EXHIBIT 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
$250,000,000
KANEB PIPE LINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
5.875% SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2013
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
New York, New York
May 19, 2003
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
As Representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A
c/o Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
c/o BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Kaneb Pipe Line Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Partnership"), proposes to sell $250,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Partnership's 5.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2013
(the "Notes") to the Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the
"Underwriters"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of
February 21, 2002 (the "Base Indenture"), as amended and supplemented by the
Fourth Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture" and, together with
the Base Indenture, the "Indenture") to be entered into on or about the Closing
Date (as hereinafter defined) between the Partnership and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
as Trustee (the "Trustee"), which such Supplemental Indenture establishes the
form and terms of the Notes pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture. The
term "Representatives" as used herein shall mean Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and the terms Representatives and Underwriters
shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.
The Partnership, the General Partner, Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Parent Partnership"), Support Terminals
Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("STOP"), Support
Terminal Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("STS"), StanTrans, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("STI"), StanTrans Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("STH"), StanTrans Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("STP"),
ST/Center Chillicothe Terminal, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("STC"), ST Linden Terminal, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("STL"),
ST Services Ltd., a
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United Kingdom corporation ("STK"), ST Eastham Ltd., a United Kingdom
corporation ("STE"), Shore Terminals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("Shore"), Kaneb Pipe Line Holding Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("KPH"), Statia Terminals International N.V., a Netherlands Antilles
limited liability company ("Statia International"), Statia Technology, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Statia Technology"), and Statia Marine, Inc., a Cayman
Islands company ("Statia Marine" and, together with Statia International and
Statia Technology, collectively the "Statia Companies"), (STOP, STS, STI, STH,
STP, STL, STC, STK, STE, Shore, KPH and the Statia Companies are collectively
referred to herein as the "Operating Entities," and individually referred to
herein as an "Operating Entity"), are sometimes collectively referred to herein
as the "Companies."
Each of the Partnership and Kaneb Pipe Line Company LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the
"General Partner"), wishes to confirm as follows its agreement with you, as the
Representatives of the Underwriters and the other Underwriters, on whose behalf
you are acting, in connection with the several purchases of the Notes by the
Underwriters.
1. REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. The Partnership has prepared
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
"Act"), a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-71638) under
the Act (the "registration statement"), including a prospectus subject to
completion relating to the Notes. Such registration statement has been declared
effective by the Commission. The term "Registration Statement" as used in this
Agreement means the registration statement (including all financial schedules
and exhibits), as amended at the time it becomes effective, or, if the
registration statement became effective prior to the execution of this
Agreement, as supplemented or amended prior to the execution of this Agreement.
If it is contemplated, at the time this Agreement is executed, that a
post-effective amendment to the registration statement will be filed with the
Commission and must be declared effective before the offering of the Notes may
commence, the term "Registration Statement" as used in this Agreement means the
registration statement as amended by said post-effective amendment. If it is
contemplated, at the time this Agreement is executed, that a registration
statement will be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act before the
offering of the Notes may commence, the term "Registration Statement" as used in
this Agreement includes such registration statement. "Basic Prospectus" means
the prospectus in the form included in the Registration Statement at the time
that the Registration Statement was declared effective or in the form in which
it has been most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of
this Agreement. "Preliminary Prospectus" means any preliminary prospectus
supplement to the Basic Prospectus, together with the Basic Prospectus, that
describes the Notes and the offering thereof, is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act and is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus. "Final
Prospectus" means the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes and the
offering thereof that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act after
the date and time this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties
hereto, together with the Basic Prospectus.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information that is "contained", "included" or "stated" in the
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registration statement, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (or other references of like
import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and
schedules and other information that is filed as a part of or incorporated by
reference in the registration statement, Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may
be. Any reference in this Agreement to the registration statement, the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act,
as of the date of the registration statement, the Registration Statement, the
Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the
case may be, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the
registration statement, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(the "Exchange Act") which, upon filing, are incorporated by reference therein,
as required by paragraph (b) of Item 12 of Form S-3. As used herein, the term
"Incorporated Documents" means the documents which at the time are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE GENERAL
PARTNER. Each of the Partnership and the General Partner represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) Disclosure. The Basic Prospectus included as part of the
registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or
supplement thereto, and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, complied when so filed in all
material respects with the provisions of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and
did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and the statements made in such documents within the coverage of
Rule 175(b) under the Act were made with a reasonable basis and in good faith.
The Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder. The Commission
has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of the Basic
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Partnership and the
offering of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for
using Form S-3 under the Act, and the Registration Statement meets the
requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Act. The Registration
Statement in the form in which it became effective and also in such form as it
may be when any post-effective amendment thereto shall become effective and the
Final Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto when filed with the
Commission under Rule 424(b) under the Act, complied or will comply in all
material respects with the provisions of the Act and will not at any such times
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and the statements made or to be made in such documents within the
coverage of Rule 175(b) under the Act were made or will be made with a
reasonable
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basis and in good faith; provided however that neither the Partnership nor the
General Partner makes any representations or warranties as to (i) that part of
the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility
and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or
(ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement,
the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus in
reliance upon and in conforming with information furnished in writing to the
Partnership by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or
any supplement thereto). The Partnership has not received any order of the
Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus.
(c) Incorporated Documents. The Incorporated Documents heretofore
filed, when they were filed (or, if any amendment with respect to any such
document was filed, when such amendment was filed), conform or conformed in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act; any further
Incorporated Documents so filed will, when they are filed, conform in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act; no such document
when it was filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was
filed, when such amendment was filed), contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and no such
further document, when it is filed, will contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) Formation, Authority and Good Standing of the Partnership. The
Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act (the "Delaware Act"), with partnership power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business, in each case as
described in the Final Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents and to enter
into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and is duly qualified or
registered and in good standing as a foreign limited partnership for the
transaction of business under the laws of the States of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming, and
there are no other jurisdictions in which the failure so to qualify or register
would subject it to any liability or disability which is material to the
financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of
the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited
partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(e) Formation, Authority and Good Standing of the Parent Partnership.
The Parent Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the Delaware Act with partnership power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business, in
each case as described in the Final Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents,
and is duly qualified or registered and in good standing as a foreign limited
partnership for the transaction of business under the laws of the State of
Texas, and there are no other jurisdictions in which the failure so to qualify
or register would subject it to any liability or disability which is material to
the financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and
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Operating Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or the
limited partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or
disability.
(f) Formation, Authority and Good Standing of the Partnership Operating
Entities. Each of STOP and STP has been duly formed and is validly existing as a
limited partnership in good standing under the Delaware Act, with partnership
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Final Prospectus and is duly qualified or
registered and in good standing as a foreign limited partnership for the
transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns,
leases or operates properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification or registration, other than any jurisdiction in which the failure
so to qualify or register would not subject it to any liability or disability
which is material to the financial condition, business, properties, net worth or
results of operations of the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the
Partnership and the Operating Entities considered as a whole or would subject
the Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent Partnership to any
material liability or disability.
(g) Formation, Authority and Good Standing of the General Partner and
the Non-Partnership Operating Entities. The General Partner and each of the
Operating Entities that is a United States or foreign corporation or limited
liability company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with corporate or
limited liability company, as the case may be, power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties, to conduct its business and, in the case of the
General Partner, to act as general partner of the Parent Partnership and the
Partnership and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and, in the case of STS, to act as general partner of STOP and, in the case of
STI, to act as general partner of STP, in each case as described in the Final
Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents, and is duly qualified or registered
and in good standing as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as
the case may be, for the transaction of business under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which it owns, leases and operates properties, or conducts any
business, so as to require such qualification or registration, other than any
jurisdiction in which the failure so to qualify or register would not subject it
to any liability or disability which is material to the financial condition,
business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the General Partner,
the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating Entities considered as
a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent
Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(h) General Partner Interest in the Parent Partnership. The General
Partner is the sole general partner of the Parent Partnership with a general
partner interest in the Parent Partnership of 1/99th; such general partner
interest is duly authorized by the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Parent Partnership dated as of July 23, 1998 (the "Parent
Partnership Agreement"), by and between the General Partner and the limited
partners of the Parent Partnership, and has been validly issued to the General
Partner and is fully paid; the General Partner owns such general partner
interest free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity,
or other encumbrance.
(i) General Partner Interest in the Partnership. The General Partner is
the sole general partner of the Partnership with a general partner interest in
the Partnership of 1%;
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such general partner interest is duly authorized by the Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of September 12,
1989 (the "Partnership Agreement"), by and between the General Partner and the
Partnership, as the organizational limited partner, and those other persons who
become partners in the Partnership as provided therein, and has been validly
issued to the General Partner and is fully paid; and the General Partner owns
such general partner interest free and clear of any lien, adverse claim,
security interest, equity, or other encumbrance.
(j) General Partner Interest in STOP. STS is the sole general partner
of STOP with a general partner interest in STOP of 1%; such general partner
interest is duly authorized by the Agreement of Limited Partnership of STOP
dated as of February 10, 1993 (the "STOP Partnership Agreement"), by and between
STS and the Partnership, and has been validly issued to STS and is fully paid;
and STS owns such general partner interest free and clear of any lien, adverse
claim, security interest, equity, or other encumbrance.
(k) General Partner Interest in STP. XXX is the sole general partner of
STP with a general partner interest in STP of 1%; such general partner interest
is duly authorized by the Agreement of Limited Partnership of STP dated as of
March 11, 1996 (the "STP Partnership Agreement" and, together with the Parent
Partnership Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and the STOP Partnership
Agreement, the "Kaneb Partnership Agreements"), by and between STI and STH, and
has been validly issued to STI and is fully paid; and STI owns such general
partner interest free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest,
equity, or other encumbrance.
(l) Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership. The Parent Partnership
is the sole limited partner of the Partnership, with a limited partner interest
in the Partnership of 99%; such limited partner interest is authorized by the
Partnership Agreement, has been validly issued and is fully paid and
nonassessable; and the Parent Partnership owns such limited partner interest in
the Partnership free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest,
equity, or other encumbrance.
(m) Limited Partner Interest in STOP. The Partnership is the sole
limited partner of STOP, with a limited partner interest in STOP of 99%; such
limited partner interest is authorized by the STOP Partnership Agreement, has
been validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the Partnership
owns such limited partner interest in STOP free and clear of any lien, adverse
claim, security interest, equity, or other encumbrance.
(n) Limited Partner Interest in STP. STH is the sole limited partner of
STP, with a limited partner interest in STP of 99%; such limited partner
interest is authorized by the STP Partnership Agreement, has been validly issued
and is fully paid and nonassessable; and STH owns such limited partner interest
free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity, or other
encumbrance.
(o) Member Interests and Capital Stock of the General Partner and the
Corporate Operating Entities. All of the issued and outstanding member interests
or shares of capital stock, as the case may be, of each of the General Partner,
STS, STI, STH, STK and STE have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable and are free of
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any preemptive or similar rights; all of the issued and outstanding member
interests of the General Partner are owned by Kaneb Services LLC ("KSL"), free
and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity, or other
encumbrance; all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of STS,
STI, STH, STK and STE are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership, free
and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity, or other
encumbrance, except as described in the Final Prospectus.
(p) Member Interests of STL and STC. All of the issued and outstanding
member interests of each of STL and STC have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are free of any preemptive or
similar rights; STOP owns a 50% managing member interest in each of STL and STC,
free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity, or other
encumbrance.
(q) Member Interests of Shore. All of the issued and outstanding member
interests of Shore have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable and are free of any preemptive or similar rights; and all
of the issued and outstanding member interests of Shore are owned by the
Partnership free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity
or other encumbrance.
(r) Capital Stock of Statia Companies. All of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock or member interests, as the case may be, of
each of the Statia Companies have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable and are free of any preemptive or similar
rights; and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or member
interests, as the case may be, of each of the Statia Companies are owned by the
Partnership free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity
or other encumbrance.
(s) Kaneb Partnership Agreements. Each of the Kaneb Partnership
Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties
thereto and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the parties thereto,
enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms, subject,
as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and to general equitable principles.
(t) Subsidiaries. All the Partnership's subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Subsidiaries") are listed in an exhibit to the Partnership's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, which is incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement, except for STC, which was not listed,
and KPH, Statia International, Statia Technology and Statia Marine, which were
not Subsidiaries at the time. The Partnership has no Subsidiaries other than the
Operating Entities.
(u) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable
against the Partnership in accordance with its terms (subject as to enforcement,
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally
from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity, including,
without
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limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
and the Notes have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Partnership enforceable against the Partnership and
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Indenture and the Notes conform,
in all material respects, to the descriptions thereof contained in the Final
Prospectus.
(v) Sufficiency of Disclosure. There are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Partnership or the General
Partner, threatened against any of the Companies, or to which any of the
Companies, or to which any of their respective properties is subject, that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus
but are not described as required, and there are no agreements, contracts,
indentures, leases or other instruments, and there are no affiliate
transactions, that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Final Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
or any Incorporated Document that are not described or filed as required by the
Act or the Exchange Act.
(w) Absence of Violations and Defaults; Absence of Proceedings. None of
the Companies is (i) in violation of (1) its partnership agreement, certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws, member agreement, or other organizational
documents, as the case may be, or (2) any law, ordinance, administrative or
governmental rule or regulation applicable to any of the Companies or of any
decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any
of the Companies, which violation would subject any of them to any liability or
disability which is material to the financial condition, business, properties,
net worth or results of operations of the General Partner, the Parent
Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating Entities considered as a whole or
would subject the Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent Partnership
to any material liability or disability, or (ii) in default in any respect in
the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond,
debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in any agreement,
indenture, lease or other instrument to which any of the Companies is a party or
by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound which
default would subject any of them to any liability or disability which is
material to the financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results
of operations of the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership
and the Operating Entities considered as a whole or would subject the
Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent Partnership to any material
liability or disability. Except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus, there are
no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or threatened
to which any of the Companies or any of their respective officers is a party or
of which any of their respective properties is subject, at law or in equity, or
before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
commission, board, body, authority or agency which could result in a judgment,
decree or order that would subject any of the Companies to any liability or
disability which is material to the financial condition, business, properties,
net worth or results of operations of the General Partner, the Parent
Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating Entities considered as a whole or
would subject the Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent Partnership
to any material liability or disability or prevent consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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(x) Absence of Consents, Conflicts and Violations. Neither the issuance
and sale of the Notes, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
by the Partnership or the General Partner nor the consummation by the
Partnership or the General Partner of the transactions contemplated hereby (i)
requires any consent, approval, authorization or other order of or registration
or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental body, agency or official (except such as may be required for the
registration of the Notes under the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture
Act, which have been or will be effected in accordance with this Agreement and
except as may be required for compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of
various jurisdictions), or (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes
or will constitute a breach of, or a default under, the partnership agreement,
the certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, member agreement, or other
organizational documents, as the case may be, of any of the Companies, or (iii)
conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of,
or a default under, any material agreement, indenture, lease, loan agreement and
credit facilities or other material instrument to which any of the Companies is
a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be
bound, or (iv) violates or will violate any statute, law, regulation or filing
or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to any of the Companies or
any of their respective properties, or will result in the creation or imposition
of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any of the
Companies pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which any of
them is a party or by which any of them may be bound or to which any of the
property or assets of any of them is subject.
(y) Independent Accountants. The accountants, KPMG LLP and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP, who have certified or shall certify the financial statements
audited by it included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are
independent public accountants as required by the Act.
(z) Financial Statements. The historical financial statements, together
with related schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement
thereto), present fairly (i) the consolidated financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of the Partnership and the Operating Entities, and
(ii) the financial position of the General Partner and the Parent Partnership,
in each case on the basis stated in the Registration Statement at the respective
dates or for the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and
related schedules and notes have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") consistently applied throughout the
periods involved, except as disclosed therein; and the other financial and
statistical information and data included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement
thereto) are accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such
financial statements and the books and records of the Partnership, the Operating
Entities, the Parent Partnership and the General Partner, as the case may be.
The pro forma financial data included in the Final Prospectus include
assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant
effects directly attributable to the acquisition of the Statia Companies and the
other transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma
adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma
adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the
historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma data included in the
Final Prospectus. The pro forma financial data included in the Final Prospectus
comply as to form in all material
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respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the
Act and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical
amounts in the compilation of this data.
(aa) Authorization of Underwriting Agreement. The execution and
delivery of, and the performance by each of the Partnership and the General
Partner of its obligations under this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by each of the Partnership and the General Partner, as the case may
be, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the
Partnership and the General Partner and constitutes the valid and legally
binding agreement of each of the Partnership and the General Partner,
enforceable against each of the Partnership and the General Partner in
accordance with its terms, except (i) as rights to indemnification and
contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and
(ii) as to enforcement generally may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights and to general equitable principles.
(bb) No Material Adverse Change. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which such information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), none of the Companies has incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction, not in the
ordinary course of business, that is material to the limited partners of the
Parent Partnership or to the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the
Partnership and the Operating Entities taken as a whole, and there has not been
any change in the capital stock, member interests or partners' capital, or
material increase in the short-term debt or long-term debt, of any of the
Companies, or any material adverse change, or any development involving or which
may reasonably be expected to involve, a prospective material adverse change in
the financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and
the Operating Entities taken as a whole or which is material to the Partnership
or the limited partners of the Parent Partnership.
(cc) Title to Property. Each of the Companies has good and marketable
title to all property (real and personal) described in the Final Prospectus as
being owned by it, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or
other encumbrances except such as are described or referred to in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in a document filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or except as do not materially interfere
with the ownership or benefits of ownership of such property, taken as a whole,
provided that with respect to the "Transmission Assets" (defined as all
pipelines, easements, rights of way, leases and appurtenant facilities for the
transmission and distribution of refined petroleum products), the Partnership
has sufficient title to enable it to use the Transmission Assets in its business
and that any lack of title has not had, and to their best knowledge, will not
have any material adverse effect on the Partnership's ability to use the
Transmission Assets, and all the property described in the Final Prospectus as
being held under lease by each of the Companies is held by it under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases.
(dd) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, result in a
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liability or disability that is material to the financial condition, business,
properties, net worth or results of operations of the General Partner, the
Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating Entities considered as a
whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent
Partnership to any material liability or disability, (i) none of the Companies
is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule,
regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof including any judicial or administrative
order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human
health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including,
without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened
release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances,
hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, "Hazardous
Materials") or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively,
"Environmental Laws"), (ii) none of the Companies fails to possess any permit,
authorization or approval required under any applicable Environmental Laws or to
be in compliance with their requirements, (iii) there are no pending or
threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands,
demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against any of
the Companies, and (iv) there are no events or circumstances that might
reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order or claim for cost recovery,
contribution, natural resource damages, clean-up or remediation, or an action,
suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against
or affecting the Companies relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental
Laws.
(ee) Absence of Offering Material. None of the Companies has
distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii)
completion of the distribution of the Notes, will distribute any offering
material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Final Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by the Act.
(ff) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Companies has such
permits, licenses, franchises and authorizations of governmental or regulatory
authorities ("Permits") as are necessary to own its properties and to conduct
its business in the manner described in the Final Prospectus, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the Final Prospectus, the lack of which
would subject it to any liability or disability which is material to the
financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of
the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited
partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or disability; each
of the Companies has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with
respect to such Permits and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice
or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in
any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit,
subject in each case to such qualification as may be set forth in the Final
Prospectus, the revocation or termination of which would subject any of them to
any liability or disability which is material to the financial condition,
business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the General Partner,
the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating Entities considered as
a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent
Partnership to any material liability
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or disability; and, except as described in the Final Prospectus, none of such
Permits contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to any of the
Companies.
(gg) Internal Accounting Controls. The Companies maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
(hh) Absence of NASD Conflict of Interest. More than ten percent of the
net proceeds from the sale of the Notes are intended to be or will be paid to
the Underwriters or members of the National Association of Securities Dealers or
associated or affiliated persons of such members, or members of the immediate
family of such members; however, the Notes are rated Baa or better by Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. or Bbb or better by Standard & Poor's Rating Services.
(ii) Tax Returns and Payments. Each of the Companies has filed all tax
returns required to be filed, the failure of which to file would subject any of
them to any liability or disability which is material to the financial
condition, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited
partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or disability,
which returns are complete and correct, and none of the Companies is in default
in the payment of any taxes which were due and payable pursuant to said returns
or any interest, penalties or assessments with respect thereto, which default
would subject any of them to any liability or disability which is material to
the financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and
the Operating Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or
the limited partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or
disability. There are no tax returns of any of the Companies that are currently
being audited by state, local or federal taxing authorities or agencies (and
with respect to which any of the Companies has received notice), where the
findings of such audit, if adversely determined, would subject any of the
Companies to any liability or disability which is material to the financial
condition, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited
partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(jj) Absence of Registration Rights. No holder of any interest in or
security of the Partnership or any other person has any right to require
registration of units or any other partnership interest in or other security of
the Partnership or the Parent Partnership because of the filing of the
Registration Statement or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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(kk) Possession of Intellectual Property. Each of the Companies owns or
possesses all patents, trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks,
service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade
secrets and rights described in the Final Prospectus as being owned by them or
any of them or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, and
neither the Partnership nor the General Partner is aware of any claim to the
contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of any of the
Companies with respect to the foregoing.
(ll) Investment Company Act. None of the Companies is, or as of the
Closing Date will be, an "investment company" as that term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), or
subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act.
(mm) Public Utility Holding Company Act. None of the Companies is a
"public utility company" or a "holding company," or a "subsidiary company" of a
"holding company," or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary
company" of a "holding company," as such terms are defined in the Public Utility
Company Act of 1935, as amended; none of the Companies is subject to regulation
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(nn) Net Worth of the General Partner. For all taxable years beginning
before December 31, 1996, the General Partner had (excluding its interests in
the Parent Partnership and the Partnership and any notes or receivables due from
the Partnership) a net worth of at least $5 million.
(oo) Net Worth of STS. For all taxable years beginning before December
31, 1996, STS had (excluding its interests in STOP and any notes or receivables
due from STOP) a net worth of at least $5 million.
(pp) Qualifying Income. For each taxable year of each of the Parent
Partnership and the Partnership, less than 10% of the gross income of each of
the Parent Partnership and the Partnership, respectively, has been derived from
sources other than (i) the exploration, development, production, processing,
refining, transportation or marketing of any mineral or natural resource,
including oil, gas or products thereof, or (ii) other items of qualifying income
within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code.
(qq) Absence of Restrictions. Except as described in the Final
Prospectus, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or
to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any interests
in the Parent Partnership, the Partnership or any Operating Entity pursuant to
any agreement or other instrument to which the Parent Partnership, the
Partnership or any Operating Entity is a party or by which any one of them may
be bound. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or
sale of the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for
or relating to the registration of any other securities of the Parent
Partnership, the Partnership or any Operating Entity, except such rights as have
been waived or satisfied. The Notes, when issued and delivered against payment
therefor as provided herein, will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Final Prospectus.
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(rr) No Business Interruptions. None of the Companies has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Final
Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity whether or not covered by insurance, or from
any labor dispute or court or governmental action, investigation, order or
decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Final Prospectus.
(ss) Absence of Labor Dispute; Compliance with Labor Laws. No labor
dispute by the employees of any of the Companies exists or, to the knowledge of
the Companies, is imminent, which might reasonably be expected to subject any of
them to any liability or disability which is material to the financial
condition, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities considered as a whole. Each of the Companies is in compliance with all
federal, state and local employment labor laws, including, but not limited to,
laws relating to non-discrimination in hiring, promotion and pay of employees,
except for any noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to subject
any of the Companies to any liability or disability which is material to the
financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of
the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited
partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(tt) Insurance. The Companies maintain insurance covering their
properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and risks
as are reasonably adequate to protect them and their businesses in a manner
consistent with other businesses similarly situated. None of the Companies has
received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial
capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in order to
continue such insurance, and all such insurance is outstanding and duly in force
on the date hereof and will be outstanding and duly in force on the Closing
Date.
(uu) Absence of Restrictions on Distributions and Transfers. No
subsidiary of the Partnership is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly,
from paying any dividends to the Partnership, from making any other distribution
on such subsidiary's capital stock, from repaying to the Partnership any loans
or advances to such subsidiary from the Partnership or from transferring any of
such subsidiary's property or assets to the Partnership or any other subsidiary
of the Partnership, except as described in or contemplated by the Final
Prospectus.
(vv) Absence of Notice. None of the Companies have sent or received any
communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the
contracts or agreements referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to,
the Registration Statement or the Incorporated Documents, and no such
termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the General Partner, the
Parent Partnership or the Partnership or, to the knowledge of the General
Partner or the Partnership after due inquiry, any other party to any such
contract or agreement, which termination or non-renewal would subject any of the
Companies to any liability or disability which is material to the financial
condition, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities considered as a whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited
partners of the Parent Partnership to any material liability or disability.
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(ww) Stabilization. None of the Companies, nor any of their directors,
officers or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action
intended, or which might reasonably be expected, to cause or result, under the
Act or otherwise, in or which has constituted, stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Parent Partnership or the Partnership to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.
(xx) Violations. None of the Companies, nor to the Partnership's
knowledge after due inquiry, any employee or agent of the Companies, has made
any payment of funds of the Companies or received or retained any funds in
violation of any law, rule or regulation, which payment, receipt or retention of
funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement
or the Incorporated Documents.
(yy) Benefit Plans. With respect to each employee benefit plan, program
and arrangement (including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan" as
defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended ("ERISA")) maintained or contributed to by any of the Companies, or
with respect to which any of the Companies could incur any liability under ERISA
(collectively, the "Benefit Plans"), no event has occurred and, to the best
knowledge of each of the Companies, there exists no condition or set of
circumstances, in connection with which any of the Companies could be subject to
any liability under the terms of such Benefit Plans, applicable law (including,
without limitation, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) or
any applicable agreement that would subject any of the Companies to any
liability or disability which is material to the financial condition, business,
properties, net worth or results of operations of the General Partner, the
Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating Entities considered as a
whole or would subject the Partnership or the limited partners of the Parent
Partnership to any material liability or disability.
3. AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE. The Partnership hereby agrees,
subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to sell to each
Underwriter and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Partnership and the General Partner herein contained and
subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Underwriter,
severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Partnership, at a
purchase price of 99.110% of the principal amount thereof, Notes in the amount
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto.
4. TERMS OF PUBLIC OFFERING. It is understood that the Underwriters
propose to offer the Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the Final
Prospectus.
5. DELIVERY OF THE NOTES AND PAYMENT THEREFOR. Delivery of and payment
for the Notes shall be made by 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on May 27, 2003
or at such time or such later date not more than three business days after the
foregoing date as the Underwriters may elect (the "Closing Date"). The other
documents to be delivered at the Closing Date by or on behalf of the parties
hereto shall be delivered at such time and date at the offices of Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxx L.L.P., 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000. The place of
closing for the Notes and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between
you and the Partnership. Delivery of the Notes shall be made through the
facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") unless the Underwriters
otherwise instruct.
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6. AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE GENERAL PARTNER. Each of the
Partnership and the General Partner agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
(a) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is
necessary for the Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment thereto
to be declared effective before the offering of the Notes may commence, the
Partnership will endeavor to cause the Registration Statement or such
post-effective amendment to become effective as soon as possible and will advise
you promptly and, if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, when
the Registration Statement or such post-effective amendment has become
effective.
(b) Prior to the end of the period of time referred to in the second
sentence of paragraph (f) below, the Partnership will advise you promptly and,
if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing: (i) of any request by
the Commission for amendment of or a supplement to the Registration Statement,
the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or for
additional information; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension
of qualification of the Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and (iii) of any change in any of
the Companies' financial condition, business, properties, net worth or results
of operations, or of the happening of any event, which makes any statement of a
material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented)
untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) in order to state a material
fact required by the Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading, or of the necessity to amend or supplement
the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (as
then amended or supplemented) to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or any
other applicable securities laws. If at any time prior to the end of the period
of time referred to in the second sentence of paragraph (f) below, the
Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, the Partnership will make every reasonable effort to
obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible time.
(c) The Partnership will furnish to you, without charge (i) six copies
of the manually signed copy of the Registration Statement corresponding to the
XXXXX version as filed with the Commission and of each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and all exhibits to the Registration Statement,
(ii) such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto, but without exhibits, as you may reasonably
request, (iii) such number of copies of the Incorporated Documents, without
exhibits, as you may reasonably request, and (iv) such number of copies of the
exhibits to the Incorporated Documents as you may reasonably request.
(d) Prior to the end of the period of time referred to in the second
sentence of paragraph (f) below, the Partnership will not file any amendment to
the Registration Statement or make any amendment or supplement to the Final
Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or file any document which,
upon filing becomes an Incorporated Document, of which you shall not previously
have been advised or to which, after you shall have received a copy of the
document proposed to be filed, you shall reasonably object.
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(e) Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Partnership has delivered to you, without charge, in such quantities as you have
reasonably requested, copies of each form of the Preliminary Prospectus, if any.
The Partnership consents to the use, so long as such use by the Underwriters and
by dealers is in accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Notes are offered
by the Underwriters and by dealers, prior to the date of the Final Prospectus,
of each Preliminary Prospectus so furnished by the Partnership.
(f) The Partnership shall cause the Final Prospectus to be filed
pursuant to, and in compliance with, Rule 424(b) under the Act. As soon after
the execution and delivery of this Agreement as possible and thereafter from
time to time for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a
prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales by
any Underwriter or dealer, the Partnership will expeditiously deliver to each
Underwriter and each dealer, without charge, as many copies of the Final
Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) as you may reasonably
request. The Partnership consents to the use of the Final Prospectus (and of any
amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Act
and with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Notes
are offered by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Notes may be sold,
both in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and for such period
of time thereafter as the Final Prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer. If during such
period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Partnership or
in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters is required to be set forth in
the Final Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or should be set forth
therein in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary
to supplement or amend the Final Prospectus (or to file under the Exchange Act
any document which, upon filing, becomes an Incorporated Document) in order to
comply with the Act or any other law, the Partnership will forthwith prepare
and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) above, file with the Commission
an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto (or to such document), and will
expeditiously furnish to the Underwriters and dealers a reasonable number of
copies thereof. In the event that the Partnership and you agree that the Final
Prospectus should be amended or supplemented, the Partnership, if requested by
you, will promptly issue a press release announcing or disclosing the matters to
be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement.
(g) The Partnership will cooperate with you and with counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Notes
for offering and sale by the Underwriters and by dealers under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate and will file such
consents to service of process or other documents necessary or appropriate in
order to effect such registration or qualification; provided that in no event
shall the Partnership be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to
service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or
sale of the Notes, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Partnership will make generally available to its security
holders a consolidated earnings statement, which need not be audited, covering a
twelve-month period commencing after the effective date of the Registration
Statement and ending not later than 15
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months thereafter, as soon as practicable after the end of such period, which
shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(i) During the period of five years hereafter, the Partnership will
furnish to you (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report of the
Partnership mailed to unitholders or filed with the Commission, and (ii) from
time to time such other information concerning the Partnership as you may
request.
(j) If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated after
execution pursuant to any provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to the
second sentence of Section 10 hereof or by notice given by you terminating this
Agreement pursuant to Section 10 or Section 11 hereof) or if this Agreement
shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on the
part of the Partnership or the General Partner to comply with the terms or
fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Partnership and the General
Partner, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for
the Underwriters) incurred by them in connection herewith.
(k) The Partnership will not, without the prior written consent of Banc
One Capital Markets, Inc. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge, hedge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any
transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in
the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition
due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Partnership or any affiliate of the
Partnership or any person in privity with the Partnership or any affiliate of
the Partnership) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation
in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or
establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call
equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any
debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Partnership (other than the Notes)
or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period
of 90 days after the date of this Agreement (the "Lock-Up Period").
(l) Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, the Partnership and the General Partner
have not taken, nor will they take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Notes to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Notes.
(m) The Partnership will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Notes substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Final
Prospectus.
(n) The Partnership, during the period of time referred to in the
second sentence in paragraph (f) above, will file all documents required to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods
required by the Exchange Act.
7. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The several obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase the Notes hereunder are subject to the following
conditions:
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(a) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is
necessary for the Registration Statement or a post effective amendment thereto
to be declared effective before the offering of the Notes may commence, the
Registration Statement or such post-effective amendment shall have become
effective not later than (i) 6:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of
determination of the public offering price if such determination occurred at or
prior to 3:00 P.M. New York City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 A.M. New York
City time on the Business Day following the day on which the public offering
price was determined if such determination occurred after 3:00 P.M. New York
City time, or at such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by
you, and all filings, if any, required by Rule 424 under the Act shall have been
timely made; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration
statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Partnership or the General Partner,
threatened by the Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional
information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to your satisfaction.
(b) Subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change,
in or affecting the financial condition, business, properties, net worth, or
results of operations of the Companies not contemplated by the Final Prospectus,
which in your opinion, as Representatives of the Underwriters, would materially,
adversely affect the market for the Notes, or (ii) any event or development
relating to or involving any of the Companies or any officer or director of the
General Partner which makes any statement made in the Final Prospectus untrue or
which, in the opinion of the Partnership and its counsel or the Underwriters and
their counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the Final
Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the Act or any other
law to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein
not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Final Prospectus to reflect
such event or development would, in the opinion of the Representatives,
adversely affect the market for the Notes.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date, an opinion of
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P., special counsel for the Partnership and the General
Partner, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, as the Underwriters,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. In addition, such
special counsel shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such
Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you in your reasonable
judgment, with respect to the legal conclusions described in the Final
Prospectus under the caption "Federal Income Tax Considerations."
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and addressed
to you, with respect to the matters and in the form and substance as you may
reasonably request.
(e) You shall have received letters addressed to you, and dated the
date hereof and the Closing Date from KPMG LLP, independent certified public
accountants, substantially in the forms heretofore approved by you.
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(f) (i) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have
been taken or, to the knowledge of the Companies, shall be contemplated by the
Commission at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) there shall not have been any
change in the partnership interests, member interests or capital stock of the
Companies nor any material increase in the short term or long term debt of the
Companies (other than in the ordinary course of business) from that set forth or
contemplated in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus; (iii) there
shall not have been, since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, except as may otherwise
be stated in the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus, any material
adverse change in the financial condition, business, properties, net worth or
results of operations of the General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the
Partnership and the Operating Entities taken as a whole; (iv) none of the
Companies shall have any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent
(whether or not in the ordinary course of business), that are material to the
General Partner, the Parent Partnership, the Partnership and the Operating
Entities, taken as a whole, or the limited partners of the Parent Partnership
other than those reflected in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus; and (v) all the representations and warranties of the Partnership
and the General Partner contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on
and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date, and you
shall have received certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer of the General Partner for and
on behalf of the General Partner and the Partnership (or such other officers as
are acceptable to you), to the effect set forth in this Section 7(g) and in
Section 7(h) hereof.
(g) None of the Partnership or the General Partner shall have failed at
or prior to the Closing Date to have performed or complied with any of its
agreements herein contained and required to be performed or complied with by it
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. (h) Subsequent to the date of this
Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the
Partnership's debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any
notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a
possible change in such rating that does not indicate the direction of the
possible change.
(i) Each of the Partnership and the General Partner shall have
furnished or caused to be furnished to you such further certificates and
documents as you shall have reasonably requested that are customary in closing
transactions of the nature contemplated by this Agreement. All such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to you and your counsel. Any certificate or document signed by any officer of
the General Partner, for its own account or on behalf of the Partnership and
delivered to you pursuant to the terms or requirements of this Agreement, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, or to counsel for the Underwriters, shall
be deemed a representation and warranty by the Partnership and the General
Partner to each Underwriter as to the statements made therein.
8. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
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(a) Each of the Partnership and the General Partner, jointly and
severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person,
if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation)
arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus,
the Final Prospectus or the Registration Statement or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission which
has been made therein or omitted therefrom in reliance upon and in conformity
with the information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing to the
Partnership by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use in
connection therewith; provided, however, that the indemnification contained in
this paragraph (a) with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to
the benefit of any Underwriter (or to the benefit of any director, officer,
employee, agent or controlling person of such Underwriter) on account of any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arising from the sale of the
Notes by such Underwriter to any person if a copy of the Final Prospectus shall
not have been delivered or sent, if delivery is legally required, to such person
within the time required by the Act and the regulations thereunder, and the
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of
a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the
Final Prospectus, provided that the Partnership has complied with Section 6(f)
of this Agreement. The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any
liability which the Partnership or the General Partner may otherwise have.
(b) If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any
Underwriter, any director, officer, employee or agent of any Underwriter or any
person controlling any Underwriter in respect of which indemnification may be
sought against the Partnership or the General Partner, such Underwriter or such
director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person shall promptly notify
the Partnership, and the Partnership and the General Partner shall assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and payment of all fees and
expenses. Such Underwriter or any such director, officer, employee, agent or
controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or
such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person unless (i) the
Partnership and the General Partner have agreed in writing to pay such fees and
expenses, (ii) the Partnership and the General Partner have failed to assume the
defense and employ counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such action, suit
or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Underwriter or
such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person and the
Partnership or the General Partner and such Underwriter or such director,
officer, employee, agent or controlling person shall have been advised by its
counsel that representation of such indemnified party and the Partnership or the
General Partner by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable
standards of professional conduct (whether or not such representation by the
same counsel has been proposed) due to actual or potential differing interests
between them (in which case the Partnership and the General Partner shall not
have the right to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding on
behalf of such
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Underwriter or such controlling person). It is understood, however, that the
Partnership and the General Partner shall, in connection with any one such
action, suit or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related
actions, suits or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and
expenses of only one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) at any time for all such Underwriters, directors, officers, employees,
agents and controlling persons not having actual or potential differing
interests with you or among themselves, which firm shall be designated in
writing by Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., and
that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. The
Partnership and the General Partner shall not be liable for any settlement of
any such action, suit or proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such action, suit or proceeding, each of the Partnership and
the General Partner jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
any Underwriter, to the extent provided in the preceding paragraph, and any such
controlling person from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless each of the Partnership and the General Partner, the directors
of the General Partner, the officers of the General Partner who sign the
Registration Statement, and any person who controls the Partnership or the
General Partner within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Partnership
and the General Partner to each Underwriter, but only with respect to
information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of
such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement or
the Final Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto. If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against
the Partnership or the General Partner, any of the directors of the General
Partner, any such officer of the General Partner, or any such controlling person
based on the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or the Preliminary
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and in respect of which
indemnification may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to this paragraph
(c), such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Partnership
and the General Partner by paragraph (b) above (except that if the Partnership
or the General Partner shall have assumed the defense thereof such Underwriter
shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at such Underwriter's expense), and the Partnership and the General
Partner, the directors of the General Partner, any such officer of the General
Partner, and any such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given
to the Underwriters by paragraph (b) above. The foregoing indemnity agreement
shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under paragraphs (a) or (c) hereof in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein, then an indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Partnership and the General Partner on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other hand from the offering of the Notes, or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) immediately above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
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proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause (i) immediately above but also the relative fault of the
Partnership and the General Partner on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Partnership and
the General Partner on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
(before deducting expenses) received by the Partnership bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each
case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. The
relative fault of the Partnership and the General Partner on the one hand and
the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Partnership and the General Partner on the one hand
or by the Underwriters on the other hand and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission, including, with respect to any Underwriter, the extent to
which any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises from the sale of Notes by
such Underwriter to any person if a copy of the Final Prospectus shall not have
been delivered or sent, if delivery is legally required, to such person within
the time required by the Act and the regulations thereunder, and the untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of a
material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Final
Prospectus, provided that the Partnership has complied with Section 6(f) of this
Agreement.
(e) The Partnership, the General Partner and the Underwriters agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
8 were determined by a pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in
paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating any claim or defending any such action,
suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price of the Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective amount of Notes set forth
opposite their names in Schedule A hereto (or such numbers of Notes increased as
set forth in Section 10 hereof) and not joint.
(f) No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could
have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
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unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding.
(g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an
indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this
Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the
representations and warranties of the Partnership and the General Partner set
forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any
director, officer, employee or agent of any Underwriter or any person
controlling any Underwriter, the Partnership or the General Partner, the
directors of the General Partner or officers of the General Partner, or any
person controlling the Partnership or the General Partner, (ii) acceptance of
any Notes and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this
Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, any director, officer, employee or
agent of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the
Partnership or the General Partner, directors or officers of the General
Partner, or any person controlling the Partnership or the General Partner, shall
be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement
agreements contained in this Section 8. The term "successor" as used in this
Agreement shall not include a purchaser from any Underwriter of any Notes in his
status as such purchaser.
9. EXPENSES. Each of the Partnership and the General Partner, jointly
and severally, agrees to pay the following costs and expenses and all other
costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Partnership and the
General Partner of any of their obligations hereunder: (i) the preparation,
printing or reproduction, and filing with the Commission of the registration
statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each
Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement
to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including
postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such
copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus, the Incorporated Documents, and all amendments or supplements to any
of them, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering
and sale of the Notes; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance
and delivery of certificates for the Notes, including any stamp taxes in
connection with the original issuance and sale of the Notes; (iv) the
reproduction and delivery of this Agreement, the preliminary and supplemental
Blue Sky Memoranda and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced)
and delivered in connection with the offering of the Notes; (v) the listing of
the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) the registration or qualification
of the Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
several states as provided in Section 6(g) hereof (including the reasonable
fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the
preparation, reproduction, and delivery of the preliminary and supplemental Blue
Sky Memoranda and such registration and qualification); (vii) the filing fees in
connection with any filings required to be made with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred
by or on behalf of the Partnership's, the General Partner's or any Operating
Entities' representatives in connection with presentations to prospective
purchasers of the Notes; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Partnership's and
General Partner's accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including
local and special counsel) for the Partnership and the General Partner; (x) the
fees and expenses of the Trustee under the
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Indenture and (xi) any fees payable to DTC. It is understood, however, that,
except as provided in Section 6(j), Section 8 and this Section 9 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses associated with the
offering of the Notes, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on
resale of any of the Notes by them.
10. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall become effective:
(i) upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto; or (ii) if, at
the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for the
Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment thereto to be declared
effective before the offering of the Notes may commence, when notification of
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such post-effective amendment
has been released by the Commission. Until such time as this Agreement shall
have become effective, it may be terminated by the Partnership, by notifying
you, or by you as Underwriters, by notifying the Partnership. If any one or more
of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes which it or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder, and the aggregate number of Notes which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase
is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of the Notes, each
non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion
which the number of Notes set forth opposite its name in Schedule A hereto bears
to the aggregate number of Notes set forth opposite the names of all
non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other proportion as you may specify in
accordance with Section 18 of the Master Agreement Among Underwriters of Banc
One Capital Markets, Inc., to purchase the Notes which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed, but failed or refused, to purchase. If any
Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes and the
aggregate number of Notes with respect to which such default occurs is more than
one-tenth of the aggregate number of Notes and arrangements satisfactory to you
and the Partnership for the purchase of such Notes by one or more non-defaulting
Underwriters or other party or parties approved by you and the Partnership are
not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Partnership. In any such case which does not result in termination of this
Agreement, either you or the Partnership shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the
required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under
this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in
respect of any such default of any such Underwriter under this Agreement. The
term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement includes, for all purposes of this
Agreement, any party not listed in Schedule A hereto who, with your approval and
the approval of the Partnership, purchases Notes which a defaulting Underwriter
agreed, but failed or refused, to purchase. Any notice under this Section 10 may
be given by telegram, telecopy or telephone but shall be subsequently confirmed
by letter.
11. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination without liability on the part of any Underwriter to the Partnership
or the General Partner by notice to the Partnership, if prior to the Closing
Date, (i) trading in securities of the Parent Partnership shall have been
suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange or
the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or materially limited or
minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in
New York or Texas shall
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have been declared by either federal or state authorities, (iii) there shall
have occurred any material disruption in securities settlement or clearance
services or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or
other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political,
financial or economic conditions, the effect of which on the financial markets
of the United States is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the
Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to commence or continue the
offering or delivery of the Notes as contemplated by the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto) or to enforce contracts for the resale of
the Notes by the Underwriters. Notice of such termination may be given to the
Partnership by telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently
confirmed by letter.
12. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THE UNDERWRITERS. The statements set forth
in the third, sixth and seventh paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting" in
the Preliminary Prospectus and in the Final Prospectus, constitute the only
information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters through you as such
information is referred to in Sections 7(b) and 8 hereof.
13. MISCELLANEOUS. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6, 10 and
11 hereof, notice given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered (i) if to the Partnership or the General Partner,
at the office of the Partnership at 0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 c/o Kaneb Pipe Line Company LLC, Attention: Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, Chairman of the Board; or (ii) if to you, as the Representatives of the
several Underwriters, in care of each of: Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., 0 Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0X0-0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Structuring and
Execution and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 000 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
00000, Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate. This Agreement has been and is made
solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Partnership, the Parent
Partnership, the General Partner and the directors, officers, employees and
agents of the Underwriters, the directors and officers of the General Partner,
and the other controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their
respective successors and assigns, to the extent provided herein, and no other
person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.
Neither the term "successor" nor the term "successors and assigns" as used in
this Agreement shall include a purchaser from any Underwriter of any of the
Notes in his status as such purchaser. As the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") views the Notes as interests in a direct participation
program, each Underwriter agrees that it will offer the Notes in compliance with
Rule 2810 of the NASD's Conduct Rules.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. REPRESENTATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND INDEMNITIES TO SURVIVE. The
respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Partnership, the General Partner and its officers and of the
Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or the Partnership or any of the officers, directors, employees,
agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive
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delivery of and payment for the Notes. The provisions of Sections 6(j) and 8
hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement. This
Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together constitute one
and the same instrument. If signed in counterparts, this Agreement shall not
become effective unless at least one counterpart hereof shall have been executed
and delivered on behalf of each party hereto.
16. SECTION HEADINGS; COUNTERPARTS. The section headings in this
Agreement have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not
a part of this Agreement. This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts
which together constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in
counterparts, this Agreement shall not become effective unless at least one
counterpart hereof shall have been executed and delivered on behalf of each
party hereto.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Partnership, the General Partner and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
KANEB PIPE LINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
BY: KANEB PIPE LINE COMPANY LLC,
its General Partner
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
KANEB PIPE LINE COMPANY LLC
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Confirmed as of the date first above mentioned on behalf of itself and on behalf
of the other several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
By: /s/ XXX XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Director
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF OPINION OF ISSUER'S COUNSEL
1. Each of the Partnership, the Parent Partnership, STOP and STP has
been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good
standing under the Delaware Act, with partnership power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Final Prospectus and, with respect to the Partnership, to issue, sell and
deliver the Notes as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.
2. The General Partner has been duly formed and is validly existing as
a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act (the "Delaware LLC Act"), with limited liability
company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to conduct
its businesses, to act as the general partner of the Parent Partnership and the
Partnership and to perform its obligations pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement, in each case as described in the Final Prospectus; the outstanding
member interests of the General Partner have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned of record by KSL, free
and clear, to our knowledge, of any security interest, lien, encumbrance or
adverse claim.
3. Each of STH, STI and STS has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), with corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Final Prospectus; all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of STH,
STI and STS have been duly authorized, validly issued and are nonassessable; and
all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of STH are owned of record by
STI, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of STI are owned of record
by STS and all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of STS are owned of
record by the Partnership, in each case free and clear, to our knowledge, of any
security interest, lien, encumbrance or adverse claim, except as described in
the Final Prospectus.
4. The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Parent
Partnership and the Partnership with a general partner interest in the Parent
Partnership of 1/99th and a general partner interest in the Partnership of 1%;
such general partner interests have been duly authorized and validly issued, and
the General Partner owns of record and, to our knowledge, beneficially owns such
general partner interests free and clear of any security interest, lien,
encumbrance or adverse claim.
5. The Parent Partnership is the sole limited partner of the
Partnership, with a limited partner interest of 99%; such limited partner
interest has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
nonassessable; the Parent Partnership owns of record and, to our knowledge,
beneficially owns such limited partner interest in the Parent Partnership free
and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance or adverse claim.
6. STS is the sole general partner of STOP with a general partner
interest in STOP of 1%; such general partner interest has been duly authorized
and validly issued and STS owns of
record and, to our knowledge, beneficially owns such general partner interest
free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, or adverse claim.
7. The Partnership is the sole limited partner of STOP, with a limited
partner interest of 99%; such limited partner interest has been duly authorized
and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; the Partnership owns of
record and, to our knowledge, beneficially owns such limited partner interest in
STOP free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance or adverse
claim.
8. Each of KPH, STL and STC has been duly formed and is validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the Delaware LLC
Act, with limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Final
Prospectus; all the outstanding member interests of KPH, STL and STC have been
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and a 50%
managing member interest in each of STL and STC is owned of record by STOP, free
and clear, to our knowledge, of any security interest, lien, encumbrance or
adverse claim.
9. XXX is the sole general partner of STP with a general partner
interest in STP of 1%; such general partner interest has been duly authorized
and validly issued and STI owns of record and, to our knowledge, beneficially
owns such general partner interest free and clear of any security interest,
lien, encumbrance, or adverse claim.
10. STH is the sole limited partner of STP, with a limited partner
interest of 99%; such limited partner interest has been duly authorized and
validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; STH owns of record and, to
our knowledge, beneficially owns such limited partner interest in STP free and
clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance or adverse claim.
11. Shore has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
liability company in good standing under the Delaware LLC Act, with limited
liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus; all the
outstanding member interests of Shore have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned of record by the
Partnership, free and clear, to our knowledge, of any security interests, lien,
encumbrance or adverse claim.
12. Statia Technology has been duly organized and is validly existing
in good standing as a corporation under the DGCL, with power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in
the Final Prospectus; all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
of Statia Technology have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable and are owned of record by the Partnership, free and
clear, to our knowledge, of any security interests, lien, encumbrance or adverse
claim.
13. KSL is the sole member of the General Partner and has been duly
formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing
under the Delaware LLC Act, with limited liability company power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Final Prospectus.
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14. There are no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or to
purchase partnership interests of the Parent Partnership or the Partnership
pursuant to any statute, the Parent Partnership Agreement, the Partnership
Agreement or any agreement or other instrument to which the Parent Partnership
or the Partnership is a party filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by
reference in, the Registration Statement.
15. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, has
been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Partnership enforceable against the
Partnership in accordance with its terms under the laws of the State of New
York. The Notes are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly
authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Partnership, enforceable against the Partnership in accordance with their
terms under the laws of the State of New York.
16. The Notes and the Indenture conform as to legal matters in all
material respects to the descriptions thereof described in the Final Prospectus
under the captions "Description of the Notes" and "Description of the Debt
Securities."
17. The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments, if
any, have become effective under the Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel,
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
threatened by the Commission; and any required filing of the Basic Prospectus
and the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Act has been made in
accordance with Rule 424(b).
18. The Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
each of the Partnership and the General Partner.
19. Neither the offer, sale or delivery of the Notes by the
Partnership, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the Notes
and the Indenture, nor performance by the Partnership and the General Partner of
their obligations under the Agreement, the Notes and the Indenture constitutes
or will constitute a breach of, or a default under, any agreement, indenture,
lease or other instrument to which any of the Companies is a party or by which
any of them or any of their respective properties is bound or affected that has
been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or to any Incorporated
Document, or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance under the terms thereof upon any property or assets of any of the
Companies, nor will any such action result in any violation of (a) the
partnership agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, member
agreement or other organizational documents of any of the Companies, as the case
may be, (b) any statutory law, regulation or ruling (assuming compliance with
all applicable state securities and Blue Sky laws), or (c) any judgment,
injunction, order or decree of any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that
is known to us to be applicable to any of the Companies or any of their
respective properties.
20. To such counsel's knowledge, except for the General Partner who has
waived its rights, no holder of any interest in or security of the Partnership
or any other person has any right
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to require registration of partnership units or any other partnership interest
or other security of the Partnership because of the filing of the Registration
Statement or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement.
21. No consent, approval, authorization or waiver of, or notice to or
filing with, or other action by, any governmental authority is required to be
obtained or made by the Partnership or the General Partner by any material
statutory law, regulation or ruling as a condition to the issuance or sale of
the Notes by the Partnership, the execution and delivery by the Partnership or
the General Partner of this Agreement, or the performance by the Partnership or
the General Partner of their obligations under the Agreement, except such others
as have been obtained or taken and are in full force and effect and except such
as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws governing the
purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters, as to which we
express no opinion.
22. The Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any
supplements or amendments thereto (except for the financial statements and the
notes thereto and the schedules and other financial data included therein and
the Trustee's Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1, as to
which we express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act; and each of the Incorporated Documents (except for the
financial statements and the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial
data included therein, as to which we express no opinion) complies as to form in
all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
23. To our knowledge (a) other than as disclosed in the Final
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which any of the Companies is a party or threatened
against any of the Companies which are required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) and (b) there are no contracts, licenses, agreements or leases or other
documents of character that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or to
be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated
Document that are not described or filed as required, as the case may be.
24. The statements in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, under the captions "Cash Distributions," "Conflicts of Interest and
Fiduciary Responsibilities -- Fiduciary Responsibility of the General Partner"
and "Investment in Kaneb Partners by Employee Benefit Plans," insofar as they
are descriptions of contracts, agreements or other legal documents, or refer to
statements of law or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects
and present fairly the information required to be shown.
25. None of the Companies is or will be, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Final Prospectus, an "investment company" or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company" or a "promoter" or "principal
underwriter" for a "registered investment company" as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act or a "public utility company" or a "holding company,"
or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of a
"holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," as such
terms are defined in the Public Utility
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Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended; none of the Companies is subject to
regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
Although we have not undertaken, except as otherwise indicated in our
opinion, to determine independently, and are not passing upon and do not assume
any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of any of the
statements in the Registration Statement, we have participated in the
preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, including
review and discussion of the contents thereof (including review and discussion
of the contents of all Incorporated Documents), and nothing has come to our
attention that has caused us to believe that the Registration Statement
(including the Incorporated Documents) at the time the Registration Statement
became effective and as of the signing of this Agreement, or the Final
Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date hereof, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
that any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, as of its respective
date, and as of the date hereof, as the case may be, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that we express no
opinion with respect to the financial statements and the notes thereto and the
schedules and other financial data included in the Registration Statement or the
Final Prospectus or any Incorporated Document or the Trustee's Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1).
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SCHEDULE A
UNDERWRITERS AGGREGATE
AMOUNT
OF NOTES
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc................................ 62,500,000
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.................................. 62,500,000
Fleet Securities, Inc. ...................................... 35,000,000
Suntrust Capital Markets, Inc................................ 30,000,000
Barclays Capital Inc. ....................................... 20,000,000
McDonald Investments Inc. ................................... 15,000,000
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. ............................. 12,500,000
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc..................................... 12,500,000
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Total................................................... 250,000,000
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