AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
DATED AS OF JUNE 28, 2009
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS
L.P.,
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS GP,
LLC,
TEXAS EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE
COMPANY, LLC
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ARTICLE 1 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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2.2 Effective Time of the Merger
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2.3 Effects of the Merger
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2.5 Partnership Agreement
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ARTICLE 3 CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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3.1 Effect of the Merger on Equity
Securities
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3.2 Treatment of Options and Equity
Awards
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3.5 Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged
TEPPCO Units
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3.6 No Further Ownership Rights in TEPPCO
Units
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3.7 No Fractional Enterprise Units
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3.8 Termination of Exchange Fund
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3.10 Investment of the Exchange Fund
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3.11 Unregistered Certificates
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.1 Representations and Warranties of TEPPCO and
TEPPCO GP
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4.2 Representations and Warranties of the
Enterprise Entities
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ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS
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5.1 Covenants of TEPPCO Entities
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5.2 Covenants of Enterprise Entities
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5.4 Control of Other Party’s
Business
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ARTICLE 6 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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6.1 Preparation of Proxy Statement/Prospectus;
Unitholders Meeting
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6.2 Access to Information
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6.3 Reasonable Best Efforts
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6.4 Acquisition Proposals
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6.6 Directors’ and Officers’
Indemnification and Insurance
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6.9 Listing of Enterprise Units
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ARTICLE 7 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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7.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation
to Effect the Merger
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7.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the
Enterprise Entities
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7.3 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the
TEPPCO Entities
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ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
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8.2 Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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9.1 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties
and Agreements
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9.5 Entire Agreement; No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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9.9 Submission to Jurisdiction;
Waivers
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9.10 Waiver of Jury Trial
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9.12 No Waiver Relating to Claims for
Fraud/Willful Misconduct
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9.13 General Limitation of Damages
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EXHIBIT A
— Form of Support Agreement
EXHIBIT B — Form of Amendment No. 4 to Fifth Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Enterprise, including
form of certificate for Class B unit
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 28, 2009 (this “
Agreement ”), by and among Enterprise Products
Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“
Enterprise ”), Enterprise Products GP, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and the general partner of Enterprise
(“ Enterprise GP ”), Enterprise Sub B LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Enterprise (“ Enterprise Sub B ,” and
collectively with Enterprise, and Enterprise GP, the “
Enterprise Entities ” and each an “
Enterprise Entity ”), TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (“ TEPPCO ”), and
Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company that is the general partner of TEPPCO (“
TEPPCO GP ,” and collectively with TEPPCO the “
TEPPCO Entities ” and each a “ TEPPCO
Entity ”).
WHEREAS,
the Enterprise Entities and the TEPPCO Entities desire that
Enterprise and TEPPCO combine their businesses on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
simultaneously with, and as a condition to, the execution hereof,
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (“ GP Holdings ”),
Duncan Family Interests, Inc. (“ DFI ”), and
certain of their respective Affiliates are executing a support
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
(the “ Support Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS,
simultaneously with, and as a condition to, the execution hereof,
Enterprise, Enterprise GP, Enterprise Sub A LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise
(“ Enterprise Sub A ”), and TEPPCO GP are
entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “
TEPPCO GP Merger Agreement ”) pursuant to which
Enterprise Sub A will merge with and into TEPPCO GP (the “
TEPPCO GP Merger ”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in
this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth below:
“
Acquisition Proposal ” means any proposal or offer,
with respect to, or a transaction to effect, a merger,
reorganization, unit exchange, consolidation, business combination,
recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction
involving TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP or any TEPPCO Subsidiary, or any
purchase, sale or other transfer of 10% or more of the consolidated
assets (including stock of any TEPPCO Subsidiary) of TEPPCO, TEPPCO
GP or any TEPPCO Subsidiary, or any purchase or sale of, or tender
or exchange offer for, or other transfer of, their respective
equity securities that, if consummated, would result in any Person
(or the equity holders of such Person) beneficially owning
securities representing 10% or more of the total voting power of
TEPPCO or TEPPCO GP, or any portion of the general
partner
interest in
TEPPCO (or 10% or more of the surviving parent entity in such
transaction), other than the TEPPCO GP Merger and the TEPPCO
Merger.
“
Additional Limited Partner ” has the meaning given
such term in the Enterprise Partnership Agreement.
“
Administrative Services Agreement ” means the Fifth
Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement by and among
EPCO, GP Holdings, EPE Holdings, LLC, Enterprise, Enterprise
Products Operating LLC, Enterprise GP, Enterprise Products OLPGP,
Inc., DEP Holdings, LLC, Duncan Energy Partners L.P., DEP Operating
Partnership L.P., TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, TE Products Pipeline Company,
LLC, TEPPCO Midstream Companies, LLC, TCTM, L.P. and TEPPCO GP,
Inc. dated effective as of January 30, 2009.
“
Affiliate ” has the meaning given such term in
Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, unless otherwise expressly
stated herein.
“
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Assets ” means all of the assets (including the TEPPCO
Real Property or the Enterprise Real Property, as the case may be,
and tangible and intangible assets) used for the conduct of the
business of the Enterprise Entities or the TEPPCO Entities, as the
case may be, and their respective Subsidiaries’ businesses as
it is presently conducted.
“
Average Closing Price ” means as of any date, the
average of the daily high and low sale price of an Enterprise Unit
as reported on the NYSE Composite Transactions Reporting System for
the ten consecutive NYSE full trading days (in which such common
units are traded on the NYSE) ending at the close of trading on the
NYSE full trading day immediately preceding such date.
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beneficial ownership ” or “ beneficially
own ” has the meaning ascribed to such terms under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
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Benefit Plan ” means, with respect to any entity, any
employee compensation, benefit plan, program, policy, practice,
agreement, contract or other arrangement providing benefits to any
current or former employee, officer or director of such entity or
any of its Subsidiaries or any beneficiary or dependent thereof
that is sponsored or maintained by such entity or any of its
Subsidiaries, or under which any employee who performs services for
such entity receives any benefit, or to which such entity or any of
its Subsidiaries contributes or is obligated to contribute or with
respect to which such entity or any of its Subsidiaries may have
any liability, contingent or otherwise, whether or not written,
including, any employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(1) of ERISA, any employee pension benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (whether or not
such plan is subject to ERISA) and any bonus, incentive, deferred
compensation, vacation, stock purchase, stock option, severance,
employment, change of control or fringe benefit plan, program,
policy or agreement and any related trusts or other funding
vehicles.
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Book Entry TEPPCO Unit ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(a)(ii).
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Business Day ” means any day on which banks are not
required or authorized to close in the City of New York.
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Certificate of Merger ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
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Closing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.
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Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
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Confidentiality Agreement ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6.2.
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CUARs ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(d).
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Decision and Order ” means that certain Decision and
Order In the Matter of Dan L. Duncan, EPCO, Inc., Texas Eastern
Products Pipeline Company, LLC and TEPPCO Partners, L.P., United
States of America Before Federal Trade Commission, Docket
No. C-4173.
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D&O Insurance ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.6(b).
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DFI ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
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Designated TEPPCO Unit Consideration ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).
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Designated TEPPCO Unit Exchange Ratio ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).
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Designated TEPPCO Units ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(a)(iii).
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DOJ ” means the Antitrust Division of the U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DRULPA ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
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Effective Times ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
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Encumbrances ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(b)(i).
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Enterprise ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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Enterprise Amendment ” means Amendment No. 4 to
the Enterprise Partnership Agreement, substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit B .
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Enterprise Class B Unit ” has the meaning given
the term “Class B Unit” in the Enterprise
Amendment.
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Enterprise Contract ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2(j)(i).
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Enterprise Disclosure Schedule ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.2.
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Enterprise Entity ” or “ Enterprise
Entities ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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Enterprise Entities Organizational Documents ” means
the Enterprise Partnership Agreement, the Enterprise GP LLC
Agreement and the limited liability company agreement of Enterprise
Sub B.
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Enterprise GP ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Enterprise GP LLC Agreement ” means the Fifth Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Enterprise GP,
dated November 7, 2007, as amended by the First Amendment
dated November 6, 2008, as may be amended from time to
time.
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Enterprise Incentive Distribution Rights ” means the
rights to “Incentive Distributions” as defined in the
Enterprise Partnership Agreement.
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Enterprise Partially Owned Entities ” means Partially
Owned Entities of the Enterprise Entities.
“
Enterprise Partnership Agreement ” means the Fifth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Enterprise, dated August 8, 2005, as amended by the First
Amendment dated as of December 27, 2007, the Second Amendment
dated April 14, 2008, the Third Amendment dated November 6,
2008, and as may be amended from time to time.
“
Enterprise Pipeline Systems ” means all natural gas,
crude oil, natural gas liquid, petrochemical and other pipelines,
lateral lines, pumps, pump stations, storage facilities, terminals
and other related operations, assets, machinery and equipment that
are located on or under the Enterprise Real Property and that are
owned by the Enterprise Entities or the Enterprise Subsidiaries or
used for the conduct of the business of the Enterprise Entities and
the Enterprise Subsidiaries as it is presently
conducted.
“
Enterprise Real Property ” means all real property
that is owned by the Enterprise Entities or the Enterprise
Subsidiaries or used for the conduct of the business of the
Enterprise Entities and the Enterprise Subsidiaries as it is
presently conducted.
“
Enterprise SEC Documents ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.2(e)(i).
“
Enterprise Special Committee ” means the Audit,
Conflicts and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of
Enterprise GP.
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Enterprise Sub A ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
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Enterprise Sub B ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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Enterprise Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of
Enterprise or Enterprise GP, excluding, for purposes of such term
as used in Section 5.2, Duncan Energy Partners L.P. and DEP
Holdings, LLC.
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Enterprise 2008 10-K ” means Enterprise’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, as filed with the SEC.
“
Enterprise Unit ” has the meaning given the term
“Common Unit” in the Enterprise Partnership
Agreement.
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Enterprise Unit Plan ” means the employee and director
unit plans of EPCO that provide for awards of, or related to,
Enterprise Units.
“
Enterprise Unit Purchase Plan ” means the Enterprise
Products Company Employee Unit Purchase Plan, as
amended.
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Environmental Laws ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(l)(ii)(1).
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Environmental Permits ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(l)(i).
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EPCO ” means EPCO, Inc.
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EPCO Benefit Plan ” means each Benefit Plan sponsored,
maintained or contributed to by EPCO under which benefits are
received by employees who perform services for TEPPCO, Enterprise
or their Subsidiaries.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“
Exchange Agent ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3.
“
Exchange Fund ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3.
“
Exchange Ratio ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(a)(ii).
“
Expenses ” means all out-of-pocket expenses (including
all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers,
experts and consultants to a party and its Affiliates) incurred by
a party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the
authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance
of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 and the solicitation of
stockholder, member and/or limited partner approvals and all other
matters related to the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
“
Form S-4 ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(d).
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FTC ” means the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission.
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GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
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Governmental Entity ” means any
(a) multinational, supranational, national, federal,
provincial, territorial, state, regional, municipal, local or other
government, governmental or public department, central bank, court,
tribunal, arbitral body, commission, board, bureau or agency,
domestic or foreign, (b) subdivision, agent, commission,
board, or authority of the foregoing, or
(c) quasi-governmental or private body exercising any
regulatory, taxing, expropriation, importing or other governmental
or quasi-governmental authority under, or for the account of, any
of the foregoing.
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GP Holdings ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
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Hazardous Substances ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(l)(ii)(2).
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HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
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Indemnified Party ” or “ Indemnified
Parties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.6(b).
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Intellectual Property ” means all patents, trademarks,
trade names, service marks, copyrights, and any applications
therefor, technology, know-how, computer software programs or
applications, and tangible or intangible proprietary information or
materials.
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Knowledge ” or “ Known ” means,
with respect to any entity, the knowledge of such entity’s
(or its general partner’s) executive officers after
reasonable inquiry.
“
Letter of Transmittal ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.
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LLC Act ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
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Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any
entity or group of entities, a material adverse effect on
(a) the business, operations, results of operations or
financial condition of such entity or entities and its or their
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the ability of such
entity or entities to timely consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except, in each case, to the extent
such effect is reasonably attributable to (i) general political and
economic conditions (including changes in commodity prices,
prevailing interest rate and stock market levels), (ii) any
decrease in the market price for the entity’s publicly traded
securities (but not for any effect underlying such decrease that
would otherwise constitute a Material Adverse Effect),
(iii) the general state of the industries in which such entity
operates, except to the extent such entity or entities are
substantially disproportionately affected relative to other
industry participants, (iv) any outbreak of hostilities,
terrorism or war, other than any terrorist or similar act directed
at or directly impacting the business or assets of such entity or
any of its Subsidiaries, (v) the announcement of this
Agreement or the proposed consummation of this Agreement and the
TEPPCO Merger and TEPPCO GP Merger, (vi) changes in laws,
except to the extent such entity or entities are substantially
disproportionately affected relative to other industry
participants, (vii) changes in accounting principles, or
(viii) any claims, causes of action or other litigation
challenging this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
“
Necessary Consents ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(d).
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NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange.
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Other Approvals ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(d).
“
Other Party ” means, with respect to the Enterprise
Entities, the TEPPCO Entities, and with respect to the TEPPCO
Entities, the Enterprise Entities.
“
Partially Owned Entity ” means, with respect to a
specified Person, any other Person (excluding Jonah Gas Gathering
Company) that is not a Subsidiary of such specified Person but in
which such specified Person, directly or indirectly, owns 35% or
more of the equity interests thereof (whether voting or non-voting
and including beneficial interests).
“
Permitted Encumbrances ” means (a) Encumbrances
for current Taxes not yet due and payable or for Taxes the validity
of which is being contested in good faith in appropriate
proceedings, (b) Property Restrictions imposed or promulgated
by law or any Governmental Entity with respect to the TEPPCO Real
Property or the Enterprise Real Property, as the case may be,
including zoning regulations, provided they do not materially
adversely affect the current use of the applicable real property,
(c) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and
repairmen’s Encumbrances which do not materially detract from
the value of or materially interfere with the present use of any
TEPPCO Real Property or Enterprise Real Property, as the case may
be, or other Assets subject thereto or affected thereby and which
have arisen or been incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other
similar Encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business
which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and which do
not in any case materially detract from the value of the property
subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct
of the business by such Person and its Subsidiaries and
(f) Encumbrances created pursuant to construction, operating
and maintenance agreements, space lease agreements and other
similar agreements, in each case having ordinary and customary
terms and entered into in the ordinary course of business by such
Person and its Subsidiaries.
“
Person ” means an individual, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association, trust, estate,
Governmental Entity, unincorporated organization or association,
other entity or group (as defined in the Exchange Act).
“
Policies ” means all policies of property, casualty
and liability insurance, including crime insurance, liability and
casualty insurance, property insurance, business interruption
insurance, workers’ compensation, excess or umbrella
liability insurance and any other type of property and casualty
insurance, other than such policies maintained by EPCO.
“
Property Restrictions ” means rights-of-way,
easements, laws, restrictions, ordinances and regulations affecting
real property use and occupancy.
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Proxy Statement/Prospectus ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.1(d).
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Receiving Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.4(a).
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Regulatory Law ” means the HSR Act, and all other
federal, state and foreign, if any, statutes, rules, regulations,
orders, decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines and other
laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or
regulate (a) mergers, acquisitions or other business
combinations, (b) foreign investment, or (c) actions
having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of
trade or lessening of competition.
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Release ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(l)(ii)(3).
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Required Approvals ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3(a).
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Rights of Way ” means a right-of-way, easement,
permit, servitude, license or similar right through real
property.
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SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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Special Approval ” has the meaning set forth in the
TEPPCO Partnership Agreement.
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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to a specified
Person, any other Person (excluding Jonah Gas Gathering Company)
(a) that is a subsidiary of such specified Person as defined
in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act
or (b) of which such specified Person or any of its
Subsidiaries owns beneficially more than 50% of the equity
interests.
“
Support Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
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Surviving Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
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Tax Return ” means any return, report or similar
statement (including any attached schedules thereto and any
amendments thereof) required to be filed with respect to any Tax,
including any information return, claim for refund, amended return
or declaration of estimated Tax.
“
Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means any and
all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges imposed
by any Governmental Entity, including, income, profits, gross
receipts, net proceeds, alternative or add-on minimum, ad valorem,
value added, turnover, sales, use, property, personal property
(tangible and intangible), environmental (including taxes under
section 59A of the Code), stamp, leasing, lease, user, excise,
duty, franchise, capital stock, transfer, registration, license,
withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment,
disability, payroll, employment, fuel, excess profits,
occupational, premium, windfall profit, severance, estimated, or
other charge of any kind whatsoever, including any interest,
penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.
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TEPPCO ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
TEPPCO Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(a)(ii).
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“
TEPPCO Change in Recommendation ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.1(b).
“
TEPPCO Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(a)(ii).
“
TEPPCO Contract ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(j)(i).
“
TEPPCO DER ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(e).
“
TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.1.
“
TEPPCO Distribution Reinvestment Plan ” means the
TEPPCO Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
“
TEPPCO Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
“
TEPPCO Employee ” means an employee of EPCO who
performs services for any TEPPCO Entity or TEPPCO
Subsidiary.
“
TEPPCO Entities ” or “ TEPPCO Entity
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“
TEPPCO Entities Organizational Documents ” means the
TEPPCO Partnership Agreement, the TEPPCO certificate of limited
partnership, the TEPPCO GP LLC Agreement and the TEPPCO GP
certificate of formation.
“
TEPPCO GP ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
TEPPCO GP Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.2.
“
TEPPCO GP LLC Agreement ” means the Amended and
Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of TEPPCO GP, dated
effective May 7, 2007, as amended by the First Amendment dated
as of November 6, 2008.
“
TEPPCO GP Merger ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
TEPPCO GP Merger Agreement ” has the meaning set forth
in the recitals.
“
TEPPCO GP Owned Units ” means TEPPCO Units directly or
indirectly owned by TEPPCO GP.
“
TEPPCO Incentive Distribution Rights ” means the
rights to receive increasing distributions of “Available
Cash” from “Cash from Operations” (as such terms
are defined in the TEPPCO Partnership Agreement) above specified
levels pursuant to Section 5.4 of the TEPPCO Partnership
Agreement.
“
TEPPCO Merger ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
“
TEPPCO Option ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(a).
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“
TEPPCO Partially Owned Entities ” means Partially
Owned Entities of TEPPCO.
“
TEPPCO Partnership Agreement ” means the Fourth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TEPPCO,
dated December 8, 2006, as amended by the First Amendment
dated as of December 27, 2007 and Amendment No. 2 dated
as of November 6, 2008.
“
TEPPCO Phantom Units ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(c).
“
TEPPCO Pipeline Systems ” means all refined petroleum
product, crude oil, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, natural
gas liquid and other pipelines, lateral lines, pumps, pump
stations, storage facilities, terminals and other related
operations, assets, machinery and equipment that are located on or
under the TEPPCO Real Property and that are owned by the TEPPCO
Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries or used for the conduct of the
business of the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries as it
is presently conducted.
“
TEPPCO Real Property ” means all real property owned
by the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries or used for the
conduct of the business of the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries as it is presently conducted.
“
TEPPCO Recommendation ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1(b).
“
TEPPCO Restricted Unit ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(b).
“
TEPPCO SEC Documents ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(e)(i).
“
TEPPCO Special Committee ” means a special committee
of the Audit, Conflicts and Governance Committee of the Board of
Directors of TEPPCO GP.
“
TEPPCO Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of either of
the TEPPCO Entities.
“
TEPPCO 2008 10-K ” means TEPPCO’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as
filed with the SEC.
“
TEPPCO UAR ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(d).
“
TEPPCO Unit ” has the meaning given the term “LP
Unit” in the TEPPCO Partnership Agreement.
“
TEPPCO Unit Plan ” means the employee and director
unit plans of EPCO or TEPPCO that provide for awards of, or related
to, TEPPCO Units.
“
TEPPCO Unit Purchase Plan ”means the EPCO, Inc. TEPPCO
Unit Purchase Plan.
“
TEPPCO Unitholder Approvals ” means (a) the
approval of this Agreement by the affirmative vote or consent of
the TEPPCO Unitholders holding at least a majority of outstanding
TEPPCO Units and (b) the approval of this Agreement by the
affirmative vote or
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consent of the
Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders holding at least a majority of the
outstanding TEPPCO Units that are actually voted for or against the
proposal to approve this Agreement by the Unaffiliated TEPPCO
Unitholders (i.e, the votes cast in favor of the proposal exceed
the votes cast against the proposal).
“
TEPPCO Unitholder Meeting ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.1(c)(i).
“
TEPPCO Unitholders ” means the holders of the TEPPCO
Units.
“
Termination Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1(b).
“
Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders ” means all of the
TEPPCO Unitholders other than TEPPCO GP, Enterprise, Enterprise GP,
EPCO, Dan L. Duncan, DD Securities LLC, DFI GP Holdings, L.P., GP
Holdings, DFI, Duncan Family 2000 Trust, Jerry E. Thompson, Richard
S. Snell, Michael B. Bracy, Murray H. Hutchison, W. Randall Fowler,
Michael A. Creel and Richard H. Bachmann.
“
Voting Debt ” means any bonds, debentures, notes or
other indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which
holders of capital stock or members or partners of the same issuer
may vote.
2.1
The Merger . Upon the terms and subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, immediately following the TEPPCO GP Effective
Time, at the TEPPCO Effective Time, Enterprise Sub B shall be
merged with and into TEPPCO (the “ TEPPCO Merger
”) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, with
TEPPCO as the surviving entity in the TEPPCO Merger (the “
Surviving Partnership ”), and the separate existence
of Enterprise Sub B shall thereupon cease.
2.2
Effective Time of the Merger . The TEPPCO Merger shall
become effective as set forth in (or, if not set forth, at the time
of filing of) a properly executed certificate of merger, in
accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership
Act (the “ DRULPA ”) and the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act (the “ LLC Act ”), as
applicable, duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware (the “ Certificate of Merger ”), which
filing shall be made on the Closing Date. As used in this
Agreement, the term “ TEPPCO GP Effective Time ”
shall mean the date and time when the TEPPCO GP Merger becomes
effective as set forth in (or, if not set forth, at the time of
filing of) the certificate of merger with respect to the TEPPCO GP
Merger in accordance with the LLC Act, the term “ TEPPCO
Effective Time ” shall mean the date and time when the
TEPPCO Merger becomes effective, as set forth in (or, if not set
forth, at the time of filing of) the Certificate of Merger, and the
term “ Effective Times ” shall mean the TEPPCO
GP Effective Time and the TEPPCO Effective Time.
2.3
Effects of the Merger . The TEPPCO Merger shall have the
effects set forth in this Agreement, the TEPPCO Partnership
Agreement, and the applicable provisions of the DRULPA and the LLC
Act.
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2.4
Closing . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in Article 7 and the termination rights set forth in
Article 8, the closing of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) will take place
at the offices of Andrews Kurth LLP, 600 Travis, Suite 4200,
Houston, Texas 77002 at 10:00 A.M. on the date that is the
second full NYSE trading day to occur after the date following the
satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable law) of the
conditions (excluding conditions that, by their nature, cannot be
satisfied until the Closing Date) set forth in Article 7,
unless this Agreement has been theretofore terminated pursuant to
its terms or unless another place, time or date is agreed to in
writing by the parties hereto (the date of the Closing being
referred to herein as the “ Closing Date
”).
2.5
Partnership Agreement . At the TEPPCO Effective Time, the
Partnership Agreement of the Surviving Partnership shall be the
TEPPCO Partnership Agreement until thereafter changed or amended as
provided therein or under applicable law.
3.1
Effect of the Merger on Equity Securities.
(a) At
the TEPPCO Effective Time, by virtue of the TEPPCO Merger and
without any action on the part of any holder of any TEPPCO
Units:
(i)
All TEPPCO Units that are TEPPCO GP Owned Units immediately prior
to the TEPPCO Effective Time shall cease to be outstanding and
shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and any
certificates representing any such TEPPCO GP Owned Units shall be
surrendered for cancellation; provided, however, for
purposes of clarification, TEPPCO GP shall continue to hold general
partner interests in TEPPCO and continue as the general partner of
TEPPCO.
(ii)
Subject to Sections 3.1(a)(i), 3.1(a)(iii), 3.1(b) and 3.7,
each TEPPCO Unit issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
TEPPCO Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive
1.24 Enterprise Units (the “ Exchange Ratio ,”
and such amount of Enterprise Units, the “ TEPPCO
Consideration ”). Each TEPPCO Unit converted into the
right to receive the TEPPCO Consideration pursuant to this
Section 3.1(a)(ii) shall cease to be outstanding and shall be
canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a
TEPPCO Unit immediately prior to the TEPPCO Effective Time (whether
certificated or non-certificated and represented in book-entry
form) shall thereafter cease to be a limited partner of TEPPCO or
have any rights with respect to such TEPPCO Units, except the right
to be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner and receive the
Enterprise Units to be issued in consideration therefor and any
distributions to which holders of TEPPCO Units become entitled all
in accordance with this Article 3 upon the surrender of
(x) a certificate that immediately prior to the TEPPCO
Effective Time represented TEPPCO Units (“ TEPPCO
Certificate ”) or (y) non-certificated TEPPCO Units
represented in book-entry form (“ Book Entry TEPPCO
Units ”). Enterprise GP consents to the admission of each
TEPPCO Unitholder as an Additional Limited Partner who is issued
Enterprise Units in exchange for such TEPPCO Unitholder’s
TEPPCO Units in accordance with this Article 3 upon the proper
surrender of the TEPPCO Certificate or
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Book Entry
TEPPCO Unit representing such TEPPCO Units. Upon such surrender of
the TEPPCO Certificate or the Book Entry TEPPCO Unit (or upon a
waiver of the requirement to surrender a TEPPCO Certificate granted
by Enterprise GP in its sole discretion) and the recording of the
name of such Person as a limited partner of Enterprise in respect
of the applicable amount of Enterprise Units on the books and
records of Enterprise, such Person shall automatically and
effective as of the TEPPCO Effective Time be admitted to Enterprise
as an Additional Limited Partner in respect of the applicable
amount of Enterprise Units and be bound by the Enterprise
Partnership Agreement as such. By its surrender of a TEPPCO
Certificate or a Book Entry TEPPCO Unit, or by its acceptance of
Enterprise Units, a TEPPCO Unitholder confirms its agreement to be
bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Enterprise
Partnership Agreement, including the power of attorney granted in
Section 2.6 thereof.
(iii)
In lieu of the TEPPCO Consideration set forth in
Section 3.1(a)(ii), and as consented to by DFI pursuant to the
Support Agreement, with respect to 3,645,509 TEPPCO Units owned by
DFI (the “ Designated TEPPCO Units ,” but
excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any additional TEPPCO Units
owned by DFI), each Designated TEPPCO Unit issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the TEPPCO Effective Time shall be converted
into the right to receive 1.24 Enterprise Class B Units (the
“ Designated TEPPCO Unit Exchange Ratio ,” and
such number of Enterprise Class B Units, the “
Designated TEPPCO Unit Consideration ”). Each
Designated TEPPCO Unit converted into the right to receive the
Designated TEPPCO Unit Consideration pursuant to this
Section 3.1(a)(iii) shall cease to be outstanding and shall be
canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and DFI shall
thereafter cease to be a limited partner of TEPPCO or have any
rights with respect to such Designated TEPPCO Units, except the
right to be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner and receive
the Enterprise Class B Units to be issued in consideration
therefor. Enterprise GP consents to the admission of DFI as an
Additional Limited Partner who is issued Enterprise Class B
Units in exchange for the Designated TEPPCO Units in accordance
with this Article 3 upon the proper surrender of the TEPPCO
Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit representing the Designated
TEPPCO Units. Upon such surrender of the TEPPCO Certificate or Book
Entry TEPPCO Unit representing Designated TEPPCO Units (or upon a
waiver of the requirement to surrender a TEPPCO Certificate granted
by Enterprise GP in its sole discretion) and the recording of the
name of DFI as a limited partner of Enterprise in respect of the
applicable amount of Enterprise Class B Units on the books and
records of Enterprise, DFI shall automatically and effective as of
the TEPPCO Effective Time be admitted to Enterprise as an
Additional Limited Partner in respect of the applicable amount of
Enterprise Class B Units and be bound by the Enterprise
Partnership Agreement as such. By its surrender of a TEPPCO
Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit, or by its acceptance of
Enterprise Class B Units, DFI confirms its agreement to be
bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Enterprise
Partnership Agreement, including the power of attorney granted in
Section 2.6 thereof.
(b) If,
between the date of this Agreement and the TEPPCO Effective Time,
there is a reclassification, recapitalization, split, split-up,
unit distribution, combination or exchange of units with respect
to, or rights issued in respect of, Enterprise Units or the TEPPCO
Units, the Exchange Ratio and the Designated TEPPCO Unit Exchange
Ratio shall be adjusted accordingly to provide to the holders of
TEPPCO Units and the Designated TEPPCO Units the same economic
effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such
event.
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(c) At
the TEPPCO Effective Time, by virtue of the TEPPCO Merger and
without any action on the part of the Enterprise Entities, the
outstanding limited liability company interests in Enterprise Sub B
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the TEPPCO Effective
Time shall be converted into 100% of the limited partner interests
in the Surviving Partnership, and TEPPCO shall issue to Enterprise,
as the holder of such limited partner interests, a certificate
evidencing units representing such limited partner interests in the
Surviving Partnership. Enterprise agrees that at the TEPPCO
Effective Time, Enterprise shall be automatically bound by the
TEPPCO Partnership Agreement, and Enterprise shall be admitted to
the Surviving Partnership as the sole limited partner of the
Surviving Partnership immediately upon the TEPPCO Effective Time.
At the TEPPCO Effective Time, the books and records of the
Surviving Partnership shall be revised to reflect the admission of
Enterprise as the sole limited partner of the Surviving Partnership
and the simultaneous withdrawal of all other limited partners of
TEPPCO, and TEPPCO shall automatically continue without
dissolution.
(d) At
the TEPPCO Effective Time, the TEPPCO general partner interest and
related TEPPCO Incentive Distribution Rights owned by TEPPCO GP
shall continue to be owned by TEPPCO GP.
3.2
Treatment of Options and Equity Awards .
(a)
TEPPCO Options. At the TEPPCO Effective Time, automatically
and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each
vested and unvested outstanding option to acquire one or more
TEPPCO Units granted prior to the date hereof pursuant to the
TEPPCO Unit Plans (each, a “ TEPPCO Option ”)
and held by a TEPPCO Employee shall be assumed by Enterprise, and
such TEPPCO Option will become an option (i) to purchase that
number of Enterprise Units (calculated on an aggregate basis with
respect to all TEPPCO Units subject to a given TEPPCO Option with
the same terms under such TEPPCO Option) obtained by multiplying
the number of TEPPCO Units issuable upon the exercise of such
TEPPCO Option by the Exchange Ratio, (ii) at an exercise price
per Enterprise Unit equal to the per TEPPCO Unit exercise price
pursuant to such TEPPCO Option divided by the Exchange Ratio (with
any resulting exercise price that contains a fraction of a cent
being increased to the next whole cent), and (iii) otherwise
upon terms and conditions equivalent to such outstanding TEPPCO
Options. Promptly after the TEPPCO Effective Time, Enterprise will
provide each holder of TEPPCO Options with a notice describing the
assumption and conversion of such awards. The assumption of the
TEPPCO Options pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) shall be in
full satisfaction of the obligations in respect thereof.
(b)
TEPPCO Restricted Units. At the TEPPCO Effective Time,
automatically and without any action on the part of the holder
thereof, each unvested outstanding restricted TEPPCO Unit granted
prior to the date hereof pursuant to the TEPPCO Unit Plans (each, a
“ TEPPCO Restricted Unit ”) and held by a TEPPCO
Employee shall be assumed by Enterprise and converted, at the
Exchange Ratio, into restricted Enterprise Units. Each Enterprise
Unit in respect of which a TEPPCO Restricted Unit was so assumed
and converted shall be subject to, and shall vest upon, terms and
conditions equivalent to those of the applicable TEPPCO Restricted
Unit. Promptly after the TEPPCO Effective Time, Enterprise will
provide each holder of TEPPCO Restricted Units with a notice
describing the assumption and conversion of such
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awards. The
assumption of the TEPPCO Restricted Units pursuant to this
Section 3.2(b) shall be in full satisfaction of the
obligations in respect thereof.
(c)
TEPPCO Phantom Units . At the TEPPCO Effective Time,
automatically and without any action on the part of the holder
thereof, each outstanding grant of TEPPCO phantom units granted
prior to the date hereof pursuant to the TEPPCO Unit Plans (the
“ TEPPCO Phantom Units ”) and held by a TEPPCO
Employee shall be assumed by Enterprise and converted into a grant
of phantom units denominated in that number of Enterprise Units
equal to (i) the number of TEPPCO Units to which such grant of
TEPPCO Phantom Units was subject at the time of such assumption,
multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio. Each grant of phantom units
of Enterprise in respect of which a TEPPCO Phantom Unit was so
assumed and converted shall be subject to, and shall vest upon, the
terms and conditions that are equivalent to those of the applicable
TEPPCO Phantom Unit. Promptly after the TEPPCO Effective Time,
Enterprise will provide each holder of TEPPCO Phantom Units with a
notice describing the assumption and conversion of such awards. The
assumption of the TEPPCO Phantom Units pursuant to this
Section 3.2(c) shall be in full satisfaction of the
obligations in respect thereof.
(d)
TEPPCO Unit Appreciation Rights (UARs). At the TEPPCO
Effective Time, automatically and without any action on the part of
the holder thereof, each outstanding Unit Appreciation Right
(“ TEPPCO UAR ”) granted to a TEPPCO Employee
pursuant to the TEPPCO Unit Plans shall be assumed by Enterprise
and converted into (i) a number of Common Unit Appreciation
Rights (“ CUARs ”) of Enterprise equal to the
product of the number of TEPPCO UARs to which such grant was
subject at the time of such assumption multiplied by the Exchange
Ratio, and (ii) with an exercise price per CUAR equal to the
per TEPPCO UAR exercise price divided by the Exchange Ratio (with
any resulting exercise price that contains a fraction of a cent
being increased to the next whole cent). Each CUAR of Enterprise
shall be subject to, and vest upon, the terms and conditions that
are equivalent to those applicable to the TEPPCO UARs; provided
however , that the new “Grant DER per Unit” (as
defined in the award agreement for the applicable TEPPCO UAR) that
shall apply to the CUAR of Enterprise shall be (i) the most
recent quarterly distribution paid (or with respect to a more
recent record date prior to the TEPPCO Effective Time, the most
recent unpaid distribution declared) with respect to an Enterprise
Unit minus (ii) (A) the difference between (x) the
most recent quarterly distribution paid (or with respect to a more
recent record date prior to the TEPPCO Effective Time, the most
recent unpaid distribution declared) with respect to a TEPPCO Unit
and (y) the Grant DER per Unit on the date of grant of such
TEPPCO UAR, divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio. Promptly
after the TEPPCO Effective Time, Enterprise will provide each
holder of a TEPPCO UAR with a notice describing the assumption and
conversion of such awards. The assumption of the TEPPCO UARs
pursuant to this Section 3.2(d) shall be in full satisfaction
of the obligations in respect thereof.
(e)
TEPPCO Distribution Equivalent Rights (DERs). At the TEPPCO
Effective Time, automatically and without any action on the part of
the holder thereof, each outstanding Distribution Equivalent Right
(“ TEPPCO DER ”) granted to a TEPPCO Employee
pursuant to the TEPPCO Unit Plans shall be assumed by Enterprise
and converted into a number of Distribution Equivalent Rights of
Enterprise equal to the product of the number of TEPPCO DERs to
which such grant was subject at the time of such assumption
multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. Any fractional Distribution
Equivalent Right of Enterprise shall be rounded up
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to the nearest
whole Distribution Equivalent Right of Enterprise. Each
Distribution Equivalent Right of Enterprise shall be subject to
terms and conditions that are equivalent to those applicable to the
TEPPCO DERs; provided, however, that the cash distributions
paid with respect to Distribution Equivalent Rights of Enterprise
will be equal to the cash distributions paid on the Enterprise
Units. Promptly after the TEPPCO Effective Time, Enterprise will
provide each holder of a TEPPCO DER with a notice describing the
assumption and conversion of such awards. The assumption of the
TEPPCO DERs pursuant to this Section 3.2(e) shall be in full
satisfaction of the obligations in respect thereof.
(f)
TEPPCO Unit Purchase Plan. At the TEPPCO Effective Time,
automatically and without any action on the part of the holder
thereof, each participant in the TEPPCO Unit Purchase Plan who is
an owner of TEPPCO Units purchased under the TEPPCO Unit Purchase
Plan in accordance with Section 6.7(a) shall have those units
converted into Enterprise Units, at the Exchange Ratio. The
conversion of the TEPPCO Units pursuant to this Section 3.2(f)
shall be in full satisfaction of the obligations under the TEPPCO
Unit Purchase Plan.
(g)
Awards Held by Directors of TEPPCO. Phantom units (other
than amounts credited under TEPPCO’s Non-Employee Directors
Unit Accumulation Plan) and unit appreciation rights held by TEPPCO
directors shall be settled in cash at the TEPPCO Effective Time in
accordance with the terms of the respective awards.
(h)
No Fractional Enterprise Units. If the fulfillment or
settlement of any award, option or right assumed by Enterprise
pursuant to this Section 3.2, including but not limited to any
TEPPCO Option, any TEPPCO Restricted Unit, any TEPPCO UAR or the
TEPPCO Unit Purchase Plan, would otherwise result in the issuance,
transfer or delivery of a fraction of an Enterprise Unit to any
Person, no such fractional unit shall be issued, transferred or
delivered, and instead, Enterprise shall pay to such Person an
amount of cash calculated in accordance with Section 3.7, net
of any exercise price, if any, allocable thereto. A payment to be
made under this Section 3.2(h) shall be paid at the time that
the fractional share in lieu of which such payment is made would
have otherwise been issued, transferred or delivered.
3.3
Exchange Fund . Prior to the TEPPCO Effective Time,
Enterprise shall appoint BNY Mellon Shareowner Services to act as
exchange agent hereunder for the purpose of exchanging TEPPCO
Certificates or Book Entry TEPPCO Units (other than those
representing Designated TEPPCO Units) for the Enterprise Units (the
“ Exchange Agent ”). Promptly following the
TEPPCO Effective Time, Enterprise shall deposit with the Exchange
Agent (either certificated or in book-entry form) in trust for the
benefit of holders of TEPPCO Units, (a) Enterprise Units in a
number equal to the aggregate TEPPCO Consideration and
(b) cash in the amounts to be issued and paid pursuant to
Sections 3.5 and 3.7, in exchange for outstanding TEPPCO Units
(other than the Designated TEPPCO Units) upon due surrender of
TEPPCO Certificates or Book Entry TEPPCO Units (other than those
representing Designated TEPPCO Units) pursuant to this
Article 3. Following the TEPPCO Effective Time, Enterprise
agrees to make available to the Exchange Agent, from time to time
as needed, cash sufficient to pay any distributions pursuant to
Section 3.5. Any cash and Enterprise Units deposited with the
Exchange Agent (including the amount of any cash distributions or
other distributions payable
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with respect
thereto and cash in lieu of fractional Enterprise Units to be paid
pursuant to Section 3.7) shall hereinafter be referred to as
the “ Exchange Fund .”
3.4
Exchange Procedures . Promptly after the TEPPCO Effective
Time, Enterprise shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each
applicable holder of a TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit
(other than those representing Designated TEPPCO Units) (a) a
letter of transmittal (the “ Letter of Transmittal
”) that shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and
risk of loss and title to the TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry
TEPPCO Units shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the TEPPCO
Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Units to the Exchange Agent, and
which Letter of Transmittal shall be in customary form and have
such other provisions as may be necessary for the applicable TEPPCO
Unitholders to be admitted as Additional Limited Partners and other
provisions as Enterprise and TEPPCO may reasonably specify (such
letter to be reasonably acceptable to Enterprise and TEPPCO prior
to the Effective Time) and (b) instructions for effecting the
surrender of such TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Units in
exchange for the TEPPCO Consideration, together with any
distributions with respect thereto and any cash in lieu of
fractional units. Upon surrender of a TEPPCO Certificate or Book
Entry TEPPCO Unit to the Exchange Agent together with the relevant
Letter of Transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance
with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may
reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such
TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor (A) Enterprise Units
representing, in the aggregate, the whole number of Enterprise
Units that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to
Section 3.1(a) (in each case, after taking into account all
TEPPCO Units then held by such holder), and (B) a check in the
amount equal to the cash, if any, that such holder has the right to
receive pursuant to Sections 3.5 and 3.7. No interest will be
paid or will accrue on any cash payable pursuant to the provisions
of this Article 3.
3.5
Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged TEPPCO Units . No
distributions with a record date after the TEPPCO Effective Time
shall be paid to the holder of any TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry
TEPPCO Unit with respect to the Enterprise Units that such holder
would be entitled to receive upon surrender of such TEPPCO
Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit, and no cash payment in lieu
of fractional Enterprise Units shall be paid to any such holder
pursuant to Section 3.7, until such holder shall surrender
such TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit in accordance
with Section 3.4. Subject to the effect of applicable laws,
following the later of the surrender of any such TEPPCO Certificate
or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit and the TEPPCO Effective Time, there
shall be paid to the record holder thereof without interest
(a) promptly after such time, the amount of any cash payable
in lieu of fractional Enterprise Units to which such holder is
entitled pursuant to Section 3.7 and the amount of any
distributions with a record date after the TEPPCO Effective Time
theretofore paid with respect to such whole Enterprise Units and
(b) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of
distributions with a record date after the TEPPCO Effective Time
and a payment date subsequent thereto and to such surrender payable
with respect to such Enterprise Units.
3.6
No Further Ownership Rights in TEPPCO Units . All Enterprise
Units issued and cash paid upon conversion of TEPPCO Units in
accordance with the terms of this Article 3 (including any
cash paid pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.7) shall be deemed to
have been issued or paid in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to the TEPPCO Units.
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3.7
No Fractional Enterprise Units . No certificates or scrip or
Enterprise Units representing fractional Enterprise Units or
book-entry credit of the same shall be issued upon the surrender
for exchange of TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Units, and
such fractional unit interests will not entitle the owner thereof
to vote or to have any rights of a holder of Enterprise Units in
respect thereof. In lieu of any such fractional Enterprise Unit,
each holder of TEPPCO Units who would otherwise have been entitled
to a fraction of an Enterprise Unit upon surrender of TEPPCO
Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Units (determined after taking
into account all TEPPCO Units delivered by such holder) shall be
paid upon such surrender cash (without interest) in an amount equal
to the value (determined with reference to the Average Closing
Price as of the Closing Date) of such fractional unit interest.
Such payment with respect to fractional units is merely intended to
provide a mechanical rounding off of, and is not a separately
bargained for, consideration.
3.8
Termination of Exchange Fund . Any portion of the Exchange
Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of the applicable
TEPPCO Certificates or Book Entry TEPPCO Units 12 months after the
TEPPCO Effective Time shall, at Enterprise’s request, be
delivered to Enterprise or otherwise on the instruction of
Enterprise, and any holders of the applicable TEPPCO Certificate or
Book Entry TEPPCO Units who have not theretofore complied with this
Article 3 shall after such delivery look only to Enterprise
for any amounts payable to such holders pursuant to this Article 3.
Any such portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by
holders of the applicable TEPPCO Units immediately prior to such
time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property
of any Governmental Entity shall, to the extent permitted by law,
become the property of Enterprise free and clear of any claims or
interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
3.9
No Liability . To the fullest extent permitted by law, none
of the Enterprise Entities, the TEPPCO Entities or the Exchange
Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any portion of
the Exchange Fund required to be delivered to a public official
pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
law.
3.10
Investment of the Exchange Fund . The Exchange Agent shall
invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund as directed by
Enterprise on a daily basis; provided that any investment of
such Exchange Fund shall be limited to direct short-term
obligations of, or short-term obligations fully guaranteed as to
principal and interest by, the U.S. government and that no such
investment or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable or the
timing of the amounts payable to TEPPCO Unitholders pursuant to the
other provisions of this Article 3. Any interest and other
income resulting from such investments shall promptly be paid to
Enterprise.
3.11
Unregistered Certificates . In the event of a transfer of
ownership of TEPPCO Units that is not registered in the unit
transfer register of TEPPCO, Enterprise Units to be issued upon due
surrender of the TEPPCO Certificate or Book Entry TEPPCO Unit may
be issued to such transferee if the TEPPCO Certificate or Book
Entry TEPPCO Unit is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied
by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and
to evidence that any applicable unit transfer or other Taxes have
been paid or are not applicable.
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3.12
Lost Certificates . If any TEPPCO Certificate shall have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of
that fact by the Person claiming such certificate to be lost,
stolen or destroyed and, if required by Enterprise, the posting by
such Person of a bond in such reasonable amount as Enterprise may
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it
with respect to such certificate, following the TEPPCO Effective
Time, as the case may be, the Exchange Agent will deliver in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the
consideration and amounts payable with respect to the TEPPCO Units
formerly represented thereby pursuant to this
Article 3.
3.13
Withholding Rights . Enterprise shall be entitled to deduct
and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to
this Agreement such amounts as it is required to deduct and
withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
provision of state, local or foreign Tax law. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld or paid over to or deposited with the
relevant Governmental Entity by Enterprise, such amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to
the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was
made by Enterprise.
3.14
Further Assurances . At and after the TEPPCO Effective Time,
the officers and directors of the Surviving Partnership or the
Surviving Partnership’s general partner shall be authorized
to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Surviving
Partnership (or in the name and on behalf of the Surviving
Partnership’s general partner, on behalf of the Surviving
Partnership, as the case may be), any deeds, bills of sale,
assignments or assurances and to take and do, in the name and on
behalf of the Surviving Partnership (or in the name and on behalf
of the Surviving Partnership’s general partner, on behalf of
the Surviving Partnership, as the case may be), any other actions
and things necessary to vest, perfect or confirm of record or
otherwise in the Surviving Partnership any and all right, title and
interest in, to and under any of the rights, properties or assets
acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Partnership as a result
of, or in connection with, the TEPPCO Merger.
3.15
Unit Transfer Books . Subject to Section 3.1(c), the
unit transfer books of TEPPCO shall be closed immediately upon the
TEPPCO Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration
of transfers of TEPPCO Units thereafter on the records of TEPPCO.
On or after the TEPPCO Effective Time, any TEPPCO Certificate or
Book Entry TEPPCO Units presented to the Exchange Agent, Enterprise
or the Surviving Partnership for any reason (other than, for
purposes of clarification, any certificates issued pursuant to
Section 3.1(c)) shall be converted into the right to receive
the TEPPCO Consideration with respect to the TEPPCO Units formerly
represented thereby (including any cash in lieu of fractional
Enterprise Units to which the holders thereof are entitled pursuant
to Section 3.7 and any distributions to which the holders
thereof are entitled pursuant to Section 3.5).
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
4.1
Representations and Warranties of TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP .
Except as disclosed in a section of the TEPPCO Entities disclosure
schedule delivered to the Enterprise
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Entities
concurrently herewith (the “ TEPPCO Disclosure
Schedule ”) corresponding to the subsection of this
Section 4.1 to which such disclosure applies ( provided
that the disclosure in any paragraph of the TEPPCO Disclosure
Schedule shall qualify other paragraphs in this Section 4.1
only to the extent it is reasonably apparent from a reading of such
disclosure that it also qualifies or applies to such other
paragraphs), or as disclosed in the TEPPCO SEC Documents filed
prior to the date hereof to the extent such disclosure on its face
appears to constitute information that would reasonably be deemed a
qualification or exception to the following representations and
warranties, each of TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP represents and warrants to
the Enterprise Entities as follows:
(i)
TEPPCO GP is a limited liability company duly formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. TEPPCO is a limited partnership duly formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. Each of the TEPPCO Entities has the requisite limited
partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own
or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, and is duly licensed or
qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature
of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the
properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or
qualification necessary, except where the failure to have such
power or authority or to be so licensed or qualified would not,
either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. True and complete copies of
the TEPPCO Entities Organizational Documents, as in effect as of
the date of this Agreement, have previously been made available to
the Enterprise Entities by the TEPPCO Entities.
(ii)
Each TEPPCO Subsidiary (1) is duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
(2) is duly qualified to do business and in good standing in
all jurisdictions (whether federal, state, local or foreign) where
its ownership or leasing of property or assets or the conduct of
its business requires it to be so qualified, and (3) has all
requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power
and authority to own or lease its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as now conducted, except in each case where
the failure to have such power or authority or to be so organized,
in existence or qualified either individually or in the aggregate
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(iii)
Section 4.1(a)(iii) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule sets
forth, as of the date of this Agreement, a true and complete list
of each of the TEPPCO Entities, TEPPCO Subsidiaries and TEPPCO
Partially Owned Entities, together with (1) the nature of the
legal organization of such Person, (2) the jurisdiction of
organization or formation of such Person, (3) the name of each
TEPPCO Entity, TEPPCO Subsidiary or TEPPCO Partially Owned Entity
that owns directly or of record any equity or similar interest in
such Person, and (4) the interest (expressed as a percentage
or other amount) owned by such TEPPCO Entity, TEPPCO Subsidiary or
TEPPCO Partially Owned Entity in such Person. Except as set forth
in Section 4.1(a)(iii) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule,
neither of the TEPPCO Entities nor any
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direct or
indirect wholly owned TEPPCO Subsidiary is subject to any
obligation in excess of $100,000 to make any investment or capital
contribution, or any loan or any payment pursuant to a guarantee
for the payment of indebtedness for borrowed money, to any TEPPCO
Subsidiary that is not wholly owned.
(b)
Capitalization . Except as set forth in Section 4.1(b)
of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule:
(i)
TEPPCO GP is the sole general partner of TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP is the
beneficial owner and the sole record owner of the general partner
interest in TEPPCO and the TEPPCO Incentive Distribution Rights,
and such general partner interest and TEPPCO Incentive Distribution
Rights have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance
with applicable laws and the TEPPCO Partnership Agreement. TEPPCO
GP owns such general partner interest and TEPPCO Incentive
Distribution Rights free and clear of any liens, pledges, charges,
encumbrances, restrictions and security interests whatsoever
(“ Encumbrances ”), except pursuant to the
TEPPCO Entities Organizational Documents. TEPPCO GP has no Voting
Debt.
(ii)
TEPPCO has no limited partner interests or other partnership or
equity interests issued and outstanding other than, as of the date
of this Agreement, (1) 104,682,604 TEPPCO Units, none of which
are owned of record by TEPPCO GP, (2) the general partner
interest and TEPPCO Incentive Distribution Rights described in
Section 4.1(b)(i) above, (3) outstanding options to
purchase 574,500 TEPPCO Units at the exercise prices and with the
vesting schedules provided to the Enterprise Entities in writing,
(4) outstanding awards for the issuance of 260,400 restricted
TEPPCO Units with the vesting schedules provided to the Enterprise
Entities in writing, (5) other equity awards in the form of
392,788 Unit Appreciation Rights issued under the TEPPCO Unit Plans
that provide for the issuance of a number of TEPPCO Units with a
value equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of a
TEPPCO Unit on the vesting date of the respective award over the
grant price of the respective award, with the vesting schedules and
exercise prices, as applicable, provided to the Enterprise Entities
in writing and (6) other equity-based awards in the form of
5,108 aggregate TEPPCO Phantom Units issued under the TEPPCO Unit
Plans that are payable only in cash. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, rights to purchase under the TEPPCO Unit
Purchase Plan or pursuant to the TEPPCO Entities Organizational
Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no
outstanding (x) options, warrants, preemptive rights,
subscriptions, calls or other rights, convertible securities,
exchangeable securities, agreements or commitments of any character
obligating TEPPCO GP, TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries to
issue, transfer or sell any partnership interest or other equity
interest in TEPPCO or any TEPPCO Subsidiary or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for such partnership interests or
equity interests or (y) contractual obligations of TEPPCO GP,
TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any partnership interest or other equity interest
in TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries or any such securities
or agreements listed in clause (x) of this sentence. TEPPCO
has no Voting Debt.
(iii)
Each of the TEPPCO Units and the limited partner interests
represented thereby have been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with applicable laws and the TEPPCO Partnership
Agreement, and are fully paid (to the extent required under the
TEPPCO Partnership Agreement) and non-assessable (except to the
extent such non-
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assessability
may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the DRULPA).
Such TEPPCO Units were not issued in violation of pre-emptive or
similar rights or any other agreement or understanding binding on
TEPPCO. All of the outstanding equity interests of the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries and the TEPPCO Partially Owned Entities have been duly
authorized and are validly issued, fully paid (to the extent
required under the applicable governing documents) and
non-assessable and free of pre-emptive rights (except in each case
(1) with respect to general partner interests, (2) as set
forth to the contrary in the applicable governing documents and
(3) to the extent such non-assessability may be affected by
applicable laws, including Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the
DRULPA or Section 18-607 of the LLC Act) and were not issued
in violation of pre-emptive or similar rights; and all such units,
shares and other equity interests, other than interests in TEPPCO
Partially Owned Entities that are owned by others, are owned,
directly or indirectly, by TEPPCO or TEPPCO GP, free and clear of
all Encumbrances, except pursuant to the applicable governing
documents. No TEPPCO Subsidiary has any Voting Debt.
(c)
Authority; No Violation . Except as set forth in
Section 4.1(c) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule:
(i)
Each of the TEPPCO Entities has the requisite limited partnership
or limited liability company power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly and validly approved by the Board of Directors of TEPPCO
GP, at a duly convened meeting thereof and by TEPPCO GP, as the
general partner of TEPPCO. TEPPCO GP, acting through its Board of
Directors, has directed that this Agreement be submitted to the
TEPPCO Unitholders for approval at a meeting of such holders held
for the purpose of approving this Agreement (including any
adjournment or postponement thereof, the “ TEPPCO
Unitholder Meeting ”). Except for approvals that have
been previously obtained, the TEPPCO Unitholder Approvals and the
approvals required under the TEPPCO GP Merger Agreement, no other
limited liability company or limited partnership votes or approvals
on the part of the TEPPCO Entities are necessary to approve this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
each of the TEPPCO Entities and (assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Enterprise Entities) constitutes a
valid and binding obligation of each of the TEPPCO Entities,
enforceable against each of the TEPPCO Entities in accordance with
its terms (except insofar as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law)).
(ii)
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the TEPPCO
Entities, nor the consummation by the TEPPCO Entities of the
transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by the TEPPCO
Entities with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will (1)
(subject to receiving TEPPCO Unitholder Approvals and any approvals
required under the TEPPCO GP Merger Agreement) violate any
provision of the TEPPCO Entities Organizational Documents or the
organizational documents of their Subsidiaries, or
(2) assuming that the consents and approvals referred to in
Section 4.1(d) are duly obtained, (x) violate in any
material respect any statute, code, ordinance, rule,
regulation,
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judgment,
order, writ, decree or injunction applicable to the TEPPCO
Entities, any of their respective Subsidiaries or, to the TEPPCO
Entities’ Knowledge, any TEPPCO Partially Owned Entities or
any of their respective properties or assets or (y) violate,
conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss
of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
under, result in the termination of or a right of termination or
cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by,
accelerate any right or benefit provided by, or result in the
creation of any Encumbrance upon any of the respective properties
or assets of the TEPPCO Entities, any of their respective
Subsidiaries or, to the TEPPCO Entities’ Knowledge, any
TEPPCO Partially Owned Entities under, any of the terms, conditions
or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of
trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation
to which the TEPPCO Entities, any TEPPCO Subsidiary or, to the
TEPPCO Entities’ Knowledge, any TEPPCO Partially Owned
Entities is a party, or by which they or any of their respective
properties or assets are bound, except (in the case of clause
(2)(y) above) for such violations, conflicts, breaches, losses,
defaults, terminations, cancellations, accelerations or
Encumbrances which either individually or in the aggregate would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(d)
Consents and Approvals . Except for (i) the filing of a
notification and report form under the HSR Act and the termination
or expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act,
(ii) the filing of any other required applications or notices
with any state or foreign agencies of competent jurisdiction and
approval of such applications and notices (the “ Other
Approvals ”), (iii) the filing with the SEC of a
proxy statement relating to the matters to be submitted to the
TEPPCO Unitholders at the TEPPCO Unitholder Meeting and a
registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the issuance of
Enterprise Units in the TEPPCO Merger (such Form S-4, and any
amendments or supplements thereto, the “ Form S-4
,” and the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Form
S-4, and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “
Proxy Statement/Prospectus ”), (iv) the filing of
the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware, (v) any consents, authorizations, approvals,
filings or exemptions in connection with compliance with the rules
of the NYSE, (vi) such filings and approvals as may be
required to be made or obtained under the securities or “Blue
Sky” laws of various states in connection with the issuance
of the Enterprise Units pursuant to this Agreement, (vii) the
filing of a notification with the FTC at least thirty
(30) days prior to the Closing pursuant to Paragraph VII
of the Decision and Order (the consents, authorizations, approvals,
filings and registration required under or in relation to the
foregoing clauses (i) through (vii) being referred to as
“ Necessary Consents ”), and (viii) such
other consents, authorizations, approvals, filings and
registrations the failure of which to obtain or make would not,
either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, no consents or approvals of
or filings or registrations with any Governmental Entity are
necessary in connection with (1) the execution and delivery by
the TEPPCO Entities of this Agreement and (2) the consummation
by the TEPPCO Entities of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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(e)
Financial Reports and SEC Documents; Disclosure and Internal
Controls .
(i)
The TEPPCO 2008 10-K and all other reports, registration
statements, definitive proxy statements or information statements
filed or to be filed by TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries
subsequent to December 31, 2008, including, but not limited
to, items incorporated by reference into such reports, registration
statements, definitive proxy statements or information statements
under the Securities Act or under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the form filed, or to be filed
(collectively, the “ TEPPCO SEC Documents ”),
with the SEC as of their respective dates, (1) complied or
will comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable
requirements under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the
case may be, and (2) did not or will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The historical financial statements
(including the related notes and supporting schedule) contained in
the TEPPCO SEC Documents (i) comply in all material respects
with the applicable requirements under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act (except that certain supporting schedules are
omitted), (ii) present fairly in all material respects the
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the
entities purported to be shown thereby on the basis stated therein
at the respective dates or for the respective periods (subject, in
the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end
adjustments), and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except
in each case to the extent disclosed therein. There are no
outstanding comments from, or unresolved issues raised by, the SEC
with respect to the TEPPCO SEC Documents. No enforcement action has
been initiated, or to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, is
threatened, against any of the TEPPCO Entities relating to
disclosures contained in any TEPPCO SEC Document.
(ii)
Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of
TEPPCO GP has established approval procedures for the TEPPCO
Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries related to the identification,
measurement and management of risk exposure to commodity prices,
interest rates and counterparty risks, and the TEPPCO Entities and
the TEPPCO Subsidiaries are in compliance with such procedures in
all material respects.
(iii)
TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP have designed and maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with GAAP, including that (1) receipts and
expenditures are made only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization, (2) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial
statements of TEPPCO in accordance with GAAP and to maintain
accountability for the assets of the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries, as applicable, (3) access to such assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, (4) the reporting of such assets is
compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals, and
(5) records are maintained in reasonable detail, accurately
and fairly to reflect the transactions and dispositions of TEPPCO
and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries. TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP have
(1) designed disclosure controls and procedures (within the
meaning of Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act)
to ensure that material information relating to the TEPPCO Entities
and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries is made
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known to the
management of TEPPCO GP by others within those entities as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure
and to make the certifications required by the Exchange Act with
respect to the TEPPCO SEC Documents. Based on the evaluation of its
internal controls and procedures conducted in connection with the
preparation and filing of the TEPPCO 2008 10-K, neither TEPPCO nor
TEPPCO GP is aware of (i) any significant deficiencies or
material weaknesses in the design or operation of its internal
controls over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the ability of TEPPCO to
record, process, summarize and report financial data; or
(ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a role in TEPPCO’s
internal controls over financial reporting.
(iv)
Deloitte & Touche LLP, who audited the audited financial
statements contained in the TEPPCO 2008 10-K, is an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to TEPPCO and TEPPCO
GP within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States).
(f)
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities . Except as disclosed in
the audited financial statements (or notes thereto) included in the
TEPPCO 2008 10-K or in the financial statements (or notes thereto)
included in subsequent TEPPCO SEC Documents filed prior to the date
hereof, neither TEPPCO nor any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries had at
December 31, 2008, or has incurred since that date, any
liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent
or otherwise) of any nature, except (i) liabilities,
obligations or contingencies that (1) are accrued or reserved
against in the financial statements of TEPPCO included in the
TEPPCO SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, or reflected
in the notes thereto or (2) were incurred since
December 31, 2008 in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices or (ii) liabilities, obligations or
contingencies that (1) would not reasonably be expected,
either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or (2) have been discharged or paid in full prior to
the date hereof.
(g)
Absence of Certain Changes or Events .
(i)
Since December 31, 2008, no event or events have occurred that
has had or would reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(ii)
Except as set forth in Section 4.1(g)(ii) of the TEPPCO
Disclosure Schedule or as provided in this Agreement, since
December 31, 2008, TEPPCO and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries have
carried on their respective businesses in all material respects in
the ordinary course consistent with past practice.
(iii)
Except as set forth in Section 4.1(g)(iii) of the TEPPCO
Disclosure Schedule, or as permitted under Section 5.1(h) of
the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2008,
neither TEPPCO nor any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries has recommended
to EPCO, except for such actions prior to the date hereof as were
in the ordinary course of
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business
consistent with past practice or except as required by applicable
law, (x) to increase the wages, salaries, compensation,
pension, or other fringe benefits or perquisites payable to any
executive officer or director of TEPPCO GP from the amount thereof
in effect as of December 31, 2008, or (y) to grant any
retention, severance or termination pay, entered into any contract
to make or grant any retention, severance or termination pay, or
paid any bonuses to any executive officer or director of TEPPCO
GP.
(iv)
Since December 31, 2008 and prior to the date hereof, TEPPCO
has not declared or made any distributions on TEPPCO Units other
than its regular quarterly distribution as follows:
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(h)
Legal Proceedings . Except as set forth in
Section 4.1(h) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule, there is no
suit, action or proceeding or investigation pending before any
Governmental Entity or, to the Knowledge of any of the TEPPCO
Entities, threatened, against or affecting any of the TEPPCO
Entities or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries that would,
either
individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction,
rule or order of any Governmental Entity outstanding against any
TEPPCO Entity or TEPPCO Subsidiary having, or which would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
any such effect.
(i)
Compliance with Applicable Law . The TEPPCO Entities and
each of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries hold all licenses, franchises,
permits and authorizations necessary for the lawful conduct of
their respective businesses under and pursuant to each, and have
complied in all respects with and are not in default under any,
applicable law, statute, order, rule, regulation, judgment or
decree of any Governmental Entity relating to the TEPPCO Entities
or any TEPPCO Subsidiary, except where the failure to hold such
license, franchise, permit or authorization or such noncompliance
or default would not, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(i)
Except for this Agreement or as designated as an exhibit to the
TEPPCO 2008 10-K or to a TEPPCO SEC Document filed thereafter and
prior to the date of this Agreement, and except as set forth in
Section 4.1(j)(i) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule, neither
of the TEPPCO Entities nor any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries is a
party to or bound by, as of the date hereof, any agreement,
contract, arrangement, commitment or instrument (whether written or
oral) (1) which, upon the consummation of the TEPPCO Merger or
TEPPCO Unitholder Approvals, will (either alone or upon the
occurrence of any additional acts or events) result in any payment
(whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from the
TEPPCO Entities, the Enterprise Entities, the Surviving Partnership
or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any director, officer,
employee, consultant or contractor who
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performs
services for the benefit of any TEPPCO Entity or TEPPCO Subsidiary,
(2) which is a “material contract” (as such term is
defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K), or which,
if entered into, amended, terminated or otherwise created or
modified on or after the date of this Agreement, would be required
to be disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC,
to be performed after the date of this Agreement that has not been
filed or incorporated by reference in the TEPPCO SEC Documents
filed prior to the date of this Agreement, (3) which
materially restricts the conduct of any line of business by the
TEPPCO Entities or any TEPPCO Subsidiaries or upon consummation of
the TEPPCO Merger will materially restrict the ability of the
Enterprise Entities or the Surviving Partnership or any of their
respective Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business,
(4) relating to any outstanding commitment for any capital
expenditure in excess of $10,000,000 that is not (i) subject
to an authorization for expenditure (AFE) approved prior to
the date of this Agreement or (ii) allocated to EPCO under the
Administrative Services Agreement, (5) with any labor union or
organization, (6) except (x) as reflected in the
financial statements included in the TEPPCO SEC Documents filed
prior to the date hereof, (y) as reflected in the
March 31, 2009 financial statements of TEPPCO delivered to the
Enterprise Entities prior to the date hereof or (z) from the
date hereof to the extent permitted under Section 5.1(g),
indentures, mortgages, liens, promissory notes, loan agreements,
guarantees or other arrangements relating to the borrowing of money
by TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries,
(7) containing provisions triggered by change of control of
TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries or (8) in favor of
directors or officers relating to employment or compensation or
providing rights to indemnification. Each agreement, contract,
arrangement, commitment or instrument of the type described in this
Section 4.1(j), whether or not set forth in the TEPPCO
Disclosure Schedule or in such TEPPCO SEC Documents, is referred to
herein as a “ TEPPCO Contract .” True and
complete copies of all such TEPPCO Contracts have been made
available to the Enterprise Entities by the TEPPCO
Entities.
(ii)
(1) Each TEPPCO Contract is valid and binding on TEPPCO or the
TEPPCO Subsidiary that is a party thereto, as applicable, and in
full force and effect, (2) TEPPCO and each of the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries, as applicable, has performed all obligations required
to be performed by it to date under each TEPPCO Contract to which
it is subject, and (3) neither TEPPCO nor any of the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries knows of, or has received notice of, the existence of
any event or condition which constitutes, or, after notice or lapse
of time or both, will constitute, a default on the part of TEPPCO
or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries under any such TEPPCO Contract,
except in each case where such failure to be validly binding and in
full force and effect, noncompliance, or default, either
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(k)
Insurance . Section 4.1(k) of the TEPPCO Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all Policies
insuring the TEPPCO Employees and the properties, assets, and/or
operations of the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries.
(l)
Environmental Liability .
(i)
Except as set forth in Section 4.1(l) of the TEPPCO Disclosure
Schedule, and except as would not either individually or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO
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Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole: (1) TEPPCO and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, and
to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, the TEPPCO Partially Owned
Entities, and their respective businesses, operations, properties
and Assets are in compliance with all Environmental Laws and all
permits, registrations, licenses, approvals, exemptions, variances,
and other authorizations required under Environmental Laws (“
Environmental Permits ”); (2) TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities,
the TEPPCO Partially Owned Entities, have obtained or filed for all
Environmental Permits for their respective businesses, operations,
properties and Assets as they currently exist and are operated and
all such Environmental Permits are currently in full force and
effect; (3) no TEPPCO Entity or TEPPCO Subsidiary or any of
their respective businesses, operations, properties or Assets, or,
to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, the TEPPCO Partially Owned
Entities, or their respective businesses, operations, properties
and Assets, are subject to any pending or, to the Knowledge of the
TEPPCO Entities, threatened claims, actions, suits, writs,
injunctions, decrees, orders, judgments, investigations, inquiries
or proceedings relating to their compliance with Environmental
Laws; (4) within the five years prior to the date of this
Agreement, there has been no Release of Hazardous Substances on,
under or from the current or former property owned, leased or
operated by TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, or to the
Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, the TEPPCO Partially Owned
Entities, that was required to be reported under applicable
Environmental Laws but was not so reported; (5) none of
TEPPCO, TEPPCO GP, the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, or to the Knowledge of
the TEPPCO Entities, the TEPPCO Partially Owned Entities has
received any written notice asserting an alleged liability or
obligation under any Environmental Laws involving the TEPPCO
Entities, the TEPPCO Subsidiaries or the TEPPCO Partially Owned
Entities with respect to actual or alleged Hazardous Substance
contamination of any property offsite of the properties of the
TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries; (6) to the
Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, there are not any existing,
pending or threatened actions, suits, claims, investigations,
inquiries or proceedings by or before any court or any other
Governmental Entity directed against the TEPPCO Entities, the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries or the TEPPCO Partially Owned Entities that
pertain or relate to personal injury or property damage claims
relating to a Release of Hazardous Substances; (7) there have
been no ruptures in the TEPPCO Pipeline Systems resulting in
personal injury, loss of life, or material property damage, except
to the extent any claims related to such ruptures have been
resolved and (8) to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities,
there are no defects, corrosion or other damage to any of the
TEPPCO Pipeline Systems that could reasonably be expected to create
a risk of pipeline integrity failure.
(ii)
The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) “
Environmental Laws ” means any and all laws, statutes,
regulations, rules, orders, ordinances, legally enforceable
directives of a Governmental Entity, agreements between a Person
and any Governmental Entity and rules of common law, which are
applicable to a Person (or its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective businesses, operations, properties or assets) that is
making a representation herein and which pertain to protection of
human health (to the extent arising from exposure to Hazardous
Substances) or the environment (including any generation, use,
storage, treatment, or Release of Hazardous Substances into the
environment) including the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et
seq., the
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Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq., the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq., the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.,
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. Section 2701 et seq.,
the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et
seq., the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et
seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C.
Section 651 et seq., the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C.
Section 2014 et seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq., and the Federal
Hazardous Materials Transportation Law, 49 U.S.C. Section 5101
et seq., as each has been amended from time to time.
(2) “
Hazardous Substances ” means any (x) chemical,
product, substance, waste, material, pollutant or contaminant that
is defined or listed as hazardous or toxic or that is otherwise
regulated under any Environmental Law; (y) asbestos containing
materials, whether in a friable or non-friable condition,
polychlorinated biphenyls, naturally occurring radioactive
materials or radon; and (z) any oil or gas exploration or
production waste or any petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons,
petroleum products, crude oil and any components, fractions, or
derivatives thereof.
(3) “
Release ” means any depositing, spilling, leaking,
pumping, pouring, emitting, discarding, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of Hazardous
Substances into the environment.
(m)
Employee Benefit Plans; Distribution Reinvestment Plan
.
(i)
Except as set forth in Section 4.1(m) of the TEPPCO Disclosure
Schedule, no TEPPCO Entity or TEPPCO Subsidiary sponsors,
maintains, participates in or contributes to or has any Benefit
Plan other than the EPCO Benefit Plans and the TEPPCO Unit
Plans.
(ii)
Section 4.1(m) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule includes a
complete list of all TEPPCO Unit Plans.
(iii)
The Board of Directors of TEPPCO GP has authorized the suspension
of the issuance by TEPPCO of TEPPCO Units under the TEPPCO
Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
(n)
Property of the TEPPCO Entities .
(i)
Except for Permitted Encumbrances, failures that would not
reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or as set forth in
Section 4.1(n) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule, the TEPPCO
Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries have defensible, good and valid
fee or leasehold title (or, with respect to TEPPCO Pipeline
Systems, title to or interest in the applicable TEPPCO Pipeline
System sufficient to enable the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries to continue to conduct their businesses with respect
thereto without material interference as it is currently being
conducted)
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to or valid and
enforceable Rights of Way through the TEPPCO Real Property and
their other Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances.
(ii)
Except for violations that could not reasonably be expected to
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or as set forth in Section 4.1(n) of the TEPPCO
Disclosure Schedule, the businesses of the TEPPCO Entities or the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries have been and are being operated in a manner
which does not violate the terms of any Rights of Way used by the
TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries in their businesses. All
Rights of Way used by the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries in their business are valid and enforceable, except as
the enforceability thereof may be affected by bankruptcy,
insolvency or other laws of general applicability affecting the
rights of creditors generally or principles of equity, and grant
the rights purported to be granted thereby and all rights necessary
thereunder for the current operation of such businesses, except
where the failure of any such Right of Way to be valid and
enforceable or to grant the rights purported to be granted thereby
or necessary thereunder, either individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole. Except as set forth in Section 4.1(n) of the TEPPCO
Disclosure Schedule, there are no gaps in the Right of Ways used by
the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries in their businesses
that would impair the conduct of such businesses in a manner that
would, or that would reasonably be expected to, have either
individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect on the
TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. No
part of the TEPPCO Pipeline System is located on property that is
not owned in fee by the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries
or subject to a Right of Way in favor of the TEPPCO Entities or a
TEPPCO Subsidiary, where the failure of such TEPPCO Pipeline System
to be so located, either individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(iii)
There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities,
threatened condemnation of any material part of the TEPPCO Real
Property used or necessary for the conduct of the businesses of the
TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, as they are presently
conducted, by any Governmental Entity or other Person.
(o)
Intellectual Property . Except as would not reasonably be
expected either individually or in the aggregate to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, and except for Intellectual Property owned by or
licensed to EPCO (i) the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries own, or are licensed to use, all Intellectual Property
used in and necessary for the conduct of their business as it is
currently conducted, (ii) to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO
Entities, the use of Intellectual Property by the TEPPCO Entities
or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries does not infringe on or otherwise
violate the rights of any third party, and, to the extent such
Intellectual Property is licensed, its use is in accordance in all
material respects with the applicable license pursuant to which
TEPPCO acquired the right to use such Intellectual Property,
(iii) to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, no third party
is challenging, infringing on or otherwise violating any right of
the TEPPCO Entities in the Intellectual Property, (iv) neither
any of the TEPPCO Entities nor any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries has
received any written notice of any pending claim, order
or
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proceeding with
respect to any Intellectual Property used in and necessary for the
conduct of the businesses of the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries as they are currently conducted, and (v) to the
Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, no Intellectual Property is being
used or enforced by the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries
in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in the
abandonment, cancellation or unenforceability of any Intellectual
Property used in and necessary for the conduct of the businesses of
the TEPPCO Entities or the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, as they are
currently conducted.
(p)
State Takeover Laws . TEPPCO GP has approved this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as required
under Section 17-211 of the DRULPA and any other applicable
state takeover laws and any applicable provision of the TEPPCO
Partnership Agreement so that any such state takeover laws and such
provisions will not apply to this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(q)
Opinion of Financial Advisor . The TEPPCO Special Committee
has received the opinion of Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, dated the date of this Agreement, to the effect
that, subject to certain assumptions, qualifications, limitations
and other matters, as of the date of such opinion, the Exchange
Ratio to be received by the Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders in the
TEPPCO Merger is fair to the Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders from a
financial point of view, it being agreed that none of the
Enterprise Entities may rely upon such opinion.
(r)
Approvals of the TEPPCO Special Committee, the TEPPCO Audit,
Conflicts and Governance Committee and the Board of Directors of
TEPPCO GP . At a meeting duly called and held, the TEPPCO
Special Committee determined, by unanimous vote, that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are fair and
reasonable to TEPPCO and the Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders. At a
meeting duly called and held, the TEPPCO Audit, Conflicts and
Governance Committee determined, by unanimous vote, that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are fair and
reasonable to TEPPCO and the Unaffiliated TEPPCO Unitholders and
approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by
Special Approval. At a meeting duly called and held, the Board of
Directors of TEPPCO GP has approved, and recommended that the
TEPPCO Unitholders approve this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(s)
Broker’s Fees . None of the TEPPCO Entities nor any of
the TEPPCO Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers or
directors has employed any broker or finder or incurred any
liability for any broker’s fees, commissions or
finder’s fees in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, whose fees and expenses will be paid by TEPPCO in
accordance with the existing agreement with such firm.
(t)
Taxes . Except in each case for any exceptions that are
immaterial individually and in the aggregate and except as set
forth in Section 4.1(t) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule:
(i) all Tax Returns that were required to be filed by or with
respect to TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries have been duly
and timely filed, (ii) all items of income, gain, loss,
deduction and credit or other items required to be included in each
such Tax Return have been so included, (iii) all Taxes owed by
TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO
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Subsidiaries
that are or have become due have been timely paid in full or an
adequate reserve for the payment of such Taxes has been
established, (iv) all Tax withholding and deposit requirements
imposed on or with respect to TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries have been satisfied in full in all respects,
(v) there are no Encumbrances on any of the assets of TEPPCO
or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries that arose in connection with any
failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax, (vi) there is no
action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or written claim now
pending against, or with respect to, TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries for any Taxes, and no assessment, deficiency or
adjustment has been asserted, proposed, or threatened in writing
with respect to any Tax Return of or with respect to TEPPCO or any
of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, (vii) no written claim has been
made by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where TEPPCO or
any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries does not currently file a Tax Return
that it is or may be subject to any material Tax in such
jurisdiction, nor has such assertion been threatened or proposed in
writing, (viii) there is not in force any extension of time
with respect to the due date for the filing of any Tax Return of or
with respect to TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries or any
waiver or agreement for any extension of time for the assessment or
payment of any Tax of or with respect to any of TEPPCO or any of
the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, (ix) none of TEPPCO or any of the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries will be required to include any amount in
income for any taxable period as a result of a change in accounting
method for any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date
or pursuant to any agreement with any Tax authority with respect to
any such taxable period, (x) none of TEPPCO or any of the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries is a party to a Tax allocation or sharing
agreement, and no payments are due or will become due by any of the
TEPPCO Entities or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries pursuant to any
such agreement or arrangement or any Tax indemnification agreement,
(xi) none of TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries has been
a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal
income Tax Return or has any liability for the Taxes of any Person
(other than a TEPPCO Entity or any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries)
under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any
similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee
or successor, by contract, or otherwise, (xii) TEPPCO is not a
“foreign person” within the meaning of
Section 1445 of the Code, (xiii) each of the TEPPCO
Entities and any TEPPCO Subsidiary that is classified as a
partnership for United States federal tax purposes has in effect an
election under Section 754 of the Code, (xiv) TEPPCO is a
“publicly traded partnership” for United States federal
income tax purposes, (xv) at least 90% of the gross income of
TEPPCO for each taxable year since its formation up to and
including the current taxable year has been from sources that
TEPPCO’s counsel has opined or will opine prior to the
Closing are treated as “qualifying income” within the
meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code, and (xvi) none of the
TEPPCO Entities or any TEPPCO Subsidiary has elected to be treated
as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(u)
Labor Relations; Collective Bargaining Agreements . Except
as set forth in Section 4.1(u) of the TEPPCO Disclosure Schedule,
neither of the TEPPCO Entities nor any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries
is a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union
contract applicable to persons employed by TEPPCO or any of the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries, and no collective bargaining agreement or
other labor union contract is being negotiated by TEPPCO or any of
the TEPPCO Subsidiaries. No labor organization or group of
employees of EPCO who are situated at any facility (or on any
vessel) owned, leased or operated by TEPPCO or any TEPPCO
Subsidiary has made a pending demand for recognition or
certification, and there are no representation or certification
proceedings or petitions seeking a representation
proceeding
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presently
pending or, to the Knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, threatened to
be brought or filed, with the National Labor Relations Board or any
other labor relations tribunal or authority. Except as would not,
either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the TEPPCO Entities and the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to the Knowledge of any of
the TEPPCO Entities, (i) there is no labor dispute, strike,
slowdown or work stoppage against TEPPCO or any of the TEPPCO
Subsidiaries pending or threatened against TEPPCO or any of the
TEPPCO Subsidiaries and (ii) no unfair labor practice or labor
charge or complaint has occurred with respect to TEPPCO or any of
the TEPPCO Subsidiaries.
(v)
Regulation as an Investment Company . None of the TEPPCO
Entities nor any of the TEPPCO Subsidiaries is an “investment
company”, as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(w)
Jones Act . To the knowledge of the TEPPCO Entities, each
TEPPCO Entity and each TEPPCO Subsidiary is a “citizen of the
United States” as such term is defined in Section 2 of
the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended (46 U.S.C. Section 802),
and has been for as long as it has owned or operated any vessels in
the United States coastwise trade.
(x)
TEPPCO Unit Purchase Plan . The Board of TEPPCO GP has
authorized the suspension of the issuance of TEPPCO Units under the
TEPPCO Unit Purchase Plan, effective immediately, subject to the
authority of EPCO to effectuate suspension of such plan in its
discretion.
4.2
Representations and Warranties of the Enterprise Entities .
Except as disclosed in a section of the Enterprise disclosure
schedule delivered to the TEPPCO Entities concurrently herewith
(the “ Enterprise Disclosure Schedule ”)
corresponding to the subsection of this Section 4.2 to which
such disclosure applies ( provided that the disclosure in
any paragraph of the Enterprise Disclosure Schedule shall qualify
other paragraphs in this Section 4.2 only to the extent that
it is reasonably apparent from a reading of such disclosure that it
also qualifies or applies to such other paragraphs), or as
disclosed in the Enterprise SEC Documents filed prior to the date
hereof to the extent such disclosure on its face appears to
constitute information that would reasonably be deemed a
qualification or exception to the following representations and
warranties, each of the Enterprise Entities represents and warrants
to the TEPPCO Entities as follows:
(i)
Each of Enterprise GP and Enterprise Sub B is a limited liability
company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware. Enterprise is a limited
partnership duly formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Enterprise and
Enterprise GP has the requisite limited partnership or limited
liability company power and authority to own or lease all of its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified to do business
in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted
by it or the character or location of the properties and assets
owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification
necessary, except where the failure to have such power
or
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authority or be
so licensed or qualified would not, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Enterprise Entities and the TEPPCO Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole. True and complete copies of the Enterprise Entities
Organizational Documents, as in effect as of the date of this
Agreement, have previously been made available to the TEPPCO
Entities by the Enterprise Entities.
(ii)
Each Enterprise Subsidiary (1) is duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
(2) is duly qualified to do business and in good standing in
all jurisdictions (whether federal, state, local or foreign) where
its ownership or leasing of property or assets or the conduct of
its business requires it to be so qualified and (3) has all
requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power
and authority to own or lease its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as now conducted except in each case where
the failure to have such power or authority or to be so organized
in existence or qualified, either individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Enterprise Entities and the Enterprise Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
(iii)
Section 4.2(a)(iii) of the Enterprise Disclosure Schedule sets
forth, as of the date of this Agreement, a true and complete list
of each of the Enterprise Entities and Enterprise Partially Owned
Entities, together with (1) the nature of the legal
organization of such Person, (2) the jurisdiction of
organization or formation of such Person, (3) the name of each
Enterprise Entity, Enterprise Subsidiary or Enterprise Partially
Owned Entity that owns directly or of record any equity or similar
interest in such Person, and (4) the percentage interest
(expressed as a percentage or other amount) owned by such
Enterprise Entity, Enterprise Subsidiary or Enterprise Partially
Owned Entity in such Person. Except as set forth in
Section 4.2(a)(iii) of the Enterprise Disclosure Schedule,
neither of the Enterprise Entities nor any direct or indirect
wholly owned Enterprise Subsidiary is subject to any obligation in
excess of $1,000,000 to make any investment or capital
contribution, or any loan or any payment pursuant to a guarantee
for the payment of indebtedness for borrowed money, to any
Enterprise Subsidiary that is not wholly owned.
(b)
Capitalization . Except as set forth in Section 4.2(b)
of the Enterprise
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