TARGA RESOURCES CORP. 16,375,000 Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
16,375,000 Shares of Common Stock
December 6, 2010
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I attached hereto,
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I attached hereto,
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The stockholders of Targa Resources Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware
(the “Company”), listed on Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”),
propose to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as
representatives, an aggregate of 16,375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value
per share (the “Firm Shares”). Certain of the Selling Stockholders also propose to grant
to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 2,456,250 additional shares of common stock, $0.001
par value per share, of the Company (the “Option Shares”) to cover over-allotments, if any
(the Option Shares, together with the Firm Shares, being hereinafter called the “Shares”).
The shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share are referred to herein as the
“Common Stock.” The shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Participating Preferred
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, that will automatically convert into Shares at or immediately
prior to the Closing are referred to herein as the “Conversion Shares.” Any reference
herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration
Statement or the issue date of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be,
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section
23 hereof.
Each of the Company’s direct or indirect subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the
Registration Statement other than Targa Resources Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Partnership”), and the Partnership Subsidiaries (as defined below) are collectively
referred to herein as the “Company Group Subsidiaries”. The Company and the Company Group
Subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “Targa Parties.” The Partnership
and the
Partnership’s direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiaries listed in Schedule IV-A
(the “Partnership Subsidiaries”) are collectively referred to herein as the
“Partnership Parties.” The
subsidiaries listed in Schedule IV-B attached hereto
are referred to herein as the “Partnership Material Subsidiaries.” The Targa Parties, the
Partnership and the Partnership Material Subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the
“Targa Entities.”
The Company hereby confirms its engagement of Barclays Capital Inc. as, and Barclays Capital
Inc. hereby confirms its agreement with the Company to render services as, a “qualified independent
underwriter”, within the meaning of Section (f)(12) of NASD Rule 2720, as administered by the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), with respect to the offering and sale of
the Shares. Barclays Capital Inc., solely in its capacity as the qualified independent underwriter
and not otherwise, is referred to herein as the “QIU”. The QIU agrees that it will not be paid any
additional compensation by the Company in its capacity as such.
This is to confirm the agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the
Underwriters concerning the purchase of the Shares from the Selling Stockholders by the
Underwriters.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) Registration. The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration
statement (file number 333-169277) on Form S-1, including a related preliminary prospectus,
for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Shares. Such Registration
Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become
effective. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a related
preliminary prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company
will file with the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed,
such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules
thereunder and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the
Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest
Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be
included or made therein.
(b) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Registration Statement or Prospectus. Each
Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, 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. On the Effective
Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed (if required)
in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4 hereof) and
on any date on which Option Shares are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a
“settlement date”), the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on
the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will
not contain any untrue
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statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any
settlement date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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; each of the statements made by the Company in the Registration Statement and
in any Preliminary Prospectus provided to the Underwriters for use in connection with the
public offering of the Shares, and to be made in the Prospectus and any further amendments
or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus within the coverage of Rule
175(b) of the rules and regulations under the Act, including (but not limited to) any
statements with respect to projected results of operations, estimated available cash and
future cash distributions of the Partnership, estimated available cash and future cash
dividends of the Company and any statements made in support thereof or related thereto under
the heading “Our Dividend Policy”, was made or will be made with a reasonable basis and in
good faith; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or
warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement,
the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 10(c) hereof.
(c) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Disclosure Package. (i) The Disclosure Package,
when taken together as a whole, and (ii) each electronic road show when taken together as a
whole with the Disclosure Package, did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 10(c) hereof.
(d) Eligible Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time
(with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the
Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking
account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary
that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(e) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any
information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus. The foregoing sentence does not apply to
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statements in or omissions from
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on
behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 10(c)
hereof. The Company has not made any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Underwriters.
(f) Formation and Qualification. Each of the Targa Entities has been duly organized, formed or
incorporated and is validly existing as a general partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company or corporation, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction set forth opposite its name in Schedule V attached hereto with full
power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case
as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in all material respects. Each
of the Targa Entities is duly registered or qualified to do business as a foreign general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable,
and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such registration
or qualification, except where the failure to be so registered or qualified would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect”
shall mean a material adverse effect on the business or properties, earnings, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects, taken as a whole, of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not in the ordinary course of
business.
(g) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company have been, and will be on the Closing Date, duly authorized and validly issued, are,
and will be on the Closing Date, fully paid and non-assessable, conform to the description
thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and were issued in compliance
with federal and state securities laws and not in violation of any preemptive right, resale
right, right of first refusal or similar right. All of the Company’s options, warrants and
other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company’s capital
stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform to the
description thereof contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and were issued in
compliance with federal and state securities laws.
(h) Valid Issuance of the Shares. The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters hereunder have
been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and conform to
the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(i) No Preemptive Rights, Registration Rights or Options. Except for preemptive rights
identified in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and included in the Stockholders’
Agreement (as defined below), there are no (i) preemptive rights or other rights to
subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any equity
securities of the Company or (ii) outstanding options or warrants to
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purchase any securities
of the Company, in each case pursuant to any agreement or other instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound. Except for such rights that have
been waived or as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the filing
of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as contemplated by this
Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Shares or
other securities of the Company. The Company’s Amended and Restated Stockholders’
Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2005 (as amended or restated prior to the Closing Date,
the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) will have been terminated on or prior to the Closing
Date and such Stockholders’ Agreement shall be of no further force and effect for any period
beginning after the Closing Date.
(j) Ownership of Company Group Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding equity interests
of each Company Group Subsidiary (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the bylaws or the general partnership, limited partnership or limited
liability company agreements (collectively, the “Company Group Subsidiary Organizational
Agreements”) or the certificate of formation or conversion, certificate or articles of
incorporation, or other similar organizational document (in each case as in effect on the
date hereof and as the same may be amended or restated on or prior to the Closing Date)
(collectively with the Company Group Subsidiary Organizational Agreements, the “Company
Group Subsidiary Organizational Documents”), as applicable, of such Company Group
Subsidiary), are fully paid (in the case of an interest in a general partnership, limited
partnership or limited liability company, to the extent required under the Company Group
Subsidiary Organizational Documents of such Company Group Subsidiary) and nonassessable
(except (1) in the case of an interest in a Delaware general partnership, Delaware limited
partnership or Delaware limited liability company, as such nonassessability may be affected
by the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”) or Sections 18-607
and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, (2) in the case of an interest in a
general partnership, limited partnership or
limited liability company formed under the laws of another domestic state, as such
nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such state’s general partnership,
limited partnership or limited liability company statute, as applicable, and (3) in the case
of an interest in an entity formed under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, as such
nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such jurisdiction’s corporate,
partnership or limited liability company statute, if any, as applicable) and (ii) are owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security
interests, charges or other claims (“Liens”) other than those arising under that
certain Holdco Credit Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2007, by and among the Company and
the lenders named therein (as amended, the “Holdco Credit Agreement”), that certain
Credit Agreement dated January 5, 2010, by and among TRI Resources Inc. (formerly Targa
Resources, Inc.), a Delaware corporation, and the lenders named therein (the “TRI Credit
Agreement”) and the applicable Company Group Subsidiary Organizational Documents of such
Company Group Subsidiary.
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(k) Ownership of the General Partner Interest in the Partnership. Targa Resources GP LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), is the sole general
partner of the Partnership with a 2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership; such
general partner interest has been duly and validly authorized and issued in accordance with
the partnership agreement of the Partnership (as the same may be amended or restated at or
prior to the Closing Date, the “Partnership Agreement”); and the General Partner
owns such general partner interest free and clear of all Liens (except restrictions on
transferability and other Liens as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or
arising under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated July 19, 2010, by
and among the Partnership and the lenders named therein (the “Partnership Credit
Agreement”), or the TRI Credit Agreement).
(l) Ownership of the Sponsor Units. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, 11,645,659 Common
Units (the “Sponsor Units”); the Sponsor Units are owned free and clear of all Liens
(except restrictions on transferability and other Liens as described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or arising under the Holdco Credit Agreement or the TRI Credit
Agreement). For purposes hereof, “Common Units” shall mean common units
representing limited partner interests in the Partnership.
(m) Capitalization of the Partnership; Ownership of Incentive Distribution Rights. The issued
and outstanding limited partnership interests of the Partnership consist of 75,545,409
Common Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement); the General Partner owns 100% of the Incentive Distribution Rights; all of such
Common Units and Incentive Distribution Rights and the limited partner interests represented
thereby, including the Sponsor Units, have been duly and validly authorized and issued in
accordance with the Partnership Agreement, and are
fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the
Delaware LP Act); the General Partner owns the Incentive Distribution Rights free and clear
of all Liens (except restrictions on transferability and other Liens as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or arising under the TRI Credit Agreement).
(n) Power and Authority to Act as a General Partner. The General Partner has full power and
authority to act as general partner of the Partnership in all material respects as described
in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus. Targa Resources Operating GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “Operating GP”), has full power and authority to act
as general partner of Targa Resources Operating LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Operating Partnership”), in all material respects as described in the Disclosure
Package and Prospectus.
(o) Ownership of Partnership Material Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding equity
interests of each Partnership Material Subsidiary (i) have been duly authorized and validly
issued in accordance with the bylaws or the general partnership, limited partnership or
limited liability company agreements (collectively, the “Partnership Material Subsidiary
Organizational Agreements”) or the certificate of formation or conversion, certificate
or articles of incorporation, or other similar organizational document (in each case as in
effect on the date hereof and as the same may
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be amended or restated on or prior to the
Closing Date) (collectively with the Partnership Material Subsidiary Organizational
Agreements, the “Partnership Material Subsidiary Organizational Documents”), as
applicable, of such Partnership Material Subsidiary), are fully paid (in the case of an
interest in a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company, to the
extent required under the Partnership Material Subsidiary Organizational Documents of such
Partnership Material Subsidiary) and nonassessable (except (1) in the case of an interest in
a Delaware general partnership, Delaware limited partnership or Delaware limited liability
company, as such nonassessability may be affected by the Delaware Revised Uniform
Partnership Act, Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act or Sections 18-607 and
18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, (2) in the case of an interest in a general
partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company formed under the laws of
another domestic state, as such nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of
such state’s general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company statute,
as applicable, and (3) in the case of an interest in an entity formed under the laws of a
foreign jurisdiction, as such nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such
jurisdiction’s corporate, partnership or limited liability company statute, if any, as
applicable), other than equity interests that are not owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Partnership, and (ii) other than Cedar Bayou Fractionators, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“CBF”), Downstream Energy Ventures Co., L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (“DEV”), Versado Gas Processors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (“Versado”), Venice Energy Services Company, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (“XXXXX”), and Venice Gathering System, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (“VGS”) are owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Partnership, free and clear of all Liens, other than those arising under the
Partnership Credit Agreement. The Partnership owns, directly or indirectly, an 88% interest
in CBF, an 88% interest in DEV, a 63% interest in Versado, a 77% interest in XXXXX and a 77%
interest in VGS, in each case free and clear of all Liens except those arising under the
Partnership Credit Agreement and the applicable Partnership Material Subsidiary
Organizational Documents of such Partnership Material Subsidiary. The Partnership
Subsidiaries other than the Partnership Material Subsidiaries did not, individually or in
the aggregate, account for (x) more than 10% of the total assets of the Partnership and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as of September 30, 2010 or (y) more than 10% of the net
income of the Partnership and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for the nine months ended
September 30, 2010.
(p) No Other Subsidiaries. Other than the Company’s ownership of equity interests in the
entities listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement, the Company does not own, and
on the Closing Date and each settlement date will not own, directly or indirectly, any
equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association or other entity.
(q) Authority and Authorization. On or prior to the Closing Date and each settlement date, all
corporate action required to be taken by the Company for the authorization, sale and
delivery of the Shares, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been validly taken to the extent
required to be taken at such times.
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(r) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
(s) Enforceability of Certain Organizational Agreements. The bylaws or the general
partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company agreements and the certificate
of formation or conversion, certificate or articles of incorporation, or other similar
organizational document, as applicable, of each of the Targa Entities have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Targa Entities party thereto, and are valid and
legally binding agreements of such parties, enforceable against such parties in accordance
with their terms; provided, that, with respect to such agreements, the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); provided, further, that the
indemnity, contribution and exoneration provisions contained in any of such agreements may
be limited by applicable laws and public policy.
(t) No Conflicts. None of (i) the offering and sale by the Selling Stockholders of the Shares,
(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company or (iii) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (A) conflicts or will
conflict with, or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the bylaws or the general
partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company agreements and the certificate
of formation or conversion, certificate or articles of incorporation, or other similar
organizational document, as applicable, of the Targa Entities, (B) conflicts or will
conflict with, or constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or
an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which any Targa Entity is a party or by which any of them or any of their
respective properties may be bound, (C) violates or will violate any statute, law or
regulation or any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency
or body directed to a Targa Entity or any of their respective properties in a proceeding to
which any of them or any of their respective property is a party or (D) results or will
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Targa
Entities (other than Liens created pursuant to the Holdco Credit Agreement, the TRI Credit
Agreement or the Partnership Credit Agreement), which conflicts, breaches, violations,
defaults or Liens, in the case of clauses (B), (C) or (D), would reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the
ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(u) No Consents. No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification (“Permits”) of or with any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over any Targa Entity or any of their respective properties or assets is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company except (i) such Permits as may be required under the Act, the Exchange Act and state
securities or “Blue Sky” laws of any jurisdiction, (ii) such Permits as have been obtained
or will be obtained prior to the
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Closing Date, (iii) such Permits that, if not obtained,
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (iv) such Permits as are disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(v) No Defaults. None of the Targa Entities is in (i) violation of its bylaws or the general
partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company agreements and the certificate
of formation or conversion, certificate or articles of incorporation, or other similar
organizational document, as applicable, or of any statute, law, rule or regulation, or any
judgment, order, injunction or decree of any court, governmental agency or body or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Targa Entities or any of their respective properties
or assets or (ii) breach, default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute such an event) or violation in the performance of any obligation, agreement
or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties
may be bound, which in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) would, if continued, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Conformity of Shares to Description. The Shares conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(x) No Labor Dispute. No labor problem or dispute with any of the Targa Entities’ employees
exists or is threatened or imminent, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(y) Financial Statements. At September 30, 2010, the Company would have had, on the
consolidated pro forma basis indicated in the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement
thereto), a capitalization as set forth therein. The historical financial statements
(including the related notes and supporting schedules) included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) present fairly in all
material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the
entities purported to be shown thereby on the basis stated therein at the respective dates
or for the respective periods to which they apply and have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, except to the extent disclosed therein. The summary historical and pro forma
financial information set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) under the caption “Summary Historical and Pro Forma
Financial and Operating Data” and the selected historical and pro forma financial
information set forth under the caption “Selected Historical Financial and Operating Data”
is accurately presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the
audited and unaudited historical consolidated financial statements and pro forma financial
statements, as applicable, from which it has been derived. The pro forma financial
statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) have been prepared in all material respects in accordance
with the applicable accounting requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission; the assumptions used
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in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements
are, in the opinion of the management of the Company, reasonable; and the pro forma
adjustments reflected in such pro forma financial statements have been properly applied to
the historical amounts in compilation of such pro forma financial statements.
(z) Independent Public Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has certified certain financial statements of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and has delivered its reports with respect to the
audited consolidated financial statements in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is
an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the
meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(aa) Litigation. Except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there is (i) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or
governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened, to which a Targa Entity is or may be a party or to which the
business or property of any of the Targa Entities is or may be subject, (ii) to the
knowledge of the Company, no statute, rule, regulation or order that has been enacted,
adopted or issued by any governmental agency and (iii) no injunction, restraining order or
order of any nature issued by a Federal or state court or foreign court of competent
jurisdiction to which any of the Targa Entities is or may be subject, that, in the case of
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, prevent or result in the suspension of the
offering of the Shares or draw into question the validity of this Agreement.
(bb) Title to Properties. The Targa Entities have good and marketable title to all real property
and good title to all personal property described in the Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus as owned by the Targa Entities, free and clear of all Liens, except (i) as
described, and subject to limitations contained, in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, (ii) Liens that arise under the Holdco Credit Agreement, TRI Credit Agreement or
the Partnership Credit Agreement or (iii) to the extent the failure to have such title or
the existence of such Liens would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; provided that, with respect to any real property and buildings held under
lease by a Targa Entity, such real property and buildings are or will be held under valid
and subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not materially interfere
with the use of the properties of the Targa Entities taken as a whole as they have been used
in the past as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are proposed to be
used in the future as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except to the
extent the failure to hold such valid and subsisting and enforceable leases would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Rights-of-Way. The Targa Entities have such easements or rights-of-way (collectively,
“rights-of-way”) as are necessary to conduct their business in the manner described,
and subject to the limitations contained, in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
except for (i) qualifications, reservations and encumbrances that would not
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have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) such rights-of-way that,
if not obtained, would
not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii)
rights-of-way held by affiliates of the Company as nominee for the benefit of the Targa
Entities.
(dd) Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal
law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the sale by the Selling
Stockholders of the Shares.
(ee) Tax Returns. Each of the Targa Entities has filed all foreign, Federal, state and local tax
returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof, except in any
case in which the failure so to file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine
or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable,
except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good
faith or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as
set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ff) Insurance. The Targa Entities carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance relating
to their assets, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering
such risks as is commercially reasonable, and all such insurance is in full force and
effect. The Targa Entities have no reason to believe that they will not be able to (i)
renew their existing insurance coverage relating to their respective assets as and when such
policies expire or (ii) obtain comparable coverage relating to their respective assets from
similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct such business as now
conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(gg) Distribution Restrictions of Material Partnership Subsidiaries. No Material Partnership
Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any distributions to
the Partnership, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s equity interests,
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 (i) as described in or
contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii) arising under the
Partnership Credit Agreement, (iii) such prohibitions mandated by the laws of each such
Subsidiary’s state of formation and the terms of any such Subsidiary’s governing instruments
and (iv) where such prohibition would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(hh) Distribution Restrictions of the Partnership and Targa Parties. None of the Partnership nor any Targa Party (other than the Company) is currently
prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any distributions to the Company, from
making any other distribution on such entity’s equity interests, from repaying to the
Company any
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loans or advances to such entity from the Company or from transferring any of
such entity’s property or assets to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, except (i)
as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii) arising
under the Partnership Credit Agreement the TRI Credit Agreement or the Holdco Credit
Agreement, (iii) such prohibitions mandated by the laws of each such entity’s state of
formation and the terms of any such entity’s governing instruments and (iv) where such
prohibition would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Targa Entities possess such permits, licenses,
approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”)
issued by the appropriate Federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure so to possess
would not reasonably be expected to result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material
Adverse Effect; the Targa Entities are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not reasonably be
expected to result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the
Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of
such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force
and effect would not reasonably be expected to result, singly or in the aggregate, in a
Material Adverse Effect; and, except as described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Targa Entities have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj) Environmental Laws. Each of the Targa Entities (i) is in compliance with applicable
Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the prevention of pollution or
protection of the environment or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning any
Hazardous Materials (as defined below) (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received all
permits required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses as presently conducted, (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of
any such permits and (iv) does not have any liability in connection with the release into
the environment of any Hazardous Material, except where such noncompliance with
Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, failure to comply with the terms
and conditions of such permits or liability in connection with such releases would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
The term “Hazardous Material” means (A) any “hazardous substance” as defined in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended,
(B) any “hazardous waste” as defined in the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, (C) any petroleum or petroleum product, (D) any polychlorinated
biphenyl and (E) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical,
material, waste or substance regulated under or within the meaning of any applicable
Environmental Law. In the ordinary course of business, the Targa Entities periodically
review the effect of Environmental Laws on their business, operations and properties, in the
course of which they identify and evaluate costs and liabilities that are reasonably likely
to be incurred pursuant to such Environmental Laws
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(including, without limitation, any
capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance
with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such
review, the Targa Entities have reasonably concluded that such associated costs and
liabilities would not reasonably be expected to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
(kk) ERISA. On the Closing Date and each settlement date, each Targa Entity will be in
compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA)
has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which any of the
Targa Entities would have any liability, excluding any reportable event for which a waiver
could apply; none of the Targa Entities expects to incur liability under (i) Title IV of
ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii)
Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”). None of the Targa
Entities maintains a “pension plan.”
(ll) Description of Legal Proceedings and Contracts; Filing of Exhibits. There are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or
contemplated, against any of the Targa Entities, or to which any of the Targa Entities is a
party, or to which any of their properties or assets is subject, that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package that are not described as
required, and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package or
to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as
required by the Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
(mm) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002. On and after the Closing Date, the Company and the Partnership
each will be in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith
and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that are effective and
applicable to the Company and the Partnership, respectively.
(nn) Investment Company. None of the Targa Entities is, nor after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Shares will any of the Targa Entities be, an “investment company” or a
company “controlled by” an “investment company,” each as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(oo) Books and Records. Each Targa Entity maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets
is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
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compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Each
Targa Entity’s internal controls over financial reporting is effective and none of the Targa
Entities are aware of any material weakness in its internal control over financial
reporting.
(pp) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. (i) The Company has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures (to the extent required by and as such term is defined in
Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are
designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports filed or to be filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, as applicable, is
accumulated and communicated to management of the Company, including its principal executive
officers and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure to be made and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures
are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were
established to the extent required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(qq) Market Stabilization. None of the Targa Entities has taken, nor will any of them take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that would constitute or that might be
reasonably expected to result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security
of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(rr) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Targa Entities or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or of any Targa
Entity (in their capacity as directors, officers, agents or employees) is aware of or has
taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Persons
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder (collectively,
the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment,
promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift,
promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official
thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the
Targa Entities and, to the knowledge of the Company, their affiliates have conducted their
businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and
procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure,
continued compliance therewith.
(ss) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Targa Entities are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the U.S. PATRIOT Act, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”)
and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Targa
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Entities with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(tt) Office of Foreign Assets Control. None of the Targa Entities or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Targa Entities (in their
capacity as directors, officers, agents or employees) is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury (“OFAC”).
(uu) No Distribution of Other Offering Materials. None of the Targa Entities has distributed
and, prior to the later to occur of the Closing Date or any settlement date and completion
of the distribution of the Shares, will distribute any offering material in connection with
the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representatives have consented in accordance
with this Agreement, any other materials, if any, permitted by the Act, including Rule 134.
(vv) Listing on the NYSE. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Shares will have been approved to
be listed on the NYSE.
Any certificate signed by any officer of any of the Company and delivered to the
Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares
shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby,
to each Underwriter.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders
Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 2.
(a) Formation and Due Qualification of the Selling Stockholders. In the event that such Selling
Stockholder is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, such Selling
Stockholder has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing as a general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable,
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of its formation or incorporation.
(b) Free Writing Prospectuses. Such Selling Stockholder and any person acting on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder (other than, if applicable, the Company and the Underwriters) has not
used or referred to any Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Shares, other than a
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below).
(c) Title to Shares. Such Selling Stockholder has good and valid title to the Shares or the
Conversion Shares, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens, and immediately prior to
any settlement date on which such Selling Stockholder is selling Shares, such Selling
Stockholder will have, good and valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder hereunder on such settlement date, free and clear of all Liens.
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(d) Delivery of Shares. Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder,
delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or
such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”),
registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting by
book entry of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts (within the meaning of
Section 8-501(a) of Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York (the “New York
UCC”)) of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has
notice of any “adverse claim” (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York UCC) to
such Shares), (i) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of
Section 8-303 of the New York UCC, (ii) under Section 8-501 of the New York UCC, the
Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement (within the meaning of Section
8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC) in respect of such Shares, and (iii) under the provisions
of Section 8-502 of the New York UCC, no action based on an adverse claim to such Shares
(whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien or other theory)
may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security
entitlement. For purposes of this representation, such Selling Stockholder may assume that
when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (A) such Shares will have been registered
in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s
share registry in accordance with the Company’s bylaws and applicable law, (B) DTC will be
registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the New York
UCC and (C) appropriate book entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the
records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the New York UCC.
(e) Power of Attorney. Such Selling Stockholder (other than Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I,
a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, WP-WPVIII Investors LP, a Delaware
limited partnership, Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Ventures L.P. 2001, a Delaware limited partnership (together, the
“Sponsor Sellers”)) has duly and irrevocably executed and delivered a power of
attorney (the “Power of Attorney” and, together with all other similar agreements
executed by the other Selling Stockholders, the “Powers of Attorney”) appointing
Messrs. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx as attorneys-in-fact, with
full power of substitution, and with full authority (exercisable by any one or more of them)
to execute and deliver this Agreement and to take such other action as may be necessary or
desirable to carry out the provisions hereof on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(f) Authority of Selling Stockholders. Such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and
authority, corporate or otherwise, to enter into this Agreement and, if applicable, the
Power of Attorney. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Selling Stockholder. On each settlement date, such Selling Stockholder
will have all requisite power and authority to sell and deliver the Shares, in accordance
with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus. If such Selling Stockholder is a corporation, limited liability company
or limited partnership, on each settlement date, all corporate, limited liability company or
partnership action required to be taken by such Selling
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Stockholder or any of its
stockholders, members or partners for the sale and delivery of the Shares, the execution and
delivery by the Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been validly taken.
(g) Authorization of Power of Attorney. The Power of Attorney has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder (other than the Sponsor
Sellers) and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such Selling Stockholder
enforceable against such Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to (i)
the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) an implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing.
(h) No Conflicts. None of (i) the offering and sale by such Selling Stockholder of the Shares,
(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Selling Stockholder,
or (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (A) conflicts
or will conflict with, or constitutes or will constitute a violation of, the respective
provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Sponsor Sellers, as
applicable, (B) conflicts or will conflict with, or constitutes or will constitute a breach
or violation of or a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such a default) under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party, by
which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is
subject, (C) violates or will violate any statute, law or regulation or any order, judgment,
decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency or body directed to such Selling
Stockholder or any of its properties in a proceeding to which such Selling Stockholder or
any of its properties is a party, or (D) results or will result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder, which
conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or Liens, in the case of clauses (B), (C) or (D),
would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse
effect on such Selling Stockholder or materially impair the ability of such Selling
Stockholder to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(i) No Consents. No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification of or with any court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
such Selling Stockholder or any of its properties or assets is required in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Selling Stockholder, or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except (i) for such
permits, consents, approvals, registrations, filings and similar authorizations required
under the Act, the Exchange Act and blue sky laws of any jurisdiction, (ii) for such
consents and approvals that have been, or prior to the Closing Date will be, obtained, (iii)
for such consents that, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Selling Stockholder, and
(iv) as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(j) Market Stabilization. Such Selling Stockholder or, to the knowledge of such Selling
Stockholders, any of its affiliates has not taken and will not take, directly or
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indirectly,
any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
Any certificate signed by or on behalf of a Selling Stockholder and delivered to the
Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall
be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder, as to matters covered thereby,
to each Underwriter.
3. Purchase and Sale.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, each Selling Stockholder agrees to sell the number of Firm
Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule II hereto, severally and not jointly,
to the several Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees
to purchase the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite that Underwriter’s name in
Schedule I hereto. Each Underwriter shall be obligated to purchase from each
Selling Stockholder, that number of Firm Shares that represents the same proportion of the
number of Firm Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as the number of Firm Shares
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I represents of the
total number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement. The respective purchase obligations of the Underwriters with respect to the Firm
Shares shall be rounded among the Underwriters to avoid fractional shares, as the
Representatives may determine. The price of both the Firm Shares and any Option Shares
purchased by the Underwriters shall be $20.79 per share
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, the Sponsor Sellers grant to the Underwriters an option to
purchase up to the number of Option Shares set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder’s
name in Schedule II hereto, severally and not jointly, on the same terms and
conditions as the Firm Shares. Such options are exercisable in the event that the
Underwriters sell more shares of Common Stock than the number of Firm Shares in the offering
and as set forth in Section 4 hereof. Any such election to purchase Option Shares shall be
made in proportion to the maximum number of Option Shares to be sold by each Sponsor Seller
as set forth in Schedule II hereto. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase the number of Option Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate
fractional shares as the Representatives may determine) that bears the same proportion to
the total number of Option Shares to be sold on such Delivery Date as the number of Firm
Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to
the total number of Firm Shares.
4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Firm Shares, and, if the option
provided for in Section 3(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Option Shares, shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City
time, on December 10, 2010, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days
after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate,
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which date and time may be
postponed by agreement among the Representatives, the Selling Stockholders and the Company or as
provided in Section 11 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Shares being
herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Firm Shares shall be made to the
Representatives for
the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters
through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of each Selling
Stockholder or the Custodian, as applicable, by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to accounts
specified by each Selling Stockholder or the Custodian, as applicable. Time shall be of the
essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further
condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. Delivery of the Firm Shares shall be
made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall
otherwise instruct.
The options granted in Section 3(b) will expire 30 days after the date of this Agreement and
may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by written notice being given to the Company
and the Sponsor Sellers by the Representatives; provided, that if such date falls on a day
that is not a business day, the options granted in Section 3(b) will expire on the next succeeding
business day. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the
options are being exercised, the names in which the Option Shares are to be registered, the
denominations in which the Option Shares are to be issued and the date and time, as determined by
the Representatives, when the Option Shares are to be delivered; provided, however,
that this date and time shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor earlier than the second
business day after the date on which the options shall have been exercised (provided that such
requirement shall not apply to the exercise of the options prior to the Closing Date) nor later
than the fifth business day after the date on which the options shall have been exercised.
If the option provided for in Section 3(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Closing Date, delivery of the Option Shares by the Sponsor Sellers and
payment for the Option Shares by the several Underwriters through the Representatives shall be made
at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date specified in the corresponding notice described in
the preceding paragraph or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between
the Representatives, the Company and the Sponsor Sellers. Delivery of the Option Shares shall be
made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment
by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon
the order of the Sponsor Sellers by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to accounts specified
by the Sponsor Sellers. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified
pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder.
Delivery of the Option Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. The obligation of the Underwriters to
purchase the Option Shares shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions,
certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters
delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
5. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer
the Shares for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
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6. Additional Covenants. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Preparation of Prospectus and Registration Statement. Prior to the termination of the
offering of the Shares, the Company will not file any (i) amendment of the Registration
Statement, (ii) supplement to the Prospectus or (iii) Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
unless the Company has furnished the Representatives a copy for their review prior to filing
and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives
reasonably object, unless the Company shall have determined based upon the advice of counsel
that such amendment, supplement or filing is required by law. The Company will cause the
Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by
the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b)
within the time period prescribed. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i)
when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall
have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the
Shares, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become
effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the
Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to
the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice
objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose
and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or
objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or
notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or
relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to
the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its commercially
reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared
effective as soon as practicable.
(b) Amendment or Supplement of Disclosure Package and Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. If, at
any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as
a result of which (i) the Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
at such time not misleading or (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with
the information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will (A) notify
promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package or the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (B)
amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the
case may be, to correct such
statement, omission or conflict; and (C) supply any amendment or supplement to the
Representatives in such quantities as they may reasonably request.
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(c) Amendment of Registration Statement or Supplement of Prospectus. If, at any time when a
prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Act (including in
circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event
occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the
circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the
Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Prospectus to
comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (i) notify the
Representatives of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the
second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 6, an amendment or supplement which will
correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any
supplemented Prospectus to the Representatives in such quantities as it may reasonably
request.
(d) Reports to Stockholders. The Company will make generally available to its stockholders and
to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries which will satisfy, on a timely basis, the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(e) Signed Copies of the Registration Statement and Copies of the Prospectus. The Company will
furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, upon request and without
charge, one copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each
other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so
long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act
(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172),
as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(f) Qualification of Shares. The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of
the Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution of the Shares; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated
to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take
any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising
out of the offering or sale of the Shares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
subject.
(g) Lock-Up Period. The Company will not, without the prior written consent of Barclays Capital Inc., offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge, 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)
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 other shares of the Company
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or any securities
convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of the Company’s Common Stock
(other than the sale of the Shares and the reorganization transactions described in the
Preliminary Prospectus); or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction,
for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (such 180-day
restricted period, as the same may be extended as provided for herein, the “Lock-Up
Period”), provided, however, that (i) the Company may issue and sell
shares of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to any employee benefit plan of the Company in
effect on or prior to the Execution Time, (ii) the Company may issue shares of the Company’s
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants
outstanding at the Execution Time and (iii) the Company may file a registration statement on
Form S-8 relating to any employee benefit plan of the Company in effect on or prior to the
Execution Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the
180-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or announces material news
or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (ii) prior to the expiration of the
180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results
during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions
imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news
or the occurrence of the material event. The Company will provide Barclays Capital Inc. and
each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up letters described
in this Section 6(g) with prior notice of any such announcement or occurrence that gives
rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(h) Price Manipulation. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in,
under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(i) Expenses. The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following
matters: (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 Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing 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 Prospectus
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them,
as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and
sale of the Shares; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication and delivery of
certificates for the Shares, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the
sale of the Shares; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any
blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and
delivered in connection with the offering of the Shares; (v) the registration of the Shares
under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Shares on the NYSE; (vi) any registration or
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the
several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for
the Underwriters relating to such registration
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and qualification); (vii) any filing fees in
connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority; (viii) the delivery and distribution of the Powers of Attorney, (ix) the
transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in
connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares; (x) the fees and
expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local
and special counsel) for the Company; (xii) the fees and expenses of the QIU, if any; and
(xiii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder.
It is understood, however, that except as otherwise provided in this Section 6 or in
Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters will pay will pay 50% of the cost of any aircraft
chartered in connection with the roadshow and all of their own costs and expenses, including
the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on any resale of the Shares by any Underwriter,
any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make and the transportation and
other expenses incurred by the Underwriters on their own behalf in connection with
presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares.
(j) Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained
the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not
jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may
be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would
otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be
filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433;
provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to
have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III
hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the
Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may
be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) it
has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433
applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing
with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
7. Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder (in the case of Section
7(a) below, the Sponsor Sellers only), severally and not jointly, agrees that:
(a) Lock-Up Period. During the Lock-Up Period, the Sponsor Sellers will not, without the
prior written consent of Barclays Capital Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, 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 such Selling Stockholder,
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
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of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any
securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of the Company’s
Common Stock (other than the Shares), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such
transaction; provided, however, that the restrictions contained in this paragraph shall not
apply to the transfer of Shares to a controlled affiliate, provided that the transferee
agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Section 7(a).
(b) Free Writing Prospectuses. Such Selling Stockholder will not use or refer to, or
permit any person acting on its behalf (other than, if applicable, the Company and the
Underwriters) to use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Shares, other
than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
(c) Price Manipulation. Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Shares.
(d) Form W-9 . Such Selling Stockholder shall deliver to the Representatives prior to
the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form
W-9 or other applicable form.
8. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares and the Option Shares, as the case may be, shall be
subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement
date pursuant to Section 4 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following
additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and
within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission
within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to
its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the
Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) Formation and Qualification. Each of the Targa Entities (other
than GCF, Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade, a Delaware general partnership,
and Targa Canada Liquids Inc., a British Columbia corporation (“Targa
Canada”)) has been duly incorporated, formed or
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organized, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a limited
partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, and is
in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation
or incorporation with full power and authority necessary to own or lease its
properties and to conduct its business, in each case, as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in all material respects.
(ii) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as
set forth in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been, and will be on
the Closing Date, duly authorized and validly issued, are, and will be on
the Closing Date, fully paid and non-assessable, conform to the description
thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(iii) No Preemptive Rights, Registration Rights or Options. Except
for preemptive rights identified in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights or
other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the
voting or transfer of, any equity securities of the Company, in each case
pursuant to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any
agreement or instrument listed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement,
in either case to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound.
Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of
the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or
relating to the registration of any Shares or other securities of the
Company pursuant to any agreements or instruments listed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement other than as described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus or as have been waived.
(iv) Ownership of the General Partner. The Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the
General Partner; such membership interests have been duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the GP LLC Agreement, and are fully paid
(to the extent required by the GP LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except
as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of
the Delaware LLC Act); and the Company owns, directly or indirectly, such
membership interests free and clear of all Liens (other than (a) those
created by or arising under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b)
restrictions on transferability and other Liens described in the Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus or the GP LLC Agreement, (c) those arising under the
Holdco Credit Agreement or the TRI Credit Agreement and (d) those imposed by
the Act and the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of certain jurisdictions) (i)
in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State of Delaware naming a Targa Party as debtor is on file as of a
recent date in the office of
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the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to
such counsel, without independent investigation.
(v) Ownership of the General Partner Interest in the Partnership. The
General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2.0%
general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner interest
has been duly and validly authorized and issued in accordance with the
Partnership Agreement; and the General Partner owns such general partner
interest free and clear of all Liens (other than (a) those created by or
arising under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) restrictions on
transferability and other Liens described in the Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus or the Partnership Agreement, (c) those arising under the TRI
Credit Agreement and (d) those imposed by the Act and the securities or
“Blue Sky” laws of certain jurisdictions) (i) in respect of which a
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of
Delaware naming the General Partner as debtor is on file as of a recent date
in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (ii)
otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation.
(vi) Ownership of the Sponsor Units. The Company owns, directly or
indirectly, 11,645,659 Common Units free and clear of all Liens (other than
(a) those created by or arising under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b)
restrictions on transferability and other Liens described in the Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, (c) those arising under the Holdco Credit
Agreement or the TRI Credit Agreement and (d) those imposed by the Act and
the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of certain jurisdictions) (i) in respect
of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of Delaware naming a Targa Party as debtor is on file as of a recent
date in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or
(ii) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation.
(vii) Capitalization of the Partnership; Ownership of Incentive
Distribution Rights.
As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding limited partnership
interests of the Partnership consist of 75,545,409 Common Units and the
Incentive Distribution Rights; the General Partner owns 100% of the
Incentive Distribution Rights; all of such Common Units and Incentive
Distribution Rights and the limited partner interests represented thereby,
including the Sponsor Units, have been duly and validly authorized and
issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, and are fully paid (to
the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and
17-804 of the Delaware LP Act); and the General Partner owns the Incentive
Distribution Rights free and clear of all Liens (other than (a) those
created by or arising under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b)
restrictions on transferability and other Liens
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described in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the Partnership
Agreement, (c) those arising under the TRI Credit Agreement and (d) those
imposed by the Act and the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of certain
jurisdictions) (i) in respect of which a financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner
as debtor is on file as of a recent date in the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware or (ii) otherwise known to such counsel,
without independent investigation.
(viii) Power and Authority to Act as a General Partner. The General
Partner has full limited liability company power and authority to act as
general partner of the Partnership in all material respects as described in
the Disclosure Package and Prospectus. The Operating GP has full limited
liability company power and authority to act as general partner of the
Operating Partnership in all material respects as described in the
Disclosure Package and Prospectus.
(ix) Ownership of Partnership Material Subsidiaries. All of the
issued and outstanding equity interests (other than general partner
interests) of each Partnership Material Subsidiary (other than CBF, DEV and
Targa Canada) (a) have been duly authorized and validly issued (in
accordance with the Organizational Documents of such Partnership Material
Subsidiary), are fully paid (in the case of an interest in a limited
partnership or limited liability company, to the extent required under the
Organizational Documents of such Partnership Material Subsidiary) and
nonassessable (except (i) in the case of an interest in a Delaware limited
partnership or Delaware limited liability company, as such nonassessability
may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act or
Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, (ii) in
the case of an interest in a limited partnership or limited liability
company formed under the laws of another domestic state, as such
nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such
state’s limited partnership or limited liability company statute, as
applicable) and (b) are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership,
free and clear of all Liens (other than (i) those created by or arising
under the corporate, limited liability company or partnership laws of the
jurisdiction of formation or incorporation of the respective Material
Subsidiary, as the case may be; (ii) restrictions on transferability and
other Liens described in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the
Organizational Documents; (iii) those arising under the Partnership Credit
Agreement; and (iv) those imposed by the Act and the securities or “Blue
Sky” laws of certain jurisdictions) (A) in respect of which a financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the States of Delaware or
Texas naming the Partnership as debtor or, in the case of equity interests
of a Partnership Material Subsidiary owned directly by one or more other
Partnership Material Subsidiary, naming any such other Material Subsidiary
as debtor(s), is on file as of a recent date in the office
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of the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware or Texas or (B)
otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation.
(x) Authority and Authorization. On or prior to the Closing Date, all
corporate action required to be taken by the Company for the sale and
delivery of the Shares, the execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement to be completed have been validly taken to the extent required to
be taken as of the date hereof.
(xi) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
(xii) Enforceability of Certain Organizational Agreements. The bylaws
or the general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company
agreements and the certificate of formation or conversion, certificate or
articles of incorporation, or other similar organizational document, as
applicable, of the Targa Entities (other than Targa Canada) have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Targa Entities (other than Targa
Canada), if applicable, and are valid and legally binding agreements of the
Targa Entities (other than Targa Canada), as applicable, enforceable against
the Targa Entities (other than Targa Canada), as applicable, in accordance
with their terms; provided that, with respect to each of such agreements,
the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to
or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at
law) and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary
duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.
(xiii) No Conflicts. None of (i) the offering and sale by the Company
of the Shares, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company, or (iii) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (A) constitutes or will constitute a
violation of the bylaws or the general partnership, limited partnership or
limited liability company agreements and the certificate of formation or
conversion, certificate or articles of incorporation, or other similar
organizational document, as applicable, of the Targa Entities (other than
Targa Canada), (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under any
agreement or other instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or any document incorporated by reference therein or the Holdco
Credit Agreement or the TRI Credit Agreement, (C) violates or will violate
the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL, the laws of the State
of Texas or Federal law, (D) violates or will violate any
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order, judgment,
decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency or other authority
known to such counsel having jurisdiction over the Targa Entities (other
than Targa Canada) or any of their properties or assets in a proceeding to
which any of them or their property is a party or (E) results or will result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien pursuant to any agreement filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any document incorporated by
reference therein upon any property or assets of the Targa Entities (other
than Targa Canada) (other than Liens created pursuant to the Holdco Credit
Agreement, the TRI Credit Agreement or the Partnership credit Agreement),
which conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or Liens, in the case of
clauses (B), (C), (D) or (E), would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Company to consummate the transactions provided for in this Agreement;
provided, however, that no opinion need be expressed pursuant to this
paragraph with respect to Federal or state securities laws and other
anti-fraud laws.
(xiv) No Consents. No permit, consent, approval, authorization,
order, registration, filing or qualification under the Delaware LP Act, the
Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL, Texas law or Federal law is required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
the Company, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement except (i) for such permits, consents, approvals and similar
authorizations required under the Act, the Exchange Act, and state
securities or “Blue
Sky” laws, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion, (ii)
for such consents which have been obtained or made, (iii) for such consents
which, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iv) as
disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xv) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement has become effective under the Act; any required filing of the
Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been
made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); to
the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
threatened.
(xvi) Form of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration
Statement, on the Effective Date, and the Prospectus, when filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, were, on their
face, appropriately responsive, in all material respects, to the
requirements of the Act, except that in each case such counsel need express
no opinion with respect to the financial statements or other
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financial and
statistical data contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus.
(xvii) Description of Common Stock. The statements included in the
Registration Statement and Preliminary Prospectus under the captions
“Summary—The Offering,” “Summary—Comparison of Rights of Our Common Stock
and the Partnership’s Common Units,” “Description of Our Capital Stock,” and
“Material Provisions of the Partnership’s Partnership Agreement,” insofar as
they purport to constitute summaries of the terms of the Common Stock
(including the Shares) of the Company or the partnership interests in the
Partnership, are accurate summaries of the terms of such Common Stock of the
Company and the partnership interests in the Partnership in all material
respects.
(xviii) Descriptions and Summaries. The statements included in the
Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package under the captions “Our
Dividend Policy” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the
Prospectus insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the terms of
Federal or Texas statutes, rules or regulations or the Delaware LP Act, the
Delaware LLC Act or the DGCL, any legal and governmental proceedings or any
contracts, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such statutes,
rules and regulations, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts
in all material respects.
(xix) Tax Opinion. The opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. that is
filed as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement is confirmed and the
Underwriters may rely upon such opinion as if it were addressed to them.
(xx) Investment Company. The Company is not an “investment company”
as defined in the Investment Company Act.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (i) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Targa Entities and upon information obtained from
public officials, (ii) assume that all documents submitted to such counsel as originals are
authentic, that all copies submitted to such counsel conform to the originals thereof, and that the
signatures on all documents examined by such counsel are genuine, (iii) state that its opinion is
limited to matters governed by federal law and the Delaware LP Act, Delaware LLC Act and the DGCL
and the laws of the State of Texas, (iv) with respect to the opinions expressed as to the due
qualification or registration as a foreign limited partnership or limited liability company, as the
case may be, of the Targa Entities, state that such opinions are based upon certificates of foreign
qualification or registration provided by the Secretary of State of the States listed on an annex
to be attached to such counsel’s opinion (each of which shall be dated as of a date not more than
fourteen days prior to the Closing Date and shall be provided to counsel to the Underwriters) and
(v) state that they express no opinion with respect to (A) any permits to own or operate any real
or personal property or (B) state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any of the limited
partners of the Partnership or any of the Targa Entities may be subject. Such counsel
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may exclude
any non-wholly-owned entities from its opinion regarding ownership of Material Subsidiaries.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Company, the independent public accountants of the Company and
your representatives, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel has not
independently verified, is not passing upon, and is not assuming any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in, the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except to the extent specified in the foregoing opinion),
based on the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that lead such counsel to
believe that:
(A) the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, 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,
(B) the Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or
(C) the Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
it being understood that such counsel expresses no statement or belief with respect to (i) the
financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the
auditor’s report thereon, or any other financial and accounting information, included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, and (ii) representations and
warranties and other statements of fact included in the exhibits to the Registration Statement.
(c) Each Sponsor Seller (other than Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V.
I), as applicable, shall have requested and caused its respective counsel to have furnished
to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) Formation and Due Qualification of Sponsor Seller. The Sponsor
Seller is validly existing as a general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of its formation or incorporation.
(ii) Title to Shares. Immediately prior to the Closing Date, the
Sponsor Seller was the sole registered owner of the Shares, free and clear
of all Liens (except as described in the Disclosure Package) in respect of
which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the
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State
of Delaware naming the Sponsor Seller as debtor is on file with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(iii) Delivery of Shares. Upon the payment for the Shares to be sold
by the Sponsor Seller, the delivery of such Shares, as directed by the
Underwriters, to Cede or such other nominee as may be designated by DTC, the
registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and
the crediting by book entry of such Shares on the books of DTC to
“securities accounts” (within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the New
York UCC) of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any Underwriter
has notice of any “adverse claim” (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of
the New York UCC) to such Shares) (i) under Section 8-501 of the New York
UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a “security entitlement” (within the
meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC) in respect of such
Shares and (ii) under the provisions of Section 8-502 of the New York UCC,
no action based on an adverse claim to such Shares (whether framed in
conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien or other theory)
may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such “security
entitlement”. In giving this opinion, counsel for the Selling Shareholder
may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (A) such
Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee
designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in
accordance with the Company’s bylaws and applicable law, (B) DTC will be
registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102
of the New York UCC and (C) appropriate book entries to the accounts of the
several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to
the New York UCC.
(iv) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Sponsor
Seller.
(v) No Conflicts. None of the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Sponsor Seller (i) constitutes or will constitute a
violation of the organizational documents of the Sponsor Seller, if
applicable, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of or
a default under (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute such a breach or violation of or default under), any
agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any document
incorporated by reference therein to which the Sponsor Seller is a party or
(iii) violates or will violate the Delaware LP Act, the laws of the States
of Texas or New York or Federal law, excluding in the case of clauses (ii)
and (iii) any such breaches, violations and defaults that would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Sponsor
Seller or materially impair the ability of the Sponsor Seller to consummate
the transactions provided for in this Agreement; provided,
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however, that no
opinion is expressed pursuant to this paragraph (v) with respect to federal
or state securities laws or other anti-fraud laws.
(vi) No Consents. No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration, filing or qualification under the Delaware LP Act, Texas law,
New York law or Federal law is required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Sponsor Seller, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i)
for such permits, consents, approvals and similar authorizations
required under the Act, the Exchange Act and state securities or “Blue
Sky” laws, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion, (ii) for
such consents which have been obtained or made, (iii) for such consents
which, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Sponsor
Seller or (iv) as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
In addition, Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I shall have requested and
caused its respective counsel to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, covering paragraphs (ii), (iii), (v)(ii), (v)(iii)
and (vi) above, and assuming that the statements in paragraphs (i) and (iv) above are accurate. In
rendering such opinion, such counsel may (i) rely in respect of matters of fact upon certificates
of officers and employees of the Sponsor Seller and upon information obtained from public
officials, (ii) assume that all documents submitted to such counsel as originals are authentic,
that all copies submitted to such counsel conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures
on all documents examined by such counsel are genuine, and (iii) state that its opinion is limited
to matters governed by federal law and the Delaware LP Act, Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL, the laws of
the States of Texas and New York, as applicable.
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the
Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, with respect to the sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related
matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished
to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon
such matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the
Company, signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such
certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in
connection with the offering of the Shares, and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as
if made on the Closing Date and the Company has
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complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no
Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(f) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate
of such Selling Stockholder, signed by, or on behalf of, such Selling Stockholder, dated the
Closing Date, stating that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in
Section 2 hereof are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as
if made on the Closing Date, and that such Selling Stockholder has complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or
prior to the Closing Date.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing
Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use
a “cut off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i)
any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (g) of
this Section 8 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the
Targa Entities taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in
the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the
Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
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(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have
furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the
Representatives may reasonably request.
(j) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the
rating of any of the Targa Entities’ 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 any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(k) The Shares shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the
NYSE, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Representatives.
(l) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each executive officer and
director of the Company set forth on Schedule VI hereto.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere
in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives
and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder
may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Company and the Selling Stockholders in writing or by
telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 8 shall be delivered at the office of
Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, on the
Closing Date.
9. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the Shares provided for
herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in
Section 8 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 12(i) hereof or
because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Selling Stockholders
to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a
default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through
Barclays Capital Inc. on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the
proposed purchase and sale of the Shares.
10. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors,
officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter, affiliates of any Underwriter who have
participated in the distribution of the Shares as underwriters, and each person who controls
any Underwriter or any such affiliate within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, joint or several,
to which they or any of them may become subject under the
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Act, the Exchange Act or other
Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or
in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified
party, as incurred, for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating,
preparing for or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of or is based
upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any
of the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each
Underwriter, affiliates of any Underwriter who have participated in the distribution of the
Shares as underwriters, and each person who controls any Underwriter or any such affiliate
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims,
damages, expenses or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become
subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as
incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating, preparing for or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that each Selling Stockholder shall be liable in any such
case only to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out
of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
concerning such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the
information appearing in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption
“Security Ownership of Management and Selling Stockholders.” The liability of each Selling
Stockholder under the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph shall be limited to an
amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds received by such Selling Stockholder, after
deducting
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underwriting fees and commissions but before deducting expenses, from the offering
of the Shares purchased under this Agreement. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which each Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.
(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of the Company’s directors and officers who sign the Registration
Statement, the Selling Stockholders, each of the Selling Stockholder’s directors, officers
and managers, as applicable, and each person who controls the Company or any Selling
Stockholder within the meaning of either the Act or the
Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the
Selling Stockholders to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information
relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the
foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and each Selling Stockholder acknowledge
that the following statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Underwriting”
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several
Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus: (i) in the first sentence of the fifth paragraph, (ii) the three
paragraphs under the subheading “Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids,” (iii) the
first paragraph under the subheading “Electronic Distribution” and (iv) the only paragraph
under the subheading “Discretionary Sales.”
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 10, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) above unless
and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not,
in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party
other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) above. The
indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice
at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for
which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter
be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified
party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such
counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an
action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including
local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and
expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party
to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest,
(ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties
which are different from or
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additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii)
the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice
of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the
indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties,
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or
threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to
such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such
claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section 10 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any
reason, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters severally agree to
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same)
(collectively “Losses”) to which the Company, the Selling Stockholders or one or
more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company and Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and by
the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Shares; provided, however,
that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among
underwriters relating to the offering of the Shares) be responsible for any amount in excess
of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Shares purchased by such
Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is
unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters
severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on
the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be
deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (after deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Selling
Stockholders, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the
total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of
the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company and
the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other, the intent of
the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined
by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
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paragraph (e), 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. For purposes of this Section 10, each person
who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and
each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company or the Selling
Stockholders within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the
Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement, each director of the Company, and
each officer or director of the Selling Stockholders, as applicable,
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Selling Stockholders,
subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (e) to collect
such amounts from the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except in the event that the
Company or the Selling Stockholders commence or become subject to any bankruptcy,
liquidation, reorganization, moratorium or other proceeding providing protection from
creditors generally.
(f) Without limitation and in addition to their obligations under the other subsections
of this Section 10, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the QIU, its officers
and employees and each person, if any, who controls the QIU within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or
liabilities, as incurred, arising out of or based upon the QIU’s acting as a “qualified
independent underwriter” (within the meaning of NASD Rule 2720) in connection with the
offering contemplated by this Agreement, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified
person for any legal or other expense reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the QIU.
11. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to
purchase and pay for any of the Shares agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters
hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or
their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to
take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the number of Shares set forth opposite
their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of Shares set forth opposite the
names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate
number of Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase
shall exceed 10% of the aggregate number of Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining
Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to
purchase any, of the Shares, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Shares,
this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter, the Company or
the Selling Stockholders. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this
Section 11, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days,
as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or
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arrangements may be effected. Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to
the Company, the Selling Stockholders and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by
its default hereunder.
12. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute
discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment
for the Shares, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Company’s
Shares or the Partnership’s Common Units shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE,
(ii) trading in securities generally on the NYSE shall have been
suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (iii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or a
material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the
United States 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 calamity or crisis the
effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the
Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares
as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Selling Stockholders, the
Company or their respective 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, the QIU, the Selling Stockholders or the Company or any of the officers,
directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 10 hereof, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. The provisions of Sections 9 and 10 hereof shall
survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
14. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the
Barclays Capital Inc. (fax no.: 000-000-0000) at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000,
Attention: Syndicate Registration, with a copy in case of any notice pursuant to Section 10 to the
Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Barclays Capital Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; or, if sent to the Company or a Selling Stockholder, will be mailed,
delivered or telefaxed to Targa Resources Corp. and confirmed to it at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, attention of Xxxx X. Xxxxx, General Counsel (fax no. 000.000.0000) with a
copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, attention of
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx (fax no. 000.000.0000).
15. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
controlling persons referred to in Section 10 hereof, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
16. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby acknowledge
that (a) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and
any affiliate through which they may be acting, on the other, (b) the
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Underwriters are acting as
principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and (c) the
Company’s and Selling Stockholder’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering
and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other
capacity. Furthermore, each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that it is solely
responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether
any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Selling
Stockholders on related or other matters). Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree
that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or
respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty
to the Company or Selling Stockholders, in connection with such transaction or the process
leading thereto.
17. Research Analyst Independence. The Company and the Selling Stockholders
acknowledge that the Underwriters’ research analysts and research departments are required to be
independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain
regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and
make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the
Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking
divisions. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby waive and release, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Selling Stockholders may have against
the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the
views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different
from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company or the Selling
Stockholders by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Company and the Selling
Stockholder acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as
such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own
account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity
securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
18. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
(whether written or oral) among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters, or any
of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
19. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any
kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement, directly or
indirectly, will 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.
20. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby
irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by
jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
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22. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
23. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
meanings indicated.
“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Applicable Time” means 5:30 P.M. (Eastern time) on December 6, 2010 or such other
time as agreed by the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Representative.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday
or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to
close in New York City.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus that is generally
distributed to investors and used to offer the Shares, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses,
if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, and the price to the public, the number of Firm
Shares and the number of Option Shares to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, and
(iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in
writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or
becomes effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
delivered by the parties hereto.
“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule
405.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as
defined in Rule 433.
“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in
paragraph 1(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the
Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.
“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus relating to the Shares that is first filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.
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“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in
paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement
relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of
such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the
event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes
effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or
such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule
405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430A”, “Rule 433” and
“Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.
“Rule 430A Information” shall mean information with respect to the Shares and the
offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective
pursuant to Rule 430A.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any
amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the
registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
[Signature page follows]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign
and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several
Underwriters.
Very truly yours, Targa Resources Corp. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. |
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By: | Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, | |||
its General Partner | ||||
By: | Warburg Pincus & Co., | |||
its Managing Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Partner | |||
Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I |
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By: | Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, | |||
its General Partner | ||||
By: | Warburg Pincus & Co., | |||
its Managing Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Partner | |||
WP-WPVIII
Investors, L.P. |
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By: | Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, | |||
its General Partner | ||||
By: | Warburg Pincus & Co., | |||
its Managing Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Partner |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX,
L.P. |
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By: | Warburg Pincus IX LLC, | |||
its General Partner | ||||
By: | Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, | |||
its Sole Member | ||||
By: | Warburg Pincus & Co., | |||
its Managing Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Partner |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Ventures L.P. 2001 |
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By: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Ventures, LLC, | |||
its General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | President |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxx X. Xxxxxxx Xxxx X. Xxxx |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Attorney-in-Fact |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. Barclays Capital Inc. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. For themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto Barclays Capital Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||||||||
Authorized Representative | |||||||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||||
Authorized Representative | |||||||||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||||
Authorized Representative | |||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||||
Authorized Representative | |||||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Authorized Representative | Authorized Representative | ||||||||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
Underwriters | Number of Firm Shares | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
3,275,001 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
2,292,500 | |||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
1,965,000 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
1,965,000 | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
1,228,125 | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
900,625 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
900,625 | |||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
900,625 | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. |
736,875 | |||
RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
736,875 | |||
UBS Securities LLC |
736,875 | |||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
368,437 | |||
ING Financial Markets LLC |
368,437 | |||
Total |
16,375,000 | |||
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SCHEDULE II
Selling Stockholders
Number of Firm | Number of | |||||||
Name of Selling Stockholder | Shares | Option Shares | ||||||
Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. |
9,252,384 | 1,399,717 | ||||||
Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I |
268,185 | 40,571 | ||||||
WP-WPVIII Investors LP |
26,827 | 4,058 | ||||||
Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. |
5,364,609 | 811,567 | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Ventures L.P. 2001 |
1,324,268 | 200,337 | ||||||
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
7,744 | — | ||||||
Xxx X. Xxxxxxx |
128,820 | — | ||||||
Xxxx X. Xxxx |
2,163 | — | ||||||
Total |
16,375,000 | 2,456,250 | ||||||
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SCHEDULE III
Free Writing Prospectuses
NONE
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SCHEDULE IV-A
Partnership Subsidiaries
Jurisdiction of | ||||
Name | Formation | Entity Type | ||
Targa Resources Operating GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Operating LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation
|
Delaware | Corp | ||
Targa North Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa North Texas LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Intrastate Pipeline LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Texas Field Services LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Louisiana Field Services LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Louisiana Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa LSNG GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa LSNG LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Downstream GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Downstream LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Sparta LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Canada Liquids Inc.
|
British Columbia, Canada | Corp | ||
Midstream Barge Company LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Retail Electric LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa NGL Pipeline Company LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Transport LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Co-Generation LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Liquids GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade
|
Delaware | GP | ||
Targa MLP Capital LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Downstream Energy Ventures Co., L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Cedar Bayou Fractionators, L.P.
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Gas Marketing LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Permian Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Permian LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Straddle GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Straddle LP
|
Delaware | XX | ||
Xxxxxx Petroleum Company LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Versado GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Versado LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Versado Gas Processors, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Capital LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Venice Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
DEVCO Holdings LLC
|
Delaware | LLC |
IV-A-I
SCHEDULE IV-B
Partnership Material Subsidiaries
Jurisdiction of | ||||
Name | Formation | Entity Type | ||
Targa Resources Operating GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Operating LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa North Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa North Texas LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Resources Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Texas Field Services LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Louisiana Field Services LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Downstream GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Downstream LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa MLP Capital LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Downstream Energy Ventures Co., L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Midstream Barge Company LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Retail Electric LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Co-Generation LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Liquids GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade
|
Delaware | GP | ||
Cedar Bayou Fractionators, L.P.
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa NGL Pipeline Company LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Gas Marketing LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa LSNG GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa LSNG LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Permian LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Straddle GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Straddle LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Versado GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Versado LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Versado Gas Processors, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Capital LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Venice Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC |
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SCHEDULE V
Targa Entities
Jurisdiction of | ||||
Name | Formation | Entity Type | ||
Delaware | Corp | |||
Targa Resources Investments Sub Inc.
|
Delaware | Corp | ||
Targa Resources Employee Relief Organization
|
Texas | Corp | ||
Sajet Resources LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Sajet Development LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Sajet Properties LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
TRI Resources Inc.
|
Delaware | Corp | ||
Targa Resources LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Finance Corporation
|
Delaware | Corp | ||
Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company, LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Holdings GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Holdings LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Resources II LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa GP Inc.
|
Delaware | Corp | ||
Targa LP Inc.
|
Delaware | Corp | ||
Targa Permian GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Versado Holdings GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Versado Holdings LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Midstream Holdings LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Partners LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Resources Operating GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Resources Operating LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa North Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa North Texas LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Resources Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Texas Field Services LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Louisiana Field Services LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Downstream GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Downstream LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa MLP Capital LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Downstream Energy Ventures Co., L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Midstream Barge Company LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Retail Electric LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Co-Generation LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Liquids GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade
|
Delaware | GP | ||
Cedar Bayou Fractionators, L.P.
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa NGL Pipeline Company LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Gas Marketing LLC
|
Delaware | LLC |
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Jurisdiction of | ||||
Name | Formation | Entity Type | ||
Targa LSNG GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa LSNG LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Permian LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Straddle GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Straddle LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Targa Versado GP LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Versado LP
|
Delaware | LP | ||
Versado Gas Processors, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Targa Capital LLC
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Venice Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC | ||
Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | LLC |
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SCHEDULE VI
Executive Officers, Directors and Stockholders Subject to Lock-up Agreements
Name | Position | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
|
Chief Executive Officer and Director | |
Xxx Xxx Xxxxxxx
|
President | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
Executive Chairman and Director | |
Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
|
President-Finance and Administration | |
Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Executive Vice President | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
|
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
Director | |
In Xxxx Xxxxx
|
Director | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Director | |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
Director | |
Xxxxx Xxxx
|
Director |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER
, 2010
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below),
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below),
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement
(the “Underwriting Agreement”), between Targa Resources Corp. (the “Company”), the
Selling Stockholders that are parties thereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) and you as
representatives of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public
offering of common stock, $0.001 par value per share of the Company (the “Shares”).
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement,
the undersigned, in his individual capacity, will not, without the prior written consent of
Barclays Capital Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge 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 undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly,
including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange 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 of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any Common Stock of the Company or any
securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such Common Stock, or publicly
announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of
the Underwriting Agreement, other than any Shares to be sold pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement, if applicable, and Shares disposed of as bona fide gifts approved by Barclays Capital
Inc.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, if (i) during the last 17 days of the 180-day lock-up
period set forth above (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company issues an earnings release or
announces material news or a material event; or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period,
the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
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beginning on the last day of the Lock-up Period, then the restrictions described in the
preceding paragraph will continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on
the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news or material event.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
Yours very truly, |
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