actual Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter in which construction of such Material Project commences and for each fiscal quarter thereafter until the Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (including the fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs, but net of any actual Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries attributable to such Material Project following such Commercial Operation Date); provided that if the actual Commercial Operation Date does not occur by the scheduled Commercial Operation Date, then the foregoing amount shall be reduced, for quarters ending after the scheduled Commercial Operation Date to (but excluding) the first full quarter after its Commercial Operation Date, by the following percentage amounts depending on the period of delay (based on the period of actual delay or then-estimated delay, whichever is longer): (i) 90 days or less, 0%, (ii) longer than 90 days, but not more than 180 days, 25%, (iii) longer than 180 days but not more than 270 days, 50%, and (iv) longer than 270 days, 100%; and
(B) beginning with the first full fiscal quarter following the Commercial Operation Date of a Material Project and for the two immediately succeeding fiscal quarters, an amount to be approved by the Administrative Agent as the projected Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries attributable to such Material Project (determined in the same manner as set forth in clause (A) above) for the balance of the four full fiscal quarter period following such Commercial Operation Date, which may, at the Borrowers option, be added to actual Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarters.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) no such additions shall be allowed with respect to any Material Project unless:
(a) not later than 30 days prior to the delivery of any certificate required by the terms and provisions of Section 8.1(a) or (b) to the extent Material Project EBITDA Adjustments will be made to Consolidated EBITDA in determining compliance with Section 10.2, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent written pro forma projections of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries attributable to such Material Project, and
(b) prior to the date such certificate is required to be delivered, the Administrative Agent shall have approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) such projections and shall have received such other information and documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and
(ii) the aggregate amount of all Material Project EBITDA Adjustments during any period shall be limited to 20% of the total actual Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (which total actual Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined without including any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments).
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Revolver Borrowing means any amount disbursed to or on behalf of the Borrower by one or more Lenders under Section 2.1 pursuant to the procedures specified in Section 2.2, whether as an original disbursement of funds or as a renewal, extension or continuation of an amount outstanding.
Swingline Borrowing means any amount disbursed to or on behalf of the Borrower by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.3, whether as an original disbursement of funds or as a renewal, extension or continuation of an amount outstanding.
Swingline Index Rate means, for any day, (a) the rate per annum appearing on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (formerly Dow Jones Market Service) (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Swingline Lender from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time for such day, provided, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity; (b) if for any reason the rate specified in clause (a) of this definition does not so appear on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (or any successor or substitute page or any such successor to or substitute for such Service), the rate per annum appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor or substitute page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, for such day, provided, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, for a one-month maturity; and (c) if the rate specified in clause (a) of this definition does not so appear on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (or any successor or substitute page or any such successor to or substitute for such Service) and if no rate specified in clause (b) of this definition so appears on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor or substitute page), the average of the interest rates per annum at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a one-month maturity are offered by the respective principal London offices of two reference banks designated by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, for such day.
Swingline Lender means SunTrust Bank.
Swingline Loan means a loan disbursed to or on behalf of the Borrower by the Swingline Lender pursuant to a Swingline Borrowing.
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Each Lender severally but not jointly agrees to extend credit to the Borrower, and the LC Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, in accordance with the following provisions and subject to the other terms and conditions of the Credit Documents. Each Borrowing Request and Request for Issuance constitutes a representation and warranty by the Borrower that as of the date of the requested Extension of Credit all of the applicable conditions precedent for such Extension of Credit in Article V have been satisfied.
SECTION 2.1. Revolving Facility.
Each Revolver Borrowing is subject to all of the provisions in the Credit Documents, including the following: (a) each Revolver Borrowing may occur only on a Business Day on or after the Closing Date and before the Termination Date and (b) after giving effect to such Revolver Borrowing, the Outstanding Credits may never exceed the total Commitments at such time.
SECTION 2.2. Revolver Borrowing Procedure.
The following procedures apply to Revolver Borrowings:
(a) Borrowing Request. The Borrower may request a Revolver Borrowing by making or delivering a Borrowing Request for such Revolver Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, which is irrevocable and binding on the Borrower, stating the Type, amount, and Interest Period for each Revolver Borrowing and which must be received by the Administrative Agent no later than (i) 10:00 a.m. on the third Business Day before the Borrowing Date for any LIBOR Rate Borrowing, or (ii) 11:00 a.m. on the Borrowing Date for any Base Rate Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall promptly on the day received notify each Lender of any Borrowing Request for a Revolver Borrowing. Each LIBOR Rate Borrowing must be in the amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess of $5,000,000, and each Base Rate Borrowing must be in the amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess of $1,000,000, or if less than $1,000,000, the total unused Commitments.
(b) Funding. Each Lender shall remit its Commitment Percentage of each requested Revolver Borrowing to the Administrative Agents principal office in Atlanta, Georgia, in funds that are available for immediate use by the Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m. on the applicable Borrowing Date. Subject to receipt of those funds, the Administrative Agent shall (unless to its actual knowledge any of the applicable conditions precedent have not been satisfied by the Borrower or waived by the requisite Lenders) make those funds available to the Borrower by wiring the funds to or for the account of the Borrower.
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(c) Funding Assumed. Absent contrary written notice from a Lender, the Administrative Agent may assume that each Lender has made its Commitment Percentage of the requested Revolver Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent on the applicable Borrowing Date, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to), make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If a Lender fails to make its Commitment Percentage of any requested Revolver Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent on the applicable Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent may recover the applicable amount on demand (i) from that Lender together with interest, commencing on the Borrowing Date and ending on (but excluding) the date the Administrative Agent recovers the amount from that Lender, at an annual interest rate equal to the Fed Funds Rate, or (ii) if that Lender fails to pay its amount upon demand, then from the Borrower, together with interest at the rate applicable to that Revolver Borrowing. No Lender is responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make its share of any Revolver Borrowing available as required by Section 2.2(b); however, failure of any Lender to make its share of any Revolver Borrowing so available does not excuse any other Lender from making its share of any Revolver Borrowing so available.
SECTION 2.3. Swingline Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time prior to the Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $25,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total Outstanding Credits (including the Swingline Loans) exceeding the total Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 12:00 noon on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. Each Swingline Loan must be in the minimum amount of $100,000 and in an integral multiple of $100,000. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender by 3:00 p.m. on the Borrowing Date for such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans
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outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which the Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lenders Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans, as the case may be. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lenders Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans, as the case may be. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Potential Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this Section 2.3(c) by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.2(b) with respect to Revolver Borrowings funded by such Lender (and Section 2.2(c) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this Section 2.3(c), and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
(d) Swingline Loans shall bear interest on each day at an annual rate equal to (i) the Swingline Index Rate plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Borrowings as in effect on such day, at all times prior to the acquisition by any Lender of a participation therein pursuant to Section 2.3(c), and (ii) the Base Rate as in effect on such day, at all times thereafter. All computations of interest for the Swingline Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be. Each determination by the Swingline Lender of the Swingline Index Rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(e) If any Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing, any payments of the Obligations to be applied against the accrued interest and principal amount of the Borrowings pursuant to Section 3.11(b)(vii) and (viii) shall be applied, in each such case, first in respect of outstanding Swingline Borrowings and then in respect of outstanding Revolver Borrowings.
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(f) For purposes of Sections 3.15, 3.16(a), and Section 3.17, Swingline Loans bearing interest based on the Swingline Index Rate shall be deemed to be LIBOR Rate Borrowings, and the provisions of such Sections shall apply thereto in all respects.
The Borrower may make up to two (2) requests for one-year extensions of the Stated Termination Date by delivering a written request for same to the Administrative Agent no earlier than July 31, 2007 and no later than 30 days prior to the Stated Termination Date (or previously extended Stated Termination Date pursuant hereto).
The Borrowings are evidenced by the Notes, a Revolver Note payable to each Lender in the amount of its Commitment for Revolver Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.1, and a Swingline Note payable to the Swingline Lender in the maximum amount of the Swingline Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.3.
SECTION 3.2. Interest and Principal Payments.
(a) Interest. Accrued interest on each LIBOR Rate Borrowing shall be due and payable on the last day of its Interest Period. If any Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Borrowing is greater than three months, then accrued interest shall also be due and payable on the date three months after the commencement of the Interest Period. Accrued interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Base Rate Borrowing shall be due and payable in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on the first such date that follows the Closing Date, and on the date such Borrowing becomes due and payable or is otherwise paid in full. Accrued interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable in arrears on the day such Swingline Borrowing is required to be repaid.
(b) Principal. The principal amount of each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable on a date not later than seven Business Days after such Swingline Borrowing is initially funded, provided that on each day that a Revolver Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Borrowings then outstanding. The
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principal amount of all Revolver Borrowings and all Swingline Borrowings, if not sooner paid, shall in any event be due and payable in full on the Termination Date.
(c) Prepayments.
(i) The Borrower may, from time to time, by giving notice to the Administrative Agent no later than three Business Days before the date (or, in the case of any Swingline Borrowing, no later than 12:00 noon on the date) of the prepayment, prepay, without premium or penalty and in whole or part, the principal amount of any Borrowing so long as:
(A) the notice by the Borrower specifies the amount and Borrowing to be prepaid,
(B) each voluntary partial prepayment must be in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 or a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000 (or in the case of any Swingline Borrowing, not less than $100,000 or a greater integral multiple of $100,000), plus accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of such prepayment, and
(C) the Borrower shall pay the Funding Loss, if any, within five Business Days following an affected Lenders demand and delivery to the Borrower of the certificate as provided in Section 3.18. Conversions on the last day of Interest Period pursuant to Section 3.10 are not prepayments.
(ii) Reserved.
(iii) If at any time, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all Borrowings (including Swingline Borrowings) outstanding plus LC Outstandings shall exceed the total Commitments, the Borrower shall forthwith prepay Borrowings, and, to the extent provided for by this Section 3.2(c)(iii), deposit funds in the Cash Collateral Account in respect of LC Outstandings pursuant to Section 12.1(d), in a principal amount equal to such excess, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount of Borrowings prepaid and any Funding Losses owing in connection therewith.
(iv) Prepayments of Revolver Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) shall be applied, first, to prepay Base Rate Borrowings, second, to prepay any LIBOR Rate Borrowing that has an Interest Period the last day of which is the same as the date of such prepayment, and, third to prepay other LIBOR Rate Borrowings, as selected by the Borrower, or, at the Borrowers option, to cash collateralize such other LIBOR Rate Borrowings (which cash collateral will be applied on the last day of the Interest Period of each such LIBOR Rate Borrowing to prepay such LIBOR Rate Borrowings).
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(d) no more than seven Interest Periods may be in effect at one time.
SECTION 7.20. Restrictions on Distributions.
Except (i) as disclosed on Schedule 7.20, and (ii) for restrictions imposed on issuers of Hybrid Securities pursuant to the terms of the instruments and agreements evidencing and governing such Hybrid Securities, no Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Borrower is subject to any restriction on such Subsidiarys ability to directly or indirectly declare, make or pay Distributions to the Borrower.
(g) Jonah Gas Debt. Following the consummation of the Jonah-Enterprise Transactions and during any period when Enterprise Products Operating L.P. or its affiliates (other than the Borrower or any other Company) own any partnership interests in Jonah Gas, Debt of Jonah Gas (i) owing to the owners of its partnership interests, and (ii) other Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000.
(h) Other Debt. Debt not otherwise described in the preceding clauses (a) through (g) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, provided that following the consummation of the Jonah-Enterprise Transactions and during any period when Enterprise Products Operating L.P. or its affiliates (other than the Borrower or any other Company) own any partnership interests in Jonah Gas, Jonah Gas shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt other than as described in the preceding clause (g).
, and (f) the Jonah-Enterprise Transactions.
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SECTION 9.10. Amendment of Constituent Documents.
The Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any other Company (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to, materially amend or modify its Constituent Documents, except that (i) the Borrowers agreement of limited partnership may be amended pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. substantially in the form set forth in the Borrowers preliminary proxy statement on Form PRE14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2006 (with such other changes thereto as the Administrative Agent shall approve), and (ii) any Company (other than the Borrower) may amend or modify its Constituent Documents in order to conform them with the amendments and modifications made pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 9.10.
(i) any restrictions imposed in connection with (A) the issuance by any Subsidiary of the Borrower of Permitted Non-Recourse Debt or any Hybrid Securities or (B) any Securitization Transaction, in each case as provided in the instruments and agreements evidencing or governing such transactions, or
Section 10.2 (Consolidated Funded Debt to Pro Forma EBITDA) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding an additional sentence at the end of Section 10.2 as follows:
For purposes of this Section 10.2, to the extent Consolidated Funded Debt includes Hybrid Securities, then an amount of such Hybrid Securities not to exceed a total of 15% of Consolidated Total Capitalization shall be excluded from Consolidated Funded Debt, and Pro Forma EBITDA may include, at the Borrowers option, any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments as provided in the definition of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA.
Section 11.7 (Change of Control) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a sentence at the end of Section 11.7 as follows:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Potential Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred or exist under this Section 11.7 as a result of the consummation of the Jonah-Enterprise Transactions unless the Borrower, directly or indirectly, ceases to own at least 60% of the outstanding partnership interests of Jonah Gas.
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The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding an additional Exhibit F (Swingline Note) to the Credit Agreement in the form attached to this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
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Each Guarantor consents to the execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Amendment and jointly and severally ratifies and confirms the terms of the Guaranty with respect to the indebtedness now or hereafter outstanding under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and all promissory notes issued thereunder. Each Guarantor acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other document evidencing any indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders or any other obligation of the Borrower, or any actions now or hereafter taken by the Lenders with respect to any obligation of the Borrower, the Guaranty (i) is and shall continue to be an absolute, unconditional, joint and several, continuing and irrevocable guaranty of payment of Guarantor Obligations to the extent and as provided therein; including, without limitation, all Borrowings and Letters of Credit made and issued under the Credit Agreement, as amended, and (ii) is and shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained herein to the contrary shall release, discharge, modify, change or affect the original liability of the Guarantors under the Guaranty.
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF SWINGLINE NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Maker), promises to pay to the order of SUNTRUST BANK (the Payee), the principal amount of TWENTY-FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000,000.00) or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by Payee to Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement defined below, together with interest on the unpaid amounts thereof from time to time outstanding.
This Swingline Note is a Note under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2004 (as the same has been, and may hereafter be, amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Maker, the Payee, certain other Lenders from time to time, and SunTrust Bank, as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders. All of the terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meanings when used in this Swingline Note, unless otherwise defined herein.
This Swingline Note incorporates by reference the principal and interest payment terms in the Credit Agreement for this Swingline Note, including, without limitation, the final maturity date for this Swingline Note, which is the Stated Termination Date. Principal and interest are payable to the holder of this Swingline Note by payment to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., 10th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30308 or at any other address of which the Administrative Agent may notify the Maker in writing.
This Swingline Note also incorporates by reference all other provisions in the Credit Agreement applicable to this Swingline Note, including provisions for disbursement of principal, applicable interest rates before and after certain Events of Default, voluntary and mandatory prepayments, acceleration of maturity, exercise of Rights, payment of attorneys fees, courts costs and other costs of collection, certain waivers by the Maker and other obligors, assurances and security, choice of New York and United States federal law, usury savings and other matters applicable to the Credit Documents under the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has caused this Swingline Note to be made and delivered to Payee as of the date first above written.
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CLOSING DOCUMENTS
1. REAFFIRMATION OF GUARANTORS, executed by each of TCTM, TE Products, Midstream and Val Verde, in the form attached to the Third Amendment.
2. CLOSING CERTIFICATE executed by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Borrower certifying the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 12 of the Third Amendment.
3. OFFICERS CERTIFICATE executed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary of an Assistant Secretary of Texas Eastern certifying (a) resolutions adopted by Texas Easterns directors authorizing the executing and delivery of the Third Amendment on behalf of Texas Eastern and the Borrower, as the case may be, (b) the incumbency and signatures of officers of Texas Eastern authorized to execute and deliver any Credit Document, and (c) the absence of any amendment, supplement, cancellation, rescission or other modification of the organizational documents of the Borrower or Texas Eastern since December 13, 2005 [except as attached as Annex B to such Officers Certificate].
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4. OFFICERS CERTIFICATE executed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of TEPPCO GP certifying (a) resolutions adopted by TEPPCO GPs directors authorizing the executing and delivery of the Reaffirmation of Guarantors on behalf of TEPPCO GP and certain of the Guarantors, (b) the incumbency and signatures of officers of TEPPCO GP authorized to execute and deliver any Credit Document in connection therewith, and (c) the absence of any amendment, supplement, cancellation, rescission or other modification of the organizational documents of TEPPCO GP, TE Products Pipeline Company, TCTM, L.P. or TEPPCO Midstream Companies [except as attached as Annex B to such Officers Certificate].
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L.P., (b) the incumbency and signatures of officers of TEPPCO NGL Pipelines, LLC authorized to execute and deliver any Credit Document in connection therewith, and (c) the absence of any amendment, supplement, cancellation, rescission or otehr modification of the organizational documents of the Borrower or TEPPCO NGL Pipelines, LLC or Val Verde Gas Gathering Company [except as attached as Annex B to such Officers Certificate].
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6. OPINION OF BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP, as counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, with respect to the Amendment, Swingline Note and Reaffirmation of Guarantors, and such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
7. Such other documents and items as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request prior to the effective date of the Third Amendment.
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FULL RELEASE OF GUARANTY OBLIGATIONS
THIS FULL RELEASE OF GUARANTY OBLIGATIONS (this Release) is made and entered into effective as of July [ ], 2006, by the financial institutions signatory hereto (the Lenders), SUNTRUST BANK (SunTrust), as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and the LC Issuing Bank (in such capacity, the LC Issuing Bank) in favor of Jonah Gas Gathering Company, a Wyoming general partnership (Jonah Gas).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Borrower), the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent (the Syndication Agent), and BNP PARIBAS, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents (the Co-Documentation Agents) are parties to a certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2004, as amended by a certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2005, and by a certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005 (as so amended and as hereafter amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the Credit Agreement; the defined terms of which are used herein unless otherwise defined herein); and
WHEREAS, Jonah Gas and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of October 21, 2004 (the Jonah Gas Guaranty), which guarantees the Guarantor Obligations (as defined in the Jonah Gas Guaranty); and
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the L/C Issuing Bank have entered into a Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Full Release of the Jonah Gas Guaranty (the Third Amendment); and
WHEREAS, among other things, the Third Amendment requires that Jonah Gas be fully released from its Guarantor Obligations under the Jonah Gas Guaranty.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of all of which are acknowledged, each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the LC Issuing Bank hereby fully releases and discharges Jonah Gas from all present and future Guarantor Obligations which currently exist or may exist in the future under or in connection with the Jonah Gas Guaranty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this is a release of Jonah Gas only, and nothing in this Release shall be construed to be a release of any other Guarantor or any obligations of the Borrower or any other Guarantor in connection
with the Credit Agreement or any other Guaranty or other Credit Document executed in connection therewith.
THIS RELEASE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Release to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
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Expand Jonah Natural Gas Gathering System
Houston, Texas (Tuesday, August 1, 2006) Enterprise Products Partners L.P. Enterprise (NYSE: EPD) and TEPPCO Partners, L.P. TEPPCO (NYSE: TPP) announced today a joint venture through their respective subsidiaries in which they will be partners in Jonah Gas Gathering Company. Jonah Gas Gathering Company owns the Jonah Gas Gathering System, located in the Greater Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming, which gathers and transports natural gas produced from the prolific Jonah and Pinedale fields to natural gas processing plants and major interstate pipelines that deliver the natural gas to end-use markets.
In connection with the joint venture, the parties intend to continue the Phase V expansion, which is expected to increase the system capacity of the Jonah Gas Gathering System from 1.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) to 2.4 Bcfd and to significantly reduce system operating pressures, which is anticipated to lead to increased production rates and ultimate reserve recoveries. The first portion of the expansion, which is expected to increase the system gathering capacity to 2 Bcfd, is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2007 at an estimated cost of approximately $275 million. The second portion of the expansion is expected to cost approximately $140 million and to be completed by the end of 2007.
A letter of intent executed by an affiliate of Enterprise and TEPPCO in February 2006 provided that Enterprise would manage the construction and fund the initial capital cost of the Phase V expansion. Enterprise will continue to manage project construction, and in the third quarter of 2006, TEPPCO will reimburse Enterprise for 50 percent of the Phase V capital cost incurred through August 1, 2006. After August 1, 2006, Enterprise and TEPPCO will equally share the capital costs of the Phase V expansion. Enterprises ownership interest in the Jonah Gas Gathering Company will be based upon its share of the investment in the Phase V expansion. Upon completion of the expansion project, TEPPCO and Enterprise are expected to have an approximate 80 percent and 20 percent interest, respectively, in the Jonah Gas Gathering Company, with Enterprise serving as operator.
Enterprise is pleased to be working with TEPPCO to expand the Jonah Gas Gathering System through the partnership in Jonah Gas Gathering Company, said Robert G. Phillips, President and Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise. Enterprise has a strong franchise in the western United States serving producers and consumers of
natural gas and natural gas liquids. Investing in the Jonah Gas Gathering System is another step to extend, expand and support our integrated midstream energy value chain in this important region. This partnership is important to Enterprise in securing long-term supplies of natural gas to base load our expansion of the Pioneer silica gel plant and the development of the Pioneer cryogenic natural gas processing plant that is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2007. Natural gas liquids extracted by the Pioneer cryogenic plant and other processing plants will support our Western system, including the expansion of the Mid-America pipeline and our new fractionator in Hobbs, New Mexico.
Jerry E. Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of TEPPCO added that, The Jonah Gas Gathering System has continued to provide TEPPCO with a consistent stream of organic growth projects since its acquisition in 2001. TEPPCO remains committed to serving our customers in the development of the Jonah and Pinedale fields, which are among the largest natural gas fields in the United States. Our past expansions have increased system capacity from 400 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd) to the current system capacity of 1.5 Bcfd. Enterprise has strong core competencies in gas gathering, gas processing, and NGL transportation/fractionation along with a complementary asset position in the Rockies. These factors make Enterprise an attractive strategic partner for TEPPCOs Jonah business segment. The joint venture aligns the interests of both TEPPCO and Enterprise, very effectively combining our operational and financial strengths. We look forward to a long, mutually beneficial relationship with Enterprise as we continue to serve our customers in the prolific Jonah and Pinedale areas.
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded energy partnerships with an enterprise value of approximately $16 billion, and is a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil. Enterprise transports natural gas, NGLs and crude oil through approximately 33,100 miles of onshore and offshore pipelines and is an industry leader in the development of midstream infrastructure in the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. Services include natural gas transportation, gathering, processing and storage; NGL fractionation (or separation), transportation, storage, and import and export terminaling; crude oil transportation and offshore production platform services. For more information, visit Enterprise on the web at www.epplp.com. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is managed by its general partner, Enterprise Products GP LLC, which is wholly owned by Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (NYSE: EPE). For more information on Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., visit its website at www.enterprisegp.com.
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. is a publicly traded partnership with an enterprise value of approximately $4 billion, which conducts business through various subsidiary operating companies. TEPPCO owns and operates one of the largest common carrier pipelines of refined petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gases in the United States; owns and operates petrochemical and natural gas liquid pipelines; is engaged in crude oil transportation, storage, gathering and marketing; owns and operates natural gas gathering systems; and owns 50-percent interests in Seaway Crude Pipeline Company, Centennial
Pipeline LLC and Mont Belvieu Storage Partners, L.P., and an undivided ownership interest in the Basin Pipeline. Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of EPCO, Inc., is the general partner of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. For more information, visit TEPPCOs Web site at www.teppco.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
This press release contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on Enterprises beliefs and those of its general partner, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Enterprise. When used in this press release, words such as anticipate, project, expect, plan, goal, forecast, intend, could, believe, may, and similar expressions and statements regarding the plans and objectives of Enterprise for future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although Enterprise and its general partner believe that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither Enterprise nor its general partner can give assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, Enterprises actual results may vary materially from those Enterprise anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. Among the key risk factors that may have a direct bearing on Enterprises results of operations and financial condition are:
· fluctuations in oil, natural gas and NGL prices and production due to weather and other natural and economic forces;
· a reduction in demand for its products by the petrochemical, refining or heating industries;
· the effects of its debt level on its future financial and operating flexibility;
· a decline in the volumes of NGLs delivered by its facilities;
· the failure of its credit risk management efforts to adequately protect it against customer non-payment;
· terrorist attacks aimed at its facilities; and,
· the failure to successfully integrate its operations with assets or companies, if any that it may acquire in the future.
Enterprise has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P.
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release, including, without limitation, those related to the cost, timing and completion of and prospects for the Jonah expansion, are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, market conditions, governmental regulations and factors discussed in TEPPCO Partners, L.P. filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts: Randy Burkhalter, Investor Relations, Enterprise Products Partners L.P (713) 381-6812, www.epplp.com
Brenda Peters, Investor Relations, TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (713) 381-3954, or toll free (800) 659-0059, www.teppco.com
Allison A. Nelson, Media Relations, TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (713) 381-3969
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