Common Units REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Copy
10,000,000
Common Units
July 26, 2007
July 26, 2007
UBS Securities LLC
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
As Managing Underwriters
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
As Managing Underwriters
c/o UBS Securities LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Regency Energy Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”),
proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule A annexed hereto (the
“Underwriters”), for whom UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”), Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated are acting as representatives (collectively, the
“Representatives”), an aggregate of 10,000,000 common units (the “Firm Units”)
representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Common Units”). In
addition, the Partnership proposes to grant to the Underwriters the option to purchase from the
Partnership up to an additional 1,500,000 Common Units (the “Additional Units”). The Firm
Units and the Additional Units are hereinafter collectively sometimes referred to as the
“Units.” The Units are described in the Prospectus, which is defined below.
Regency GP LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “General Partner”), serves as the
general partner of the Partnership and Regency GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“GP LLC”), serves as the general partner of the General Partner. At the time of purchase,
the Partnership will be the sole owner of Regency Gas Services LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(the “Operating Partnership”), and the sole member of Regency OLP GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “Operating Partnership GP”), which serves as the general
partner of Regency Gas Services LP. Regency GP Acquirer LP (the “GP Acquirer”), a Delaware
limited partnership and a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE Energy Financial Services, Inc. (“GE
EFS”), an indirect subsidiary of GE Electric Company (collectively with their affiliates, the
“GE Investors”), is the sole owner of all of the membership interests in GP LLC. Each of
Regency Waha LP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency Intrastate Gas LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, Regency Midcon Gas LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency
Liquids Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency Gas Gathering and Processing
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Gulf States Transmission Corporation, a Louisiana
corporation, Regency Waha GP, LLC, a Delaware
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limited liability company, Regency NGL GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency Gas
Marketing GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency NGL Marketing LP, a Delaware
limited partnership, Regency Gas Marketing LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Regency Gas Services
Waha, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Regency TS GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Regency FS GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency GU GP LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, Regency Guarantor GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency
Operating GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency TS Acquisition GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, Regency FN GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Regency TGG
LLC, a Texas limited liability company, Regency TS Acquisition LP, a Delaware limited partnership,
Regency Eastex Protreat I LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Regency Eastex Protreat II LP, a
Delaware limited partnership, Regency Field Services LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Regency
Frio Newline LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Regency Gas Utility LP, a Delaware limited
partnership, Regency Guarantor LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Regency Operating LP, a Delaware
limited partnership, Regency Eastex Newline LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Regency FS LP, a
Delaware limited partnership, Regency Gas Company Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, Regency
Pipeline Company Inc., a Texas corporation, Xxxxxxx Joint Venture, a Texas joint venture, Pueblo
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Regency Oil Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, Pueblo Midstream Gas Corporation, a Texas corporation, and Pueblo Energy Marketing Inc., a
Texas corporation is sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Subsidiary” and
collectively as the “Subsidiaries.”
The Partnership, the General Partner, GP LLC, the Operating Partnership and the
Operating Partnership GP are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “Regency
Parties.” The Partnership, the General Partner, GP LLC, the Operating Partnership, the
Operating Partnership GP and the Subsidiaries are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the
“Partnership Entities.”
The Partnership has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
“Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-141809) under the Act (the “registration
statement”), including a prospectus, which registration statement incorporates by reference
documents which the Partnership has filed, or will file, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(collectively, the “Exchange Act”). Amendments to such registration statement, if
necessary or appropriate, have been similarly prepared and filed with the Commission in accordance
with the Act. Such registration statement, as so amended, has become effective under the Act.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Registration Statement,” as used herein,
means the registration statement, as amended at the time of such registration statement’s
effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Act, as such section applies to the respective
Underwriters (the “Effective Time”), including (i) all documents filed as a part thereof or
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (ii) any information contained or
incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act, to the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C
under the Act, to be part of the registration statement at the Effective Time, and (iii) any
registration statement filed to register the offer and sale of Units pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Act.
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The Partnership has furnished to the Underwriters, for use by the Underwriters and by dealers
in connection with the offering of the Units, copies of one or more preliminary prospectus
supplements, and the documents incorporated by reference therein, relating to the Units. Except
where the context otherwise requires, “Pre-Pricing Prospectus,” as used herein, means each
such preliminary prospectus supplement, in the form so furnished, including any basic prospectus
(whether or not in preliminary form) furnished to the Underwriters by the Partnership and attached
to or used with such preliminary prospectus supplement. Except where the context otherwise
requires, “Basic Prospectus,” as used herein, means any such basic prospectus and any basic
prospectus furnished to the Underwriters by the Partnership and attached to or used with the
Prospectus Supplement (as defined below).
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus Supplement,” as used herein,
means the final prospectus supplement, relating to the Units, filed by the Partnership with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the
date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form furnished by the
Partnership to you for use by the Underwriters and by dealers in connection with the offering of
the Units.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus,” as used herein, means the
Prospectus Supplement together with the Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus
Supplement.
“Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses,” as used herein, means the documents listed on
Schedule B attached hereto and each “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act), if
any, related to the offering of the Units contemplated hereby that is a “written communication” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act). The Underwriters have not offered or sold and will not offer
or sell, without the Partnership’s consent, any Units by means of any “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that is required to be filed by the Underwriters with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act, other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
“Disclosure Package,” as used herein, means the Pre-Pricing Prospectus or Basic
Prospectus, in either case together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, excluding each “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act).
Any reference herein to the registration statement, the Registration Statement, any Basic
Prospectus, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated
by reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference, therein (the “Incorporated
Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as
exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Basic
Prospectus,
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the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange
Act on or after the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of such Basic
Prospectus, such Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or such
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference.
As used in this Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day on which the New York Stock
Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open for trading. The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,”
“hereinafter” and similar terms, as used in this Agreement, shall in each case refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph, sentence or other subdivision of
this Agreement. The term “or,” as used herein, is not exclusive.
This underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”) is to confirm the agreement concerning
the purchase of the Units from the Partnership by the Underwriters.
1. Sale and Purchase. Upon the basis of the representations and warranties and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Partnership agrees to issue and sell to
the respective Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase from the Partnership the number of Firm Units set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule A attached hereto, subject to adjustment in accordance with
Section 8 hereof, in each case at a purchase price of $30.768 per Unit. The Partnership is
advised by you that the Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their respective
portions of the Firm Units as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as in
your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Firm Units upon the terms set forth in
the Prospectus. You may from time to time increase or decrease the public offering price after the
initial public offering to such extent as you may determine.
In addition, the Partnership hereby grants to the several Underwriters the option to purchase,
and upon the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly,
from the Partnership, ratably in accordance with the number of Firm Units to be purchased by each
of them, all or a portion of the Additional Units as may be necessary to cover over-allotments made
in connection with the offering of the Firm Units, at the same purchase price per Unit to be paid
by the Underwriters to the Partnership for the Firm Units. This option may be exercised by the
Representatives on behalf of the several Underwriters at any time and from time to time on or
before the 30th day following the date of the Prospectus Supplement, by written notice
to the Partnership. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Units as to
which the option is being exercised, and the date and time when the Additional Units are to be
delivered (such date and time being herein referred to as the “additional time of
purchase”); provided, however, that the additional time of purchase shall not
be earlier than the time of purchase (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day
after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the tenth business day
after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. The number of Additional Units to be
sold to each Underwriter shall be the number that bears the same proportion to the aggregate number
of Additional Units being purchased as the number of Firm Units set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter on Schedule A hereto bears to the total number of Firm Units, subject
to adjustment in accordance with Section 8 hereof.
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2. Payment and Delivery. Payment of the purchase price for the Firm Units shall be
made to the Partnership by Federal Funds wire transfer, against electronic delivery of the
certificates for the Firm Units in book entry form to you through the facilities of The Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”) for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and
delivery shall be made at 9:00 A.M., Houston, Texas time, on July 31, 2007 (unless another time
shall be agreed to by you and the Partnership or unless postponed in accordance with the provisions
of Section 8 hereof). The time at which such payment and delivery are to be made is
hereinafter sometimes called “the time of purchase.” Electronic transfer of the Firm Units
shall be made to you at the time of purchase in such names and in such denominations as you shall
specify.
Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Units shall be made at the additional time of
purchase in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for the Firm Units. If the
additional time of purchase occurs after August 7, 2007, the purchase price for each Additional
Unit shall be reduced by the amount of the quarterly distribution per Common Unit paid by the
Partnership to holders of record as of August 7, 2007 for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.
Electronic transfer of the Additional Units shall be made to you at the additional time of purchase
in such names and in such denominations as you shall specify.
Deliveries of the documents described in Section 6 hereof with respect to the purchase
of the Units shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., First City Tower, 0000 Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, at 9:00 A.M., Houston, Texas time, on the date of the closing of
the purchase of the Firm Units or the Additional Units, as the case may be.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Regency Parties. Each of the Regency Parties
party hereto, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has heretofore
become effective under the Act or, with respect to any registration statement to be filed to
register the offer and sale of Units pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be filed
with the Commission and become effective under the Act no later than 10:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price for the Units; no stop
order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of any Basic Prospectus, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, and
no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, are
threatened by the Commission; the Exchange Act Registration Statement has become effective
as provided in Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
(b) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement complied when it became
effective, complies as of the date hereof and, as amended or supplemented, at the time of
purchase, each additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times during which a
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prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through
compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of
Units, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act; the
conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the Units as
contemplated hereby have been satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the offering
and sale of the Units as contemplated hereby complies with, the requirements under Rule 415
under the Act; the Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Time, 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; each Pre-Pricing
Prospectus complied, at the time it was filed with the Commission, and complies as of the
date hereof, in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; at no time during
the period that begins on the earlier of the date of such Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the
date such Pre-Pricing Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at the time of
purchase did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, taken together with the price to public and
number of units, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and at no time
during such period did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
taken together with the price to public and number of units and with any combination of one
or more of the then issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; the Prospectus will comply, as of its date, the date that it is filed with the
Commission, the time of purchase, each additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times
during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or
through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of Units, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act (including,
without limitation, Section 10(a) of the Act); at no time during the period that begins on
the earlier of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and the date the Prospectus Supplement
is filed with the Commission and ends at the later of the time of purchase, the latest
additional time of purchase, if any, and the end of the period during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172
under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units did or will the
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; at no time during the
period that begins on the date of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the time
of purchase did or will any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or
conflict with information contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus that has not been superseded or modified; provided,
however, that the Partnership makes no representation or warranty with respect to any
statement contained in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
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with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of an Underwriter through you to
the Partnership expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each Incorporated
Document, at the time such document was filed with the Commission or at the time such
document became effective, as applicable, complied, in all material respects, with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and did not include an untrue statement of material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) No Other Prospectus. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Partnership has
not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold any Units by means of any “prospectus” (within
the meaning of the Act) or used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in
connection with the offer or sale of the Units, in each case other than the Pre-Pricing
Prospectuses and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any; the Partnership has not,
directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
except in compliance with Rules 164 and 433 under the Act and will not, directly or
indirectly, prepare, use, refer to or distribute any “free writing prospectus” (as defined
in Rule 405 under the Act), other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, without the
consent of the Representatives; the Partnership has not, directly or indirectly, prepared,
used or referred to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus except in compliance with Rule 433
under the Act; assuming that such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus is accompanied or
preceded by the most recent Pre-Pricing Prospectus that contains a price range or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, and that such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus is so sent
or given after the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (and after such
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act,
filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by any Underwriter, of any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule 164 or Rule 433 (without reliance on
subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164); the Pre-Pricing Prospectus dated July 26, 2007,
is a prospectus that, other than by reason of Rule 433 or Rule 431 under the Act, satisfies
the requirements of Section 10 of the Act, including a price range where required by rule;
neither the Partnership nor the Underwriters are disqualified, by reason of subsection (f)
or (g) of Rule 164 under the Act, from using, in connection with the offer and sale of the
Units, “free writing prospectuses” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) pursuant to Rules
164 and 433 under the Act; the Partnership is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule
405 under the Act) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and
433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Units contemplated by the Registration
Statement; the parties hereto agree and understand that the content of any and all “road
shows” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) related to the offering of the Units
contemplated hereby is solely the property of the Partnership.
(d) Formation of the Regency Parties. Each of the Regency Parties has been duly formed
and is validly existing as a limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation,
as the case may be, is in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of
formation or incorporation, with full limited partnership, limited liability company or
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus.
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(e) Qualification of the Regency Parties. Each of the Regency Parties is duly
registered or qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited
partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as the case may be, in each
jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so registered or qualified and
in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, (i) have a material adverse
effect on the business, properties, financial condition, results of operations or prospects
of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or (ii)
subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
(f) Ownership of the General Partner Interest in the Partnership. The General Partner
is the sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2.0% general partner interest in the
Partnership; such general partner interest is duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the limited partnership agreement of the Partnership (as the same may be
amended and restated at or prior to the time of purchase, if applicable, the
“Partnership Agreement”); and the General Partner owns such general partner interest
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security, interests, equities, charges or claims
except for restrictions on transferability contained in Section 4.8 of the Partnership
Agreement and as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(g) Ownership of the Sponsor Units. Immediately prior to the purchase by the
Underwriters of any Units pursuant to this Agreement, there will be 28,927,212 Common Units
and 19,103,896 Subordinated Units outstanding. To the knowledge of the Regency Parties, the
GE Investors own no Common Units. The Subordinated Units consist of 17,763,809 Subordinated
Units owned by Regency LP Acquirer LP (the “LP Acquirer”), a Delaware limited
partnership and wholly-owned subsidiary of GE EFS, 1,116,509 Subordinated Units owned by
members of GP LLC’s management and 223,578 Subordinated Units held by two other individuals
(together, the “Sponsor Units”). All of the Sponsor Units and the limited partner
interests represented thereby are duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
Partnership Agreement, and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership
Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections
17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware
LP Act”) and as otherwise described in the Prospectus under the captions “Material
Provisions of the Partnership Agreement of Regency Energy Partners LP — Limited Liability”
and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Structure”), and the Incentive Distribution Rights
owned by the General Partner are owned free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (except
with respect to the restrictions on transferability contained in Section 4.8 of the
Partnership Agreement and as otherwise described in the Prospectus), security interests,
equities, charges or claims.
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(h) Valid Issuance of the Units. At the time of purchase, or any additional time of
purchase, the Units to be sold by the Partnership, and the limited partner interests
represented thereby, will be duly authorized in accordance with the Partnership
Agreement and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor in
accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required
under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be
affected by Sections 17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act and as otherwise described in
the Prospectus under the captions “Material Provisions of the Partnership Agreement of
Regency Energy Partners LP — Limited Liability” and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our
Structure.”
(i) Ownership of the Operating Partnership, Operating Partnership GP and the
Subsidiaries. At the time of purchase, the Partnership will own 100% of the outstanding
partnership interests, limited liability company interests or capital stock, as the case may
be, in the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership GP and each of the Subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Operating Subsidiaries”) free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges and other claims, except for liens
created pursuant to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December
1, 2004, amended and restated as of August 15, 2006, and further amended on June 15, 2007
and June 29, 2007, by and among the Operating Partnership, as Borrower, the Partnership and
the other guarantors named therein and the lenders party thereto (the “Credit
Agreement”). At the time of purchase, such ownership interests will be duly authorized
and validly issued in accordance with the organizational documents of the respective
Operating Subsidiaries, and will be fully paid (to the extent required under their
respective organizational documents) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may
be affected by Section 18-607 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the
“Delaware LLC Act”), in the case of a Delaware limited liability company, or
Sections 17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act in the case of a Delaware limited
partnership). At the time of purchase, in the case of an Operating Subsidiary that is a
limited partnership, the general partner interests therein will be duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the limited partnership agreements of the respective
Operating Subsidiaries.
(j) Ownership of the General Partner. At the time of purchase, GP LLC will own 100% of
the outstanding general partner interests in the General Partner and the LP Acquirer will
own 100% of the outstanding limited partner interests in the General Partner; all of such
interests will be duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the partnership
agreement of the General Partner (as the same may be amended and restated at or prior to the
time of purchase, the “General Partner LP Agreement”) and will be fully paid (to the
extent required under the General Partner LP Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act); and
GP LLC and the LP Acquirer will own such partnership interests free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims, other than as created
pursuant to the Credit Agreement in the case of GP LLC.
(k) Ownership of GP LLC. At the time of purchase, GP Acquirer will own 100% of the
outstanding limited liability company interests in GP LLC; all of such interests will be
duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited
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liability company agreement of GP LLC (as the same may be amended and restated at or
prior to the time of purchase, the “GP LLC Agreement”) and will be fully paid (to
the extent required under the GP LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by Section 18-607 of the Delaware LLC Act); and the GP
Acquirer will own such limited liability company interests free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims.
(l) No Other Subsidiaries. Other than its direct or indirect ownership interests in
the Operating Subsidiaries, the Partnership does not own, and at the time of purchase will
not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity.
(m) Authority and Authorization. The Partnership has all requisite power and authority
under the Partnership Agreement and the Delaware LP Act to issue, sell and deliver the
Units, in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
Partnership Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus. At the time of purchase, all partnership, limited liability company and
corporate action, as the case may be, required to be taken by the Regency Parties or any of
their partners, members or stockholders for the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery
of the Units, the Sponsor Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights, the execution and
delivery of the Operating Agreements (as defined below) and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been validly taken.
(n) Conformity of Securities to Description. The Units, when issued and delivered in
accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement and against payment therefor as
provided herein, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof, if any,
contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
(o) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly
executed and delivered by each of the Regency Parties party hereto.
(p) Enforceability of Other Agreements. At or before the time of purchase, and
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each party thereto (other than the
Regency Parties):
(i) the Partnership Agreement will have been duly authorized. executed and
delivered by the parties thereto and will be a valid and legally binding agreement
of the parties thereto and enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance
with its terms;
(ii) the General Partner LP Agreement will have been duly authorized executed
and delivered by the parties thereto and will be a valid and legally binding
agreement of the parties thereto and enforceable against the parties thereto in
accordance with its terms;
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(iii) the GP LLC Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the parties thereto and will be a valid and legally binding agreement
of the parties thereto and enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance
with its terms;
(iv) the limited partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or
articles of incorporation, as applicable, of each of the Operating Subsidiaries
(together with the Partnership Agreement, the GP LP Agreement and the GP LLC
Agreement, the “Regency Parties Operative Agreements”) will have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and will be valid and
legally binding agreements of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties
in accordance with their respective terms; and
(v) the Credit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantors named therein and will be a valid
and legally binding agreement of the Partnership and the Guarantors named therein,
enforceable against the each of them in accordance with its terms;
provided that, with respect to each agreement described in this Section
3(p), the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and (B) public policy,
applicable laws relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing.
(q) No Default or Conflicts. No Partnership Entity is (A) in violation of its
respective formation, governing or other organizational documents, or (B) in breach or in
violation of or in default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of
time or both would result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under or give
the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to
require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness under)
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of
indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or affected, except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and,
in the case of clause B above, for any such breach, violation, default or
acceleration that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Regency Parties party hereto, the issuance and sale of
the Units and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (I) conflict
with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under (nor constitute any
event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of or
constitute a default under) the organizational documents of any of the Partnership Entities,
or any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or
order applicable to the any of the Partnership Entities, except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus or (II) conflict with, result in any breach or
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violation of or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice,
lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default
under) or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other
evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument
to which any Partnership Entity is a party or by which any of them or any of their
respective properties may be bound or affected, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, and for any such breach, violation
or default that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Consents. Except for any approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or filings
that, if not obtained or made, would not have a Material Adverse Effect, no approval,
authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency is required in
connection with the (i) execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Regency
Parties party hereto or (ii) issuance and sale of the Units or the consummation by the
Regency Parties party hereto of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than
registration of the Units under the Act, which has been or will be effected, and any
necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions
in which the Units are being offered by the Underwriters or under the rules and regulations
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”).
(s) No Preemptive Rights, Registration Rights or Options. Except as described in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no options,
warrants, preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase, nor any
restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any ownership interests in any Partnership
Entity. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus, neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of
the Units as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the
registration of any Units or other securities of any of the Partnership Entities, other than
as provided in the Partnership Agreement or the right of any person to act as an underwriter
or as a financial advisor to any of the Regency Parties in connection with the offer and
sale of the Units.
(t) Permits. Each of the Partnership Entities has, or at the time of purchase will
have, all licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals of governmental or regulatory
authorities (“permits”) as are necessary to own or lease its properties and to
conduct its business in the manner described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus and except for such permits that, if not obtained, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; none of the Partnership Entities is in violation of, or in default
under, or has received notice of any proceedings relating to revocation or modification of,
any such permit, except where such violation, default, revocation or modification would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(u) Disclosure of Certain Items. All legal or governmental proceedings, affiliate
transactions, off-balance sheet transactions, contracts, licenses, agreements, leases or
documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement have been so described or filed as required.
(v) Litigation. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or
proceedings pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened, to
which any of the Partnership Entities or of which any of their respective properties is or
would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, except any such
action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding that would not result in a judgment, decree
or order having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or preventing
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(w) Independent Public Accountants. (i) Deloitte & Touche LLP, whose reports on the
consolidated financial statements of the Partnership and the General Partner are included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, containing an audit report,
are independent registered public accountants as required by the Act and by the rules of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”); and (ii) KPMG LLP are
independent registered public accountants as required by the Act and by the rules of the
PCAOB.
(x) Financial Statements. The financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, together with the related notes and schedules,
present fairly the consolidated financial position of the entities purported to be shown
thereby as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and
changes in partners’ equity of such entities for the periods specified and have been
prepared in all material respects in compliance with the requirements of the Act and
Exchange Act and in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis during the periods involved, except to the extent disclosed therein; all
pro forma financial statements or data included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Act (including, without limitation, Regulation S-X under the Act) and the Exchange Act
(including, without limitation, Regulation G under the Act), Item 10 under Regulation S-K
and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46, and the assumptions used in
the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are, in the judgment of the
management of GP LLC, reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to
give effect to the transactions or circumstances described therein and the pro forma
adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those
statements and data; the other financial and statistical data contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the
Permitted Free
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Writing Prospectuses, if any, are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a
basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Partnership
Entities; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to
be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required.
(y) No Material Adverse Change. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any,
subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, in each case excluding amendments or supplements to the foregoing made
after the execution of this Agreement, there has not been (i) any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in the business, properties, management, financial
condition or results of operations of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole, (ii) any
transaction that is material to the Partnership Entities taken as a whole, (iii) any
obligation, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by
any Partnership Entities, that is material to the Partnership Entities taken as a whole,
(iv) any material change in the capitalization, or material increase in the long-term debt,
of the Partnership Entities or (v) any material adverse change in or affecting the general
affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, assets or results of
operations of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole. None of the Partnership Entities
has sustained since the date of the last audited financial statements included in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus any material loss or
interference with its respective business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
action, order or decree except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
(z) Lock-Up Agreement. The Partnership has obtained, or will obtain prior to the time
of purchase, for the benefit of the Underwriters the agreement (a “Lock-Up
Agreement”), in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, of each of GP LLC’s
directors and officers, and each holder of the Sponsor Units, except for two individuals
holding 223,578 Subordinated Units.
(aa) Investment Company/Public Utility Holding Company. None of the Partnership
Entities is now and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Units, will not be
an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company
Act”).
(bb) Title to Properties. At the time of purchase, each Operating Subsidiary will have
good and marketable title to all real property (excluding easements or rights-of-way)
described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, as being owned by each of them, free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims, except (i) as
described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the Registration
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Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, (ii) that arise under or are expressly permitted by the Credit
Agreement, (iii) liens or security interests securing indebtedness expressly assumed by the
Operating Subsidiaries in connection with the initial public offering of the Partnership or
(iv) as do not materially interfere with the use of such properties taken as a whole as they
have been used in the past and are proposed to be used in the future as described in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any. All the real property described in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, as being held under lease by any Regency Party is held thereby under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases and with such exceptions as do not materially
interfere with the use of such properties in the manner in which such properties are used in
the business of the Partnership as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any.
(cc) Rights of Way. At the time of purchase, each of the Partnership Entities will
have such consents, easements, rights-of-way, permits or licenses from each person
(collectively, “rights-of-way”) as are necessary to conduct its business in the
manner described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the Registration Statement,
the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if
any, except for (i) qualifications, reservations and encumbrances as may be set forth in the
Prospectus that would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) such rights-of-way that,
if not obtained, would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect; other than as set forth, and subject to the limitations contained, in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, each of the Partnership Entities has, or at the time of
purchase following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will have, fulfilled
and performed, in all material respects, its obligations with respect to such rights-of-way
and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow,
revocation or termination thereof or would result in any impairment of the rights of the
holder of any such rights-of-way, except for such revocations, terminations and impairments
that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, none of such rights-of-way contains any restriction that is materially
burdensome to the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole.
(dd) Intellectual Property. The Partnership Entities own, or have obtained valid and
enforceable licenses for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications,
patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), tradenames, service names,
copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information described in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, as being owned or licensed by them or which are necessary for the
conduct of their respective businesses, except where the failure to own, license or have
such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect
(collectively, “Intellectual Property”).
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(ee) Labor Matters. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Partnership Entities taken as a whole, (i)
there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge,
threatened against any of the Partnership Entities, and no grievance or arbitration
proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the
Partnership’s knowledge, threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage
pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened against any of the Partnership
Entities, (C) no union representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of
any of the Partnership Entities, (D) no, nor as there been in the past, any violation of any
federal, state, local or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or
pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or any provision of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of any of the Partnership Entities and (E)
to the Partnership’s knowledge, no union organizing activities are currently taking place
concerning the employees of the any of the Partnership Entities.
(ff) Environmental Compliance. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, each of the Partnership Entities and their
respective properties, assets and operations are in compliance with, and hold all permits,
authorizations and approvals required under, Environmental Laws (as defined below), except
to the extent that failure to so comply or to hold such permits, authorizations or approvals
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus,
there are no past, present or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, reasonably anticipated future
events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions, omissions or plans that
could reasonably be expected to give rise to any costs or liabilities to any Partnership
Entity, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, no Partnership Entity (i) is the subject of any investigation, (ii) has
received any notice or claim, (iii) is a party to or affected by any pending or, to the
knowledge of any Partnership Entity, threatened action, suit or proceeding, (iv) is bound by
any judgment, decree or order or (v) has entered into any agreement, in each case relating
to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law or any actual or alleged release or
threatened release or cleanup at any location of any Hazardous Materials. As used herein,
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state or local laws or regulations relating
to the protection of human health and safety and the environment, including those imposing
liability or standards of conduct concerning any Hazardous Materials, and “Hazardous
Materials” means (A) any “hazardous substance” as defined in the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (B) any
“hazardous waste” as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, (C)
any petroleum or petroleum product, (D) any polychlorinated biphenyl and (E) any pollutant
or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, material, waste or substance
regulated under or within the meaning of any other Environmental Law.
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(gg) Environmental Compliance Review. In the ordinary course of its business, the
Partnership Entities conduct a periodic review of the effect of the Environmental Laws on
their business, operations and properties, in the course of which they identify and evaluate
associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating
expenditures required for cleanup, closure of properties or compliance with the
Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating
activities and any potential liabilities to third parties).
(hh) Tax Returns. All material tax returns required to be filed by the Partnership
Entities have been filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether
imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities have been paid,
other than those (i) that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves
have been provided or (ii) that, if not paid, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Insurance. The Partnership Entities maintain insurance covering their properties,
operations, personnel and businesses as the Partnership deems reasonably adequate; such
insurance insures against such losses and risks to an extent which is reasonably adequate in
accordance with customary industry practice to protect the Partnership Entities and their
businesses. All such insurance is fully in force on the date hereof and will be fully in
force at the time of purchase and any additional time of purchase.
(jj) Contracts and Agreements. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Partnership Entities have not sent or
received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the
contracts or agreements referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the
Registration Statement or any Incorporated Documents, and no such termination or non-renewal
has been threatened by the Partnership Entities or, to the knowledge of any Partnership
Entity, any other party to any such contract or agreement.
(kk) Books and Records. The Partnership Entities 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 authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and to
maintain accountability for assets; (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 existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences.
(ll) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Partnership has taken all necessary actions to ensure
that the Partnership Entities and their respective officers and directors, in their
capacities as such, are in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the NASDAQ promulgated thereunder, including,
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but not limited to, establishing and maintaining and evaluating “disclosure controls
and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act)
and “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and
15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Partnership is made known to the President
and Chief Executive Officer of GP LLC and its Chief Financial Officer by others within the
Partnership, the General Partner and GP LLC, and such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to perform the functions for which they were established.
(mm) Loans to Directors and Officers. None of the Partnership, the General Partner or
GP LLC has, directly, or indirectly through any subsidiary, extended credit, arranged to
extend credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for
any director or executive officer of GP LLC, or to or for any family member or affiliate of
any director or executive officer of GP LLC.
(nn) Statistical Data. Any statistical and market-related data included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, are based on or derived from
sources that the Partnership believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Partnership has
obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent
required.
(oo) Payment or Receipt of Funds. None of the Partnership Entities nor, to the
knowledge of any Partnership Entity, any director, officer, employee or agent of any
Partnership Entity has made any payment of funds of any Partnership Entity or received or
retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which payment, receipt or
retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(pp) Stabilization or Manipulation. No Regency Party has taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed, or which has constituted or might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Units.
(qq) NASD Affiliations. To the Partnership’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or
associations between any member of the NASD and any of the General Partner’s officers or
directors or the Partnership’s 5% or greater securityholders, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(rr) NASDAQ Listing. The Units have been approved for quotation on The NASDAQ National
Market (“NASDAQ”), subject only to official notice of issuance.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Regency Parties and delivered to the
Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to
be a representation and warranty by the Regency Parties, as the case may be, as to matters
covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
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4. Certain Covenants of the Regency Parties. The Regency Parties party hereto,
jointly and severally, agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Partnership will furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to
cooperate in qualifying the Units for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such states or other jurisdictions as you may designate and to maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as you may request for the distribution of the Units;
provided that the Partnership shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to consent to the service of process under the laws of any such jurisdiction
(except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the Units); and to
promptly advise you of the receipt by the Partnership of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification of the Units for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(b) The Partnership will make available to the Underwriters, as soon as practicable
after the Registration Statement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to
furnish to the Underwriters, as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented if the Partnership shall have made any amendments or supplements
thereto after the effective date of the Registration Statement) as the Underwriters may
request for the purposes contemplated by the Act; in case any Underwriter is required to
deliver (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar
rule) a prospectus after the nine-month period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act in
connection with the sale of the Units, the Partnership will prepare, at its expense,
promptly upon request such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section
10(a)(3) of the Act.
(c) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a Registration Statement under
Rule 462(b) under the Act to be filed with the Commission and become effective before the
Units may be sold, the Partnership will use its best efforts to cause such post-effective
amendment or such Registration Statement to be filed and become effective as soon as
possible and the Partnership will advise you promptly and, if requested by you, will confirm
such advice in writing, (i) when such post-effective amendment thereto or such Registration
Statement has become effective, and (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used, when the
Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (which the
Partnership agrees to file in a timely manner under such Rule).
(d) If, at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any
similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, the Registration Statement shall cease
to comply with the requirements of the Act with respect to eligibility for the use of the
form on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, the Partnership will
(i) promptly notify the Underwriters, (ii) promptly file with the
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Commission a new registration statement under the Act, relating to the Units, or a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, which new registration statement or
post-effective amendment shall comply with the requirements of the Act and shall be in a
form satisfactory to the Underwriters, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such new
registration statement or post-effective amendment to become effective under the Act as soon
as practicable, (iv) promptly notify the Underwriters of such effectiveness and (v) take all
other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Units to
continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement or post-effective
amendment, if any.
(e) The Partnership will advise you promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of any
request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or for
additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for,
or the entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such
order as soon as possible; to advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement or the Exchange Act Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and to provide you and
Underwriters’ counsel copies of any such documents for review and comment a reasonable
amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement to
which you shall object in writing (unless the Partnership is advised by counsel that it is
required by law to make such filing).
(f) Subject to Section 4(e) hereof, the Partnership will file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the
Partnership with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act subsequent to the
date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required by the
Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or
any similar rule) in connection with the offering or sale of the Units.
(g) If necessary or appropriate, the Partnership will file a registration statement
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act and pay the applicable fees in accordance with the
Act.
(h) The Partnership will advise the Underwriters promptly of the happening of any event
known to the Partnership within the time during which a prospectus relating to the Units is
required to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the
Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, which event would require the
making of any change in the Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not
include an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading, and to advise you promptly if, during such period, it shall become necessary
to amend or supplement the Prospectus to cause the Prospectus to comply with the
requirements of the Act, and, in each case, during such
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time, subject to Section 4(e) hereof, to prepare and furnish, at the
Partnership’s expense, to the Underwriters promptly such amendments or supplements to such
Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such change or to effect such compliance.
(i) The Partnership will make generally available to its unitholders, and to deliver to
you, an earnings statement of the Partnership (that will satisfy the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Act) covering a period of 12 months beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act) as soon as is reasonably
practicable after the termination of such 12-month period but not later than eighteen months
after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
(j) Unless otherwise available through the electronic data gathering, analysis and
retrieval system (“XXXXX”), the Partnership will furnish to its unitholders as soon
as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a consolidated
balance sheet and statements of income, unitholders’ equity and cash flow of the Partnership
for such fiscal year, accompanied by a copy of the certificate or report thereon of
nationally recognized independent certified public accountants).
(k) The Partnership will furnish to you five conformed copies of the Registration
Statement, as initially filed with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including
all exhibits thereto) and sufficient copies of the foregoing (other than exhibits) for
distribution of a copy to each of the other Underwriters.
(l) Unless otherwise available through XXXXX, the Partnership will furnish to you
promptly and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters for a period of five years
from the date of this Agreement (i) copies of any reports, proxy statements, or other
communications that the Partnership shall send to its unitholders or shall from time to time
publish or publicly disseminate, (ii) copies of all annual, quarterly and current reports
filed with the Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, or such other similar forms as may be
designated by the Commission and (iii) such other information as you may reasonably request
regarding the Partnership Entities.
(m) Unless otherwise available through XXXXX, the Partnership Entities will furnish to
you as early as practicable prior to the time of purchase and any additional time of
purchase, as the case may be, but not later than two business days prior thereto, a copy of
the latest available unaudited interim and monthly consolidated financial statements, if
any, of the Partnership Entities that have been read by the Partnership’s independent
certified public accountants, as stated in the letters to be furnished pursuant to
Section 6(d) and 6(e) hereof.
(n) The Partnership will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units in the
manner set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus Supplement and to
file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Units and the
application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.
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(o) The Partnership agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay all costs,
expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, and any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and
furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and to dealers (including costs of
mailing and shipment), (ii) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Units
including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale,
issuance or delivery of the Units to the Underwriters, (iii) the producing, word processing
and/or printing of this Agreement, any agreement among Underwriters, any dealer agreements,
any powers of attorney and any closing documents (including compilations thereof) and the
reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters
and (except closing documents) to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (iv)
the qualification of the Units for offering and sale under state or foreign laws and the
determination of their eligibility for investment under state or foreign law as aforesaid
(including the reasonably incurred legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters) and the reasonably incurred costs and expenses of printing and
furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys to the Underwriters
and to dealers, (v) any listing of the Units on any securities exchange or qualification of
the Units for quotation on NASDAQ and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi)
any filing for review of the public offering of the Units by the NASD, including the
reasonably incurred legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriters, (vii) the fees and disbursements of any transfer agent or registrar for the
Units, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Partnership relating to presentations or
meetings undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the Units
to prospective investors and the Underwriters’ sales forces, including, without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses
of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging
and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Regency Parties and any such consultants,
and half the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix)
reasonably incurred costs and expenses in connection with the offer and sale of the
Additional Units, including all reasonably incurred costs and expenses of the Underwriters,
including the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters,
(x) the performance of the Regency Parties’ other obligations hereunder, (xi) qualifying the
Units for inclusion in the book-entry settlement system of the DTC, and (xii) the
preparation and filing of the Exchange Act Registration Statement.
(p) The Regency Parties agree not to sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell,
hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Units or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Common Units or warrants or other rights to purchase Common
Units or any other securities of the Partnership that are substantially similar to Common
Units, enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequences of ownership of the common units, make any demand for registration
of, exercise any right to register, or file or cause to be declared effective a registration
statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any Common Units or securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Units or other rights to purchase
Common Units or any other securities of the Partnership that are
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substantially similar to Common Units or publicly disclose the intention to do any of
the following for a period of 90 days after the date hereof (the “Lock-Up Period”),
without the prior written consent of the Representatives, except for (i) the registration of
the Units and the sales to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) issuances of
Common Units upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or (iii) the issuance of Units or employee unit
options not exercisable during the lock-up period pursuant to any benefit plans described in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up
Period, the Partnership issues an earnings release or material news or a material event
relating to any Regency Party occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period,
the Partnership announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed in the
preceding paragraph shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news
or the occurrence of the material event, unless the Representatives, on behalf of the
Underwriters, waives such extension in writing. The extension of the Lock-Up Period
pursuant to this paragraph shall not apply if, within the three business days preceding the
15th calendar day before the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Partnership delivers (in
accordance with the notice provisions hereof) to the Representatives a certificate, signed
by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of GP LLC, certifying on behalf of
the Partnership that the Common Units are “actively traded securities,” within the meaning
of Rule 2711(f)(4) of the NASD.
(q) Prior to the time of purchase or any additional time of purchase, as the case may
be, to issue no press release or other communication directly or indirectly and hold no
press conferences with respect to any Partnership Entity, the financial condition, results
of operations, business, properties, assets, or liabilities of any Partnership Entity, or
the offering of the Units, without your prior consent, except for press releases issued
pursuant to Rules 134 and 135 of the Securities Act.
(r) Not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to offer or sell any
Units by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or use any “prospectus”
(within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Units, in each
case other than the Prospectus.
(s) The Partnership will not, and will not cause any Partnership Entity to, take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which will constitute, or has constituted,
or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units;
(t) The Partnership will use its best efforts to cause the Units to be listed for
quotation on the NASDAQ and to maintain the listing of the Common Units, including the
Units, for quotation on the NASDAQ; and
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(u) So long as the Common Units are quoted on NASDAQ, if NASDAQ requires that listed
companies maintain a transfer agent, the Partnership will maintain a transfer agent and, if
necessary under the jurisdiction of organization of the Partnership, a registrar for the
Common Units.
5. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the Units are not delivered at the
time of purchase or additional time of purchase, as the case may be, for any reason other than the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to (a) the fifth paragraph of Section 8 hereof, (b)
clause (i), (iii), (iv) or (v) of clause (y) of the second paragraph of Section 7 hereof,
or (c) the default by one or more of the Underwriters in its or their respective obligations
hereunder, the Partnership shall, in addition to paying the amounts described in Section
4(o) hereof, reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the
fees and disbursements of their counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with the registration
and offering of the Common Units.
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the
part of the Regency Parties party hereto on the date hereof, at the time of purchase and, if
applicable, at the additional time of purchase, the performance by the Regency Parties of their
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Partnership shall furnish to you at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at
the additional time of purchase, an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, L.L.P., counsel for the
Partnership, addressed to the Underwriters, and dated the time of purchase or the additional
time of purchase, as the case may be, with reproduced copies for each of the other
Underwriters and in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit B hereto and as
otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
(b) The Partnership shall furnish to you at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at
the additional time of purchase, an opinion of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Chief Legal Officer of GP
LLC, addressed to the Underwriters, and dated the time of purchase or the additional time of
purchase, as the case may be, with reproduced copies for each of the other Underwriters and
in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit C hereto and as otherwise reasonably
satisfactory to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
(c) The Partnership shall furnish to you at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at
the additional time of purchase, an opinion of Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx D’Xxxxxx XxXxxxx &
Xxxxxx LLP opining as to the laws of the State of Louisiana, counsel for the Partnership,
addressed to the Underwriters, and dated the time of purchase or the additional time of
purchase, as the case may be, with reproduced copies for each of the other Underwriters and
in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit D hereto and as otherwise reasonably
satisfactory to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
(d) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received
from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter or letters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriters, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof
(i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the
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meaning of the Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to
the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and
(ii) stating, as of the date hereof, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect
to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort
letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.
(e) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received
from KPMG LLP a letter or letters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Underwriters, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that
they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and are in compliance
with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule
2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with
respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which
specified financial information is given in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as of a date not
more than five days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm
with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public
offerings.
(f) With respect to the letter or letters of Deloitte & Touche LLP and KPMG LLP
referred to in Sections 6(d) and 6(e) and delivered to the Underwriters
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial letters”), the
Partnership shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter (the “bring-down
letters”) of such accountants, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery
Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the
Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of
accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the
date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments
since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the
Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date of the bring-down
letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information
and other matters covered by the initial letters and (iii) confirming in all material
respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letters.
(g) You shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP and/or KPMG LLP, as applicable,
letters dated, respectively, the date of this Agreement, the time of purchase and, if
applicable, the additional time of purchase, and addressed to the Underwriters (with
executed copies for each of the Underwriters) in the forms reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives, which letters shall cover, without limitation, the various financial
disclosures, if any, contained in the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any.
(h) You shall have received at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the
additional time of purchase, the opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters,
dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
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(i) No Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been filed to which you object in
writing.
(j) The Registration Statement shall become effective not later than 5:30 P.M. Houston,
Texas time, on the date of this Agreement and, if Rule 430A under the Act is used, the
Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act at or before 5:30 P.M., Houston, Texas time, on the second full business day
after the date of this Agreement and any registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Act required in connection with the offering and sale of the Units shall have been
filed and become effective no later than 10:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on the date of
this Agreement.
(k) Prior to and at the time of purchase, and, if applicable, the additional time of
purchase, (i) no stop order with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
shall have been issued under the Act or proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of
the Act; (ii) the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto shall not 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; (iii) neither the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus nor the Prospectus and no amendment or supplement thereto shall
include 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, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and (iv) the Disclosure Package,
and any amendment or supplement thereto, shall not include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and (v) none of
the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, shall include an untrue statement of
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
(l) Between the time of execution of this Agreement and the time of purchase or the
additional time of purchase, as the case may be, no material adverse change or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change in the business, properties,
management, financial condition or results of operations of the Partnership Entities taken
as a whole shall occur or become known.
(m) The Partnership will, at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the additional
time of purchase, deliver to you a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of GP LLC in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
(n) You shall have received signed Lock-up Agreements referred to in Section
3(z) hereof.
(o) The Partnership shall have furnished to you such other documents and certificates
as to the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, as of the time of purchase and, if applicable, the additional
time of purchase, as you may reasonably request.
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(p) The Units shall have been approved for quotation on NASDAQ, subject only to notice
of issuance at or prior to the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the
case may be.
7. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination. This Agreement shall become effective
(i) if Rule 430A under the Act is not used, when you shall have received notification of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used, when the
parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement.
The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of the Representatives if (x) since the time of execution of this Agreement or
the earlier respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, there has been
any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in
the business, properties, management, financial condition or results of operations of the
Partnership Entities taken as a whole that would, in the Representatives’ judgment, make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Units on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or (y) since the time of execution of
this Agreement, there shall have occurred: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the NYSE or NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
the Partnership’s securities on NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
declared by either federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial
banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) an outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or a declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) any other calamity or crisis or any change in
financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any
such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the Representatives’ judgment makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Units on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus
and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or (z) since the time of execution of this Agreement,
there shall have occurred any downgrading, or any notice or announcement shall have been given or
made of (i) any intended or potential downgrading or (ii) any watch, review or possible change that
does not indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating accorded any securities of or
guaranteed by any Regency Party by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as
that term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act.
If the Representatives elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section
7, the Partnership and each other Underwriter shall be notified promptly in writing.
If the sale to the Underwriters of the Units, as contemplated by this Agreement, is not
carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under this Agreement or if such sale is
not carried out because the Partnership shall be unable to comply with any of the terms of this
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Agreement, the Partnership shall not be under any obligation or liability under this Agreement
(except to the extent provided in Sections 4(o), 5 and 9 hereof), and the
Underwriters shall be under no obligation or liability to the Partnership under this Agreement
(except to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof) or to one another hereunder.
8. Increase in Underwriters’ Commitments. Subject to Sections 6 and 7
hereof, if any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to take up and pay for the Firm Units to
be purchased by it hereunder (otherwise than for a failure of a condition set forth in Section
6 hereof or a reason sufficient to justify the termination of this Agreement under the
provisions of Section 7 hereof) and if the number of Firm Units that all Underwriters so
defaulting shall have agreed but failed to take up and pay for does not exceed 10% of the total
number of Firm Units, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall take up and pay for (in addition to the
aggregate number of Firm Units they are obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 1 hereof)
the number of Firm Units agreed to be purchased by all such defaulting Underwriters, as hereinafter
provided. Such Units shall be taken up and paid for by such non-defaulting Underwriters in such
amount or amounts as you may designate with the consent of each Underwriter so designated or, in
the event no such designation is made, such Units shall be taken up and paid for by all
non-defaulting Underwriters pro rata in proportion to the aggregate number of Firm Units set
opposite the names of such non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule A.
Without relieving any defaulting Underwriter from its obligations hereunder, the Partnership
agrees with the non-defaulting Underwriters that it will not sell any Firm Units hereunder unless
all of the Firm Units are purchased by the Underwriters (or by substituted Underwriters selected by
you with the approval of the Partnership or selected by the Partnership with your approval).
If a new Underwriter or Underwriters are substituted by the Underwriters or by the Partnership
for a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in accordance with the foregoing provision, the
Partnership or you shall have the right to postpone the time of purchase for a period not exceeding
five business days in order that any necessary changes in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and other documents may be effected.
The term Underwriter as used in this Agreement shall refer to and include any Underwriter
substituted under this Section 8 with like effect as if such substituted Underwriter had
originally been named in Schedule A.
If the aggregate number of Firm Units that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
to purchase exceeds 10% of the total number of Firm Units that all Underwriters agreed to purchase
hereunder, and if neither the non-defaulting Underwriters nor the Partnership shall make
arrangements within the five business day period stated above for the purchase of all the Firm
Units that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, this Agreement
shall terminate without further act or deed and without any liability on the part of the
Partnership to any Underwriter, whether defaulting or non-defaulting, and without any liability on
the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter to the Partnership. Nothing in this paragraph, and no
action taken hereunder, shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any
default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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9. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Regency Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, and any person who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any
loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation)
that, jointly or severally, any such Underwriter or any such person may incur under the Act,
the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense,
liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or in the
Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the
Partnership), or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, except insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out
of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in, and in conformity with information concerning such Underwriter furnished in
writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you to the Partnership expressly for use
in, the Registration Statement or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact in the Registration Statement in connection with such
information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material
fact was required to be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such
information not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact included in any Prospectus (the term Prospectus for the purpose of this
Section 9 being deemed to include any Basic Prospectus, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to the
foregoing), in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in any “issuer information” (as
defined in Rule 433 under the Act) of the Partnership or in any Prospectus together with any
combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or arises out
of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, except, with respect to such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, to make the statements made therein not misleading, except insofar as any such
loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with
information concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
Underwriter through you to the Partnership expressly for use in such Prospectus or Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in
connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information
and which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements in such information,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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If any action, suit or proceeding (each, a “Proceeding”) is brought against an
Underwriter or any such person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against
the Regency Parties pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, such Underwriter or such
person shall promptly notify the Partnership in writing of the institution of such
Proceeding and the Regency Parties shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of
all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the omission to so notify the
Partnership shall not relieve the Regency Parties from any liability that the Regency
Parties may have to any Underwriter or any such person or otherwise, unless the Regency
Parties are materially prejudiced in their defense by reason of such delay. Such
Underwriter or such person shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any
such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Underwriter or of such person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been
authorized in writing by the Partnership in connection with the defense of such Proceeding
or the Regency Parties shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the
circumstances, employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such Proceeding or such
indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses
available to it or them that are different from, additional to or in conflict with those
available to the Regency Parties (in which case the Regency Parties may employ counsel and
participate in the defense thereof, but they shall not have the right to direct the defense
of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties, and the reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Regency Parties, it being
understood, however, that the Regency Parties shall not be liable for the expenses of more
than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series
of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are
parties to such Proceeding). The Regency Parties shall not be liable for any settlement of
any Proceeding effected without their written consent but if settled with the written
consent of the Regency Parties, the Regency Parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless any
Underwriter and any such person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party
shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and
expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this paragraph, then the
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60
business days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such
indemnifying party shall not have fully reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with
such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall
have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party.
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(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Regency Parties, their directors and officers, and any person who controls the
Regency Parties within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and
against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of
investigation) that, jointly or severally, the Regency Parties or any such person may incur
under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage,
expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information
concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through
you to the Regency Parties expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or in the
Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the
Partnership) or in a Prospectus or a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or arises out of or
is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with
such information required to be stated in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus necessary to make such information not misleading.
If any Proceeding is brought against the Regency Parties or any such person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to the foregoing
paragraph, the Regency Parties or such person shall promptly notify such Underwriter in
writing of the institution of such Proceeding and such Underwriter shall assume the defense
of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however,
that the omission to so notify such Underwriter shall not relieve such Underwriter from any
liability which such Underwriter may have to the Regency Parties or any such person or
otherwise, unless such Underwriter is materially prejudiced in its defense by reason of such
delay. The Regency Parties or such person shall have the right to employ their own counsel
in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the
Regency Parties or such person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been
authorized in writing by such Underwriter in connection with the defense of such Proceeding
or such Underwriter shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the
circumstances, employed counsel to defend such Proceeding or such indemnified party or
parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them
that are different from or additional to or in conflict with those available to such
Underwriter (in which case such Underwriter may employ counsel and participate in the
defense thereof but such Underwriter shall not have the right to direct the defense of such
Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties and the reasonable fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter), in any of which
events such fees and expenses shall be borne by such Underwriter and paid as incurred (it
being understood, however, that such Underwriter shall not be liable for the expenses of
more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or
series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties
who are parties to such Proceeding). No Underwriter shall be liable for any settlement of
any such Proceeding effected without the written consent of such Underwriter but, if such
Proceeding is settled with the written consent of such Underwriter, such Underwriter agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Regency Parties and any such person from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if
at any time an
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indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of
this paragraph, then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have fully reimbursed the
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and
(iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days’ prior
notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to an
indemnified party under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 9 or
insufficient to hold an indemnified party harmless in respect of any losses, damages,
expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such
losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Regency Parties on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Units or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Regency Parties on the one hand and of the
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in
such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Regency Parties on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and
commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Regency Parties and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, each bears to the
aggregate public offering price of the Units. The relative fault of the Regency Parties on
the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Regency Parties or by
the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by
a party as a result of the losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in
this subsection shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably
incurred by such party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending
any Proceeding.
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(d) The Regency Parties and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in subsection (c) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the total price at which the Units underwritten by such Underwriter and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damage that
such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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
Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint.
(e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and
the covenants, warranties and representations of the Regency Parties contained in this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of any Underwriter, its partners, directors or officers or any person (including
each partner, officer or director of such person) who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of
the Regency Parties, their directors or officers or any person who controls the Regency
Parties within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and
shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Units.
The Regency Parties and each Underwriter agree promptly to notify each other of the
commencement of any Proceeding against it and, in the case of the Regency Parties, against
any of the Regency Parties’ officers or directors in connection with the issuance and sale
of the Units, or in connection with the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
10. Information Furnished by the Underwriters. The statements set forth in the
“Price Stabilization, Short Positions” paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the
Prospectus, only insofar as such statements relate to the amount of selling concession and
reallowance or to stabilization activities that may be undertaken by the Underwriters, constitute
the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters, as such information is referred
to in Sections 3 and 9 hereof.
11. Notices. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests, notices
and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram or facsimile and, if to the Underwriters, shall
be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to UBS Securities LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Syndicate Department and, if to the Regency Parties, shall be
sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to the Partnership at the offices of the
Partnership at 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Executive Officer
(facsimile: 214-750-1749).
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12. Governing Law; Construction. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or
dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement
(“Claim”), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York. The Section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a
matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.
13. Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced,
prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the
City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and each of the
Regency Parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect
thereto. The Regency Parties and the Underwriters hereby consent to personal jurisdiction, service
and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement
is brought by any third party against any Underwriter or any indemnified party. Each Underwriter
and the Regency Parties (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of
its unitholders and affiliates) waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or
counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating
to this Agreement. The Regency Parties agree that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding
or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Regency Parties
and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Regency Parties are or may
be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
14. Parties at Interest. The Agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely
for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Regency Parties party hereto and to the extent provided
in Section 9 hereof the controlling persons, partners, directors and officers referred to
in such section, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and
executors and administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including
a purchaser, as such purchaser, from any of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any right under
or by virtue of this Agreement.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more
counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties.
16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriters and
the Regency Parties party hereto and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of
any substantial portion of the Regency Parties (taken as a whole) and any of the Underwriters’
respective businesses and/or assets.
17. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Regency Parties party hereto hereby
acknowledge that each of the Underwriters is acting solely as underwriter in connection with the
purchase and sale of the Partnership’s securities. The Regency Parties party hereto further
acknowledge that the Underwriters are acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely
by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis and in no event do the parties intend that
the Underwriters act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Regency Parties, their management,
owners, creditors, or any other person in connection with any activity that the Underwriters may
undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Partnership’s
securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriters hereby
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expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Regency Parties, in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters relating to such transactions,
and the Regency Parties party hereto hereby confirm their understanding and agreement to that
effect. The Regency Parties party hereto and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible
for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions, and that any
opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to the Regency Parties regarding such transactions,
including but not limited to any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the
Partnership’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to any Regency Party. The
Regency Parties party hereto hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
claims that the Regency Parties party hereto may have against the Underwriters with respect to any
breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Regency Parties party hereto in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters relating to such
transaction.
18. Miscellaneous. UBS, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of UBS AG, is not a bank
and is separate from any affiliated bank, including any U.S. branch or agency of UBS AG. Because
UBS is a separately incorporated entity, it is solely responsible for its own contractual
obligations and commitments, including obligations with respect to sales and purchases of
securities. Securities sold, offered or recommended by UBS are not deposits, are not insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are not guaranteed by a branch or agency, and are not
otherwise an obligation or responsibility of a branch or agency.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Regency Parties party
hereto and the several Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided below for that
purpose, whereupon this agreement and your acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement between
the Regency Parties party hereto and the Underwriters, severally.
Very truly yours, | ||||
REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP | ||||
By: Regency GP LP, its | ||||
general partner | ||||
By: Regency GP LLC, its | ||||
general partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
REGENCY GP LP | ||||
By: Regency GP LLC, its | ||||
general partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
REGENCY GP LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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REGENCY GAS SERVICES LP | ||||
By: Regency OLP GP LLC, its | ||||
general partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: President |
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Accepted and agreed to as of the
date first above written, on
behalf of themselves
and the other several Underwriters
named in Schedule A
date first above written, on
behalf of themselves
and the other several Underwriters
named in Schedule A
By:
|
UBS Securities LLC | |||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx XX | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx XX | ||||
Title: Managing Director | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Associate Director | ||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxx | ||||
Title: Vice-President |
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SCHEDULE A
The Underwriters
Number of | ||||
Underwriter | Firm Units | |||
UBS SECURITIES LLC |
2,500,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co |
1,750,000 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
1,750,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc |
1,000,000 | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
1,000,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc |
1,000,000 | |||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
1,000,000 | |||
Total |
10,000,000 | |||
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SCHEDULE B
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses
Free Writing Prospectus dated as of July 26, 2007.
Exhibit A
Form of Lock-up Agreement
July ___, 2007
UBS Securities LLC
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
As Managing Underwriters
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
As Managing Underwriters
c/o UBS Securities LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting
Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) to be entered into by Regency Energy Partners LP,
a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), Regency GP LP, a Delaware limited
partnership and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), Regency GP
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the General Partner (“GP
LLC”) and Regency Gas Services LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating
Partnership”), on the one hand, and UBS Securities, LLC, Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated as representatives for the several underwriters (the
“Representatives”) and the other underwriters named in Schedule A to the
Underwriting Agreement, on the other hand, with respect to the public offering (the
“Offering”) of an aggregate of 10,000,000 common units (the “Firm Units”)
representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Common Units”).
In order to induce you to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned agrees that,
for a period (the “Lock-Up Period”) beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and
including, the date that is 90 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement relating to
the Offering, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives,
(i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to
purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file (or
participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the
“Commission”) in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or
liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) with respect to, any Common Units or any other securities
of the Partnership that are substantially similar to Common Units, or any securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the
foregoing, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in
part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Units or any other securities of the
Partnership that are substantially similar to Common Units, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing,
whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Units or such other securities,
in cash or otherwise or (iii) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in
clause (i) or (ii). The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the registration
of the offer and sale of Common Units as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the sale of
the Common Units to the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) in the Offering,
(b) bona fide gifts, provided the recipient thereof agrees in writing with the Underwriters to be
bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement, (c) dispositions to any trust for the direct or
indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the undersigned,
provided that such trust agrees in writing with the Underwriters to be bound by the terms
of this Lock-Up Agreement, or (d) the offer and sale of Common Units by the members of management
of GP LLC identified on Annex A hereto in the amounts specified with respect to such
individuals on Annex A hereto. For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall
mean the undersigned and the spouse, any lineal descendent, father, mother, brother or sister of
the undersigned.1
In addition, the undersigned hereby waives any rights the undersigned may have to require
registration of Common Units in connection with the filing of a registration statement relating to
the Offering. The undersigned further agrees that, for the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will
not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, make any demand for, or exercise any
right with respect to, the registration of Common Units or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Units, or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Units
or any such securities.
Notwithstanding the above, if (a) during the period that begins on the date that is fifteen
(15) calendar days plus three (3) business days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period and ends
on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Partnership issues an earnings release or material news
or a material event relating to the Partnership occurs; or (b) prior to the expiration
1NOTE: The Lock-Up Agreement executed by Regency
LP Acquirer LP will not contain the exceptions provided in subsections
(b), (c) and (d) of this paragraph and instead will contain the following
subsection (b):
“(b) the offer and sale of ___Subordinated Units by Regency
LP Acquirer LP to certain members of management of GP LLC party to that certain
Subscription Agreement dated June ___, 2007 (the “Subscription
Agreement”) by and between those certain members of management of GP
LLC and the GE Investors.”
of the Lock-Up Period, the Partnership announces that it will release earnings results during the
sixteen (16) day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions
imposed by this Lock-Up Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is
fifteen (15) calendar days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the issuance of the
earnings release or the material news or material event occurs; provided, however,
that this paragraph shall not apply if (i) the safe harbor provided by Rule 139 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is available in the manner contemplated by Rule 2711(f)(4) of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”); and (ii) within the 3
business days preceding the 15th calendar day before the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the
Partnership delivers (in accordance with the notice provisions of the Underwriting Agreement) to
the Representatives a certificate, signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer
of GP LLC, certifying on behalf of the Partnership that the Partnership’s units of Common Units are
“actively traded securities,” within the meaning of Rule 2711(f)(4) of the NASD.
In addition, the undersigned hereby waives any and all preemptive rights, participation
rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights that the undersigned may have in
connection with the Offering or with any issuance or sale by the Partnership of any equity or other
securities before the Offering, except for any such rights as have been heretofore duly exercised
or rights described in subsection (d) of paragraph 2 of this Lock-Up Agreement.
The undersigned hereby confirms that the undersigned has not, directly or indirectly, taken,
and hereby covenants that the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, take, any action
designed, or which has constituted or will constitute or might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Partnership to
facilitate the sale or resale of units of Common Units.
* * *
If (i) the Partnership notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the
Offering, (ii) the registration statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Offering is
withdrawn or (iii) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement is terminated prior to the “time of
purchase” (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), this Lock-Up Agreement shall terminate and
the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder.
Yours very truly, | ||||
Name: |
ANNEX A
Executive | Number of Common Units | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
65,588 | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
50,000 | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxx |
19,362 | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
3,000 | |||
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
25,000 | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
7,692 | |||
Total |
170,642 |
Exhibit B
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, L.L.P.
To be negotiated.
Exhibit C
Opinions Requested of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Chief Legal Officer of GP LLC
1. | The undersigned is an active member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Texas. | |
2. | Each of the Partnership Entities has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as the case may be, is in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with full limited partnership, limited liability company or corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided, however, that Xxxxxxx Joint Venture is a joint venture duly formed and validly existing as a joint venture under the laws of the State of Texas with the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus. | |
3. | Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any ownership interests in any Partnership Entity. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and as provided in the Partnership Agreement, neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Units as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Units or other securities of any of the Partnership Entities or the right of any person to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to any of the Partnership Entities or to receive any fee for advisory services in connection with the offer and sale of the Units. | |
4. | Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the undersigned, threatened, to which any of the Partnership Entities or of which any of their respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, except any such action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding that is not required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, and would not result in a judgment, decree or order having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. | |
5. | Each of the Regency Parties Operative Agreements to which any Partnership Entity is a party has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the Partnership Entities party thereto. | |
6. | The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Partnership Entities party thereto. |
7. | The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Regency Parties, the issuance and sale of the Units and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement will not conflict with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under) any (A) indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which any Partnership Entity is a party or by which any of them, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, and for any such breach, violation or default that would not have a Material Adverse Effect or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, or (B) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to the any of the Partnership Entities, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus. | |
8. | Other than its direct or indirect ownership interests in the Operating Subsidiaries, the Partnership does not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity. | |
9. | The undersigned has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities, representatives of the independent public accountants of the General Partner, Partnership and the other Partnership Entities and representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, were discussed and, although the undersigned is not passing upon and do not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, on the basis of the foregoing nothing has come to the attention of the undersigned that causes him to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, at the Effective Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, taken together with the price to the public and number of units, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date, the date of the Underwriting Agreement or the time of purchase (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that the undersigned expresses no opinion in this paragraph 10 with respect to the financial statements and schedules, and other financial data derived therefrom, included in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any). As used herein, “Applicable Time” means [___] P.M., Houston, Texas time, on July 26, 2007. |
Exhibit D
Louisiana Local Counsel Opinion
No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification of or
with any court, governmental agency or body of the applicable state having jurisdiction over the
Partnership Entities or any of their respective properties is required for the issuance and sale of
the Units by the Partnership or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus except (i) as may be required under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws as to which the
undersigned does not express any opinion, (ii) for such permits, consents, approvals and similar
authorizations which have been obtained, (iii) for those that are (A) of a routine or
administrative nature, (B) not customarily obtained or made prior to the consummation of
transactions such as those contemplated under the Underwriting Agreement and (C) expected in the
reasonable judgment of the General Partner to be obtained in the ordinary course of business
subsequent to consummation of such transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or (iv) as
described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
Exhibit E
REGENCY GP LLC
Officers’ Certificate
The undersigned officers of Regency GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “GP
LLC”) and the general partner of Regency GP LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the
“General Partner”), which is the general partner of Regency Energy Partners LP, a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Partnership” and, together with the GP LLC and the General
Partner, the “Regency Entities”), on behalf of the Regency Entities, do hereby certify
pursuant to Section 6(m) of that certain Underwriting Agreement dated July 26, 2007 (the
“Underwriting Agreement”) among the Regency Entities and the several Underwriters named
therein, that as of the date hereof:
1. They are the duly elected and acting (i) President and Chief Executive Officer and (ii)
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GP LLC.
2. The conditions set forth in Section 6(k) of the Underwriting Agreement have been fully
satisfied.
3. Since the Effective Date, there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus
that has not been so set forth.
4. The representations and warranties of the Regency Entities contained in the Underwriting
Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof, with the same effect as if made on and as of
the date hereof, and all agreements therein to be performed or complied with by the Regency
Entities on or prior to the date hereof have been duly performed and complied with by the Regency
Entities.
5. Each of the Regency Entities has performed all obligations required to be performed by it
pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement.
6. The Units have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ.
7. Each of (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP and (ii) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. is entitled to rely on this
certificate in connection with the opinion that such firm is rendering pursuant to Section 6 of the
Underwriting Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed
to them in the Underwriting Agreement.
In Witness Whereof, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on this
31st day of July, 2007.
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Executive Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer |