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EXHIBIT 10.7(b)
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
CONTRIBUTION AND GOVERNANCE
AGREEMENTS
This First Amendment to Contribution and Governance Agreements (this
"Amendment"), dated as of March 23, 2000, is entered into by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation ("▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇"), Duke Energy Corporation,
a North Carolina corporation ("Duke") and Duke Energy Field Services, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the "Company").
WHEREAS, reference is made to (i) that certain Contribution Agreement
by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ and the Company dated as of December 16, 1999 (the
"Contribution Agreement") (capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meaning given thereto in the Contribution Agreement) and (ii) that
certain Governance Agreement by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ and the Company dated
as of December 16, 1999 (the "Governance Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ and the Company desire to amend the
Contribution Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual benefits to be
derived from this Amendment, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS
1.1 AMENDMENTS TO CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT. The Contribution Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:
1.1.1 Article I is amended by inserting each of the following
definitions in its appropriate place in alphabetical order:
"DEFS Balance Sheet Supplement" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
"First Amendment" shall mean the First Amendment to
Contribution Agreement dated as of March 23, 2000, by and
among Duke, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company.
"PEC Note" shall mean that certain intercompany note
in the principal amount of $10,000,000 from PanEnergy Corp. to
TEPPCO Investments.
"TCTM" shall mean TCTM, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"TE Products" shall mean TE Products Pipeline
Company, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.
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"TEPPCO" shall mean Texas Eastern Products Pipeline
Company, a Delaware corporation, or any successor entity.
"TEPPCO Excluded Assets and Liabilities" shall mean
all assets and Liabilities of TEPPCO other than (i) its
interests in and Liabilities arising out of, attributable to
or directly relating to TEPPCO Investments, TEPPCO Partners,
TE Products, TCTM or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
the performance of its duties as a general partner of TEPPCO
Partners, TE Products or TCTM, and (ii) the TEPPCO Note.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is agreed and understood
that deferred tax liabilities of TEPPCO for financial
accounting purposes, as distinguished from tax liabilities of
TEPPCO under the law, shall not be considered "Liabilities of
TEPPCO" for purposes of this definition of "TEPPCO Excluded
Assets and Liabilities".
"TEPPCO Investments" shall mean TEPPCO Investments,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor entity.
"TEPPCO Investments Excluded Assets and Liabilities"
shall mean all assets and Liabilities of TEPPCO Investments
other than the PEC Note and the TEPPCO Note.
"TEPPCO Note" shall mean that certain intercompany
note in the principal amount of $150,000,000 from TEPPCO to
TEPPCO Investments.
"TEPPCO Partners" shall mean TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
1.1.2 Clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.1(b) are amended by
deleting them in their entirety and inserting the following in
replacement therefor:
"(i) the crude oil trucking assets, facilities, operations and
directly related Liabilities held by or attributable to Duke
Energy Transport and Trading Co., a Colorado corporation
("DETTCO") to be transferred to a DEFS Subsidiary; (ii) (A)
each of TEPPCO and TEPPCO Investments to be converted into a
limited liability company organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware; (B) the TEPPCO Investments Excluded Assets
and Liabilities to be transferred out of TEPPCO Investments
(and TEPPCO); (C) the TEPPCO Excluded Assets and Liabilities
to be transferred out of TEPPCO; (D) all outstanding
membership interests in TEPPCO to be transferred to a DEFS
Subsidiary; and (E) the obligations of PanEnergy Corp. under
the PEC Note to be assumed by the Company;"
1.1.3 Clause (i) of Section 3.2(c)(2) is amended by deleting
"$1,200,000,000" in such clause and inserting "$1,425,000,000" in
replacement therefor.
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1.1.4 Clause (ii) of Section 3.3(a) is amended by inserting
"(excluding TEPPCO and any Subsidiaries of TEPPCO)" after the words
"DEFS Subsidiaries" and before the words "as of the Closing Date."
1.1.5 Section 5.1(b) is amended by: (1) deleting the first
occurrence of "DETTCO" in the parenthetical in the first sentence
thereof and inserting "TEPPCO" in replacement therefor; (2) deleting
the second occurrence of "DETTCO" in the parenthetical in the first
sentence thereof and inserting "TEPPCO (excluding TEPPCO Partners, TE
Products and TCTM and their respective Subsidiaries)" in replacement
therefor; (3) inserting at the end of the first parenthetical (before
the closing parenthesis) in the first sentence "; provided, that for
purposes of the representations and warranties contained in Article V
and the covenants in Article VI, (x) except as provided in Section 5.5,
TEPPCO and Subsidiaries of TEPPCO shall be considered DEFS Subsidiaries
and Subsidiaries of each of DEFS and DEFS Holding, but only from and
after the date of the First Amendment, and (y) TEPPCO Partners, TE
Products and TCTM and their respective Subsidiaries shall not be
considered Subsidiaries of DEFS Holding, DEFS or TEPPCO"; (4) deleting
"DETTCO and its Subsidiaries" in the third sentence thereof and
inserting "TEPPCO and its Subsidiaries (other than TEPPCO Partners, TE
Products and TCTM and their respective Subsidiaries)" in replacement
therefor; and (4) deleting the three occurrences of "DETTCO" in the
fourth sentence thereof and inserting "TEPPCO" in replacement therefor.
1.1.6 Section 5.5 is amended as follows:
(a) The first paragraph is amended by: (1) deleting "TEPPCO
which is an Excluded Asset" in the parenthetical in clause (i)
thereof and inserting "the Class B Subordinated Units of
TEPPCO Partners, L.P., which is part of the Duke Excluded
Assets and Liabilities" in replacement therefor; (2) inserting
"and the DEFS Balance Sheet Supplement" after the words
"Balance Sheet" in the last parenthetical thereof; and (3)
inserting a new sentence at end thereof which reads, "Duke
shall provide to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as an amendment to the Duke
Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 1.3 of the First
Amendment, an unaudited proforma supplement to the DEFS
September 30 Balance Sheet showing proforma adjustments to
include the investment in TEPPCO (exclusive of the TEPPCO
Excluded Assets and Liabilities and the TEPPCO Investments
Excluded Assets and Liabilities) (the "DEFS Balance Sheet
Supplement")."
(b) The second paragraph is amended by inserting "and the DEFS
Balance Sheet Supplement" after the words "Balance Sheet" in
clause (i) of the last sentence thereof.
1.1.7 Section 5.10(c) is amended by inserting "and the DEFS
Balance Sheet Supplement" after the words "DEFS September 30 Balance
Sheet".
1.1.8 Section 6.5(h) is amended by deleting "Section
2.1(b)(i)" in the first sentence thereof and inserting "Section
2.1(b)(ii)" in replacement therefor.
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1.1.9 Section 6.17(a) is amended by (i) inserting "or
commercial paper" after the words "bank credit" in the first sentence
thereof and (ii) deleting "$2,400,000,000" in clause (i) thereof and
inserting "$2,625,000,000" in replacement therefor.
1.1.10 Article VI is amended by inserting the following at the
end thereof:
"Section 6.21. TEPPCO Assets. Duke shall cause TEPPCO to own
and hold all of the general partner interests in TEPPCO
Partners, TE Products and TCTM as of the Closing and to be
entitled to all of the benefits of the general partner of such
entities."
1.1.11 Clause (iii) of Section 9.2(a) is amended by inserting
", TEPPCO Excluded Assets and Liabilities and TEPPCO Investments
Excluded Assets and Liabilities" after the words "Duke Excluded Assets
and Liabilities" and before the word "and."
1.1.12 Section 2.1(c) of Annex B to the Contribution Agreement
is amended by inserting ", TEPPCO Excluded Assets and Liabilities,
TEPPCO Investments Excluded Assets and Liabilities" after the words
"Duke Excluded Assets and Liabilities" and before the words "or their
transfer."
1.1.13 Each of (1) Section 4.1 and (2) Section 4.2 of Annex B
is amended by inserting "(including any alternative minimum Tax credit
(whether consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary or otherwise)
attributable to payments of alternative minimum Tax with respect to any
Pre-Closing Period, which credit is utilized in a Post-Closing Period)"
after the words "Pre-Closing Period" in the second sentence thereof.
1.1.14 Section 4.4 of Annex B is amended by (1) inserting "(or
credit)" after "refund" and (2) inserting "(or utilization)" after
"receipt".
1.1.15 All references in the Contribution Agreement to the
"Agreement" (and terms referencing the "Agreement" such as "hereof,"
"hereby," "herein," "hereunder" and similar terms) shall be deemed to
refer to the Contribution Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, references to "the date of this
Agreement" and similar terms shall refer to the date of the
Contribution Agreement, provided that to the extent that such
references are contained in the representations and warranties
contained in Article V of the Contribution Agreement or in the
covenants contained in Article VI of the Contribution Agreement and
refer to any DEFS Subsidiary, DEFS Subsidiaries, or any Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of DEFS or DEFS Holding, with regard only to TEPPCO and
its Subsidiaries (excluding TEPPCO Partners, TE Products and TCTM and
their respective Subsidiaries), such references shall refer to the date
of the First Amendment.
1.2 SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS TO THE DUKE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE. Schedule
2.1(d) of the Duke Disclosure Schedule is amended by deleting "Class B TEPPCO
Units owned by DETTCO".
1.3 DELIVERY OF AMENDMENTS TO THE DUKE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE. The Parties
agree that prior to the earlier of (x) March 24, 2000 or (y) five days prior to
the Closing Date, Duke may amend
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the Duke Disclosure Schedule as necessary to reflect the matters addressed in
this Amendment (it being understood and agreed that Schedule 5.10 of the Duke
Disclosure Schedule need not include contracts of TEPPCO Partners, TE Products
or TCTM for which TEPPCO also is obligated or liable by virtue of its status as
the general partner of TEPPCO Partners, TE Products or TCTM), with each
amendment subject to the approval of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld. If ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ withholds its approval for any such
amendment, then in addition to any other remedies available to it, Duke shall
have the right to terminate this Amendment. Upon any such termination, this
Amendment shall be null and void and of no further force and effect, and the
Contribution Agreement shall continue in effect as it existed prior to this
Amendment.
1.4 AMENDMENTS TO GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT. Annex F to the Governance
Agreement is hereby amended by: (1) deleting "$3,360,500,000" in each of (x)
clause (a) of Section 1.2 thereof and (y) the second sentence of Section 2.3
thereof and inserting, in each case, "$3,585,500,000" in replacement therefor
and (2) deleting the second occurrence of the words "shall treat" in clause (E)
of Section 4.2 thereof.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
2.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ hereby
represents and warrants to each of Duke and the Company that (1) it has full
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment, (2) the
execution and delivery of this Amendment have been duly and validly approved by
all corporate action on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, (3) this Amendment has been duly
and validly executed and delivered by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by Duke and the Company, constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, enforceable against ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in accordance with its
terms and (4) the execution and delivery of this Amendment by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ do not,
(A) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or PGC,
(B) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, or trigger any
"change of control" rights or remedies under, or give rise to any Lien, any
acceleration of remedies, any buy-out right or any right of first offer or
refusal or of termination under, any indenture, license, contract, agreement or
other instrument to which PGC or of any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which any of them or their respective properties or assets may be bound, or (C)
assuming compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act, violate any
law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order applicable to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, PGC or
any of the PGC Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets,
except in the case of (B) and (C) above for such breaches, violations, defaults,
liens, accelerations or rights as would not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the PGC
Subsidiaries or to adversely affect the ability of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement as amended by this
Amendment.
2.2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DUKE. Duke hereby represents and
warrants to each of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company that (1) each of Duke and the
Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Amendment, (2) the execution and delivery of this Amendment have been duly and
validly approved by all corporate action on the part of each of Duke and the
Company, (3) this Amendment has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
each
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of Duke and the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of Duke and the
Company, enforceable against each of Duke and the Company in accordance with its
terms and (4) the execution and delivery of this Amendment by Duke do not, (A)
constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents of Duke or DEFS
Holding, (B) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, or trigger
any "change of control" rights or remedies under, or give rise to any Lien, any
acceleration of remedies, any buy-out right or any right of first offer or
refusal or of termination under, any indenture, license, contract, agreement or
other instrument to which DEFS Holding or of any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or by which any of them or their respective properties or assets may be bound,
or (C) assuming compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act,
violate any law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order applicable to Duke,
DEFS Holding or any of the DEFS Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets, except in the case of (B) and (C) above for such breaches,
violations, defaults, liens, accelerations or rights as would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on DEFS or to adversely affect the ability of Duke to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement as amended by this
Amendment.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
3.1 COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and
shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of
the parties hereto and delivered (including by facsimile) to the other party.
3.2 GOVERNING LAW. (a) This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without reference
to the choice of law principles thereof.
(b) Each party hereto irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction
of any Delaware state court or any federal court sitting in the State of
Delaware in any action arising out of or relating to this Amendment, and hereby
irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action may be heard and
determined in such Delaware state or federal court. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense
of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. The
parties hereto further agree, to the extent permitted by law, that final and
unappealable judgment against any of them in any action or proceeding
contemplated above shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other
jurisdiction within or outside the United States by suit on the judgment, a
certified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of
such judgment.
(c) To the extent that any party hereto has or hereafter may
acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process
(whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in
aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect
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to itself or its property, each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives such
immunity in respect of its obligations with respect to this Amendment.
(d) Each party hereto waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any
action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment. Each
party hereto certifies that it has been induced to enter into this Amendment by,
among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications set forth above in
this Section 3.2.
3.3 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Amendment, the Contribution Agreement and
the Governance Agreement, and the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto,
together with the Confidentiality Agreements dated August 11, 1999 and August
26, 1999 between Duke and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, contain the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no agreements,
understandings, representations or warranties between the parties other than
those set forth or referred to herein.
3.4 NOTICES. The provisions of Section 12.5 of the Contribution
Agreement are hereby incorporated herein.
3.5 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Amendment shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns; provided, however, that no party hereto will assign its
rights or delegate any or all of its obligations under this Amendment without
the express prior written consent of each other party hereto.
3.6 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. This Amendment may not be modified or
amended except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by all parties
hereto. Any party hereto may, only by an instrument in writing, waive compliance
by the other parties hereto with any term or provision of this Amendment on the
part of another party hereto to be performed or complied with. The waiver by any
party hereto of a breach of any term or provision of this Amendment shall not be
construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, no failure to exercise, delay in exercising or single or
partial exercise of any right, power or remedy by any party, and no course of
dealing between the parties, shall constitute a waiver of any such right, power
or remedy.
3.7 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Amendment shall be held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of
the other provisions of this Amendment shall not be affected thereby, and there
shall be deemed substituted for the provision at issue a valid, legal and
enforceable provision as similar as possible to the provision at issue.
3.8 HEADINGS; DEFINITIONS. The Section and Article headings contained
in this Amendment are inserted for convenience of reference only and will not
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment. All capitalized terms
defined herein are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
such terms.
3.9 INTERPRETATION. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Amendment shall be construed as if drafted jointly
by the parties and no presumption or
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burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provisions of this Amendment. The phrase "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by "without limitation."
3.10 RATIFICATION. Except as amended hereby, the Contribution Agreement
and the Governance Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as previously
executed by the parties, and the parties hereby ratify the Contribution
Agreement and the Governance Agreement as amended hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned, intending to be legally
bound, has caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered on the date
first set forth above.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ PETROLEUM COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
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DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Sr. Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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