Targa Resources Partners LP and Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation $325,000,000 6⅞% Senior Notes Due 2021 PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.2
Execution Version
and
Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation
$325,000,000
6⅞% Senior Notes Due 2021
6⅞% Senior Notes Due 2021
January 19, 2011
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
As representative of the
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
As representative of the
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Targa Resources Partners LP, a limited partnership organized under the laws of Delaware (the
“Partnership”), along with Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation (“Finance
Co” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”) hereby confirm their agreement
with the several Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”)
for whom Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is acting as representative as set forth below.
Targa Resources GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”)
owns a 2% general partnership interest in the Partnership. The Partnership’s direct or indirect
majority-owned subsidiaries are listed in Schedule 2 hereto and are referred to herein as
the “Subsidiaries”; and the Subsidiaries listed in Schedule 3 hereto are referred
to herein as the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries.”
Section 1. The Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, the
Issuers propose to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers $325,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of their 6⅞% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”), which will be unconditionally guaranteed
on a senior basis as to principal, premium, if any, and interest (the “Guarantees”) by the
Subsidiaries of the Partnership named in Schedule 4 hereto (each individually, a
“Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors” and, together with the Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries (other than the entities named in Schedule 5 hereto), the “Material
Subsidiaries”). The Notes are to be issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”) to be
dated as of February 2, 2011, by and among the Issuers, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Notes will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in reliance on exemptions therefrom.
In connection with the sale of the Notes, the Issuers have prepared a preliminary offering
memorandum dated January 19, 2011 (including any documents incorporated therein by reference, the
“Preliminary Memorandum”) setting forth or including a description of the terms of the
Notes, the terms of the offering of the Notes, a description of the Partnership and any material
developments relating to the Partnership after the date of the most recent historical financial
statements included therein. As used herein, “Pricing Disclosure Package” shall mean the
Preliminary Memorandum, as supplemented or amended by the written communications listed on
Annex A hereto in the most recent form that has been prepared and delivered by the Issuers
to the Initial Purchasers in connection with their solicitation of offers to purchase Notes prior
to the time when sales of the Notes were first made (the “Time of Execution”). Promptly
after the Time of Execution and in any event no later than the second Business Day following the
Time of Execution, the Issuers will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering
memorandum (including any documents incorporated therein by reference, the “Final
Memorandum”), which will consist of the Preliminary Memorandum with such changes therein as are
required to reflect the information contained in the amendments or supplements listed on Annex
A hereto. The Issuers hereby confirm that each of the Issuers has authorized the use of the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum and the Recorded Road Show (defined below) in
connection with the offer and sale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information
which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Offering Memorandum (as defined below) (or
other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements
and schedules and other information which are incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum;
and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Offering Memorandum shall
be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the “Exchange Act”) which is incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum.
The Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees of the Notes will be entitled
to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Issuers and
the Guarantors will agree, among other things, to file a registration statement (the
“Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) registering the Notes or the Exchange Notes (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) under the Act, unless (i) the Notes are freely transferable without volume
restrictions by holders that are not affiliates of the Issuers in accordance with Rule 144 (or any
similar provision then in effect), (ii) the Notes do not bear a restrictive legend and (iii) the
Notes do not bear a restricted CUSIP number as of the 370th day after the Closing Date
(as defined in Section 3 below).
Section 2. Representations and Warranties. As of the Time of Execution and at the
Closing Date, the Issuers and the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to and
agree with each of the Initial Purchasers as follows (references in this Section 2 to the
“Offering Memorandum” are to (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package in the case of
representations
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and warranties made as of the Time of Execution and (ii) both the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Memorandum in the case of representations and warranties made at the Closing Date):
(a) The Preliminary Memorandum, on the date thereof, did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. At the Time of Execution, the Pricing Disclosure Package did not, and on the
Closing Date, will not, and the Final Memorandum as of its date and on the Closing Date will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Issuers and the
Guarantors make no representation or warranty as to the information contained in or omitted
from the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Partnership by or on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. specifically for inclusion therein. The
Issuers and the Guarantors have not distributed or referred to and will not distribute or
refer to any written communications (as defined in Rule 405 of the Act) that constitute an
offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes (each such communication by the
Issuers and the Guarantors or each of their agents and representatives (other than the
Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum) an “Issuer Written Communication”)
other than the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum and the recorded electronic
road show made available to investors (the “Recorded Road Show”). Any information
in an Issuer Written Communication that is not otherwise included in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Memorandum does not conflict with the Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Final Memorandum and, each Issuer Written Communication, when taken together with the
Pricing Disclosure Package does not at the Time of Execution and when taken together with
the Final Memorandum at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Each of the Partnership, the General Partner and the Material Subsidiaries has been
duly organized, formed or incorporated and is validly existing as a general partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction set forth opposite its name in Schedule
2 attached hereto, with full power and authority to own or lease its properties and to
conduct its business, in each case as described in the Offering Memorandum in all material
respects. Each of the Partnership, the General Partner and the Material Subsidiaries is duly
registered or qualified to do business as a foreign general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such registration or
qualification, except where the failure to be so registered or qualified would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect”
shall mean a material adverse effect on (i) the business or properties, earnings, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects, taken as a whole, of the Partnership and its
Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not in the ordinary course of
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business, or (ii) the ability of each Issuer and each Guarantor to perform its
obligations under the Notes.
(c) Finance Co has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(d) The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2.0%
general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly and
validly authorized and issued in accordance with the agreement of limited partnership of the
Partnership (as the same may be amended or restated at or prior to the Closing Date, the
“Partnership Agreement”); and the General Partner owns such general partner interest
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or other claims
(“Liens”) other than (i) those created by or arising under the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”) or the Partnership
Agreement, (ii) restrictions on transferability and other Liens described in the Offering
Memorandum, (iii) those arising under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated July 19, 2010, by and among the Partnership, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent, and other lenders named therein (as supplemented, amended or restated and together
with the agreements, exhibits and attachments contemplated or included therein, the
“Partnership Credit Agreement”) and (iv) those arising under the Credit Agreement
dated January 5, 2010, by and among TRI Resources Inc. (formerly Targa Resources, Inc.), a
Delaware corporation, and the lenders named therein (as supplemented, amended or restated
and together with the agreements, exhibits and attachments contemplated or included therein,
the “TRI Credit Agreement”).
(e) All of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each Material Subsidiary (i)
have been duly authorized and validly issued (in accordance with the bylaws or the general
partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company agreement (collectively, the
“Organizational Agreements”) or the certificate of formation or conversion,
certificate or articles of incorporation, or other similar organizational document (in each
case as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended or restated on or prior
to the Closing Date) (collectively with the Organizational Agreements, the
“Organizational Documents”), as applicable, of such Material Subsidiary), are fully
paid (in the case of an interest in a general partnership, limited partnership or limited
liability company, to the extent required under the Organizational Documents of such
Material Subsidiary) and nonassessable (except (1) in the case of an interest in a Delaware
general partnership, Delaware limited partnership or Delaware limited liability company, as
such nonassessability may be affected by the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act,
Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act or Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”), as applicable, (2)
in the case of an interest in a general partnership, limited partnership or limited
liability company formed under the laws of another domestic state, as such nonassessability
may be affected by similar provisions of such state’s general partnership, limited
partnership or limited liability company statute, as applicable, and (3) in the case of an
interest in an entity formed under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, as such
nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such jurisdiction’s corporate,
partnership or limited liability company statute, if any, as
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applicable), other than equity interests that are not owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Partnership, and (ii) other than Cedar Bayou Fractionators, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“CBF”), Downstream Energy Ventures Co., L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (“DEV”), Versado Gas Processors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (“Versado”), Venice Energy Services Company, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (“XXXXX”), and Venice Gathering System, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (“VGS”), are owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Partnership, free and clear of all Liens, other than those arising under the Partnership
Credit Agreement. The Partnership owns, directly or indirectly, an 88% interest in CBF, an
88% interest in DEV, a 63% interest in Versado, a 76.7536% interest in XXXXX and a 77%
interest in VGS, in each case free and clear of all Liens except those arising under the
Partnership Credit Agreement and the applicable Organizational Documents. The Subsidiaries
other than the Material Subsidiaries did not, individually or in the aggregate, account for
(x) more than 10% of the total assets of the Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, as of September 30, 2010 or (y) more than 10% of the net income of the Partnership
and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
(f) The authorized, issued and outstanding equity interests of the Partnership are as
set forth in the Offering Memorandum as of the dates specified therein. All of the issued
equity interests of the Partnership and all of the issued shares of capital stock of Finance
Co have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid (to the extent required
in the Partnership Agreement with respect to the Partnership) and nonassessable (except as
such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act
with respect to the Partnership); and none of the outstanding equity interests of the
Partnership and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Finance Co were issued in
violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the
Partnership or Finance Co, respectively.
(g) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and except with respect to
the incentive distribution rights held by the General Partner, there are no outstanding (i)
securities or obligations of the Partnership convertible into or exchangeable for any equity
interests of the Partnership, (ii) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase
from the Partnership any such equity interests or any such convertible or exchangeable
securities or obligations or (iii) obligations of the Partnership to issue any such equity
interests, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such
warrants, rights or options.
(h) Each of the Issuers and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or
limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform each of its
obligations under the Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement). The Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private
Exchange Notes have each been duly authorized by the Issuers and, when executed by each of
the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture and, in the case of the Notes, when delivered to and paid for by the Initial
Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and, in the case of any Exchange
Notes or Private Exchange Notes, when issued in exchange for the Notes as provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement, will
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constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Issuers, entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture, and enforceable against each of the Issuers in accordance
with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) general principles of equity and the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (collectively,
the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The Guarantees have been duly authorized and, upon
the due issuance and delivery of the related Notes and the due endorsement of the notations
of Guarantee thereon, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each
Guarantor, enforceable against each Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except that
the enforcement thereof may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(i) Each of the Issuers and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or
limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform each of its
obligations under the Indenture. The Indenture meets the requirements for qualification
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”). The Indenture has
been duly authorized by each of the Issuers and Guarantors and, when executed and delivered
by each of the Issuers and each Guarantor (assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Trustee), will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of each of
the Issuers and each Guarantor, enforceable against each of the Issuers and each Guarantor
in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions.
(j) Each of the Issuers and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or
limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform each of its
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has
been duly authorized by the Issuers and the Guarantors and, when executed and delivered by
each of the Issuers and each Guarantor (assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Initial Purchasers), will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement
of each of the Issuers and each Guarantor, enforceable against each of the Issuers and each
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except that (A) the enforcement thereof may be
subject to the Enforceability Exceptions and (B) any rights to indemnity or contribution
thereunder may be limited by federal and state securities laws and public policy
considerations.
(k) Each of the Issuers and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or
limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform each of its
obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement and the consummation by each of the Issuers and each Guarantor of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by each of the Issuers and each
Guarantor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and
each Guarantor.
(l) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification (“Permits”) of or with any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over any of the Issuers or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective
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properties or assets is required in connection with the issuance and sale by the
Issuers of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers or the consummation by the Issuers of the
other transactions contemplated hereby, except (i) such Permits as may be required under the
Act, the Exchange Act and state securities or “Blue Sky” laws of any jurisdiction, (ii) such
Permits as have been obtained or will be obtained prior to the Closing Date, (iii) such
Permits that, if not obtained, could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) such Permits as are disclosed in the
Offering Memorandum.
(m) Neither of the Issuers nor any Material Subsidiary is in (i) violation of its
Organizational Documents, or violation of any statute, law, rule or regulation, or any
judgment, order, injunction or decree of any court, governmental agency or body or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over any of the Issuers or Material Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or assets or, (ii) breach, default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event) or violation in the
performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, which in the case of either clause (i)
or (ii) would, if continued, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) None of (i) the execution, delivery and performance by either of the Issuers or any
Guarantor of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement or (ii) the
consummation by either of the Issuers or any Guarantor of the transactions contemplated
hereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Notes to the Initial
Purchasers), (A) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a
violation of the Organizational Documents of either of the Issuers or any Guarantor, (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 either of the Issuers or any Guarantor is a party or by
which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound, or (C) (assuming
compliance with all applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws and assuming the accuracy
of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers in Section 8 hereof)
violates or will violate any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable
to either of the Issuers or any Guarantor or any of their respective properties or assets,
except, with respect to clauses (B) and (C) only, for any such conflict, breach or violation
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
General Partner, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the General Partner,
enforceable against the General Partner in accordance with its terms.
(p) The Organizational Agreements of the Material Subsidiaries, as applicable, have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and are valid and
legally binding agreements of such parties, enforceable against such parties in accordance
with their terms; provided, that, with respect to such agreements, the
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enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions;
provided, further; that the indemnity, contribution and exoneration provisions
contained in any of such agreements may be limited by applicable laws and public policy.
(q) The audited consolidated financial statements of the Partnership and its
Subsidiaries included in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Partnership and its
consolidated Subsidiaries purported to be shown thereby on the basis stated therein at the
respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply, and have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout
the periods involved, except to the extent disclosed therein. The summary and selected
financial, statistical and operating information in the Offering Memorandum is accurately
presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the audited and
unaudited historical consolidated financial statements, as applicable, from which it has
been derived. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has certified certain financial statements
of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries and delivered its report with respect to the audited
consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and Final Memorandum (the “Independent Accountants”), is an independent
public accounting firm within the meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(r) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, there is (i) no
action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or governmental agency, body
or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Partnership,
threatened, to which any of the Issuers or Material Subsidiaries is or may be a party or to
which the business or property of any of the Issuers or Material Subsidiaries is or may be
subject, (ii) to the knowledge of the Partnership, no statute, rule, regulation or order
that has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency and (iii) no injunction,
restraining order or order of any nature issued by a federal or state court or foreign court
of competent jurisdiction to which any of the Issuers or Material Subsidiaries is or may be
subject, that, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, is reasonably expected to
(A) individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) prevent the
consummation of the issuance or sale of the Notes to be sold hereunder, or (C) draw into
question the validity of this Agreement.
(s) Each of the Issuers and the Material Subsidiaries possesses such permits, licenses,
approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”)
issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure so to possess
would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; each of
the Issuers and each Material Subsidiary is in compliance with the terms and conditions of
all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the
Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of
such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force
and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;
and except as described in the Offering Memorandum, neither of the Issuers and
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no Material Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Since the date of the most recent financial statements appearing in the Offering
Memorandum and except as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, (i) none of
the Issuers or the Material Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations, direct
or contingent, or entered into or agreed to enter into any transactions or contracts
(written or oral) not in the ordinary course of business, which liabilities, obligations,
transactions or contracts would, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the
general affairs, management, business, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or
results of operations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (ii) the
Partnership has not purchased any of its outstanding equity interests, nor declared, paid or
otherwise made any distribution of any kind on its equity interests (other than (A) the
Partnership’s quarterly distributions and (B) with respect to any of the Subsidiaries, the
purchase of, or dividend or distribution on, capital stock or equity interests owned by the
Partnership).
(u) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, each of the Issuers
and the Material Subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns
that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof, except in any case in
which the failure so to file, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment,
fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and
payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested
in good faith or as, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) Immediately after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the fair value and present fair saleable value of the assets of each of the
Issuers and the Material Subsidiaries (each on a consolidated basis) will exceed the sum of
its stated liabilities and identified contingent liabilities. Each of the Issuers and the
Guarantors is not now nor after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and
the Indenture, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or described in
the Offering Memorandum, will be (i) insolvent, (ii) left with unreasonably small capital
with which to engage in its anticipated business or (iii) incurring debts or other
obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts or obligations as they become due.
(w) Any statistical and market-related data included in the Offering Memorandum are
based on or derived from sources that each of the Issuers and the Guarantors believe to be
reliable and accurate, and the Issuers have obtained the written consent to the use of such
data from such sources to the extent required.
(x) Each of the Issuers and the Material Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to
all real property and good title to all personal property described in the Offering
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Memorandum as being owned by it free and clear of all Liens, except (i) as described,
and subject to limitations contained, in the Offering Memorandum, (ii) Liens that arise
under the Partnership Credit Agreement or the TRI Credit Agreement or (iii) to the extent
the failure to have such title or the existence of such Liens would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that, with respect to any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Partnership and the Material
Subsidiaries, such real property and buildings are held under valid and subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use of the
properties of the Partnership and the Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole as they have
been used in the past as described in the Offering Memorandum and are proposed to be used in
the future as described in the Offering Memorandum, except to the extent the failure to hold
such valid and subsisting and enforceable leases would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) The Partnership and the Material Subsidiaries have such easements or rights-of-way
(collectively, “rights-of-way”) as are necessary to conduct their business in the
manner described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the Offering Memorandum,
except for (i) qualifications, reservations and encumbrances that would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) such rights-of-way that,
if not obtained, would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
and (iii) rights-of-way held by affiliates of the Partnership as nominee for the benefit of
the Partnership and the Material Subsidiaries.
(z) Except for such exceptions that would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Issuers and each Material Subsidiary owns or
possesses, or can acquire or use on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patents rights,
licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively,
“Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry out their respective businesses now or
proposed to be operated by them as described in the Offering Memorandum, and (ii) each of
the Issuers and each Material Subsidiary has not received any notice and is not otherwise
aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances that would render any Intellectual
Property invalid or inadequate to protect any of its interest therein.
(aa) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Partnership, threatened or contemplated, against either of the Issuers or the Material
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets that would be required to be
described in a prospectus pursuant to the Act that are not described in the Offering
Memorandum, nor are there any agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments
that would be required to be described in a prospectus pursuant to the Act that are not
described in the Offering Memorandum. Except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum, to the knowledge of the Partnership, no legal
or governmental proceedings are pending or threatened to which either of the Issuers or any
of the Material Subsidiaries is a party or to which the property or assets of the Issuers or
any Material Subsidiary is subject that, if
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determined adversely to the Issuers or the Material Subsidiaries, could be reasonably
expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) The Partnership is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in
connection therewith (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”).
(cc) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect: (i) the Partnership and the Material Subsidiaries are and, during the
relevant time periods specified in all applicable statutes of limitation, have been in
compliance with applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below); (ii) the Partnership and
the Material Subsidiaries have obtained and are in compliance with all Permits (as defined
below) required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct the Partnership’s
business as presently conducted; (iii) none of the Partnership or the Material Subsidiaries
has received any written notice of an action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice of
violation or investigation, or proceeding, which matter remains unresolved and alleges
liability of the Partnership or any Material Subsidiary under, or violation by the
Partnership or any Material Subsidiary of, any Environmental Law, and to the knowledge of
the Partnership, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that would reasonably be
expected to result in the receipt of such notice; and (iv) to the knowledge of the
Partnership, there are no releases of Hazardous Materials (as defined below) that would
reasonably be expected to give rise to liabilities or obligations under any Environmental
Law.
For purposes of this Agreement: (i) “Environmental Law” means all federal, state
and local laws, rules (including but not limited to rules of common law), regulations,
ordinances, orders, decrees and other legally-enforceable requirements of any governmental
entity relating to pollution, protection of human health (to the extent relating to exposure
to Hazardous Materials) or the Environment, including those relating to the generation,
storage, treatment, disposal, transport or release of Hazardous Materials; (ii)
“Hazardous Materials” means any pollutant or contaminant, chemical, material, waste
or substance in any form regulated under any applicable Environmental Law including, but not
limited to any: (A) “hazardous substance” as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; (B) “hazardous waste” as
defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended; (C) petroleum or
petroleum product, natural gas, natural gas liquids, or crude oil or any fraction thereof;
(D) polychlorinated biphenyls; and (E) naturally occurring radioactive materials; and (iii)
“Permits” means any permit, authorization, license, variance, and approvals required
under applicable Environmental Law; (iv) “Environment” means ambient air, indoor
air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface and subsurface strata, and
natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
(dd) There is no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or work stoppage with the employees of
the Issuers or the Material Subsidiaries that is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Partnership, threatened that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ee) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, no proceedings for the merger,
consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of either of the Issuers or the Material
Subsidiaries or the sale of all or a material part of the assets of either of the Issuers or
the Material Subsidiaries or any material acquisition by either of the Issuers or any
Material Subsidiary are pending that would be required by the Act to be disclosed in a
prospectus included in a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the Act.
(ff) (i) The Issuers and the Material Subsidiaries have not sustained, since the date
of the latest audited financial statements included in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of
any amendment or supplement thereto), any loss or interference with its business or
properties from fire, explosion, flood, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered
by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree
(whether domestic or foreign) otherwise than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum
(exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) and (ii) since such date, there has not
occurred any change or development, in each case, that could reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) Each of the Issuers and the Material Subsidiaries carries or is entitled to the
benefits of insurance relating to their assets, with financially sound and reputable
insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is commercially reasonable, and all
such insurance is in full force and effect. Each of the Issuers and the Material
Subsidiaries has no reason to believe that it will not be able (i) to renew their existing
insurance coverage relating to their respective assets as and when such policies expire or
(ii) to obtain comparable coverage relating to their respective assets from similar
institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct such business as now conducted
and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, neither of the Issuers nor any
Material Subsidiary is subject to rate regulation under federal law.
(ii) Each of the Issuers and each Material Subsidiary is in compliance in all material
respects with its obligations under all presently applicable provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); with respect to each “plan” (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) in which any current or former employees of the Partnership or of any
trade or business that, together with the Partnership, is or has been treated, within the
six years preceding such date, as a single employer under Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or
Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”), are or have been eligible to participate;
no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any such plan that
is a “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA, hereinafter, a “Pension Plan”) for which any of
Issuer or a Material Subsidiary would have any liability, excluding any reportable event for
which a waiver could apply; none of the Issuers or Material Subsidiaries expects to incur
liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from,
any Pension Plan or (ii)
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Sections 430 or 4971 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan. None of the
Partnership or the Material Subsidiaries maintains a Pension Plan that is subject to Title
IV of ERISA.
(jj) The Partnership and the Material Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences. The Partnership’s and the Material Subsidiaries’ internal
controls over financial reporting are effective and none of the Partnership and the Material
Subsidiaries is aware of any material weakness in their internal control over financial
reporting.
(kk) (i) The Partnership has established and maintains disclosure controls and
procedures (to the extent required by and as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the
Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the
information required to be disclosed by the Partnership in the reports filed or to be filed
or submitted under the Exchange Act, as applicable, is accumulated and communicated to
management of the General Partner, including its principal executive officers and principal
financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure
to be made and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material
respects to perform the functions for which they were established to the extent required by
Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(ll) Neither of the Issuers nor any Guarantor is an “investment company” or “promoter”
or “principal underwriter” for an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
(mm) The descriptions of the Notes, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement
contained in the Offering Memorandum are accurate in all material respects.
(nn) No holder of securities of either of the Issuers or the Material Subsidiaries will
be entitled to have such securities registered under the registration statements that may be
required to be filed by the Issuers pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement other than
as expressly permitted thereby.
(oo) None of the Issuers, any Material Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Issuers,
any of their respective Affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Act)
has directly, or through any agent, (i) sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or
otherwise negotiated in respect of, any “security” (as defined in the Act) that is or could
be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the registration
under the Act of the Notes or (ii) engaged in any form of general solicitation
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or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Act) in
connection with the offering of the Notes or in any manner involving a public offering
within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Act. Assuming the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of the Initial Purchasers in Section 8 hereof, it is not necessary in
connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers or the
endorsement of the Guarantees by the Guarantors in the manner contemplated by this Agreement
to register any of the Notes under the Act or to qualify the Indenture under the TIA.
(pp) No securities of either of the Issuers or the Guarantors are of the same class
(within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act) as the Notes and listed on a national
securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act, or quoted in a U.S.
automated inter-dealer quotation system.
(qq) None of the Issuers or the Material Subsidiaries has taken, nor will any of them
take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that would constitute or that might
be reasonably expected to result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Notes.
(rr) None of the Issuers, the Material Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Issuers, any of their respective Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf
(other than the Initial Purchasers) has engaged in any directed selling efforts (as that
term is defined in Regulation S under the Act (“Regulation S”)) with respect to the
Notes; the Issuers, the Material Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Issuers, their
respective Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial
Purchasers) have complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(ss) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar
fees or charges required to be paid in the United States in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale by the Issuers of the Notes.
(tt) None of the Issuers, the Material Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Issuers, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Issuers or any of the
Material Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that
would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without
limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce
corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the
payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the
giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA)
or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political
office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Issuers, the Material Subsidiaries and, to the
knowledge of the Issuers, their affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance
with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure,
and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
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(uu) The operations of the Issuers and the Material Subsidiaries are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the U.S. PATRIOT Act, the rules and
regulations thereunder, and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Issuers or any of the Material
Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Issuers, threatened.
(vv) No Material Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from
paying any distributions to the Partnership, from making any other distribution on such
Subsidiary’s equity interests, from repaying to the Partnership any loans or advances to
such Subsidiary from the Partnership or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property
or assets to the Partnership or any other Subsidiary of the Partnership, except (i) as
described in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum,
(ii) arising under the Partnership Credit Agreement, (iii) such prohibitions mandated by the
laws of each such Subsidiary’s state of formation and the terms of any such Subsidiary’s
governing instruments and (iv) where such prohibition would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ww) None of the Issuers, the Material Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Issuers, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Issuers or any of the
Material Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office
of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”).
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Issuers or the Guarantors and delivered to any
Initial Purchaser or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering of the
Notes shall be deemed a representation and warranty by each of the Issuers or each Guarantor to the
Initial Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.
Section 3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes. On the basis of the
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants herein contained and subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Issuers agree to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the
Initial Purchasers, acting severally and not jointly, agree to purchase the Notes in the respective
amounts set forth on Schedule 1 hereto from the Issuers at 98.25% of their principal amount. One
or more certificates in global form for the Notes that the Initial Purchasers have agreed to
purchase hereunder, each in such principal amount as the Initial Purchasers request upon notice to
the Issuers at least 36 hours prior to the Closing Date, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the
Issuers to the Initial Purchasers, against payment by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers of the
purchase price therefor by wire transfer (same day funds), to such account or accounts as the
Partnership shall specify prior to the Closing Date, or by such means as the parties hereto shall
agree prior to the Closing Date. Such delivery of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the
offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., First City Tower, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
at 9:00 A.M. Houston time, on February 2, 2011, or at such other place, time or date as the Initial
Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Issuers, on the other hand,
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may agree upon, such time and date of delivery against payment being herein referred to as the
“Closing Date.”
Section 4. Offering by the Initial Purchasers. The Initial Purchasers propose to make
an offering of the Notes at the price and upon the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Memorandum as soon as practicable after this Agreement is entered into and as
in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers is advisable.
Section 5. Covenants of the Issuers and the Guarantors. Each Issuer and each
Guarantor covenants and agrees with each of the Initial Purchasers as follows:
(a) Until the later of (i) the completion of the distribution of the Notes by the
Initial Purchasers and (ii) the Closing Date, the Issuers will not amend or supplement the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum or otherwise distribute or refer to any
Issuer Written Communication (other than the Recorded Road Show) unless the Initial
Purchasers shall previously have been advised and furnished a copy for a reasonable period
of time prior to the proposed amendment or supplement. The Issuers will promptly, upon the
reasonable request of the Initial Purchasers or counsel for the Initial Purchasers, make any
amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum that
may be necessary or advisable in connection with the resale of the Notes by the Initial
Purchasers.
(b) The Issuers will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the
qualification of the Notes for offering and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of
such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate and will continue such
qualifications in effect for as long as may be necessary to complete the resale of the
Notes; provided, however, that in connection therewith, the Issuers shall
not be required to qualify as a foreign limited partnership or corporation or to execute a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation in
any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(c) (1) If, at any time prior to the completion of the sale by the Initial Purchasers
of the Notes, any event occurs or information becomes known as a result of which the Final
Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any 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, or if for any other
reason it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Final Memorandum to comply
with applicable law, the Issuers will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and
will prepare, at the expense of the Partnership, an amendment or supplement to the Final
Memorandum that corrects such statement or omission or effects such compliance and (2) if at
any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a
result of which any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading or any Issuer Written Communication would conflict with the
Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented, or (ii) it is necessary to amend
or
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supplement any of the Pricing Disclosure Package so that any of the Pricing Disclosure
Package or any Issuer Written Communication will comply with law, the Issuers will
immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to
paragraph (a) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any
of the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Written Communication (it being understood
that any such amendments or supplements may take the form of an amended or supplemented
Final Memorandum) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Pricing
Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, be misleading or so that any Issuer Written Communication will
not conflict with the Pricing Disclosure Package or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package
or any Issuer Written Communication as so amended or supplemented will comply with law.
(d) The Issuers will, without charge, provide to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel
for the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer
Written Communication and the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto as the
Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.
(e) The Partnership will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes as set forth
under “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum.
(f) Prior to the Closing Date, the Issuers will furnish to the Initial Purchasers, as
soon as they have been prepared, a copy of any unaudited interim financial statements of the
Issuers for any period subsequent to the period covered by the most recent financial
statements appearing in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum; provided,
however, that the Issuers do not need to furnish such financial statements to the Initial
Purchasers if they are available on the Commission’s website.
(g) None of the Issuers or any of its affiliates that it controls will, and the Issuers
will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause their other affiliates (other than
Warburg Pincus LLC and its affiliates (other than Targa Resources Corp. and its
subsidiaries)) not to, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate
in respect of any “security” (as defined in the Act) that could be integrated with the sale
of the Notes in a manner which would require the registration under the Act of the Notes.
(h) The Issuers will not, and will not permit any of their subsidiaries or their
respective affiliates that they control or persons acting on their behalf to, and the
Issuers will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause their other affiliates
(other than Warburg Pincus LLC and its affiliates (other than Targa Resources Corp. and its
subsidiaries)) not to, engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as
those terms are used in Regulation D under the Act) in connection with the offering of the
Notes or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the
Act.
(i) For so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Issuers will make available
at their expense, upon request, to any holder of such Notes and any
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prospective purchasers thereof the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Act, unless either of the Issuers is then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
(j) The Issuers will use their commercially reasonable best efforts to permit the Notes
to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.
(k) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to the date that is
45 days after the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., the Issuers will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of,
except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Issuers (or guaranteed by the Issuers)
that are substantially similar to the Notes (except for the Notes which would be issuable
pursuant to the exchange offer described in the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final
Memorandum).
(l) In connection with Notes offered and sold in an offshore transaction (as defined in
Regulation S) the Issuers will not register any transfer of such Notes not made in
accordance with the provisions of Regulation S and will not, except in accordance with the
provisions of Regulation S, if applicable, issue any such Notes in the form of definitive
securities.
(m) None of the Issuers or any of their affiliates that they control will engage in any
directed selling efforts (as that term is defined in Regulation S) with respect to the
Notes.
(n) For a period of one year (calculated in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144
under the Act) following the date any Notes are acquired by either of the Issuers or any of
their affiliates, if the Notes are Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement), neither of the Issuers or any of their respective affiliates that they
control will sell any such Notes.
(o) For so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuers and the Guarantors will
conduct their operations in a manner that will not subject the Issuers or any Guarantor to
registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
(p) Each Note will bear a legend substantially to the following effect until such
legend shall no longer be necessary or advisable because the Notes are no longer subject to
the restrictions on transfer described therein:
“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY
ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND
IS
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ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3),
OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT
WITHIN [IN THE CASE OF NOTES SOLD IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A: ONE YEAR] [IN THE CASE OF NOTES
SOLD IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE
HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF
THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE”) RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO AN ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR
THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S.
BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH
LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS SECURITY), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN
AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE),
(E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO
REQUESTS), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN
ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE
ISSUERS SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS ANY OF THEM MAY
REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION, NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT, AS USED HEREIN. THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON”
HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND WILL
BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER OR AN ISSUER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE.”
Section 6. Expenses. The Partnership agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to
the performance of the Issuers’ and Guarantors’ obligations under this Agreement, whether or not
the transactions contemplated herein are consummated or this Agreement is
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terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof, including all costs and expenses incident to (i) the
printing, word processing or other production of documents with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, including any costs of printing the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto, and any “Blue Sky” memoranda, (ii) all
arrangements relating to the delivery to the Initial Purchasers of copies of the foregoing
documents, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, the accountants and any other experts
or advisors retained by the Issuers, (iv) preparation (including printing), issuance and delivery
to the Initial Purchasers of the Notes, (v) the qualification of the Notes under state securities
and “Blue Sky” laws, including filing fees and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial
Purchasers relating thereto, (vi) one half of the expenses in connection with the “roadshow” and
any other meetings with prospective investors in the Notes, (vii) fees and expenses of the Trustee
including fees and expenses of counsel, and (viii) any fees charged by investment rating agencies
for the rating of the Notes. If the sale of the Notes provided for herein is not consummated
because any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 7 hereof is
not satisfied, because this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11(a)(i) or because of any
failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Issuers to perform all obligations and satisfy all
conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder (other than solely by reason of a
default by the Initial Purchasers of their obligations hereunder after all conditions hereunder
have been satisfied in accordance herewith), the Issuers agree to promptly reimburse the Initial
Purchasers upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, disbursements and
charges of Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Initial Purchasers) that shall have been incurred by
the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Notes.
Section 7. Conditions of the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligation of the
Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes shall, in their sole discretion, be subject to
the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions on or prior to the Closing Date:
(a) On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the opinion, dated
as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P.,
counsel for the Issuers, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Initial
Purchasers, to the effect that:
(i) Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors (other than Targa Liquids Marketing
and Trade, a Delaware general partnership) has been duly incorporated, formed or
organized, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a limited partnership,
limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, and is in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite limited partnership,
limited liability company or corporate power and authority necessary to own or lease
its properties and to conduct its business, in each case as described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum in all material respects.
(ii) The Partnership has the authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization
set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum as of the dates
specified therein; all of the issued and outstanding equity interests (other than
general partner interests) of each of the Issuers and the
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Guarantors have been duly authorized and validly issued (in accordance with the
Organizational Documents of each such entity), are fully paid (in the case of an
interest in a limited partnership or limited liability company, to the extent
required under the Organizational Documents of such entity) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of
the Delaware LP Act or Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as
applicable) and, to our knowledge, were not issued in violation of any preemptive or
similar right; all of the issued and outstanding equity interests (other than
general partner interests) of Finance Co and each Guarantor are owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (other than (i) those
created by or arising under the corporate, limited liability company or partnership
laws of the jurisdiction of formation or incorporation of such entity, as the case
may be; (ii) restrictions on transferability and other Liens described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum or the Organizational Documents;
(iii) those arising under the Partnership Credit Agreement; and (iv) those imposed
by the Act and the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of certain jurisdictions) (A) in
respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of Delaware naming the Partnership as debtor or, in the case of equity
interests of a Guarantor owned directly by one or more other Guarantor, naming any
such other Guarantor as debtor(s), is on file as of a recent date in the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such
counsel, without independent investigation.
(iii) The Issuers and each Guarantor have all requisite corporate, limited
partnership or limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform each of their obligations under the Indenture, the Notes, the Exchange Notes
and the Private Exchange Notes; the Indenture meets the requirements for
qualification under the TIA; the Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by
the Issuers and each Guarantor and, when duly executed and delivered by the Issuers
and each Guarantor (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the Trustee), will constitute the valid and legally binding agreement of the
Issuers and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Issuers and each Guarantor in
accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions.
(iv) The Notes have each been duly and validly authorized by the Issuers and,
when duly executed and delivered by the Issuers and paid for by the Initial
Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee and due
authentication and delivery of the Notes by the Trustee in accordance with the
Indenture), will constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the
Issuers, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and enforceable against the
Issuers in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be
subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(v) The Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantors and
when the Notes have been paid for by the Initial Purchasers in
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accordance with the terms of this Agreement (assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee and due authentication of the
Notes by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture), will constitute the valid
and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture, and enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms,
except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions
(vi) The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes have been duly and
validly authorized by the Issuers, and if and when the Exchange Notes and the
Private Exchange Notes are duly executed and delivered by the Issuers in accordance
with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture (assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee and due
authentication and delivery of the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes by
the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture), will constitute the valid and legally
binding obligations of the Issuers, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and
enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with their terms, except that the
enforcement thereof may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(vii) The Issuers and the Guarantors have all requisite partnership, limited
liability company or corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
their obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement; the Registration Rights
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Issuers and the Guarantors
and, when duly executed and delivered by the Issuers and the Guarantors (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers), will
constitute the valid and legally binding agreement of the Issuers and the
Guarantors, enforceable against the Issuers and the Guarantors in accordance with
its terms, except that (A) the enforcement thereof may be subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions and (B) any rights to indemnity or contribution thereunder
may be limited by federal and state securities laws and public policy
considerations.
(viii) The Issuers and the Guarantors have all requisite corporate, partnership
or limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby; this Agreement and the consummation by the Issuers and the
Guarantors of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by the Issuers and Guarantors. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Issuers and the Guarantors.
(ix) The descriptions of the Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights
Agreement contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum are
accurate in all material respects.
(x) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture,
the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation of the
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transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation,
the issuance and sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers) will not constitute or
result in a breach or a default under (or an event that with notice or passage of
time or both would constitute a default under) any of (i) the terms or provisions of
any Contract listed on Annex II hereto, (ii) the Organizational Documents of any of
the Issuers or the Guarantors, or (iii) any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule
or regulation (excluding any securities laws, rules or regulations) known to such
counsel to be applicable to the Issuers or any of the Guarantors or any of their
respective properties or assets, except, with respect to clauses (i) and (iii) only,
for any such conflict, breach or violation that could not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any governmental authority
is required for the issuance and sale by the Issuers of the Notes to the Initial
Purchasers or the consummation by the Issuers of the other transactions contemplated
hereby, except such as may be required under securities laws, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion in this paragraph, and those which have previously
been obtained.
(xii) None of the Issuers or the Guarantors is, or immediately after the sale
of the Notes to be sold hereunder and the application of the proceeds from such sale
(as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum under the
caption “Use of Proceeds”) will be, an “investment company” as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xiii) No registration under the Act of the Notes is required in connection
with the sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers or in connection with the
initial resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, in each case, as contemplated
by this Agreement and the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum, and
prior to the commencement of the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Indenture is not required to be
qualified under the TIA.
At the time the foregoing opinion is delivered, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. shall additionally
state that it has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Issuers, representatives of the independent registered public accountants for the Issuers,
representatives of the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, at which
conferences the contents of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum and related
matters were discussed, and, although it has not independently verified, and is not passing on and
assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (except to the extent specified in
subsection 7(a)(ix)), no facts have come to its attention which lead it to believe that the Pricing
Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Execution or at the Closing Date, or that the Final
Memorandum, as of its date or at the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
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therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being
understood that such firm need make no comment with respect to the financial statements and related
notes thereto and the other financial and accounting data derived from the Issuers’ books and
records included in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum).
The opinion and advice of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. described in this Section 7 shall be rendered
to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Partnership and shall so state therein.
(b) On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the opinion, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, dated as of the Closing Date and
addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Initial
Purchasers, with respect to certain legal matters relating to this Agreement and such other
related matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require. In rendering such
opinion, Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P. shall have received and may rely upon such certificates and
other documents and information as it may reasonably request to pass upon such matters.
(c) On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from the Independent
Accountants a comfort letter dated the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to
counsel for the Initial Purchasers with respect to the audited and any unaudited financial
information in the Pricing Disclosure Package. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers
shall have received from the Independent Accountants a comfort letter dated the Closing
Date, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, which shall
refer to the comfort letter dated the date hereof and reaffirm or update as of a more recent
date, the information stated in the comfort letter dated the date hereof and similarly
address the audited and any unaudited financial information in the Final Memorandum.
(d) The representations and warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantors contained in
this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Time of Execution and on and as of
the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; the statements of the Issuers’
officers made pursuant to any certificate delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof
shall be true and correct on and as of the date made and on and as of the Closing Date; the
Issuers shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on
their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and,
except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of
any amendment or supplement thereto after the date hereof), subsequent to the date of the
most recent financial statements in such Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Memorandum, there shall have been no event or development, and no information shall have
become known, that, individually or in the aggregate, has or would be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) The sale of the Notes hereunder shall not be enjoined (temporarily or permanently)
on the Closing Date.
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(f) Subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement
thereto after the date hereof), none of the Issuers or any of the Material Subsidiaries
shall have sustained any loss or interference with respect to its business or properties
from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any strike, labor dispute, slow down or work stoppage or from any legal
or governmental proceeding, order or decree, which loss or interference, individually or in
the aggregate, has or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) The Initial Purchasers shall have received:
(x) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by the President or any Executive
Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner, to the effect that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Partnership and the Guarantors
contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Time of Execution
and on and as of the Closing Date, and the Partnership and the Guarantors have
performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to
be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) at the Closing Date, since the date hereof or since the date of the most
recent financial statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date
hereof), no event or development has occurred, and no information has become known,
that, individually or in the aggregate, has or would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(iii) the sale of the Notes hereunder has not been enjoined (temporarily or
permanently); and
(y) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by the President or any Executive
Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Finance Co, to the effect that:
(i) the representations and warranties of Finance Co contained in this
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Time of Execution and on and as of
the Closing Date, and Finance Co has performed all covenants and agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or
prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) at the Closing Date, since the date hereof or since the date of the most
recent financial statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date
hereof), no event or development has occurred, and no information has become known,
that, individually or in the aggregate, has or would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and
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(iii) the sale of the Notes hereunder has not been enjoined (temporarily or
permanently).
(h) On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the Registration
Rights Agreement executed by the Issuers and the Guarantors and such agreement shall be in
full force and effect.
On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers
shall have received such further documents, opinions, certificates, letters and schedules or
instruments relating to the business, corporate, legal and financial affairs of the Issuers and the
Guarantors as they shall have heretofore reasonably requested from the Issuers.
All such documents, opinions, certificates, letters, schedules or instruments delivered
pursuant to this Agreement will comply with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably
satisfactory in all material respects to the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial
Purchasers. The Issuers shall furnish to the Initial Purchasers such conformed copies of such
documents, opinions, certificates, letters, schedules and instruments in such quantities as the
Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request.
Section 8. Offering of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Each of the Initial Purchasers agrees with the Issuers (as to itself only) that (i) it has
not and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Notes by any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Act) or in
any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Act; and (ii) it
has and will solicit offers for the Notes only from, and will offer the Notes only to (A) in the
case of offers inside the United States, persons whom the Initial Purchasers reasonably believe to
be QIBs or, if any such person is buying for one or more institutional accounts for which such
person is acting as fiduciary or agent, only when such person has represented to the Initial
Purchasers that each such account is a QIB, to whom notice has been given that such sale or
delivery is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and, in each case, in transactions under Rule 144A
and (B) in the case of offers outside the United States, to persons other than U.S. persons
(“non-U.S. purchasers,” which term shall include dealers or other professional fiduciaries
in the United States acting on a discretionary basis for non-U.S. beneficial owners (other than an
estate or trust)); provided, however, that, in the case of this clause (B), in
purchasing such Notes such persons are deemed to have represented and agreed as provided under the
caption “Transfer Restrictions” contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Memorandum.
(b) Each of the Initial Purchasers represents and warrants (as to itself only) that (1) it is
a QIB and (2) with respect to offers and sales outside the United States that (i) it has and will
comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers,
sells or delivers Notes or has in its possession or distributes any Pricing Disclosure Package or
Final Memorandum or any such other material, in all cases at its own expense; (ii) the Notes have
not been and will not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or
benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S under the Act or pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Act; and (iii) it has offered
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the Notes and
will offer and sell the Notes (A) as part of its distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing
Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S and, accordingly, neither it nor any persons
acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the
meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Notes, and any such persons have complied and will
comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(c) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants and agrees with
the Issuers that:
(i) in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive (as defined below) (each, a “Relevant
Member State”), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus
Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant
Implementation Date”), it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes to
the public in that Relevant Member State, except that it may, with effect from and
including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Notes to the public in
that Relevant Member State at any time: (A) to any legal entity which is a qualified
investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; (B) to fewer than 100 or, if the
Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending
Directive (as defined below), 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified
investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus
Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
for any such offer; or (C) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of
the Prospectus Directive;
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of notes to the
public” in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the
communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of
the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to
purchase or subscribe for the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State
by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the
expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments
thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the
Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the
Relevant Member State and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means
Directive 2010/73/EU.
(ii) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in
investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act of 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the
issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does
not apply to the Issuers; and
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(iii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the
FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or
otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
Terms used in this Section 8 and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them
in Regulation S.
Section 9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the Initial Purchasers, their directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who
controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any Initial Purchaser, any
such director, officer, affiliate or controlling person may become subject under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon the following:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Written Communication or
Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto; or
(ii) the omission or alleged omission to state, in the Pricing Disclosure
Package, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Memorandum or any amendment
or supplement thereto, a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading;
and will reimburse, as incurred, the Initial Purchasers, any such director, officer, affiliate and
controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers,
their directors, officers, affiliates or controlling persons in connection with investigating,
defending against or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; provided, however, neither the Issuers nor the
Guarantors will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense
or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in the Pricing Disclosure Package or Final Memorandum or any
amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Partnership by the Initial Purchasers through
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. specifically for use therein. The indemnity provided for in this
Section 9 will be in addition to any liability that the Partnership may otherwise have to the
indemnified parties. Neither the Issuers nor the Guarantors will be liable under this Section 9
for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its prior written consent, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each of the Issuers and Guarantors, and their respective directors, officers and each person, if
any, who controls the Issuers or Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the
Issuers or Guarantors or any such director, officer or controlling person may become
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subject under the Act, the Exchange Act 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 any material fact contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package or Final
Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to
state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
concerning the Initial Purchasers, furnished to the Issuers and Guarantors by the Initial
Purchasers through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. specifically for use therein; and subject to the
limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as incurred, any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuers or Guarantors or any such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending against or appearing as a third
party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect
thereof. The indemnity provided for in this Section 9 will be in addition to any liability that
the Initial Purchasers may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. The Initial Purchasers shall
not be liable under this Section 9 for any settlement of any claim or action effected without their
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 of notice of the
commencement of any action for which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under
this Section 9, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
the indemnifying party under this Section 9, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it
from any liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not,
in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other
than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party;
provided, however, that 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
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses
available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, or (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 receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of such
action, then, in each such case, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the
defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or
parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such
indemnified party or parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel
appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified
party under this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
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with the defense
thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with
the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection
with such action the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially
similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, designated by the Initial Purchasers in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 9
or the Issuers and Guarantors in the case of paragraph (b) of this Section 9, representing the
indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as the case may be, who are parties
to such action or actions) or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment
of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. All fees and
expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. After
such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not
be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party
without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), unless such indemnifying party waived in writing its rights under this
Section 9, in which case the indemnified party may effect such a settlement without such consent.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
any indemnified party, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of the
indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any
statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs
of this Section 9 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), each
indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the
relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified
party on the other from the offering of the Notes or if the allocation provided by the foregoing
clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The
relative benefits received by the Issuers and Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers
on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering
(after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by
the Issuers and Guarantors bear to the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial
Purchaser. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers and
Guarantors on the one hand, or such Initial Purchaser on the other, the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission
or alleged statement or omission, and any other equitable
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considerations appropriate in the
circumstances. The Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be
equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation
or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations
referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of
this paragraph (d), no Initial Purchaser shall be obligated to make contributions hereunder that in
the aggregate exceed the total discounts, commissions and other compensation received by such
Initial Purchaser under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Initial
Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statements
or the omissions or alleged omissions to state a material fact, and no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
obligations of the Initial Purchasers are several and not joint. For purposes of this
paragraph (d), each director, officer and affiliate of the Initial Purchasers and each person, if
any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Initial Purchasers, and each
director of either of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors, each officer of either of the Issuers
or any of the Guarantors and each person, if any, who controls either of the Issuers or any of the
Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Partnership.
Section 10. Survival Clause. The respective representations, warranties, agreements,
covenants, indemnities and other statements of each of the Issuers, Guarantors, their respective
officers and the Initial Purchasers set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them
pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any of the Issuers, Guarantors, any of their respective
officers or directors, the Initial Purchasers, any of their officers, directors, affiliates or
controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Notes.
The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements set forth in Sections 6, 9,
10 and 15 hereof shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
Section 11. Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers by
notice to the Issuers given prior to the Closing Date in the event that the Issuers shall have
failed, refused or been unable to perform all obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to
be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior thereto or, if, after the date hereof and at or
prior to the Closing Date,
(i) trading in securities of the Partnership shall have been suspended by the
Commission or the New York Stock Exchange;
(ii) there shall have been, in the sole judgment of the Representative, any
event or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has or could be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (including without limitation a
change in control of the Issuers or the Guarantors), except in each case as
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described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (exclusive of
any amendment or supplement thereto);
(iii) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have
been suspended or materially limited or minimum or maximum prices shall have been
established on any such exchange or market;
(iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by New York or United States
authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement
or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred;
(v) there shall have been (A) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities between
the United States and any foreign power or (B) an outbreak or escalation of any
other insurrection or armed conflict involving the United States or any other
national or international calamity or emergency, which in the case of (A) and (B)
above and in the sole judgment of the Representative, makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Notes as
contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum; or
(vi) any securities of the Partnership shall have been downgraded by any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization or any such organization shall
have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its
outlook with respect to, its ratings of any securities of the Partnership (other
than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(b) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability of
any party to any other party except as provided in Section 10 hereof.
Section 12. Information Supplied by the Initial Purchasers. The statements set forth
in the last paragraph on the front cover page (as such paragraph is supplemented by the item on
Annex A) and in the third paragraph and the eighth through twelfth paragraphs under the
heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (to the
extent such statements relate to the Initial Purchaser) constitute the only information furnished
by the Initial Purchasers to the Issuers for the purposes of Sections 2(a) and 9 hereof.
Section 13. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if sent to
the Initial Purchasers, shall be mailed or delivered to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Leveraged Finance Syndicate Desk; if sent to the
Partnership, shall be mailed or delivered to the Partnership at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer; with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P.,
First City Tower, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by
hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the
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mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and one business day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier.
Section 14. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and their respective successors and legal representatives,
and nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any
other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement,
or any provisions herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being
intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of
no other person except that (i) the indemnities of the Issuers contained in Section 9 of this
Agreement shall also be for the benefit of any person or persons who control the Initial Purchasers
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and (ii) the
indemnities of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 9 of this Agreement shall also be for
the benefit of the directors of the Issuers, their officers and any person or persons who control
the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No
purchaser of Notes from the Initial Purchasers will be deemed a successor because of such purchase.
Section 15. APPLICABLE LAW. THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR DISPUTE OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE
TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY THEREIN, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS
THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW.
Section 16. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. The Issuers acknowledge and
agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the
other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Initial
Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of any of the Issuers,
(iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any of
the Issuers with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising any of the
Issuers on other matters) or any other obligation to the Issuers except the obligations expressly
set forth in this Agreement and (iv) each of the Issuers has consulted its own legal and financial
advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. Each of the Issuers agrees that it will not claim
that any Initial Purchaser has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a
fiduciary or similar duty to any of the Issuers, in connection with such transaction or the process
leading thereto.
Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please indicate your acceptance
thereof in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a
binding agreement between the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers.
Very truly yours, TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP |
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By: |
Targa Resources GP LLC, Its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS FINANCE CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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TARGA DOWNSTREAM LP |
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By: | Targa Downstream GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement
TARGA LIQUIDS MARKETING AND TRADE |
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By: |
Targa Downstream LP, Its Managing Partner |
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By: | Targa Downstream GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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TARGA LSNG LP |
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By: | Targa LSNG GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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TARGA MIDSTREAM SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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By: | Targa Resources Texas GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement
TARGA NORTH TEXAS LP |
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By: |
Targa North Texas GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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TARGA PERMIAN LP |
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By: | Targa Resources Texas GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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TARGA RESOURCES OPERATING LP |
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By: | Targa Resources Operating GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement
TARGA STRADDLE LP |
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By: | Targa Straddle GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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TARGA TEXAS FIELD SERVICES LP |
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By: | Targa Resources Texas GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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TARGA VERSADO LP |
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By: | Targa Versado GP LLC, Its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement
MIDSTREAM BARGE COMPANY LLC TARGA CAPITAL LLC TARGA CO-GENERATION LLC TARGA DOWNSTREAM GP LLC TARGA GAS MARKETING LLC TARGA INTRASTATE PIPELINE LLC TARGA LIQUIDS GP LLC TARGA LOUISIANA FIELD SERVICES LLC TARGA LOUISIANA INTRASTATE LLC TARGA LSNG GP LLC TARGA MLP CAPITAL LLC TARGA NGL PIPELINE COMPANY LLC TARGA NORTH TEXAS GP LLC TARGA PERMIAN INTRASTATE LLC TARGA RESOURCES OPERATING GP LLC TARGA RESOURCES TEXAS GP LLC TARGA RETAIL ELECTRIC LLC TARGA SPARTA LLC TARGA STRADDLE GP LLC TARGA TRANSPORT LLC TARGA VERSADO GP LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written.
confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
on behalf of itself and the other
Initial Purchasers
on behalf of itself and the other
Initial Purchasers
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: | Managing Director | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Managing Director | ||
Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement
SCHEDULE 1
Initial Purchaser | Principal Amount of Notes | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
81,250,000 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
40,625,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
40,625,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
40,625,000 | |||
RBS Securities Inc. |
40,625,000 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
16,250,000 | |||
RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
16,250,000 | |||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
16,250,000 | |||
BBVA Securities Inc. |
6,500,000 | |||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
6,500,000 | |||
Comerica Securities, Inc. |
6,500,000 | |||
ING Financial Markets LLC |
6,500,000 | |||
Natixis Securities North America Inc. |
6,500,000 | |||
Total |
$ | 325,000,000 | ||
Schedule 1-1
SCHEDULE 2
Jurisdiction of Formation for the Partnership and General Partner
Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Delaware | ||
Targa Resources GP LLC
|
Delaware |
Subsidiaries of the Partnership
Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Cedar Bayou Fractionators, L.P.
|
Delaware | |
Coast Energy Group LLC
|
Delaware | |
DEVCO Holdings LLC
|
Delaware | |
Downstream Energy Ventures Co., L.L.C.
|
Delaware | |
Midstream Barge Company LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Canada Liquids Inc.
|
British Columbia, Canada | |
Targa Capital LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Co-Generation LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Downstream GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Downstream LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Gas Marketing LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Intrastate Pipeline LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Liquids GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade
|
Delaware | |
Targa Louisiana Field Services LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Louisiana Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa LSNG GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa LSNG LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership
|
Delaware | |
Targa MLP Capital LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa NGL Pipeline Company LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa North Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa North Texas LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Permian Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Permian LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Operating GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Operating LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Retail Electric LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Sparta LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Straddle GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Straddle LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Texas Field Services LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Transport LLC
|
Delaware |
Schedule 2-1
Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Targa Versado GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Versado LP
|
Delaware | |
Venice Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | |
Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | |
Versado Gas Processors, L.L.C.
|
Delaware | |
Xxxxxx Petroleum Company LLC
|
Delaware |
SCHEDULE 3
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Cedar Bayou Fractionators, L.P. |
Delaware | |
Coast Energy Group LLC |
Delaware | |
DEVCO Holdings LLC |
Delaware | |
Downstream Energy Ventures Co., L.L.C. |
Delaware | |
Targa Canada Liquids Inc. |
British Columbia, Canada | |
Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation |
Delaware | |
Venice Energy Services Company, L.L.C. |
Delaware | |
Venice Gathering System, L.L.C. |
Delaware | |
Versado Gas Processors, L.L.C. |
Delaware | |
Xxxxxx
Petroleum Company LLC |
Delaware |
Schedule 3-1
SCHEDULE 4
Guarantors
Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Midstream Barge Company LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Capital LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Co-Generation LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Downstream GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Downstream LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Gas Marketing LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Intrastate Pipeline LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Liquids GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Liquids Marketing and Trade
|
Delaware | |
Targa Louisiana Field Services LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Louisiana Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa LSNG GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa LSNG LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Midstream Services Limited Partnership
|
Delaware | |
Targa MLP Capital LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa NGL Pipeline Company LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa North Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa North Texas LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Permian Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Permian LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Operating GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Operating LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Texas GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Retail Electric LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Sparta LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Straddle GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Straddle LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Texas Field Services LP
|
Delaware | |
Targa Transport LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Versado GP LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Versado LP
|
Delaware |
Schedule 4-1
SCHEDULE 5
Immaterial Subsidiaries
Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Coast Energy Group LLC
|
Delaware | |
DEVCO Holdings LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Canada Liquids Inc.
|
British Columbia, Canada | |
Targa Intrastate Pipeline LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Louisiana Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Permian Intrastate LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation
|
Delaware | |
Targa Sparta LLC
|
Delaware | |
Targa Transport LLC
|
Delaware | |
Xxxxxx Petroleum Company LLC
|
Delaware |
Schedule 5-1
ANNEX A
Supplement Dated January 19, 2011 to Preliminary Offering Memorandum Dated January 19, 2011.
ANNEX II
1. | Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated July 19, 2010, among Targa Resources Partners LP, as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Co-Syndication Agents, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC as the Co-Documentation Agents and the other lenders party thereto |
2. | Indenture dated June 18, 2008, among Targa Resources Partners LP, Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as supplemented |
3. | Indenture dated as of July 6, 2009, among Targa Resources Partners LP, Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as supplemented |
4. | Indenture dated as of August 13, 2010, among Targa Resources Partners LP, Targa Resources Partners Finance Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as supplemented |
Annex II-1