TERM SHEET
Exhibit
10.1
TERM
SHEET
March
6, 2009
This term
sheet (“Term
Sheet”) summarizes the principal terms of a settlement agreement (the
“Settlement”)
between SemGroup, L.P. (“SemGroup”) and
certain of its affiliates and SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P. (“SGLP”) and certain of
its affiliates. SemGroup and SGLP intend for this Term Sheet to be
legally binding and to create legally enforceable obligations between the
parties hereto with respect to the Settlement, subject to the approval of the
Bankruptcy Court (as defined below). SemGroup and SGLP agree to
negotiate and execute definitive documentation with respect to the Settlement as
soon as practicably possible, which will supersede this Term Sheet when so
executed. The agreements and acknowledgements contained herein will
become effective upon approval by the Bankruptcy Court and the satisfaction of
the conditions set forth in Section 17 of this Term Sheet. Certain
defined terms used in this Term Sheet are set forth below.
“Bankruptcy Cases”
means (i) the chapter 11 cases commenced by SemGroup and certain of its direct
and indirect subsidiaries (other than SemGroup Holdings) on July 22, 2008,
jointly administered under Case No. 08-11525 (BLS) and (ii) the chapter 11 case
commenced by SemGroup Holdings on October 22, 2008 under Case No. 08-12504
(BLS).
“Bankruptcy Code”
means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
“Bankruptcy Court”
means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware or any
other court having jurisdiction over the Bankruptcy Cases from time to
time.
“Crude Barrels” means
the tank bottoms and line fill barrels associated with SGLP’s crude oil business
as determined by the SemGroup Parties, and agreed to by the SGLP Parties, in
accordance with normal industry practice.
“Dropdown Agreements”
mean, collectively, (i) the Contribution, Conveyance, Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2007, by and among SemCrude, SemGroup,
SemOperating, SemPipe GP and SGEP, (ii) the Closing Contribution, Conveyance,
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2007, by and among
SGLP, SGLP GP, SGLP Operating, SemGroup Holdings, SemCrude and SemGroup, (iii)
the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2008, by and between
SemMaterials and SGLP Operating, (iv) the Contribution Agreement, dated as of
January 28, 2008, by and among SemMaterials, KC Asphalt and SMEP, (v) the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2008, by and between SemCrude
and SGEP, (vi) the Contribution Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2008, by and
between XxxXxxxx and SGLP Crude Storage and (vii) the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2008, by and between SemCrude and
SGEP.
“Dropdowns” mean the
following transfers from SemGroup or its affiliates to SGLP or its affiliates:
(i) the contribution of certain crude oil assets on July 20, 2007; (ii) the sale
of liquid asphalt assets on February 20, 2008; (iii) the sale of the Eagle North
Pipeline System on May 12, 2008; and (iv) the sale of additional crude oil
assets on May 30, 2008.
“Eaglwing” means
Eaglwing, L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SemGroup.
“HSR Act” means the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“KC Asphalt” means
K.C. Asphalt, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SemGroup.
“Omnibus Agreement”
means the Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement dated as of February 20, 2008
(as amended from time to time), by and among SemGroup, SemManagement,
SemMaterials, SGLP, SGLP GP and SMEP.
“SemCrude” means
SemCrude, L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SemGroup.
“SemGroup Holdings”
means SemGroup Holdings, L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
SemGroup.
“SemGroup Parties”
means SemGroup and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, other than SGLP
GP, SGLP and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. For
purposes of this agreement, no SGLP Party shall be considered an affiliate of
any SemGroup Party.
“SemManagement” means
SemManagement, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SemGroup.
“SemMaterials” means
SemMaterials, L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SemGroup.
“SemOperating” means
SemOperating G.P., L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SemGroup.
“SemPipe GP” means
SemPipe G.P., L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SGLP.
“September Order”
means the agreed order approved by the Bankruptcy Court on September 8, 2008
with respect to SGLP’s motion seeking adequate protection and modification of
the stay filed on August 15, 2008.
“SGEP” means SemGroup
Energy Partners, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SGLP.
“SGLP Parties” means
SGLP GP, SGLP and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. For
purposes of this Agreement, no SemGroup Party shall be considered an affiliate
of any SGLP Party.
“SGLP Crude Storage”
means SemGroup Crude Storage, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
SGLP.
“SGLP GP” means
SemGroup Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C., the general partner of SGLP.
“SGLP Operating” means
SemGroup Energy Partners Operating, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
SGLP.
“SMEP” means
SemMaterials Energy Partners, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
SGLP.
“Terminal Access and Use
Agreement” means the Terminal Access and Use Agreement dated as of
January 28, 2008 (as amended from time to time), by and among SemMaterials, KC
Asphalt and SMEP.
“Terminalling and Storage
Agreement” means the Terminalling and Storage Agreement dated as of
February 20, 2008 (as amended from time to time), by and between SemMaterials
and SMEP.
“Throughput Agreement”
means the Throughput Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2007 (as amended from time
to time), by and among SGLP, SGEP, SemCrude, SemGroup and Eaglwing.
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Details
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1. SGLP
Kansas Tankage
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· SemCrude
owns the pipelines in Kansas and Northern Oklahoma reflected on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Kansas Pipeline”). SGLP owns
storage tanks, related equipment and associated easement and leasehold
land rights that are connected to, adjacent to, or otherwise contiguous
with SemCrude’s Kansas Pipeline (“KS Crude
Transferred Assets”). SGLP hereby agrees to transfer the
KS Crude Transferred Assets (with the exception of the truck unloading
equipment and related assets) to SemCrude free and clear of any liens,
claims or encumbrances. For clarification, (i) the KS Crude
Transferred Assets will not include any storage tanks, related equipment
and associated easement and leasehold land rights owned by the SGLP
Parties at Xxxxxxx and (ii) after such transfer, SGLP’s only assets
related to the Kansas Pipeline will consist of the truck unloading
equipment and related assets.
· SGLP
will have access to the KS Crude Transferred Assets as reasonably
necessary to perform transportation services.
· All
environmental, regulatory, and operating permits for the KS Crude
Transferred Assets will be transferred to SemCrude to the extent permitted
by law. If a transfer is not permitted by law SGLP will work in
good faith with XxxXxxxx to have the permits issued to SemCrude or its
affiliate by the applicable agency.
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2. Rejected
Contracts
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· The
following contracts will be rejected by the SemGroup Parties in the
Bankruptcy Cases: (i) the Terminalling and Storage Agreement, (ii) the
Throughput Agreement, (iii) the Omnibus Agreement and (iv) any guaranty
executed by SemGroup in favor of SMEP, SGLP or its affiliates with respect
to the foregoing contracts (collectively, the “Rejected Contracts”). The
parties will negotiate a new throughput agreement and a new shared
services agreement as described below.
· Except
as provided in the following paragraphs, (i) the SemGroup Parties, on
behalf of themselves and their respective bankruptcy estates, hereby
release the SGLP Parties from all claims in the Bankruptcy Cases in
connection with any of the Rejected Contracts, including any claims under
chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code for payments made under the Rejected
Contracts, and (ii) the SGLP Parties hereby release the SemGroup Parties
and their respective bankruptcy estates from all claims in the Bankruptcy
Cases in connection with any of the Rejected Contracts, including for
rejection damages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the SemGroup
Parties will be responsible for all amounts owing to the SGLP Parties
under the Rejected Contracts (as modified by the terms in Section 13 of
this Term Sheet), and the SGLP Parties will be responsible for all amounts
owing to the SemGroup Parties under each Rejected Contract for periods up
to the date that such contract is rejected. Such amounts may be
netted in accordance with the September Order.
· SGLP,
SMEP, SemMaterials, KC Asphalt and SemGroup hereby agree that SMEP will
have a claim against SemMaterials, KC Asphalt and guarantor SemGroup in
the amount of $35 million as a result of the rejection of the Terminalling
and Storage Agreement. Such claim shall be allowed as a general
unsecured claim in the Bankruptcy Cases of SemMaterials, KC Asphalt and
SemGroup.
· SGLP,
SGEP, SemCrude, Eaglwing and SemGroup hereby agree that SGLP and its
affiliates will have a claim against SemCrude, Eaglwing and SemGroup in
the amount of $20 million as a result of the rejection of the Throughput
Agreement. Such claim shall be allowed as a general unsecured
claim in the Bankruptcy Cases of SemCrude, Eaglwing and
SemGroup.
· SGLP,
SMEP and SGEP hereby agree to release all claims against (i) the Existing
Asphalt Inventory (as defined below) and any proceeds thereof and (ii) the
crude inventory of SemGroup or its affiliates located in pipelines or
storage tanks of SGLP or its affiliates and any proceeds
thereof.
· SGLP
and SemGroup will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify any
additional contracts that should be rejected.
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3. Terminal
Access and Use Agreement
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· If
SemMaterials and its affiliates sell liquid asphalt assets pursuant to a
Third-Party PSA (as defined below), then the Terminal Access Agreement
will be assumed by SemMaterials and KC Asphalt and assigned to the
purchaser of the Asphalt Transferred Assets. SGLP hereby agrees
that no payments, including cure payments, or assurances of future
performance will be required in connection with such assumption and
assignment.
· If
SemMaterials and its affiliates transfer the Asphalt Transferred Assets
(as defined below) to SGLP or one of its affiliates, then SemMaterials and
KC Asphalt will reject the Terminal Access Agreement in the Bankruptcy
Cases. SGLP, SemGroup and their respective affiliates who are
party to the Terminal Access Agreement will waive any claims in the
Bankruptcy Cases in connection with the Terminal Access Agreement,
including for rejection damages.
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4. New
Contracts
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· SGLP
and SemCrude hereby agree to negotiate in good faith a shared services
agreement (the “Shared Services
Agreement”) pursuant to which SemCrude will provide operational
employees to perform certain specific tasks for SGLP, at amounts and for
such periods as to be agreed by the parties.
· SGLP
and SemCrude hereby agree to negotiate in good faith an agreement
regarding the use of the SCADA system (the “SCADA Agreement”) pursuant to which
SemCrude will provide operational services with respect to the SCADA
system for a period of five years with two optional renewal periods of
five years each at SGLP’s option. The SCADA Agreement will
provide, among other things, that (i) SGLP will reimburse SemCrude for its
proportional share of any operational costs (excluding maintenance and
capital expenditures) and third party usage fees related to the SCADA
system and (ii) a purchaser (if any) of SemGroup’s or its affiliates’
crude oil assets shall assume the obligations under the SCADA Agreement to
provide services to SGLP.
· SGLP
and XxxXxxxx will agree to negotiate in good faith a new throughput
agreement (the “New Throughput
Agreement”) pursuant to which SGLP will provide to SemCrude the
following services: (i) pipeline gathering and transportation services,
(ii) truck gathering and transportation services and (iii) terminalling
and storage services at Xxxxxxx. The New Throughput Agreement
will provide that SemCrude will be charged at market terms for such
services and will require no minimum usage.
· SGLP
and SemCrude will agree to negotiate in good faith an office sublease
agreement pursuant to which SemCrude will sublease space and related
equipment, each at market rates, for its employees in the Oklahoma City
operations building and the Cushing Interchange operations
building.
· The
above contracts will be subject to approval by the Bankruptcy
Court.
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5. Tank
Bottoms and Line Fill
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· Upon
either the SGLP Closing Date or the PSA Closing Date, 355,000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx owned by XxxXxxxx (the “Transferred
Barrels”) will be transferred to SGLP free and clear of all liens,
claims and encumbrances. Any liens on the Transferred
Barrels in favor of creditors of SemGroup and its affiliates will be
replaced by liens on the KS Crude Transferred Assets in favor of such
creditors.
· Any
Crude Barrels not transferred to SGLP pursuant to the paragraph above will
be delivered to SemCrude at its direction pursuant to the New Throughput
Agreement within 60 days after either the SGLP Closing Date or the PSA
Closing Date, as applicable.
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6. Netting
of Pre-Petition Claims
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· SGLP
and SemGroup hereby agree that all amounts owing to SemGroup and its
affiliates under the Omnibus Agreement prior to July 22, 2008 shall be
netted against amounts owed to SGLP and its affiliates under the
Terminalling and Storage Agreement and the Throughput Agreement prior to
July 22, 2008. Any positive balance owing as of the date hereof
after such netting of pre-bankruptcy account balances shall be waived,
regardless of whether the balance is owing to SGLP or
SemGroup.
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7. SemCrude
Employees
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· SemCrude
and SGLP hereby agree to negotiate in good faith regarding which
operational and corporate employees SGLP crude operations will offer
employment to, which employment will be effective as soon as
practical.
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8. Dropdown
Issues
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· Schedule
2 to this Term Sheet sets forth the agreed-upon list of issues related to
the Dropdowns. SemGroup and its affiliates hereby agree to take
all actions necessary to effect the transfer of the items identified as
the SemGroup Outstanding Items on Schedule 2 to SGLP and its affiliates,
free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances. SGLP and
its affiliates hereby agree to take all actions necessary to effect the
transfer of items identified as the SGLP Outstanding Items on Schedule 2
to SemGroup and its affiliates, free and clear of any liens, claims or
encumbrances.
· The
SemGroup Parties, on behalf of themselves and their respective bankruptcy
estates, hereby release the SGLP Parties from all claims (including any
claims under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code) relating to any transfer of
assets (collectively, the “SGLP Dropdown
Assets”), by the SemGroup Parties pursuant to or in connection with
the Dropdown Agreements, including the SemGroup Outstanding Items, and the
ownership of the SGLP Dropdown Assets by the SGLP Parties. The
SGLP Parties hereby release the SemGroup Parties and their respective
bankruptcy estates from all claims relating to any transfer of assets
(collectively, the “SemGroup Dropdown
Assets”), by the SGLP Parties pursuant to or in connection with the
Dropdown Agreements, including the SGLP Outstanding Items, and the
ownership of the SemGroup Dropdown Assets by the SemGroup
Parties.
· The
parties hereby agree to negotiate in good faith documentation related to
the facilities at Cushing, Oklahoma, which may include (i) shared
services/utilities agreement, (ii) ingress/egress/access agreement, (iii)
fire protection agreement, (iv) product containment agreement, (v)
reasonable easements for existing and contemplated pipelines (including
use of additional line rights), etc.
· SemCrude
hereby acknowledges that SGLP owns the Cushing Interchange operations
building and the Oklahoma City operations building.
· SGLP
and its affiliates will transfer the ownership rights, if any, they have
in the SCADA system, including the software and hardware associated with
such system, to SemGroup or its affiliates.
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9. White
Cliffs Issues
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· Schedule
3 to this Term Sheet sets forth the agreed-upon list of issues related to
SemCrude’s White Cliffs pipeline. SGLP hereby agrees to take
all actions necessary to effect the transfer of items listed on Schedule 3
to White Cliffs Pipeline, L.L.C., free of any liens, claims or
encumbrances.
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10. Bankruptcy
Court Approval
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· Promptly
after the execution of this Term Sheet, SemGroup and its affiliates will
file one or more motions with the Bankruptcy Court seeking approval of
such matters.
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11. License
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· SGLP
and its affiliates shall have a non-exclusive, worldwide right and license
(the “License Agreement”) to use the
names SemGroup and SemMaterials and the “Triple S Shield” logo for a
transition period, which shall end no later than December 31,
2009. If, by December 31, 2009, SemGroup and its affiliates
determine that they no longer need SemGroup and/or SemMaterials and/or the
“Triple S Shield” logo as their principal trade names or logos, they agree
to negotiate in good faith a trademark assignment agreement to transfer
such names or logo, as applicable, to SGLP at no
cost. SemGroup, SemMaterials and their affiliates shall waive
any and all claims for infringement or otherwise relating to SGLP’s and
its affiliates’ use of such names and logo prior to the effective date of
the License Agreement.
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12. Mutual
Cooperation
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· SGLP
and SemGroup hereby agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to
take, or cause their respective affiliates to take, all actions to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Term Sheet.
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13. Additional
Provisions
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· SemMaterials
hereby agrees to transfer to SGLP or one of its affiliates, free of all
liens, claims and encumbrances, all of SemMaterials’ and its affiliates’
assets that are connected to, adjacent to, or otherwise contiguous with
SGLP’s or its affiliates’ liquid asphalt cement facilities, including,
without limitation, all asphalt cement and residual fuel oil storage
tanks, related equipment and associated easement and leasehold land rights
(collectively, the “Asphalt Transferred
Assets”), at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
(which may be extended by mutual agreement of SGLP and SemGroup, the
“SGLP Closing Date”); provided, however, if (i) SemMaterials and its
affiliates execute a definitive purchase and sale agreement (a “Third-Party PSA”) with a third-party
purchaser relating to all or substantially all of SemMaterials’ and its
affiliates’ U.S. asphalt assets or business, in each case as a going
concern, and all conditions to closing such sale (other than HSR approval)
have occurred on or before 4:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday, March 30, 2009
(which may be extended by mutual agreement of SGLP and SemGroup, the
“PSA Closing Date”) and (ii) as part
of such third-party sale transaction, SGLP and such third-party purchaser
have executed definitive agreements for the sale or use of SGLP’s asphalt
storage and related assets on or before the PSA Closing Date, then the
Asphalt Transferred Assets shall be transferred to such third-party
purchaser pursuant to the Third-Party PSA. For clarification,
the Asphalt Transferred Assets shall solely consist of fixed assets (i.e.
PP&E) and shall not include any prepaid expenses, accounts receivable
or Existing Asphalt Inventory (as defined below).
· For
the period from March 1, 2009 through the earlier of (i) the PSA Closing
Date and (ii) March 31, 2009, the following waivers will apply: (a) SGLP
and its affiliates hereby waive amounts due by SemMaterials and its
affiliates under the Terminalling and Storage Agreement in connection with
the storage of asphalt, (b) SemGroup and its affiliates hereby waive the
administrative fee due by SGLP and its affiliates under the Omnibus
Agreement and (c) SemGroup and its affiliates hereby waive the charges for
operational services related solely to SemMaterials due by SGLP and its
affiliates under the Omnibus Agreement.
The following provisions in
this Section 13 shall only apply in the event that SemMaterials and its
affiliates transfer the Asphalt Transferred Assets to SGLP or one of its
subsidiaries.
· The
Asphalt Transferred Assets will not include any of SemMaterials’ or its
affiliates’ asphalt cement, residual fuel oil or other product or
inventory that is currently stored in the Asphalt Transferred Assets or in
SGLP’s or its affiliates’ liquid asphalt cement facilities (the “Existing Asphalt
Inventory”). SemMaterials and its affiliates shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to consolidate the Existing Asphalt
Inventory such that the commercially reasonable minimum number of tanks at
each terminal shall be used to store the Existing Asphalt
Inventory. All Existing Asphalt Inventory shall be delivered
out of or otherwise removed from the Asphalt Transferred Assets or SGLP’s
liquid asphalt cement facilities no later than October 31,
2009.
· SemMaterials
and its affiliates will have access to the Asphalt Transferred Assets as
necessary to facilitate the further processing, sale, delivery and/or
removal of the Existing Asphalt Inventory; provided, that SemMaterials and its
affiliates shall be responsible for all costs, including, without
limitation, all fuel and power costs for tanks containing Existing Asphalt
Inventory, incurred with such further processing, sale, delivery and/or
removal; provided, that SemMaterials
shall not be responsible for any of SGLP’s overhead costs. Any
such costs will be prorated for the portion of the month or other time
period the Asphalt Transferred Assets are used by SemMaterials and its
affiliates to process, sell, deliver and/or remove the Existing Asphalt
Inventory.
· All
environmental, regulatory, and operating permits for the Asphalt
Transferred Assets will be transferred to SGLP and its affiliates to the
extent permitted by law. If a transfer is not permitted by law
SemMaterials and its affiliates will work in good faith with SGLP to have
the permits issued to SGLP or its affiliate by the applicable
agency.
· SemMaterials
and its affiliates will pay a monthly storage service fee equal to $0.565
per barrel multiplied by the total shell capacity in barrels for each tank
where SemMaterials and its affiliates has Existing Asphalt Inventory for
any portion of such month for the period commencing on the SGLP Closing
Date and continuing until all of the Existing Asphalt Inventory is
delivered out of or otherwise removed from the Asphalt Transferred Assets
or SGLP’s or its affiliates’ liquid asphalt cement
facilities.
· SemMaterials
and its affiliates will pay a throughput fee of $9.25 per ton for each ton
of Existing Asphalt Inventory that is delivered out of or otherwise
removed from the Asphalt Transferred Assets or SGLP’s or its affiliates’
liquid asphalt cement facilities after the SGLP Closing
Date. There will be no throughput fee for transfers of Existing
Asphalt Inventory between tanks at the same or different
locations.
· All
utilities associated with the sites will be transferred to SGLP, and SGLP
will assume responsibility for utility services provided on and after the
SGLP Closing Date. Prior to such transfer, utility services
will continue to be reimbursed under the Omnibus Agreement. The
parties hereby agree to negotiate in good faith regarding deposits and
letters of credit relating to such utilities to (i) facilitate the
transfer of such utilities to SGLP without any disruption of service of
such utilities after the transfer date and (ii) minimize the liquidity
impact of such transfer to SGLP, including by agreeing to a transition
period of up to six months for deposits or letters of credit (the
aggregate of which is not expected to exceed $3,000,000).
· SemGroup
and its affiliates shall be responsible for all obligations related to the
ownership or operation of the Asphalt Transferred Assets on or prior to
the SGLP Closing Date. SGLP and its affiliates will be
responsible for all obligations related to the ownership or operation of
the Asphalt Transferred Assets after the SGLP Closing Date.
· SemMaterials
will retain all intellectual property except as otherwise provided in the
License Agreement and the last paragraph of this section.
· SGLP
and its affiliates will have the option to have any of SemMaterials’ and
its affiliates’ existing or potential subleases, storage agreements or
leases with third parties relating to the Asphalt Transferred Assets
transferred to SGLP and its affiliates; provided that SemMaterials will
retain the agreements as long as needed and SGLP will be responsible for
any cure payments required in connection with the assignment and
assumption of such contracts.
· If
SGLP or any of its affiliates sells any of the Asphalt Transferred Assets
within 9 months following the SGLP Closing Date, then SGLP will pay
SemMaterials 20% of the net proceeds received from each such
sale.
· SGLP
will have the option of hiring, without any fees, any of the employees
that are associated with the operation or management of the Asphalt
Transferred Assets or SGLP’s and its affiliates’ liquid asphalt cement
facilities.
· SemMaterials
and its affiliates will initially retain the asphalt front-office systems
and related software licenses (i.e., SolArc Right Angle IV, PACE and BOL
Manager systems) (the “SemMaterials
Software”). To the extent the SemMaterials Software is
transferable and no longer needed by SemMaterials and its affiliates, SGLP
will have the option of purchasing the SemMaterials Software at no cost;
provided that SGLP will reimburse
SemMaterials and its affiliates for any prepaid maintenance, licensing or
other costs related to the SemMaterials Software.
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14. Confidentiality
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· SemGroup
and SGLP acknowledge that they have executed a confidentiality agreement
dated as of October 14, 2008 and a confidentiality agreement dated as of
December 9, 2008 (the “Confidentiality
Agreements”) and that this Term Sheet constitutes Confidential
Information (as defined in the Confidentiality
Agreements). SemGroup and SGLP hereby consent to the filing of
the Term Sheet with the Bankruptcy Court (as defined below) and agree that
subsequent discussions regarding the terms of the Settlement shall
continue to constitute Confidential Information and to be governed by the
terms of the Confidentiality Agreements. SemGroup and SGLP
hereby consent to disclosure of the terms of the Settlement to their
respective lenders and to SemGroup’s disclosure to its creditors and their
advisors.
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15. Governing
Law
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· This
Term Sheet and all actions that may arise with respect thereto (whether in
tort, contract or otherwise) shall be governed and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of laws
principles that would result in the application of the laws of another
state.
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16. Jurisdiction
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· During
the pendency of the Bankruptcy Cases, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain
exclusive jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Term Sheet and to
decide any claims or disputes which may arise or result from, or be
connected with, this Term Sheet or any breach or default hereunder, and
any and all actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or related to the
foregoing shall be filed and maintained only in the Bankruptcy
Court.
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17. Conditions
to Effectiveness
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· As
a condition to each party’s agreements, obligations and acknowledgements
under this Term Sheet, SGLP and its subsidiaries that are guarantors under
SGLP’s credit agreement (i) shall have received consent from their lenders
relating to the transactions contemplated by this Term Sheet, including,
without limitation, the transfer of the KS Crude Transferred Assets to
SemCrude and (ii) shall have received a waiver of all defaults or events
of default under such credit agreement.
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18. Counterparts
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· This
Term Sheet may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same Term Sheet.
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19. Releases
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· The
SemGroup Parties and the SGLP Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that
the compromise and settlement described in this Term Sheet, including the
releases (the “Specified Released
Claims”), relate solely to the items and claims expressly described
herein. This Settlement is not intended to, nor shall have the
effect of, releasing any rights or obligations of any parties with respect
to any claims other than the Specified Released Claims, including any
claims other than Specified Released Claims that are predicated on facts
described in the examiner’s report in the Bankruptcy Cases. This
Settlement is not intended to, nor shall have the effect of, releasing any
claims against individuals.
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Agreed to
as of the date first written above:
SEMGROUP,
L.P.
By:
SemGroup G.P., L.L.C., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
SEMMANAGEMENT,
L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
SEMOPERATING
G.P., L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
SEMMATERIALS,
L.P.
By:
SemOperating G.P., L.L.C., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
K.C.
ASPHALT, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
SEMCRUDE,
L.P.
By:
SemOperating G.P., L.L.C., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
EAGLWING,
L.P.
By:
SemOperating G.P., L.L.C., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
SEMGROUP
HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:
SemGroup Holdings G.P., L.L.C., its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
& CEO
By:
SemGroup Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C., its general partner
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
SEMGROUP
ENERGY PARTNERS G.P., L.L.C.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
SEMGROUP
ENERGY PARTNERS OPERATING, L.L.C.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
SEMGROUP
ENERGY PARTNERS, L.L.C.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
SEMGROUP
CRUDE STORAGE, L.L.C.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
SEMPIPE
G.P., L.L.C.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
SEMMATERIALS
ENERGY PARTNERS, L.L.C.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
SCHEDULE
1
KANSAS
PIPELINE
SCHEDULE
2
DROPDOWN
ITEMS
SemGroup
Outstanding Items
Dropdown
#1
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The
following items in Oklahoma remain
outstanding:
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Willow
Xxxx, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. [This item may be removed if it is
included in the KS Crude Transferred
Assets.]
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El
Reno Truck Station, Canadian County,
Oklahoma.
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Xxxxxxx
Truck Station, Cleveland County,
Oklahoma.
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West
Ponca Station, Xxx County, Oklahoma. [This item may
be removed if it is included in the KS Crude Transferred
Assets.]
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See
Station, Noble County, Oklahoma. [This item may be
removed if it is included in the KS Crude Transferred
Assets.]
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Oklahoma
City Truck Station, Oklahoma County,
Oklahoma.
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Xxxxx
LACT, Texas County, Oklahoma.
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Hooker
LACT, Texas County, Oklahoma.
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The
following items in Texas remain
outstanding:
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Pampa
Yard, Gray County, Texas.
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Xxxxxxxx
Yard, Xxxxxxxx County, Texas.
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Canadian
Yard, Xxxxxxxx County, Texas.
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Xxxxxxx
Station, Wood County, Texas.
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Xxxxxx
Station, Wood County, Texas.
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Xxxxxx
Truck Station, Xxxxx County, Texas.
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Xxxxxx
Station, Xxxxxx County, Texas.
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Xxxxxxx
Station TM Lease Property, Wood County,
Texas.
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Pioneer
tank batteries, Potter County,
Texas.
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Midland
Truck Station, Midland County,
Texas.
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Forbes
Truck Parking, Xxxxxxx County,
Texas.
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Xxxxxx,
Xxxx County, Texas.
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Barnham
Truck Parking, Xxxxxx County,
Texas.
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Midland
Yard, Midland County, Texas.
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Haley
Station, Xxxxxxx County, Texas.
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The
following items in Kansas remain outstanding: [Some or all of these items
may be removed if they are included in the KS Crude Transferred
Assets.]
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Xxxxxxx
SWD, Xxxxx County, Kansas.
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Xxxxxx
SWD, Xxxxxx County, Kansas.
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Susank
Station, Xxxxxx County, Kansas.
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Xxxxxxxx
Office, Xxxxxxxx County, Kansas.
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The
following item in New Mexico remains
outstanding:
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Baby
#1, Eddy County, New
Mexico.
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Dropdown
#2
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The
following items remain outstanding:
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Railroad
consents and consents of lessors.
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El
Dorado, Kansas.
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SemMaterials
does not have a fully executed copy of Spokane WA
lease.
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of the Bank of America releases, retained easements or leasehold rights,
deeds, assignments of leases, and related transfer documents and new
Wachovia deeds of trust were filed of record post-petition covering the
following properties:
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El
Dorado, Xxxxxx County, KS
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Grand
Island, Hall County, NE
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Ardmore,
Xxxxxx County, OK
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Catoosa
EM, Xxxxxx County, OK
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Catoosa
Port 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
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Lawton,
Comanche County, OK
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Muskogee,
Muskogee County, OK
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Port
of Catoosa (Frontier), Xxxxxx County,
OK
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Memphis
EM, Shelby County, TN
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Lubbock,
Lubbock County, TX
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Saginaw,
Tarrant County, TX
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Xxxxxxxx,
Spokane County, WA
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Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx County, WA
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of the Bank of America releases, retained easements or leasehold rights,
deeds, assignments of leases, and related transfer documents and new
Wachovia deeds of trust were filed of record more than 30 days after the
closing date and Title Policies were issued covering the following
properties:
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Denver,
Xxxxx County, CO (lease site)
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Dodge
City, Ford County, KS
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Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx County, KS
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Salina,
Saline County, KS
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Bay
City, Bay County, MI
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St.
Louis, MO
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Parsons,
Decatur County, TN
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North
Salt Lake City, Xxxxx County, UT
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Denver,
Xxxxx County, CO (fee site)
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Pekin,
Peoria County, IL
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Sedalia,
Xxxxxx County, MO
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Glouchester
City, Camden County, NJ
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Memphis,
Shelby County, TN
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Newport
News, VA
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Dropdown
#3
3 of the
recorded Assignments were re-recorded after the bankruptcy filing
date.
Dropdown
#4
Partial
Release, Special Warranty Deed and Deed of Trust were filed after the bankruptcy
filing date.
SGLP
Outstanding Items
Dropdown
#1
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The
following items in Oklahoma remain
outstanding:
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Statewide:
SGLP has not granted easements for the SemCrude pipelines running through
SGLP’s land, including regarding ingress and egress at
Xxxxxxx. [Some of this item may be removed if it is included in
the KS Crude Transferred Assets.]
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Xxxxx
Pump Station, Xxx County, Oklahoma was erroneously transferred to SGLP so
SGLP needs to transfer it back to
SemCrude.
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The
following items in Kansas remain
outstanding:
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Statewide:
SGLP has not granted easements for the SemCrude pipelines running through
SGLP’s land. [This item may be removed if it is included in the
KS Crude Transferred Assets.]
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Statewide. SGLP
has not transferred the ground bed easements that were erroneously granted
to it by third party landowners to XxxXxxxx. [This item may be
removed if it is included in the KS Crude Transferred
Assets.]
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Dropdown
#2
8 of the
fee properties transferred to SGLP had appurtenant leases that were to be
assigned to SGLP with XxxXxxxx receiving a Retained Leasehold Interest Agreement
re: each lease. We need to determine whether or not (i) each Retained
Leasehold Interest Agreement was executed, (ii) each Assignment and Assumption
of Lease was executed and (iii) consents of Lessor’s were obtained, where
required.
Dropdown
#3
None.
Dropdown
#4
None.
SCHEDULE
3
White
Cliffs Outstanding Issues
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Cunningham,
KS. SGLP has not granted lease rights for White Cliffs
pipeline, pump station and equipment on SGLP’s land. [This item
may be removed if it is included in the KS Crude Transferred
Assets.]
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Cushing,
OK. SGLP has not granted easement rights for White Cliffs
pipeline and connection on SGLP’s
land.
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