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Exhibit 3.2
FIFTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT
OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SABINE PASS LNG, L.P.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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1.1
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Formation of the Partnership
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1.2
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Single Purpose Entity Requirements
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1.3
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Name
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1.4
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Principal Place of Business
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1.5
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Filings
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1.6
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Power of Attorney
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1.7
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Term
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1.8
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Partner Information
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1.9
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Property; Partition; Nature of
Interest
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1.10
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Effect of Bankruptcy, Death or Incompetency of a
Partner
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3.1
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General Partner’s Capital
Contribution
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3.2
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Limited Partners’ Capital
Contributions
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3.3
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Loans by Partners
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3.4
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No Other Contributions
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3.5
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Return of Capital Contributions
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3.6
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Capital Accounts
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3.7
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Interest
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4.1
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Allocations
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4.2
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Special Tax Allocations
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4.3
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Tax Distributions
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4.4
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Distributions
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4.5
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Transfer of Units
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4.6
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Amounts Withheld
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5.1
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Fiscal Year
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5.2
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Accounting Elections
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5.3
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Tax Controversies
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5.4
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Preparation of Tax Returns
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5.5
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Books and Records
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5.6
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Access to Books and Records
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6.1
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Exclusive Authority
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6.2
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General Authority
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6.3
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Employment of Agents and Employees
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6.4
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Officers
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6.5
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Independent Activities
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6.6
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Expenses of the Partnership
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7.1
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No Participation in Management
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7.2
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Rights of Limited Partner
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ARTICLE VIII Transfer of Units
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8.1
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Transfers by General Partner
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8.2
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Transfers by Limited Partners
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8.3
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Permitted Cash Sales by Limited
Partners
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8.4
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Effective Date of Transfer
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8.5
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Invalid Transfer
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8.6
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Distributions to Assignee
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8.7
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Federal Law Disclosure and Limitations
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8.8
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Admission of Successor General Partner; No
Dissolution or Termination
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ARTICLE IX Removal of General
Partner
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9.1
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Removal of General Partner
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9.2
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Selection of Successor General Partner
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ARTICLE X Dissolution, Liquidation and
Termination
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10.1
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Dissolution and Termination
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10.2
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Winding Up and Termination
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10.3
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Termination
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10.4
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Indemnification
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ARTICLE XI General Provisions
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11.1
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Scope
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11.2
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Governing Law
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11.3
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Binding Effect
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11.4
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Gender
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11.5
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Headings
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11.6
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Violation
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11.7
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Indemnification
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11.8
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Severability
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11.9
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Counterparts
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11.10
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Waiver of Right to Partition
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11.11
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Dispute Resolution
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11.12
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Amendments
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11.13
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Interests
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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT OR
DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION, SUCH
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME
WHATSOEVER, EXCEPT UPON DELIVERY TO THE PARTNERSHIP OF AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THE PARTNERSHIP
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR SUCH TRANSFER OR THE
SUBMISSION TO THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THE PARTNERSHIP OF SUCH OTHER
EVIDENCE AS MAY BE SATISFACTORY TO THE GENERAL PARTNER TO THE
EFFECT THAT ANY SUCH TRANSFER OR SALE WILL NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION PROMULGATED
THEREUNDER.
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SABINE PASS LNG, L.P.
The original Agreement of Limited Partnership of Sabine Pass
LNG, L.P. (the " Partnership ") was entered into as of
October 20, 2003 (the " Effective Date "), by and
between Sabine Pass LNG-GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the
General Partner, and Cheniere LNG, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as
a Limited Partner (the " Original Limited Partner ").
Effective as of February 18, 2004, the General Partner and the
Original Limited Partner adopted the Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership. Effective as of October 26, 2004,
(a) the Original Limited Partner, with the consent of the
General Partner, transferred all of its Units (as hereafter
defined) to Sabine Pass LNG-LP Interests, LLC (the " First
Successor Limited Partner "), and (b) the General Partner
and the First Successor Limited Partner adopted the Second Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the " Second
Amended Agreement "), which was also executed by the Original
Limited Partner. Effective as of November 15, 2004, the First
Successor Limited Partner merged with and into Cheniere LNG-LP
Interests, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "
Second Successor Limited Partner "), pursuant to which the
Second Successor Limited Partner succeeded to all of the First
Successor Limited Partner’s rights and obligations, and the
General Partner and the Second Successor Limited Partner adopted
the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
(the " Third Amended Agreement "). Effective as of
February 24, 2005, (x) the Second Successor Limited
Partner, with the consent of the General Partner, transferred all
of its Units to Sabine Pass LNG-LP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the " Current Limited Partner "),
(y) the Current Limited Partner was admitted as a Limited
Partner of the Partnership, and (z) the General Partner and
the Current Limited Partner adopted the Fourth Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership (the " Fourth Amended
Agreement "). The General Partner and the Current Limited
Partner adopted this Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership, which amends and restates in its entirety the
Agreement effective on November 9, 2006 concurrently with the
execution and delivery of the Indenture and following
the payment in full of all indebtedness
outstanding under (i) that certain Credit Agreement, dated
August 31, 2005, among Cheniere LNG Holdings, LLC, the initial
lenders named therein, and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch and
(ii) that certain First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated July 21, 2006, among the Partnership, Société
Générale, HSBC Bank USA, National Association and the
lenders named therein (the " Effective Time ").
ARTICLE I
Organization Matters
1.1 Formation of the Partnership . The Partners desire to
form and have formed a limited partnership pursuant to the
provisions of the Partnership Act. This Agreement constitutes the
partnership agreement of such Partnership, effective upon the date
of filing of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited
Partnership with the office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary,
the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration
and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the
Partnership Act.
1.2 Single Purpose Entity Requirements . Notwithstanding
any other provision contained in this Agreement, the Partners shall
comply with the following single purpose entity requirements ("
Single Purpose Entity Requirements ") in order to maintain
the Partnership’s status as a separate entity and to avoid
any confusion or potential consolidation with any Affiliate.
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(a) Limited Purpose . So long as any obligation under the
Note Documents is outstanding, the sole purpose of the Partnership
shall be limited to developing, building, owning and operating a
liquified natural gas receiving and regasification facility in
Cameron Parish, Louisiana (the " Project "), and in
connection therewith, all activities ancillary, incidental and
related thereto that may be performed by a limited partnership
organized under the Partnership Act including, without
limitation:
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(i) entering into and performing the Partnership’s
obligations under the Note Documents;
(ii) assuming and adopting all of the obligations required to be
adopted by the Partnership with respect to Cheniere and CXY
Corporation (n/k/a Cheniere FLNG, L.P.) under the Crest Settlement
Agreement (the " Crest Obligation ");
(iii) entering into, or acquiring rights under, agreements in
connection with any of the foregoing activities, including without
limitation the Partnership Documents and any and all other
agreements for the construction, commissioning and operation of the
Project;
(iv) all activities required or permitted by the Indenture and
the Note Documents; and
(v) to engage in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any
powers permitted to limited partnerships organized under the laws
of the State of
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Delaware that are related or incidental to and
necessary, convenient or advisable for the accomplishment of the
above-mentioned purposes.
(b) Limitations on Indebtedness, Actions .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in
any other document governing the formation, management or operation
of the Partnership, so long as any obligation under the Note
Documents is outstanding the Partnership shall not :
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(i) guarantee any obligation of any Person, including any
Affiliate, or become obligated for the debts of any other Person or
hold out its credit as being available to pay the obligations of
any other Person (other than the Crest Obligation);
(ii) engage, directly or indirectly, in any business other than
as required or permitted to be performed under Section 1.2 of
this Agreement;
(iii) incur, create or assume any indebtedness or liabilities
other than (A) the Obligations, (B) the Crest Obligation
and (C) indebtedness and liabilities incurred by the
Partnership that are permitted under the Note Documents;
(iv) make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance
to, or own or acquire any stock or securities of, any Person,
except that the Partnership may invest in those investments
permitted under the Note Documents;
(v) to the fullest extent permitted by law, engage in any
dissolution or liquidation, or (except as permitted under the Note
Documents) any consolidation, merger, sale or other transfer of any
of its assets outside the ordinary course of the
Partnership’s business;
(vi) buy or hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other
Person (other than cash or investment-grade securities or as
otherwise permitted under the Note Documents);
(vii) own any asset or property other than the Project and
incidental personal and real property necessary for the ownership
or operation of the Project and interests in any subsidiaries
permitted under the Note Documents;
(viii) take any Material Action without the unanimous written
approval of the entire board of directors of the General Partner,
including the Independent Director; or
(ix) amend, modify or otherwise change this Agreement with
respect to the Single Purpose Entity Requirements or Sections
1.9 or 1.10 hereof.
(c) Separateness Covenants . In the conduct of the
Partnership’s operations since its organization and so long
as any obligation under the Note Documents is outstanding, the
Partnership (and the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership)
has observed and will continue to observe the following
covenants:
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(i) maintain books and records and bank accounts
separate from those of any other Person;
(ii) maintain its assets in such a manner that it is not costly
or difficult to segregate, identify or ascertain such assets;
(iii) comply with all organizational formalities necessary to
maintain its separate existence;
(iv) hold itself out to creditors and the public as a legal
entity separate and distinct from any other entity;
(v) maintain separate financial statements, showing its assets
and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person
and not have its assets listed on any financial statement of any
other Person; except that the Partnership’s assets may be
included in consolidated financial statements of its Affiliates so
long as appropriate notation is made on such consolidated financial
statements to indicate the separateness of the Partnership from
such Affiliate and to disclose the separate nature of the
Partnership’s indebtedness;
(vi) prepare and file its own tax returns separate from those of
any Person to the extent required by applicable law, and pay any
taxes required to be paid by applicable law;
(vii) allocate and charge fairly and reasonably any common
employee or overhead shared with Affiliates;
(viii) except as permitted by the Note Documents, not enter into
any transaction with Affiliates except on an arm’s-length
basis on terms which are no less favorable than would be available
in comparable transactions with unaffiliated third parties (or, if
no comparable transactions with unaffiliated third parties would be
available, then on terms that are determined by the board of
directors of the General Partner to be fair in light of all factors
considered by such board of directors to be pertinent to the
Partnership), and pursuant to written, enforceable agreements;
(ix) conduct its own business in its own name, and use separate
stationery, invoices and checks;
(x) not commingle its assets or funds with those of any other
Person;
(xi) not assume, guarantee or pay the debts or obligations of
any other Person (other than the Crest Obligation);
(xii) correct any known misunderstanding as to its separate
identity;
(xiii) not permit any Affiliate to guarantee or pay its
obligations (other than (i) pledges by its Partners of their
interests in the Partnership and other
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guarantees and indemnities set forth in the Note
Documents and (ii) with respect to the Crest
Obligation);
(xiv) pay its liabilities and expenses out of and to the extent
of its own funds;
(xv) maintain a sufficient number of employees or engaged
independent contractors in light of its contemplated business
purpose and pay the salaries of its own employees, if any, only
from the Partnership’s own funds;
(xvi) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated
business purpose, transactions and liabilities; provided ,
however , that the foregoing shall not require any Partner
to make additional capital contributions to the Partnership;
and
(xvii) cause the officers, directors, employees, agents and
other representatives of the General Partner or the Partnership to
act at all times with respect to the Partnership consistently and
in furtherance of the foregoing and in the best interests of the
Partnership except to the extent required or permitted by the Note
Documents.
Failure of the Partnership, or the General Partner on behalf of
the Partnership, to comply with any of the foregoing covenants or
any other covenants contained in this Agreement shall not affect
the status of the Partnership as a separate legal entity.
(d) Independent Director . As long as any obligation
under the Note Documents is outstanding, the General Partner at all
times shall have at least one Independent Director. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Independent Director shall consider
only the interests of the Partnership and its creditors in acting
or otherwise voting on any Material Action. No resignation or
removal of an Independent Director, and no appointment of a
successor Independent Director, shall be effective until such
successor shall have accepted his or her appointment as an
Independent Director by a written instrument. In the event of a
vacancy in the position of Independent Director, the General
Partner shall, as soon as practicable, appoint a successor
Independent Director.
1.3 Name . The name of the Partnership is "Sabine Pass
LNG, L.P." The General Partner will comply or cause the Partnership
to comply with all applicable laws and other requirements relating
to fictitious or assumed names.
1.4 Principal Place of Business . The principal office
and place of business of the Partnership and the General
Partner’s offices shall be 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3100,
Houston, Texas 77002, or such other place within or outside the
State of Delaware, as the General Partner may from time to time
determine. If the General Partner moves the Partnership’s
offices, it shall file any certificates required under the
Partnership Act and notify all other Partners of such change.
1.5 Filings . The General Partner shall, or shall cause
the Partnership to, execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file
or record in public offices and publish all such certificates,
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notices, statements or other instruments, and
take all such other actions, as may be required by law for the
formation, reformation, qualification, registration, operation or
continuation of the Partnership in any jurisdiction, to maintain
the limited liability of the Limited Partners, to preserve the
Partnership’s status as a partnership for tax purposes or
otherwise to comply with applicable law. Upon request of the
General Partner, each of the Limited Partners shall promptly
execute all such certificates and other documents as may be
necessary, in the judgment of the General Partner, in order for the
General Partner to accomplish all such executions, swearings to,
acknowledgments, deliveries, filings, recordings in public offices,
publishings and other acts.
1.6 Power of Attorney . Each Limited Partner hereby
irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the General Partner,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as the true and
lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of such Limited Partner, with
full power and authority in the name, place and stead of such
Limited Partner to execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file or
record in public offices and publish: (a) all certificates and
other instruments (including counterparts thereof) that the General
Partner deems necessary or appropriate to reflect any amendment,
change or modification of or supplement to this Agreement in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (b) all
certificates and other instruments and all amendments thereto that
the General Partner deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify
or continue the Partnership in the State of Delaware or any
jurisdiction, to maintain the limited liability of the Limited
Partners, to preserve the Partnership’s status as a
partnership for tax purposes or otherwise to comply with applicable
law; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents
that the General Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect:
(i) the transfers or assignments of interests in, to or under
this Agreement or the Partnership; (ii) the dissolution,
liquidation and termination of the Partnership, or (iii) the
distribution of assets of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement; and (d) any other instruments required by law
or as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the General Partner
to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
The power of attorney granted herein is hereby declared
irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, shall survive the
death, disability, bankruptcy, dissolution or other termination of
each Limited Partner and shall extend to and be binding upon each
Limited Partner’s heirs, beneficiaries, executors,
administrators, legal representatives, successors, assigns and
vendees. Each Limited Partner hereby agrees to be bound by any
representations made by the agent and attorney-in-fact acting in
good faith pursuant to such power of attorney, and each Limited
Partner hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to
contest, negate, or disaffirm any action of the agent and
attorney-in-fact taken under such power of attorney.
1.7 Term . The term for which the Partnership is to exist
as a limited partnership is from the date of first filing of the
Certificate of Limited Partnership with the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware through and until the termination
of the Partnership in accordance with any provision of
Article X .
1.8 Partner Information . The General Partner shall cause
to be attached hereto as Exhibit C and updated from
time to time a list showing the then current names and addresses of
the Partners and the numbers of Units held by each.
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1.9 Property; Partition; Nature of
Interest .
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(a) All property owned by the Partnership shall be owned by the
Partnership as an entity and, insofar as permitted by applicable
law, no Partner shall have any ownership interest in any
Partnership property in its individual name or right, and each
Partner’s ownership interest in the Partnership shall be
personal property for all purposes.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Partner and any
additional Partner admitted to the Partnership hereby irrevocably
waives any right or power that such Person might have to cause the
Partnership or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the
appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of
the Partnership, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the
assets of the Partnership pursuant to any applicable law or to file
a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to
cause the dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination of
the Partnership. The Partners shall not have any interest in any
specific assets of the Partnership, and the Partners shall not have
the status of a creditor with respect to any distribution pursuant
to this Agreement. The interest of the Partners in the Partnership
is personal property.
1.10 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death or Incompetency of a
Partner . The bankruptcy, death, dissolution, liquidation,
termination or adjudication of incompetency of a Partner shall not
cause the termination or dissolution of the Partnership and the
business of the Partnership shall continue. Upon any such
occurrence, the trustee, receiver, personal representative,
executor, administrator, committee, guardian or conservator of such
Partner shall have all the rights of such Partner for the purpose
of settling or managing its estate or property, subject to
satisfying conditions precedent to the admission of such assignee
as a substitute Partner. The transfer by such trustee, receiver,
executor, administrator, committee, guardian or conservator of any
interest in the Partnership shall be subject to all of the
restrictions, hereunder to which such transfer would have been
subject if such transfer had been made by such bankrupt, deceased,
dissolved, liquidated, terminated or incompetent Partner.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings assigned to them herein:
Acceptance Notice . See Section 8.3(a) .
Affiliate . When used with reference to a specific
Person: (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning,
controlling or holding the power to vote ten percent (10%) or
more of any class of the voting securities of the specified Person;
(ii) any Person that directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with the specified Person; or (iii) any person that is
an officer or director of, general partner in, or manager or
trustee of, or serves in a similar capacity with respect to, the
specified Person or of which the specified Person is an officer or
director, general partner, manager or trustee, or with respect to
which the specified Person serves in a similar capacity.
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Agreement . This Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Sabine Pass LNG, L.P., as originally executed and as
amended, supplemented, modified or further restated from time to
time, as the context requires.
Assignee . A Person to whom Units have been transferred
by a Limited Partner in a manner expressly permitted under this
Agreement, and who thereby shall have an interest in the
Partnership equivalent to that of a Limited Partner, but
(i) limited to the rights and obligations appurtenant to such
Units to share in the allocations and distributions, including
liquidating distributions, of the Partnership, and
(ii) otherwise subject to the limitations under this Agreement
and the Partnership Act on the rights of an Assignee who has not
been admitted as a Limited Partner.
Capital Account . See Section 3.6 .
Capital Contribution . The total amount or assets
contributed to the Partnership by all Partners or any class of
Partners or any one Partner, as the case may be.
Carrying Value . (a) With respect to property
contributed to the Partnership, the fair market value of such
property at the time of contribution reduced (but not below zero)
by all depreciation, depletion (computed as a separate item of
deduction), amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to
the Partners’ Capital Accounts, (b) with respect to any
property whose value is adjusted pursuant to Section 3.6, the
adjusted value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all
depreciation and cost recovery deductions charged to the
Partners’ Capital Accounts and (c) with respect to any
other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of such property for
federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of
determination.
Cash Available for Distribution . With respect to any
calendar quarter, all Partnership cash, demand deposits and
short-term marketable securities on hand as of the last day of such
calendar quarter, after payment of all fees, debt service, and
operating costs of the Partnership, and less such reserves as the
General Partner, in its sole discretion, shall deem reasonable to
retain in order to provide for the operation of the
Partnership’s business.
Certificate of Limited Partnership . The Certificate of
Limited Partnership filed by the Partnership with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware as originally executed and as
amended or further restated from time to time, as the context
requires.
Cheniere . Cheniere Energy, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
Code . The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and
in effect from time to time.
Crest Obligation . See Section 1.2(a) .
Crest Settlement Agreement . The Settlement and Purchase
Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2001, by and among Cheniere,
CXY Corporation, Crest Energy, L.L.C., Crest Investment Company and
Freeport LNG Terminal, LLC.
Effective Date . The date as of which this Agreement was
first entered into.
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FERC . The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
General Partner . Sabine Pass LNG-GP, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and any successor thereto selected pursuant to
Section 9.2 .
Governmental Entity . Any United States (federal, state
or local) or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory
or administrative agency, governmental commission, court or
tribunal (or any department, bureau or division thereof).
Governmental Permits . All franchises, approvals,
authorizations, permits, licenses, easements, registrations,
qualifications, leases, variances and similar rights required by
the Partnership, as the case may be, from any Governmental Entity
for the Project.
Guarantors . Has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Indenture.
Indenture . The Indenture, dated as of November 9,
2006, between the Partnership and The Bank of New York, as trustee,
as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
Independent Director . Has the meaning ascribed to such
term in the General Partner’s organizational documents.
Initial Notice . See Section 8.3(a) .
Interest Rate . The rate per annum equal to the lesser of
(i) the prime rate as quoted in the money rates section of The
Wall Street Journal, plus two percent (2%) and (ii) the
maximum rate permitted by applicable law.
Limited Partner . Each Person who acquires Limited
Partner Units and is admitted to the Partnership as a Limited
Partner pursuant to this Agreement. All references in this
Agreement to a majority or specified percentage of the Limited
Partners shall mean Limited Partners holding more than fifty
percent (50%) or such specified percentage, respectively, of
the aggregate number of Units then held by Limited Partners.
Material Action . To file any insolvency or
reorganization case or proceeding, to institute proceedings to have
the Partnership be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, to institute
proceedings under any applicable insolvency law, to seek any relief
under any law relating to relief from debts or the protection of
debtors, to consent to the filing or institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against the Partnership, to file a petition
seeking, or consent to, reorganization or relief with respect to
the Partnership under any applicable federal or state law relating
to bankruptcy or insolvency, to seek or consent to the appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator,
custodian, or any similar official of or for the Partnership or a
substantial part of its property, to make any assignment for the
benefit of creditors of the Partnership, to admit in writing the
Partnership’s inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or to take action in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
Note Documents . Has the meaning ascribed to such term in
the Indenture.
Notice to Partners . See Section 8.3(a) .
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Obligations . Has the meaning ascribed
to such term in the Indenture.
Partner . Each of the General Partner and the Limited
Partners.
Partnership . Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.
Partnership Act . The Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as amended and in effect from time to time.
Partnership Documents . The Assumption Agreement, J&S
Cheniere Potential TUA Letter, J&S Cheniere Terminal Use
Agreement, State Tax Sharing Agreement and Material Project
Agreements, each as defined in the Indenture.
Person . Any individual, general or limited partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, executor, administrator or
estate, association, trustee or trust, or other entity.
Project . See Section 1.2(a) .
Regulations . The final, temporary or proposed income tax
regulations promulgated by the United States Department of the
Treasury, as amended and in effect from time to time.
Securities Act . The Securities Act of 1933, as amended
and in effect from time to time.
Selling Limited Partner . See Section 8.3(a)
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Sharing Ratio . The aggregate number of Units held by a
Partner divided by the aggregate number of Units held by all the
Partners.
Substituted Limited Partner . A Person who is admitted as
a Limited Partner to the Partnership in place of and with all the
rights of a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 8.3(a)
, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner of the
Partnership.
Tax Distribution . See Section 4.3 .
Taxable Income . The net income of the Partnership for
federal income tax purposes.
Taxable Loss . The net loss of the Partnership for
federal income tax purposes.
Unit . A unit of interest of a Partner in the Partnership
with a Sharing Ratio of one percent (1%).
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ARTICLE III
Capital Contributions
3.1 General Partner’s Capital Contribution . As of
the Effective Date, the General Partner contributed to the
Partnership the assets set forth on Exhibit A and
received the number of Units set forth next to its name on
Exhibit C .
3.2 Limited Partners’ Capital Contributions . As of
the Effective Date, the Original Limited Partner contributed to the
Partnership the assets set forth on Exhibit B and
received 100 Units, which were transferred to the First Successor
Limited Partner (as set forth in the Second Amended Agreement);
thereafter such Units were succeeded to by the Second Successor
Limited Partner (as set forth in the Third Amended Agreement); and
thereafter such Units were transferred to the Current Limited
Partner (as set forth in the Fourth Amended Agreement and on
Exhibit C hereto).
3.3 Loans by Partners . No Partner has any obligation to
lend or advance any funds to the Partnership under any
circumstances. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement
to the contrary, loans made by any Partner to the Partnership and
any repayment thereof shall only be permitted to the extent
provided under the Indenture. If any Partner shall advance funds to
the Partnership, such Partner shall receive interest in an amount
equal to the Interest Rate on the balance of such loan outstanding
from time to time. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, all loans made by a Partner to the
Partnership, together with accrued interest thereon, shall be paid
in full before any distributions are made to the Partners.
3.4 No Other Contributions . No Partner shall have any
obligation or right to make any contribution to the Partnership
except as provided in Sections 3.1 and 3.2
unless all Partners otherwise agree.
3.5 Return of Capital Contributions . No Partner shall be
entitled to have its Capital Contribution returned except in
accordance with the express provisions of this Agreement.
3.6 Capital Accounts . A separate Capital Account will be
established for each Partner. Each Partner’s Capital Account
shall be determined and maintained in accordance with Regulation
§ 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) as interpreted by the General
Partner. The General Partner shall have complete discretion to make
those determinations, valuations, adjustments and allocations with
respect to each Partner’s Capital Account as it deems
appropriate so that the allocations made pursuant to this Agreement
will have substantial economic effect as such term is used in
Regulation § 1.704-1(b).
3.7 Interest . No interest shall be paid by the Partners
or the Partnership on any capital contributed to the Partnership by
the Partners. As provided in Section 3.3 , interest
will be paid on any loan from any Partner to the Partnership.
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ARTICLE IV
Allocations and Distributions
4.1 Allocations .
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(a) Taxable Loss shall be allocated in proportion to the
Partner’s positive capital account balances. If no Partner
has a positive capital account balance, any remaining Taxable Loss
shall be allocated to the General Partner.
(b) Taxable Income shall be allocated as follows:
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(i) First, in the event that the General Partner’s capital
account balance is negative, to the General Partner in an amount
necessary to increase its capital account balance to zero.
(ii) Second, to the Partners to th
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