COMMON UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP
and
NEUBERGER BERMAN, LLC
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Accounting
Procedures and Interpretation
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5
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ARTICLE II
AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE
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5
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Section
2.01
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Sale and
Purchase
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5
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Section
2.02
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Closing
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5
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Section
2.03
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Conditions to
Closing.
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5
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Section
2.04
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Regency
Deliveries
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6
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Section
2.05
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The
Purchaser’s Deliveries
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7
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS RELATED TO
REGENCY
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7
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Section
3.01
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Partnership
Existence
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7
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Section
3.02
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Capitalization
and Valid Issuance of Purchased Units
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8
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Section
3.03
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Registration
Statement and Prospectus.
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9
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Section
3.04
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Regency SEC
Documents
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10
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Section
3.05
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No Material
Adverse Change
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10
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Section
3.06
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Litigation
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11
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Section
3.07
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No Conflicts;
Compliance with Laws
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11
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Section
3.08
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Authority,
Enforceability
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11
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Section
3.09
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Approvals
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12
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Section
3.10
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MLP
Status
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12
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Section
3.11
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Investment
Company Status
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12
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Section
3.12
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Certain
Fees
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12
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Section
3.13
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No Side
Agreements
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12
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Section
3.14
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Insurance
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12
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Section
3.15
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Internal
Accounting Controls
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12
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Section
3.16
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Listing and
Maintenance Requirements
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13
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Section
3.17
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Confidential
Information
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13
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Section
3.18
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Further
Agreements of Regency
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13
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
PURCHASER
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13
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Section
4.01
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Existence
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13
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Section
4.02
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Authorization,
Enforceability
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13
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Section
4.03
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No
Breach
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13
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Section
4.04
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Certain
Fees
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14
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Section
4.05
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No Side
Agreements
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14
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Section
4.06
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Short
Selling
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14
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Section
4.07
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Regency
Information
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14
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ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES
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14
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Section
5.01
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Indemnification
by Regency
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14
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Section
5.02
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Indemnification
by the Purchasers
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14
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Section
5.03
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Indemnification
Procedure
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15
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
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16
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Section
6.01
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Interpretation
and Survival of Provisions
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16
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Section
6.02
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Survival of
Provisions
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16
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Section
6.03
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No Waiver;
Modifications in Writing
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16
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Section
6.04
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Binding Effect;
Assignment
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17
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Section
6.05
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Non-Disclosure
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17
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Section
6.06
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Communications
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18
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Section
6.07
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Entire
Agreement
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18
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Section
6.08
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Governing
Law
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19
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Section
6.09
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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19
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Section
6.10
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Execution in
Counterparts
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19
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COMMON UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This COMMON UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
July 25, 2008 (this “ Agreement ”), is by and
between REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“ Regency ”), and Neuberger Berman, LLC
(“ Neuberger ”), acting in its capacity as
investment advisor for certain clients on behalf of those clients
for whom Neuberger is purchasing the Common Units (as defined
below) (the “ Purchaser ”).
WHEREAS, Regency has filed with the Commission
(as defined below), pursuant to the Securities Act (as defined
below) and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission
thereunder, the Registration Statement (as defined below) relating
to the offer and sale from time to time of up to $691,322,449
aggregate initial offering price of common units representing
limited partner interests in Regency (“ Common Units
”) and certain other Regency securities, and such
Registration Statement has become effective; and
WHEREAS, Regency desires to sell to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from Regency,
certain of those Common Units, in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, and
unless the context requires a different meaning, the following
terms have the meanings indicated:
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to a specified Person, any other Person, directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes
of this definition, “control” (including, with
correlative meanings, “controlling,” “controlled
by,” and “under common control with”) means the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Basic Documents ” means,
collectively, this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and any and
all other agreements or instruments executed and delivered by the
Parties to evidence the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and any amendments, supplements, continuations or
modifications thereto.
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday, any federal legal holiday or day
on which banking institutions in the State of New York or State of
Texas are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action to close.
“ Class D Units ” means the
Class D units representing limited partner interests in Regency and
any Common Units into which such Class D Units convert.
“ Closing ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 2.03 .
“ Closing Date ” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 2.03 .
“ Commission ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Common Units ” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Delaware LLC Act ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 3.02 .
“ Delaware LP Act ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 3.02 .
“ Effective Date ” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 3.03 .
“ Effective Time ” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 3.03 .
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in
effect from time to time.
“ General Partner ” means
Regency GP LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and includes Regency
GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general
partner of Regency GP LP.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means, with respect to a particular Person, any country, state,
county, city and political subdivision in which such Person or such
Person’s Property is located or which exercises valid
jurisdiction over any such Person or such Person’s Property,
and any court, agency, department, commission, board, bureau or
instrumentality of any of them and any monetary authority which
exercises valid jurisdiction over any such Person or such
Person’s Property. Unless otherwise specified, all
references to Governmental Authority herein with respect to Regency
means a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Regency,
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties.
“ Indemnified Party ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 5.03 .
“ Indemnifying Party ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 5.03 .
“ Law ” means any federal,
state, local or foreign order, writ, injunction, judgment,
settlement, award, decree, statute, law, rule or
regulation.
“ Lien ” means any mortgage,
claim, encumbrance, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), security
agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease,
consignment or bailment, preference or priority or other
encumbrance upon or with respect to any property of any
kind.
“ LTIP ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) .
“ NASDAQ ” means the NASDAQ
Global Select Market.
“ Neuberger ” means Neuberger
Berman, LLC, acting as investment advisor for certain clients on
behalf of those clients for whom Neuberger is purchasing the Common
Units.
“ Partnership Agreement ”
means the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Regency, dated February 15, 2006, as amended from
time to time.
“ Partnership Securities ”
means any class or series of equity interest in Regency (but
excluding any options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights
relating to an equity interest in Regency), including without
limitation Common Units, Subordinated Units, Class D Units and the
Incentive Distribution Rights (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement).
“ Person ” means any
individual, corporation, company, voluntary association,
partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency,
instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, or any other form
of entity.
“ Property ” means any
interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal
or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“ Prospectus ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 3.03 .
“ Purchase Price ” means the
$23,590,000 paid by the Purchaser for the Purchased Units; provided
that if the Closing occurs after the record date of the
distribution to Regency unitholders with respect to the quarter
ended June 30, 2008, the Purchase Price will be reduced by an
amount per Purchased Unit equal to such distribution.
“ Purchased Units ” means the
1,000,000 common units purchased by the Purchaser.
“ Purchaser Related Parties ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01
.
“ Purchaser ” has the meaning
set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Regency ” has the meaning
set forth in the introductory paragraph.
“ Regency Credit Facility ”
means the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
August 15, 2006, as amended as of the date hereof and from time to
time, by and among Regency and the lenders named therein, as
amended as of the date hereof.
“ Regency Financial Statements
” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.04 .
“ Regency Material Adverse Effect
” means any material and adverse effect on (a) the
assets, liabilities, financial condition, business, operations,
affairs or prospects of Regency and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; (b) the ability of Regency and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole to carry on their business as such business is conducted
as of the date hereof or to meet their obligations under the Basic
Documents on a timely basis; or (c) the ability of Regency to
consummate the transactions under any Basic Document;
provided , however , that a Regency Material Adverse
Effect shall not include any material and adverse effect on the
foregoing to the extent such material and adverse effect results
from, arises out of, or relates to (x) a general deterioration
in the economy or changes in the general state of the industries in
which the
Regency Parties operate, except to the extent
that the Regency Parties, taken as a whole, are adversely affected
in a disproportionate manner as compared to other industry
participants, (y) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities
involving the United States, the declaration by the United States
of a national emergency or war or the occurrence of any other
calamity or crisis, including acts of terrorism, or (z) any
change in accounting requirements or principles imposed upon
Regency and its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses or any
change in applicable Law, or the interpretation thereof.
“ Regency Parties ” means
Regency, the General Partner and all of Regency’s
Subsidiaries.
“ Regency Related Parties ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.02
.
“ Regency SEC Documents ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.04
.
“ Registration Statement ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.03
.
“ Representatives ” of any
Person means the officers, directors, managers, employees, agents,
counsel, accountants, investment bankers and other representatives
of such Person.
“ Rules and Regulations ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.03
.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
“ Subsidiary ” means, as to
any Person, any corporation or other entity of which: (i) such
Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner or
manager; (ii) at least a majority of the outstanding equity
interest having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect
a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body of
such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at
the time any equity interest of any other class or classes of such
corporation or other entity shall have or might have voting power
by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) any corporation or other entity
as to which such Person consolidates for accounting
purposes.
“ Transfer ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 4.06 .
Section
1.02
Accounting Procedures and Interpretation . Unless
otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall
be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting
matters hereunder shall be made, and all Regency Financial
Statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters
required to be furnished to the Purchaser hereunder shall be
prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted
by Form 10-Q promulgated by the Commission) and in compliance
as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto.
ARTICLE II
AGREEMENT TO SELL AND
PURCHASE
Section
2.01
Sale and Purchase . Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, Regency hereby agrees to issue and sell to the
Purchaser, free and clear of any and all Liens, and the Purchaser
hereby agrees to purchase from Regency, the Purchased Units, and
the Purchaser agrees to pay Regency the Purchase Price.
Section
2.02
Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased
Units hereunder (the “Closing”) shall take place at
9:00 a.m., Central Daylight Time, on August 1, 2008 at the
offices of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., First City Tower,
1001 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77002, or at such other
time and date not later than five (5) full Business Days thereafter
as Regency and the Purchaser may agree (the “Closing
Date”). The parties agree that the Closing may
occur via delivery of facsimiles of this Agreement and
cross-receipts; provided, that originals of such documents are sent
via overnight delivery to be received by the other party (or
designee of such other party) on the first business day immediately
following the Closing Date.
Section
2.03
Conditions to Closing.
(a)
Mutual Conditions . The respective obligations of
each party to consummate the purchase and issuance and sale of the
Purchased Units shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to
the Closing Date of each of the following conditions (any or all of
which may be waived by a particular party on behalf of itself in
writing, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable
Law):
(i) no
statute, rule, order, decree or regulation shall have been enacted
or promulgated, and no action shall have been taken, by any
Governmental Authority which temporarily, preliminarily or
permanently restrains, precludes, enjoins or otherwise prohibits
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or makes
the transactions contemplated hereby illegal; and
(ii) there
shall not be pending any suit, action or proceeding by any
Governmental Authority seeking to restrain, preclude, enjoin or
prohibit the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) The Purchaser’s Conditions
. The respective obligation of the Purchaser to
consummate the purchase of the Purchased Units shall be subject to
the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the
following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by the
Purchaser in writing, in whole or in part with respect to its
Purchased Units, to the extent permitted by applicable
Law):
(i) since
the date of this Agreement, no Regency Material Adverse Effect
shall have occurred and be continuing;
(ii) no
notice of delisting shall have been received by Regency;
(iii) the
representations and warranties of Regency contained in this
Agreement that are qualified by materiality or Regency Material
Adverse Effect shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as
if made on and as of the Closing Date and all other representations
and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects
as of
the Closing
Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (except that
representations made as of a specific date shall be required to be
true and correct as of such date only); and
(iv) Regency
shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchaser
at the Closing, Regency’s closing deliveries described in
Section 2.04 .
(c)
Regency’s Conditions . The obligation of
Regency to consummate the sale of the Purchased Units to the
Purchaser shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the
Closing Date of the following condition (which may be waived by
Regency in writing, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law): the representations and warranties of the
Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in
all material respects at and as of the Closing Date as if made on
and as of the Closing Date (except that representations made as of
a specific date shall be required to be true and correct as of such
date only).
Section 2.04 Regency
Deliveries. At the Closing, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, Regency will deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to the Purchaser:
(a) The
Purchased Units by electronic delivery to The Depository Trust
Company on Purchaser’s behalf, registered in such name(s) as
Purchaser has designated;
(b) Copies
of (i) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Regency, (ii) the
Certificate of Limited Partnership of Regency GP LP and (iii) the
Certificate of Formation of Regency GP LLC, each certified by the
Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of its formation as of a
recent date;
(c) A
certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware,
dated a recent date, that Regency is in good standing;
(d) A
cross-receipt executed by Regency and delivered to the Purchaser
certifying that it has received the Purchase Price as of the
Closing Date;
(e) An
opinion addressed to the Purchaser from legal counsel to Regency ,
dated as of the Closing Date, in the form and substance attached
hereto as Exhibit A ;
(f) A
copy of the final prospectus supplement relating to the Purchased
Units and the offering thereof, including the accompanying base
prospectus, substantially in the form that will be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations
after the date and time this Agreement is executed;
(g) A
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Regency GP,
LLC, on behalf of Regency, certifying as to and attaching (1) the
Partnership Agreement, (2) board resolutions authorizing the
execution and delivery of the Basic Documents and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance of
the Purchased Units and (3) its incumbent officers authorized to
execute the Basic Documents, setting forth the name and title and
bearing the signatures of such officers; and
(h) A
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by (x) the Chief
Executive Officer and (y) the Chief Financial Officer of Regency
GP, LLC, in their capacities as such, stating that:
(i) Regency
has performed and complied with the covenants and agreements
contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed and
complied with by Regency on or prior to the Closing
Date;
(ii) The
representations and warranties of Regency contained in this
Agreement that are qualified by materiality or Regency Material
Adverse Effect were true and correct when made and as of the
Closing Date and all other representations and warranties were true
and correct in all material respects when made and are true and
correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, in each
case as though made at and as of the Closing Date (except that
representations made as of a specific date shall be required to be
true and correct as of such date only).
Section 2.05 The
Purchaser’s Deliveries. At the Closing,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Purchaser will
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Regency:
(a) Payment
to Regency of the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by Regency in writing at
least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and
(b) A
cross-receipt executed by the Purchaser and delivered to Regency
certifying that it has received its respective Purchased Units as
of the Closing Date.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
AND COVENANTS
RELATED TO REGENCY
Regency represents and warrants to and covenants
to the Purchaser as follows:
Section 3.01
Partnership Existence . Regency (a) is a
limited partnership duly formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and (b) has
all requisite power and authority, and has all governmental
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary, to own,
lease, use and operate its Properties and carry on its business as
its business is now being conducted, except where the failure to
obtain such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would
not be reasonably likely to have a Regency Material Adverse
Effect. Each of Regency’s Subsidiaries has been
duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State or other
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may
be, and has all requisite power and authority, and has all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
necessary, to own, lease, use or operate its respective Properties
and carry on its business as now being conducted, except where the
failure to obtain such licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a Regency Material
Adverse Effect. None of Regency nor any of its
Subsidiaries are in default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any provision of, in the case of Regency, the
Partnership Agreement or its Certificate of Limited Partnership or,
in the case of any Subsidiary of Regency, its respective
certificate of incorporation, certification of
formation,
bylaws, limited liability company agreement or other similar
organizational documents. Each of Regency and its
Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing as
a foreign limited partnership, limited liability company or
corporation, as applicable, and is authorized to do business in
each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its
respective Properties or the character of its respective operations
makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to
obtain such qualification, license, authorization or good standing
would not be reasonably likely to have a Regency Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.02
Capitalization and Valid Issuance of Purchased
Units
(a) As
of the date of this Agreement, prior to the issuance and sale of
the Purchased Units, as contemplated hereby, the issued and
outstanding limited partner interests of Regency consist of
45,724,516 Common Units, 19,103,896 Subordinated Units,
7,276,506 Class D Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights (as
defined in the Partnership Agreement). The only issued
and outstanding general partner interests of Regency are the
interests of the General Partner described in the Partnership
Agreement. All outstanding Common Units, Subordinated
Units, Class D Units and Incentive Distribution Rights and the
limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership
Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required under the
Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by matters described in
Section 17-607 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act (the “ Delaware LP Act
”)).
(b) Other
than the Regency GP LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “
LTIP ”), Regency has no equity compensation plans that
contemplate the issuance of partnership interests of Regency (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for partnership
interests of Regency). No indebtedness having the right
to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities having
the right to vote) on any matters on which Regency unitholders may
vote are issued or outstanding. Except as set forth in
the first sentence of this Section 3.02(b) , as
contemplated by this Agreement or as are provided in the
Partnership Agreement, there are no outstanding or authorized
(i) options, warrants, preemptive rights, subscriptions,
calls, or other rights, convertible or exchangeable securities,
agreements, claims or commitments of any character obligating
Regency or any of its Subs