Exhibit 10.10
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THE
TEXAS EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE
COMPANY
RETENTION INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
PLAN
PHANTOM UNIT AWARD
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC
(“TEPPCO”) maintains the Texas Eastern Products
Pipeline Company Retention Incentive Compensation Plan
(the“Plan”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, TEPPCO has entered into a
Phantom Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) certain
Eligible Employees (the “Participant”) setting forth
the conditions of the Phantom Unit Award; and
WHEREAS, the Plan and each outstanding Agreement has been
in operational compliance with Section 409A and the applicable
regulatory guidance thereunder; and
WHEREAS, TEPPCO has determined that each outstanding
Agreement should be amended to be in documentary compliance with
Section 409A and the applicable regulatory guidance thereunder;
and
WHEREAS, the transition rules of Section 409A provide
that TEPPCO has the right to amend each outstanding Agreement until
December 31, 2008 in order to remain in compliance with Section
409A; and
WHEREAS, Section XII of the Plan grants the Board the
right to amend the Plan, or any part thereof, from time to
time.
NOW
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the outstanding Award Agreement to that
certain Participant identified below is hereby amended, to read as
follows, effective November 3, 2008:
1.
Section 5 “Distribution Equivalents”
is hereby amended in its entirety, to read as
follows:
“5.
Distribution Equivalents
. As soon as possible, but
in no event later than 60 days, after each quarterly distribution
date, TEPPCO shall pay to the Participant, if he or she is then an
Eligible Employee and has not had a termination of employment, a
cash payment equal to the product of:
(a) the total
number of Phantom Units awarded to the Participant, reduced by the
number of Phantom Units redeemed and paid as of the appropriate
distribution record date, multiplied by
(b) the
distribution paid with respect to a Limited Partnership Unit for
such quarter.”
2. Section
6 “Crediting and Redemption of Phantom Units” is hereby
amended in its entirety, to read as follows:
“6.
Crediting and Redemption of Phantom Units.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 6, as of the credi