Contract
Exhibit 99.1
Replacement Capital Covenant, dated as of July 18, 2006 (this “Replacement Capital
Covenant”), by Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with
its successors and assigns, the “Partnership”), in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered
Debtholder (as defined below).
Recitals
A. On the date hereof, the Partnership is issuing $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (the “LoTSSM”).
B. This Replacement Capital Covenant is the “Replacement Capital Covenant” referred to in the
Prospectus Supplement, dated July 14, 2006, relating to the LoTSSM.
C. The Partnership, in entering into and disclosing the content of this Replacement Capital
Covenant in the manner provided below, is doing so with the intent that the covenants provided for
in this Replacement Capital Covenant be enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and that the
Partnership be estopped from breaching the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, in each
case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
D. The Partnership acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the covenants in
this Replacement Capital Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Partnership and that the
breach by the Partnership of such covenants could result in injury or damages to a Covered
Debtholder.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Partnership hereby covenants and agrees as follows in favor of and for the
benefit of each Covered Debtholder.
SECTION 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Replacement Capital Covenant (including the
Recitals) have the meanings set forth in Schedule I hereto.
SECTION 2. Limitations on Redemption and Repurchase of LoTSSM. The Partnership hereby
promises and covenants to and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder that the Partnership shall
not redeem or repurchase all or any part of the LoTSSM on or before August 1, 2036
except to the extent that the total redemption or repurchase price paid therefor is equal to or
less than the sum of (i) the Applicable Percentage of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by
the Partnership, Enterprise Parent or their respective Subsidiaries from Non-Affiliates during the
180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase date from the issuance and sale of Common
Units or Subordinated Units of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent plus (ii) 100% of the aggregate
net cash proceeds received by the Partnership, Enterprise Parent or their respective Subsidiaries
from Non-Affiliates during the 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase date from
the issuance and sale of
Replacement Capital Securities of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent (other than Common
Units or Subordinated Units).
SECTION 3. Covered Debt. (a) The Partnership represents and warrants that the Initial Covered Debt is
Eligible Debt.
(b) (i) During the period commencing on the earlier of (x) the date two years and 30 days
prior to the final maturity date for the then effective Covered Debt and (y) the date on which the
Partnership gives notice of redemption of the then effective Covered Debt, if such redemption is in
whole or in part and, after giving effect to such redemption, the outstanding principal of such
Covered Debt would be less than $100,000,000, or (ii) if earlier than the date specified in clauses
(x) and (y) of this Section 3(b)(i), on the date on which Enterprise Parent, the Partnership or a
Subsidiary of the Partnership repurchases the then effective Covered Debt in whole or in part and,
after giving effect to such repurchase, the outstanding principal amount of such Covered Debt would
be less than $100,000,000, and ending on the applicable Redesignation Date, the Partnership shall
identify the series of Eligible Debt that will become the Covered Debt on the related Redesignation
Date in accordance with the following procedures:
(A) the Partnership shall identify each series of its then outstanding long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt;
(B) if only one series of the Partnership’s then outstanding long-term indebtedness for
money borrowed is Eligible Debt, such series shall become the Covered Debt commencing on the
related Redesignation Date;
(C) if the Partnership has more than one outstanding series of long-term indebtedness
for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt, then the Partnership shall identify a specific
series that has a final maturity date that is at least three years after the date on which
the Partnership is applying the procedures in this Section 3(b) and such series shall become
the Covered Debt on the upcoming Redesignation Date;
(D) the series of outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is
determined to be Covered Debt pursuant to clause (B) or (C) above shall be the Covered Debt
for purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant for the period commencing on the related
Redesignation Date and continuing to but not including the Redesignation Date as of which a
new series of outstanding long-term indebtedness is next determined to be the Covered Debt
pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 3(b); and
(E) in connection with such identification of a new series of Covered Debt, the
Partnership shall give the notice provided for in Section 3(d) within the time frame
provided for in such section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Replacement Capital Covenant, if a series of
Eligible Senior Debt has become and is the Covered Debt in accordance with Section 3(b), on the
date on which the Partnership issues a new series of Eligible
Subordinated Debt, then immediately upon such issuance such series shall become the Covered
Debt and the applicable series of Eligible Senior Debt shall cease to be Covered Debt.
(d) Notice. In order to give effect to the intent of the Partnership described in Recitals C
and D, the Partnership covenants that (a) simultaneously with the execution of this
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Replacement
Capital Covenant, or as soon as practicable after the date hereof, it shall give notice to the
Holders of the Initial Covered Debt, in the manner provided in the indenture, fiscal agency
agreement or other instrument relating to the Initial Covered Debt, of this Replacement Capital
Covenant and the rights granted to the Covered Debtholders hereunder; (b) so long as Enterprise
Parent or the Partnership is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act, Enterprise
Parent or the Partnership, as the case may be, will include in each annual report filed after the
date hereof with the Commission on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act a description of the
covenant set forth in Section 2 and identify the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed
money that is Covered Debt as of the date such Form 10-K is filed with the Commission; (c) if a
series of the Partnership’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed (1) becomes Covered Debt or
(2) ceases to be Covered Debt, give notice of such occurrence within 30 days to the holders of such
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal
agency agreement or other instrument under which such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed was
issued and report such change in the Partnership’s next quarterly report on Form 10-Q or annual
report on Form 10-K, as applicable; (d) if, and only if, neither Enterprise Parent nor the
Partnership is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act, post on its website the
information otherwise required to be included in Securities Exchange Act filings pursuant to
clauses (b) and (c) above; and (e) promptly upon request by any Holder of Covered Debt, provide
such Holder with an executed copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant.
SECTION 4. Termination and Amendment. (a) The obligations of the Partnership pursuant to this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest date (the
“Termination Date”) to occur of (i) August 1, 2036, (ii) the date, if any, on which the Holders of
at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the then effective series of Covered
Debt consent or agree in writing to the termination of the obligations of the Partnership hereunder
and (iii) the date on which the Partnership ceases to have any series of outstanding Eligible
Senior Debt or Eligible Subordinated Debt (in each case without giving effect to the rating
requirement in clause (ii) of the definition of each such term). From and after the Termination
Date, the obligations of the Partnership pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall be of
no further force and effect with respect to the Holders, the Covered Debtholders or otherwise.
(b) This Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a
written instrument signed by the Partnership with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority
of the outstanding principal amount of the then effective series of Covered Debt, provided
that this Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a
written instrument signed by the Partnership (and without the consent of the Holders) if the Board
of Directors of the General Partner has determined that such amendment or supplement is not adverse
to the Holders of the then effective series of Covered Debt.
(c) For purposes of Sections 4(a) and 4(b), the Holders whose consent or agreement is required
to terminate, amend or supplement this Replacement Capital Covenant or the obligations of the
Partnership hereunder shall be the Holders of the then effective Covered Debt as of a record date
established by the Partnership that is not more than 60 days prior to the
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date on which the
Partnership proposes that such termination, amendment or supplement becomes effective.
SECTION 5. Miscellaneous. (a) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to choice of law principles.
(b) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be binding upon the Partnership and its successors
and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Debtholders as they exist from
time-to-time (it being understood and agreed by the Partnership that any Person who is a Covered
Debtholder, if such Person initiates a claim or proceeding to enforce its rights under this
Replacement Capital Covenant after the Partnership has violated its covenants in Section 2 and
before the series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed held by such Person is no longer
Covered Debt, such Person’s rights under this Replacement Capital Covenant shall not terminate by
reason of such series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed no longer being Covered Debt
until the termination of such claim or proceeding). Except as specifically provided herein, this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall have no other beneficiaries and no other Persons are entitled to
rely on this Replacement Capital Covenant.
(c) All demands, notices, requests and other communications to the Partnership under this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and (i)
if served by personal delivery upon the Partnership, on the day so delivered (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (ii) if delivered by registered post or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent to the Partnership by a national or international
courier service, on the date of receipt by the Partnership (or, if such date of receipt is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) if sent by telecopier, on the day
telecopied, or if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, provided that the
telecopy is promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, and in each case to the
Partnership at the address set forth below, or at such other address as the Partnership may
thereafter post on its website as the address for notices under this Replacement Capital Covenant:
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Chief Legal Officer
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Chief Legal Officer
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Partnership has caused this Replacement Capital Covenant to be
executed by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P. | ||||||
By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc. | ||||||
Its: General Partner | ||||||
By: | /s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
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Schedule I
Definitions
“Alternative Payment Mechanism” means, with respect to the subordinated debt securities
referred to in the definition of Debt Exchangeable for Equity, that such securities or related
transaction agreements include a provision to the effect that, if the right to defer Distributions
at its option pursuant to an Optional Deferral Provision has been exhausted, the Partnership or
Enterprise Parent may or shall (or may or shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to), as
applicable, unless a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, (i) issue and sell its
Common Units, Subordinated Units and/or Non Cumulative Preferred Units during the 180 days prior to
each applicable Distribution Date, in an amount such that the net proceeds of such sale shall equal
or exceed the amount of such Distributions and (ii) the Partnership shall apply the net proceeds of
such sale to pay such Distributions in full.
“Applicable Percentage” means, in respect of any issuance and sale of Common Units or
Subordinated Units during the 180 days prior to the date of redemption or repurchase of any
LoTSSM, (i) if such LoTSSM are redeemed or repurchased after the date hereof
and before August 1, 2016, 200% and (ii) if such LoTSSM are redeemed or repurchased on
or after August 1, 2016 and on or prior to August 1, 2036, 400%.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the General Partner or a duly constituted
committee thereof. If the Partnership shall change its form of entity to other than a limited
partnership, references to board of directors of the General Partner shall mean the board of
directors (or other comparable governing body) of the Partnership (as so changed).
“Business Day” means each day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) a day on which
banking institutions in Houston, Texas or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Units” means (i) common limited partnership interests of Enterprise Parent, including
those interests defined as “Common Units” in the Parent Partnership Agreement (including interests
sold pursuant to distribution reinvestment plans, unit purchase plans and employee benefit plans)
and (ii) interests of the Partnership possessing substantially similar characteristics.
“Covered Debtholder” means each Person (whether a Holder or a beneficial owner holding through
a participant in a clearing agency) that buys, holds or sells long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed of the Partnership during the period that such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed
is Covered Debt, for so long as such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed remains Covered Debt
(except as otherwise provided in Section 5(b)), provided that a Person who has sold or
otherwise disposed of all of its right, title and interest in Covered Debt shall cease to be a
Covered Debtholder at the time of such sale or other disposition if, during the time that such
Person owned such Covered Debt, the Partnership did not breach or repudiate its obligations
hereunder. If the Partnership breached or repudiated its obligations hereunder while such Person
was an owner of Covered Debt, such Person shall cease to be a
Covered Debtholder on the later of (i) one year after such sale or other disposition or (ii)
the termination of any legal proceeding brought by such Person before the date in clause (i) to
enforce the obligations of the Partnership hereunder.
“Covered Debt” means (i) at the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant and continuing to
but not including the first Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (ii) thereafter,
commencing with each Redesignation Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding
Redesignation Date, the Eligible Debt identified pursuant to Section 3(b) as the Covered Debt for
such period.
“Debt Exchangeable For Equity” means a security (or combination of securities) that (i) gives
the holder a beneficial interest in (a) subordinated debt of the issuer thereof interest on which
may be deferred for one year or more beyond the settlement of the forward contract and, commencing
with the date two years after the beginning of an interest deferral period, will be paid pursuant
to an Alternative Payment Mechanism and (b) a fractional interest in a contract to purchase Common
Units, Subordinated Units or Non Cumulative Preferred Units containing the features set forth in
(a)(iii) of the definition of Replacement Capital Securities, (ii) includes a remarketing feature
pursuant to which such subordinated debt of such issuer is remarketed to new investors within five
years from the date of issuance of the security, (iii) provides for the proceeds raised in the
remarketing to be used to purchase Common Units, Subordinated Units or such Non Cumulative
Preferred Units of the issuer, and (iv) after the issuance of such Common Units, Subordinated Units
or such Non Cumulative Preferred Units, provides the holder of the security with a beneficial
interest in such Common Units, Subordinated Units or such Non Cumulative Preferred Units.
“Distribution Date” means, as to any securities or combination of securities, the dates on
which periodic Distributions on such securities are scheduled to be made.
“Distribution Period” means, as to any securities or combination of securities, each period
from and including a Distribution Date for such securities to but not including the next succeeding
Distribution Date for such securities.
“Distributions” means, as to a security or combination of securities, dividends, interest
payments or other distributions to the holders thereof.
“Eligible Debt” means, at any time, Eligible Subordinated Debt or, if no Eligible Subordinated
Debt is then outstanding, Eligible Senior Debt.
“Eligible Senior Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of outstanding
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of such issuer that (i) upon a bankruptcy, liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks most senior among the issuer’s then outstanding
classes of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed, (ii) is then assigned a rating by at least
one NRSRO (provided that this clause shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such
date the issuer has outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies the
requirements of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO),
(iii) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (iv) was
issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or
investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or
distribution agents. For purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number,
each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is
held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the
securities of such intermediate entity have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series
of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series
of such indebtedness.
“Eligible Subordinated Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the
issuer’s then outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that (i) upon a bankruptcy,
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks subordinate to the issuer’s then
outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that ranks most senior, but ranks
senior to the LoTS and other indebtedness for borrowed money ranking pari passu with the LoTS, (ii)
is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (ii) shall apply
on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding long-term indebtedness for
money borrowed that satisfies the requirements in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned
a rating by at least one NRSRO), (iii) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less
than $100,000,000, and (iv) was issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment
banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution
agents. For purposes of this as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or
other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such
intermediate entity have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such
indebtedness.
“Enterprise Parent” means Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
and its successors and assigns.
“Explicit Replacement Covenant” means, as to any security or combination of securities, that
the issuer thereof has made a covenant substantially similar to the Replacement Capital Covenant to
the effect that such issuer will redeem or repurchase such securities only if and to the extent
that the total redemption or repurchase price is equal to or less than the applicable percentage
provided herein of net proceeds received from the issuance and sale of Replacement Capital
Securities, substantially as defined herein but as applied to such securities instead of to the
LoTSSM, raised within 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase date,
and that the governing board or body of such issuer has determined that such covenant is binding on
such issuer for the benefit of one or more series of such issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed to the same extent as this Replacement Capital Covenant is binding on the Partnership for
the benefit of the Covered Debtholders of the Initial Covered Debt.
“Eighth Supplemental Indenture” means the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 18,
2006, to the Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2004 between the Partnership, as issuer, Enterprise
Parent as Parent Guarantor and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
“General Partner” means Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns.
“Holder” means, as to the Covered Debt then in effect, each holder of such Covered Debt as
reflected on the securities register maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership with respect to
such Covered Debt.
“Initial Covered Debt” means the Partnership’s 6.875% Series B Senior Notes due March 1, 2033
(CUSIP No. 000000XX0).
“Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure” means, as to any security or combination of securities,
that the issuer thereof has publicly stated its intention, either in the prospectus or other
offering document under which such securities were initially offered for sale or in filings with
the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act prior to or contemporaneously with the issuance of
such securities, that such issuer will redeem or repurchase such securities only if and to the
extent that the total redemption or repurchase price is equal to or less than the applicable
percentage provided herein of net proceeds received from the issuance and sale of Replacement
Capital Securities, substantially as defined herein but as applied to such securities instead of to
the LoTSSM, raised within 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase
date.
“LoTSSM” has the meaning specified in Recital A.
“Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or
sets of circumstances with respect to an issuer:
(A) a requirement that such issuer would need to obtain the consent or approval
of its unitholders or a regulatory body (including, without limitation, any
securities exchange) or governmental authority to issue equity securities and it
fails to obtain that consent or approval notwithstanding its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain that consent or approval;
(B) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or any other national
securities, futures or options exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or
trading in any of Enterprise Parent’s securities (or any options or futures
contracts related to such securities) on any exchange or in the over-the-counter
market, shall have been suspended or the settlement of such trading generally shall
have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any
such exchange or such market by the SEC, by such exchange or by any other regulatory
body or governmental authority having jurisdiction;
(C) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state
authorities of the United States such that market trading has been disrupted or
ceased;
(D) a material disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or
securities settlement or clearance services in the United States such that market
trading has been disrupted or ceased;
(E) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall
have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, there shall
have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or
there shall have occurred any other national or international calamity or crisis
such that market trading has been disrupted or ceased;
(F) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general
domestic or international economic, political or financial conditions, including
without limitation as a result of terrorist activities, or the effect of
international conditions on the financial markets in the United States that, in the
Partnership’s, or Enterprise Parent’s reasonable judgment, as the case may be, it is
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer and sale of the applicable
securities;
(G) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the offering
document for the offer and sale of the applicable securities would, in the judgment
of such issuer, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and either (a) the disclosure of that event at such time, in
such issuer’s judgment, would have a material adverse effect on its business or (b)
the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed proposed or pending material
business transaction, and such issuer has a bona fide business reason for keeping
the same confidential or the disclosure of such transaction would impede the
consummation of such transaction, provided that no single suspension period
contemplated by this clause shall constitute a Market Disruption Event with respect
to more than one interest payment date; or
(H) the applicable issuer believes that the offering document for such offer
and sale of its securities would not be in compliance with a rule or regulation of
the SEC (for the reasons other than those referred to in the immediately preceding
bullet point above) and such issuer is unable to comply with such rule or regulation
or such compliance is impracticable, provided that no single suspension contemplated
by this clause shall constitute a Market Disruption Event with respect to more than
one interest payment date.
“Non-Affiliate” shall mean any Person other than Enterprise Parent, the Partnership and their
respective Subsidiaries.
“Non-Cumulative” means as to any security, that the terms of such security provide for
Distributions that may be skipped by the issuer thereof for any number of Distribution Periods
without any remedy arising under the terms of such securities or related transaction agreements in
favor of the holders of such securities as a result of such issuer’s failure to pay such
Distributions, other than Permitted Remedies.
“NRSRO” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of
Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Securities Exchange Act or any successor rule.
“Optional Deferral Provision” means, as to any security or combination of securities, a
provision in the terms thereof or of the related transaction agreements, substantially similar to
Section 4.1 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, to the effect that the issuer thereof may, in its
sole discretion, defer in whole or in part payment of Distributions on such securities for one
or more consecutive Distribution Periods of up to ten years without any remedy other than Permitted
Remedies as a result of such issuer’s failure to pay Distributions.
“Parent Partnership Agreement” means that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Enterprise Parent effective as of August 8, 2005 as the same may be amended
from time to time.
“Partnership” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this Replacement Capital
Covenant.
“Permitted Remedies” means, as to any security or combination of securities, any one or more
of (i) provisions permitting the holders of such securities to elect one or more directors of the
governing board or body of the issuer thereof (including any such rights required by the listing
requirements of any stock or securities exchange on which such securities may be listed or traded),
(ii) provisions prohibiting the issuer thereof from paying Distributions on or repurchasing Common
Units or other securities that rank junior as to Distributions to such securities for so long as
Distributions on such securities, including deferred distributions, have not been paid in full or
to such lesser extent as may be specified in the terms of such securities, and (iii) provisions of
law or the issuer’s partnership agreement affording remedies to the holders of such securities
substantially similar to the remedies afforded to a holder of the Common Units in respect of
skipped Distributions.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Preferred Units” means (i) limited partnership interests of Enterprise Parent that rank
senior to the Common Units of Enterprise Parent and (ii) limited partnership interests of the
Partnership possessing substantially similar characteristics.
“Redesignation Date” means, as to the then effective Covered Debt, the earliest of (i) the
date that is two years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (ii) if the
Partnership elects to redeem, or Enterprise Parent, the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the
Partnership elects to repurchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part with the consequence
that after giving effect to such redemption or repurchase the outstanding principal amount of such
Covered Debt is less than $100,000,000, the applicable redemption or repurchase date and (iii) if
the then outstanding Covered Debt is not Eligible Subordinated Debt, the date on which the
Partnership issues long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Subordinated Debt.
“Replacement Capital Covenant” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this
instrument.
“Replacement Capital Securities” shall mean securities that meet one or more of the following
criteria in the determination of the Board of Directors of the General Partner, which determination
shall be final and binding on the Partnership, Enterprise Parent and all Covered Debtholders:
(a) with respect to LoTSSM that are redeemed or repurchased after the date hereof
and prior to August 1, 2016:
(i) | Common Units and Subordinated Units; | ||
(ii) | Debt Exchangeable for Equity; | ||
(iii) | Non-Cumulative Preferred Units having either: |
(A) (1) no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (2)
Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure; or
(B) (1) maturity of at least 40 years and (2) an Explicit Replacement
Covenant;
(iv) | Preferred Units having cumulative Distributions and either: |
(A) (1) no prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at
the election of the holders or otherwise, and (2) a requirement that they convert
into Common Units or Subordinated Units of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as
applicable, within three years from the date of issuance; or
(B) (1) no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (2) an Explicit
Replacement Covenant; or
(v) | other securities that: |
(A) upon issuance, rank upon on a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as applicable, either (1) pari passu with or
junior to the LoTSSM or the guarantee thereof by Enterprise Parent, as
the case may be, or (2) pari passu with the claims of the issuer’s trade creditors
and junior to all of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed (other
than the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed from time to time
outstanding that by its terms ranks pari passu with such securities on a
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer); and
(B) include an Optional Deferral Provision; and
(C) have a maturity of at least 60 years and an Explicit Replacement Covenant.
(b) with respect to LoTSSM that are redeemed on or after August 1, 2016 and on or
prior to August 1, 2036,
(i) securities described in paragraph (a) of this definition;
(ii) Units, having a maturity, if any, of at least 60 years, and cumulative
Distributions and Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure; or
(iii) other securities that
(A) upon issuance, rank upon on a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as applicable either (1) pari passu with or junior
to the LoTSSM or (2) pari passu with the claims of the issuer’s trade
creditors and junior to all of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed (other than the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed from
time to time outstanding that by its terms ranks pari passu with such securities on
a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer); and
(B) include a distribution deferral provision, in the terms thereof or in the
related transaction agreements, substantially similar to Section 4.1 of the Eighth
Supplemental Indenture; and
(C) have a maturity greater than 30 years.
“Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Subordinated Units” means (i) limited partnership interests of Enterprise Parent that rank
pari passu with or junior to the Common Units of Enterprise Parent provided that such interests are
perpetual, with no prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election
of holders or otherwise and are Non-Cumulative and (ii) limited partnership interests of the
Partnership possessing substantially similar characteristics.
“Subsidiary” means, at any time and as to any Person, any other Person the shares of stock or
other ownership interests of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other managers of such other Person are at the time owned, or the management or
policies of which are otherwise at the time controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries (including other Subsidiaries) or both, by such first Person.
“Units” means limited partnership interests, whether common, preferred or subordinated, of the
Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as applicable.