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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Agreement and Plan of Merger

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Title: AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 6/29/2009
Industry: Oil Well Services and Equipment     Law Firm: Mayer Brown;Andrews Kurth;Baker Botts     Sector: Energy

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Exhibit 2.1

Execution Copy

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

DATED AS OF JUNE 28, 2009

BY AND AMONG

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS GP, LLC,

ENTERPRISE SUB B LLC,

TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P.

AND

TEXAS EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 THE MERGER

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1 The Merger

 

 

11

 

2.2 Effective Time of the Merger

 

 

11

 

2.3 Effects of the Merger

 

 

11

 

2.4 Closing

 

 

12

 

2.5 Partnership Agreement

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1 Effect of the Merger on Equity Securities

 

 

12

 

3.2 Treatment of Options and Equity Awards

 

 

14

 

3.3 Exchange Fund

 

 

16

 

3.4 Exchange Procedures

 

 

17

 

3.5 Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged TEPPCO Units

 

 

17

 

3.6 No Further Ownership Rights in TEPPCO Units

 

 

17

 

3.7 No Fractional Enterprise Units

 

 

18

 

3.8 Termination of Exchange Fund

 

 

18

 

3.9 No Liability

 

 

18

 

3.10 Investment of the Exchange Fund

 

 

18

 

3.11 Unregistered Certificates

 

 

18

 

3.12 Lost Certificates

 

 

19

 

3.13 Withholding Rights

 

 

19

 

3.14 Further Assurances

 

 

19

 

3.15 Unit Transfer Books

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1 Representations and Warranties of TEPPCO and TEPPCO GP

 

 

19

 

4.2 Representations and Warranties of the Enterprise Entities

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Covenants of TEPPCO Entities

 

 

45

 

5.2 Covenants of Enterprise Entities

 

 

49

 

5.3 Governmental Filings

 

 

50

 

5.4 Control of Other Party’s Business

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1 Preparation of Proxy Statement/Prospectus; Unitholders Meeting

 

 

50

 

6.2 Access to Information

 

 

53

 

6.3 Reasonable Best Efforts

 

 

53

 

6.4 Acquisition Proposals

 

 

55

 

6.5 Fees and Expenses

 

 

56

 

6.6 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance

 

 

56

 

6.7 TEPPCO Unit Plans

 

 

57

 

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6.8 Public Announcements

 

 

58

 

6.9 Listing of Enterprise Units

 

 

58

 

6.10 Distributions

 

 

58

 

6.11 Section 16 Matters

 

 

58

 

6.12 Accountants’ Letter

 

 

59

 

6.13 Tax Matters

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger

 

 

59

 

7.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Enterprise Entities

 

 

60

 

7.3 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the TEPPCO Entities

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.1 Termination

 

 

62

 

8.2 Effect of Termination

 

 

63

 

8.3 Amendment

 

 

63

 

8.4 Extension; Waiver

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements

 

 

64

 

9.2 Notices

 

 

64

 

9.3 Interpretation

 

 

65

 

9.4 Counterparts

 

 

65

 

9.5 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries

 

 

65

 

9.6 Governing Law

 

 

66

 

9.7 Severability

 

 

66

 

9.8 Assignment

 

 

66

 

9.9 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

 

 

66

 

9.10 Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

67

 

9.11 Enforcement

 

 

67

 

9.12 No Waiver Relating to Claims for Fraud/Willful Misconduct

 

 

67

 

9.13 General Limitation of Damages

 

 

67

 

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 ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          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:

ARTICLE 1

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

          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.

          “ 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.

          “ 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.

          “ 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.

          “ Certificate of Merger ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

          “ Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

          “ Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

          “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          “ Confidentiality Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

          “ CUARs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(d).

          “ 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.

          “ D&O Insurance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(b).

          “ DFI ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

          “ Designated TEPPCO Unit Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).

          “ Designated TEPPCO Unit Exchange Ratio ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).

          “ Designated TEPPCO Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(iii).

          “ DOJ ” means the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

          “ DRULPA ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

          “ Effective Times ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

          “ Encumbrances ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b)(i).

          “ Enterprise ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “ Enterprise Amendment ” means Amendment No. 4 to the Enterprise Partnership Agreement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B .

          “ Enterprise Class B Unit ” has the meaning given the term “Class B Unit” in the Enterprise Amendment.

          “ 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.

          “ Enterprise Entity ” or “ Enterprise Entities ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          “ Enterprise Entities Organizational Documents ” means the Enterprise Partnership Agreement, the Enterprise GP LLC Agreement and the limited liability company agreement of Enterprise Sub B.

          “ 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.

          “ Enterprise Incentive Distribution Rights ” means the rights to “Incentive Distributions” as defined in the Enterprise Partnership Agreement.

          “ 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.

          “ Enterprise Sub A ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

          “ 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.

          “ 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.

          “ 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.

          “ Environmental Laws ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(l)(ii)(1).

          “ Environmental Permits ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(l)(i).

          “ EPCO ” means EPCO, Inc.

          “ 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).

          “ FTC ” means the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

          “ 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.

          “ GP Holdings ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

          “ Hazardous Substances ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(l)(ii)(2).

          “ HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

          “ Indemnified Party ” or “ Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(b).

          “ 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.

          “ 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.

          “ LLC Act ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

          “ 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.

          “ 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.

          “ Proxy Statement/Prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d).

          “ 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.

          “ Release ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(l)(ii)(3).

          “ Required Approvals ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a).

          “ Rights of Way ” means a right-of-way, easement, permit, servitude, license or similar right through real property.

          “ SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

          “ Special Approval ” has the meaning set forth in the TEPPCO Partnership Agreement.

          “ 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.

          “ Surviving Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

          “ 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.

          “ 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.

ARTICLE 2

THE MERGER

          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.

ARTICLE 3

CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

          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).

ARTICLE 4

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:

          (a) Organization .

               (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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount per

Quarter

 

TEPPCO Unit

First Quarter 2009

 

$0.725

 

          (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.

          (j) Contracts .

               (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:

          (a) Organization .

               (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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