Exhibit 10.4
LOAN AGREEMENT
$100,000,000
This LOAN AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) is made as of August 5, 2009 (the
“ Effective Date ”), between ENTERPRISE
PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, a Texas limited liability company, with
principal offices at 1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000, Houston,
Texas 77002 (“ Lender ”), and TEPPCO
PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership with principal
offices at 1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002
(“ Borrower ”). Each
capitalized term used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement
shall have the meaning given to such term in Exhibit A
hereto.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Lender and
Borrower agree as follows:
1. Commitment . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, Lender agrees to make available to
Borrower funds in an aggregate maximum outstanding principal amount
of $100,000,000.00 (the “Commitment
Amount” ).
2 . Loan . Subject to the provisions of
this Agreement, upon the receipt of a Request for Borrowing (as
defined in Section 6 ), Lender agrees to make a revolving
loan (the “ Loan ”) to Borrower in an
aggregate maximum outstanding principal amount not to exceed the
Commitment Amount. Each amount drawn under the Loan (
“Borrowings” ), and each repayment of
Borrowings, will be in a minimum principal amount of $25,000,000.00
and in whole increments of $25,000,000.00 in excess
thereof.
3. Repayment of the Loan . Borrower
promises to pay the outstanding principal balance of the Loan,
together with interest accrued and outstanding thereon and any
other sums due hereunder, on the earliest to occur of (a) the
consummation of the merger of Borrower with a subsidiary of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“ EPD ”), pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement in
accordance with the provisions thereof, (c) December 31, 2009
(the “ Maturity Date ”), (d) the date
upon which the maturity of the Loan may have been accelerated
pursuant to Section 13 , or (e) the date upon which the
commitment of Lender hereunder may have been terminated pursuant to
Section 14 .
4. Guaranty. As a condition precedent to
any drawing under the Loan, Borrower shall cause each Significant
Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement), other than any
Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of
Borrower, whether now existing or in the future formed or acquired
as permitted by the Credit Agreement (each, a “
Guarantor ”), to unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantee to Lender:
(a) the due and punctual payment in full (and
not merely the collection) of the principal of any and all
Borrowings, and any and all interest thereon, in each case, when
due and payable, all according to the provisions of this Agreement;
and
(b) the due and punctual payment in full (and
not merely the collection) of all other sums and charges which may
at any time be due and payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, in each case, by
execution of a Guaranty, in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibit B (“ Guaranty ”).
Any Guaranty delivered by a Guarantor after the Effective Date
pursuant to this Section 4
shall be accompanied by such
certificates, documents and other information regarding such
Guarantor as Lender may request.
5. Early Repayment of the
Loan. Borrower will have the option to repay the Loan upon
three (3) Business Days prior written notice, in whole or in
part (subject to the minimum and incremental principal amounts for
repayments, as described in Section 2 ), on any Business
Day. Any repayment of principal must be accompanied by a concurrent
payment of any and all accrued and unpaid interest on such
principal amount to the date of repayment.
6. Request for Borrowing . On
any Business Day including or after the Effective Date, but prior
to the Maturity Date, Borrower may request a Borrowing by
delivering a written notice to Lender (each, a “
Request for Borrowing ”), which such notice (a)
shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower, (b) shall state (i)
the amount of such requested Borrowing and (ii) the date on which
the funds underlying such Borrowing are to be delivered to
Borrower, (c) must be received by Lender no later than
9:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the third Business Day
immediately preceding the date on which the funds underlying such
Borrowing are to be delivered to Borrower, and (d) shall
otherwise be in a form acceptable to Lender.
7. Fees . Borrower
agrees to pay Lender all fees as calculated below:
(a) Closing Fee . Upon execution of this
Agreement on the Effective Date, Borrower agrees to pay Lender a
fee in immediately available funds in an amount equal to (i) the
Commitment Amount, multiplied by (ii) 0.25%.
(b) Fee on Undrawn Portion of Commitment
Amount . Borrower agrees to pay Lender a fee equal to (i) the
amount of any undrawn portion of the Commitment Amount (i.e., the
Commitment Amount minus the aggregate principal amount of any and
all outstanding Borrowings), multiplied by (ii) 0.50% per annum (on
the basis of a 365 day year), for each day commencing on the
Effective Date and ending upon the earlier of, and including, the
Maturity Date or the date that Lender’s commitment under this
Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 13 or
Section 14 . Fees payable in accordance with this Section
7 will be due on each Payment Date.
(c) All fees payable herein shall be paid on the
dates due, and shall not be refundable under any
circumstances.
8. Interest . Borrower shall pay interest
on the unpaid principal amount of the Loan outstanding from the
Effective Date until the principal amount shall be paid in full, at
a rate per annum at all times during each Interest Period equal to
the Interest Rate for such Interest Period, payable in arrears on
each Payment Date; provided that, in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of the Loan, accrued interest on the
principal amount
repaid or
prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment. Interest payable hereunder shall be calculated on the
basis of a year of 360 days.
9. Interest Period . For the purposes of
this Agreement, “ Interest Period ” means
(a) the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on, but
not including, September 1, 2009 and (b) thereafter, each
subsequent period commencing on the last day of the next preceding
Interest Period and ending on, but not including, the first
Business Day of the next succeeding calendar month; provided
, that, in the case of any Interest Period that commences before
the Maturity Date, and would otherwise end on a date occurring
after the Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on the
Maturity Date.
10. Interest Rate. For the period
commencing on the Effective Date and ending on (but not including)
September 1, 2009, interest on outstanding Borrowings shall be
assessed at a floating rate of interest equivalent to the one-month
LIBOR Rate plus 2.00% (the “ Interest Rate
”). The LIBOR Rate shall be set for each Interest Period as
provided in the definition of the term “LIBOR Rate” set
forth in Exhibit A hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 10 or any other provision of this Agreement,
interest on the Loan and other amounts due hereunder at any time
shall be limited to the highest lawful rate that may be charged
under the laws of the State of New York at such time.
11. Borrower’s Representations and
Warranties . Borrower represents and warrants to Lender
that:
(a) each of Borrower and the Guarantors
(i) has been duly formed and is validly existing in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and
(ii) is qualified to do business as a foreign entity in good
standing in each jurisdiction of the United States in which the
ownership of its properties or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification and where the failure to so qualify would be
reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(b) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by Borrower and constitutes the valid and
binding agreement of Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by BankruptcyLaws
and general principles of equity.
12. Conditions of Lending . The
obligation of Lender to fund any Borrowing hereunder is subject to
the conditions precedent that, on and as of the date of funding of
such Borrowing:
(a) each of the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 11 is true and
accurate;
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing (or
would result from the proposed Borrowing) that constitutes a
Potential Default or Event of Default under this Agreement or under
the Credit Agreement;
(c) Borrower has caused each Guarantor to issue
a Guaranty in accordance with Section 4 ; and
(d) no additional amounts are available to
Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement either as Borrowings (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) or under any Letters of Credit (as
defined in the Credit Agreement).
13. Events of Default . If one or more of
the following events of default (each an “ Event of
Default ”) shall occur and be continuing:
(a) Borrower shall default in any payment of
principal of the Loan when and as the payment shall become due and
payable, or Borrower shall default in any payment of interest as
required herein, or in the payment of any fees or other amounts as
required herein, when the same shall become due and payable, and
such default shall continue for a period of three (3) Business
Days;
(b) Borrower shall (i) apply for or consent
to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of its property,
(ii) admit in writing of its inability to pay its debts as
such debts become due, (iii) make a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, (iv) commence a voluntary case under
any Bankruptcy Law, (v) file a petition seeking to take
advantage of any other law providing for similar relief of debtors,
or (vi) consent or acquiesce in writing to any petition duly
filed against it in any involuntary case under any Bankruptcy
Law;
(c) a proceeding or case shall be commenced,
without the application or consent of Borrower in any court of
competent jurisdiction seeking (i) its liquidation,
reorganization, dissolution or winding up, or the composition or
readjustment of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of its assets,
or (iii) similar relief in respect of it, under any law
providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case
shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period
of sixty (60) days (or such longer period, so long as Borrower
shall be taking such action in good faith as shall be reasonably
necessary to obtain the timely dismissal or stay of such proceeding
or case); or an order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary
case under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, against
Borrower;
(d) a Change of Control shall occur;
or
(e) any Event of Default (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) shall occur; then (and in each and every such
case) Lender, by notice in writing to Borrower, may terminate the
commitment of Lender hereunder and/or declare the unpaid balance of
the Loan and any other amounts payable hereunder to be forthwith
due and payable, and thereupon such balance shall become so due and
payable without presentation, protest or further demand or notice
of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived;
provided that in the case of Section 13(b) and
Section 13(c) above, the commitments of Lender
hereunder shall
automatically
terminate and the Loan and any other amounts payable hereunder
shall forthwith be due and payable.
14. Termination of Lender’s Commitment
at Election of Borrower. Borrower may, at any time
upon three Business Days’ prior written notice to Lender,
terminate Lender’s commitment to make the Loan under this
Agreement; provided , that upon any such termination, any
unpaid balance of the Loan and any other amounts payable hereunder
shall become immediately due and payable without presentation,
protest or further demand or notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived.
15. Waivers; Amendments . No failure or
delay by Lender to exercise any right or power shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce
such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise of such
right or power. No waiver of any right or power of Lender in this
Agreement shall be effective unless given in writing signed by
Lender. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a
writing signed by the parties.
16. Expenses of Enforcement . Borrower
shall reimburse Lender on demand for any fees or other expenses of
Lender in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the
collection of the Loan and any other amounts due Lender hereunder.
Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to
indemnify and hold harmless Lender and each of its directors,
officers, employees and agents (each an “ Indemnified
Party ”) from and against any and all claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation
fees and disbursements of counsel) arising out of or in connection
with any investigation, litigation or proceeding (whether or not
any Indemnified Party is a party) arising out of, related to or in
connection with this Agreement, the Loan or any transaction in
which any proceeds of all or any part of the Loan made hereunder
are applied, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to
any Indemnified Party, be available to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from the
gross negligence, unlawful conduct or willful misconduct of such
Indemnified Party.
17. Successors and Assigns . This
Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Borrower may not assign this Agreement or delegate any of its
duties hereunder without the express written consent of
Lender.
18. Governing Law . This Agreement shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State of New York.
19. Headings; Section References .
Headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not
be used to interpret or construe its provisions. Unless otherwise
specified, references to Sections in this Agreement are to Sections
of this Agreement.
20. Counterparts . This Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
21. Entire Agreement . This instrument
and any other loan documents executed in connection herewith
constitute the entire Agreement between Lender and Borrower and may
not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or
subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten
oral agreements between the parties.
22. Notices . All notices under this
Agreement shall be in writing and mailed, hand delivered or faxed
and confirmed to the respective parties as follows:
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC
1100 Louisiana,
Suite 1000
Facsimile: (713) 381-8200
Attention: Stephanie C. Hildebrandt,
Vice President and Assistant Corporate Secretary
1100 Louisiana,
Suite 1600
Facsimile: (713) 381-3957
Attention
: Patricia A. Totten, Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Any party hereto may change its address for
receipt of communications by giving written notice to the other
party in accordance with this Section 22 .
23. No Third Party Beneficiaries . The
agreement of Lender to make the Loan to Borrower on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement is solely for the benefit of
Borrower and no other person has any rights hereunder against
Lender or with respect to the extension of credit contemplated
hereby.
24. Special Exculpation . No claim may be
made by Borrower or any other person against Lender, its directors,
officers, employees, attorneys or agents of any of them for any
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect of
any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other financing
document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or any
act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and
Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any
claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or
not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
25. Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of
Borrower and Lender hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any and all right to trial by jury in any
legal
proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement