Enterprise Products Operating L.P. 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (“LoTSSM”) guaranteed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (“LoTSSM”)
guaranteed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (“LoTSSM”)
guaranteed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
July 13, 2006
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
As Representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I
c/o Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
One Wachovia Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
As Representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I
c/o Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
One Wachovia Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating
Partnership”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
(collectively, the “Underwriters”), for whom Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $300,000,000 principal
amount of the Operating Partnership’s 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066
(the “LoTSSM”), as set forth in Schedule I hereto, to be fully and
unconditionally guaranteed on a junior subordinated, unsecured basis by Enterprise Products
Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”) (the “Guarantee,”
and together with the LoTSSM, the “Securities”).
The Securities are to be issued under the indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Base
Indenture”) among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Partnership, as parent guarantor,
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by
the Eighth Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), to be dated as of the
Delivery Date (as defined in Section 3) (the Base Indenture, as so supplemented, the
“Indenture”). Enterprise Products GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“General Partner”), is the general partner of the Partnership. Enterprise Products OLPGP,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“OLPGP”), is the general partner of the Operating
Partnership. The General Partner, the Partnership, OLPGP and the Operating Partnership are
collectively referred to herein as the “Enterprise Parties.”
This is to confirm the agreement among the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters concerning
the purchase of the LoTSSM from the Operating Partnership by the Underwriters.
1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Enterprise Parties. Each of the
Enterprise Parties represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
(a) The Partnership and the Operating Partnership have filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (file numbers 333-123150
and 333-123150-01), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities and the Partnership and the
Operating Partnership have filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly hereafter
file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus
Supplement”) specifically relating to the Securities pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The registration statement as amended at
the date of this underwriting agreement (the “Agreement”), including information, if any,
deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A
under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” The term
“Base Prospectus” means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. The term
“Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus together with the Prospectus Supplement dated July
14, 2006. The term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus supplement
specifically relating to the Securities, together with the Base Prospectus.
(b) As used in this Agreement:
(i) “Applicable Time” means 9:14 a.m. (New York City time) on the day following
the date of this Agreement;
(ii) “Effective Date” means any date as of which any part of such registration
statement relating to the LoTSSM became, or is deemed to have become, effective
under the Securities Act in accordance with the Rules and Regulations;
(iii) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means each “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on behalf of the
Partnership and the Operating Partnership or used or referred to by the Partnership and the
Operating Partnership in connection with the offering of the Securities;
(iv) “Pricing Disclosure Package” means, as of the Applicable Time, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus together with each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed with
the Commission by the Partnership and the Operating Partnership on or before the Applicable
Time and identified on Schedule II hereto, including the “pricing term sheet”
attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement;
(v) “Registration Statement” means, collectively, the various parts of such
registration statement, each as amended as of the Effective Date for such part, including
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
Any reference to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Form S-3
under the Securities Act as of the date of such document, as the case may be. Any reference to the
“most recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary
Prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) on or prior to
the date hereof. Any reference to any amendment or supplement to any
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Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the date
of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference
in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any
amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include the most recent annual report of
the Partnership on Form 10-K filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the Effective Date that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, and no proceeding or examination for such purpose has been instituted or, to the
Partnership’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Commission has not notified the
Partnership of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement.
(c) Well Known Seasoned Issuer. The Partnership has been since December 1, 2005 and
continues to be a “well known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act),
including not having been an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
at any such time or date.
(d) Form of Documents. The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all
material respects on the Effective Date and on the Delivery Date, and any amendment to the
Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when
filed, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”). The Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents
incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus conformed, and any
further documents so incorporated will conform, when filed with the Commission, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(e) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective
Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to any of the
Enterprise Parties through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(b).
(f) Prospectus. The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the Delivery Date,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or
omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to any of the Enterprise Parties through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(b).
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(g) Documents Incorporated by Reference. The documents incorporated by reference in
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus did not, and any further documents filed and
incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(h) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the
Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information
contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to any of the Enterprise Parties through the Representatives by or on
behalf of any Underwriters specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in
Section 8(b).
(i) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Pricing Disclosure Package. Each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the
Applicable Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(j) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and
the Rules and Regulations on the date of first use, and the Partnership and the Operating
Partnership have complied with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. No Enterprise Party has made any offer relating
to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written
consent of the Representatives, except as set forth on Schedule IV hereto. The Partnership
and the Operating Partnership have retained in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations
(it being understood that, as of the date hereof, the Partnership has not retained any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus for the three-year period required thereby).
(k) Formation and Qualification of the Partnership Entities. Each of the General
Partner, the Partnership, OLPGP, the Operating Partnership and the subsidiaries of the Operating
Partnership listed on Schedule III hereto (each, a “Partnership Entity” and
collectively, the “Partnership Entities,” and the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership
listed on Schedule III hereto, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly formed or
incorporated, as the case may be, and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its
respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, as the case may be, with all corporate,
limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power and authority necessary to own
or hold its properties and conduct the businesses in which it is engaged and, in the case of the
General Partner and OLPGP, to act as general partner of the Partnership and the Operating
Partnership, respectively, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. Each Partnership Entity is duly registered or qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited
partnership, as the case
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may be, in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
businesses requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to so qualify or
register would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the Partnership
Entities taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or subject the limited partners of
the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(l) Ownership of General Partner. Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“EPE”), owns 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests in the
General Partner; such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the limited liability company agreement of the General Partner, as amended and/or
restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “GP LLC Agreement”); and EPE owns such
membership interests free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities,
charges or claims other than those in favor of lenders of EPE.
(m) Ownership of General Partner Interest in the Partnership. The General Partner is
the sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership
(including the right to receive Incentive Distributions (as defined in the Partnership Agreement)
(the “Incentive Distribution Rights”)); such general partner interest has been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the agreement of limited partnership of the
Partnership, as amended and/or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “Partnership
Agreement”); and the General Partner owns such general partner interest free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims.
(n) Ownership of OLPGP. The Partnership owns 100% of the issued and outstanding
capital stock in OLPGP; such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the bylaws of OLPGP, as amended or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the
“OLPGP Bylaws”), and the certificate of incorporation of OLPGP, as amended and restated on
or prior to the date hereof (the “OLPGP Certificate of Incorporation”), and is fully paid
and non-assessable; and the Partnership owns such capital stock free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims.
(o) Ownership of Operating Partnership. (i) OLPGP is the sole general partner of the
Operating Partnership with a 0.001% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such
general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
agreement of limited partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended and/or restated on or
prior to the date hereof (the “Operating Partnership Agreement”); and OLPGP owns such
general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities,
charges or claims; and (ii) the Partnership is the sole limited partner of the Operating
Partnership with a 99.999% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such limited
partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating
Partnership Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating Partnership
Agreement) and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-607
and 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”)
and as otherwise described in the Prospectus); and the Partnership owns such limited partner
interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or
claims.
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(p) No Registration Rights. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the
offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for
or relating to the registration of any securities of the Partnership, the Operating Partnership or
any Subsidiary, except such rights as have been waived.
(q) Ownership of Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock,
partnership interests or membership interests, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary have been
duly and validly authorized and issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable (except as such
non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act, in the case
of partnership interests, or Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”), in the case of membership interests, and except as otherwise
disclosed in the Prospectus). Except as described in the Prospectus, the Partnership and/or the
Operating Partnership, as the case may be, directly or indirectly, owns the shares of capital
stock, partnership interests or membership interests in each Subsidiary as set forth on
Schedule III hereto free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (other than contractual
restrictions on transfer contained in the applicable constituent documents), security interests,
equities, charges, claims or restrictions upon voting or any other claim of any third party. None
of the Enterprise Parties has any subsidiaries other than as set forth on Schedule III
hereto that, individually or in the aggregate, would be deemed to be a “significant
subsidiary” as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
(r) Power and Authority. (i) Each of the Enterprise Parties has all requisite power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (ii)
each of the Operating Partnership and the Partnership has all requisite power and authority to
execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture and to perform its obligations thereunder; and (iii)
the Operating Partnership and the Partnership have all requisite power and authority to issue, sell
and deliver the LoTSSM and the Guarantee, respectively, in accordance with and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement, the Operating
Partnership Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All action
required to be taken by the Enterprise Parties or any of their security holders, partners or
members for the (A) due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Indenture, (B) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and (C) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly and validly taken.
(s) Authorization, Execution and Delivery of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized and validly executed and delivered by each of the Enterprise Parties party hereto.
(t) Enforceability of Indenture. The execution and delivery of, and the performance by
the Operating Partnership and the Partnership of their respective obligations under the Indenture
have been duly and validly authorized by each of the Operating Partnership and the Partnership,
and, at the Delivery Date, the Indenture will be duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and
the Indenture, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, when
executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership and the Partnership, will constitute a valid
and legally binding agreement of the Partnership (to the extent set forth in the Supplemental
Indenture) and the Operating Partnership enforceable against the
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Operating Partnership and the Partnership in accordance with its terms; provided that, the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally
and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(u) Valid Issuance of the LoTSSM. The LoTSSM have been duly
authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters, and, when executed by the Operating
Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will
have been duly executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership, and will constitute the valid
and legally binding obligations of the Operating Partnership entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture and enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with their terms;
provided that, the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(v) Valid Issuance of the Guarantee. The Guarantee to be endorsed on the
LoTSSM by the Partnership has been duly authorized by the General Partner on behalf of
the Partnership and, on the Delivery Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the
Partnership; when the LoTSSM have been issued, executed and authenticated in accordance
with the Indenture, including endorsement of the LoTSSM by the Partnership, and
delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
Guarantee will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Partnership enforceable
against the Partnership in accordance with its terms; provided that, the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(w) No Conflicts or Violations. None of the (i) offering, issuance and sale by the
Operating Partnership and the Partnership of the Securities, (ii) execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Enterprise Parties that are parties thereto,
or (iii) consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (A) conflicts or will
conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the certificate of limited
partnership or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability
company agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational
documents of any of the Partnership Entities, (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or
will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such a default) under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of the Partnership Entities is a
party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound, (C) violates or
will violate any statute, law or regulation or any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any
court, arbitrator or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the Partnership
Entities or any of their properties or assets, or (D) results or will result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any of the
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Partnership Entities, which conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or liens, in the case of
clauses (B) or (D), would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) No Consents. No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration,
filing or qualification (“Consent”) of or with any court, governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Partnership Entities or any of their respective properties is required
in connection with (i) the offering, issuance and sale by the Operating Partnership and the
Partnership of the Securities in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Indenture by the Enterprise Parties that are parties thereto or (iii) the consummation by the
Enterprise Parties of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture, except for
(A) such Consents required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and
state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters and (B) such Consents that have been, or prior to the Delivery Date
(as defined herein) will be, obtained.
(y) No Default. None of the Partnership Entities is (i) in violation of its
certificate of limited partnership or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation or
limited liability company agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or other
organizational documents, (ii) in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, administrative or
governmental rule or regulation applicable to it or of any order, judgment, decree or injunction of
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or has failed to obtain any
license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to
the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, or (iii) in breach, default (and
no event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default has occurred
or is continuing) or violation in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition
contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in any agreement,
indenture, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties
may be bound, which breach, default or violation, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii), would, if
continued, have a Material Adverse Effect, or could materially impair the ability of any of the
Partnership Entities to perform their obligations under this Agreement.
(z) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has
audited the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
(other than the financial statements included for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and March
31, 2006) is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Partnership and
the General Partner within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (the “PCAOB”).
(aa) Financial Statements. The historical financial statements (including the related
notes and financial statement schedule) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) (i)
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the related Rules and Regulations (except that certain financial statement
schedules are omitted), (ii) present fairly in all material respects the
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financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown
thereby on the basis stated therein at the respective dates or for the respective periods, and
(iii) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except to the extent
disclosed therein. The other financial information of the General Partner and the Partnership and
its subsidiaries, including non-GAAP financial measures, if any, contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) has been derived from the accounting records of the General
Partner and the Partnership and its subsidiaries, and fairly presents the information purported to
be shown thereby. Nothing has come to the attention of any of the Partnership Entities that has
caused them to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration
Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that
are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(bb) No Distribution of Other Offering Materials. None of the Enterprise Entities has
distributed or, prior to the completion of the distribution of the LoTSSM, will
distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the LoTSSM
other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which
the Representatives have consented in accordance with Section 1(j), 4(k) or 5 and any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus set forth on Schedule IV hereto and any other materials, if any,
permitted by the Securities Act, including Rule 134 of the Rules and Regulations.
(cc) Conformity to Description of the Securities. The Securities, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement and in the Indenture, will conform
in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(dd) Certain Transactions. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), subsequent to the
respective dates as of which such information is given in the Registration Statement and the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), (i) none of the Partnership
Entities has incurred any liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, or entered into
any transactions, not in the ordinary course of business, that, individually or in the aggregate,
is material to the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, and (ii) there has not been any material
change in the capitalization or material increase in the long-term debt of the Partnership
Entities, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Partnership on
any class of its partnership interests.
(ee) No Omitted Descriptions; Legal Descriptions. There are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties, threatened or contemplated,
against any of the Partnership Entities, or to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party, or
to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject, that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the most recent Preliminary Prospectus but are not described as
required, and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or
to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required
by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations or the Exchange
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Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. The statements included in or incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus under the
headings “Description of the LoTSSM” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations,” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or
proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings.
(ff) Title to Properties. Each Partnership Entity has (i) good and indefeasible title
to all its interests in its properties that are material to the operations of the Partnership
Entities, taken as a whole, and (ii) good and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid rights to
lease or otherwise use, all items of other real and personal property which are material to the
business of the Partnership Entities, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
claims and defects and imperfections of title except such as (A) do not materially affect the value
of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Partnership Entities, (B) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or (C) are described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus.
(gg) Rights-of-Way. Each of the Partnership Entities has such Consents, easements,
rights-of-way or licenses from any person (“rights-of-way”) as are necessary to conduct its
business in the manner described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and except for such
rights-of-way the failure of which to have obtained would not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Partnership Entities has fulfilled and performed
all its material obligations with respect to such rights-of-way and no event has occurred which
allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would
result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such rights-of-way, except for such
revocations, terminations and impairments that will not have a Material Adverse Effect, subject in
each case to such qualification as may be set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus; and,
except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, none of such rights-of-way contains
any restriction that is materially burdensome to the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole.
(hh) Permits. Each of the Partnership Entities has such permits, Consents, licenses,
franchises, certificates and authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities
(“permits”) as are necessary to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in
the manner described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as
may be set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and except for such permits that, if not
obtained, would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; each of the
Partnership Entities has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with respect to such
permits in the manner described, and subject to the limitations contained in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus, and no event has occurred that would prevent the permits from being renewed
or reissued or that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination
thereof or results or would result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such
permit, except for such non-renewals, non-issues, revocations, terminations and impairments that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
Partnership Entities has received notification of any revocation or modification of
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any such permit or has any reason to believe that any such permit will not be renewed in the
ordinary course.
(ii) Books and Records; Accounting Controls. The Partnership Entities (i) make and
keep books, records and accounts that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of assets, and (ii) maintain systems of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(jj) Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between
or among the Partnership Entities on the one hand, and the directors, officers, partners, customers
or suppliers of the General Partner and its affiliates (other than the Partnership Entities) on the
other hand, which is required to be described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and which
is not so described.
(kk) Environmental Compliance. There has been no storage, generation, transportation,
handling, treatment, disposal or discharge of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous
substances by any of the Partnership Entities (or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties, any
other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions any of the Partnership
Entities is or could reasonably be expected to be liable) at, upon or from any of the property now
or previously owned or leased by any of the Partnership Entities or upon any other property, in
violation of any statute or any ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or
which would, under any statute or any ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation,
order, judgment, decree or permit, give rise to any liability, except for any violation or
liability that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate with all
such violations and liabilities, a Material Adverse Effect; and there has been no disposal,
discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment
surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect
to which any of the Enterprise Parties has knowledge, except for any such disposal, discharge,
emission or other release of any kind which could not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate with all such discharges and other releases, a Material Adverse Effect.
(ll) Insurance. The Partnership Entities maintain insurance covering their
properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and risks as are reasonably
adequate to protect them and their businesses in a manner consistent with other businesses
similarly situated. Except as disclosed in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, none of the
Partnership Entities has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial
capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such
insurance; all such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof and will be
outstanding and duly in force on the Delivery Date.
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(mm) Litigation. There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which any
Partnership Entity is a party or of which any property or assets of any Partnership Entity is the
subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to such Partnership Entity,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the knowledge of the
Enterprise Parties, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
or threatened by others.
(nn) No Labor Disputes. No labor dispute with the employees that are engaged in the
business of the Partnership or its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise
Parties, is imminent or threatened that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(oo) Intellectual Property. Each Partnership Entity owns or possesses adequate rights
to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark
registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems
or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the conduct of their
respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with, and no Partnership Entity has
received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others.
(pp) Investment Company. None of the Partnership Entities is now, or after sale of
the Securities to be sold by hereunder and application of the net proceeds from such sale will be,
an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(qq) Absence of Certain Actions. No action has been taken and no statute, rule,
regulation or order has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which
prevents the issuance or sale of the Securities in any jurisdiction; no injunction, restraining
order or order of any nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction has been
issued with respect to any Partnership Entity which would prevent or suspend the issuance or sale
of the Securities or the use of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus in any jurisdiction; no
action, suit or proceeding is pending against or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties,
threatened against or affecting any Partnership Entity before any court or arbitrator or any
governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to
interfere with or adversely affect the issuance of the Securities or in any manner draw into
question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken
pursuant hereto; and the Partnership has complied with any and all requests by any securities
authority in any jurisdiction for additional information to be included in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus.
(rr) No Prohibition of Dividends or Distribution. No Subsidiary is currently
prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Operating Partnership, from
making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock or partnership or member
interests, from repaying to the Operating Partnership any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from
the Operating Partnership or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the
Operating Partnership or any other Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, except as described in
or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto).
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(ss) No Stabilizing Transactions. None of the General Partner, the Partnership, the
Operating Partnership or any of their controlled affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or which has constituted or which would reasonably be expected to cause or
result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Operating Partnership
or the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(tt) Form S-3. The conditions for the use of a shelf registration on Form S-3, by the
Partnership and Operating Partnership, as set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been
satisfied.
(uu) Disclosure Controls. The General Partner and the Partnership have established
and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) which (i) are designed to ensure that material information
relating to the Partnership, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the General
Partner’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those
entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange
Act are being prepared; (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the period
covered by the Partnership’s most recent annual report filed with the Commission; and (iii) are
effective in achieving reasonable assurances that the Partnership’s desired control objectives as
described in Item 9A of the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December
31, 2005 (the “2005 Annual Report”) have been met.
(vv) No Deficiency in Internal Controls. Based on the evaluation of its disclosure
controls and procedures conducted in connection with the preparation and filing of the 2005 Annual
Report, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner is aware of (i) any significant
deficiencies which are still deemed significant deficiencies on the date hereof or material
weaknesses in the design or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that are
likely to adversely affect the Partnership’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial data; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a role in the Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(ww) No Changes in Internal Controls. Since the date of the most recent evaluation of
such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in the
Partnership’s internal controls that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially
adversely affect the Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(xx) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The principal executive officer and principal financial
officer of the General Partner have made all certifications required by the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of
2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission, and the statements contained in any such certification are complete and correct. The
Partnership and the General Partner are otherwise in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that are effective.
2. Purchase of the Securities. (a) On the basis of the representations and
warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Operating
Partnership agrees to issue and sell the LoTSSM to the several Underwriters and each of
the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the principal amount of
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LoTSSM from the Operating Partnership set forth opposite that Underwriter’s name in
Schedule I hereto at a price equal to 98.5% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest,
if any, from the Delivery Date. The Operating Partnership shall not be obligated to deliver any of
the LoTSSM except upon payment for all the LoTSSM to be purchased as provided
herein.
(b) The Operating Partnership understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public
offering of the LoTSSM on the terms and conditions set forth in the Pricing Disclosure
Package. The Operating Partnership acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and
sell LoTSSM to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate
may offer and sell LoTSSM purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
3. Delivery of and Payment for the Securities. Delivery of and payment for the
LoTSSM shall be made at the office of Bracewell & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Houston, Texas, at 9:00
A.M., Houston time, on the third full business day after the date of this Agreement or such other
date and time and place as shall be determined by agreement between the Underwriters and the
Operating Partnership (such date and time of delivery and payment for the LoTSSM being
herein called the “Delivery Date”). Delivery of the LoTSSM shall be made to the
Underwriters against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order
of the Operating Partnership by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by
the Operating Partnership. Delivery of the LoTSSM shall be made in book-entry form
through the Full Fast Program of the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)
unless the Underwriters shall otherwise instruct. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at
the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of
the Underwriters.
4. Further Agreements of the Enterprise Parties. Each of the Enterprise Parties,
jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with each Underwriter:
(a) Preparation of Prospectus and Registration Statement. (i) To prepare the
Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act not later than Commission’s close of business on the second
business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if applicable, such earlier
time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Securities Act; (ii) to make no further
amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus except as permitted
herein; (iii) to advise the Underwriters, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time
when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the
Underwriters with copies thereof; (iv) to advise the Underwriters promptly after it receives notice
thereof of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, of the suspension of
the qualification of the LoTSSM for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose or of any request by the
Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information; and (v) in the event of the issuance
of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to
obtain its withdrawal.
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(b) Conformed Copies of Registration Statements. To furnish promptly to the
Underwriters and to counsel for the Underwriters, upon request, a conformed copy of the
Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereto filed
with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.
(c) Exchange Act Reports. To file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Partnership with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (“Exchange Act Reports”) subsequent
to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in
connection with the offering or sale of the LoTSSM.
(d) Copies of Documents to the Underwriters. To deliver promptly to the Underwriters
such number of the following documents as the Underwriters shall reasonably request: (i) conformed
copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment
thereto (in each case excluding exhibits), (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any
amended or supplemented Prospectus, (iii) each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (iv) any document
incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus; and, if the delivery of
a prospectus is required at any time after the date hereof in connection with the offering or sale
of the LoTSSM or any other securities relating thereto and if at such time any events
shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act or with a request from the Commission, to notify the Underwriters immediately thereof
and to promptly prepare and, subject to Section 4(e) hereof, file with the Commission an amended
Prospectus or supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect
such compliance.
(e) Filing of Amendment or Supplement. To file promptly with the Commission any
amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that
may, in the judgment of the Partnership, the Operating Partnership or the Underwriters, be required
by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or requested by the Commission. Prior to filing with the
Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus, any
document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the
Rules and Regulations, to furnish a copy thereof to the Underwriters and counsel for the
Underwriters and not to file any such document to which the Underwriters shall reasonably object
after having been given reasonable notice of the proposed filing thereof unless the Partnership is
required by law to make such filing.
(f) Reports to Security Holders. As soon as practicable after the Delivery Date, to
make generally available to the Partnership’s security holders an earning statement of the
Partnership and its Subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Partnership, Rule
158).
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(g) Copies of Reports. For a period of two years following the date hereof, to
furnish to the Underwriters copies of all materials furnished by the Partnership to its security
holders and all reports and financial statements furnished by the Partnership to the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder, in each case
to the extent that such materials, reports and financial statements are not publicly filed with the
Commission.
(h) Blue Sky Laws. Promptly to take from time to time such actions as the
Underwriters may reasonably request to qualify the LoTSSM for offering and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to
continue such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the resale of the
LoTSSM; and to arrange for the determination of the eligibility for investment of the
LoTSSM under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request;
provided that no Partnership Entity shall be obligated to qualify as a foreign entity in any
jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a general consent to service of process in
any jurisdiction.
(i) Application of Proceeds. To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
LoTSSM as set forth in the Prospectus.
(j) Investment Company. To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that no
Partnership Entity shall become an “investment company” as defined in the Investment
Company Act.
(k) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Not to make any offer relating to the
LoTSSM that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written
consent of the Representatives.
(l) Retention of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. To retain in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not required to be filed pursuant to the
Rules and Regulations; and if at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Delivery Date, any
events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or, when considered together with the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to
amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to notify the Representatives and, upon its
reasonable request or as required by the Rules and Regulations, to file such document and to
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter as many copies as the Representatives may
from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that will correct such conflict, statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(m) Foreign Sales. To take such reasonable steps as are reasonably requested by the
Representatives to comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and
regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Securities are offered.
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5. Further Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and each other Underwriter that such Underwriter, has not
made, and will not make, an offer relating to the LoTSSM that would constitute a
“free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 but excluding any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus identified on Schedule IV hereto) required to be filed with the Commission,
without the prior written consent of the Partnership and the Representatives prior to the use of
such free writing prospectus.
6. Expenses. The Operating Partnership agrees to pay (a) the costs incident to the
authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the LoTSSM and any taxes payable in that
connection; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act
of the Registration Statement, any amendments and exhibits thereto, and except as provided in the
proviso to this Section 6, the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus; (c) the costs of printing and
distributing the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto and any
post-effective amendments thereof (including, in each case, exhibits); (d) the costs of producing
and distributing this Agreement, any underwriting and selling group documents and any other related
documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the LoTSSM;
(e) the filing fees incident to securing the review, if applicable, by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of sale of the LoTSSM; (f) any applicable listing
or other similar fees; (g) the fees and expenses of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky
Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters); (h) the cost of
printing certificates representing the LoTSSM; (i) the costs and charges of any transfer
agent or registrar; (j) the costs and expenses of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership
relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing
of the offering of the LoTSSM, including, without limitation, expenses associated with
the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in
connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Operating Partnership or
the Partnership, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Partnership
and any such consultants; and (k) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Enterprise Parties under this Agreement; provided that, except as provided in
this Section 6 and in Section 12 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay (i) their own costs and
expenses, including the costs and expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the
LoTSSM which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the
LoTSSM made by the Underwriters and (ii) any overtime costs incurred at the financial
printer.
7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Delivery Date, of the
representations and warranties of the Enterprise Parties contained herein, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Enterprise Parties and the officers of the General Partner and OLPGP made in any
certificates delivered pursuant hereto, to the performance by each of the Enterprise Parties of its
obligations hereunder and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section
4(a); no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses or any part thereof
shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; any request of the Commission for
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inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or
otherwise shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriters; and the
Commission shall not have notified the Enterprise Parties of any objection to the use of the form
of the Registration Statement.
(b) The Underwriters shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Enterprise Parties on or
prior to the Delivery Date that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing
Disclosure Package, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of a fact
which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, is material or omits to state any fact
which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or in the
documents incorporated by reference therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(c) All corporate, partnership and limited liability company proceedings and other legal
matters incident to the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the authorization,
execution and filing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the
Underwriters, and the Enterprise Parties shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and
information that they or their counsel may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(d) Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Enterprise Parties, shall have furnished
to the Underwriters its written opinion addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Delivery Date,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, substantially to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B to this Agreement.
(e) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., shall have furnished to the Underwriters his written opinion,
as Chief Legal Officer of the Enterprise Parties, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the
Delivery Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, substantially to
the effect set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received from Cadwalader, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for
the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Delivery Date, with respect to such matters
as the Underwriters may reasonably require, and the Enterprise Parties shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents and information as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling
them to pass upon such matters.
(g) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received from
Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters,
addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are an independent
registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance
with the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the PCAOB, and
(ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments
since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date
hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with
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respect to the financial information of the Partnership and other matters ordinarily covered
by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.
(h) With respect to the letter or letters of Deloitte & Touche LLP referred to in the
preceding paragraph and delivered to the Underwriters concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement (the “initial letters”), such accounting firm shall have furnished to the
Underwriters a letter (the “bring-down letter”) of Deloitte & Touche LLP, addressed to the
Underwriters and dated the Delivery Date, (i) confirming that they are an independent registered
public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the
applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the PCAOB, (ii) stating,
as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or
developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the
Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information of the Partnership
and other matters covered by the initial letters and (iii) confirming in all material respects the
conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letters.
(i) The Partnership and the Operating Partnership shall have furnished to the Underwriters a
certificate, dated the Delivery Date, of the chief executive officer and the chief financial
officer of the General Partner and OLPGP stating that: (i) such officers have carefully examined
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package; (ii) in their
opinion, (1) the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated therein by reference,
as of the most recent Effective Date, (2) the Prospectus, including any documents incorporated by
reference therein, as of the date of the Prospectus and as of the Delivery Date, and (3) the
Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not and do not include any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; (iii) as of the Delivery Date, the representations and warranties of the Enterprise
Parties in this Agreement are true and correct; (iv) the Enterprise Parties have complied with all
their agreements contained herein and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder on or prior to the Delivery Date; (v) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, are threatened; (vi) the Commission has not
notified the Partnership of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto; (vii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the
Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus; and (viii) since the
Effective Date, no event has occurred that is required under the Rules and Regulations or the Act
to be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that has not been so set forth.
(j) If any event shall have occurred on or prior to the Delivery Date that requires the
Partnership or the Operating Partnership under Section 4(e) to prepare an
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amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, such amendment or supplement shall have been
prepared, the Underwriters shall have been given a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon as
provided in Section 4(e) hereof, and copies thereof shall have been delivered to the Underwriters
reasonably in advance of the Delivery Date.
(k) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been
enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would, as of the Delivery Date,
prevent the issuance or sale of the LoTSSM; and no injunction, restraining order or
order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been
issued as of the Delivery Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the LoTSSM.
(l) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if any debt securities of any
of the Partnership Entities are rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the
Rules and Regulations, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded such debt
securities (including the LoTSSM) and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly
announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating
of any securities of any of the Partnership Entities.
(m) On or after the Applicable Time, the LoTSSM shall have been accorded a rating
of not less than B+/positive by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and not less than Ba1/stable by
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
(n) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) neither the Partnership
nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained any loss or interference with its business from
fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree and (ii) except as set forth in the
Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the capital or long-term debt of the
Partnership or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective
change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, unitholders’
equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Partnership and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the
judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable
to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the LoTSSM being delivered on the
Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(o) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred
any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the
American Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such
trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been
established on the New York Stock Exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by
federal or New York State authorities, (iii) a material disruption in commercial banking or
clearance services in the United States, (iv) the United States shall have become engaged in
hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States or
there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (v) a
calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets is such as to make it,
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in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering or delivery of the LoTSSM being delivered on the Delivery Date on the terms and
in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(p) The Operating Partnership, the Partnership and the Trustee shall have executed and
delivered the LoTSSM and the Supplemental Indenture.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and to counsel for the Underwriters.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Each of the Enterprise Parties, jointly and
severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers,
employees and agents of any Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which that Underwriter, director, officer,
employee or contesting person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in: (A) the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus
or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in
any amendment or supplement thereto; or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Enterprise Parties will not be liable in
any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Enterprise Parties by the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for inclusion
therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in Section 8(b). This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Enterprise Parties may otherwise
have.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Enterprise Party, the directors of the General Partner and OLPGP, the respective officers of the
General Partner and OLPGP who signed the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Enterprise Parties within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Partnership to the Underwriters, but only with reference
to written information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Partnership by the
Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise
have. The Enterprise Parties acknowledge that
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the statements set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (i) in
the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the LoTSSM and (ii) under the
heading “Underwriting,” (A) the list of names of each of the Underwriters and (B) the statements in
the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth paragraphs regarding discounts, short sales, stabilization
and penalty bids constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses or in any amendment or
supplement thereto.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of any claim
or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to
be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the
extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantive rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the
indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to
appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent
the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the reasonable fees, costs and expenses
of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.
Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified
party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
(including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and
expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the
actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that
there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall
not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv)
the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such
claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in this Section 8 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Enterprise Parties and the
Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
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defending same) (collectively, the “Losses”) to which the Enterprise Parties and the
Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Enterprise Parties on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the
offering of the LoTSSM; provided, however, that in no case shall (i) the Underwriters be
responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
LoTSSM underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the
Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Enterprise Parties on
the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits
received by the Enterprise Parties shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters
shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as
set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the
Enterprise Parties on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and
their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement or omission. The Enterprise Parties and each of the Underwriters agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes
of this Section 8, each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of any
Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriters, and each person who
controls the Enterprise Parties within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, each officer of the General Partner and OLPGP who shall have signed the Registration Statement
and each director of the General Partner and OLPGP shall have the same rights to contribution as
the Enterprise Parties, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this
paragraph (d).
9. No Fiduciary Duty. The Enterprise Parties hereby acknowledge that each Underwriter
is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with the purchase and sale of the
LoTSSM. The Enterprise Parties further acknowledge that each Underwriter is acting
pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an
arm’s-length basis and in no event do the parties intend that each Underwriter acts or be
responsible as a fiduciary to any of the Partnership Entities, their management, unitholders,
creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that each Underwriter may undertake
or have undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the LoTSSM, either before
or after the date hereof. Each Underwriter hereby expressly disclaims any fiduciary or similar
obligations to any of the Partnership Entities, either in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Partnership
hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect. The Enterprise Parties and the
Underwriters agree
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that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any
such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to any of the
Partnership Entities regarding such transactions, including but not limited to any opinions or
views with respect to the price or market for the LoTSSM, do not constitute advice or
recommendations to any of the Partnership Entities. The Enterprise Parties hereby waive and
release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that they may have against each
Underwriter with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to any of
the Enterprise Parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
matters leading up to such transactions.
10. Defaulting Underwriters. If, on the Delivery Date, any Underwriter defaults in
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters
shall be obligated to purchase the LoTSSM that the defaulting Underwriter agreed but
failed to purchase on the Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the number of
LoTSSM set forth opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of LoTSSM set forth opposite the
names of all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule I hereto; provided,
however, that the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of
the LoTSSM on the Delivery Date if the total number of LoTSSM that the
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 9% of the
total number of LoTSSM to be purchased on the Delivery Date, and any remaining
non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the number of
LoTSSM that it agreed to purchase on the Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section
2. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters, or those
other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives who so agree, shall have the right, but
shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the
LoTSSM to be purchased on the Delivery Date. If the remaining Underwriters or other
underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives do not elect to purchase the LoTSSM
that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on the Delivery Date,
this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriters or
the Enterprise Parties, except that the Enterprise Parties will continue to be liable for the
payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Sections 6 and 12. As used in this Agreement, the
term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires
otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10,
purchases LoTSSM that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have
to the Enterprise Parties for damages caused by its default. If other Underwriters are obligated
or agree to purchase the LoTSSM of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the
Representatives or the Enterprise Parties may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full
business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Enterprise
Parties or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.
11. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by
the Representatives by notice given to and received by the Operating Partnership prior to delivery
of and payment for the LoTSSM if, prior to that time, any of the events described
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in Section 7(o) shall have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the
LoTSSM for any reason permitted under this Agreement.
12. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the LoTSSM
provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters
set forth in Section 7 hereof is not satisfied (other than Section 7(o)) or because of any refusal,
inability or failure on the part of any Enterprise Party to perform any agreement herein or comply
with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by the Underwriters, the Enterprise
Parties will reimburse the Underwriters, severally through the Representatives, on demand for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that
shall have been incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of
the LoTSSM. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 10 hereof by reason of the default of one or more of the Underwriters, the Enterprise
Parties shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of such
Underwriter’s expenses, and (ii) if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the
Enterprise Parties shall not be obligated to reimburse the Underwriters in respect of those
expenses.
13. Research Analyst Independence. Each of the Enterprise Parties acknowledges that
the Underwriters’ research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from
their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal
policies, and that such Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and make statements or
investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to each of the Enterprise
Parties and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking
divisions. Each of the Enterprise Parties hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that the Enterprise Parties may have against the Underwriters with
respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their
independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with
the views or advice communicated to the Partnership by such Underwriters’ investment banking
divisions. Each of the Enterprise Parties acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is a full
service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may
effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short
positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
14. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and:
(a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Debt Capital Markets (Fax: 000-000-0000); to Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attn: Debt Capital Markets, Power Group (Fax: 000-000-0000), with a copy to
the General Counsel’s office at the same address; and a copy to Cadwalader, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq. (Fax:
000-000-0000);
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(b) if to the Enterprise Parties, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission
to Enterprise Products Partners L.P., 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000, Attention: Chief Legal Officer (Fax: 000-000-0000), with a copy to Bracewell & Xxxxxxxx
LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
(Fax: 000-000-0000);
provided, however, that any notice to any Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) shall be delivered
or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriters at its address set forth in
its acceptance telex to the Underwriters, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto
by the Underwriters upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take
effect at the time of receipt thereof.
The Enterprise Parties shall be entitled to rely upon any request, notice, consent or
agreement given or made by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters.
15. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Enterprise Parties and their respective
successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only
those persons, except as provided in Section 8 with respect to affiliates, officers, directors,
employees, representatives, agents and controlling persons of the Partnership, the Operating
Partnership and the Underwriters. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 15, any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
16. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements
of the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf
on them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto,
shall survive the delivery of and payment for the LoTSSM and shall remain in full force
and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation
made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them. The Underwriters
acknowledge and agree that the obligations of the Enterprise Parties hereunder are non-recourse to
the General Partner.
17. Definition of the Terms “Business Day” and “Subsidiary”. For purposes of this
Agreement, (a) “business day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is
open for trading and (b) “affiliate” and “subsidiary” have their respective
meanings set forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
18. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
19. Jurisdiction; Venue. The parties hereby consent to (i) nonexclusive jurisdiction
in the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) nonexclusive personal service
with respect thereto, and (iii) personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any
claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by
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any third party against the Underwriters or any indemnified party. Each of the parties (on
its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its limited partners and
affiliates) waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether
based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
The parties agree that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in
any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other
courts to the jurisdiction of which the parties is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if
executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an
original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
21. Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
22. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and
are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
[Signature Pages to Follow]
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Enterprise Parties and the
Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.
| Very truly yours, | |||||||
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. | |||||||
| By: | Enterprise Products GP, LLC, its general partner | ||||||
| By: | /s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Name: W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||||
| Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||||||
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P. | |||||||
| By: | Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., its general partner | ||||||
| By: | /s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
| Name: W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||||
| Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||||||
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OLPGP, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS GP, LLC |
||||
| By: | /s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||
| For themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto. | ||||
| WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||||
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||
| XXXXXX BROTHERS INC. | ||||
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
| Title: Managing Director | ||||
Schedule I
| Principal Amount of LoTSSM | ||||
| Underwriters | to be Purchased | |||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
$ | 180,000,000 | ||
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. |
$ | 75,000,000 | ||
UBS Securities LLC |
$ | 22,500,000 | ||
Banc of America Securities LLC |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
$ | 7,500,000 | ||
TOTAL |
$ | 300,000,000 | ||
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Schedule II
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses Included in Disclosure Package
None, other than the pricing term sheet attached as Exhibit A.
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Schedule III
Subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership
| Jurisdiction of | Ownership Interest | |||||||
| Subsidiary | Formation | Percentage | ||||||
Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
Enterprise GTM Holdings L.P. |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
Enterprise Hydrocarbons L.P. |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
Enterprise Field Services, L.L.C. |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
Enterprise Products Texas Operating L.P. |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
Enterprise Texas Pipeline L.P. |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
Mapletree, LLC |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC |
Delaware | 100.00 | % | |||||
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Schedule IV
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
other than those to which the Underwriters provided their consent
other than those to which the Underwriters provided their consent
None.
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EXHIBIT A
PRICING TERM SHEET
PRICING TERM SHEET
FINAL TERM SHEET
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (“LoTSSM”)
Guaranteed to the extent described in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2006
by Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Guaranteed to the extent described in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2006
by Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Issuer:
|
Enterprise Products Operating L.P. | |
Principal Amount:
|
$300,000,000 | |
Ratings:
|
Ba1/stable / B+/positive / BB+/stable (Xxxxx’x/S&P/Xxxxx) | |
Security Type:
|
Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 | |
Legal Format:
|
SEC Registered | |
Trade Date:
|
July 13, 2006 | |
Settlement Date:
|
July 18, 2006 | |
Maturity Date:
|
August 1, 2066 | |
Price to Public:
|
100% | |
Public Offering Price:
|
$300,000,000 | |
Commissions to
Underwriters:
|
1.5% per LoTSSM; $4,500,000 in the aggregate | |
Net Proceeds to
Issuer After
Deducting
Underwriting
Commissions and
Expenses:
|
$294,900,000 | |
Interest during Fixed Rate Period:
|
From July 18, 2006 to August 1, 2016, at the annual rate of 8.375%, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on February 1, 2007, subject to the Issuer’s right to defer interest on one or more occasions for up to ten consecutive years. | |
Interest during Floating Rate Period:
|
From August 1, 2016 through maturity at a floating rate based on the 3-month LIBOR Rate plus 370.75 basis points, reset quarterly, payable quarterly in arrears on February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 of each year, subject to the |
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| Issuer’s right to defer interest on one or more occasions for up to ten consecutive years. | ||
Benchmark Treasury:
|
5.125% due May 15, 2016 | |
Spread to Benchmark:
|
331 basis points (3.31%) | |
Treasury Strike:
|
5.067% | |
Optional Redemption:
|
On or after August 1, 2016, in whole or in part at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. Prior to August 1, 2016, in whole or in part upon payment of a make-whole redemption price equal to (a) all accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the redemption date, plus (b) the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the LoTSSM being redeemed and (2) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the LoTSSM (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) being redeemed from the redemption date to August 1, 2016, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 50 basis points. | |
Denomination:
|
$ 1,000 | |
CUSIP/ISIN:
|
000000XX0 / US293791AV15 | |
Book Running Managers:
|
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (Sole Structuring Advisor) Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. | |
Co-Managers:
|
UBS Securities LLC Banc of America Securities LLC Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
Terms used but not defined in this term sheet have the meanings assigned to them in the
preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2006.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest,
you should read the prospectus for this offering in that registration statement and other documents
the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering.
You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC website at xxx.xxx.xxx.
Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in this offering will
arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling:
Wachovia Securities
|
0-000-000-0000 | |
Xxxxxx Brothers
|
0-000-000-0000 |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF XXXXXXXXX & XXXXXXXX LLP’S OPINION
1. Each of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating Partnership and OLPGP is
validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company, limited partnership or
corporation, as applicable, under the laws of the State of Delaware with all necessary limited
liability company, limited partnership or corporate, as the case may be, power and authority to own
or lease its properties and conduct its businesses and, in the case of the General Partner, to act
as the general partner of the Partnership and, in the case of OLPGP, to act as the general partner
of the Operating Partnership, in each case in all material respects as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Each of the General Partner, the Partnership, the
Operating Partnership and OLPGP is duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability
company, limited partnership or corporation, as the case may be, for the transaction of business
and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas.
2. There are no preemptive rights under U.S. federal law or under the Delaware LP Act to
subscribe for or purchase the LoTSSM. There are no preemptive or other rights to
subscribe for or to purchase the LoTSSM included in the Operating Partnership’s limited
partnership agreement. To such counsel’s knowledge, neither the filing of the Registration
Statement nor the offering or sale of the LoTSSM as contemplated by the Underwriting
Agreement gives rise to any rights for the registration of any securities of the Partnership or any
of its subsidiaries, other than as have been waived, effectively complied with or satisfied.
3. To such counsel’s knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or of which any property of the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected by such counsel to have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Partnership and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened.
4. The Partnership and the Operating Partnership have all requisite partnership power and
authority to issue, sell and deliver the Securities in accordance with and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Partnership Agreement, the Operating Partnership
Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
5. The LoTSSM have been duly authorized and executed by the Operating Partnership
and, when authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered in the manner provided in the
Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership in
accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture.
6. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Partnership
and the Operating Partnership and has been duly qualified under the Trust
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Indenture Act and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Partnership and the Operating
Partnership, enforceable against each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership in
accordance with its terms.
7. The Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Partnership and when
the LoTSSM (including the notations of the Guarantee thereon) are executed and
authenticated in accordance with the Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantee endorsed by the notations on the
LoTSSM will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will constitute legal,
valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Partnership.
8. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the
Enterprise Parties.
9. The authorization, execution and delivery of the LoTSSM, the Indenture, and the
Underwriting Agreement by the Enterprise Parties do not, and the issuance of the LoTSSM
by the Operating Partnership in accordance with the Indenture and their sale to the Underwriters in
accordance with the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by the Enterprise Parties of their
respective obligations under the LoTSSM, the Indenture, the Guarantee and the
Underwriting Agreement will not, (i) violate the certificate of limited partnership or agreement of
limited partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, certificate
or articles of incorporation or bylaws, as applicable, of the General Partner, the Partnership, the
Operating Partnership or OLPGP, each as amended to the date hereof; or (ii) violate any applicable
provisions of existing U.S. federal law, the laws of the State of Texas or the State of New York,
the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act or the DGCL (except, in the case of this clause (ii),
where such violations would not, individually or in the aggregate, (a) have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Partnership Entities,
taken as a whole, or (b) materially impair the ability of the Enterprise Parties to perform their
respective obligations under the Underwriting Agreement).
10. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any U.S. federal or Texas
governmental authority or agency having jurisdiction over the Enterprise Parties or, to our
knowledge, any U.S. federal or Texas court is required to be obtained or made and has not been
obtained or made by the Enterprise Parties for (i) the issue and sale by the Operating Partnership
to the Underwriters of the LoTSSM and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by
the Enterprise Parties of the Underwriting Agreement, except as may be required under state
securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by
the Underwriters, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion.
11. The Partnership and the Operating Partnership are not and, after giving effect to the
issue and sale of the LoTSSM to the Underwriters and the application of the proceeds
from the sale of the LoTSSM as described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the
Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
12. The statements made in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities”
and “Description of the LoTSSM” insofar as they purport to constitute
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summaries of the terms of the LoTSSM, the Indenture, and the Guarantee, constitute
accurate summaries of such terms in all material respects.
13. The statements made in the Prospectus under the caption “Certain United States Federal
Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of matters of U.S.
federal tax law and regulations, constitute accurate summaries of the matters described therein in
all material respects.
14. The Registration Statement became effective under the Securities Act on March 23, 2005,
and the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities
Act on July 14, 2006. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceeding for such
purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission.
15. The Registration Statement, as of the date it became effective under the Securities Act,
the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, appeared on their
face to be appropriately responsive, in all material respects, to the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, except that in each case such counsel need express no
opinion with respect to the financial statements and the notes and schedules thereto or other
financial, accounting or statistical data contained or incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus.
Such counsel may state that the enforceability of the obligations of the Enterprise Parties
under the LoTSSM, the Indenture and the Guarantee are subject to the effect of any
applicable bankruptcy (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance and preference),
insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, moratorium or similar laws and decisions relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),
including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief. Such
principles are of general application, and in applying such principles a court, among other things,
might decline to order the Enterprise Parties to perform covenants. Such counsel need not express
any opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provisions of the
LoTSSM, the Indenture or the Guarantee that requires or relates to the payment of
liquidated damages or additional interest at a rate or in an amount that a court would determine in
the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or a
forfeiture. Further, such counsel need not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability
of provisions in the LoTSSM, the Indenture or the Guarantee with respect to waiver,
delay, extension or omission of notice of enforcement of rights or remedies or waivers of defenses
or waivers of benefits of stay, extension, moratorium, redemption, statutes of limitations or other
nonwaivable benefits provided by operation of law. In addition, the enforceability of any
exculpation, indemnification or contribution provisions contained in the Indenture or the Guarantee
may be limited by applicable law or public policy.
Because the primary purpose of such counsel’s engagement was not to establish or confirm
factual matters or financial or accounting matters and because of the wholly or partially
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non-legal character of many of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, such counsel need not pass upon and does not assume
any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package (except to the extent
expressly set forth in paragraphs 12 and 13 above), and such counsel need not independently verify
the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements (except as aforesaid). Without limiting
the foregoing, such counsel need not assume any responsibility for, and has not independently
verified and has not been asked to comment on the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
financial statements, schedules and other financial or accounting data included in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package or the exhibits to the Registration
Statement or the documents incorporated by reference therein, and such counsel has not examined the
accounting, financial or other records from which such financial statements, schedules and other
financial or accounting data and information were derived. Such counsel may state that they are
not experts with respect to any portion of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Pricing Disclosure Package, including, without limitation, such financial statements and supporting
schedules and related data and other financial or accounting data included therein. Such counsel
may state that they did not participate in the preparation of the documents incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement. However, such counsel shall state that they have
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities,
the independent registered public accounting firm for the Partnership, the Underwriters’
representatives and the Underwriters’ counsel at which the contents of the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package and related matters were discussed. Based upon
such participation and review, and relying as to materiality in part upon the factual statements of
officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities and upon the Underwriter’s
representatives, such counsel shall advise the Underwriters that no facts have come to such
counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement
(including the documents incorporated by reference therein, but excluding the financial statements,
schedules and related data and other financial or accounting data, as to which such counsel has not
been asked to comment), at the time such Registration Statement became effective, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by
reference therein, but excluding the financial statements, schedules and related data and other
financial or accounting data, as to which such counsel has not been asked to comment), as of the
date of the Prospectus and as of the time of delivery of such counsel’s letter, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the
Pricing Disclosure Package, considered together (including the documents incorporated by reference
therein, but excluding the financial statements, schedules and related data and other financial or
accounting data, as to which such counsel has not been asked to comment), as of the Applicable
Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the public offering price
of and interest rate of the LoTSSM and disclosures directly relating thereto that are
included on the cover page of the Prospectus are not included in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus.
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In rendering such opinions, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact
exclusively upon certificates of officers and employees for the Partnership Entities and upon
information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all documents submitted to them as
originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to them conform to the originals thereof, and
that the signatures on all documents examined by them are genuine, (C) state that their opinion is
based on and limited to the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the laws of the
State of Texas, the applicable laws of the United States of America and, with respect to the
opinion set forth in paragraph 13 above, United States federal income tax law, and, with respect to
the opinions set forth in paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 9, the relevant contract law of the State of New
York, (D) state that they express no opinion with respect to the state securities or blue sky laws
of any jurisdiction or with respect to the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws,
(E) with respect to the opinion expressed in paragraph 1 above as to the due qualification or
registration under the laws of the State of Texas as a foreign limited partnership, limited
liability company or corporation, as the case may be, of the General Partner, the Partnership, the
Operating Partnership and OLPGP, state that such opinions are based solely on certificates of
foreign qualification or registration for each such entity provided by the Secretary of State of
the State of Texas, and (F) state that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to (i) any
permits to own or operate any real or personal property or (ii) state or local taxes or tax
statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Partnership Entities
may be subject.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF GENERAL COUNSEL’S OPINION
1. Each of the Partnership Entities (other than the Enterprise Parties) has been duly formed
or incorporated, as the case may be, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
its respective jurisdiction of formation with all necessary corporate, limited liability company or
limited partnership, as the case may be, power and authority to own or lease its properties and
conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. Each of the Partnership Entities is duly registered or qualified as
a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, for
the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification or registration, except where
the failure to so qualify or register would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
2. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership
interests, as the case may be, of each of the Partnership Entities have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as described in the Prospectus,
the Operating Partnership and/or the Partnership, as the case may be, directly or indirectly, owns
the shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as applicable, in each
of the Partnership Entities as set forth on Schedule III, free and clear of any lien,
charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction upon voting or any other claim.
3. Each of the Enterprise Parties has all requisite right, power and authority to execute and
deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to perform its respective obligations thereunder. The
Partnership has all requisite partnership power and authority to issue and deliver the Guarantee in
accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Partnership
Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Operating Partnership has all
requisite partnership power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the LoTSSM in
accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Operating
Partnership Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All action required to be
taken by the Enterprise Parties or any of their security holders, partners or members for (i) the
due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) the
authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and (iii) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, has been duly and validly taken.
4. None of (i) the offering, issuance and sale by the Operating Partnership of the
LoTSSM, (ii) the issuance by the Partnership of the Guarantee, (iii) the execution,
delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Enterprise Parties or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or (iv) the execution, delivery and
performance of the Indenture by the Partnership and the Operating Partnership or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereby (A) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a violation of the certificate of limited partnership or agreement of limited
partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, certificate or
articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of any of the Partnership
Entities
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(other than the Enterprise Parties), (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or
will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such a default) under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which any of the
Partnership Entities is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may
be bound, (C) will result, to the knowledge of such counsel, in any violation of any judgment,
order, decree, injunction, rule or regulation of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over any of the Partnership Entities or any of their assets or properties,
or (D) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any property or assets of any of the Partnership Entities, which conflicts, breaches, violations,
defaults or liens, in the case of clauses (B), (C) or (D), would, individually or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the
Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, or could materially impair the ability of any of the
Enterprise Parties to perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.
5. To the knowledge of such counsel, (a) there is no legal or governmental proceeding pending
or threatened to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party or to which any of their
respective properties is subject that is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus and is not so disclosed and (b) there are no agreements, contracts or other
documents to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party that are required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement that are not described or filed as required.
In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Partnership Entities, the independent registered public accounting
firm for the General Partner and the Partnership, your counsel and your representatives, at which
the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
related matters were discussed, and, although such counsel has not independently verified, is not
passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of,
the statements contained or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except as and to the extent set forth in certain opinions
above), on the basis of the foregoing (relying to a limited extent with respect to factual matters
upon statements by officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities and their
subsidiaries), no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have led him to believe that (i)
the Registration Statement, as of the latest Effective Date, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the
Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, except that the public offering price of and interest rate of the
LoTSSM and disclosures directly relating thereto that are included on the cover page of
the Prospectus are not included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, or (iii) the Prospectus,
as of its date and as of the Delivery Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being understood that
such counsel expresses no statement or belief in this letter with respect to (i) the financial
statements and related schedules, including the notes and
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schedules thereto and the auditor’s report thereon, any other financial, accounting or
statistical data, included or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in, or excluded
from, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, and (ii)
representations and warranties and other statements of fact included in the exhibits to the
Registration Statement or to the Incorporated Documents.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely on certificates of officers and
representatives of the Partnership Entities and upon information obtained from public officials,
(B) assume that all documents submitted to him as originals are authentic, that all copies
submitted to him conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents
examined by him are genuine, (C) state that his opinion is limited to federal laws, the Delaware LP
Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the laws of the State of Texas, and (D) state that such
counsel expresses no opinion with respect to: (i) any permits to own or operate any real or
personal property, (ii) the title of any of the Partnership Entities to any of their respective
real or personal property, other than with regard to the opinions set forth above regarding the
ownership of capital stock, partnership interests and membership interests, or with respect to the
accuracy or descriptions of real or personal property or (iii) state or local taxes or tax statutes
to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Partnership Entities may be
subject.
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