Exhibit 2.1
Execution Copy
BY AND AMONG
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS GP, L.P.,
HERITAGE ETC, L.P.
AND
AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P.
October 15, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS |
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Section 1.1 Definitions |
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Section 1.2 Interpretations |
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ARTICLE II
CONTRIBUTION; SPIN-OFF; REDEMPTION |
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Section 2.1 Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions |
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Section 2.2 Acquisition of the Acquired Interests |
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Section 2.3 Time and Place of Contribution Closing |
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Section 2.4 Deliveries and Actions at Contribution Closing |
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Section 2.5 Adjustments to Purchase Price |
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Section 2.6 Spin-Off |
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Section 2.7 Redemption Closing |
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Section 2.8 Deliveries and Actions at Redemption Closing |
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Section 2.9 Tax Treatment of Contribution and Redemption |
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CONTRIBUTOR PARTIES |
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Section 3.1 Organization; Qualification |
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Section 3.2 Subsidiaries |
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Section 3.3 Authority; Enforceability |
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Section 3.4 Non-Contravention |
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Section 3.5 Governmental Approvals |
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Section 3.6 Capitalization |
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Section 3.7 Ownership of Acquired Interests |
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Section 3.8 Compliance with Law |
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Section 3.9 ETP SEC Reports; Financial Statements |
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Section 3.10 Absence of Certain Changes |
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Section 3.11 Real Property |
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Section 3.12 Sufficiency of Assets; Title to Tangible Property |
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Section 3.13 Intellectual Property |
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Section 3.14 Environmental Matters |
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Section 3.15 Material Contracts |
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Section 3.16 Legal Proceedings |
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Section 3.17 Permits |
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Section 3.18 Taxes |
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Section 3.19 Employee Benefits; Employment and Labor Matters |
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Section 3.20 Brokers’ Fee |
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Section 3.21 Matters Relating to Acquisition of the Equity Consideration |
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Section 3.22 Insurance |
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Section 3.23 Suppliers |
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Section 3.24 Information Supplied |
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIRER |
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Section 4.1 Organization; Qualification |
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Section 4.2 Authority; Enforceability; Valid Issuance |
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Section 4.3 Non-Contravention |
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Section 4.4 Governmental Approvals |
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Section 4.5 Capitalization |
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Section 4.6 Compliance with Law |
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Section 4.7 AmeriGas SEC Reports; Financial Statements |
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Section 4.8 Absence of Certain Changes |
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Section 4.9 Environmental Matters |
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Section 4.10 Legal Proceedings |
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Section 4.11 Taxes |
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Section 4.12 Brokers’ Fee |
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Section 4.13 Matters Relating to Acquisition of the Acquired Interests |
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Section 4.14 Form S-3 |
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES |
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Section 5.1 Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.2 Notice of Certain Events |
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Section 5.3 Access to Information |
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Section 5.4 Governmental Approvals |
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Section 5.5 Expenses |
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Section 5.6 Further Assurances |
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Section 5.7 Public Statements |
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Section 5.8 Equity Consideration; Legends |
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Section 5.9 Confidential Information |
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Section 5.10 No Hire |
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Section 5.11 Non-Competition |
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Section 5.12 Tax Matters |
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Section 5.13 Books and Records; Financial Statements; Litigation Support |
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Section 5.14 AmeriGas Finance Notes; Debt Financing |
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Section 5.15 Post-Redemption Closing Covenants Related to Intercompany Financing |
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Section 5.16 Resignations |
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Section 5.17 Retained Names and Marks |
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Section 5.18 Updates |
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Section 5.19 Insurance |
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Section 5.20 Commitment Regarding Indemnification Provisions |
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Section 5.21 Release from Credit Support Instruments |
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Section 5.22 Filing of S-3; Other Actions |
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Section 5.23 NYSE Listing |
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Section 5.24 Employees and Benefits |
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Section 5.25 XXXX Notes Offer |
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Section 5.26 Intercompany Arrangements |
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Section 5.27 Consent to Credit Agreement |
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Section 5.28 Release |
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Section 5.29 Further Assurances |
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ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO CONTRIBUTION CLOSING |
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Section 6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party |
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Section 6.2 Conditions to Obligations of Acquirer |
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Section 6.3 Conditions to Obligations of Contributor Parties |
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION RIGHTS |
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Section 7.1 Termination Rights |
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Section 7.2 Effect of Termination |
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 8.1 Indemnification by the Contributor Parties |
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Section 8.2 Indemnification by Acquirer |
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Section 8.3 Limitations and Other Indemnity Claim Matters |
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Section 8.4 Indemnification Procedures |
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Section 8.5 No Reliance |
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ARTICLE IX
GOVERNING LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
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Section 9.1 Governing Law |
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Section 9.2 Consent to Jurisdiction |
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Section 9.3 Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 9.4 Specific Enforcement |
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ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 10.1 Amendment and Modification |
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Section 10.2 Waiver of Compliance; Consents |
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Section 10.3 Notices |
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Section 10.4 Assignment |
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Section 10.5 Certain Tax Matters |
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Section 10.6 Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 10.7 Entire Agreement |
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Section 10.8 Severability |
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Section 10.9 Representation by Counsel |
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Section 10.10 Disclosure Schedules |
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Section 10.11 Facsimiles; Counterparts |
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Exhibits |
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Exhibit A
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Definitions |
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Schedules |
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Schedule 2.4(a)(iv)
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Consents, Approvals and Waivers (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 2.4(b)(vi)
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Consents, Approvals and Waivers (Acquirer) |
Schedule 2.5(a)
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Adjustments to Purchase Price (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.2
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Subsidiaries (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.4
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Non-Contravention (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.5
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Governmental Approvals (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.6(a)
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Capitalization (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.9(f)
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Material Indebtedness (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.10(d)
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Absence of Certain Changes (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.11(a)
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Leased Real Property (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.11(b)
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Owned Real Property (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.11(e)
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Leases (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.12(b)
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Sufficiency of Assets (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.13(a)
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Intellectual Property (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.14
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Environmental Matters (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.15(a)
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Material Contracts (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.15(b)
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Invalid and Non-Binding Material Contracts |
Schedule 3.16
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Legal Proceedings (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.17
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Permits (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.18
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Taxes (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.19(a)
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ERISA Plans (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.19(c)
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Other Benefits Matters (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.19(g)
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Other Benefit Matters (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.19(i)
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Retiree Medical and Life Insurance Benefits (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.19(k)
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Labor Matters (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.22
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Insurance (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 3.23
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Suppliers (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 4.3
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Non-Contravention (Acquirer) |
Schedule 4.4
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Governmental Approvals (Acquirer) |
Schedule 4.5(c)
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Capitalization (Acquirer) |
Schedule 4.8
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Absence of Certain Changes |
Schedule 4.9
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Environmental Matters (Acquirer) |
Schedule 4.10
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Legal Matters (Acquirer) |
Schedule 4.11
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Tax Matters (Acquirer) |
Schedule 5.1(a)
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Ordinary Course Conduct of Business (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 5.1(b)
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Conduct of Business — Restricted Actions (Contributor Parties) |
Schedule 5.1(c)
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Ordinary Course Conduct of Business (Acquirer) |
Schedule 5.1(d)
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Conduct of Business — Restricted Actions (Acquirer) |
Schedule 5.6
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Further Assurances |
Schedule 5.13(b)
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Interim Financial Statements |
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Schedules |
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Schedule 5.13(c)
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Financial Statements included in AmeriGas Registration Statements |
Schedule 5.16
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Resignations |
Schedule 5.21
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Credit Support Instruments |
Schedule 5.26(a)
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Intercompany Arrangements |
Schedule 6.1(a)
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Approvals |
Schedule 8.1(c)
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Indemnification by the Contributor Parties |
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Annexes |
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Annex A
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Form of Assignment of Acquired Interests |
Annex B
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Form of Transition Services Agreement |
Annex C
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Form of Assignment of Redemption Units |
Annex D
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Form of Unitholder Agreement |
Annex E
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Legal Opinion Matters (counsel to Contributor Parties) |
Annex F
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Legal Opinion Matters (counsel to Acquirer) |
Annex G-1
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Terms of Debt Financing |
Annex G-2
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Terms of Debt Financing |
Annex G-3
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Terms of Debt Financing |
Annex H
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Terms of ETP CRSA |
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This
CONTRIBUTION AND REDEMPTION AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement”), dated as of October 15, 2011
(the “
Execution Date”), is made and entered into by and among
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (“
ETP”), Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a
Delaware limited
partnership and the general partner of ETP (“
ETP GP”) Heritage ETC, L.P., a
Delaware limited
partnership (“
Contributor”), and AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership
(“
Acquirer”).
ETP, ETP GP and Contributor are sometimes referred to individually in this Agreement as a
“Contributor Party” and are sometimes collectively referred to in this Agreement as the
“Contributor Parties.”
Each of the parties to this Agreement is sometimes referred to individually in this Agreement
as a “Party” and all of the parties to this Agreement are sometimes collectively referred to in
this Agreement as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, ETP owns (i) 100% of the membership interests in Heritage ETC GP, LLC, a
Delaware
limited liability company and the general partner of Contributor (“
Contributor GP”), and (ii) a
99.99% limited partner interest in Contributor;
WHEREAS, ETP GP owns a 0.0% general partner interest in Heritage Operating L.P., a
Delaware
limited partnership (“
XXXX”);
WHEREAS, Contributor GP owns a 0.01% general partner interest in Contributor;
WHEREAS, immediately following the Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions (as defined below)
and immediately prior to the Contribution Closing (as defined below), Contributor will own the
following interests (collectively, the “Acquired Interests”):
(i) a 99.999% limited partner interest in XXXX;
(ii) a 100% membership interest in Heritage GP, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability
company (“
XXXX XX”), and the holder of a 0.001% general partner interest in XXXX;
(iii) a 99.99% limited partner interest in Titan Energy Partners, L.P., a
Delaware
limited partnership (“
Titan”); and
(iv) a 100% membership interest in Titan Energy GP, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited
liability company (“
Titan GP”), and the holder of a 0.01% general partner interest in Titan;
WHEREAS, Contributor desires to contribute, assign, transfer and deliver to Acquirer, and
Acquirer desires to acquire from Contributor, the Acquired Interests, and in
exchange Acquirer desires to issue to ETP the Equity Consideration (as defined below) and the
Cash Consideration (as defined below), as applicable, on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement (the “Contribution”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Parties’ entry into this Agreement, XXXX will offer to prepay
the borrowings incurred by XXXX under the XXXX Notes (as defined below), in accordance with the
prepayment terms of the XXXX Note Purchase Agreements (as defined below);
WHEREAS, immediately following the closing of the Contribution (the “Contribution Closing”),
ETP may distribute to its unitholders, pro rata, the Spin-Off Units (as defined below), for no
consideration (the “Spin-Off”); and
WHEREAS, if ETP decides to consummate the Spin-Off, immediately following the Spin-Off,
Acquirer desires to purchase and redeem for cash from ETP the Redemption Units (as defined below),
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined in the body of this Agreement
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Exhibit A. Capitalized terms defined in the
body of this Agreement are listed in Exhibit A with reference to the location of the
definitions of such terms in the body of this Agreement.
Section 1.2 Interpretations. In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears: (a) the singular includes
the plural and vice versa; (b) reference to a Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns
but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement,
and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity; (c)
reference to any gender includes each other gender; (d) references to any Exhibit, Schedule,
Section, Article, Annex, subsection and other subdivision refer to the corresponding Exhibits,
Schedules, Sections, Articles, Annexes, subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement unless
expressly provided otherwise; (e) references in any Section or Article or definition to any clause
means such clause of such Section, Article or definition; (f) “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto” and
words of similar import are references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement; (g) the word “or” is not exclusive, and the word “including” (in its
various forms) means “including without limitation”; (h) each accounting term not otherwise defined
in this Agreement has the meaning commonly applied to it in accordance with GAAP; (i) references to
“days” are to calendar days; and (j) all references to money refer to the lawful currency of the
United States. The Table of Contents and the Article and Section titles and headings in this
Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of, or
to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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ARTICLE II
CONTRIBUTION; SPIN-OFF; REDEMPTION
Section 2.1 Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions. Immediately prior to the Contribution Closing, Contributor will cause (a) Heritage LP Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Contributor, to merge with and into XXXX
XX, (b) XXXX XX to survive as the general partner of XXXX and (c) the 0.0% general partner interest
in XXXX held by ETP GP, to be cancelled. The transactions described in this
Section 2.1
are collectively referred to as the “
Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions.”
Section 2.2 Acquisition of the Acquired Interests. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or written waiver of the conditions
contained in this Agreement, at the Contribution Closing, (a) Contributor shall contribute, assign,
transfer and deliver to Acquirer, and Acquirer shall acquire from Contributor, the Acquired
Interests and (b) Acquirer shall issue and deliver to ETP the Equity Consideration and the Cash
Consideration (in each case, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.5, Section
5.14(e) and Section 5.29(c)), as applicable.
Section 2.3 Time and Place of Contribution Closing. The Contribution Closing will take place at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the fifth (5th) Business Day after all of
the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions which by their terms
are only capable of being satisfied at the Contribution Closing or the Redemption Closing, as
applicable, but subject to the satisfaction or written waiver of those conditions) have been
satisfied or waived by the Party or Parties entitled to waive such conditions, unless another time,
date and place are agreed to in writing by the Parties; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI,
Acquirer shall not be required to effect the Contribution Closing until the earlier to occur of (i)
a date during the Marketing Period specified by Acquirer on no less than three (3) Business Days’
advance written notice to ETP and (ii) the final day of the Marketing Period. The date of the
Contribution Closing is referred to in this Agreement as the “Contribution Closing Date.” The
Contribution Closing will be deemed effective as of 12:01 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the
Contribution Closing Date.
Section 2.4 Deliveries and Actions at Contribution Closing.
(a) At the Contribution Closing, the Contributor Parties shall deliver, or shall cause to be
delivered, the following to Acquirer:
(i) Assignment of Interests. A counterpart of an assignment (the “Assignment
of Interests”), a form of which is attached hereto as Annex A, evidencing the
contribution, assignment, transfer and delivery to Acquirer of the Acquired Interests, duly
executed by Contributor;
(ii) FIRPTA Certificate. A certificate of Contributor (or, if Contributor is
disregarded as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a certificate of ETP)
in the form specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iv) that Contributor
(or, if applicable, ETP) is not a “foreign person” within the
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meaning of Section 1445 of the Code, duly executed by Contributor (or, if applicable,
ETP);
(iii) Contribution Closing Certificate. The certificate contemplated by
Section 6.2(c);
(iv) Required Consents. The consents, approvals and waivers set forth on
Schedule 2.4(a)(iv);
(v) Transition Services Agreement. A counterpart of a transition services
agreement, a form of which is attached hereto as Annex B (the “Transition Services
Agreement”), duly executed by ETP;
(vi) Assignment of Redemption Units. If ETP delivers a written notice in
accordance with Section 2.6 indicating it intends to consummate the Spin-Off, a
counterpart of an assignment, a form of which is attached hereto as Annex C (the
“Assignment of Redemption Units”), evidencing the contribution, assignment, transfer and
delivery to Acquirer of the Redemption Units, duly executed by ETP, which shall be held in
escrow and automatically released at the Redemption Closing;
(vii) ETP CRSA Documents. A contingent residual support agreement for the
Intercompany Financing (the “ETP CRSA”) on the terms and conditions described on Annex
H and such other ancillary documents as may reasonably be required by AmeriGas Finance
to evidence the ETP CRSA, duly executed by ETP (or which shall be held in escrow and
automatically released at the Redemption Closing if ETP elects to consummate the Spin-Off);
(viii) Unitholder Agreement. Counterparts of a unitholder agreement, a form of
which is attached hereto as Annex D (the “Unitholder Agreement”), duly executed by
each of ETP, ETP GP, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and any other Affiliate of ETP that holds
AmeriGas Common Units following the Contribution Closing; and
(ix) Legal Opinion. An opinion from Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel to the
Contributor Parties, dated as of the Contribution Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory
to Acquirer, and the Contributor Parties with respect to the matters set forth on Annex
E.
(b) At the Contribution Closing, Acquirer shall deliver, or shall cause to be delivered, the
following to the Contributor Parties:
(i) Equity Consideration. The Equity Consideration (as may be adjusted
pursuant to Section 2.5, Section 5.14(e) and Section 5.29(c)),
issued to ETP and recorded on the books and records of Acquirer’s transfer agent, and an
executed certificate of Acquirer’s transfer agent, in a form acceptable to ETP, certifying
as to the book entry issuance of the AmeriGas Common Units comprising the Equity
Consideration;
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(ii) Cash Consideration. If ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with
Section 2.6 indicating it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off, then the
Equity Consideration (as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.5, Section
5.14(e) and Section 5.29(c)) delivered to ETP pursuant to Section
2.4(b)(i) will be reduced by the number of AmeriGas Common Units equal to the Redemption
Units, and the Redemption Cash Consideration (as may be adjusted pursuant to Section
2.5, Section 5.14(e) and Section 5.29(c)) will be paid to ETP at the
Contribution Closing in cash in lieu of AmeriGas Common Units by wire transfer of
immediately available funds using the cash proceeds from the Intercompany Financing (the
“Cash Consideration”);
(iii) Change of Control Offer. An amount sufficient to fund the Change of
Control Offer in accordance with Section 5.25;
(iv) Assignment of Interests. A counterpart of the Assignment of Interests
duly executed by Acquirer;
(v) Contribution Closing Certificate. The certificate contemplated by
Section 6.3(c);
(vi) Required Consents. The consents, approvals and waivers set forth on
Schedule 2.4(b)(vi);
(vii) Legal Opinion. An opinion from Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel to
Acquirer, dated as of the Contribution Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory to the
Contributor Parties and Acquirer with respect to the matters set forth on Annex F;
(viii) Comfort Letter. If ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with
Section 2.6 indicating it intends to consummate the Spin-Off and provides
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with any required written acknowledgment of ETP’s potential
underwriter status, a letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountant of
Acquirer, dated as of the Contribution Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to
ETP, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’
“comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to financial statements and certain financial
information contained in the Form S-3; provided, however, that Acquirer
shall only be required to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such comfort letter;
(ix) Transition Services Agreement. A counterpart of the Transition Services
Agreement, duly executed by Acquirer;
(x) Unitholder Agreement. A counterpart of the Unitholder Agreement, duly
executed by Acquirer;
(xi) ETP CRSA Documents. The ETP CRSA on the terms and conditions described on
Annex H, duly executed by Acquirer (or which shall be held in escrow and
automatically released at the Redemption Closing if ETP elects to consummate the Spin-Off);
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(xii) Assignment of Redemption Units. If ETP delivers a written notice in
accordance with Section 2.6 indicating it intends to consummate the Spin-Off, a
counterpart of the Assignment of Redemption Units duly executed by Acquirer, which shall be
held in escrow and automatically released at the Redemption Closing.
Section 2.5 Adjustments to Purchase Price.
(a) Each of the Contributor Parties and Acquirer acknowledges that the amount of the Purchase
Price has been based in part on the Propane Group Entities having Net Working Capital as of the
Contribution Closing Date in an amount equal to $38,000,000 (the “Net Working Capital Target”) and
Net Cash as of the Contribution Closing Date in an amount equal to $10,000,000 (the “Net Cash
Target”). Contributor shall prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and delivered, to
Acquirer for its review not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Contribution Closing, an
estimated consolidated balance sheet for each of XXXX and Titan and each of their respective
Subsidiaries as of the Contribution Closing Date, which consolidated balance sheets shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP and, except as set forth in Schedule 2.5(a) of the
Contributor Disclosure Schedule, the historical accounting policies and practices of the Propane
Group Entities; provided, however, that even if inconsistent with such accounting
policies and practices or GAAP, such consolidated balance sheets shall not take into account the
transactions contemplated hereby; provided, further, that the Parties acknowledge
and agree that all accounts receivable, accounts payable and other Indebtedness between the
Contributor Parties and their Affiliates (other than the Propane Group Entities), on the one hand,
and the Propane Group Entities, on the other hand (“Intercompany Indebtedness”), shall be cancelled
in connection with the Contribution Closing and such cancelled amounts shall be charged or credited
to equity accounts, as the case may be, and shall not be taken into consideration in the
calculation of Net Working Capital or Net Cash. The consolidated balance sheets prepared in
accordance with the foregoing are referred to as the “Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheets.” The
Net Working Capital and Net Cash of each of XXXX and Titan and each of their respective
Subsidiaries will be added together (or netted against one another, as the case may be) to
calculate the combined Net Working Capital and Net Cash of the Propane Group Entities for purposes
of this Section 2.5. Contributor shall also prepare, or cause to be prepared, a worksheet
showing the difference, if any, between (i) the combined Net Working Capital of the Propane Group
Entities as derived from the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheets (the “Estimated Net Working
Capital”) and the Net Working Capital Target and (ii) the combined Net Cash of the Propane Group
Entities as derived from the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheets (the “Estimated Net Cash”) and
the Net Cash Target.
(b) If the Net Working Capital Target exceeds the Estimated Net Working Capital (such excess,
the “Estimated Contributor Working Capital Payment”), then (i) the Purchase Price and (ii) either
(A) the Redemption Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with
Section 2.6 indicating that it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the
Contribution Closing, or (B) the Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance
with Section 2.6 indicating that it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off immediately
following the Contribution Closing, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Estimated
Contributor Working Capital Payment.
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(c) If the Estimated Net Working Capital exceeds the Net Working Capital Target (such excess,
the “Estimated Acquirer Working Capital Payment”), then (i) the Purchase Price and (ii) either (A)
the Redemption Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section
2.6 indicating that it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the
Contribution Closing, or (B) the Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance
with Section 2.6 indicating that it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off immediately
following the Contribution Closing, shall be increased by an amount equal to the Estimated Acquirer
Working Capital Payment.
(d) If the Net Cash Target exceeds the Estimated Net Cash (such difference, the “Estimated
Contributor Net Cash Payment”), then (i) the Purchase Price and (ii) either (A) the Redemption Cash
Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating
that it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, or (B)
the Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6
indicating that it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the
Contribution Closing, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Estimated Contributor Net Cash
Payment.
(e) If the Estimated Net Cash exceeds the Net Cash Target (such excess, the “Estimated
Acquirer Net Cash Payment”), then (i) the Purchase Price and (ii) either (A) the Redemption Cash
Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating
that it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, or (B)
the Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6
indicating that it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the
Contribution Closing, shall be increased by an amount equal to the Estimated Acquirer Net Cash
Payment.
(f) For the purpose of confirming the Estimated Contributor Working Capital Payment or
Estimated Acquirer Working Capital Payment, as the case may be, and the Estimated Contributor Net
Cash Payment or Estimated Acquirer Net Cash Payment, as the case may be, Acquirer shall prepare, or
cause to be prepared, a consolidated balance sheet of each of XXXX and Titan and each of their
respective Subsidiaries as of the Contribution Closing Date, which consolidated balance sheets will
be prepared consistent with the accounting principles and exceptions set forth in Section
2.5(a) with respect to the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheets. The consolidated balance
sheets prepared in accordance with the foregoing are referred to as the “Final Closing Date Balance
Sheets.”
(g) No later than forty-five (45) days after the Contribution Closing Date, Acquirer shall
deliver to Contributor the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets together with a worksheet showing the
difference, if any, between (i) the combined Net Working Capital of the Propane Group Entities as
derived from the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets (the “Final Net Working Capital”) and the
Estimated Net Working Capital and (ii) the combined Net Cash of the Propane Group Entities as
derived from the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets (the “Final Net Cash”) and the Estimated Net
Cash. Following the delivery by Acquirer of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the
worksheets showing the calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash,
Acquirer shall provide Contributor with reasonable access to the books and records and accounting
personnel of the Propane Group Entities to
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review such calculations. Contributor shall have the right for thirty (30) days following the
date of delivery to Contributor of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the worksheets showing
the calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and Final Net Cash to object to any portion of
the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and
Final Net Cash (the disputed items being the “Disputed Items”), by delivering a written notice (a
“Dispute Notice”) to Acquirer within such thirty (30) day period, which Dispute Notice shall: (A)
set forth Contributor’s proposed resolution of the Disputed Items, (B) specify in reasonable detail
Contributor’s basis for disagreement with the Disputed Items and (C) include materials showing in
reasonable detail Contributor’s support for such position. Any matters set forth in the Final
Closing Date Balance Sheets that are not included as Disputed Items in a timely delivered Dispute
Notice shall be deemed accepted by Contributor and shall be binding and final for all purposes of
this Agreement, and (1) the failure by Contributor to provide a Dispute Notice within such thirty
(30) day period or (2) the delivery by Contributor to Acquirer during such thirty (30) day period
of a written notice stating that Contributor has elected not to deliver a Dispute Notice, will
constitute a full and complete acceptance of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the
calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash, each as determined by
Acquirer, and such Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the calculations of the Final Net Working
Capital and Final Net Cash shall be binding and final for all purposes of this Agreement. Acquirer
and Contributor shall meet to resolve any differences in their respective positions with respect to
the Disputed Items. If Acquirer and Contributor are unable to agree upon the Disputed Items within
thirty (30) days after the delivery of a Dispute Notice by Contributor to Acquirer, then the
Disputed Items (but no others) may be referred by Acquirer or Contributor for determination to KPMG
LLP (“KPMG”) (or, if KPMG is unable or unwilling to serve or if Acquirer and Contributor otherwise
agree, another nationally recognized accounting firm that has not had a material engagement with
Acquirer, Contributor or the Propane Group Entities during the one (1) year prior to the date of
the Dispute Notice, that is mutually selected by Acquirer and Contributor); provided,
however, that KPMG shall be deemed to be not independent for purposes of this Section
2.5(g) if KPMG has had a material engagement with either Contributor or any of its Affiliates,
on the one hand, or Acquirer or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, during the one (1) year
period prior to the date of the Dispute Notice. If Contributor and Acquirer are unable to select a
nationally recognized accounting firm within ten (10) Business Days of KPMG declining to accept
such engagement or because KPMG is not independent as described in the prior sentence, either
Acquirer or Contributor may thereafter request that the American Arbitration Association make such
selection (as applicable, KPMG, the firm selected by Contributor and the Acquirer or the firm
mutually selected by the American Arbitration Association is referred to herein as the “Independent
Accountant”). Acquirer and Contributor shall provide the Independent Accountant and the other
Party with a statement of its position as to the amount for each Disputed Item within fifteen (15)
days from the date of the appointment of the Independent Accountant. The Independent Accountant
shall make a written determination as promptly as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30)
days after the date on which the dispute is referred to the Independent Accountant, by selecting
from the position of either Acquirer or Contributor as to each Disputed Item. The Independent
Accountant shall be authorized to select only the position as to each Disputed Item as presented by
either Acquirer or Contributor. If at any time Acquirer and Contributor resolve their dispute,
then, notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 2.5(g), the Independent
Accountant’s involvement promptly shall be discontinued and the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets
and the calculations of
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the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash shall be revised, if necessary, to
reflect such resolution and thereupon shall be final and binding for all purposes of this
Agreement. The Parties shall make readily available to the Independent Accountant all relevant
books and records relating to the Closing Date Balance Sheets, the calculation of the Final Net
Working Capital and the Final Net Cash and all other items reasonably requested by the Independent
Accountant in connection with resolving the Disputed Items. The costs and expenses of the
Independent Accountant shall be allocated between Acquirer, on the one hand, and Contributor, on
the other hand, in the same proportion that the aggregate amount of Disputed Items so submitted to
the Independent Accountant that are ultimately unsuccessfully disputed by each such Party (as
finally determined by the Independent Accountant) bears to the total amount of Disputed Items so
submitted. The decision of the Independent Accountant shall be final and binding for all purposes
of this Agreement, and the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the calculations of the Final Net
Working Capital and Final Net Cash shall be revised, if necessary, to reflect such decision and
thereupon shall be final and binding for all purposes of this Agreement.
(h) Following the final determination of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the
calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash in accordance with Section
2.5(f) and Section 2.5(g), if the Estimated Net Working Capital exceeds the Final Net
Working Capital (such excess, the “Final Contributor Working Capital Payment”), Contributor shall
promptly (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the final determination of the Final
Closing Date Balance Sheets and the calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net
Cash) wire transfer to Acquirer, in accordance with the wire transfer instructions provided by
Acquirer, cash in an amount equal to the Final Contributor Working Capital Payment.
(i) Following the final determination of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the
calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash in accordance with Section
2.5(f) and Section 2.5(g), if the Final Net Working Capital exceeds the Estimated Net
Working Capital (such excess, the “Final Acquirer Working Capital Payment”), Acquirer shall
promptly (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the final determination of the Final
Closing Date Balance Sheets and the calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net
Cash) wire transfer to Contributor, in accordance with the wire transfer instructions provided by
Contributor, cash in an amount equal to the Final Acquirer Working Capital Payment.
(j) Following the final determination of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the
calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash in accordance with Section
2.5(f) and Section 2.5(g), if the Estimated Net Cash exceeds the Final Net Cash (such
excess, the “Final Contributor Net Cash Payment”), Contributor shall promptly (but in any event
within ten (10) Business Days of the final determination of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets
and the calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash) wire transfer to
Acquirer, in accordance with the wire transfer instructions provided by Acquirer, cash in an amount
equal to the Final Contributor Net Cash Payment.
(k) Following the final determination of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets and the
calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash as set forth in Section
2.5(f) and Section 2.5(g), if the Final Net Cash exceeds the Estimated Net Cash (such
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excess, the “Final Acquirer Net Cash Payment”), Acquirer shall promptly (but in any event
within ten (10) Business Days of the final determination of the Final Closing Date Balance Sheets
and the calculations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final Net Cash) wire transfer to
Contributor, in accordance with the wire transfer instructions provided by Contributor, cash in an
amount equal to the Final Acquirer Net Cash Payment.
(l) In addition to any adjustments to the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.5(a)
through Section 2.5(k), (i) the Purchase Price and (ii) either (A) the Redemption Cash
Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating
that it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, or (B)
the Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6
indicating that it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the
Contribution Closing, shall be reduced by the Estimated Unearned Distribution Amount.
(m) If the Contribution Closing Date occurs prior to the public announcement of the Previous
Quarter Distribution, then following the public announcement of the Previous Quarter Distribution:
(i) if the amount of the Previous Quarter Distribution is greater than the amount of
the Last Declared Distribution, then Contributor shall promptly (but in any event within ten
(10) Business Days of the date of the public announcement of the Previous Quarter
Distribution) wire transfer to Acquirer, in accordance with the wire transfer instructions
provided by Acquirer, cash in an amount equal to the excess of the actual aggregate
distribution amount declared on the Distribution Units with respect to the Previous Quarter
over the Estimated Unearned Previous Quarter Distribution Amount; and
(ii) if the amount of the Previous Quarter Distribution is less than the amount of the
Last Declared Distribution, then Acquirer shall promptly (but in any event within ten (10)
Business Days of the date of the public announcement of the Previous Quarter Distribution)
wire transfer to Contributor, in accordance with wire transfer instructions provided by
Contributor, cash in an amount equal to the excess of the Estimated Unearned Previous
Quarter Distribution Amount over the actual aggregate distribution amount declared on the
Distribution Units with respect to the Previous Quarter.
(n) Following the public announcement of the Closing Quarter Distribution:
(i) if the amount of the Closing Quarter Distribution is greater than the amount of the
Previous Quarter Distribution (or, if such Previous Quarter Distribution has not been
publicly announced as of the Contribution Closing Date, the Last Declared Distribution),
then Contributor shall promptly (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the date
of the public announcement of the Closing Quarter Distribution) wire transfer to Acquirer,
in accordance with the wire transfer instructions provided by Acquirer, cash in an amount
equal to the excess of the Actual Unearned Pro Rata Distribution Amount over the Estimated
Unearned Pro Rata Distribution Amount; and
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(ii) if the amount of the Closing Quarter Distribution is less than the amount of the
Previous Quarter Distribution (or, if such Previous Quarter Distribution has not been
publicly announced as of the Contribution Closing Date, the Last Declared Distribution),
then Acquirer shall promptly (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the date of
the public announcement of the Closing Quarter Distribution) wire transfer to Contributor,
in accordance with wire transfer instructions provided by Contributor, cash in an amount
equal to the excess of the Estimated Unearned Pro Rata Distribution Amount over the Actual
Unearned Pro Rata Distribution Amount.
(o) All amounts to be paid under this Section 2.5 shall be deemed to be adjustments to
(i) the Purchase Price and (ii) either (A) the Redemption Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a
written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating that it intends to consummate the
Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, or (B) the Cash Consideration, if ETP
delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating that it does not intend
to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing.
Section 2.6 Spin-Off. Within ten (10) Business Days after the Execution Date, ETP will deliver a written notice
to Acquirer as to whether or not it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the
Contribution Closing. If ETP delivers such written notice indicating its intent to consummate the
Spin-Off, then immediately following the Contribution Closing, ETP shall consummate the Spin-Off as
a registered distribution of the Spin-Off Units on the terms pursuant to the Form S-3. If ETP
delivers such written notice indicating it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off, then the
Equity Consideration shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(ii) and a portion
of the Purchase Price will be paid in cash in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(ii), the
Redemption shall not occur and the Parties shall have no further obligations with respect to the
Redemption.
Section 2.7 Redemption Closing. If ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating it
intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, then immediately
following the Spin-Off and on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, ETP will
convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Acquirer, and Acquirer will redeem from ETP, the Redemption
Units, in exchange for the distribution of the Redemption Cash Consideration to ETP (the
“Redemption”). The Redemption Cash Consideration shall be paid using the cash proceeds from the
Intercompany Financing.
Section 2.8 Deliveries and Actions at Redemption Closing. If ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating it
intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, then at the time
of the closing of the Redemption (the “Redemption Closing”), the deliverables set forth in
Section 2.4(a)(vi), Section 2.4(a)(vii), Section 2.4(b)(xi) and Section
2.4(b)(xii) shall be automatically released and Acquirer shall deliver, or shall cause to be
delivered, to ETP the Redemption Cash Consideration by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account designated by ETP.
Section 2.9 Tax Treatment of Contribution and Redemption. The Parties intend that (i) the Contribution shall be treated as a contribution by ETP to
Acquirer of the Acquired Interests in exchange for the Equity Consideration in a transaction
consistent with the
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requirements of Section 721(a) of the Code; (ii) the distribution of the Redemption Cash
Consideration or Cash Consideration, as applicable, shall be treated as a distribution to ETP by
Acquirer under Section 731 of the Code; (iii) the distribution of the Redemption Cash Consideration
or Cash Consideration, as applicable, to ETP shall be made out of proceeds of the Intercompany
Financing, and such portion of the Redemption Cash Consideration or Cash Consideration, as
applicable, shall qualify as a “debt-financed transfer” under Section 1.707-5(b) of the Treasury
Regulations; and (iv) ETP’s share of the Debt Financing under Sections 1.752-2 and 1.707-5(a)(2)(i)
of the Treasury Regulations shall be the entire amount of the Intercompany Financing. Unless
otherwise required by a change in applicable Law, the Parties agree to file all Tax Returns and
otherwise act at all times in a manner consistent with this intended treatment set forth in this
Section 2.9, including disclosing the distribution of the Redemption Cash Consideration or
Cash Consideration, as applicable, in accordance with the requirements of Section 1.707-3(c)(2) of
the Treasury Regulations.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CONTRIBUTOR PARTIES
The Contributor Parties hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Acquirer as
follows:
Section 3.1 Organization; Qualification. Each of the Contributor Parties and each Target Entity are entities duly formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of their formation and have all requisite
corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and
operate their properties and assets and to carry on their business as it is now being conducted,
and are duly qualified, registered or licensed to do business as a foreign entity and are in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the property or assets owned, leased or operated by it or
the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so duly qualified, registered or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably
be expected to (i) have a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse Effect, (ii) prevent or materially delay
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or (iii)
materially impair any Contributor Party’s ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Agreements. Contributor has made available to Acquirer true and complete copies of the
Organizational Documents of each Contributor Party and each Target Entity, as in effect on the
Execution Date.
Section 3.2 Subsidiaries. (a) Schedule 3.2(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and
complete list of all Subsidiaries of the Target Entities, listing for each such Subsidiary its
name, type of entity, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, its authorized capital
stock, partnership capital or equivalent, the number and type of its issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock, partnership interests or similar ownership interests and the current ownership of
such shares, partnership interests or similar ownership interests.
(b) Other than the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.2(a) of the Contributor
Disclosure Schedule, there are no other corporations, companies, partnerships, joint ventures,
associations or other entities in which any Propane Group Entity owns, of record or beneficially,
any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire
the
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same. Other than the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.2(a) of the Contributor
Disclosure Schedule, no Propane Group Entity is a member of (nor is any part of the Propane
Business conducted through) any partnership nor is any Propane Group Entity a participant in any
joint venture or similar arrangement.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.2(c), each of the Subsidiaries of the Target
Entities: (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its
jurisdiction of organization; (ii) has all necessary power and authority to own, operate or lease
the properties and assets owned, operated or leased by such Subsidiary and to carry on its business
as it has been and is currently conducted by such Subsidiary; and (iii) is duly licensed,
registered or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
properties or assets owned or leased by it or the operation of its business makes such licensing,
registration or qualification necessary or desirable, except to the extent that the failure to be
so licensed, registered or qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to (A)
have a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse Effect or (B) prevent or materially delay the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
(d) Contributor has made available to Acquirer true and complete copies of the Organizational
Documents of each of the Subsidiaries of the Target Entities as in effect on the Execution Date.
Section 3.3 Authority; Enforceability.
(a) Each of the Contributor Parties has the requisite partnership power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery by each Contributor Party of this Agreement and any
other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, the performance by each Contributor Party of
its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by each Contributor Party of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by such
Contributor Party, and no other partnership proceedings on the part of any Contributor Party is
necessary to authorize this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement to which any Contributor
Party is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(b) This Agreement has been, and, upon their execution, the other Transaction Agreements to
which any Contributor Party is a party shall have been, duly executed and delivered by each
applicable Contributor Party, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by
Acquirer, this Agreement constitutes and, upon their execution, the other Transaction Agreements to
which any Contributor Party is a party shall constitute, legal valid and binding agreements of each
applicable Contributor Party, enforceable against each applicable Contributor Party in accordance
with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to legal principles of
general applicability governing the availability of equitable remedies (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) (collectively, “Creditors’
Rights”).
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Section 3.4 Non-Contravention. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, the
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements and the consummation by the
Contributor Parties of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby does not and will not: (a)
violate, conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the Organizational Documents of
any Contributor Party or any Propane Group Entity; (b) conflict with, result in any breach of
(including the failure to obtain a consent or waiver), constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or passage of time or both would give rise to a default) under, require any consent under,
or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration (with or without
the giving of notice, or the passage of time or both) under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any Contract to which any Contributor Party or any Propane Group Entity is a party or
by which any property or asset of any Contributor Party or any Propane Group Entity is bound or
affected; (c) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 3.5, conflict
with or violate any Law to which any Contributor Party or any Propane Group Entity is subject or by
which any of any Contributor Party’s or any Propane Group Entity’s properties or assets is bound;
or (d) constitute (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) an event
which would result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on the Acquired
Interests, the Redemption Units or any asset of any Propane Group Entity, except, in the cases of
clauses (b), (c) and (d) for such conflicts, breaches, violations, Liens, defaults or rights of
termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration, as would not reasonably be expected to (i)
have a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse Effect, (ii) prevent or materially delay the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or (iii) materially impair the
Contributor Parties’ ability to perform their respective obligations under the Transaction
Agreements. Each Propane Group Entity is in compliance with, and has been in compliance with, its
respective Organizational Documents.
Section 3.5 Governmental Approvals. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, no
declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of,
any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and any other Transaction Agreements to which any Contributor Party is a party by any
Contributor Party or for the consummation by any Contributor Party of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, other than compliance with, and filings under, the HSR Act and such
declarations, filings, registrations, notices, authorizations, consents and approvals the failure
of which to receive or provide would not reasonably be expected to have a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Adverse Effect or to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or to materially impair any Contributor Party’s ability to perform its respective
obligations under this Agreement.
Section 3.6 Capitalization.
(a) Schedule 3.6(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the time
immediately following the completion of the Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions and before the
Contribution Closing, a correct and complete description of the following: (i) all of the issued
and outstanding equity interests in each of the Target Entities; and (ii) the record owners of each
of the outstanding equity interests in each of the Target Entities. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.6(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, immediately following the
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completion of the Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions and before the Contribution Closing,
there will be no other outstanding equity interests of any Target Entity. All of the issued and
outstanding equity interests in each of the Propane Group Entities have been duly authorized,
validly issued and fully paid and are nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be
affected by Sections 17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act or Section 18-607 of the Delaware LLC
Act) and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or
other similar rights of any Person. Following the completion of the Pre-Contribution Closing
Transactions and before the Contribution Closing, all of the issued and outstanding equity
interests in each of the Target Entities are owned by the Persons set forth on Schedule
3.6(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule named as owning such interests free and clear of
all Liens other than (A) transfer restrictions imposed by federal and state securities Laws and (B)
any transfer restrictions contained in the Organizational Documents of the Target Entities.
Following the completion of the Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions and before the Contribution
Closing, the Target Entities will own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding equity
interests in each Propane Group Entity (other than the Target Entities) free and clear of all Liens
other than (1) transfer restrictions imposed by federal and state securities Laws, (2) any transfer
restrictions contained in the Organizational Documents of the Propane Group Entities and (3) any
Liens on the equity interests of a Propane Group Entity (other than the Target Entities) existing
under the XXXX Note Purchase Agreements and related security agreements.
(b) At the Contribution Closing, the Acquired Interests will constitute (i) 100% of the issued
and outstanding membership interests in XXXX XX, (ii) a 99.999% limited partner interest in XXXX,
(iii) 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Titan GP and (iv) a 99.99% limited
partner interest in Titan. At the Contribution Closing, XXXX XX will own a 0.001% general partner
interest in, and serve as the sole general partner of, XXXX, and Titan GP will own a 0.01% general
partner interest in, and serve as the sole general partner of, Titan.
(c) There are no preemptive rights or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion
rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements,
calls, subscription agreements, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate any of the Propane
Group Entities to issue or sell any equity interests or any securities or obligations convertible
or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire,
any equity interests in any of the Propane Group Entities, and no securities or obligations
evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. There are no outstanding contractual
obligations of any Propane Group Entity to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any equity
interests in any of the Propane Group Entities or to provide funds to, or make any investment (in
the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.
(d) No Propane Group Entity has outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations
the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities
having the right to vote) with the holders of equity interests in any Propane Group Entity on any
matter.
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(e) Except with respect to the ownership of any equity or long-term debt securities between or
among the Propane Group Entities, none of the Propane Group Entities owns, directly or indirectly,
any equity or debt securities of any Person.
Section 3.7 Ownership of Acquired Interests.
(a) Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Contributor will
contribute, assign, transfer and deliver to Acquirer, and Acquirer shall have, good and valid title
to the Acquired Interests free and clear of all Liens other than (i) any transfer restrictions
imposed by federal and state securities Laws, (ii) any transfer restrictions contained in the
Organizational Documents of the applicable Target Entity and (iii) any Liens on the Acquired
Interests as a result of actions by Acquirer.
(b) No Contributor Party is a party to any agreements, arrangements or commitments obligating
such Contributor Party to grant, deliver or sell, or cause to be granted, delivered or sold, the
Acquired Interests, by sale, lease, license or otherwise, other than this Agreement.
(c) There are no voting trusts, unitholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or
understandings with respect to the voting or transfer of any equity interests in any of the Propane
Group Entities.
(d) At the Redemption Closing, if applicable, Contributor will assign, convey, transfer and
deliver to Acquirer, and Acquirer will have, good and valid title to the Redemption Units free and
clear of all Liens, other than (i) any transfer restrictions imposed by federal and state
securities Laws, (ii) any transfer restrictions contained in the Organizational Documents of
Acquirer or (iii) any Liens on the Redemption Units as a result of actions by Acquirer.
Section 3.8 Compliance with Law. Except for Environmental Laws, Laws requiring the obtaining or maintenance of a Permit, Tax
matters and Laws relating to employee benefits, employment and labor matters which are the subject
of Section 3.14, Section 3.17, Section 3.18, and Section 3.19,
respectively, (a) each Propane Group Entity is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Laws, (b) no Propane Group Entity has received written notice of any violation in any
material respect of any applicable Law, and (c) none of the Propane Group Entities has received
written notice that it is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for potential
non-compliance in any material respect with any Law. No Propane Group Entity is subject to any
material outstanding judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority.
Section 3.9 ETP SEC Reports; Financial Statements.
(a) ETP has furnished or filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
(including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) required to be furnished or filed
by ETP with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) since January 1, 2011 (such documents
being collectively referred to as the “ETP SEC Documents”). Each ETP SEC Document (i) at the time
filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as the case may be, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
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applicable to such ETP SEC Document and (ii) did not, at the time it was filed (or, if amended
or superseded by a filing or amendment prior to the Execution Date, then at the time of such filing
or amendment) contain any untrue statement of a material fact related to the Propane Business or
omit to state a material fact related to the Propane Business required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(b) The Contributor Parties have provided Acquirer with true and complete copies of the XXXX
Financial Statements. The XXXX Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods presented thereby, and (ii) fairly
present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and operating results,
equity and cash flows of XXXX and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of, and for the
periods ended on, the respective dates thereof, subject, however, in the case of unaudited
financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(c) The Contributor Parties have provided Acquirer with true and complete copies of the Titan
Unaudited Financial Statements. The Titan Unaudited Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods presented thereby, and
(ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position and operating
results, equity and cash flows of Titan and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of, and
for the periods ended on, the respective dates thereof, subject, however, in the case of unaudited
financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments. The Titan Audited Financial
Statements, when delivered pursuant to Section 5.13(a), (A) will not differ in any material
respect from the Titan Unaudited Financial Statements, (B) will be prepared in accordance with (1)
GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods presented thereby, and (2) Regulation
S-X and (C) will fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position and
operating results, equity and cash flows of Titan and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as
of, and for the periods ended on, the respective dates thereof, subject, however, in the case of
unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(d) The Required Financial Information, when delivered pursuant to Section 5.13(b),
will (i) be prepared in accordance with (A) GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods presented thereby, and (B) Regulation S-X and (ii) fairly present, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position and operating results, equity and cash flows of each
of XXXX and Titan and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis,
as of, and for the periods ended on, the respective dates thereof, subject, however, in the case of
unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(e) None of the Propane Group Entities has any Liability that would be required to be included
in the financial statements of the Propane Group Entities under GAAP except for (i) Liabilities
reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet dated as of June 30, 2011 or the
notes thereto contained in the Propane Business Financial Statements, (ii) Liabilities that have
arisen since June 30, 2011 in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) Liabilities which would
not reasonably be expected to have a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse Effect.
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(f) Schedule 3.9(f) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all
Indebtedness of the Propane Group Entities as of the Execution Date.
(g) The books of account and other financial records of the Propane Group Entities: (i) were
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the past practices of the
Propane Group Entities and (ii) are in all material respects true and correct, and do not contain
or reflect any material inaccuracies or discrepancies.
(h) ETP, including with respect to the Propane Group Entities, has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are
defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) as required
by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably
designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by ETP with respect to
the Propane Group Entities in the reports that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and
forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to ETP’s
management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the
certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”).
(i) The Propane Group Entities maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary: (A) to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP or any other criteria applicable to
such statements as contemplated by Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act and (B) to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
Section 3.10 Absence of Certain Changes. From and after January 1, 2011, (a) the Propane Business has been operated only in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (b) there has not been any Propane
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse Effect; and (c) there has not been any increase or decrease in the
compensation (including salary, bonus and other incentive compensation) payable by or to become
payable by any Propane Group Entity to any of the officers, key employees or agents of the Propane
Business, or change in any insurance, pension or other benefit plan, payment or arrangement
(including rights to retention, severance or termination pay) made to, for or with any of such
officers, key employees or agents or any commission or bonus paid to any of such officers, key
employees or agents, except such increases or decreases in the ordinary course of business for such
Propane Group Entity and consistent with past practice or as required by applicable Law. From and
after June 30, 2011, except as set forth on Schedule 3.10(d) of the Contributor Disclosure
Schedule, no Propane Group Entity has taken any action that, if taken after the Execution Date,
would constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1(b).
Section 3.11 Real Property.
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(a) The Leased Real Property shown on Schedule 3.11(a) of the Contributor Disclosure
Schedule is all the Leased Real Property (including leased propane storage facilities and
terminals) of the Propane Group Entities for which the monthly rent exceeds $1,800. Schedule
3.11(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule shows for each such Leased Real Property (i) the
street address and (ii) the current use of such parcel of Leased Real Property.
(b) The Owned Real Property shown on Schedule 3.11(b) of the Contributor Disclosure
Schedule is all the Owned Real Property (including owned propane storage facilities and terminals)
of the Propane Group Entities valued by the applicable Propane Group Entity at more than $750,000.
Schedule 3.11(b) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule shows for each such Owned Real
Property (i) the street address and (ii) the current use of such parcel of Owned Real Property.
(c) All of the Owned Real Property is owned by a Propane Group Entity, free and clear of all
Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
(d) Assuming good fee title vested in the applicable landlord, a Propane Group Entity has a
valid and binding leasehold interest in each Leased Real Property, free and clear of all Liens,
other than Permitted Liens. True and complete copies of all leases for the Leased Real Property
identified on Schedule 3.11(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule have been made
available to Acquirer.
(e) Schedule 3.11(e) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule lists all of the written
lease agreements pursuant to which a Propane Group Entity is a landlord or sublandlord under a
lease with monthly rental payments greater than $1,800 per month at any of the material Owned Real
Property or Leased Real Property. As of the Execution Date, to the Contributor Parties’ Knowledge,
no such Propane Group Entity has received any written notice of default from the tenant or
subtenant under any such lease or sublease nor, to the Contributor Parties’ Knowledge, is the
tenant or subtenant under any such lease or sublease in default beyond all applicable grace, notice
and cure periods.
(f) There is no pending or, to the Contributor Parties’ Knowledge, threatened condemnation,
expropriation, requisition (temporary or permanent) or similar proceeding with respect to any
Transferred Site as of the Execution Date, or, to the Contributor Parties’ Knowledge, has been
threatened in writing.
(g) The Propane Group Entities have made available to Acquirer true, legible and complete
copies of each deed for each parcel of Owned Real Property and to the extent such documents are in
the possession or control of the Contributor Parties, all the title insurance policies, title
reports, surveys, certificates of occupancy, environmental reports and audits, appraisals, permits,
other Liens, title documents related to the Real Property. To the Knowledge of the Contributor
Parties, (i) a Propane Group Entity is in peaceful and undisturbed possession of each parcel of
Real Property, (ii) there are no contractual restrictions that preclude or restrict the ability to
use the Real Property for the purposes for which it is being used as of the Execution Date, and
(iii) all existing water, sewer, steam, gas, electricity, telephone, cable, fiber optic cable,
internet access and other utilities required for the construction, use, occupancy, operation and
maintenance of the Real Property are adequate for the conduct of the business as it is conducted
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as of the Execution Date. To the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, there are no material
latent defects or material adverse physical conditions affecting the Real Property or any of the
facilities, buildings, structures, erections, improvements, fixtures, fixed assets and personalty
of a permanent nature annexed, affixed or attached to, located on or forming part of the Real
Property. Except as shown on Schedule 3.11(e) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, (i)
the Propane Group Entities have not leased any parcel or any portion of any parcel of Owned Real
Property to any other Person and no other Person has any rights to the use, occupancy or enjoyment
thereof pursuant to any lease, license, occupancy or other agreement for which the monthly rental
payments exceed $1,800, and (ii) no Propane Group Entity has assigned its interest under any lease
listed in Schedule 3.11(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule to any third party.
Section 3.12 Sufficiency of Assets; Title to Tangible Property.
(a) After giving effect to the contribution of the Acquired Interests pursuant to this
Agreement, the services to be provided, any licenses to be granted and the other arrangements
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, the properties, assets, personnel and rights of the
Propane Group Entities will constitute all the properties, assets, personnel and rights used, or
intended to be used in, and all such properties, assets, personnel and rights as are necessary in
the conduct in all material respects of, the Propane Business by Acquirer and the Propane Group
Entities immediately after the Contribution Closing in substantially the same manner as currently
conducted by ETP and the Propane Group Entities except with respect to items included in the
calculation of Net Working Capital and Net Cash (and the levels thereof), which the Parties
acknowledge are addressed in Section 2.5.
(b) After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, the
Propane Group Entities will have good title to, or a valid and binding leasehold or license
interest in, all Tangible Property, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. As of
the Execution Date, all of the Tangible Property is in good operating condition and in a state of
good maintenance and repair, in all material respects, in each case ordinary wear and tear excepted
and subject to scheduled maintenance and turnarounds. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.12(b) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, no Contributor Party or any Affiliate thereof
(other than the Propane Group Entities) owns any assets, including Tangible Property, used
primarily in the Propane Business.
Section 3.13 Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 3.13(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and
complete list of all (i) Registered Owned Intellectual Property and (ii) unregistered material
trademarks and service marks included in the Owned Intellectual Property. Each item of Registered
Owned Intellectual Property (A) is subsisting and enforceable, (B) has not been adjudged invalid by
any Governmental Authority and (C) is exclusively owned by a Propane Group Entity, free and clear
of any Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) To the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, the Propane Group Entities own or have the
valid right to use pursuant to a license, sublicense, or agreement all items of Intellectual
Property required in the operation of the Propane Business as presently conducted.
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(c) To the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, the Propane Group Entities and the operation
of the Propane Business does not infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate any
Intellectual Property of any third party. No third party has asserted in writing delivered to ETP
or any of its Subsidiaries a notice or a claim that any of the Propane Group Entities is
infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the Intellectual Property of such third party
and no such claim is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, threatened in
writing, against ETP or any of its Subsidiaries concerning the foregoing or concerning the
ownership, validity, registerability or enforceability of any Owned Intellectual Property.
(d) To the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, no third party is infringing,
misappropriating or otherwise violating the Owned Intellectual Property or any Intellectual
Property exclusively licensed to any of the Propane Group Entities.
(e) Each of the Propane Group Entities has taken commercially reasonable steps to maintain in
confidence all material trade secrets and confidential information owned or used by the Propane
Group Entities.
(f) XXXX jointly owns with Fuel Delivery Systems, Inc. pursuant to the Development and License
Agreement the software system known as “Fuelscape.” The Propane Group Entities have a license or
right to use the software/hardware mobile application known as “HPMobile” as licensed under the
Master Customer Agreement. XXXX has a license or right to use the software known as “RIS”
software. The Propane Group Entities’ rights in RIS and under the Development and License
Agreement and Master Customer Agreement shall survive unchanged the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
(g) The Company IT Assets have not materially malfunctioned or failed within the past three
(3) years. The Propane Group Entities have implemented commercially reasonable backup, security
and disaster recovery measures and technology consistent with industry practices.
Section 3.14 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except for matters set forth on Schedule 3.14 of the Contributor Disclosure
Schedule and except for matters that would not reasonably be expected to have a Propane Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Adverse Effect:
(i) each of the Propane Group Entities is in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws, and each of the Propane Group Entities has been in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws except for any noncompliance that has been fully resolved
without any ongoing, pending or future fines, penalties or obligations (other than ordinary
course obligations required to maintain compliance with Environmental Laws);
(ii) each of the Propane Group Entities possesses all Permits required under
Environmental Laws for its operations as currently conducted and is in compliance with the
terms of such Permits, and such Permits are in full force and effect;
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(iii) none of the Propane Group Entities nor any of their properties or operations are
subject to any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, threatened
Proceeding arising under any Environmental Law, nor has any of the Propane Group Entities
received any written notice, order or complaint from any Governmental Authority, or written
notice or complaint from any other Person, alleging a violation of or liability arising
under any Environmental Law;
(iv) none of the Propane Group Entities is a party to or subject to any settlement,
order or decree relating to any violation of or Liability under any Environmental Law;
(v) there has been no Release of Hazardous Substances on, at, under, to, or from any of
the current or, to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, former properties of the
Propane Group Entities, from or in connection with the Propane Group Entities’ operations,
or by any Propane Group Entity in a manner that has given or would reasonably be expected to
give rise to any Liability pursuant to any Environmental Law or that requires any Remedial
Action under any Environmental Law; and
(vi) none of the Propane Group Entities is conducting or funding any Remedial Action.
(b) The Contributor has provided Acquirer copies of any material environmental assessments,
audits, studies or other reports relating to the Propane Group Entities or their properties or
operations that are in the possession or control of the Contributor or the Propane Group Entities.
Section 3.15 Material Contracts.
(a) Schedule 3.15(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule lists the following
Contracts of the Propane Group Entities as of the Execution Date (such Contracts, collectively, the
“Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contracts”):
(i) any Contract between any Propane Group Entity and ETP or any Affiliate of ETP
(other than the Propane Group Entities);
(ii) any Contract that contains any provision or covenant which materially restricts
any Propane Group Entity or any Affiliate thereof from engaging in any lawful business
activity or competing in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area
or during any period of time after the Execution Date;
(iii) any Contract that relates to the creation, incurrence, assumption, or guarantee
of any Indebtedness by any Propane Group Entity with an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$100,000;
(iv) any Contract in respect of the formation of any partnership or joint venture or
that otherwise relates to the joint ownership or operation of the assets owned by any of the
Propane Group Entities;
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(v) any Contract that includes the acquisition or sale of assets (other than Contracts
for Inventory entered into in the ordinary course of business) (A) with a value in excess of
$250,000 or (B) pursuant to which any Propane Group Entity has continuing “earn-out” or
similar obligations (in either case, whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or
otherwise);
(vi) any Contract or commitment that involves a sharing of profits, losses, costs or
liabilities by any Propane Group Entity with any other Person;
(vii) any Contract that otherwise involves the annual payment or sale by or to any of
the Propane Group Entities of more than $550,000 or 250,000 gallons of propane,
respectively, and cannot be terminated by the Propane Group Entities on ninety (90) days’ or
less notice without payment by the Propane Group Entities of any material penalty;
(viii) all Contracts with independent contractors or consultants (or similar
arrangements) to which any Propane Group Entity is a party involving annual payments in
excess of $100,000 and that cannot be cancelled by such Propane Group Entity without penalty
or further payment and without more than thirty (30) days’ notice;
(ix) all Contracts with any Governmental Authority pursuant to which a Propane Group
Entity has an obligation to sell propane in quantities that are in excess of 250,000
gallons;
(x) any Contract involving annual payments in excess of $100,000 that contains most
favored nations provisions or grants any exclusive rights, rights of first refusal, rights
of first negotiation, participation or similar rights to any Person with respect to any
assets or business opportunity of any Propane Group Entity;
(xi) any lease of personal property under which any Propane Group Entity is lessee (A)
providing for the payment by such Propane Group Entity of annual rent of $50,000 or more
that cannot be terminated by such Propane Group Entity on less than ninety (90) days’
notice;
(xii) any agreement for the purchase by any Propane Group Entity of materials,
supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets with a value in excess of $200,000 that
cannot be terminated by such Propane Group Entity on less than ninety (90) days’ notice with
payment by such entity of a penalty not in excess of $25,000;
(xiii) any Contract relating to the transportation, storage, sale or purchase of
propane or the products therefrom, or the provision of services related thereto (including
any operation, operation servicing or maintenance Contract) in each case pursuant to which
any Propane Group Entity receives annual revenues or makes annual payments in excess of
$200,000;
(xiv) any collective bargaining agreement;
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(xv) any Contract under which any Propane Group Entity is obligated to purchase or sell
a specified volume of propane in excess of 250,000 gallons, including any requirements
contracts, “take-or-pay” or “ship-or-pay” Contracts;
(xvi) any Hedging Agreement;
(xvii) all licenses of Intellectual Property (A) from a Propane Group Entity to any
third party and (B) to a Propane Group Entity from any third party, in each case, (1)
pursuant to which any Propane Group Entity receives annual revenues or makes annual payments
in excess of $200,000 and (2) excluding licenses associated with off-the-shelf
software; and
(xviii) any Contract between any of the Propane Group Entities and any officer,
director or Affiliate of any of the Propane Group Entities (other than ETP and the ETP
Entities) or any immediate family member of any of the foregoing.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15(b) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule,
each Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contract has been made available to Acquirer and (i) is a valid and
binding obligation of the parties thereto and (ii) is in full force and effect and enforceable in
accordance with its terms against such Propane Group Entity and, to the Knowledge of Contributor,
the other parties thereto, except in each case, as enforcement may be limited by Creditors’ Rights.
(c) None of the Propane Group Entities nor, to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, any
other party to any Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contract is in default thereof or breach, in any material
respect, thereunder and no event has occurred that with the giving of notice or the passage of time
or both would constitute a breach or default in any material respect by such Propane Group Entity
or, to the Knowledge of Contributor, any other party to any Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contract, or
would permit termination, modification or acceleration under any Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contract.
Section 3.16 Legal Proceedings. Other than with respect to Proceedings arising under Environmental Laws or employee
benefits, employment and labor matters which are the subject of Section 3.14 and
Section 3.19, respectively, or as is set forth on Schedule 3.16 of the Contributor
Disclosure Schedule, there are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Contributor
Parties, threatened against (a) any Contributor Party with respect to the Propane Group Entities or
the Propane Business or (b) the Propane Group Entities pursuant to which a party is seeking (i)
damages in excess of $500,000 or (ii) injunctive, remedial or other equitable relief.
Section 3.17 Permits. Schedule 3.17 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all the
material Permits that are necessary to use, own and operate the assets of the Propane Group
Entities or that otherwise relate to the operation of the Propane Business as currently conducted.
Each of the Permits listed on Schedule 3.17 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule are held
by one of the Propane Group Entities. The Propane Group Entities are in compliance in all material
respects with the terms of all such Permits and no suspension or cancellation of any of the Permits
is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties,
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threatened, except as such non-compliance, suspension or cancellation as would not have a
Propane Business Material Adverse Effect. Assuming compliance with the matters referred to in
Section 3.5, none of the Permits on Schedule 3.17 of the Contributor Disclosure
Schedule will be suspended or cancelled as a result of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
Section 3.18 Taxes.
(a) All Tax Returns required to be filed with respect to the Propane Group Entities have been
timely filed and all Tax Returns with respect to the Propane Group Entities are true, complete and
correct in all material respects and all material Taxes due relating to the Propane Group Entities
have been paid in full. All Taxes with respect to the Propane Group Entities not yet due and
payable for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Contribution Closing
Date have been (or will be on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date) accrued and adequately
disclosed and fully provided for with adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP on the Propane
Business Financial Statements. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.18 of Contributor
Disclosure Schedule, there is no claim (other than claims being contested in good faith through
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP)
against any Propane Group Entity for any material Taxes, and no material assessment, deficiency, or
adjustment has been asserted or proposed in writing with respect to any material amount of Taxes or
material Tax Returns of or with respect to any Propane Group Entity.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, no
material Tax audits or administrative or judicial proceedings are being conducted, are pending or,
to the Contributor Parties’ Knowledge, have been threatened with respect to any Propane Group
Entity.
(c) All material Taxes required to be withheld, collected or deposited by or with respect to
any Propane Group Entity have been timely withheld, collected or deposited as the case may be, and
to the extent required, have been paid to the relevant taxing authority.
(d) There are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending the applicable statutory periods
of limitation for any material Tax of, or any material Taxes associated with the ownership or
operation of the assets of, any Propane Group Entity.
(e) No Propane Group Entity is a party to any Tax sharing, allocation indemnification or
similar agreement.
(f) No Propane Group Entity, has engaged in a transaction that would be reportable by or with
respect to any Propane Group Entity pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.6011-4 or any predecessor
thereto.
(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, each
of the Propane Group Entities has been treated as a partnership or as an entity disregarded as
separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes at all times since its formation and
none of the Target Entities has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal, state or
local Tax purposes.
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(h) There are no Tax liens on any of the assets of the Propane Group Entities (other than
Permitted Liens).
(i) To the Contributor Parties’ Knowledge, no claim has ever been made by a Governmental
Authority in any jurisdiction where the Propane Group Entities do not file Tax Returns that any of
the Propane Group Entities is or may be subject to taxation by such jurisdiction.
(j) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, none
of the Propane Group Entities has been included in any consolidated, unitary or combined Tax Return
provided for under Law with respect to Taxes for any taxable period for which the statute of
limitations has not expired (other than a group of which the Propane Group Entities are the only
members).
(k) Acquirer will not be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any
material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending
after the Contribution Closing Date as a result of any of the following that occurred or exists on
or prior to the Contribution Closing Date: (i) a “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121
of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of any Tax Law), (ii) an installment sale or
open transaction, (iii) a prepaid amount or (iv) change in the accounting method of any Propane
Group Entity pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or any similar provision of the Code or the
corresponding Tax Laws of any nation, state or locality.
(l) For the most recent four (4) complete calendar quarters for which the necessary financial
information is available, at least 90% of the combined gross income of the Target Entities has been
income which is “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code.
Section 3.19 Employee Benefits; Employment and Labor Matters.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.19(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, no
Propane Group Entity (i) is a party to, (ii) has any material liability with respect to or (iii)
sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or has sponsored, maintained or contributed to, for the
benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of any
Propane Group Entity, any of the following:
(i) any “employee benefit plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA
(including employee benefit plans, such as foreign plans, which are not subject to the
provisions of ERISA), but excluding any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Sections
3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA; or
(ii) any material equity-based compensation plan (including stock option plans, stock
purchase plans, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and phantom stock plans), bonus
plan or arrangement, incentive award plan or arrangement, vacation policy, severance pay
plan or arrangement, change in control policy or agreement, deferred compensation agreement
or arrangement, executive compensation or supplemental income arrangement, retiree medical
or life insurance, supplemental retirement, consulting agreement, employment or termination
or other similar agreement
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and each other employee benefit plan, agreement, arrangement, program, practice or
understanding which is not described in Section 3.19(a)(i) (collectively, along with
any plan described in Section 3.19(a)(i) above, the “Propane Group Benefit Plans”).
(b) True, correct and complete copies of (i) the plan documents for each of the Propane Group
Benefit Plans that is sponsored by a Propane Group Entity and is set forth in writing and (ii) the
Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P. 401(k) Plan (the “ETP 401(k) Plan”, and (i) and (ii)
collectively, the “Select Propane Benefit Plans”), along with the related trusts, insurance or
group annuity contracts, each summary plan description and each other funding or financing
arrangement relating to any such plan, including all amendments thereto and a summary of any
material modifications, have been made available to Acquirer and there has been made available to
Acquirer, with respect to each Select Propane Benefit Plan required to file such report and
description, the most recent report on IRS Form 5500, including all schedules thereto.
Additionally, the most recent determination letter or opinion letter from the IRS for each of the
Propane Group Benefit Plans intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and any
outstanding determination letter application for such plans, as well as the most recently prepared
actuarial report and financial statement has been furnished for each Select Propane Benefit Plan.
(c) Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.19(c) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule:
(i) each Select Propane Benefit Plan has been administered in compliance in all
material respects with its terms, the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other
applicable laws and the terms of all applicable collective bargaining agreements;
(ii) there are no actions, suits or claims pending (other than routine claims for
benefits) or to the Contributor Parties’ Knowledge, threatened, with respect to any Select
Propane Benefit Plan and no Select Propane Benefit Plan is under audit or is subject to an
investigation by the IRS, the Department of Labor or any other federal or state governmental
agency nor is any such audit or investigation pending; and
(iii) no circumstance, fact or event exists that could reasonably be likely to result
in any default under or violation of any Select Propane Benefit Plan.
(iv) all contributions and payments required to be made by any Propane Group Entity or
ERISA Affiliate of any Propane Group Entity to or under each Select Propane Benefit Plan
have been timely made.
(d) No Propane Group Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(e) For each Propane Group Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code, the applicable Propane Group Entity has either (i) received a favorable determination
letter from the IRS relating to the most recently completed IRS qualification cycle applicable to
such Propane Group Benefit Plan and covering all of the applicable qualification provisions on the
IRS cumulative list of covered qualification requirements for the cycle, or (ii) has received a
prior determination letter for the Propane Group
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Benefit Plan and has timely filed, or caused to be filed, an application for a determination
letter for the most recently completed qualification cycle that the applicable Propane Group Entity
reasonably anticipates will result in the issuance by the IRS of a favorable determination letter
for the Propane Group Benefit Plan covering all the applicable qualification provisions on the IRS
cumulative list. The applicable Propane Group Entity has adopted by the applicable deadline all
amendments to each Propane Group Benefit Plan required by applicable Law. No Propane Group Benefit
Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is currently under
examination by the IRS or is the subject of any pending application under any applicable IRS
voluntary correction program. No amendment to a Propane Group Benefit Plan has been adopted or
operational defect exists that could adversely affect the qualified or tax exempt status of any
Propane Group Benefit Plan or that could result in the revocation of a trust’s exemption from
United States federal income taxation.
(f) Neither the Propane Group Entities nor any current or former ERISA Affiliate of a Propane
Group Entity has, within the six-year period prior to the Contribution Closing Date, maintained,
established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any employee benefit plan that is a
multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) or for which any
Propane Group Entity could incur liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA.
(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.19(g) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule,
neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby shall (either alone or in connection with the termination of employment or service of any
employee, officer, director or independent contractor following, or in connection with, the
transactions contemplated hereby): (i) entitle any current or former employee, officer, director
or independent contractor of any Propane Group Entity to severance pay or benefits or any increase
in severance pay or benefits upon any termination of employment or service with any Propane Group
Entity, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a
grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, or increase the amount payable or
trigger any other obligation pursuant to, any of the Select Propane Benefit Plans to any current or
former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of any Propane Group Entity or (iii)
limit or restrict the right of any Propane Group Entity or, after the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, any AmeriGas Entities, to merge, amend or terminate any of the
Select Propane Benefit Plans.
(h) In connection with the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or
otherwise, no payments have or will be made under the Select Propane Benefit Plans which,
separately or in the aggregate, would result in imposition of any “excess parachute payment”
imposed under Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code. Furthermore, none of the Propane Group Entities
has any obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any person for any income, excise
or other tax incurred by such person pursuant to any applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S.
law related to the collection and payment of taxes.
(i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.19(i) on the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, no
Select Propane Benefit Plan provides retiree medical or retiree life insurance benefits to any
person and neither the Propane Group Entities nor any ERISA Affiliate of a Propane Group Entity is
contractually or otherwise obligated (whether or not in writing) to
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provide any person with medical, dental, disability, hospitalization, life insurance or
similar benefits (whether insured or self-insured) to any current or former employee, officer,
director or independent contractor upon retirement or termination of employment, other than as
required by the provisions of Section 601 through 608 of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code.
Additionally, each Select Propane Benefit Plan which is an “employee welfare benefit plan,” as such
term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, may be unilaterally amended or terminated in its entirety
without liability except as to benefits accrued thereunder prior to such amendment or termination.
Each of the Select Propane Benefit Plans is subject only to the Laws of the United States or a
political subdivision thereof.
(j) Each Select Propane Benefit Plan that is or forms part of a “nonqualified deferred
compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been established or timely
amended to comply and has been operated in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A. Each
relevant Propane Group Entity’s federal income tax return is not under examination by the IRS with
respect to nonqualified deferred compensation. The Propane Group Entities have not maintained,
sponsored, been a party to, participated in, or contributed to any plan, agreement or arrangement
subject to the provisions of Section 457A of the Code.
(k) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.19(k) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule,
(a) each of the Propane Group Entities is currently in material compliance in all material respects
with all applicable labor and employment Laws including all Laws relating to employment
discrimination, payment of wages, overtime compensation, the payment and withholding of income or
employment Taxes, collective bargaining, immigration, occupational health and safety, and wrongful
discharge; (b) no action, suit, complaint, charge, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority, brought by or on behalf of any employee,
prospective or former employee or labor organization or other representative of the employees or of
any prospective or former employees of any of the Propane Group Entities is pending or to the
Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, threatened against any of the Propane Group Entities or any
present or former director or employee (including with respect to alleged sexual harassment, unfair
labor practices or discrimination); (c) to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, none of the
Propane Group Entities has misclassified any person as an independent contractor, temporary
employee, leased employee, volunteer or any other servant or agent compensated other than through
reportable wages as an employee of the applicable Propane Group Entities (each a “Contingent
Worker”) and no Contingent Worker has been improperly excluded from any Select Propane Benefit
Plan; (d) none of the Propane Group Entities has breached or otherwise failed to comply in any
respect with the material provisions of any collective bargaining, trade union or other labor union
contract, and no material grievance is pending or to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties,
threatened against any of the Propane Group Entities under any such agreement or contract; and (e)
none of the Propane Group Entities is subject to or otherwise bound by, any consent, decree, order,
or agreement with, any Governmental Authority, or labor union or any other employee representative
body relating to employees or former employees of any of the Propane Group Entities. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.19(k) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, none of the Propane Group
Entities is a signatory party to or otherwise subject to any collective bargaining agreements, and
there is no material labor dispute, strike, slowdown, controversy, work stoppage or other labor
trouble between any of the Propane Group Entities and any of their respective employees pending or
to
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the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, threatened, and none of the Propane Group Entities
has experienced any such material labor dispute, strike, slowdown, controversy, work stoppage or
other labor trouble within the past five (5) years. To the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties,
no Propane Group Employee is in any respect in material violation of any material term of any
employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, common law nondisclosure obligation, fiduciary duty,
noncompetition agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation to a former employer or other
employee relating to (i) the right of any such employee to be employed by the Propane Group
Entities; or (ii) knowledge or use of trade secrets or proprietary information.
(l) All quarterly cash distribution payment obligations under outstanding awards under the ETP
LTIP held by Propane Group Employees have been paid when due.
Section 3.20 Brokers’ Fee. Except for the fee and related expenses payable to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the
“CS Fee”), no broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any
broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements based upon arrangements made by or on
behalf of any Contributor Party.
Section 3.21 Matters Relating to Acquisition of the Equity Consideration.
(a) ETP has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of their investment in the Equity Consideration and is
capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment. ETP is an “accredited investor” as that
term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D (without regard to Rule 501(a)(4)) promulgated under
the Securities Act. ETP is acquiring the Equity Consideration for investment for its own account
and not with a view toward or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, other than the
Spin-Off, if applicable, or with any present intention of distributing or selling the Equity
Consideration in violation of applicable state and federal securities Laws. ETP is not a party to
any Contract or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such
Person or to any third Person, with respect to the Equity Consideration. Contributor acknowledges
and understands that (i) the acquisition of the Equity Consideration has not been registered under
the Securities Act in reliance on an exemption therefrom and (ii) that the AmeriGas Common Units
comprising the Equity Consideration will, upon their sale by ETP, be characterized as “restricted
securities” under state and federal securities Laws. ETP agrees that the AmeriGas Common Units
comprising the Equity Consideration may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged,
hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, and in compliance with other applicable state and federal securities Laws.
(b) ETP has undertaken such investigation as it deemed necessary to enable it to make an
informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the acquisition of the Equity Consideration. ETP has had an opportunity to ask
questions and receive answers from Acquirer regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of
the Equity Consideration and the business, properties, prospects, and financial condition of
Acquirer. The foregoing investigation and inquiry by ETP, however, does not modify the
representations and warranties of Acquirer in Article IV and such
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representations and warranties constitute the sole and exclusive representations and
warranties of Acquirer to the Contributor Parties in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
Section 3.22 Insurance. Schedule 3.22 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule lists all insurance policies
of ETP or any of its Affiliates and any of ETP’s self-insured programs covering the Propane Group
Entities and the operation of the Propane Business as of the Execution Date. Each such policy is
in full force and effect, all premiums due thereon have been paid by the applicable Contributor
Party or such Affiliate, and the applicable Contributor Party or Affiliate has complied in all
material respects with the provisions of such policy and has not received written notice from any
of its insurance brokers or carriers that such broker or carrier will not be willing or able to
renew its existing coverage.
Section 3.23 Suppliers. Schedule 3.23 of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and
correct list of the twenty (20) largest suppliers (measured by dollar volume of revenue) of the
Propane Business during each of the twelve (12) month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2011 and
the amount of such business done (by volumes of gallons of propane) with each such supplier during
such periods. Since January 1, 2011, no such supplier (i) has provided written notice of any
material complaint concerning products or services of the Propane Business or (ii) has terminated
or adversely modified its business relationship with the Propane Business. No such supplier has
provided written notice since January 1, 2011, of any material modification or change in its
business relationship with the Propane Business.
Section 3.24 Information Supplied. None of the information furnished in writing by the Contributor Parties or to be furnished
in writing by the Contributor Parties specifically for inclusion (or incorporation by reference) in
the Form S-3 or any registration statement, prospectus or other related document in connection with
the Debt Financing will, at the time the Form S-3 or such registration statement, prospectus or
other related document becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Contributor Parties make no
representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied by Acquirer for inclusion in
the foregoing documents.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIRER
Acquirer hereby represents and warrants to the Contributor Parties as follows:
Section 4.1 Organization; Qualification. Acquirer is an entity duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the state of Delaware and has all requisite partnership power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is
duly qualified, registered or licensed to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the property or assets owned, leased or operated by it or the nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be
so duly qualified, registered or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to
(i) have an AmeriGas Material
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Adverse Effect, (ii) prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or (iii) materially impair the ability of Acquirer to
perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements. Acquirer has made available to the
Contributor Parties true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of Acquirer, as in
effect on the Execution Date.
Section 4.2 Authority; Enforceability; Valid Issuance.
(a) Acquirer has the requisite partnership power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and any other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The
execution and delivery by Acquirer of this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreements to which
it is a party, the performance by Acquirer of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the
consummation by Acquirer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and
validly authorized by Acquirer, and no other partnership proceedings on the part of Acquirer is
necessary to authorize this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(b) This Agreement has been, and, upon their execution, any other Transaction Agreements to
which it is a party shall have been, duly executed and delivered by Acquirer and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Contributor Parties, this Agreement constitutes and,
upon their execution, any other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party shall constitute,
legal valid and binding agreements of Acquirer, enforceable against Acquirer in accordance with
their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Creditors’ Rights.
(c) The issuance of the AmeriGas Common Units comprising the Equity Consideration has been
duly authorized in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Acquirer. The AmeriGas Common
Units comprising the Equity Consideration, when issued and delivered to ETP in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (except to the extent
nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act) and
free of any Lien or restrictions upon voting or transfer thereof pursuant to any Contract to which
any of the AmeriGas Entities is a party or by which any property or asset of any such Person is
bound or affected, other than (i) pursuant to the Organizational Documents of Acquirer and (ii) any
restrictions in the Unitholder Agreement. Upon issuance and delivery of the AmeriGas Common Units
comprising the Equity Consideration, ETP will be duly admitted to Acquirer as an additional limited
partner.
Section 4.3 Non-Contravention. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, the
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements and the consummation by Acquirer
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby does not and will not: (a) violate, conflict
with or result in any breach of any provision of the Organizational Documents of Acquirer; (b)
assuming that Acquirer receives the proceeds of the Intercompany Financing, conflict with, result
in any breach of (including the failure to obtain a consent or waiver), constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or passage of time or both would give rise to a default) under, require any
consent under, or give rise to any right of
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termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration (with or without the giving of notice, or
the passage of time or both) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to
which Acquirer is a party or by which any property or asset of Acquirer is bound or affected; (c)
assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section 4.4, conflict with or violate
any Law to which Acquirer is subject or by which any of Acquirer’s properties or assets is bound;
or (d) constitute (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) an event
which would result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any asset of
Acquirer, except, in the cases of clauses (b), (c) and (d), for such conflicts, breaches,
violations, Liens, defaults or rights of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration as
would not reasonably be expected to (i) have an AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect, (ii) prevent or
materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or
(iii) materially impair Acquirer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Agreements.
Section 4.4 Governmental Approvals. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4 of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, no
declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of,
any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and any other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, by Acquirer or for the
consummation by Acquirer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than compliance
with, and filings under, the HSR Act and such declarations, filings, registrations, notices,
authorizations, consents and approvals the failure of which to receive or provide would not
reasonably be expected to have an AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect or to prevent or materially
delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to materially impair
Acquirer’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 4.5 Capitalization.
(a) As of the Execution Date: (i) 57,124,296 AmeriGas Common Units were issued and
outstanding and (ii) 2,742,349 AmeriGas Common Units were reserved for issuance under Acquirer’s
employee benefit plans and equity compensation plans, of which no AmeriGas Common Units were
subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding AmeriGas options and 161,456 AmeriGas Common Units
were subject to issuance upon the vesting of outstanding phantom units.
(b) All of the limited partner interests in Acquirer are duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the Organizational Documents of Acquirer, and are fully paid and nonassessable
(except as nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act)
and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar
rights of any Person.
(c) Except as set forth in the Organizational Documents of Acquirer or Schedule 4.5(c)
of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule and except as otherwise provided in Section 4.5(a),
there are no preemptive rights or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights,
stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls,
subscription agreements, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate Acquirer to issue or sell
any equity interests of Acquirer or any securities or obligations convertible or
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exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or
acquire, any equity interests in Acquirer, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights
are authorized, issued or outstanding.
(d) Acquirer does not have any outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the
holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having
the right to vote) with the holders of equity interests in Acquirer on any matter.
(e) AmeriGas Propane, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“AmeriGas GP”) is the sole general
partner of Acquirer with a 1.0% general partner interest in Acquirer and the sole general partner
of AmeriGas Operating, with a 1.0101% general partner interest in AmeriGas Operating (such
interests, collectively, the “AmeriGas GP Interests”). The AmeriGas GP Interests have been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the AmeriGas Partnership Agreement or the AmeriGas
Operating Partnership Agreement, as applicable, and have not been issued in violation of any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights of any Person. The AmeriGas GP
Interests are owned by AmeriGas GP free and clear of all Liens, other than (i) transfer
restrictions imposed by federal and state securities Laws and (ii) any transfer restrictions
contained in the AmeriGas Partnership Agreement or the AmeriGas Operating Partnership Agreement.
(f) Acquirer holds a 98.8899% limited partner interest in AmeriGas Operating and AmeriGas
Eagle Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AmeriGas Operating, holds a 0.1% limited partner
interest in AmeriGas Operating and Acquirer and Amerigas Eagle Holdings, Inc. own such interests
free and clear of all Liens other than (i) transfer restrictions imposed by federal and state
securities Laws and (ii) any transfer restrictions contained in the Organizational Documents of
AmeriGas Operating.
Section 4.6 Compliance with Law. Except as to specific matters disclosed in the AmeriGas SEC Documents filed or furnished on
or after January 1, 2011 and prior to the Execution Date (excluding any disclosures included in any
“risk factor” section of such AmeriGas SEC Documents or any other disclosures in such AmeriGas SEC
Documents to the extent they are predictive or forward looking and general in nature), and except
for Environmental Laws, Tax matters which are the subject of Section 4.9 and Section
4.11, respectively, (a) each AmeriGas Entity is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Laws, (b) none of the AmeriGas Entities has received written notice of any violation in
any material respect of any applicable Law, and (c) none of the AmeriGas Entities has received
written notice that it is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for potential
non-compliance in any material respect with any Law. No AmeriGas Entity is subject to any material
outstanding judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority.
Section 4.7 AmeriGas SEC Reports; Financial Statements.
(a) Acquirer has furnished or filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other
documents (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) required to be furnished
or filed by Acquirer with the SEC since October 1, 2010 (such documents being collectively referred
to as the “AmeriGas SEC Documents”). Each AmeriGas SEC Document (i) at the time filed or, if
amended, as of the date of such amendment, complied in all material
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respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as the case may be,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such AmeriGas SEC
Document and (ii) did not, at the time it was filed (or, if amended or superseded by a filing or
amendment prior to the Execution Date, then at the time of such filing or amendment) contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
(b) Each of the financial statements of Acquirer included in the AmeriGas SEC Documents
complied at the time it was filed as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto,
has been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
presented thereby, and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position
and operating results, equity and cash flows of Acquirer as of, and for the periods ended on, the
respective dates thereof, subject, however, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to
normal year-end audit adjustments and accruals and the absence of notes and other textual
disclosures as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC.
(c) None of the AmeriGas Entities has any Liability that would be required to be included in
the financial statements of Acquirer under GAAP except for (i) Liabilities reflected or reserved
against on the consolidated balance sheet of Acquirer dated as of June 30, 2011 or the notes
thereto, (ii) Liabilities that have arisen since June 30, 2011 in the ordinary course of business
and (iii) Liabilities which would not reasonably be expected to have an AmeriGas Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) The books of account and other financial records of Acquirer: (i) meet the requirements
of Regulation S-X and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the
past practices of Acquirer and (ii) are in all material respects true and correct, and do not
contain or reflect any material inaccuracies or discrepancies.
(e) Acquirer has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal
control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f),
respectively, of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange
Act. Acquirer’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all
material information required to be disclosed by Acquirer in the reports that it files or furnishes
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated
and communicated to Acquirer’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
Section 4.8 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as to specific matters disclosed in the AmeriGas SEC Documents filed or furnished on
or after October 1, 2010 and prior to the Execution Date (excluding any disclosures included in any
“risk factor” section of such AmeriGas SEC Documents or any other disclosures in such AmeriGas SEC
Documents to the extent they are predictive or forward looking and general in nature) and except as
set forth on Schedule 4.8 of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule or as expressly contemplated
by this
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Agreement, from and after October 1, 2010, there has not been any event, occurrence or
development which has had an AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.9 Environmental Matters. Except as to specific matters disclosed in the AmeriGas SEC Documents filed or furnished on
or after January 1, 2011 and prior to the Execution Date (excluding any disclosures included in any
“risk factor” section of such AmeriGas SEC Documents or any other disclosures in such AmeriGas SEC
Documents to the extent they are predictive or forward looking and general in nature), except as to
matters set forth on Schedule 4.9 of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule and except as to
matters that would not reasonably be expected to have an AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect:
(a) each of the AmeriGas Entities is in compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws, and each of the AmeriGas Entities has been in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws except for any noncompliance that has been fully resolved;
(b) each of the AmeriGas Entities possesses all Permits required under Environmental
Laws for their operations as currently conducted and is in compliance with the terms of such
Permits, and such Permits are in full force and effect;
(c) none of the AmeriGas Entities nor any of their properties or operations are subject
to any pending or, to the Knowledge of Acquirer, threatened Proceeding arising under any
Environmental Law, nor has any of the AmeriGas Entities received any written and pending
notice, order or complaint from any Governmental Authority, or written notice or complaint
from any other Person, alleging a violation of or Liability under any Environmental Law; and
(d) there has been no Release of Hazardous Substances on, at, under, to, or from any of
the current properties of the AmeriGas Entities, or from or in connection with the AmeriGas
Entities’ operations in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any
Liability pursuant to any Environmental Law or that requires any Remedial Action under any
Environmental Law.
Section 4.10 Legal Proceedings. Except as to specific matters disclosed in the AmeriGas SEC Documents filed or furnished on
or after October 1, 2010 and prior to the Execution Date (excluding any disclosures included in any
“risk factor” section of such AmeriGas SEC Documents or any other disclosures in such AmeriGas SEC
Documents to the extent they are predictive or forward looking and general in nature) and other
than as is set forth on Schedule 4.10 of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, there are no
Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Acquirer, threatened against the AmeriGas Entities,
except such Proceedings as would not (a) have an AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect, (b) prevent or
materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or
(c) materially impair Acquirer’s ability to perform its obligations thereunder.
Section 4.11 Taxes.
(a) All material Tax Returns required to be filed with respect to the AmeriGas Entities have
been timely filed and all the Tax Returns of the AmeriGas Entities are true,
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complete and correct in all material respects and all material Taxes due relating to the
AmeriGas Entities have been paid in full. All Taxes with respect to the AmeriGas Entities not yet
due and payable for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Contribution
Closing Date have been (or will be on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date) accrued and
adequately disclosed and fully provided for with adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP on the
financial statements of the AmeriGas Entities. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.11 of the
Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, there is no claim (other than claims being contested in good faith
through appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with
GAAP) against any AmeriGas Entities for any material Taxes, and no material assessment, deficiency,
or adjustment has been asserted or proposed in writing with respect to any material amount of Taxes
or material Tax Returns of or with respect to the AmeriGas Entities.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, no
material Tax audits or administrative or judicial proceedings are being conducted, are pending or,
to the Acquirer Parties’ Knowledge, have been threatened with respect to the AmeriGas Entities.
(c) All material Taxes required to be withheld, collected or deposited by or with respect to
the AmeriGas Entities have been timely withheld, collected or deposited as the case may be, and to
the extent required, have been paid to the relevant taxing authority.
(d) There are no outstanding agreements or waivers extending the applicable statutory periods
of limitation for any material Tax of, or any material Taxes associated with the ownership or
operation of the assets of, any AmeriGas Entity.
(e) None of the AmeriGas Entities is a party to any Tax sharing, allocation, indemnification
or similar agreement.
(f) None of the AmeriGas Entities has engaged in a transaction that would be reportable by or
with respect to any AmeriGas Entity pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.6011-4 or any predecessor
thereto.
(g) Acquirer has not elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. Acquirer qualifies as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section
7704(b) of the Code and has met the “gross income requirements” (within the meaning of Section
7704(c) of the Code) in each Tax year since its formation. Acquirer has filed a U.S. federal
income tax return that has in effect an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code.
Section 4.12 Brokers’ Fee. Except for the fee payable to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC which, together with any related
expenses, shall be paid by Acquirer, no broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other
Person is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or
commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements based
upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Acquirer.
Section 4.13 Matters Relating to Acquisition of the Acquired Interests.
(a) Acquirer has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Acquired
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Interests and is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment. Acquirer is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D (without regard to Rule
501(a)(4)) promulgated under the Securities Act. Acquirer is acquiring the Acquired Interests for
investment for its own account and not with a view toward or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof, or with any present intention of distributing or selling the Acquired
Interests in violation of applicable state and federal securities Laws. Except for Acquirer’s
Organizational Documents, Acquirer does not have any Contract or arrangement with any Person to
sell, transfer or grant participations to such Person or to any third Person, with respect to the
Acquired Interests. Acquirer acknowledges and understands that (i) the acquisition of the Acquired
Interests has not been registered under the Securities Act in reliance on an exemption therefrom
and (ii) that the Acquired Interests will, upon their sale by Contributor, be characterized as
“restricted securities” under state and federal securities Laws. Acquirer agrees that the Acquired
Interests may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise
disposed of except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or
pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in
compliance with other applicable state and federal securities Laws.
(b) Acquirer has undertaken such investigation as it has deemed necessary to enable it to make
an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the acquisition of the Acquired Interests. Acquirer has had an opportunity to
ask questions and receive answers from Contributor regarding the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Acquired Interests and the business, properties, prospects, and financial condition
of the Propane Group Entities. The foregoing investigation and inquiry by Acquirer, however, does
not modify the representations and warranties of the Contributor Parties in Article III and
such representations and warranties constitute the sole and exclusive representations and
warranties of the Contributor Parties to Acquirer in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
Section 4.14 Form S-3. Neither the Form S-3 nor any registration statement, prospectus or other related document
in connection with the Debt Financing will, at the time the Form S-3 or such registration
statement, prospectus or other related document becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Acquirer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied in
writing by the Contributor Parties specifically for inclusion in any of the foregoing documents.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
Section 5.1 Conduct of Business.
(a) From the Execution Date through the Contribution Closing, except as described in
Schedule 5.1(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, and except as required by this
Agreement, as required by applicable Law or consented to or approved in writing by
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Acquirer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Contributor
Parties shall cause each Propane Group Entity to:
(i) conduct its business and activities in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice;
(ii) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact their goodwill and relationships
with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with them with respect
thereto;
(iii) use reasonable best efforts to keep available the services of the key employees
of the Propane Group Entities;
(iv) comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to them;
(v) use reasonable best efforts to maintain in full force without interruption its
present insurance policies or comparable insurance coverage of the Propane Group Entities;
(vi) amend its severance plans, if any, to provide that (A) employees who become
employed by AmeriGas GP or any other AmeriGas Entity after the Contribution Closing on the
terms specified in this Agreement will not be entitled to severance and (B) the transfer of
employment from the Target Entities to AmeriGas GP or any other AmeriGas Entity after the
Contribution Closing will not be deemed or treated as a termination of employment so long as
the terms specified in this Agreement have been satisfied;
(vii) fund collateral calls under any Hedging Agreement; and
(viii) make growth and maintenance capital expenditures (other than capital
expenditures associated with purchases of any securities or ownership interests of, or
acquisitions of assets of, or investments in, any Person) in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and the Propane Group Budget.
(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1(a), and, except as described in
Schedule 5.1(b) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule, as required by this Agreement or
consented to or approved in writing by Acquirer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed), the Contributor Parties shall not authorize or permit the Propane Group
Entities to:
(i) amend or restate its Organizational Documents;
(ii) purchase any securities or ownership interests of, or make any investment in, any
Person, other than (A) ordinary course overnight investments consistent with the cash
management policies of such Person, (B) investments in wholly owned Subsidiaries (C)
purchases of entities engaged in businesses similar to the Propane Business in connection
with those transactions described on Schedule 5.1(b)(ii)(C) of the
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Contributor Disclosure Schedule, or (D) purchases of entities engaged in businesses
similar to the Propane Business in addition to those contemplated by clause (C) not to
exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate;
(iii) make any capital expenditure or purchase any properties or assets, other than
expenditures or purchases (A) in accordance with the Propane Group Budget, (B) contemplated
by sub-clause (C) or sub-clause (D) of Section 5.1(b)(ii) or (C) required on an
emergency basis for the safety of individuals or the environment;
(iv) make any material Tax election that could effect any Propane Group Entity
following the Contribution Closing; adopt or change any accounting or Tax accounting method
(other than as required by Law or GAAP); enter into any closing agreement; settle,
compromise or consent to any Tax Liability, claim or assessment; surrender any right to
claim a refund of Taxes or take any similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return
or the payment of any Tax;
(v) except as required under its Organizational Documents, declare or pay any
distributions in respect of any of its equity securities or partnership units except the
declaration and payment of cash distributions;
(vi) split, combine or reclassify any of its equity securities or partnership units or
issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for, its equity securities or partnership units;
(vii) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its equity securities or
partnership units or any securities convertible into or exercisable for any equity
securities or partnership units;
(viii) issue, deliver, sell, pledge or dispose of, or authorize the issuance, delivery,
sale, pledge or disposition of, any (A) equity securities or partnership units of any class,
(B) debt securities having the right to vote on any matters on which holders of capital
stock or members or partners of the same issuer may vote or (C) securities convertible into
or exercisable for, or any rights, warrants, calls or options to acquire, any such
securities;
(ix) transfer, license, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of any properties or assets
(including any general partner or limited partner interest or any other equity interests in
any other Person) with a value exceeding $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the
aggregate, other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(x) abandon, assign, license, sell, transfer or grant any security interest in, to or
under any Owned Intellectual Property;
(xi) create, incur, guarantee or assume any Indebtedness, other than trade credit
issued to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
Intercompany Indebtedness incurred from ETP consistent with past practice
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for purposes of funding working capital or cash collateral calls under Hedging
Agreements;
(xii) enter into any joint venture or similar arrangement with a third party;
(xiii) (A) settle any claims, demands, lawsuits or state or federal regulatory
proceedings for damages to the extent (1) such settlements assess or seek to assess damages
in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate (excluding damages against which the Propane Group
Entities are insured) or (2) such claims, demands, lawsuits or state or federal regulatory
proceedings are insured (net of deductibles), reserved against the Propane Business
Financial Statements or covered by an indemnity obligation not subject to dispute or
adjustment from a solvent indemnitor, or (B) settle any claims, demands, lawsuits or state
or federal regulatory proceedings seeking an injunction or other equitable relief against
the Propane Group Entities;
(xiv) merge with or into, or consolidate with, any other Person or acquire all or
substantially all of the business or assets of any other Person;
(xv) take any action with respect to or in contemplation of any liquidation,
dissolution, recapitalization, reorganization, or other winding up;
(xvi) change or modify any accounting policies, except for changes thereto required by
GAAP;
(xvii) except as required by applicable Law, (A) and other than as is reasonably
consistent with past practice and in accordance with the Propane Group Budget, approve or
make modifications of the base salaries, bonuses or other compensation (including incentive
compensation) payable to any Propane Group Employee; provided, however, with
respect to modifications not reasonably consistent with past practice and in accordance with
the Propane Group Budget, on the Contribution Closing Date the base salary shall revert to
the level in effect on October 1, 2011; or (B) adopt or make any amendment to any Select
Propane Benefit Plan;
(xviii) terminate any, or hire any new, Propane Group Employee other than in the
ordinary course of business;
(xix) except as required by applicable Law, grant any rights to retention pay,
severance pay (other than in the ordinary course of business and which severance shall not
exceed three (3) months base pay to an individual employee) or termination pay to, or enter
into any new (or, other than is required by this Agreement or applicable Law, amend any
existing) employment, retention, severance or other agreement or arrangement with any
Propane Group Employee other than as required by an existing contract listed on Schedule
3.19(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule;
(xx) permit or allow any of the assets of the Propane Group Entities to be subject to
any Liens, other than Permitted Liens and Liens that will be released at or prior to the
Contribution Closing Date;
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(xxi) fail to pay any creditor any amount owed to such creditor when due, except to the
extent being contested by such member of the Propane Group in good faith;
(xxii) accelerate the collection of any accounts receivable or delay the payment of any
accounts payable, in each case, compared to the past practices of the Propane Group
Entities;
(xxiii) (A) terminate, discontinue, close or dispose of any satellite propane storage
facility, underground propane storage facility or propane terminal related to the Propane
Business or (B) terminate, discontinue, close or dispose of any branch location, plant or
business operation related to the Propane Business, other than those properties valued by
the applicable Propane Group Entity at less than $1,000,000 individually or $3,000,000 in
the aggregate;
(xxiv) unless entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, enter into any Contract that would have been a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contract if
it was entered into prior to the Execution Date;
(xxv) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
modify, amend or voluntarily terminate, prior to the expiration date thereof, any Propane
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contract or waive any default by, or release, settle or compromise any claim
against, any other party thereto;
(xxvi) take any action which would (A) materially adversely affect the ability of the
Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, (B) be
reasonably expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, or (C) have a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse
Effect; or
(xxvii) agree, or commit to take any of the actions described above.
(c) From the Execution Date through the Contribution Closing, except as described in
Schedule 5.1(c) of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, and except as required by this
Agreement, as required by applicable Law or consented to or approved in writing by the Contributor
Parties (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Acquirer shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
(i) conduct its business and activities in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice;
(ii) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact their goodwill and relationships
with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with them with respect
thereto; and
(iii) comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to them.
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(d) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1(c), and, except as described in
Schedule 5.1(d) of the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, as required by this Agreement or
consented to or approved in writing by the Contributor Parties (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), Acquirer shall not and shall not authorize or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to:
(i) except as required under its Organizational Documents, declare or pay any
distributions in respect of any of its equity securities or partnership units except (A) the
declaration and payment of distributions from any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Acquirer
in the ordinary course of business and (B) with respect to Acquirer, regular quarterly cash
distributions made pursuant to applicable AmeriGas GP board approvals in accordance with
past practices;
(ii) create, incur, guarantee or assume any Indebtedness other than (A) trade credit
issued to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B)
Indebtedness of less than $50,000,000 in the aggregate, (C) Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement, (D) the Intercompany Financing, (E) the Debt Financing, and (F) the guarantee, if
any, of the senior notes issued in the Debt Financing;
(iii) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation of dissolution or enter into a
letter of intent or agreement in principle with respect thereto;
(iv) split, combine or reclassify any of its equity securities or issue or propose the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for its equity
securities, except for (A) any such transaction by a Subsidiary of Acquirer which remains a
Subsidiary after consummation of such transaction, (B) the issuance or authorization of the
issuance of up to 300,000 AmeriGas Common Units, (C) issuances of AmeriGas Common Units in
connection with Acquirer’s employee benefit plans and equity compensation plans;
(v) amend or restate the Organizational Documents of Acquirer in any manner that would
require the consent of the unitholders of Acquirer;
(vi) take any other action which would (A) materially adversely affect the ability of
the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, (B)
be reasonably expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, or (C) be reasonably expected to have an
AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect; or
(vii) agree, or commit to take one of the actions described above.
Section 5.2 Notice of Certain Events.
(a) Subject to applicable Law, each Party shall promptly notify the other Parties of:
(i) any event, condition or development that has resulted in the inaccuracy or breach
of any representation or warranty, covenant or agreement contained
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in this Agreement made by or to be complied with by such notifying Party at any time
during the term hereof and that would reasonably be expected to result in any of the
conditions set forth in Article VI not to be satisfied and which notice shall
identify the applicable representation or warranty, covenant or agreement and disclosure
schedule, if any, for which such breach or inaccuracy relates; provided,
however, that no such notification shall be deemed to cure any such breach of or
inaccuracy in such notifying Party’s representations and warranties or covenants and
agreements or in the Contributor Disclosure Schedule or the Acquirer Disclosure Schedule, as
the case may be, for any purpose under this Agreement and no such notification shall limit
or otherwise affect the remedies available to the other Parties;
(ii) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of
such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreements;
(iii) subject to Section 5.4, any notice or other communication from any
Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreements; or
(iv) any Proceedings commenced that would be reasonably expected to prevent or
materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreements or materially impair the notifying Party’s ability to perform its obligations
thereunder.
Section 5.3 Access to Information. From the Execution Date until the Contribution Closing Date, upon reasonable notice,
Contributor will, subject to compliance with Law governing the use of such information, (a) give
Acquirer and its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives
(collectively, “Representatives”) reasonable access to the offices, properties, books and records
of the Propane Group Entities, and permit Acquirer to make copies thereof, in each case during
normal business hours and (b) furnish such financial and operating data and other information
relating to the Propane Group Entities, as such Persons may reasonably request. In order to
facilitate the resolution of any claims made against or incurred by Acquirer or the Propane Group
Entities after the Contribution Closing or for any other reasonable purpose, for a period of five
(5) years after the Contribution Closing Date, the Contributor Parties shall (i) retain the books
and records of the Contributor Parties which relate to the Propane Business, the Propane Group
Entities and their operations for periods prior to the Contribution Closing and which shall not
otherwise have been delivered to Acquirer or the Propane Group Entities and (ii) upon reasonable
notice, afford Acquirer and its Affiliates and Representatives reasonable access during normal
business hours to the offices, properties, books and records of the Contributor Parties. In order
to facilitate the resolution of any claims made against or incurred by the Contributor Parties
prior to the Contribution Closing, for a period of five (5) years after the Contribution Closing
Date, Acquirer and the Propane Group Entities shall (i) retain the books and records relating to
the Propane Business and the Propane Group Entities in their possession as of the Contribution
Closing Date relating to periods prior to the Contribution Closing in a manner reasonably
consistent with the prior practice of Propane Group Entities and (ii) upon reasonable notice,
afford the Contributor Parties and their respective Representatives reasonable access during normal
business hours to such books and records. Any
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investigation pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall be conducted in such manner as not to
interfere with the conduct of the business of the party providing such access. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Party shall be entitled to perform any intrusive or subsurface investigation or other
sampling of, on or under any of the properties of another Party without the prior written consent
of such Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3, no Party
shall be required to grant access or furnish information to the extent that such information is
subject to an attorney/client or attorney work product privilege or that such access or the
furnishing of such information is prohibited by Law or an existing Contract. To the extent
practicable, such Party shall make reasonable and appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements
under circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding sentence apply, including the
execution of a joint defense agreement to allow the parties to exchange information protected by
the attorney client privilege or work product doctrine. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, no
party nor any of its Representatives or Affiliates shall be responsible or liable to another party
for personal injuries sustained in connection with the access provided pursuant to this Section
5.3 and such party shall be indemnified and held harmless by the visiting party for any losses
suffered by any such Persons in connection with any such personal injuries; provided,
however, that such personal injuries are not caused by the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the hosting party. The Parties agree that they will not, and will cause their
Representatives not to, use any information obtained pursuant to this Section 5.3 for any
purpose unrelated to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreements.
Section 5.4 Governmental Approvals.
(a) The Parties will cooperate with each other and use reasonable best efforts to obtain from
any Governmental Authorities any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations or
orders required to be obtained and to make or cause to be made any filings with or notifications or
submissions to any Governmental Authority that are necessary in order to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and shall diligently and expeditiously
prosecute, and shall cooperate fully with each other in the prosecution of, such matters. Each of
the Parties agrees to cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to resolve such objections, if any,
as may be asserted by any Governmental Authority or other Person, to contest and resist, any
Proceeding, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or
other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) of any Governmental Authority that is in
effect and that restricts, prevents or prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Agreements.
(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Parties agree to cooperate with
each other and use reasonable best efforts to submit any required filings of Notification and
Report Forms pursuant to the HSR Act within a reasonable period of time but in no event later than
October 28, 2011, and to respond to any requests for additional information made by any
Governmental Authority, to cause the waiting period under the HSR Act to expire or terminate.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall require, or be construed to require, that the Parties
become subject to, or consent or agree to any requirement, condition, understanding, agreement or
order where the consummation or effectiveness of such requirement, condition, understanding,
agreement or order is not conditioned upon the Contribution Closing or would be
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binding on the AmeriGas Entities or Propane Group Entities in the event that the Contribution
Closing does not occur.
(d) With regard to any Governmental Authority or any proceeding by a private party under any
Regulatory Law regarding any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements,
neither the Contributor Parties nor any of their Affiliates, without Acquirer’s advance written
consent, shall: (i) discuss or commit to any divestiture or consent decree; (ii) discuss or commit
to alter their businesses or commercial practices in any way; or (iii) otherwise take or commit to
take any action that would limit Acquirer’s freedom of action with respect to the Propane Group
Entities or any assets or businesses of the Propane Group Entities or Acquirer after the
Contribution Closing Date, Acquirer’s ability to retain any assets, licenses, operations, rights,
product lines, businesses or interest therein that are part of the Propane Group Entities or
Acquirer’s ability to receive the full benefits of the Transaction Agreements.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Acquirer shall have the right
to direct all discussions, matters, proceedings or negotiations (collectively, the “Negotiations”)
with any Governmental Authority or other Person regarding any of the transactions contemplated
hereby, provided that it shall keep the Contributor Parties informed about the Negotiations, shall
make reasonable efforts to consult with the Contributor Parties and shall afford the Contributor
Parties a reasonable opportunity to participate in the Negotiations. The Contributor Parties agree
to take such actions as are deemed prudent by Acquirer to meet the conditions to the Contribution
Closing under any Regulatory Law.
Section 5.5 Expenses. Subject to Acquirer’s obligation to pay a portion of the CS Fee as described below, all
costs and expenses incurred by the Contributor Parties or the Propane Group Entities in connection
with the Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, shall be paid by the
Contributor Parties, and all costs and expenses incurred by Acquirer in connection with the
Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby shall be paid by Acquirer.
Acquirer shall reimburse ETP for one-half (1/2) of the CS Fee; provided, however,
that Acquirer’s obligation with respect thereto shall not exceed $7,500,000.
Section 5.6 Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Parties shall use its
reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be done,
all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Party will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain timely all authorizations, consents and
approvals of all third parties (a) necessary in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or (b) as are required to comply with the
terms and conditions of the Contracts set forth on Schedule 5.6 of the Contributor
Disclosure Schedule, in each case prior to the Contribution Closing. The Parties will coordinate
and cooperate with each other in exchanging such information and assistance as any of the Parties
may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing.
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Section 5.7 Public Statements. The Parties shall use their reasonable
best efforts to consult with each other prior to issuing any other public announcement, statement
or other disclosure with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and
neither Contributor or its Affiliates, on the one hand, nor Acquirer or its Affiliates, on the
other hand, shall issue any such public announcement, statement or other disclosure without having
first notified Contributor, on the one hand, or Acquirer, on the other hand; provided,
however, that any of Contributor and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and any of Acquirer
and its Affiliates, on the other hand, may make any public disclosure without first so consulting
with or notifying the other Party or Parties if such disclosing Party believes that it is required
to do so by Law or by any stock exchange listing requirement or trading agreement concerning the
publicly traded securities of Contributor or its Affiliates, on the one hand, or Acquirer or any of
its Affiliates, on the other hand.
Section 5.8 Equity Consideration; Legends. ETP agrees to the recording, so
long as the restrictions described in the legend are applicable, of the following legend on any
book entry notation or certificate evidencing all or any portion of any AmeriGas Common Units
constituting the Equity Consideration:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P., AS
AMENDED. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY ACKNOWLEDGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P. THAT
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IF SUCH TRANSFER
WOULD (A) VIOLATE THE THEN APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR RULES AND REGULATIONS OF
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
AUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER SUCH TRANSFER, (B) TERMINATE THE EXISTENCE OR QUALIFICATION OF
AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P. UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR (C) CAUSE AMERIGAS PARTNERS,
L.P. TO BE TREATED AS AN ASSOCIATION TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE TO BE TAXED AS AN ENTITY
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (TO THE EXTENT NOT ALREADY SO TREATED OR TAXED). AMERIGAS
PROPANE, INC., THE GENERAL PARTNER OF AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P., MAY IMPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
ON THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IF IT RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS ARE
NECESSARY TO AVOID A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF AMERIGAS PARTNERS, L.P. BECOMING TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION
OR OTHERWISE BECOMING TAXABLE AS AN ENTITY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
Section 5.9 Confidential Information.
(a) Effective upon, and only upon, the Contribution Closing, the Confidentiality Agreement
shall terminate with respect to the Information. Acquirer
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acknowledges that any and all other information provided or made available to it by the
Contributor Parties (or their Representatives) concerning the Contributor Parties or their
Affiliates (other than the Propane Group Entities) will remain subject to the terms and conditions
of such Confidentiality Agreement after the Contribution Closing. The Contributor Parties
acknowledge that any and all information provided or made available to them by Acquirer (or its
Representatives) concerning Acquirer or its Affiliates will remain subject to the terms and
conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement after the Contribution Closing.
(b) For a period of two (2) years after the Contribution Closing, the Contributor Parties and
their respective Affiliates shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose to any Person any trade
secret, confidential or proprietary business information, data or material developed by, or on
behalf of, any Propane Group Entity relating to the business and operations of the Propane Group
Entities, including the Propane Business (collectively, the “Information”), whether acquired prior
to or after the Contribution Closing Date, which has not become generally available to the public
(other than as a result of a breach of this Section 5.9).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Contributor Parties or any of their
respective Affiliates are required by Law or applicable stock exchange rules to disclose any
Information, such party shall (i) notify Acquirer as promptly as practicable of the existence,
terms and circumstances surrounding such a request, so that Acquirer may either waive such party’s
compliance with the terms of this Section 5.9 or seek an appropriate protective order or
other remedy and (ii) if Acquirer seeks such a protective order, to provide such cooperation as
Acquirer may reasonably request (at Acquirer’s sole expense). In the event that Acquirer waives
compliance (in whole or in part) with the terms of this Section 5.9, or such protective
order or other remedy is denied, as a result of which such Contributor Party or its Affiliate is
nonetheless legally compelled to disclose such Information, the Contributor Party or its Affiliate,
as the case may be, shall furnish only that portion of the Information that its legal counsel
advises is legally required, and the Contributor Party or its Affiliate shall exercise its
reasonable best efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the remainder of the Information. In no
event shall a Contributor Party or its Affiliate oppose action by Acquirer to obtain a protective
order or other relief to prevent the disclosure of Information or to obtain reliable assurance that
confidential treatment will be afforded the Information.
Section 5.10 No Hire. From the Execution Date until the second
(2nd) anniversary of the Contribution Closing Date, the Contributor Parties shall not,
and shall cause their respective Affiliates (other than the Propane Group Entities) to not, solicit
for employment or hire any executive officers, management level employees or district manager level
employees of the Propane Group Entities, Acquirer or AmeriGas GP or any of their respective
Subsidiaries. From the Contribution Closing Date until the second (2nd) anniversary of
the Contribution Closing Date, the Acquirer shall not, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to
not, solicit for employment or hire any executive officers, management level employees or district
manager level employees of the Contributor Parties or any of their Subsidiaries (other than the
Propane Group Entities) with whom Acquirer first came into initial contact as a result of the
negotiation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreements. The restrictions in this Section 5.10 regarding the prohibition on
solicitations (as opposed to hires) shall not apply to (i) any solicitation by way of general
advertising, including general solicitations in any local, regional or national newspapers or other
publications or
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circulars or on internet sites or any search firm engagement which is not directed or focused
on employees of the Contributor Parties, or Acquirer or their respective Affiliates, as applicable,
or (ii) the hiring of a person whose employment was terminated by his or her respective employer
(or its Affiliates) and who was not solicited by the other Party (or its Affiliates) in violation
of this Section 5.10. The Parties each agree that the other Party may seek to enforce the
provisions of this Section 5.10 by seeking to obtain injunctions, restraining orders and
other equitable actions pursuant to Section 9.4.
Section 5.11 Non-Competition. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, for a period of five (5) years after the Contribution Closing Date, the Contributor
Parties shall not, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to not, directly or
indirectly, engage in, or acquire an equity interest in, or provide debt financing to any Person
who is engaged in, the Restricted Business in the United States (the “Restricted Territory”).
Nothing in this Agreement or in the definition of Restricted Business shall prohibit or in any way
restrict any ETP Entity from:
(i) acquiring or owning equity securities in Acquirer or otherwise entering into or
exercising any rights of such ETP Entity pursuant to the ETP CRSA or acquiring or owning
less than 5% of the outstanding voting power of any other publicly traded Person, including
if such Person is a Restricted Business;
(ii) performing its obligations under the Transaction Agreements; or
(iii) acquiring the assets or capital stock or other equity interests of any Person
which is engaged in the Restricted Business (“Acquired Company”) if, in its last full fiscal
year prior to such acquisition, the consolidated revenues of such Acquired Company from the
Restricted Business in the Restricted Territory was less than twenty-five percent (25%) of
the aggregate consolidated revenues of such Acquired Company; provided,
however, that if an ETP Entity acquires an Acquired Company with consolidated
revenues from the Restricted Business in the Restricted Territory greater than ten percent
(10%) of the aggregate consolidated revenues of such Acquired Company, such ETP entity shall
(A) provide Acquirer the exclusive opportunity, for a period of forty-five (45) days
following the closing of such acquisition, to negotiate the purchase of such portion of such
business that is engaged in the Restricted Business and (B) if such ETP Entity and Acquirer
do not enter into an agreement with respect to Acquirer’s purchase of such portion of such
business within such forty-five (45)-day period, divest such portion of such business within
nine (9) months of the acquisition.
(iv) owning or operating Propane Group Assets retained by an ETP Entity in connection
with the exercise of the ETP Retention Option in accordance with Section 5.29(b);
provided, however, that such ETP Entity agrees to divest such Propane Group
Assets within two (2) years of the Contribution Closing Date (or such lesser time that may
be required pursuant to an order by a Governmental Authority under any Regulatory Law).
(b) The Contributor Parties agree that the duration and geographic scope of the
non-competition provision set forth in this Section 5.11 are reasonable. In the event that
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court determines that the duration or geographic scope of the restrictions set forth in this
Section 5.11, or both, is unreasonable and that such provision is to that extent
unenforceable, the Parties agree that the provision shall remain in full force and effect for the
greatest time period and in the greatest area that would not render it unenforceable. The Parties
intend that this non-competition provision shall be deemed to be a series of separate covenants,
one for each and every county of each and every state of the United States of America.
Additionally, because of the difficulty of measuring economic losses to Acquirer as a result of a
breach of this Section 5.11, and because of the immediate and irreparable damage that could
be caused to Acquirer for which it may not have any other adequate remedy, the Contributor Parties
agree that Acquirer may seek to enforce the provisions of this Section 5.11 by seeking to
obtain injunctions, restraining orders and other equitable actions pursuant to Section 9.4.
Section 5.12 Tax Matters.
(a) Post-Contribution Closing Tax Returns. Acquirer shall cause the Propane Group
Entities to prepare all Tax Returns relating to the Propane Group Entities for periods beginning on
or before the Contribution Closing Date and ending after the Contribution Closing Date. With
respect to any such Tax Returns, Acquirer shall determine (by an interim closing of the books as of
the Contribution Closing Date except for ad valorem and property taxes owed or owing by the Propane
Group Entities, which shall be prorated on a daily basis) the Taxes that would have been due with
respect to the period covered by such Tax Return if such taxable period ended on and included the
Contribution Closing Date (the “Pre-Contribution Closing Tax”).
(i) Not later than ten (10) days prior to the due date of any estimated Tax payment
relating to any Pre-Contribution Closing Tax, Acquirer shall deliver to Contributor for its
review a statement calculating the excess, if any, of the Pre-Contribution Closing Tax
included in such payment over the amount set up as a liability for such Tax on the financial
statements of the Propane Group Entities. Acquirer shall make or cause to be made such
changes in such statement as Contributor may reasonably request, which changes shall be
subject to Acquirer’s approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Thereafter, and
not later than five (5) days prior to the due date of such estimated Tax payment,
Contributor shall pay to Acquirer the amount of such excess.
(ii) Not later than twenty (20) days prior to the due date of any Tax Return covering a
Pre-Contribution Closing Tax, Acquirer shall deliver to ETP for its review a copy of such
Tax Return and a statement calculating the amount by which the Pre-Contribution Closing Tax
reflected on such Tax Return is greater than or less than the amount set up as a liability
for such Tax on the financial statements of the Propane Group Entities and the amount of any
payments paid by Contributor to Acquirer with respect to estimated Tax payments of such
Pre-Contribution Closing Tax pursuant to Section 5.12(a)(i), which amount of
estimated Tax payments shall be treated as a credit against Pre-Contribution Closing Tax
owed to Acquirer by the Contributor Parties. Acquirer shall make or cause to be made such
changes in such Tax Returns or such statement as Contributor may reasonably request, which
changes shall be subject to Acquirer’s approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Not later than five (5)
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days prior to the due date of such Tax Return, ETP shall pay to Acquirer (or Acquirer shall pay to
ETP, if appropriate) the amount of such difference. Upon receipt thereof, Acquirer shall
file or cause to be filed such Tax Return and shall pay all Taxes shown to be due thereon.
(b) Transfer Taxes. All excise, sales, use, transfer (including real property
transfer or gains), stamp, documentary, filing, recordation and other similar taxes, together with
any interest, additions or penalties with respect thereto and any interest in respect of such
additions or penalties, resulting directly from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(the “Transfer Taxes”), shall be borne 50% by Acquirer and 50% by Contributor. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 5.12, any Tax Returns that must be filed in
connection with Transfer Taxes shall be prepared and filed when due by the Party primarily or
customarily responsible under the applicable local Law for filing such Tax Returns, and such party
will use reasonable best efforts to provide such Tax Returns to the other Party at least ten (10)
days prior to the due date for such Tax Returns. Upon the filing of Tax Returns in connection with
Transfer Taxes, the filing Party shall provide the other Party with evidence satisfactory to the
other Party that such Transfer Taxes have been filed and paid. Any amounts owed by Contributor
pursuant to this Section 5.12(b) shall be paid within five (5) days of receipt of such
evidence that such Transfer Taxes have been filed and paid.
(c) Cooperation on Tax Matters.
(i) Acquirer and the Contributor Parties shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent
reasonably requested by the other Party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns and
any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes for taxable periods
beginning on or before the Contribution Closing Date. Such cooperation shall include the
retention until the later of (A) six (6) years from the Contribution Closing Date or (B) the
expiration of the relevant statute of limitations and (upon the other Party’s request) the
provision of records and information in such Party’s possession that are reasonably relevant
to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on the
basis of reasonable best efforts to provide additional information and explanation of any
material provided hereunder. Prior to the destruction or discarding of any books and
records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Propane Group Entities relating to any
taxable period beginning on or before the Contribution Closing Date, each Party shall give
the other Party reasonable written notice and, if the other Party so requests, shall itself
allow, or cause the Propane Group Entities to allow the other Party to take, possession of
such books and records. In connection with any audit, litigation or other proceeding with
respect to Taxes for taxable periods beginning on or before the Contribution Closing Date,
Acquirer and Contributor shall promptly notify each other upon receipt by such party of
written notice of any inquiries, claims, assessments, audits, or similar events. Except as
provided below, Acquirer shall have sole control of the conduct of all such audit,
litigation or other proceedings with respect to Taxes for periods beginning on or before the
Contribution Closing Date, including any settlement or compromise thereof; provided,
however, Acquirer shall keep the Contributor Parties reasonably informed of the
progress of any such audit, litigation or other proceeding and shall not effect any such
settlement or compromise with respect to which any Contributor Party is liable without
obtaining such Contributor Party’s prior
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written consent thereto, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld. With respect to any
such audit, litigation or other proceedings with respect to Taxes for which the
Contributor Parties may be required to indemnify Acquirer pursuant to Section
8.1(b), the Contributor Parties shall be entitled, at the expense of the Contributor
Parties, to attend and participate in all conferences, meetings and proceedings relating to
such Tax claim and may control and assume the defense of such Tax claim in accordance with
and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 8.4(b); provided,
however, that the Contributor Parties shall not effect any settlement or compromise
of such Tax claim if such settlement or compromise could adversely affect Acquirer without
Acquirer’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed.
(ii) Acquirer and Contributor Parties further agree, upon request, to use their
reasonable best efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental
Authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Tax
that could be imposed as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or for any taxable
period beginning on or before the Contribution Closing Date.
(d) Tax Statements and Information.
(i) On or before the fifteenth (15th) day of March of each year that the
Contributor (or one of its Affiliates) is a partner in Acquirer, Acquirer shall cause
Contributor (or its Affiliates and designees) to be furnished with all information
reasonably necessary or appropriate to file such Person’s respective tax reports, including
its Schedules K-1, apportionment schedules and a schedule of Acquirer’s book-tax differences
for the immediately preceding tax year. In addition, Acquirer will provide Contributor (or
its Affiliates) with good faith estimates of all such information on or before the fourth
(4th) day of February of each year.
(ii) From time to time, for any taxable period that the Contributor (or one of its
Affiliates) is a partner in Acquirer, Acquirer shall furnish the Contributor with financial
or tax information regarding the Acquirer that is reasonably requested by the Contributor
(or its Affiliates and designees), including, (A) book and tax basis information for
Acquirer’s assets sufficient to allow Contributor to satisfy its own obligations and make
its own computations, allocations and adjustments under Sections 704(b), 704(c) and 754 of
the Code, (B) reports of Acquirer’s gross income broken down by activity, and (C) access to
service providers (including Acquirer’s accountants) of Acquirer.
Section 5.13 Books and Records; Financial Statements; Litigation Support.
(a) The Contributor Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to, as soon as
practicable, but in no event more than thirty-five (35) days after the Execution Date, provide to
Acquirer the Titan Audited Financial Statements. The Contributor Parties have retained Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP in connection with the preparation of the Titan Audited Financial Statements, and the
Contributor Parties shall provide Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP with all information in their possession or
control, including access at all reasonable times to all books and records of the ETP Entities, and
all cooperation and assistance (including participation by the boards of directors and similar
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governing bodies, their respective audit committees, management and employees of ETP and the
Propane Group Entities in meetings and the execution of documents and instruments reasonably
requested by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP in connection therewith) as may in any such case reasonably be
required to enable (i) the Contributor Parties to prepare the Titan Audited Financial Statements;
and (ii) Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP to audit the Titan Audited Financial Statements in accordance with the
auditing standards of the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(b) The Contributor Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to, as soon as practicable
after the Execution Date and at least seven (7) days prior to the commencement of the Marketing
Period, provide to Acquirer the financial statements and other financial data and financial
information of the Propane Group Entities set forth on Schedule 5.13(b) of the Contributor
Disclosure Schedule (the “Required Financial Information”).
(c) The Contributor Parties hereby consent to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of
the Required Financial Information in any registration statement, offering memorandum, report or
other filing of Acquirer or any of its Affiliates as to which Acquirer or any of its Affiliates
reasonably determines that such financial statements are required to be included or incorporated by
reference to satisfy any rule or regulation of the SEC or to satisfy relevant disclosure
obligations under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. The Contributor Parties shall use
reasonable best efforts to cause its independent accountants to consent to the inclusion or
incorporation by reference of its audit opinion with respect to any of the financial statements of
the Propane Group Entities in any such registration statement, report or other filing of Acquirer
or its Affiliates, and the Contributor Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause
representation letters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to its independent
accountants, to be executed and delivered to its independent accountants in connection with
obtaining any such consent from its independent accountants.
(d) The Contributor Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with Acquirer
in connection with the preparation by Acquirer of any pro forma financial statements of Acquirer or
any of its Affiliates that are derived in part from the financial statements of the Propane Group
Entities that Acquirer or its Affiliates reasonably determines are required to be included or
incorporated by reference in any registration statement, report or other filing of Acquirer or its
Affiliates to satisfy any rule or regulation of the SEC or to satisfy relevant disclosure
obligations under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(e) The Contributor Parties shall provide access to their respective books and records as may
be reasonably necessary for Acquirer or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective advisors
or Representatives, to conduct customary due diligence with respect to the financial statements of
the Contributor Parties in connection with any offering of securities by Acquirer or any of its
Affiliates or to enable an accounting firm to prepare and deliver a customary comfort letter with
respect to financial information relating to the Contributor Parties.
(f) In the event and for so long as any Party actively is contesting or defending against any
third-party Proceeding (other than any Proceedings in which Acquirer or any of its Affiliates and
the Contributor Parties or any of their Affiliates are adverse parties) in connection with (i) the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements or (ii) any fact,
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situation, circumstance,
status, condition, activity, practice, plan, occurrence, event, incident,
action, failure to act, or transaction on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date involving
the Propane Group Entities, each of the other Parties will cooperate with it and its counsel in the
contest or defense, make available their personnel, and provide such testimony and access to their
books and records as shall be reasonably requested and necessary in connection with the contest or
defense, all at the sole cost and expense of the contesting or defending Party; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section 5.13(f) shall limit in any respect any rights
a Party may have with respect to discovery or the production of documents or other information in
connection with any such litigation.
Section 5.14 AmeriGas Finance Notes; Debt Financing.
(a) Acquirer shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and
use reasonable best efforts to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper and advisable
to cause AmeriGas Finance to (i) obtain debt financing supported by Acquirer that is on terms and
conditions no less favorable to AmeriGas Finance and Acquirer than those set forth on Annex
G-1 or such other terms as may be acceptable to Acquirer and AmeriGas Finance, the net proceeds
of which (A) are greater than or equal to the amount of Redemption Cash Consideration or the Cash
Consideration, as applicable, (the “Debt Financing”), and (B) will be loaned by AmeriGas Finance to
Acquirer in the Intercompany Financing and (ii)(A) negotiate and execute definitive agreements with
respect to the Debt Financing and the Intercompany Financing (the “Financing Agreements”) on terms
and conditions contained therein, which terms and conditions shall not be in violation of any of
the covenants or agreements of Acquirer contained herein, and delivering to the Contributor Parties
a copy thereof as promptly as practicable (and no later than four (4) Business Days) after such
execution (but in any event, prior to the Contribution Closing); (B) satisfy on a timely basis, or
obtain a timely waiver of, all conditions in the Financing Agreements that are within the control
of Acquirer or AmeriGas Finance; (C) comply with the obligations of Acquirer or AmeriGas Finance
under the Financing Agreements; and (D) consummate the Debt Financing and the Intercompany
Financing at or prior to the Contribution Closing. Acquirer’s obligations under this Section
5.14 shall include using reasonable best efforts to seek the Debt Financing from alternative
financing sources in the event any financing sources that may be initially contacted by Acquirer
and AmeriGas Finance are unable to provide the Debt Financing.
(b) Acquirer shall keep ETP informed with respect to all material activity concerning the
status of the Debt Financing and shall give ETP prompt notice of (i) any material adverse change
with respect to such Debt Financing and (ii) any Negative Market Notice or Positive Market Notice
received pursuant to Section 5.14(d).
(c) Without limiting Acquirer’s obligations set forth in this Section 5.14, prior to
the Contribution Closing, each of Acquirer and the Contributor Parties shall cooperate, and shall
use its reasonable best efforts to cause its respective officers, employees, Representatives,
auditors, and advisors, including legal and accounting advisors, to cooperate, in connection with
the arrangement of the Debt Financing (provided, that such requested cooperation does not
unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of business of the Parties or their respective
Affiliates), including (i) participation in meetings, drafting sessions, rating agency
presentations, due diligence sessions, and “road show” and other customary marketing presentations;
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furnishing in writing any financing sources as promptly as practicable with pertinent
information regarding the Propane Group Entities and the Propane Business as is reasonably requested in
connection with the Debt Financing; (iii) assisting any financing sources in the preparation of (A)
one or more customary offering documents and documents to be filed with the SEC in connection with
the Debt Financing and (B) materials for rating agency presentations; (iv) using reasonable best
efforts to obtain surveys and title insurance reasonably requested by financing sources; (v) taking
all reasonably required corporate actions, subject to the consummation of the Contribution Closing,
to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and to permit the proceeds thereof to be made
available to AmeriGas Finance; (vi) providing authorization letters to any financing sources
authorizing the distribution of information to prospective lenders and containing a customary
representation to the arranger of any financing that the information contained in any offering
document or information memorandum relating to the Propane Group Entities or the Propane Business
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; and (vii) cooperating reasonably with the financing sources’ due diligence of the
Propane Group Entities and the Propane Business, to the extent customary and reasonable and to the
extent not unreasonably interfering with the business of the Parties and their respective
Affiliates. Any information provided by the Parties in connection with seeking the Debt Financing
(which must be furnished in writing) shall be prepared in good faith and shall be free of any
material misstatements or omissions.
(d) If, not later than the Business Day immediately prior to the date on which the Marketing
Period would otherwise commence, the Lead Underwriter, after jointly consulting with Acquirer and
ETP, advises Acquirer and ETP (orally or in writing) (a “Negative Market Notice”) that the Lead
Underwriter believes it is more likely than not that the Debt Financing could not reasonably be
consummated if the Marketing Period were to commence as of the date of such Negative Market Notice
on terms at least as favorable to AmeriGas Finance as those set forth on Annex G-2 (a
“Qualified Debt Financing”), then the Marketing Period shall not commence until the earlier of (i)
a date not later than 90 days following the delivery of the Negative Market Notice or (ii) the date
on which the Lead Underwriter advises Acquirer and ETP (orally or in writing) (a “Positive Market
Notice”) that the Lead Underwriter believes it is more likely than not that a Qualified Debt
Financing could reasonably be consummated if the Marketing Period were to commence on the date of
such Positive Market Notice. During the Marketing Period, Acquirer shall cause AmeriGas Finance to
Launch the Debt Financing and use reasonable best efforts to obtain a Pricing Offer.
(e) (i) If the Debt Financing is consummated at a Weighted Average Interest Rate within the
range of Weighted Average Interests Rates set forth on Annex G-2, then the Purchase Price
shall be adjusted to (A) decrease the amount of either (1) the Redemption Cash Consideration, if
ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating that it intends to
consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, or (2) the Cash
Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating
that it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing,
by $75,000,000 and (B) a corresponding decrease in the number of Redemption Units and increase in
the number of Distribution Units in an amount equal to $75,000,000 divided by the Issue Price; or
(ii) if the Debt Financing is consummated at a Weighted Average Interest Rate within or greater
than the range of Weighted Average Interests Rates set forth on Annex G-1,
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then the
Purchase Price shall be adjusted to (A) decrease the value of either (1) the Redemption
Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6
indicating that it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution
Closing, or (2) the Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with
Section 2.6 indicating that it does not intend to consummate the Spin-Off immediately
following the Contribution Closing, by $175,000,000 and (B) a corresponding decrease in the number
of Redemption Units and increase in the number of Distribution Units in an amount equal to
$175,000,000 divided by the Issue Price.
(f) In addition, the Contributor shall: (i) use its reasonable best efforts to cause Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP, independent accountants of the Contributor Parties’, to provide a letter or letters
containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort
letters” to underwriters with respect to financial statements and certain financial information
used in connection with the Debt Financing; (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to provide
customary representation letters and other authorizations or information to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, to
enable them to provide the foregoing “comfort letters”; (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain the consent of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP for the inclusion of its reports on the Propane Group
Entities in any document or documents to be used in connection with the Debt Financing; and (iv)
cause the appropriate Representatives of the applicable members of the Propane Group Entities to
execute and deliver any definitive financing documents or other certificates or documents as may be
reasonably requested by Acquirer for delivery at the consummation of the Debt Financing;
provided, however, that the Contributor Parties shall not be required to pay any
commitment or other similar fee or incur any other liability (other than pursuant to this Agreement
or the ETP CRSA) in connection with the Debt Financing; provided, further, that the
effectiveness of any documentation executed by any Propane Group Entity shall be subject to the
consummation of the Contribution Closing.
(g) Acquirer shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, (i) promptly upon request by the
Contributor Parties, reimburse the Contributor Parties for all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Contributor Parties in connection with the cooperation provided
for in Section 5.14(c) and Section 5.14(f) (such reimbursement to be made promptly
and in any event within seven (7) Business Days of delivery of reasonably acceptable documentation
evidencing such expenses); and (ii) indemnify and hold harmless the Contributor Parties and their
respective Affiliates and Representatives from and against any and all Losses suffered or incurred
by them in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing and any information utilized in
connection therewith (other than information provided by the Contributor Parties). All non-public
or otherwise confidential information regarding the Propane Business obtained by Acquirer, its
Affiliates or their respective Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.14 shall be kept
confidential in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement, except that Acquirer shall be
permitted to disclose such information to potential sources of capital, to underwriters and rating
agencies to the extent necessary to consummate the Debt Financing.
Section 5.15 Post-Redemption Closing Covenants Related to Intercompany
Financing. From and after the Redemption Closing (or the Contribution Closing if ETP elects
not to consummate the Spin-Off), Acquirer shall comply with the covenants set forth in the ETP
CRSA.
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Section 5.16 Resignations. At or prior to the Contribution Closing, the
Contributor Parties will use reasonable best efforts to cause the officers and directors of the
Propane Group Entities that have been designated in writing by Acquirer at least three (3) Business
Days prior to the Contribution Closing, to resign or be removed from the officer and director
positions indicated in such notification.
Section 5.17 Retained Names and Marks.
(a) Acquirer hereby acknowledges that all right, title and interest in and to the “ENERGY
TRANSFER PARTNERS” and “ENERGY TRANSFER” names, together with all variations and acronyms thereof
and all trademarks, service marks, Internet domain names, trade names, trade dress, company names
and other identifiers of source or goodwill containing, incorporating or associated with any of the
foregoing (collectively, the “Retained Names and Marks”) are owned exclusively by the Contributor
Parties or their respective Affiliates, and that, except as expressly provided below, any and all
right of Acquirer or the Propane Group Entities to use the Retained Names and Marks shall terminate
as of the Contribution Closing and shall immediately revert to the Contributor Parties, along with
any and all goodwill associated therewith. Acquirer further acknowledges that none of Acquirer,
the Propane Group Entities, or their respective Subsidiaries shall have any rights, or is acquiring
any rights, to use the Retained Names and Marks, except for the rights expressly provided herein.
(b) The Propane Group Entities shall, for a period of three hundred-sixty (360) days after the
date of the Contribution Closing, be entitled to use, solely in connection with the operation of
the Propane Business as operated immediately prior to the Contribution Closing, all of its existing
signage and stocks of signs, letterheads, invoice stock, advertisements and promotional materials,
inventory and other documents and materials that contain the Retained Names and Marks (“Existing
Stock”), after which period Acquirer shall, and shall cause the Propane Group Entities to, remove
or obliterate all Retained Names and Marks from such Existing Stock or cease using such Existing
Stock.
(c) Except as expressly provided in this Section 5.17 no other right to use the
Retained Names and Marks is granted by ETP to Acquirer, its Affiliates or the Propane Group
Entities whether by implication or otherwise, and nothing hereunder permits Acquirer, the Propane
Group Entities or their respective Affiliates to use the Retained Names and Marks in any manner
other than in connection with Existing Stock for three hundred-sixty (360) days as set forth in
Section 5.17(b). Acquirer shall ensure that all uses of the Retained Names and Marks as
provided in this Section 5.17 shall be only with respect to goods and services of a level
of quality equal to or greater than the quality of goods and services with respect to which the
Retained Names and Marks were used in the Propane Business prior to the Contribution Closing. Any
and all goodwill generated by the use of the Retained Names and Marks under this Section
5.17 shall inure solely to the benefit of ETP. In no event shall Acquirer, the Propane Group
Entities or their respective Affiliates use the Retained Names and Marks in any manner that may
reasonably be expected to damage or tarnish the reputation of ETP or the goodwill associated with
the Retained Names and Marks.
(d) Acquirer agrees that the Contributor Parties shall have no responsibility for claims by
third parties arising out of, or relating to, the use by Acquirer, the Propane Group
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Entities or any of their respective Affiliates of any Retained Names and Marks after the
Contribution Closing except for any claims that the Retained Names and Marks infringe the
Intellectual Property rights of any third party. In addition to any and all other available
remedies, Acquirer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Contributor Parties and their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns, from and against any and all such
claims that may arise out of the use of the Retained Names and Marks by Acquirer, the Propane Group
Entities or any of their respective Affiliates (i) in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Section 5.17, other than such claims that the Retained Names and Marks infringe the
Intellectual Property rights of any third party; or (ii) in violation of or outside the scope
permitted by this Section 5.17. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, Acquirer hereby acknowledges that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of this
Section 5.17, the Contributor Parties, in addition to any other remedies available to it,
shall be entitled to a preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order or other equivalent
relief restraining Acquirer, the Propane Group Entities or any of their respective Affiliates from
any such breach or threatened breach.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Acquirer shall have the right
to: (i) keep records and other historical or archived documents containing or referencing the
Retained Names and Marks, and (ii) refer to the historical fact that the Propane Business was
previously conducted under the Retained Names and Marks; provided, however, that
with respect to any such reference, Acquirer shall not use the Retained Names and Marks to promote
any products or services and Acquirer shall make explicit that the Propane Group Entities are no
longer affiliated with Contributor Parties.
Section 5.18 Updates. The Contributor Parties, on the one hand, and Acquirer,
on the other hand, may, prior to the Contribution Closing Date, deliver to the other Parties
modifications, changes or updates to the Contributor Disclosure Schedule or the Acquirer Disclosure
Schedule, as applicable, in order to disclose or take into account facts, matters or circumstances
which arise or occur between the Execution Date and the Contribution Closing Date and which, if
existing or occurring as of the Execution Date, would have been required to be set forth or
described in such Disclosure Schedule. Such updated information provided to Acquirer in accordance
with this Section 5.18 (a) shall not be deemed to modify any representation, warranty or
covenant made in this Agreement for purposes of Section 6.2, Section 6.3 or
Article VIII, (b) shall not be deemed to cure any breach of representation, warranty or
covenant made in this Agreement and (c) shall not reduce any indemnification obligations arising
under Article VIII.
Section 5.19 Insurance. From and after the Contribution Closing Date, the
Propane Group Entities shall cease to be insured by the insurance policies of ETP or its Affiliates
or by any of ETP’s self-insured programs. For the avoidance of doubt, ETP shall retain all rights
to control its insurance policies and programs, including the right to exhaust, settle, release,
commute, buy back or otherwise resolve disputes with respect to any of its insurance policies and
programs, notwithstanding whether any such policies or programs apply to any liabilities of
Acquirer or the Propane Group Entities; provided, however, that ETP shall not
amend, terminate or eliminate any of its insurance policies or programs with respect to which any
claim has been made, but not settled, with respect to any Propane Group Entity on or prior to the
Contribution Closing Date. The Contributor Parties shall provide, at the sole cost and expense of
Acquirer,
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such assistance as Acquirer may reasonably request between the Execution Date and the
Contribution Closing to assist the Propane Group Entities in obtaining insurance policies and
programs with respect to the Propane Business at the Contribution Closing. Prior to the
Contribution Closing, ETP shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, notify its insurance carriers
of any claims or potential claims that, to the Knowledge of the Contributor Parties, the Propane
Group Entities have with respect to incidents occurring on or prior to the Contribution Closing
Date.
Section 5.20 Commitment Regarding Indemnification Provisions. Acquirer
covenants and agrees that during the period that commences on the Contribution Closing Date and
ends on the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Contribution Closing Date, Acquirer shall not
cause any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of any provision of any Organizational
Document of a Propane Group Entity the effect of which would be to affect adversely the rights of
any person serving as a member of the board of directors, board of managers or other governing
body, or as an officer of such Propane Group Entity existing as of the Execution Date under such
provisions; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to
any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination to the extent required to cause such
provisions (or any portion thereof) to comply with applicable Law.
Section 5.21 Release from Credit Support Instruments. At or prior to the
Contribution Closing, Acquirer shall use reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause its Affiliates
to use reasonable best efforts to, secure the unconditional release, as of the Contribution Closing
Date, of any ETP Entity from the credit support instruments set forth in Schedule 5.21 of
the Contributor Disclosure Schedule (the “Credit Support Instruments”), including effecting such
release by providing guarantees or other credit support, and Acquirer shall use reasonable best
efforts to, and shall cause its Affiliates to use reasonable best efforts to, be substituted in all
respects for each ETP Entity that is party to the Credit Support Instrument, so that the AmeriGas
Entities shall be solely responsible for the obligations of such Credit Support Instrument;
provided, however, that in no event shall reasonable best efforts require Acquirer
or its Affiliates to agree (a) to make any payment to obtain such release (other than ordinary
processing or administrative fees), (b) to change the terms of any Contract to which such credit
support applies in any manner that is adverse to Acquirer or any of its Affiliates or (c) to any
restriction in the operations of their respective businesses. All costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the release or substitution of the Credit Support Instruments shall be borne by the
Acquirer. To the extent Acquirer is unable to obtain release for any Credit Support Instrument
prior to the Contribution Closing, Acquirer shall indemnify the ETP Entities for any and all Losses
arising from or relating to the Credit Support Instruments. In the event that any Credit Support
Instrument has not been terminated and the applicable ETP Entity has not been released as of the
Contribution Closing Date, such ETP Entity shall be permitted to terminate such Credit Support
Instrument as promptly as possible under the terms of such Credit Support Instrument;
provided, however, that the termination of such Credit Support Instrument does not
result in termination or a material change to the Contract to which such credit support applies,
except in connection with the end of any primary or renewal term of any such Contract or Credit
Support Instrument.
Section 5.22 Filing of S-3; Other Actions.
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(a) If ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating that it
intends to consummate the Spin-Off, as promptly as reasonably practicable following receipt of such
notice and the Titan Audited Financial Statements from the Contributor Parties, Acquirer shall
prepare and file with the SEC a Form S-3 relating to the distribution of AmeriGas Common Units by
ETP in the Spin-Off (including any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Form S-3”). The Parties
shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-3 declared effective under the Securities Act
at the Contribution Closing and to keep the Form S-3 effective as long as necessary to consummate
the Spin-Off and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Acquirer shall also take any action
required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities Laws in connection with
the Spin-Off, and ETP shall furnish all information concerning ETP and the holders of ETP Common
Units as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action; provided,
however, that Acquirer shall not be required to qualify or register as a foreign
corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or registered or where it would be subject to
taxation as a foreign corporation. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-3 will
be made by Acquirer without ETP’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed
or conditioned) and without providing ETP a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
Acquirer or ETP, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written
notice of the time when the Form S-3 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been
filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the AmeriGas Common
Units for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for
amendment of the Form S-3 or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for
additional information, and will promptly provide the other with copies of any written
communication from the SEC or any state securities commission. If at any time prior to the
Spin-Off any information relating to Acquirer or ETP, or any of their respective affiliates,
officers or directors, is discovered by Acquirer or ETP which should be set forth in an amendment
or supplement to the Form S-3, so that any of such documents would not include any misstatement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party that discovers
such information shall promptly notify the other Parties and an appropriate amendment or supplement
describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC.
(b) Acquirer shall provide access to their respective books and records as may be reasonably
necessary for the Contributor Parties or any of their Affiliates, or any of their respective
advisors or Representatives, to conduct customary due diligence with respect to the financial
statements of the AmeriGas Entities and other information concerning the AmeriGas Entities
contained in or incorporated by reference into the Form S-3 or to enable an accounting firm to
prepare and deliver a customary comfort letter with respect to financial information relating to
the AmeriGas Entities. Acquirer shall use reasonable best efforts to cause their independent
accountants to provide any consent necessary to the filing of the Form S-3 and to deliver a
customary comfort letter to ETP with respect to financial information relating to the AmeriGas
Entities contained in the Form S-3. Acquirer shall provide such customary representation letters
as are necessary in connection therewith.
(c) The Contributor Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to (i) promptly provide Acquirer
with such information about the Propane Group Entities as may be required to
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be included in the Form S-3 (by furnishing such information in writing), (ii) provide, and
shall cause their respective Subsidiaries, officers and employees to provide, reasonable
cooperation in connection with the preparation of the Form S-3, including by permitting reasonable
access to the auditors, auditor work papers, employees books and records and any financial data
reasonably requested by Acquirer in connection therewith and (iii) cause their independent public
accountants to provide any consent necessary for the filing of the Form S-3 and to deliver a
customary comfort letter to Acquirer with respect to financial information relating to the Propane
Group Entities contained in the Form S-3.
(d) If ETP delivers a written notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating that it
intends to consummate the Spin-Off, ETP shall take all action necessary in accordance with
applicable Laws, the rules of the NYSE and the Organizational Documents of ETP to duly give notice
of the Spin-Off, and to declare a record date for such Spin-Off to occur as promptly as practicable
after the Form S-3 is declared effective under the Securities Act.
Section 5.23 NYSE Listing. Acquirer shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause the AmeriGas Common Units comprising the Equity Consideration to be approved for listing on
the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Contribution Closing Date.
Section 5.24 Employees and Benefits.
(a) Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable Law, for a period of at least one
(1) year following the Contribution Closing Date, Acquirer shall provide, or cause the Propane
Group Entities or AmeriGas GP to provide, each Propane Group Employee with a salary or wage that is
no less than the base salary (or the base wage rate) applicable with respect to such Propane Group
Employee on the Contribution Closing Date.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable Law, effective as of the
Contribution Closing Date, the Propane Group Entities shall take the required actions, if any, to
ensure that the Propane Group Employees shall cease to participate in all Propane Group Benefit
Plans sponsored by ETP or ETP GP. From and after the Contribution Closing Date, each Propane Group
Employee shall be eligible to participate in the AmeriGas Benefit Plans on the same terms and
conditions as similarly situated employees of AmeriGas GP and its Affiliates. The Propane Group
Employees shall receive credit for service with the Propane Group Entities and their Affiliates
prior to the Contribution Closing Date for purposes of eligibility, vesting and benefit accruals
under all AmeriGas Benefit Plans made available to the Propane Group Employees to the same extent
such credit would be recognized under any comparable AmeriGas Benefit Plan; provided,
however, that in no event shall such credit result in the duplication of benefits or the
funding thereof.
(c) ETP shall cause the ETP 401(k) Plan to fully vest each Propane Group Employee as of the
Contribution Closing Date. Each Propane Group Employee participating in the ETP 401(k) Plan as of
the Contribution Closing Date shall cease such participation and shall become a participant in the
AmeriGas 401(k) plan (the “AmeriGas 401(k) Plan”), effective as of the Contribution Closing Date.
As soon as reasonably practicable on or following the Contribution Closing Date that Acquirer is
reasonably satisfied that the ETP 401(k) Plan meets
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the requirements for qualification under Section 401(a) of the Code, ETP shall cause the ETP
401(k) Plan to transfer to the AmeriGas 401(k) Plan, and Acquirer shall cause the AmeriGas 401(k)
Plan to accept, all account balances (which shall include any employer contributions accrued
through the Contribution Closing Date) and related liabilities (including all outstanding loans and
subject to any qualified domestic relations orders pursuant to Section 414(p) of the Code) under
the ETP 401(k) Plan for Propane Group Employees as of the valuation date immediately preceding such
transfer.
(d) Acquirer shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the welfare benefit plans covering the
Propane Group Employees after the Contribution Closing Date (the “AmeriGas Welfare Benefit Plans”)
to recognize any out-of-pocket medical and dental expenses incurred by each of the Propane Group
Employees and their eligible dependents prior to the Contribution Closing Date and during the
calendar year in which the Contribution Closing Date occurs for purposes of determining copayments,
deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums under the AmeriGas Welfare Benefit Plans. As soon as
practicable after, but no later than ten (10) days following, the Contribution Closing Date, ETP
shall, or shall cause its third-party benefits administrator to, provide Acquirer a schedule in
writing detailing each Propane Group Employee’s copayments, deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums
paid as of the Contribution Closing Date. In addition, Acquirer shall use reasonable best efforts
to cause the AmeriGas Welfare Benefit Plans to waive all preexisting condition limitations with
respect to the Propane Group Employees and their eligible dependents. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Propane Group Entities shall remain responsible for any incurred claims
(whether or not reported) that arose prior to the Contribution Closing Date with respect to any
Propane Group Employee on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date.
(e) Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable Law, Acquirer shall assume and
honor, or shall cause its relevant Affiliates to assume and honor, all liabilities for all earned
or accrued but unused vacation benefits of the Propane Group Employees with the Propane Group
Entities as of the Contribution Closing Date. During the balance of the calendar year 2011
following the Contribution Closing Date, if any, and each year thereafter, the Propane Group
Employees shall be eligible for vacation benefits under the terms of the vacation benefit policies
of Acquirer applicable to similarly situated employees of Acquirer, in each case after giving
credit for each Propane Group Employee’s service with ETP in accordance with Section
5.24(b).
(f) ETP shall be responsible for and discharge, and shall cause its relevant Affiliates to be
responsible for and discharge, any workers’ compensation liabilities in respect of any Propane
Group Employees arising as a result of any action, omission, failure to act or other matter or
thing that occurred or occurs on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date. Effective as of the
Contribution Closing Date, Acquirer shall be responsible for and discharge, and shall cause its
relevant Affiliates to be responsible for and discharge, all workers’ compensation liabilities in
respect of Propane Group Employees arising as a result of any action, omission, failure to act or
other matter or thing that occurs after the Contribution Closing Date.
(g) ETP and Acquirer agree to coordinate the transition of ETP’s health care flexible spending
account plan with respect to the Propane Group Employees as described in Situation 2 of IRS Revenue
Ruling 2002-32. Acquirer agrees to establish and maintain, or make
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provision for, the establishment of a health care flexible spending account plan applicable to
the Propane Group Employees and the election by any Propane Group Employee under the welfare
benefit plans covering the Propane Group Employees immediately prior to the Contribution Closing
Date shall be continued as an election as if made under Acquirer’s health care flexible spending
account plan from the beginning of ETP’s plan year. Acquirer’s health care flexible spending
account plan shall provide for reimbursement of medical care expenses incurred by the Propane Group
Employees at any time during ETP’s plan year, including claims incurred prior to the Contribution
Closing Date, up to the amount of the Propane Group Employees’ election and reduced by amounts
previously reimbursed by ETP. As soon as reasonably practicable after, but no later than ten (10)
Business Days following, the Contribution Closing Date, ETP shall provide Acquirer a schedule in
writing with each Propane Group Employee’s health care flexible spending account election for the
plan year that includes the Contribution Closing Date and the amount of each Propane Group
Employee’s periodic salary reductions and expense reimbursements, if any, as of the Contribution
Closing Date.
(h) Effective as of the Contribution Closing Date, Acquirer shall assume all responsibilities
and obligations for continuation coverage under COBRA (“COBRA Obligations”) and any state
continuation coverage requirements with respect to the Propane Group Employees and their qualified
beneficiaries; provided, however, that ETP agrees that it shall retain
responsibility for COBRA Obligations to all Propane Group Employees and qualified beneficiaries of
the Propane Group Employees for whom a “qualifying event” under COBRA occurs on or prior to the
Contribution Closing Date.
(i) ETP shall or shall cause the Propane Group Entities to pay out to the Propane Group
Employees any distribution payment obligations pursuant to any outstanding awards under the ETP
LTIP on the date such distributions are due and payable for periods prior to the Contribution
Closing Date that are due and payable (and have not been previously paid) as of the Contribution
Closing Date.
(j) ETP shall be responsible for and discharge, and shall cause its relevant Affiliates to be
responsible for and discharge, any severance liabilities (other than any severance liabilities
under any AmeriGas Benefit Plan or Acquirer severance program) in respect of any Propane Group
Employees arising as a result of any action, omission, failure to act or other matter or thing that
occurred or occurs on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date as a consequence of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. From and after the Contribution Closing Date, each
full-time (as determined by applying ETP’s standards for such a determination), non-seasonal
Propane Group Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Acquirer severance programs
maintained for similarly situated employees of AmeriGas GP and its Affiliates, which such programs
shall (i) be amended, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Contributor Parties, to provide
enhanced benefits to the full-time (as determined by applying ETP’s standards for such a
determination), non-seasonal Propane Group Employees and (ii) recognize credit for each full-time
(as determined by applying ETP’s standards for such a determination), non-seasonal Propane Group
Employee’s service with the Propane Group Entities, ETP and their respective Affiliates;
provided, however, for the period of two (2) years following the Contribution
Closing Date, any full-time (as determined by applying ETP’s standards for such a determination),
non-seasonal Propane Group Employee severed as a consequence of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the integration plan shall be
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eligible under the Acquirer severance programs to receive a minimum amount of cash severance
equivalent to not less than eight (8) weeks’ compensation for hourly employees and twelve (12)
weeks’ compensation for salaried employees.
(k) The Contributor Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to provide the
information necessary for the AmeriGas Entities to carry out their obligations under this
Section 5.24. Without limiting the foregoing sentence, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, ETP shall, as soon as practicable following the date hereof, provide the AmeriGas
Entities with all employee benefit plan participation information and other related access and data
as may be reasonably required by the AmeriGas Entities to implement the provisions of this
Section 5.24 and the Contributor Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
enable the AmeriGas Entities to solicit benefit plan elections from the Propane Group Employees
sufficiently in advance of the Contribution Closing Date to permit their implementation as of the
Contribution Closing.
(l) Nothing herein express or implied by this Agreement shall (i) confer upon any Propane
Group Employee, dependent or beneficiary, or legal representative thereof, any rights or remedies,
including any right to employment or benefits for any specified period, of any nature or kind
whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement, or (ii) be deemed to amend or restrict any
authority to amend any employee benefit plan of ETP, the Propane Group Entities, AmeriGas GP or any
of their respective Affiliates. From and after the Contribution Closing Date, Acquirer shall
comply, and cause the Propane Group Entities and AmeriGas GP to comply with the terms of the
collective bargaining agreements set forth on Schedule 3.19(k) of the Contributor
Disclosure Schedule such that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 5.24,
no action shall be taken with respect to a Propane Group Employee who is subject to a collective
bargaining agreement if such action is inconsistent with the applicable collective bargaining
agreement or applicable Law.
Section 5.25 XXXX Notes Offer. As promptly as practicable, but in any event
no later than ten (10) Business Days after the Execution Date, Contributor shall cause XXXX to
provide the notice to the holders of the outstanding XXXX Notes and take all other actions required
pursuant to Section 4C(iii) and Section 4D of the XXXX Note Purchase Agreements in order to make
the Change of Control prepayment offer (the “Change of Control Offer”) and otherwise comply with
all requirements of Section 4C(iii) and Section 4D of the XXXX Note Purchase Agreements.
Consummation of the Change of Control Offer shall be conditioned on consummation of the
Contribution Closing. At the Contribution Closing, Acquirer shall provide XXXX with sufficient
funds to acquire all of the XXXX Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.
Contributor hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall allow Acquirer to cooperate in making the
Change of Control Offer, including by (i) giving Acquirer the opportunity to review and comment on
all documents related to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) providing Acquirer with regular updates
as to the status of the Change of Control Offer and (iii) not amending the terms of the Change of
Control Offer or extending the term thereof without the prior written consent of Acquirer, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Section 5.26 Intercompany Arrangements.
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(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.26(a) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule,
prior to the Contribution Closing, the Contributor Parties shall cause any Contract that is
disclosed (or should have been disclosed) in Schedule 3.15(a) of the Contributor Disclosure
Schedule, to be terminated or otherwise amended to exclude any of the Propane Group Entities as a
party thereto.
(b) At or prior to the Contribution Closing, all Intercompany Indebtedness between the Propane
Group Entities, on the one hand, and the Contributor Parties and their Affiliates (other than the
Propane Group Entities), on the other hand, shall be cancelled and any such amounts shall be
credited to or charged against equity of the applicable Propane Group Entity.
Section 5.27 Consent to Credit Agreement. At or prior to the Contribution
Closing, Acquirer shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and
use reasonable best efforts to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper and advisable
to obtain any consent necessary pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement in order to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements.
Section 5.28 Release. From and after the Contribution Closing Date, each
Contributor Party, on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates (excluding the Propane Group
Entities) hereby releases and forever discharges the Propane Group Entities, and each of their
respective individual, joint or mutual, past, present and future officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all
claims, demands, actions, obligations, contracts, agreements, debts and Liabilities whatsoever,
whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which any of the
Contributor Parties or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Propane Group Entities)
now has, have ever had or may hereafter have against the respective Releasees arising prior to or
contemporaneously with the Contribution Date Closing or on account of or arising out of any matter,
cause or event occurring contemporaneously with or prior to the Contribution Date Closing, whether
pursuant to their respective Organizational Documents, contract or otherwise and whether or not
relating to claims pending on, or asserted after, the Contribution Closing Date. Notwithstanding
anything to the foregoing, nothing in this Section 5.28 shall in any way (a) limit or
otherwise restrict any rights the Contributor Parties may have against Acquirer arising out of,
relating to or in connection with this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements and the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or (b) affect Acquirer’s obligations under Section 5.20.
Section 5.29 Further Assurances.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in order to resolve any
impediments under any Regulatory Laws as necessary to permit the Contribution Closing by the End
Date as it may be extended, none of the AmeriGas Entities shall be required to accept, propose or
agree to any requirement to divest or hold separate or in trust (or the imposition of any other
condition or restriction with respect to) (the “Divestiture”) (i) any assets, businesses, product
lines or operations of the Propane Group Entities if or to the extent that the revenue attributable
to any such assets, businesses, product lines or operations in the aggregate
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was greater than $85,000,000 (the “Divestiture Cap”) for the twelve (12) months ended June 30,
2011 or (ii) any assets, businesses, product lines or operations of the AmeriGas Entities.
(b) In the event that any Governmental Authority requires the Divestiture of any assets,
business, product lines or operations (the “Propane Operations”) with attributable revenue in the
aggregate greater than the Divestiture Cap, but not exceeding the Divestiture Cap by more than $30
million of aggregate attributable revenue, the ETP Entities shall have the option, if Acquirer
otherwise declines to make a Divestiture above the Divestiture Cap, and subject to any necessary
Governmental Authority approval or consent, to retain a portion of the assets of the Propane Group
Entities (the “Propane Group Assets”), as mutually selected by ETP and Acquirer (the “Retained
Propane Group Assets”), which ETP and Acquirer reasonably determine is the smallest portion of
Propane Group Assets which is both (i) sufficient to bring the attributable aggregate revenue of
those Propane Operations subject to the Divestiture below or equal to the Divestiture Cap and (ii)
reasonably suited to be operated by ETP as a stand-alone business (the “ETP Retention Option”).
If ETP chooses to exercise the ETP Retention Option: (x) ETP shall give Acquirer written notice of
its intention to exercise the ETP Retention Option within five (5) Business Days of receiving
notice from Acquirer of its decision that it will satisfy its obligations under Section 5.4
by divesting a portion of the Propane Operations in accordance with a Divestiture; (y) the value of
the proposed Retained Propane Group Assets shall be calculated using the methodology set forth on
Schedule 5.29(b) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule; and (z) subject to any Regulatory
Law and mutual agreement by ETP and Acquirer as to the composition of the Retained Propane Group
Assets, the Retained Propane Group Assets shall be excluded from the assets to be transferred at
the Contribution Closing. The Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to structure any
retention of the Retained Propane Group Assets by ETP and any other Divestiture imposed on Acquirer
in a manner which is tax efficient for each of the Parties.
(c) In the event that ETP elects to exercise the ETP Retention Option, then both the Purchase
Price and (i) the Redemption Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written notice in accordance
with Section 2.6 indicating that it intends to consummate the Spin-Off immediately
following the Contribution Closing, or (ii) the Cash Consideration, if ETP delivers a written
notice in accordance with Section 2.6 indicating that it does not intend to consummate the
Spin-Off immediately following the Contribution Closing, shall be decreased by an amount equal to
the value of the Propane Group Assets to be retained by ETP calculated in accordance with
Section 5.29(b).
(d) Acquirer shall consult with the Contributor Parties as to the scope of any Divestiture,
including the composition of the Propane Group Assets, or undertakings to be taken, or the conduct
to be restricted, in order to meet any obligations of Section 5.4 related to any Regulatory
Law; provided, however, Acquirer shall have sole discretion in determining the
scope of undertakings to be taken, or the conduct to be restricted, in order to meet any
obligations of Section 5.4 related to any Regulatory Law. Further, with regard to any
obligations under Section 5.4 related to any Regulatory Law, Acquirer shall have the right
to take (or decline to take) any and all steps or actions to avoid or to minimize the extent or
effect of any Divestiture, restriction, condition or other relief that may be sought in relation to
the contemplated transactions, and the Parties shall fully cooperate with and fully assist each
other with regard to the foregoing. Nothing in Section 5.4 shall limit or restrict the
option or right of the Parties to
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defend through litigation any claim that serves to or threatens to restrain, prevent or delay the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Parties shall use their reasonable
best efforts to cooperate and assist in any such litigation; provided, however,
that any such action shall not extend the End Date beyond the last extension of the End Date
provided in Section 7.1(c) without the written consent of all Parties.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO CONTRIBUTION CLOSING
Section 6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party. The respective
obligation of each Party to consummate the Contribution Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on
or prior to the Contribution Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any one or more of
which may be waived in writing, in whole or in part, as to a Party by such Party (in such Party’s
sole discretion):
(a) Approvals. All authorizations, consents, orders, approvals, declarations
or filings set forth on Schedule 6.1(a) shall have been obtained or made.
(b) Governmental Restraints. No order, decree, judgment, injunction or other
legal restraint or prohibition of any Governmental Authority shall be in effect, and no Law
shall have been enacted or adopted that enjoins, prohibits or makes illegal the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and no Proceeding by any
Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreements shall be pending that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prohibit or delay the
transactions contemplated thereby.
(c) HSR Act. Any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under
the HSR Act applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements shall
have expired or shall have been terminated.
(d) Bank Consent. AmeriGas Operating shall have received all necessary
consents or waivers from the requisite lenders under the Credit Agreement to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, including
an increase of the commitments for the revolving facility under the Credit Agreement to at
least $500,000,000.
(e) Effectiveness of Form S-3. If ETP delivers a written notice in accordance
with Section 2.6 indicating it intends to consummate the Spin-Off, the Form S-3
shall have been declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Form S-3 shall have been issued by the SEC and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC.
(f) NYSE Listing. The AmeriGas Common Units comprising the Equity
Consideration shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice
of issuance.
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Section 6.2 Conditions to Obligations of Acquirer. The obligation of Acquirer
to consummate the Contribution Closing is subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the
Contribution Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be
waived in writing, in whole or in part, by Acquirer (in Acquirer’s sole discretion):
(a) Representations and Warranties of Contributor Parties. The representations
and warranties of the Contributor Parties (i) in Article III (other than those
contained in Section 3.6, Section 3.7(d) and Section 3.10(b)) shall
be true and correct in all respects as of the Contribution Closing Date as if remade on the
Contribution Closing Date (except for representations and warranties made as of a specific
date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such specific date), with only
such failures to be so true and correct as had not had a Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse
Effect, (ii) in Section 3.6 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
the Contribution Closing Date as if remade on the Contribution Closing Date (except for
representations and warranties contained therein made as of a specific date, which shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date) and (iii) in Section
3.7(d) and Section 3.10(b) shall be true and correct in all respects.
(b) Performance. Each Contributor Party shall have performed and complied in
all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by such Contributor Party on or prior to the Contribution Closing
Date.
(c) Contribution Closing Certificate. Acquirer shall have received from the
Contributor Parties a certificate, dated as of the Contribution Closing Date, signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Contributor Parties certifying that, to the best of such
Responsible Officer’s knowledge, the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) and
Section 6.2(b) have been satisfied.
(d) Contribution Closing Deliverables. The Contributor Parties shall have
delivered or caused to be delivered all of the Contribution Closing deliveries set forth in
Section 2.4(a) and in the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Titan Financial Statements. The Contributor Parties shall have delivered
or caused to be delivered to Acquirer the Titan Audited Financial Statements.
(f) Debt Financing. AmeriGas Finance shall have consummated the Debt
Financing.
Section 6.3 Conditions to Obligations of Contributor Parties. The obligation
of the Contributor Parties to consummate the Contribution Closing is subject to the satisfaction,
on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any one or more
of which may be waived in writing, in whole or in part, by the Contributor Parties (in the
Contributor Parties’ sole discretion):
(a) Representations and Warranties of Acquirer. The representations and
warranties of Acquirer (i) in Article IV (other than those contained in Section
4.2(c), Section 4.5 and Section 4.8 shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the Contribution
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Closing Date as if remade on the Contribution Closing Date (except for representations
and warranties made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct in all respects
as of such specific date), with only such failures to be so true and correct as had not had,
and would not reasonably be expected to have, an AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect, (ii) in
Section 4.2(c) and Section 4.5 shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of the Contribution Closing Date as if remade on the Contribution Closing Date
(except for representations and warranties contained therein made as of a specific date,
which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date) and (iii)
in Section 4.8 shall be true and correct in all respects.
(b) Performance. Acquirer shall have performed and complied in all material
respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by Acquirer on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date.
(c) Contribution Closing Certificate. The Contributor Parties shall have
received a certificate, dated as of the Contribution Closing Date, signed by a Responsible
Officer of Acquirer certifying that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge,
the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) and Section 6.3(b) have been
satisfied.
(d) Contribution Closing Deliverables. Acquirer shall have delivered or caused
to be delivered all of the Contribution Closing deliveries set forth in Section
2.4(b) and in the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Intercompany Financing. AmeriGas Finance and Acquirer shall have
negotiated and agreed to definitive documents related to the Intercompany Financing and
stand prepared to consummate the Intercompany Financing.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION RIGHTS
Section 7.1 Termination Rights. This Agreement may be terminated at any time
prior to the Contribution Closing as follows:
(a) By mutual written consent of ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties, and
Acquirer;
(b) By either ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties, or Acquirer if any
Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued a final and
non-appealable order, decree, injunction or judgment prohibiting the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) By either ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties, or Acquirer in the event that
the Contribution Closing has not occurred on or prior to December 31, 2011 (the “End Date”);
provided, however, that, if by December 31, 2011, (i) the Contribution
Closing has not occurred and (ii) the conditions set forth in Section 6.1(b) and
Section 6.1(c) have not been satisfied or the Marketing Period has not commenced,
the End Date shall be extended by ninety (90) days, upon the election of ETP, on behalf of
the Contributor Parties, or by Acquirer, in its sole discretion; provided,
further, that, if as of
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the End Date (as extended pursuant to the first proviso of this Section
7.1(c)), the conditions set forth in Section 6.1(b) and Section 6.1(c)
have not been satisfied or the Marketing Period has not commenced, the End Date shall be
extended by an additional ninety (90) days, upon the election of ETP, on behalf of the
Contributor Parties, or upon the election of Acquirer but in each case such election by
either ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties, or by Acquirer may only be made if (A) the
board of directors of the general partner of ETP determines in good faith (after
consultation with Acquirer), that there is a reasonable probability that the conditions set
forth in Section 6.1(b) and Section 6.1(c) will be met, and (B) the Lead
Underwriter has determined that there is a reasonable probability that the Debt Financing
will be consummated, in each case within such subsequent ninety (90) day period (it being
understood and agreed by the Parties that any decision by the board of directors of ETP GP
to not extend the End Date as provided in this second proviso shall in no way relieve
Acquirer of any Liabilities relating to any breach under Section 5.4 prior to such
decision); provided, further, that (1) ETP may not terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) if such failure of the Contribution Closing to occur
is due to the failure of any Contributor Party to perform and comply in all material
respects with the covenants and agreements in this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by such Contributor Party and (2) Acquirer may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section 7.1(c) if such failure of the Contribution Closing to occur is due to
the failure of Acquirer to perform and comply in all material respects with the covenants
and agreements in this Agreement to be performed or complied with by Acquirer;
provided, further, that if the Marketing Period either (x) has not commenced
and the End Date (as extended pursuant to the first or second proviso of this Section
7.1(c)) occurs during the extension period for the commencement of the Marketing Period
provided in Section 5.14(d) or (y) has commenced prior to the End Date (as extended
pursuant to the first or second proviso of this Section 7.1(c)) and has not been
completed by the End Date (as so extended), then the End Date (as so extended) shall be
extended to the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date on which the Marketing
Period is completed;
(d) By Acquirer if there shall have been a breach or inaccuracy of the Contributor
Parties’ representations and warranties in this Agreement or a failure by Contributor Party
to perform its covenants and agreements in this Agreement, in any such case in a manner that
would result in, if occurring and continuing on the Contribution Closing Date, the failure
of the conditions to the Contribution Closing set forth in Section 6.2(a) or
Section 6.2(b), and such breach or failure cannot be cured or has not been cured
within thirty (30) days of the receipt by ETP of written notice thereof from Acquirer;
provided, however, that Acquirer may not terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this Section 7.1(d) if (i) any of Acquirer’s representations and warranties shall
have become and continue to be untrue in a manner that would cause the condition set forth
in Section 6.3(a) not to be satisfied or (ii) there has been, and continues to be, a
failure by Acquirer to perform its covenants and agreements in such a manner as would cause
the condition set forth in Section 6.3(b) not to be satisfied;
(e) By ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties, if there shall have been a breach or
inaccuracy of Acquirer’s representations and warranties in this Agreement or a failure by
Acquirer to perform its covenants and agreements in this Agreement, in any
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such case in a manner that would result in, if occurring and continuing on the
Contribution Closing Date, the failure of the conditions to the Contribution Closing set
forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) and such breach or failure cannot
be cured or has not been cured within thirty (30) days of the receipt by Acquirer of written
notice thereof from ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties; provided,
however, that ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties, may not terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(e) if (i) any of the Contributor Parties’
representations and warranties shall have become and continue to be untrue in a manner that
would cause the condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) not to be satisfied or (ii)
there has been, and continues to be, a failure by any Contributor Party to perform its
covenants and agreements in such a manner as would cause the condition set forth in
Section 6.2(b) not to be satisfied; or
(f) By either ETP, on behalf of the Contributor Parties, or Acquirer if, upon the
expiration of the Marketing Period, AmeriGas Finance has either (i) not entered into a
binding agreement to consummate the Debt Financing providing for consummation of the Debt
Financing on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following the last day of the
Marketing Period or (ii) does not consummate such Debt Financing on or prior to the fifth
(5th) Business Day following the last day of the Marketing Period;
provided, however, that Acquirer may not terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this Section 7.1(f) if the failure to consummate the Debt Financing is as a
result of the failure by Acquirer or AmeriGas Finance to perform and comply with the
covenants and agreements set forth in Section 5.14.
Section 7.2 Effect of Termination.
(a) In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, all
rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall terminate, except for the
provisions of this Section 7.2, Article IX, Article X and Section
5.5 and Section 5.7; provided, however, that no termination of this
Agreement shall relieve any Party from any liability for any willful and intentional breach of this
Agreement by such Party or for Fraud by such Party and all rights and remedies of a non-breaching
Party under this Agreement in the case of any such willful and intentional breach or Fraud, at law
and in equity, shall be preserved, including the right to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, pursuant to Section 7.1, the
Parties agree that for a period of one (1) year from and after the Execution Date, neither the
Contributor Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, nor Acquirer and its
Affiliates, on the other hand, shall solicit for employment or hire any executive officers,
management level employees or district manager level employees of the Propane Group Entities, in
the case of Acquirer and its Affiliates, and of Acquirer, AmeriGas GP and their respective
Subsidiaries, in the case of the Contributor Parties and their respective Affiliates, (a) who were
employed by such party within six (6) months prior to the Execution Date and (b) with whom the
Contributor Parties or Acquirer, as applicable, first came into initial contact as a result of
negotiation of this Agreement. The restrictions in the preceding sentence regarding the
prohibition on solicitations (as opposed to hires) shall not apply to (i) any solicitation by way
of general advertising, including general solicitations in any local, regional or national
newspapers or other publications or circulars or on internet sites or any search firm engagement
which is not directed or focused on employees of the Contributor Parties, Acquirer, AmeriGas GP or
their respective Affiliates, as applicable, or (ii) the hiring of a person whose
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employment was terminated by his or her respective employer (or its Subsidiaries) and who was
not solicited by the other Party (or its Affiliates) in violation of this Section 7.2.
Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 7.2, the Parties agree that, if
this Agreement is terminated, the Parties shall have no liability to each other under or relating
to this Agreement. If this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are terminated
pursuant to Section 7.1, each Party shall return all documents and other materials received
from the other Parties relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and all
confidential information received by each Party with respect to any other Party shall be subject to
the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement which shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
(b) In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1(f), then
Acquirer shall, pay or cause to be paid to ETP a termination fee in immediately available funds in
the amount of (i) $125,000,000, if the Available Interest Rate was (or was otherwise deemed to be)
within the range of Weighted Average Interests Rates set forth on Annex G-3 or (ii)
$75,000,000, if the Available Interest Rate was within the range of Weighted Average Interests
Rates set forth on Annex G-1 or Annex G-2 (any such termination fee hereinafter
referred to as a “Termination Fee”), each in accordance with Section 10.5. Acquirer shall
not be required to pay a termination fee to ETP in any circumstances other than as described in the
immediately preceding sentence. Acquirer and the Contributor Parties acknowledge and agree that
Acquirer’s payment of the Termination Fee will be considered liquidated damages and in the event of
such payment, Acquirer shall have no other liability for any breach by it of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement. If the
Termination Fee is paid, or if the Termination Fee is payable and the Acquirer has not failed to
satisfy its obligations under Section 10.5, in no event will the Contributor Parties seek
to recover any other money damages or seek any other remedy (including specific performance under
Section 9.4) from Acquirer (or its respective Affiliates) pursuant to this Agreement with
respect to Acquirer’s failure to secure the Debt Financing, regardless of whether such monetary
damages or other remedies are based on a claim in law or equity, and all such claims are hereby
waived.
(c) The Acquirer and the Contributor Parties acknowledge and agree that the agreements
contained in this Section 7.2 are an integral part of this Agreement, and that, without
these agreements, neither Acquirer or the Contributor Parties would enter into this Agreement.
Accordingly, if the Acquirer fails promptly to pay the amount due pursuant to Section
7.2(b), and, in order to obtain such payment, the Contributor Parties commence a suit that
results in a judgment in their favor for the Termination Fee, the Acquirer shall pay to the
Contributor Parties their costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection
with such suit, together with interest on Termination Fee from the date such payment was required
to be made until the date of payment at eight percent (8%) per annum.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Indemnification by the Contributor Parties. Subject to the terms
of this Article VIII, from and after the Contribution Closing, the Contributor Parties
shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless Acquirer and its partners, members,
managers, directors, officers, employees, consultants and permitted assigns (each, an “Acquirer
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Indemnitee”) from and against any losses, claims, damages, Liabilities and costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “Losses”) incurred, arising out
of or relating to:
(a) any breach or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in
Article III;
(b) Excluded Taxes;
(c) any Liability relating to or arising from (i) any Release of Hazardous Substances
prior to the Contribution Closing at, on, under, to or from any site included in Item 1,
Item 2, Item 4 or Item 5 of Schedule 8.1(c) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule,
and any migration or leaching of, or Remedial Action conducted in connection with, such
Hazardous Substances, including any such migration, leaching or Remedial Action that occurs
or is conducted subsequent to the Contribution Closing, (ii) any Hazardous Substance sent to
any site included in Item 3 of Schedule 8.1(c) of the Contributor Disclosure
Schedule prior to the Contribution Closing, including any Release of, or Remedial Action
conducted in connection with, such Hazardous Substance prior to, on or subsequent to the
Contribution Closing, provided, however, for the sake of clarity the parties acknowledge
that the Contributor Parties shall have no obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the
Acquirer Indemnitees with respect to any Hazardous Substance that was sent to a site
included in Item 3 of Schedule 8.1(c) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule by
Acquirer or any Affiliate of the Acquirer (that is not a Propane Group Entity) prior to the
Contribution Closing; and (iii) any claim, action, demand, notice, proceeding,
investigation, suit, arbitration or litigation, whether brought prior to, on or subsequent
to the Contribution Closing, relating to or arising from any of the foregoing; or
(d) any breach of any covenants or agreements of the Contributor Parties set forth in
this Agreement.
Section 8.2 Indemnification by Acquirer. Subject to the terms of this
Article VIII, from and after the Contribution Closing, Acquirer shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Contributor Parties and their respective directors, officers, employees, consultants
and permitted assigns (each, a “Contributor Indemnitee” and, together with the Acquirer
Indemnitees, the “Indemnitees”) from and against Losses incurred, arising out of or relating to:
(a) any breach or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in
Article IV; and
(b) any breach of any of the covenants or agreements of Acquirer set forth in this
Agreement.
Section 8.3 Limitations and Other Indemnity Claim Matters. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Article VIII or elsewhere in this Agreement, the following
terms shall apply to any claim for monetary damages arising out of this Agreement or related to the
transactions contemplated hereby:
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(a) Survival; Claims Period.
(i) The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Parties
under this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
shall continue in full force and effect until fifteen (15) months after the
Contribution Closing Date; provided, however, that (A) the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1 (Organization;
Qualification), Section 3.2 (Subsidiaries), Section 3.3 (Authority;
Enforceability), Section 3.6 (Capitalization), Section 3.7
(Ownership of Acquired Interests), Section 3.20 (Brokers’ Fee), Section
4.1 (Organization; Qualification), Section 4.2 (Authority;
Enforceability; Valid Issuance), Section 4.5 (Capitalization) and
Section 4.12 (Brokers’ Fee) (collectively, the “Fundamental
Representations”) shall survive indefinitely, (B) the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 3.18 and Section 4.11 and the indemnification
set forth in Section 8.1(b) shall survive until ninety (90) days after the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, (C) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.14 and Section 4.9 shall survive
for three (3) years after the Contribution Closing Date, and (D) any covenants or
agreements contained in this Agreement that by their terms are to be performed after
the Contribution Closing Date shall survive until fully discharged. The date on
which any such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement no longer survives in
accordance with this Section 8.3(a)(i) is referred to herein as the
“Expiration Date”.
(ii) No action for a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement contained herein (other than the Fundamental Representations) shall be
brought after the Expiration Date, except for claims of which a Party has received a
Claim Notice setting forth in reasonable detail the claimed misrepresentation or
breach of representation, warranty, covenant or agreement with reasonable detail,
prior to the Expiration Date.
(b) Materiality. In determining whether a breach or inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty made hereunder exists and in calculating the amount of
indemnifiable Losses incurred by any Indemnified Party arising out of or relating to any
such breach or inaccuracy, all qualifications relating to “materiality,” “material,”
“Material Adverse Effect” (other than in Section 3.10(b), Section 4.8 and
Section 5.1(b)(xxvi)(C)) or any similar qualification, shall be disregarded.
(c) Limits on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement:
(i) (A) An Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any Losses pursuant to
Section 8.1(a) or Section 8.2(a) (as the case may be) unless and until the
aggregate amount of indemnifiable Losses which may be recovered from the Indemnifying Party
exceeds an amount equal to $30,000,000 (the “Basket”), after which the Indemnifying Party
shall be liable only for those Losses in excess the Basket and (B) the maximum aggregate
amount of indemnifiable Losses which may be recovered from an Indemnifying Party under
Section 8.1(a) or Section 8.2(a) (as the case may be) shall
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be an amount equal to $280,000,000; provided, however, that the
limitations set forth in this Section 8.3(c) shall not apply to Losses arising out
of the breach of any of the Fundamental Representations.
(ii) An Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any Losses pursuant to any of the
items set forth on Schedule 8.1(c) of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule unless and
until the aggregate amount of indemnifiable Losses which may be recovered from the
Indemnifying Party with respect to such Losses exceeds an amount equal to $2,600,000 (the
“Environmental Sub-Basket”). Any Losses included in the Environmental Sub-Basket shall also
be applied to, and included in, the Basket.
(d) Minimum Claim. If any claim or group of related claims for indemnification
by an Indemnified Party that is indemnifiable under Section 8.1(a) or Section
8.2(a) results in respective aggregate Losses to such Indemnified Party that do not
exceed $500,000, such Losses shall not be deemed to be Losses under this Agreement, shall
not be eligible for indemnification under this Article VIII and shall not be
included in the calculations of limitation of Losses set forth in Section 8.3(c);
provided, however, that no minimum claim amount shall apply with respect to
(i) Losses arising out of the breach of any of the Fundamental Representations or (ii)
Losses relating to any breaches of the representations and warranties included in
Section 3.18 and Section 4.11.
(e) Calculation of Losses. In calculating amounts payable to any Contributor
Indemnitee or Acquirer Indemnitee (each such person, an “Indemnified Party”) for a claim for
indemnification hereunder, the amount of any indemnified Losses shall be determined without
duplication of any other Loss for which an indemnification claim has been made or could be
made under any other representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement and shall be computed
net of (i) payments actually recovered by the Indemnified Party under any insurance policy
with respect to such Losses, net of any associated costs of expenses of recovery, and (ii)
any prior actual recovery by the Indemnified Party from any Person with respect to such
Losses. To the extent any amount that would be subject to indemnification pursuant to
Section 8.1 has been taken into account in determining (i.e., actually used in the
computation of) Net Working Capital or Net Cash, such as liabilities, expenses, reserves and
other asset contra-accounts, such amount shall not otherwise be recoverable as a Loss as
that would constitute an unintended “double-recovery.”
(f) Waiver of Certain Damages. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in no event shall any Party be liable for punitive, remote, speculative or lost
profits damages of any kind or nature, regardless of the form of action through which such
damages are sought, except for any such damages recovered by any third party against an
Indemnified Party in respect of which such Indemnified Party would otherwise be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to the terms hereof.
(g) Sole and Exclusive Remedy. Except for the assertion of any Claim based on
Fraud or breaches of any covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement that by their
terms are to be performed after the Contribution Closing Date, including Section
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5.10 or Section 5.11, the remedies provided in this Article
VIII shall be the sole and exclusive legal remedies of the Parties, from and after the
Contribution Closing, with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section 8.4 Indemnification Procedures.
(a) Each Indemnitee agrees that promptly after it becomes aware of facts giving rise to a
claim by it for indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII, such Indemnitee must assert
its claim for indemnification under this Article VIII (each, a “Claim”) by providing a
written notice (a “Claim Notice”) to the indemnifying party (the “Indemnifying Party”) allegedly
required to provide indemnification protection under this Article VIII specifying, in
reasonable detail, the nature and basis for such Claim (e.g., the underlying representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement alleged to have been breached) and the amount (to the extent that
the nature and amount of such Claim is known or reasonably ascertainable at such time;
provided, however, that such amount or estimated amount shall not be conclusive of
the final amount, if any, of such Claim). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnitee’s failure
to send or delay in sending a third party Claim Notice will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from
liability hereunder with respect to such Claim except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is
materially prejudiced by such failure or delay and except as is otherwise provided herein,
including in Section 8.3(f).
(b) If the Indemnifying Party acknowledges in writing its obligation to indemnify an
Indemnitee hereunder against any Losses that may result from a third party Claim, then the
Indemnifying Party will have the right, at such Indemnifying Party’s expense, to assume the defense
of same including the appointment and selection of counsel on behalf of the Indemnitee so long as
such counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee; provided, however, that
the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume such defense if the third party Claim is
seeking injunctive relief. If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of any such
third party Claim, it shall within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the Claim Notice, notify the
Indemnitee in writing of its intent to do so. The Indemnifying Party will have the right to settle
or compromise or take any corrective or remediation action with respect to any such Claim by all
appropriate proceedings, which proceedings will be diligently prosecuted by the Indemnifying Party
to a final conclusion or settled at the discretion of the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnitee will
be entitled, at its own cost, to participate with the Indemnifying Party in the defense of any such
Claim; provided, however, that the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its
own separate counsel, at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, if the Indemnitee has
available to it one or more defenses or counterclaims that are inconsistent with one or more of the
defenses or counterclaims alleged by the Indemnifying Party and which could be materially adverse
to the Indemnifying Party, and in any such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel
shall be paid by the Indemnitor. If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any such
third-party Claim but fails to diligently prosecute such Claim, or if the Indemnifying Party does
not assume the defense of any such Claim, the Indemnitee may assume control of such defense and in
the event it is determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article IX that the
Claim was a matter for which the Indemnifying Party is required to provide indemnification under
the terms of this Article VIII, the Indemnifying Party will bear the reasonable costs and
expenses of such defense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Indemnifying Party may not assume the defense
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of the third-party Claim (but will be entitled at its own cost to participate with the
Indemnified Party in the defense of any such Claim) if the potential damages under the third-party
Claim could reasonably and in good faith be expected to exceed, in the aggregate when combined with
all claims previously made by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party under this
Article VIII, the maximum amount the Indemnifying Party may be liable pursuant to
Section 8.3(c); provided, however, that to the extent the Parties are not
in agreement with respect to the calculation of potential damages, the Indemnifying Party shall
have the right to assume the defense of the third-party Claim in accordance herewith until the
Parties have agreed or a final non-appealable judgment has been entered into, with respect to the
determination of the potential damages. The Parties shall render to each other such assistance as
may reasonably be requested in order to insure the proper and adequate defense of any such Claim,
including making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional
information and explanation of any relevant materials or to testify at any Proceedings relating to
such Claim.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party will
not be permitted to settle, compromise, take any corrective or remedial action or enter into an
agreed judgment or consent decree, in each case, that subjects the Indemnified Party to any
injunctive or other non-monetary relief or any criminal liability, requires an admission of guilt
or wrongdoing on the part of the Indemnified Party or imposes any continuing obligation on or
requires any payment from the Indemnified Party without the Indemnified Party’s prior written
consent.
Section 8.5 No Reliance.
(a) THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONTRIBUTOR PARTIES CONTAINED IN ARTICLE
III CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONTRIBUTOR PARTIES
TO ACQUIRER IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. THE
REPRESENTATIONS OF ACQUIRER CONTAINED IN ARTICLE IV CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIRER TO THE CONTRIBUTOR PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT FOR SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, NO
PARTY NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH PARTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH PARTY DISCLAIMS
ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER MADE BY SUCH PARTY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE
DISTRIBUTION OF, OR ANY PERSON’S RELIANCE ON, ANY INFORMATION, DISCLOSURE OR OTHER DOCUMENT OR
OTHER MATERIAL MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY PARTY IN ANY DATA ROOM, ELECTRONIC DATA ROOM, MANAGEMENT
PRESENTATION OR IN ANY OTHER FORM IN EXPECTATION OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT). EXCEPT FOR SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EACH PARTY
DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, PROJECTION, FORECAST,
STATEMENT, OR
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INFORMATION MADE, COMMUNICATED, OR FURNISHED (ORALLY OR IN WRITING) TO ANY OTHER PARTY OR ITS
AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES (INCLUDING OPINION,
INFORMATION, PROJECTION, OR ADVICE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE PROVIDED TO ANY PARTY OR ANY
OFFICER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH PARTY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES).
(b) Except as provided in Section 7.2, Section 8.1, Section 8.2 and
Section 8.3(f), no Party nor any Affiliate of a Party shall assert or threaten, and each
Party hereby waives and shall cause such Affiliates to waive, any claim or other method of
recovery, in contract, in tort or under applicable Law, against any Person that is not a Party (or
a successor to a Party) relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
GOVERNING LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
Section 9.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the
conflicts of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction)
that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
Section 9.2 Consent to Jurisdiction. Except as to the resolution of Disputed
Items in accordance with Section 2.5, the Parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of (a) the Delaware Court of Chancery, and (b) any state appellate court therefrom
within the State of Delaware (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept
jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware),
for the purposes of any Proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby (and each agrees that no such Proceeding relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be brought by it except in such courts). The Parties irrevocably and
unconditionally waive (and agree not to plead or claim) any objection to the laying of venue of any
Proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in (i) the
Delaware Court of Chancery, or (ii) any state appellate court therefrom within the State of
Delaware (or, only if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a
particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware) or that any such
Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the
Parties also agrees that any final and non appealable judgment against a Party in connection with
any Proceeding shall be conclusive and binding on such Party and that such award or judgment may be
enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction, either within or outside of the United States. A
certified or exemplified copy of such award or judgment shall be conclusive evidence of the fact
and amount of such award or judgment.
Section 9.3 Waiver of Jury Trial. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR TO DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
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Section 9.4 Specific Enforcement. The Parties agree that irreparable damage
would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed, or were
threatened to be not performed, in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached.
It is accordingly agreed that, in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it,
including monetary damages, except as otherwise provided by Section 7.2(b), each of the
Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and
to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement exclusively in the jurisdiction
provided in Section 9.2, and all such rights and remedies at law or in equity may be
cumulative, except as may be limited by Article VIII. The Parties further agree that no
Party shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection
with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 9.4 and each
Party waives any objection to the imposition of such relief or any right it may have to require the
obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument.
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented only by written agreement of the Parties.
Section 10.2 Waiver of Compliance; Consents. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, any failure of any of the Parties to comply with any obligation, covenant,
agreement or condition in this Agreement may be waived by the Party or Parties entitled to the
benefits thereof only by a written instrument signed by the Party or Parties granting such waiver,
but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant,
agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any
subsequent or other failure.
Section 10.3 Notices. Any notice, demand or communication required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally, by reputable overnight
delivery service or other courier or by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) as of the date of delivery if delivered personally
or by overnight delivery service or other courier or (b) on the date receipt is acknowledged if
delivered by certified mail, addressed as follows; provided, however, that a notice
of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt thereof:
If to any Contributor Party to:
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
0000 Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
And a copy to:
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Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
2500 First City Tower
0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
If to Acquirer to:
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
000 Xx. Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
And a copy to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Section 10.4 Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns. No Party may assign or
transfer this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without
the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided, however, that (a)
Acquirer may assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder to a Subsidiary of
Acquirer that is disregarded as an entity separate from Acquirer for U.S. federal income tax
purposes without the consent of the Contributor Parties; provided, further, that
any such assignment by Acquirer shall not relieve Acquirer of any liability or obligation hereunder
and (b) ETP may assign any of its rights under Section 7.2 (but not delegate any of its
obligations) under this Agreement to one or more wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiaries of
ETP without the prior consent of Acquirer. Any attempted assignment or transfer in violation of
this Agreement shall be null, void and ineffective.
Section 10.5 Certain Tax Matters. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 7.2, Acquirer shall not pay to ETP all or any portion of the Termination Fee unless
such payment is consistent with this Section 10.5. If Acquirer is obligated to pay a Termination
Fee to ETP pursuant to Section 7.2(b), then Acquirer shall pay to ETP an amount up to the
Termination Fee calculated as follows and shall have no further liability with regard to the
Termination Fee:
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(a) Prior to the end of the calendar year in which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 7.1(f) and within five (5) Business Days from the date on which ETP provides
Acquirer with a notice setting forth the estimated maximum remaining amount which may still be
taken into the gross income of ETP without exceeding the permissible non-qualifying income limits
for a publicly traded partnership for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code, after taking into
consideration all other sources of non-qualifying income (such estimated maximum remaining amount
of non-qualifying income, the “Estimated Non-Qualifying Income Cushion”), Acquirer shall pay to ETP
the lesser of (i) the Termination Fee and (ii) a portion of the Termination Fee equal to an amount
no greater than 70% of the Estimated Non-Qualifying Income Cushion (the “Preliminary Amount”).
(b) During the calendar year following the date that the Preliminary Amount was paid to ETP
but prior to the passage of thirty (30) Business Days following the filing of the IRS Form 1065 for
the prior year, ETP shall submit to Acquirer a certificate (the “Final Non-Qualifying Income
Cushion Certificate”) identifying the actual maximum remaining amount which may still be taken into
the gross income of ETP without exceeding the permissible non-qualifying income limits for a
publicly traded partnership (for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code), after taking into
consideration all other sources of non-qualifying income from the prior year other than the
Preliminary Amount (the “Final Non-Qualifying Income Cushion”). If the Preliminary Amount was (i)
less than 90% of the Final Non-Qualifying Income Cushion, then Acquirer shall pay to ETP an amount
which, when combined with the Preliminary Amount, will equal 90% of the Final Non-Qualifying Income
Cushion, and (ii) greater than 90% of the Final Non-Qualifying Income Cushion, then ETP shall
return to Acquirer an amount equal to the excess of the Preliminary Amount over 90% of the Final
Non-Qualifying Income Cushion. Any payment under this clause (b) shall be made by ETP or Acquirer,
as applicable, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by ETP or
Acquirer, as applicable, within five (5) Business Days following the delivery of the Final
Non-Qualifying Income Cushion Certificate.
Section 10.6 Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Except
as provided in Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, none of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third party, including any creditor of
any Party or any of their Affiliates. No such third party shall obtain any right under any
provision of this Agreement or shall by reasons of any such provision make any claim in respect of
any liability (or otherwise) against any other Party.
Section 10.7 Entire Agreement. Except for the Confidentiality Agreement which
shall survive the execution of this Agreement, this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements
constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the
Parties or between any of them with respect to such subject matter.
Section 10.8 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of
any provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable Law but if any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement is held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law in any jurisdiction,
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such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or portion
of any provision in such jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced
in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion of any
provision had never been contained herein.
Section 10.9 Representation by Counsel. Each of the Parties agrees that it
has been represented by independent counsel of its choice during the negotiation and execution of
this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, and that it has executed the same upon the
advice of such independent counsel. Each Party and its counsel cooperated in the drafting and
preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, and any and all drafts relating
thereto shall be deemed the work product of the Parties and may not be construed against any Party
by reason of its preparation. Therefore, the Parties waive the application of any Law providing
that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting
such agreement or document.
Section 10.10 Disclosure Schedules. The inclusion of any information
(including dollar amounts) in any section of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule or the Acquirer
Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed to be an admission or acknowledgment by a Party that such
information is required to be listed on such section of the Contributor Disclosure Schedule or the
Acquirer Disclosure Schedule or is material to or outside the ordinary course of the business of
such Party or the Person to which such disclosure relates. The information contained in this
Agreement, the Exhibits and the Schedules is disclosed solely for purposes of this Agreement, and
no information contained in this Agreement, the Exhibits or the Schedules shall be deemed to be an
admission by any Party to any third Person of any matter whatsoever (including any violation of a
legal requirement or breach of contract). The disclosure contained in one disclosure schedule
contained in the Contributor Disclosure Schedule or Acquirer Disclosure Schedule may be
incorporated by reference into any other disclosure schedule contained therein, and shall be deemed
to have been so incorporated into any other disclosure schedule so long as it is readily apparent
on its face that the disclosure is applicable to such other disclosure schedule.
Section 10.11 Facsimiles; Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
facsimile signatures by any Party and such signature shall be deemed binding for all purposes
hereof, without delivery of an original signature being thereafter required. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which together shall constitute one and the same document.
[Signature page follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be executed by its
respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
“Acquired Company” is defined in Section 5.11(a)(iv).
“Acquired Interests” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Acquirer” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Acquirer Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule to this Agreement prepared by
Acquirer and delivered to the Contributor Parties on the Execution Date, as it may be updated from
time to time pursuant to Section 5.18.
“Acquirer Indemnitiee” is defined in Section 8.1.
“Actual Unearned Pro Rata Distribution Amount” means an amount in cash equal to the product of
(i) the product of (x) the Closing Quarter Distribution, and (y) the number of Distribution Units,
multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the Closing Quarter
which precede the Contribution Closing Date (not including the Contribution Closing Date), and the
denominator of which is the number of days in such Closing Quarter.
“Additional Underwriter” means an investment banking firm selected by Acquirer and subject to
the approval of ETP, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
“Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, a specified Person.
“Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“AmeriGas 401(k) Plan” is defined in Section 5.24(c) of this Agreement.
“AmeriGas Benefit Plans” means (a) any “employee benefit plan,” as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA (including employee benefit plans, such as foreign plans, which are not
subject to the provisions of ERISA, but excluding any multiemployer plan within the meaning of
Section 3(37) of ERISA or multiple employer plan within the meaning of Section 4063(a) of ERISA),
or (b) any material equity-based compensation plan (including stock option plans, stock purchase
plans, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and phantom stock plans), bonus plan or
arrangement, incentive award plan or arrangement, vacation policy, severance pay plan or
arrangement, change in control policy or agreement, deferred compensation agreement or arrangement,
executive compensation or supplemental income arrangement, retiree medical or life insurance,
supplemental retirement, consulting agreement, employment or termination or other similar agreement
and each other employee benefit plan, agreement, arrangement, program, practice or understanding,
sponsored, maintained or contributed by Acquirer or any of its Affiliates for the benefit of any
current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor.
Ex. A-1
“AmeriGas Common Units” means the common units representing limited partner interests of
Acquirer.
“AmeriGas Entities” means Acquirer and all Subsidiaries of Acquirer.
“AmeriGas Finance” means AmeriGas Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“AmeriGas GP” is defined in Section 4.5(e).
“AmeriGas GP Interests” is defined in Section 4.5(e).
“AmeriGas Material Adverse Effect” means any Material Adverse Effect in respect to the
AmeriGas Entities taken as a whole.
“AmeriGas Operating” is AmeriGas Propane, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“AmeriGas Operating Partnership Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of AmeriGas Operating, as amended from time to time.
“AmeriGas Partnership Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Acquirer, as amended from time to time.
“AmeriGas SEC Documents” is defined in Section 4.7(a).
“AmeriGas Welfare Benefit Plans” is defined in Section 5.24(d).
“Assignment of Interests” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(i).
“Assignment of Redemption Units” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(vi).
“Available Interest Rate” means the lowest Weighted Average Interest Rate offered to AmeriGas
Finance during the Marketing Period by the Lead Underwriter at a time when it was prepared to enter
into an underwriting commitment or purchase agreement to provide for the Debt Financing on terms at
least as favorable (excluding interest rate) to AmeriGas Finance as those set forth on Annex
G-1, Annex G-2 or Annex G-3, as applicable, as evidenced by a Debt Financing
pricing sheet, term sheet or other customary indicia (whether orally or in writing) of terms
offered in connection with debt financings similar to the Debt Financing (a “Pricing Offer”). If,
during the Marketing Period, AmeriGas Finance either (a) does not commence the marketing of a
public underwritten offering or private placement of the Debt Financing, as evidenced by the filing
of a preliminary prospectus with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act,
in the case of a registered offering, or the circulation of a preliminary offering memorandum to
one or more initial purchasers for the purpose of distribution to potential purchasers of the notes
constituting the Debt Financing, in the case of a private placement (the commencement of such
public or private offering, a “Launch” of the Debt Financing) or (b) following a Launch of the Debt
Offering, does not receive any
Ex. A-2
Pricing Offers, then the Available Interest Rate shall be deemed for purposes of this
Agreement to be within the range of Weighted Average Interests Rates set forth on Annex
G-3; provided, however, that the Available Interest Rate shall be deemed for
purposes of this Agreement to be in excess of the range of Weighted Average Interests Rates set
forth on Annex G-1 if (i) in the event that AmeriGas Finance does Launch the Debt Financing
but no Pricing Offer is made during the Marketing Period, either (A) the Lead Underwriter, after
jointly consulting with Acquirer and ETP, advises that, in its opinion, no Pricing Offer was made
during the Marketing Period because the market for the issuance of “high yield” debt securities was
insufficient to provide for the entire Debt Financing on terms at least as favorable to AmeriGas
Finance as those set forth on Annex G-1, or (B) Acquirer otherwise demonstrates to the
reasonable satisfaction of ETP that no Pricing Offer was made during the Marketing Period because
the market for “high yield” debt securities was insufficinet to provide for the entire Debt
Financing on terms at least as favorable to AmeriGas Finance as those set forth on Annex
G-1, (ii) the Lead Underwriter, after jointly consulting with Acquirer and ETP, demonstrates to
the reasonable satisfaction of ETP that AmeriGas Finance should not Launch the Debt Financing based
upon the opinion of the Lead Underwriter that the market for “high yield” debt securities is
insufficient during the entire Marketing Period to allow AmeriGas Finance to obtain the Debt
Financing on terms at least as favorable to AmeriGas Finance as those set forth on Annex
G-1 or (iii) both the Lead Underwriter and an Additional Underwriter, after jointly consulting
with Acquirer and ETP, advise that, in each of their respective opinions, AmeriGas Finance should
not Launch the Debt Financing because the market for “high yield” debt securities is insufficient
during the entire Marketing Period to allow AmeriGas Finance to obtain the Debt Financing on terms
at least as favorable to AmeriGas Finance as those set forth on Annex G-1.
“Basket” is defined in Section 8.3(c)(i).
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in the State of New York are authorized or obligated to be closed by applicable Laws.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement
conveying the right to use, property by such Person as lessee that would be accounted for as a
capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash” means cash held by the Propane Group Entities.
“Cash Consideration” is defined in Section 2.4(b)(ii).
“Change of Control Offer” is defined in Section 5.25.
“Claim” is defined in Section 8.4(a).
“Claim Notice” is defined in Section 8.4(a).
“Closing Quarter” means the AmeriGas fiscal quarter in which the Contribution Closing Date
occurs.
Ex. A-3
“Closing Quarter Distribution” means the per unit distribution on AmeriGas Common Units
declared by the board of directors of AmeriGas GP with respect to the Closing Quarter.
“COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
“COBRA Obligations” is defined in Section 5.24(h).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company IT Assets” means the computer systems, networks, hardware and computer software and
all other information technology equipment used and owned or held for use by the Propane Group
Entities in connection with the Propane Business.
“Compliant” means, with respect to the Required Financial Information, that (a) such Required
Financial Information does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make such Required Financial
Information not misleading, (b) such Required Financial Information is, and remains throughout the
Marketing Period, compliant in all material respects with all applicable requirements of Regulation
S-X under the Securities Act for offerings of debt securities on a registration statement on Form
S-3, (c) the Contributor Parties’ auditors shall not have withdrawn any audit opinion with respect
to any audited financial statements contained in the Required Financial Information and (d) the
Contributor Parties’ auditors have delivered drafts of customary comfort letters, including
customary negative assurance comfort with respect to periods following the end of the latest fiscal
year or fiscal quarter for which historical financial statements are included in the offering
documents, and such auditors have confirmed they are prepared to issue any such comfort letter upon
pricing throughout the Marketing Period.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Mutual Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of
August 18, 2011, by and among ETP and Acquirer.
“Contingent Worker” is defined in Section 3.19(k).
“Contract” means any written agreement, lease, license, note, evidence of indebtedness,
mortgage, security agreement, understanding, instrument or other legally binding arrangement.
“Contribution” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Contribution Closing” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Contribution Closing Date” is defined in Section 2.3.
“Contributor” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Contributor Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule to this Agreement prepared by
the Contributor Parties and delivered to Acquirer on the Execution Date.
Ex. A-4
“Contributor GP” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Contributor Indemnitees” is defined in Section 8.2.
“Contributor Party” and “Contributor Parties” are defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Control” means, where used with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of such
Person, whether through ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“Controlling” and “Controlled” have correlative meanings.
“Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2011 by and among
AmeriGas Propane, L.P., as Borrower, AmeriGas Propane, Inc., as a guarantor, Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and issuing lender, Xxxxx Fargo
Securities, LLC, as sole lead arranger and sole book manager and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Bank,
National Association, Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, The Bank of New York Mellon, Compass Bank,
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Sovereign Bank, TD Bank, N.A. and the other financial
institutions from time to time party thereto.
“Credit Support Instruments” is defined in Section 5.21.
“Creditors’ Rights” is defined in Section 3.3(b).
“CS Fee” is defined in Section 3.20.
“Debt Financing” is defined in Section 5.14(a).
“Delaware LLC Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time to
time.
“Delaware LP Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended from
time to time.
“Development and License Agreement” means that certain Development and License Agreement,
dated as of September 25, 2008, by and between XXXX and Fuel Data Systems, Inc., as amended by that
certain First Amendment to the Development and License Agreement between XXXX and Fuel Data
Systems, Inc., dated as of November 16, 2009.
“Dispute Notice” is defined in Section 2.5(g).
“Disputed Items” is defined in Section 2.5(g).
“Distribution Units” means a number of AmeriGas Common Units equal to (x) the number of
AmeriGas Common Units comprising the Equity Consideration less (y) the number of Redemption Units,
if any.
Ex. A-5
“Divestiture” is defined in Section 5.29(a).
“Divestiture Cap” is defined in Section 5.29(a).
“End Date” is defined in Section 7.1(c).
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws pertaining to pollution, climate change,
protection of the environment (including natural resources), workplace or employee health and
safety, and the Release, storage, disposal, treatment, transportation, handling or Remedial Action
of, or exposure to, Hazardous Substances.
“Environmental Sub-Basket” is defined in Section 8.3(c)(ii).
“Equity Consideration” means a number of AmeriGas Common Units derived by dividing (a) the
Purchase Price by (b) the Issue Price, rounded to the nearest whole AmeriGas Common Unit, as may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(ii) or increased pursuant to Section 5.14(e).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any entity, trade or business, any other entity,
trade or business that is a member of a group described in Section 414(b),(c), (m) or (o) of the
Code or Section 4001(b)(l) of ERISA that includes the first entity, trade or business, or that is a
member of the same “controlled group” as the first entity, trade or business pursuant to section
4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
“Estimated Acquirer Net Cash Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(e).
“Estimated Acquirer Working Capital Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(c).
“Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheets” is defined in Section 2.5(a).
“Estimated Contributor Net Cash Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(d).
“Estimated Contributor Working Capital Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(b).
“Estimated Net Cash” is defined in Section 2.5(a).
“Estimated Net Working Capital” is defined in Section 2.5(a).
“Estimated Non-Qualifying Income Cushion” is defined in Section 10.5(a).
“Estimated Unearned Distribution Amount” means the aggregate of the Estimated Unearned Pro
Rata Distribution Amount and the Estimated Unearned Previous Quarter Distribution Amount.
“Estimated Unearned Previous Quarter Distribution Amount” means (i) in the event the
Contribution Closing Date occurs on or before the record date relating to the Previous
Ex. A-6
Quarter Distribution, an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) the Previous Quarter
Distribution (or, if such Previous Quarter Distribution has not been publicly announced as of the
Contribution Closing Date, the Last Declared Distribution), and (y) the number of Distribution
Units and (ii) in the event the Contribution Closing Date occurs after the record date relating to
the Previous Quarter distribution, $0.
“Estimated Unearned Pro Rata Distribution Amount” means an amount in cash equal to the product
of (i) the product of (x) the Previous Quarter Distribution (or, if such Previous Quarter
Distribution has not been publicly announced as of the Contribution Closing Date, the Last Declared
Distribution), and (y) the number of Distribution Units, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days in the quarter in which the Contribution Closing Date
occurs which precede the Contribution Closing Date (not including the Contribution Closing Date),
and the denominator of which is the number of days in such quarter. For the avoidance of doubt,
if the Contribution Closing Date is the first day of an AmeriGas fiscal quarter, the Estimated
Unearned Pro Rata Distribution Amount shall be $0.
“ETP” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ETP 401(k) Plan” is defined in Section 3.19(b).
“ETP Common Units” means the common units representing limited partner interests of ETP.
“ETP CRSA” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(vii).
“ETP Entities” means ETP and each of its Subsidiaries (excluding the Propane Group Entities).
“ETP GP” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ETP Retention Option” is defined in Section 5.29(b).
“ETP SEC Documents” is defined in Section 3.9(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Execution Date” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Excluded Taxes” means (a) Taxes owed by the Contributor Parties and any of their Affiliates
(other than the Propane Group Entities) for any taxable period; (b) Taxes imposed with respect to
or relating to the Propane Group Entities for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or
before the Contribution Closing Date; (c) Taxes imposed on Acquirer or any of its Affiliates
(including, after the Contribution Closing Date, the Propane Group Entities)
Ex. A-7
as a result of any breach of warranty or misrepresentation under Section 3.18, or
breach by the Contributing Parties of any covenant relating to Taxes; (d) Taxes resulting from, or
in connection with, the Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions; (e) Taxes for which the Propane
Group Entities are held liable (i) as a transferee or otherwise through operation of law by reason
of a transaction occurring prior to the Contribution Closing, or (ii) as a result of any tax
sharing, tax indemnity or tax allocation agreement or any express agreement to indemnify any other
person entered into prior to the Contribution Closing; and (f) Taxes imposed as a result of the
Propane Group Entities having filed any Tax Return on a combined, consolidated, unitary, affiliated
or similar basis with another person. In the case of Taxes that are payable with respect to a
taxable period beginning on or prior to the Contribution Closing Date and ending after the
Contribution Closing Date, the portion of any such Tax that is allocable to the portion of the
taxable period ending on the Contribution Closing Date shall be (A) in the case of Taxes that are
either (1) based upon or related to income or receipts, or (2) imposed in connection with any sale
or other transfer or assignment of property (real or personal, tangible or intangible) (other than
Transfer Taxes pursuant to this Agreement, as provided under Section 5.12(b)), deemed equal
to the amount which would be payable if the taxable year ended on the Contribution Closing Date;
and (B) in the case of all other Taxes, deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire period
(or, in the case of such Taxes determined on an arrears basis, the amount of such Taxes for the
immediately preceding period), multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
days in the period ending on the Contribution Closing Date and the denominator of which is the
number of days in the entire taxable period.
“Existing Stock” is defined in Section 5.17(b).
“Expiration Date” is defined in Section 8.3(a)(i).
“Final Acquirer Net Cash Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(k).
“Final Acquirer Working Capital Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(i).
“Final Closing Date Balance Sheets” is defined in Section 2.5(f).
“Final Contributor Net Cash Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(j).
“Final Contributor Working Capital Payment” is defined in Section 2.5(h).
“Final Net Cash” is defined in Section 2.5(g).
“Final Net Working Capital” is defined in Section 2.5(g).
“Final Non-Qualifying Income Cushion” is defined in Section 10.5(b).
“Final Non-Qualifying Income Cushion Certificate” is defined in Section 10.5(b).
“Financing Agreements” is defined in Section 5.14(a).
“Form S-3” is defined in Section 5.22(a).
Ex. A-8
“Fraud” means actual fraud involving a knowing and intentional misrepresentation of a material
fact.
“Fundamental Representations” is defined in Section 8.3(a)(i).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means any governmental, executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative agency, body, commission, department, board, court, tribunal, arbitrating body or
authority of the United States or any foreign country, or any state, local or other governmental
subdivision thereof.
“Hazardous Substances” means any (a) substance, waste or material regulated, defined,
designated or classified as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material, pollutant,
contaminant or toxic substance under any Environmental Law and (b) any petroleum or petroleum
products or by-products, asbestos, poly-chlorinated biphenyls, toxic mold, or radioactive,
flammable or explosive material.
“Hedging Agreement” means any Contract, option, forward contract, fuel exchange swap,
derivative or other financial instrument to which any Propane Group Entity is a party which is
designed to reduce exposure to market risks.
“XXXX” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“XXXX Financial Statements” means (a) the audited balance sheets of XXXX and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 and audited income statements and statements of cash
flows of XXXX and its subsidiaries for the twelve (12) month periods ended December 31, 2008, 2009
and 2010 and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of XXXX and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of June
30, 2011 and the unaudited income statements and statements of cash flows for XXXX and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for the six (6) month period ended June 30, 2011.
“XXXX XX” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“XXXX Note Purchase Agreements” means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 19,
1997, by and among XXXX and the Initial Purchasers named therein, as amended, and the Note Purchase
Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2000, by and among XXXX and the Initial Purchasers named therein,
as amended.
“XXXX Notes” means the notes issued pursuant to the XXXX Note Purchase Agreements which remain
outstanding as of the Execution Date.
“HSR Act” means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Indebtedness” means all indebtedness, liabilities, letters of credit and obligations,
including (a) any interest thereon, (b) deferred purchase price and non-compete
Ex. A-9
payments associated with the acquisition of any property or assets and (c) net amounts due
upon settlement pursuant to any Hedging Agreements, now existing or hereafter arising for money
borrowed (excluding any Capital Lease) by a Person, or any contingent liability for or guaranty by
a Person of any obligation of any other Person for money borrowed (including the pledge of any
collateral or grant of any security interest by a Person in any property as security for any such
liability, guaranty or obligation) whether or not any of the foregoing is evidenced by any note,
indenture, guaranty or agreement.
“Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 8.3(e).
“Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 8.4(a).
“Indemnitees” is defined in Section 8.2.
“Independent Accountant” is defined in Section 2.5(g).
“Information” is defined in Section 5.9(b).
“Intellectual Property” means, in any and all jurisdictions throughout the world, any and all
(a) patents (including all reissues, divisionals, continuations and extensions thereof) and patent
applications; (b) trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, logos, trade dress, trade
names, Internet domain names, other identifiers of source or goodwill, and the goodwill associated
therewith; (c) works of authorship (including software), copyrights, copyright registrations; and
(d) trade secrets and confidential information, including confidential information regarding
know-how, software, inventions and discoveries.
“Intercompany Financing” means a new and separate borrowing by Acquirer from AmeriGas Finance
in an amount equal to the Redemption Cash Consideration or the Cash Consideration, as the case may
be, on terms and conditions substantially similar to the Debt Financing and in accordance with the
terms set forth on Annex H.
“Intercompany Indebtedness” is defined in Section 2.5(a).
“Inventory” means propane and all stock in trade, merchandise, goods, supplies and other
products, raw materials, work in process and finished products related primarily to the Propane
Business, together with all rights against suppliers of such inventories (including claims
receivable for rejected inventory), and all prepayments and amounts paid on deposit with respect to
the same.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
“Issue Price” means $44.61.
“Knowledge” means (a) with respect to the Contributor Parties, the actual knowledge after due
inquiry of Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, and (b) with respect to Acquirer, the actual knowledge
after due inquiry of Xxxxxx V.N. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx.
Ex. A-10
“KPMG” is defined in Section 2.5(g).
“Last Declared Distribution” means the per unit distribution on AmeriGas Common Units declared
by the board of directors of AmeriGas GP with respect to the fiscal quarter ending immediately
prior to the Previous Quarter.
“Launch” is defined in the definition of “Available Interest Rate.”
“Law” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, rule, rule of common law, regulation,
judgment, decree, injunction, writ, franchise, permit, requirement, certificate, license or
authorization of any Governmental Authority, including NFPA 54 and NFPA 58.
“Lead Underwriter” means an investment banking firm selected by Acquirer and subject to the
approval of ETP, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to serve as the lead
book running manager for the Debt Financing.
“Leased Real Property” means the real property leased, licensed or otherwise occupied by any
Propane Group Entity as tenant, licensee or occupier together with, to the extent so occupied by
any Propane Group Entity, all buildings and other structures, facilities or improvements currently
or hereafter located thereon, all fixtures, systems, equipment and items of personal property of
the Propane Group Entities attached or appurtenant thereto and all material easements, licenses,
rights and appurtenances relating to the foregoing.
“Liabilities” means any and all debts, losses, awards, judgments, liabilities, claims,
damages, or obligations of any nature, whether accrued or fixed, known or unknown, absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured or determined or determinable, including those arising under any
Law (including any Environmental Law) or Proceeding and those arising under any Contract,
commitment or undertaking.
“Lien” means, with respect to any property or asset, (a) any mortgage, pledge, security
interest, lien (including environmental tax lien), hypothecation or other similar property interest
or encumbrance, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or other
exercise of any attributes of ownership in respect of such property or asset, and (b) any
easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, restrictive covenants, rights, leases, licenses, violation,
reverter and other encumbrances on title to real or personal property (whether or not of record).
“Losses” is defined in Section 8.1.
“Marketing Period” means, subject to Section 5.14(d) the first period of fifteen (15)
consecutive Business Days (subject to being tolled as described below) after the date of this
Agreement, but commencing no earlier than (1) seven (7) days following the date Acquirer receives
the Required Financial Information pursuant to Section 5.13(b) and (2) November 21, 2011,
throughout which (a) Acquirer shall have the Required Financial Information that the Contributor
Parties are required to provide to Acquirer pursuant to Section 5.13(b), and (b) the
conditions set forth in Section 6.1, Section 6.2 and Section 6.3 (other
than the conditions in Section 6.1(e), Section 6.2(f) and Section 6.3(e)
and those conditions which have been satisfied subject only to the occurrence of the Contribution
Closing or which by their terms are only capable of being satisfied at the Contribution Closing or
the Redemption Closing, as applicable)
Ex. A-11
shall be satisfied; provided, however, that the Marketing Period (i) shall be
tolled during any period that includes any of the periods from and including (A) November 23, 2011
until November 25, 2011 or (B) December 22, 2011 until January 2, 2012, in which case the Marketing
Period shall be extended such that it contains fifteen (15) Business Days excluding any such tolled
period, (ii) shall not include any period during which the Required Financial Information which has
been provided to Acquirer would not be Compliant at any time during such fifteen (15) Business Day
period, in which case a new fifteen (15) Business Day period shall commence seven (7) days
following the date that Acquirer and its financing sources receive updated Required Financial
Information that would be Compliant, and the requirements in clauses (a) and (b) above would be
satisfied on the first (1st) day, throughout and on the last day of such new fifteen
(15) Business Day period (for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that if at any time
during the Marketing Period the Required Financial Information provided at the commencement of the
Marketing Period ceases to be Compliant, then the Marketing Period shall be deemed not to have
occurred) and (iii) shall, notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, be deemed to have
commenced on the first (1st) Business Day that AmeriGas Finance Launches the Debt
Offering; provided, further, that the Marketing Period shall end on any earlier
date that is the date on which AmeriGas Finance has entered into a definitive underwriting
commitment or purchase agreement to consummate the Debt Financing.
“Master Customer Agreement” means that certain Master Customer Agreement, dated as of March
27, 2009, by and between Heritage Propane, Inc., and Agentek, Inc.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person, any change, event circumstance,
effect or development that, considered together with all other changes, events, circumstances,
effects and developments is, or is reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to the business,
assets, liabilities, financial condition, or operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole; provided, however, that, a Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed
to have occurred as a result of any of the following changes, events or developments (either alone
or in combination): (a) any change in general economic, political or business conditions
(including any effects on the economy arising as a result of acts of terrorism), but which does not
have a materially disproportionate impact on the business of such Person and its Subsidiaries
relative to other competitors in such Person’s industry; (b) any change in propane commodity
prices; (c) any change affecting the propane storage, transportation and distribution industry
generally but which does not have a materially disproportionate impact on the business of such
Person and its Subsidiaries relative to other competitors in such Person’s industry; (d) any change
in accounting requirements or principles imposed by GAAP or any change in Law after the Execution
Date but which does not, in each case, have a materially disproportionate impact on the business of
such Person and its Subsidiaries relative to other competitors in such Person’s industry; (e) any
change resulting from the execution of this Agreement or the announcement of the transactions
contemplated hereby; or (f) any change resulting from taking any action required to be taken to
obtain any approval or authorization under any applicable Regulatory Law in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Negative Market Notice” is defined in Section 5.14(d).
“Negotiations” is defined in Section 5.4(e).
Ex. A-12
“Net Cash” means, with respect with respect to each of XXXX and Titan and their respective
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, Cash minus Indebtedness of the Propane Group Entities
(inclusive of the current and long-term portions of such Indebtedness), excluding (i) Indebtedness
of $71,000,000 outstanding under the XXXX Notes, but not any amounts in excess of $71,000,000 and
(ii) any Intercompany Indebtedness to the extent such Intercompany Indebtedness is cancelled at the
Contribution Closing.
“Net Cash Target” is defined in Section 2.5(a).
“Net Working Capital” means, with respect to each of XXXX and Titan and their respective
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (i) accounts receivable (including trade receivables,
unbilled receivables, claims and other receivables), net of applicable reserves, plus (ii)
inventory, plus (iii) prepaid expenses, minus (iv) accounts payable, minus (v) accrued liabilities,
minus (vi) any other short term liabilities or accruals, including any unpaid compensation due and
payable to employees of the Propane Group Entities as of the Contribution Closing Date;
provided, however, Net Working Capital shall not include (i) Cash, (ii) any
Indebtedness of the Propane Group Entities (inclusive of the current and long-term portions of such
Indebtedness) or (iii) any obligations for non-compete payments associated with the acquisition of
any property or assets.
“Net Working Capital Target” is defined in Section 2.5(a).
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles of incorporation,
certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership, bylaws,
limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, partnership agreement, stockholders’
agreement and all other similar documents, instruments or certificates executed, adopted or filed
in connection with the creation, formation or organization of such Person, including any amendments
thereto.
“Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned by, purported to be owned
by or under obligation of assignment to any of the Propane Group Entities.
“Owned Real Property” means the real property in which any Propane Group Entity has fee title
(or equivalent) interest, together with all buildings and other structures, facilities or
improvements currently or hereafter located thereon, all fixtures, systems and equipment of the
Propane Group Entities attached or appurtenant thereto and all easements, licenses, rights and
appurtenances relating to the foregoing.
“Party” and “Parties” are defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Permits” means all permits, approvals, certifications, consents, licenses, franchises,
exemptions and other authorizations, consents and approvals of or from Governmental Authorities.
Ex. A-13
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person, (a) statutory Liens for current Taxes
applicable to the assets of such Person or assessments not yet delinquent or the amount or validity
of which is being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in
accordance with, and to the extent required by, GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by Law, including
mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’, landlords’ and other similar liens arising or incurred
in the ordinary course of business of such Person relating to obligations as to which there is no
default on the part of such Person and for which adequate reserves have been established in
accordance with GAAP, (c) any state of facts which an accurate on the ground survey of any real
property of such Person would show, and any easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, restrictive
covenants, rights, leases, and other encumbrances on title to real or personal property filed of
record that do not materially interfere with the use and operation of any of the assets of such
Person or the conduct of the business of such Person; (d) Liens encumbering the fee interest of
those tracts of real property encumbered by rights-of-way; provided, however, that
the same do not materially interfere with the use of the asset in the ordinary course of business;
(e) legal highways, zoning and building laws, ordinances and regulations, that do not materially
interfere with the use of the assets of such Person in the ordinary course of business; and (f)
Liens with respect to the assets of such Person, which together with all other Liens, do not
materially detract from the value of such Person or materially interfere with the present use of
the assets owned by such Person or the conduct of the business of such Person.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership,
limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, estate, trust,
bank trust company, land trust, business trust, or other organization, whether or not a legal
entity, custodian, trustee-executor, administrator, nominee or entity in a representative capacity
and any Governmental Authority.
“Positive Market Notice” is defined in Section 5.14(d).
“Pre-Contribution Closing Tax” is defined in Section 5.12(a).
“Pre-Contribution Closing Transactions” is defined in Section 2.1.
“Preliminary Amount” is defined in Section 10.5(a).
“Previous Quarter” means the AmeriGas fiscal quarter immediately preceding the AmeriGas fiscal
quarter during which the Contribution Closing Date occurs.
“Previous Quarter Distribution” means the per unit distribution on AmeriGas Common Units
declared by the board of directors of AmeriGas GP with respect to the Previous Quarter.
“Pricing Offer” is defined in the definition of “Available Interest Rate.”
“Proceeding” means any civil, criminal or administrative actions, arbitrations, inquiries,
complaints, suits, investigations or other proceedings.
Ex. A-14
“Propane Business” means the business of the Propane Group Entities with respect to the
following: (a) marketing, distributing, storing, transporting and selling propane gas on a retail
or wholesale basis; (b) selling, servicing and installing parts, appliances, supplies and equipment
related to propane gas on a retail basis, including heating and cooking appliances; (c) marketing,
distributing, leasing, storing, transporting and selling bottled water and water conditioning
equipment; (d) marketing, distributing, storing, transporting and selling heating oil and other
distillates, but only to the extent such activities are carried on by assets reported in the
Propane Business Financial Statements; and (e) performing services ancillary to those described in
clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d).
“Propane Business Financial Statements” means the XXXX Financial Statements and the Titan
Unaudited Financial Statements.
“Propane Group Assets” is defined in Section 5.29(b).
“Propane Group Benefit Plans” is defined in Section 3.19(a)(ii).
“Propane Group Budget” means the Propane Group Entities’ 2011 budget and, with respect to
2012, its 2012 budget, in each case, as in effect as of the Execution Date, a true and correct copy
of which has been provided to Acquirer as of the Execution Date.
“Propane Group Employees” means the employees that are actively employed by the Propane Group
Entities immediately prior to the Contribution Closing Date.
“Propane Group Entities” means each of the Target Entities and their respective Subsidiaries,
collectively, with each such entity a “Propane Group Entity.”
“Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Adverse Effect” means any Material Adverse Effect in respect of the
Propane Group Entities taken as a whole.
“Propane Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Contracts” is defined in Section 3.15(a).
“Propane Operations” is defined in Section 5.29(b).
“Purchase Price” means $2,819,000,000, as such amount shall be adjusted pursuant to
Section 2.5, Section 5.14(e) and Section 5.29(c).
“Qualified Debt Financing” is defined in Section 5.14(d).
“Real Property” means the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property.
“Redemption” is defined in Section 2.7.
“Redemption Cash Consideration” means $1,500,000,000, as such amount shall be adjusted
pursuant to Section 2.5, Section 5.14(e) and Section 5.29(c).
“Redemption Closing” is defined in Section 2.8.
Ex. A-15
“Redemption Units” means a number of AmeriGas Common Units equal to the number derived by
dividing (a) the Redemption Cash Consideration by (b) the Issue Price, rounded to the nearest whole
AmeriGas Common Unit.
“Registered” means issued by, registered, recorded or filed with, renewed by or the subject of
a pending application before any Governmental Authority or Internet domain name registrar.
“Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the
SEC.
“Regulatory Law” means the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the HSR Act,
the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other federal, state or foreign
administrative and judicial doctrines and other Laws, including any antitrust, competition or trade
regulation Laws, that are designed or intended to (a) prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having
the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening competition through
merger or acquisition or (b) protect the national security or the national economy of any nation.
“Release” means any depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing, emitting,
discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping,
or disposing.
“Releasees” is defined in Section 5.28.
“Remedial Action” means all action to (a) clean up, remove or treat Hazardous Substances in
the environment; (b) restore or reclaim the environment or natural resources; (c) prevent the
Release of Hazardous Substances so that they do not migrate, endanger or threaten to endanger
public health or the environment; (d) remove or xxxxx Hazardous Substances in building materials or
equipment; or (e) perform remedial investigations, feasibility studies, corrective actions,
closures and post-remedial or post-closure studies, investigations, operations, maintenance or
monitoring.
“Representatives” is defined in Section 5.3.
“Required Financial Information” is defined in Section 5.13(b).
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any vice-president or more senior
officer of such Person.
“Restricted Business” means any business anywhere in the United States that provides products
and/or services of the kind provided by the Propane Business as of the Contribution Closing. For
purposes of clarity, the Parties agree that Restricted Business shall not include any activities
related to the marketing, trading or transportation of hydrocarbons or refined products, limited,
in the case of propane, to the wholesale marketing, trading and transportation of propane.
“Restricted Territory” is defined in Section 5.11(a).
Ex. A-16
“Retained Names and Marks” is defined in Section 5.17(a).
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act” is defined in Section 3.9(h).
“SEC” is defined in Section 3.9(a).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Select Propane Benefit Plans” is defined in Section 3.19(b).
“Site” is defined in Section 8.1(c).
“Spin-Off” is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
“Spin-Off Units” means a number of AmeriGas Common Units equal to the Equity Consideration
less the sum of (a) the Redemption Units and (b) any AmeriGas Common Units to be retained by ETP
following the Spin-Off.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association or other business entity of which a majority of the Voting Interests are
at the time owned or Controlled directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
“Tangible Property” means the tangible assets, storage tanks, vehicles, railroad tank cars,
trailers and other delivery and service vehicles tools, spare and repair parts, pipelines, and
other tangible property of the Propane Business, and, in the case of (a) below, fixtures, but
excluding the real property (other than fixtures), in each case owned or leased by ETP or any of
its Subsidiaries and (a) used primarily by the Propane Business at the Transferred Sites; or (b)
used exclusively by the Propane Business and related to the storage and transportation of propane
to the extent not falling within (a).
“Target Entities” means XXXX, XXXX XX, Titan and Titan GP, with each such entity a “Target
Entity.”
“Tax” means (a) any tax, charge, fee, levy, penalty or other assessment imposed by any U.S.
federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority, including any excise, property, income, sales,
transfer, margin, franchise, payroll, withholding, social security or other tax, including any
interest, penalties or additions attributable thereto, whether disputed or not and (b) any
liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) as a result of being a
member of a consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period.
“Tax Return” means any return, report, information return, declaration, claim for refund or
other document (including any related or supporting information or schedules) supplied or required
to be supplied to any authority with respect to Taxes and including any supplement or amendment
thereof.
“Termination Fee” is defined in Section 7.2(b).
Ex. A-17
“Titan” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Titan GP” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Titan Audited Financial Statements” means (a) the audited balance sheets of Titan and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 and audited income statements and
statements of cash flows of Titan and its subsidiaries for the twelve (12) month periods ended
December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of Titan and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2011 and 2010 and the unaudited income statements and statements
of cash flows for Titan and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the three (3) and nine (9) month
periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.
“Titan Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited balance sheets of Titan and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 and unaudited income statements and
statements of cash flows of Titan and its Subsidiaries for the twelve (12) month periods ended
December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
“Transaction Agreements” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Transition Services
Agreement and the Unitholder Agreement.
“Transfer Taxes” is defined in Section 5.12(b).
“Transferred Sites” means the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property.
“Transition Services Agreement” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(v).
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations (including temporary regulations) promulgated by
the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of provisions of the Code.
All references herein to sections of the Treasury Regulations shall include any corresponding
provision or provisions of succeeding, similar or substitute, temporary or final Treasury
Regulations.
“Unitholder Agreement” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(viii).
“Voting Interests” of any Person as of any date means the equity interests of such Person
pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to
elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers, general partners or trustees of such
Person (regardless of whether, at the time, equity interests of any other class or classes shall
have, or might have, voting power by reason of the occurrence of any contingency) or, with respect
to a partnership (whether general or limited), any general partner interest in such partnership.
“Weighted Average Interest Rate” means the average effective interest rate of the tranches of
notes comprising the Debt Financing (taking into account original issue discount with respect to
such notes, if any), weighted in proportion to the principal amount of notes comprising such
tranche.
Ex. A-18
Annex H
Contingent Residual Support
for
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
Intercompany Borrowing
from
AmeriGas Finance LLC
Summary of Terms and Related Post-Closing Covenants
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I. General; Certain Defined Terms |
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Parties
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AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“AmeriGas”),
the borrower |
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AmeriGas Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Finance
Company”), the lender |
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Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“ETP”), the support party |
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UGI Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (“UGI”) |
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Finance Company Debt Incurrence
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The principal amount of Senior Notes equal to the Cash Consideration
or Redemption Cash Consideration (each as defined in the Contribution
and Redemption Agreement), as the case may be, having a maturity no
later than ten (10) years from the date of issuance (the “Senior
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Supported AmeriGas Debt
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The principal amount of intercompany borrowings of AmeriGas from
Finance Company equal to the amount of the Cash Consideration or
Redemption Cash Consideration (each as defined in the Contribution and
Redemption Agreement) to be supported by ETP and to correspond to the
Senior Notes (the “Supported Debt”).2 |
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Maturity of Supported Debt
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The date of the originally scheduled maturity date for each tranche of
Senior Notes to be issued by the Finance Company (the “Maturity
Date”). |
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Effective Date
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The date of the closing of the Redemption contemplated in the
Contribution and Redemption Agreement (the “Effective Date”). |
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II. Terms of ETP Support |
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Support Documentation
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ETP shall enter into such documentation as shall be reasonably
necessary to effect the support of the Supported Debt by ETP on the
terms specified herein, and such documentation will contain customary
terms as modified by the additional terms described below (the
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Number of tranches and maturity dates subject
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Number of tranches and maturity dates subject
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Limited Recourse Support
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ETP shall have no liability with respect to its Contingent Residual
Support related to any tranche of Supported Debt until after (i) if no
bankruptcy proceeding is commenced with respect to AmeriGas, the
Finance Company or other holder of such tranche of Supported Debt
brings an action in a court of law against AmeriGas to collect such
tranche of Supported Debt, obtains a final and non-appealable judgment
by such court against AmeriGas in respect of such tranche of Supported
Debt and levies execution of such judgment against the property of
AmeriGas, and as a result of such execution receives less than payment
in full in cash or property of all relevant obligations in respect of
such tranche of Supported Debt, or (ii) if a bankruptcy proceeding is
commenced with respect to AmeriGas, the closing of the bankruptcy
proceeding after its administration under 11 U.S.C. Section 350(a) if
Finance Company has received less than reinstatement or payment in
full in cash or property of all relevant obligations as of such date
in respect of such tranche of Supported Debt. ETP’s support
obligations, regardless of the situation, shall apply only to the
principal amount of such tranche of Supported Debt minus any
reinstated amount, cash payment and property payment received by
Finance Company in respect of the principal amount of such tranche of
Supported Debt. For this purpose, the value of any payment made in
property shall be equal to the fair market value of such property.
ETP shall have no obligation with respect to accrued and unpaid
interest. |
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Refinancing of Supported Debt or
Senior Notes
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Without the prior written consent of ETP, neither AmeriGas nor Finance
Company shall be entitled to (i) repay any principal amount of the
Supported Debt or the Senior Notes prior to the applicable Maturity
Date thereof, (ii) refinance all or any portion of the Supported Debt
or the Senior Notes or (iii) exchange all or any portion of the
Supported Debt or the Senior Notes, unless, in the case of each of
(i), (ii) and (iii) above, such Supported Debt or Senior Notes is
simultaneously replaced by AmeriGas with at least an equivalent amount
of new Supported Debt or Senior Notes, as the case may be, providing
for no earlier amortization of principal than the original tranche of
such Supported Debt or Senior Notes, it being understood that such
replacement may not be made pursuant to an exchange of all or any
portion of such tranche of Supported Debt or the Senior Notes other
than an exchange for new Supported Debt or Senior Notes with
substantially similar covenants; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, Finance Company shall be entitled to
exercise the call option applicable to the Senior Notes at any time
after the second (2nd) anniversary of the date of issuance provided
that (x) Finance Company utilizes funds received from AmeriGas as
repayment of an equivalent amount of principal of the Supported Debt
as the principal amount of Senior Notes being called for repayment and
(y) AmeriGas and Finance Company pay ETP an amount equal to the
present value of the acceleration of built-in gain to be recognized by
the ETP unitholders resulting from the repayment of Supported Debt.
Upon the Maturity Date for each tranche of Supported Debt, no
additional Supported Debt shall be permitted to be incurred by
AmeriGas to refinance or replace such tranche of Supported Debt.
Unless ETP exercises its optional rights as described in Section V
below, any tranche of Supported Debt may be retired or refinanced with
debt that is not Supported Debt commencing at any time following the
scheduled Maturity Date for such tranche of Supported Debt. For the
avoidance of doubt, without the prior written consent of ETP, neither
AmeriGas nor Finance Company shall be entitled to extend the
applicable Maturity Date of any tranche of Senior Notes or Supported
Debt. |
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Extinguishment of Supported Debt
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AmeriGas will use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) extinguish
the applicable outstanding tranche of Supported Debt on the Maturity
Date for such tranche and (ii) obtain a release from Finance Company
of ETP from any liability or obligation under the support obligations
related to the applicable tranche of Supported Debt on the Maturity
Date for such tranche. |
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No Support of Finance Company Debt
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ETP will not directly support and will have no direct liability for
the debt issued by Finance Company. |
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III. Negative Covenants to Ensure Creditworthiness |
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Incorporation of Certain Covenants By
Reference
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The documents relating to the Contingent Residual Support will
incorporate by reference the following negative covenants (the
“Incorporated Covenants”) contained in the indenture governing
AmeriGas’ 6.25% Senior Notes due 2019 (such indenture, or to the
extent such indenture is no longer in effect, the indenture governing
the most recently issued series of notes issued by AmeriGas or its
subsidiaries, the “Indenture”), as such covenants may be amended or
waived pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the terms hereof: |
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• Limitation on Liens
• Limitation on Additional Indebtedness
• Limitation on Restricted Payments
• Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting the Subsidiaries
• Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
• Limitation on Asset Sales
• Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
• Change of Control
• Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease |
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The aforementioned covenants will be reflected in the documents
relating to the Contingent Residual Support for the benefit of
ETP. |
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Limitation with Respect to
Finance Company
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Finance Company will
not incur any indebtedness or consummate any transactions other than
the indebtedness incurred with respect to the Senior Notes and the
transactions contemplated with respect to the Senior Notes and the
Supported Debt. |
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IV. Affirmative Covenants |
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Provision of Information
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For so long as any Supported Debt is outstanding, AmeriGas shall
furnish to ETP: |
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• within 120 days after the end of each calendar year, a
certificate of the chief financial officer of the general partner of
AmeriGas, stating that as of the date thereof AmeriGas has complied
with each of the post-closing covenants set forth herein;
• concurrently with providing them to the lenders, agents or
trustees in respect of the AmeriGas Debt, copies of any compliance
certificates and notices of default, together with any attachments
thereto, required pursuant to any AmeriGas Debt; and
• such other documents or information as ETP may reasonably
request relating specifically and primarily to the Supported Debt. |
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V. Covenants to Maintain Tax Treatment |
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Agreement to treat the Senior Notes as
a recourse liability allocable to ETP
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Until such time, if any, as a Change in Law is finally determined to
require otherwise, each party must report and treat ETP as the sole
partner bearing the economic risk of loss with respect to the Senior
Notes pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.752-2. |
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Agreement to treat the redemption and
other distributions to ETP that are
funded by the Senior Notes as a
distribution
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Each distribution to ETP by AmeriGas that is funded by Senior Notes
shall be treated as a distribution under Section 731 of the Code, and
neither AmeriGas nor any partner of AmeriGas shall take a position
inconsistent with such treatment unless a Change in Law is finally
determined to require otherwise. |
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Prohibition on actions that would
reduce the portion of the Senior Notes
for which ETP is treated as the sole
partner bearing the final economic
risk of loss
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AmeriGas shall not (i) prepay, defease, purchase or otherwise retire
any of the Senior Notes prior to the Maturity Date (unless such Senior
Notes are replaced by AmeriGas with at least an equivalent amount of
new Senior Notes providing for no earlier amortization of principal
than the original Senior Notes and treated as refinancing debt within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.707-5(c)), (ii) modify any of
the Supported Debt so as to eliminate or limit the ultimate recourse
liability of ETP with respect thereto, (iii) merge or consolidate
with, or take any action that would cause AmeriGas to become, a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (iv) cause or
permit any other corporation, partnership, person or entity to assume,
guarantee, indemnify against or otherwise incur any liability with
respect to any Senior Notes. |
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Prohibition on certain transactions
without ETP’s consent
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Without the prior written consent of ETP, AmeriGas shall not dispose
(directly or indirectly) of any assets or interests contributed by ETP
to AmeriGas if such disposition would result in ETP recognizing
greater than $10,000,000 in the aggregate per year, determined on a
cumulative basis, of the built-in gain (pursuant to Section 704(c) of
the Code) that exists with respect to the assets and interests
contributed by ETP to AmeriGas at the time of
contribution.3 |
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respect to this covenant should only relate to the gain in excess of the
threshold level above. |
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No Recourse Provisions
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The documentation related to the Supported Debt shall provide that
neither Finance Company nor any of the holders of Senior Notes shall
have any recourse against any of the partners or unitholders of
AmeriGas other than ETP or any recourse against any of the partners or
unitholders of ETP. |
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Optional Right to Support Other Debt
of AmeriGas
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ETP shall have the right, with the consent of AmeriGas (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld)4, prior to the tenth
(10th) anniversary of the Effective Date, to bear a portion
of the final economic risk of loss with respect to any obligation of
AmeriGas as to which no other partner bears the final economic risk of
loss, after taking into account any rights to reimbursement, to the
extent ETP would suffer a net distribution pursuant to Code Section
752 in connection with the retirement of any Supported Debt. |
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VI. Requirement to Amend Covenants or Consent to Covenant Waivers |
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Amendments of Covenants and Consents
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(a) Except as set forth below in paragraph (b), with respect to the
Incorporated Covenants (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any other
term or provision with respect to the Contingent Residual Support), in
the event that the corresponding covenant set forth in the Indenture
(or any defined terms used in such corresponding covenant) is amended
or waived by the requisite percentage of holders of outstanding
publicly traded notes issued by AmeriGas and its subsidiaries, the
applicable Incorporated Covenant shall automatically, without any
action or consent by ETP, be deemed to be amended or waived to the
same extent as the corresponding covenant set forth in the Indenture;
provided, however, that if, at the time such consent or waiver is
sought, the credit rating of the senior unsecured long-term debt of
AmeriGas is at the time B3 or lower by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
(“Moody’s”) or B- or lower by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services,
LLC (“Standard & Poor’s”) and ETP has determined in its reasonable
judgment that the requested amendment or waiver would reasonably be
expected to result in an increased likelihood of the Contingent
Residual Support being called upon, then ETP shall have the right to
refuse to consent to or approve such amendment or waiver and such
amendment or waiver shall not be effective absent ETP’s consent. |
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(b) With respect to the Incorporated Covenants regarding “Limitation
on Liens” and “Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions” (and any
defined terms used in such corresponding covenants) and the covenant
set forth in Section III above regarding “Limitation with Respect to
Finance Company,” ETP shall have the right to consent to amendments or
waivers requested by AmeriGas with respect thereto (and such amendment
or waiver shall not be effective absent ETP’s consent) but such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
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(c) Except as expressly set forth above, ETP shall not take any
action to interfere with any attempt by AmeriGas or Finance Company to
obtain any amendment or waiver of the Incorporated Covenants or the
Indenture, including, without limitation, any solicitation of
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Contingent Residual Support will provide that withholding consent in the event
of a potential future negative impact on AmeriGas is reasonable. Proposed
alternative regarding ability to support other debt to be discussed. |
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any such amendment or waiver,
communicating with any noteholder with respect thereto or otherwise
making any public statements in opposition to any such amendment or
waiver. |
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ETP Appointed Director/Board Member on
Board of AmeriGas General Partner
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ETP shall be entitled to appoint one director or board member, as
applicable, to the board of directors of the general partner of
AmeriGas who is reasonably acceptable to AmeriGas so long as the
Supported Debt remains outstanding. |
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UGI Commitment Related to AmeriGas
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Prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date,
without the consent of ETP (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld), UGI shall not cease to continue to control AmeriGas
Propane, Inc., as the general partner of AmeriGas. From and after the
fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date and until
termination in full of ETP’s Contingent Residual Support, ETP shall
not have the right to consent to UGI ceasing to control AmeriGas
Propane, Inc., as the general partner of AmeriGas, unless such
transaction would result in a downgrade of the credit rating of the
Senior Notes, in which case ETP shall have the right to consent to
such transaction (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). |
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