FOURTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
ENTERPRISE INTRASTATE
L.P.
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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ARTICLE III: PARTNERS AND PARTNERSHIP
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3.02 No Dispositions of Partnership
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ARTICLE IV: CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.03 Expansion Project Additional Capital
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ARTICLE V: ALLOCATIONS AND
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ARTICLE VII: RIGHTS OF LIMITED
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ARTICLE X: WITHDRAWAL, BANKRUPTCY, ETC. OF
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12.03 Entire Agreement; Supersedure
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A
Names, Addresses, Percentage Interests and Distribution
Ratios of Partners
ii
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
ENTERPRISE INTRASTATE L.P.
This FOURTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF ENTERPRISE
INTRASTATE L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “
Partnership ”) is made and entered into as of
December 8, 2008, (the “ Effective Date ”)
by and among the Partners (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the
Partnership was incorporated under the name of Endevco Pipeline
Company, a Delaware corporation, pursuant to the filing of the
Certificate of Incorporation on February 8, 1982;
WHEREAS, on
February 25, 1994, Endevco Pipeline Company changed its name
to Cornerstone Pipeline Company, evidenced by the filing of an
Amended Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of
State in the State of Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
December 18, 1998, Cornerstone Pipeline Company changed its
name to El Paso Energy Intrastate Company, evidenced by the filing
of an Amended Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware
Secretary of State in the State of Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
December 31, 2000, El Paso Energy Intrastate Company converted
into a limited partnership under the name of El Paso Energy
Intrastate Company, L.P., evidenced by the filing of a Certificate
of Conversion and a Certificate of Limited Partnership with the
Delaware Secretary of State in the State of Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
December 31, 2000, upon the Partnership converting into a
limited partnership, the partners executed that certain Limited
Partnership Agreement dated as of December 31, 2000, by El
Paso Field Services Management, Inc., as the General Partner and El
Paso Field Services Holding Company, as the limited partners (the
“ LP Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, on
February 28, 2002, El Paso Field Services Holding Company sold
its 99% limited partnership interests in the Partnership to El Paso
Texas Field Services, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company;
WHEREAS, on
April 8, 2002, El Paso Texas Field Services, L.L.C., merged
into EPN Holding Company, L.P., evidenced by the Certificate of
Merger filed with the Delaware Secretary of State in the State of
Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
April 8, 2002, El Paso Field Services Management, Inc.
assigned its 1% general partnership interest in this Partnership to
EPN Pipeline GP Holding, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company;
WHEREAS, on
December 31, 2002, EPN Holding Company, L.P. sold its limited
partnership interests in this Partnership to El Paso Energy
Partners, L.P.;
WHEREAS, on
February 13, 2003, the LP Agreement was amended and restated
to incorporate the name changes and change in ownership (the
“ Amended and Restated LP Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, on
May 15, 2003, El Paso Energy Intrastate Company, L.P., changed
its name to GulfTerra Intrastate, L.P., evidenced by the filing of
an Amended Certificate of Limited Partnership with the Delaware
Secretary of State in the State of Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
May 15, 2003, EPN Pipeline GP Holding, L.L.C., changed its
name to GulfTerra Holding III, L.L.C., evidenced by the filing of
an Amended Certificate of Formation with the Delaware Secretary of
State in the State of Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
May 15, 2003, El Paso Energy Partners, L.P., changed its name
to GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., evidenced by the filing of an
Amended Certificate of Limited Partnership with the Delaware
Secretary of State in the State of Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
May 15, 2003, the Amended and Restated LP Agreement was
amended and restated to incorporate the name changes (the “
Second Amended and Restated LP Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, pursuant
to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 23 2003, by
and between GulfTerra Oil Transport, L.L.C., and GulfTerra Holding
III, L.L.C., GulfTerra Oil Transport, L.L.C. merged with and into
GulfTerra Holding III, L.L.C. (the “ Merger
”);
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Merger, GulfTerra Holding III, L.L.C. acquired a 1% general
partnership interest in the Partnership and became the general
partner of the Partnership;
WHEREAS, on
February 3, 2005, GulfTerra Holding III, L.L.C. changed its
name to Enterprise Holding III, L.L.C. (“ Enterprise
Holding III ”);
WHEREAS, on
February 3, 2005, GulfTerra Intrastate, L.P., changed its name
to Enterprise Intrastate L.P., evidenced by the filing of a
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership
with the Delaware Secretary of State in the State of
Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
February 5, 2005, GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., changed its
name to Enterprise GTM Holdings L.P. (“ Enterprise GTM
”), evidenced by the filing of an Amended Certificate of
Limited Partnership with the Delaware Secretary of State in the
State of Delaware;
WHEREAS, on
June 6, 2007, the Second Amended and Restated LP Agreement was
amended to incorporate the name changes and change in ownership (as
amended, the “ Original Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
Enterprise GTM entered into that certain Contribution, Conveyance
and Assumption Agreement by and among Duncan Energy Partners L.P.
(“ DEP ”), DEP OLPGP, LLC, DEP Operating
Partnership, L.P. (“ DEPOLP ”) and Enterprise
Holding III on the Effective Date (the “ Contribution
Agreement ”) whereby:
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(1) Enterprise
GTM and Enterprise Holding III agreed that the partnership
interests set forth in the Original Agreement would be converted
into the Partnership Interests as set forth in this
Agreement;
(2) Enterprise
GTM contributed a limited partner interest in the Partnership to
Enterprise Holding III as a capital contribution and such limited
partner interest was converted into general partner interests of
the Partnership, such that as of the date hereof Enterprise Holding
III holds all of the general partner interest (the “
General Partner Interest ”) in the Partnership;
and
(3) Enterprise
GTM contributed 100% of the membership interests in Enterprise
Holding III (the “ Enterprise Holding III Membership
Interests ”) to DEP as consideration for the receipt of
(i) cash and (ii) common units of DEP.
WHEREAS, the
General Partner and the Limited Partner now desire to amend and
restate the Original Agreement to reflect (i) the contribution
of the Limited Partner Interest from Enterprise GTM to Enterprise
Holding III, and (ii) the conversion of such limited
partnership interest into General Partner Interests; and
WHEREAS, the
parties now desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement to
set forth their agreements with respect to this Partnership as set
forth below and intend for this Agreement to supersede the Original
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants, rights, and obligations set
forth in this Agreement, the benefits to be derived from them, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and the
sufficiency of which each Partner acknowledges and confesses, the
Partners agree as follows:
1.01
Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement,
the following terms have the following meanings:
“
Act ” means the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C. Section 17-101 et. seq., as
amended from time to time.
“
Agreement ” means this Fourth Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Enterprise Intrastate
L.P., as it may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance
with the provisions below.
“
Allocation Regulations ” means Treas. Reg.
§§ 1.704-1(b), 1.704-2 and 1.703-3 (including any
temporary regulations) as such regulations may be amended and in
effect from time to time and any corresponding provision of
succeeding regulations.
“
Bankrupt Partner ” means any Partner (whether
the General Partner or a Limited Partner) with respect to which an
event of the type described in Section 17-402(a)(4) or
(5) of the Act has occurred, subject to the lapsing of any
period of time therein specified.
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Business Day ” means any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday on which national banking
associations in the State of Texas are authorized or required by
Law to close.
“
Capital Contribution ” means with respect to
any Partner of the Partnership, the amount of money and the initial
Carrying Value of any property (other than money) contributed by a
Partner to the capital of the Partnership.
“
Carrying Value ” means (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 the Allocation
Regulations, 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.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
and any successor statute, as amended from time to time.
“Contributed Capital” means, from time to
time, the then aggregate of the initial Capital Contribution and
the additional Capital Contributions, made by a Partner to the
Partnership, without regard to amount of such Partner’s
Capital Contributions returned or distributed to such Partner
pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof.
“
Contribution Agreement ” has the meaning set forth
in the recitals.
“Day” means a calendar Day;
provided , however , that, if any period of Days
referred to in this Agreement shall end on a Day that is not a
Business Day, then the expiration of such period shall be
automatically extended until the end of the first succeeding
Business Day.
“Debt” means, as applied to the
Partnership:
(a) Any
indebtedness for borrowed money or debt security of any Person
which the Partnership has directly or indirectly created, incurred,
guaranteed, assumed or otherwise become liable for;
(b) Obligations to
make payments under leases that in accordance with GAAP are
required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the Partnership,
as the case may be; and
(c) Any guarantee
by the Partnership of any debt of another Person of the type
described in clause (a) or (b) of this
definition.
“
DEP ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
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“DEPOLP” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“DEP
Party” means Enterprise Holding III, as the General
Partner.
“
Dispose ” or “ Disposition
” means, with respect to any asset, any sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance, gift, exchange, mortgage, pledge, grant of a
security interest, or other disposition or encumbrance of such
asset, whether such disposition be voluntary, involuntary or by
operation of Law, or the acts of the foregoing.
“
Distribution Ratio ” means, with respect to the
Distribution Ratio set forth opposite the Partners’ names on
Exhibit A , and (b) in the case of a Partnership
Interest issued under Section 10.01(c) or (d) or
Section 10.02, the Distribution Ratio established in that
provision.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set
forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Enterprise GTM” has the meaning set
forth in the recitals.
“Enterprise Holding III” has the meaning
set forth in the recitals.
“EPD
Party” means Enterprise GTM, as the Limited
Partner.
“
Expansion Capital Contribution ” means
additional Capital Contributions of cash pursuant to an Expansion
Cash Call in accordance with Section 4.03, or additional
Capital Contributions subsequently made by the DEP Party as an
additional Capital Contribution pursuant to
Section 4.03(d).
“
Expansion Cash Call ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.03(a).
“Expansion Costs” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.03(a).
“Expansion Project” means any expansion
activities with respect to the Company’s facilities,
including without limitation, development of new gathering systems,
processing plants and NGL fractionators and related
facilities.
“
General Partner ” means Enterprise Holding III
or any other Person subsequently admitted to the Partnership as the
general partner as provided in this Agreement, but does not include
any Person who has ceased to be the general partner in the
Partnership.
“
General Partner Interest ” has the meaning set
forth in the recitals.
“
Initial Commencement Date ” means the date on
which an Expansion Project has become operational and is placed
into service.
“
Limited Partner ” means Enterprise GTM or any
other Person subsequently admitted to the Partnership as a limited
partner as provided in this Agreement, but does not include any
Person who has ceased to be a limited partner in the
Partnership.
“Limited Partner Interest ” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
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“Net
Cash Deficit” for a period, means the net sum, if a
negative number, of (without duplication):
(a) Net Earnings
for such period, after interest and taxes but before depreciation
and amortization, non-cash write-offs, and gains and losses on the
sale of Partnership assets; plus
(b) proceeds from
the sale of Partnership assets during such period to the extent not
included in clause (a) of this definition;
plus
(c) all other cash
receipts during such period not included in clauses (a) or
(b) of this definition from whatever source (including the
proceeds of financing or refinancing or insurance, but excluding
receipt of any Capital Contributions made in respect of any prior
period); minus
(d) Capital
expenditures incurred during such period in accordance with this
Agreement (other than those capital expenditures with respect to
which the Partners have agreed to make Capital Contributions);
minus
(e) principal
payments made on Debt during such period.
“Net
Cash Flows” for a period, means the net sum, if a
positive number, of (without duplication):
(a) Net Earnings
for such period, after interest and taxes but before depreciation
and amortization, non-cash write-offs, and gains and losses on the
sale of Partnership assets; plus
(b) proceeds from
the sale of Partnership assets during such period to the extent not
included in clause (a) of this definition;
plus
(c) all other cash
receipts during such period not included in clauses (a) or
(b) of this definition from whatever source (including the
proceeds of financing or refinancing or insurance, but excluding
receipt of any Capital Contributions made in respect of any prior
period); minus
(d) Capital
expenditures incurred during such period in accordance with this
Agreement (other than those capital expenditures with respect to
which the Partners have agreed to make Capital Contributions);
minus
(e) principal
payments made on Debt during such period.
“Net
Earnings” for a period means the net sum of
(i) the aggregate amount of all cash or cash equivalents
(other than Capital Contributions and loans) received by the
Partnership during such period minus (ii) the amount of
operating expenses during such period (or if the Partnership, for
such period, does not have any operating expenses, expenses paid
during such period which are similar in nature to operating
expenses).
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“Omnibus Agreement” means the Omnibus
Agreement between Enterprise Products OLP, DEP Holdings, LLC, DEP,
DEP OLPGP, LLC, DEP OLP, Enterprise Lou-Tex Propylene Pipeline
L.P., Sabine Propylene Pipeline L.P., Mont Belvieu Caverns, LLC,
South Texas NGL Pipelines, LLC and the Company, dated
February 5, 2007, as amended and restated on the date of this
Agreement and after the date hereof from time to time.
“Original Agreement” has the meaning
given that term in the recitals.
“
Partner ” means the General Partner or any
Limited Partner.
“
Partnership ” has the meaning given that term
in the first paragraph.
“
Partnership Interest ” means the interest of a
Partner in the Partnership, including, without limitation, rights
to distributions (liquidating or otherwise), allocations,
information, and to consent or approve.
“Percentage Interest” means (a) in
the case of a Partner executing this Agreement as of the date of
this Agreement, the Percentage Interest set forth opposite the
Partners’ names on Exhibit A , and (b) in
the case of a Partnership Interest issued under
Section 10.01(c) or (d) or Section 10.02, the
Percentage Interest established in that provision.
“
Person ” means an individual or a corporation,
firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
unincorporated organization, association, government agency or
political subdivision thereof or other entity.
“
Required Interest ” means one or more Limited
Partners having among them more than 50% of the Percentage
Interests of all Limited Partners in their capacities as
such.
1.02 Other
Definitions . Other terms defined in this Agreement have
the meanings so given them.
1.03
Construction . Whenever the context requires, the gender
of all words used in this Agreement includes the masculine,
feminine, and neuter. All references to Articles and Sections refer
to articles and sections of this Agreement, and all references to
Exhibits are to Exhibits attached to this Agreement, each of which
is made a part of this Agreement for all purposes.
2.01
Formation and Continuation . The Partnership has been
previously formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the
provisions of the Act. The General Partner and the Limited Partner
hereby amend and restate in its entirety the Original Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the General Partner
and the Limited Partner hereby continue the Partnership as a
limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act. This
amendment and restatement shall become effective on the date of
this Agreement.
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2.02
Name . The name of the Partnership is “Enterprise
Intrastate L.P.” and all Partnership business must be
conducted in that name or such other names that comply with
applicable law as the General Partner may select from time to
time.
2.03
Offices . The registered office of the Partnership in
the State of Delaware shall be at such place as the General Partner
may designate from time to time. The registered agent for service
of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware or any other
jurisdiction shall be such Person or Persons as the General Partner
may designate from time to time. The principal office of the
Partnership in the United States shall be at such place as the
General Partner may designate from time to time, which need not be
in the State of Delaware, and the Partnership shall maintain
records there as required by the Act. The Partnership may have such
other offices as the General Partner may designate from time to
time.
2.04
Purposes . The purposes of the Partnership are to engage
in any business or activity that now or in the future may be
necessary, incidental, proper, advisable, or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing purpose (including, without limitation,
obtaining appropriate financing) and that is not forbidden by the
law of the jurisdiction in which the Partnership engages in that
business.
2.05
Certificate; Foreign Qualification . A certificate of
limited partnership (as amended, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ Certificate ”)
governing the Partnership has been filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware. Prior to the Partnership’s conducting
business in any jurisdiction other than Delaware, the General
Partner shall cause the Partnership to comply, to the extent those
matters are reasonably within the control of the General Partner,
with all requirements necessary to qualify the Partnership as a
foreign limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited
Partners have limited liability) in that jurisdiction. At the
request of the General Partner, each Limited Partner shall execute,
acknowledge, swear to, and deliver all certificates and other
instruments conforming with this Agreement that are necessary or
appropriate to form, qualify, continue, and terminate the
Partnership as a limited partnership under the law of the State of
Delaware and to qualify, continue, and terminate the Partnership as
a foreign limited partnership (or a partnership in which the
Limited Partners have limited liability) in all other jurisdictions
in which the Partnership may conduct business, and to this end the
General Partner may use the power of attorney described in
Section 6.05.
2.06
Term . The Partnership shall continue in existence until
its business and affairs are wound up following dissolution
automatically at the close of Partnership business on
December 31, 2050 unless (i) the Partners unanimously
agree to extend the term of the Partnership for a longer duration
or (ii) the Partnership is earlier dissolved pursuant to the
provisions hereof.
2.07
Merger . The Partnership may engage in mergers, but only
with the unanimous consent of the Partners.
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ARTICLE III: PARTNERS AND
PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
3.01
Partners . The DEP Party was previously admitted to the
Partnership as general partner of the Partnership, and as of the
date of this Agreement holds all of the General Partner Interests.
The EPD Party was previously admitted to the Partnership as a
limited partner as of the date of this Agreement, and as the date
of this Agreement holds all of the Limited Partner
Interests.
3.02 No
Dispositions of Partnership Interests . Except as set forth
in Article 4 of the Omnibus Agreement, the Partnership
Interests may not be Disposed of, and any purported Disposition of
the Partnership Interests shall be null and void.
3.03
Additional Partnership Interests . Additional
Partnership Interests may be created and issued to new or existing
Partners only in compliance with the provisions in Article 5
of the Omnibus Agreement. The Partnership shall be bound by the
terms of such Omnibus Agreement.
ARTICLE IV: CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
4.01
Initial Contributions . The Partners have previously
contributed (whether through actual contributions or as a result of
their acquisition of their Partnership Interests from predecessors)
to the Partnership those assets which are currently listed as
assets of the Partnership on the Partnership’s books and
records.
4.02
Subsequent Contributions. Except as set forth in this
Section 4.02 and in Section 4.03, no Partner shall be
required to make any Additional Capital Contributions on or after
the date of this Agreement. In the event the General Partner
determines for any quarter there exists an operating cash flow
deficit such that available cash is insufficient to cover operating
expenses, debt service and a reasonable contingency reserve (but
excluding for purposes of clarification cash needed for
acquisitions or Expansion Projects), the General Partner may
require each of the Partners to make Additional Capital
Contributions pro rata in accordance with their respective
Distribution Ratios in an amount sufficient to cover such operating
cash flow deficit.
4.03
Expansion Project Additional Capital Contributions
.
(a) The
General Partner may request additional capital contributions to
fund Expansion Projects (“ Expansion Cash Calls
”). Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.03 or
otherwise agreed to by each of the Partners, any requested Capital
Contributions for Expansion Cash Calls attributable to an Expansion
Project shall be made by the Partners in accordance with their
Percentage Interest. The costs of construction of, or acquisition
of assets relating to, and other expenditures for Expansion
Projects funded exclusively out of Capital Contributions made by
the Partners (the “ Expansion Costs ”)
and the related funding of Expansion Cash Calls shall be borne
solely by the Partners as set forth below in this
Section 4.03, unless agreed to otherwise by all of such
Partners, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the
aggregate amount of the Expansion Costs multiplied by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of
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which is the
Percentage Interest of such participating Partner and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Percentage Interest of all of
the participating Partners.
(b) The
General Partner shall provide written notice to the Partners of the
date contributions are due, which date shall be not less than 30
nor more than 90 Days following the date of such notice, the
aggregate amount of the Capital Contribution required and each
Partner’s share thereof, and setting forth in reasonable
detail the proposed Expansion Project and Expansion Costs
associated therewith. Each Partner shall advise the G
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