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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Pennsylvania
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23-2668356
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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460 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA
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19406
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Large accelerated filer
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June 30,
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September 30,
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June 30,
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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385.9
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$
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419.5
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$
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438.4
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Restricted cash
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45.2
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16.6
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5.9
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Accounts receivable (less allowances for doubtful accounts of $40.3, $39.1 and $52.5, respectively)
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728.2
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684.7
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785.4
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Accrued utility revenues
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7.7
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14.3
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8.0
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Inventories
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208.7
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423.0
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332.0
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Deferred income taxes
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71.6
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10.1
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9.1
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Utility regulatory assets
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2.8
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13.2
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9.4
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Derivative instruments
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27.3
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14.5
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12.4
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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80.7
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67.1
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38.3
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Total current assets
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1,558.1
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1,663.0
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1,638.9
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Property, plant and equipment, at cost (less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $2,773.6, $2,633.0 and $2,702.3, respectively)
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4,923.7
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4,543.7
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4,543.4
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Goodwill
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2,927.7
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2,833.4
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2,885.1
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Intangible assets, net
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628.5
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576.4
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590.3
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Derivative instruments
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15.6
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12.5
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1.3
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Other assets
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466.4
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464.0
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418.7
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Total assets
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$
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10,520.0
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$
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10,093.0
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$
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10,077.7
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
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Current liabilities:
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Current maturities of long-term debt
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$
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83.3
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$
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77.2
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$
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78.4
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Short-term borrowings
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68.0
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210.8
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96.5
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Accounts payable
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356.8
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459.8
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403.8
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Derivative instruments
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109.6
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40.2
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26.2
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Other current liabilities
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721.7
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642.9
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609.3
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Total current liabilities
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1,339.4
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1,430.9
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1,214.2
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Long-term debt
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3,628.3
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3,433.6
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3,477.8
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Deferred income taxes
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1,162.9
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1,005.1
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986.2
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Deferred investment tax credits
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3.7
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3.9
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4.0
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Derivative instruments
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25.7
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16.6
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16.9
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Other noncurrent liabilities
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624.4
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539.7
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497.8
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Total liabilities
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6,784.4
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6,429.8
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6,196.9
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
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Equity:
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UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity:
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UGI Common Stock, without par value (authorized—450,000,000 shares; issued—173,806,991, 173,770,641 and 173,746,041 shares, respectively)
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1,208.4
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1,215.6
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1,216.0
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Retained earnings
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1,685.3
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1,509.4
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1,566.7
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Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
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(112.2
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(21.2
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25.4
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Treasury stock, at cost
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(33.0
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(44.7
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(37.1
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Total UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity
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2,748.5
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2,659.1
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2,771.0
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Noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
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987.1
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1,004.1
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1,109.8
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Total equity
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3,735.6
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3,663.2
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3,880.8
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Total liabilities and equity
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$
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10,520.0
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$
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10,093.0
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$
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10,077.7
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Three Months Ended
June 30, |
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Nine Months Ended
June 30, |
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2015
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2014
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2015
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2014
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Revenues
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$
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1,148.1
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$
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1,486.7
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$
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5,608.3
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$
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6,965.9
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Costs and expenses:
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Cost of sales (excluding depreciation shown below)
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586.4
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926.5
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3,196.4
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4,357.7
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Operating and administrative expenses
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419.8
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415.9
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1,322.1
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1,339.4
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Utility taxes other than income taxes
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3.7
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3.7
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12.6
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12.7
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Depreciation
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77.2
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74.6
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226.8
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230.0
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Amortization
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15.3
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15.4
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44.7
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41.7
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Other operating income, net
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(10.4
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(12.1
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(35.8
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(30.6
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1,092.0
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1,424.0
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4,766.8
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5,950.9
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Operating income
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56.1
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62.7
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841.5
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1,015.0
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Loss from equity investees
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—
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(0.1
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(1.1
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(0.1
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Interest expense
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(67.5
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(60.1
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(184.7
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(178.9
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(Loss) income before income taxes
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(11.4
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2.5
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655.7
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836.0
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Income tax expense
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(4.5
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(15.2
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(189.2
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(243.4
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Net (loss) income
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(15.9
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(12.7
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466.5
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592.6
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Add net loss (deduct net income) attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
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25.5
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33.3
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(176.3
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(235.6
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Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
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$
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9.6
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$
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20.6
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$
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290.2
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$
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357.0
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Earnings per common share attributable to UGI Corporation stockholders:
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Basic
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$
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0.06
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$
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0.12
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$
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1.68
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$
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2.07
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Diluted
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$
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0.05
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$
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0.12
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$
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1.65
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$
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2.04
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Average common shares outstanding (thousands):
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Basic
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173,136
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173,055
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173,060
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172,682
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Diluted
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175,580
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175,572
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175,665
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175,097
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Dividends declared per common share
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$
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0.2275
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$
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0.1967
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$
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0.6625
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$
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0.5733
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Three Months Ended
June 30, |
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Nine Months Ended
June 30, |
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2015
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2014
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2015
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2014
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Net (loss) income
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$
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(15.9
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$
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(12.7
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$
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466.5
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$
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592.6
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Other comprehensive income (loss):
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Net (losses) gains on derivative instruments (net of tax of $2.4, $0.6, $(11.9) and $(6.5), respectively)
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(4.8
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(0.6
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23.1
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46.2
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Reclassifications of net losses (gains) on derivative instruments (net of tax of $(1.9), $(1.3), $(2.3) and $4.0, respectively)
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0.5
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(1.5
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0.7
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(46.7
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Foreign currency adjustments (net of tax of $(55.3), $0.0, $(4.7) and $(3.1), respectively)
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(23.0
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(0.2
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(118.0
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11.5
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Benefit plans (net of tax of $(0.1), $(0.2), $(0.7) and $(0.2), respectively)
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0.4
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0.2
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1.4
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0.8
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Other comprehensive (loss) income
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(26.9
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(2.1
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(92.8
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11.8
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Comprehensive (loss) income
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(42.8
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(14.8
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373.7
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604.4
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Add comprehensive loss (deduct comprehensive income) attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
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25.6
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36.5
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(174.5
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(230.4
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Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to UGI Corporation
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$
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(17.2
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$
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21.7
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$
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199.2
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$
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374.0
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Nine Months Ended
June 30, |
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2015
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2014
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net income
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$
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466.5
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$
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592.6
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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271.5
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271.7
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Deferred income tax (benefit) expense, net
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(39.9
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21.2
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Provision for uncollectible accounts
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26.2
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38.2
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Unrealized losses on derivative instruments
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109.5
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3.1
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Other, net
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26.5
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(4.9
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Net change in:
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Accounts receivable and accrued utility revenues
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54.4
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(56.4
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Inventories
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211.0
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34.8
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Utility deferred fuel and power costs, net of changes in unsettled derivatives
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59.4
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(17.6
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Accounts payable
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(171.2
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(40.8
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Other current assets
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(3.7
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11.2
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Other current liabilities
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(42.1
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5.0
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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968.1
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858.1
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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Expenditures for property, plant and equipment
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(330.4
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(325.5
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Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
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(428.2
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(23.3
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(Increase) decrease in restricted cash
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(28.6
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2.4
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Other, net
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12.2
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9.0
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Net cash used by investing activities
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(775.0
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(337.4
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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Dividends on UGI Common Stock
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(114.3
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(98.6
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|
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Distributions on AmeriGas Partners publicly held Common Units
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(185.3
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(176.9
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|
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Issuances of debt
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652.6
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175.0
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Repayments of debt
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(406.4
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(236.8
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|
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Decrease in short-term borrowings
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(154.2
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(74.6
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|
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Receivables Facility net borrowings (repayments)
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12.5
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(57.0
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|
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Issuances of UGI Common Stock
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10.3
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7.0
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Repurchases of UGI Common Stock
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(17.3
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(21.4
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|
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Other
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(5.2
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7.9
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Net cash used by financing activities
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(207.3
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)
|
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(475.4
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|
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EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH
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(19.4
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3.8
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|
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Cash and cash equivalents (decrease) increase
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$
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(33.6
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$
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49.1
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Cash and cash equivalents:
|
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End of period
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$
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385.9
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$
|
438.4
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Beginning of period
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419.5
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389.3
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|
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(Decrease) increase
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$
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(33.6
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$
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49.1
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|
Nine Months Ended
June 30, |
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2015
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2014
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Common stock, without par value
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Balance, beginning of period
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$
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1,215.6
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$
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1,208.1
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Common Stock issued in connection with employee and director plans (including (losses) gains on treasury stock transactions), net of tax withheld
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(18.6
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(9.6
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Excess tax benefits realized on equity-based compensation
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6.3
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8.4
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Equity-based compensation expense
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11.7
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9.1
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|
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Loss from acquisition of noncontrolling interests through business combination
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(6.6
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—
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Balance, end of period
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$
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1,208.4
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$
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1,216.0
|
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Retained earnings
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|
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Balance, beginning of period
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$
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1,509.4
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$
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1,308.3
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Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
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290.2
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|
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357.0
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|
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Cash dividends on Common Stock
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(114.3
|
)
|
|
(98.6
|
)
|
||
Balance, end of period
|
$
|
1,685.3
|
|
|
$
|
1,566.7
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
|
|
||||
Balance, beginning of period
|
$
|
(21.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
8.4
|
|
Net gains on derivative instruments, net of tax
|
23.1
|
|
|
12.3
|
|
||
Reclassification of net losses (gains) on derivative instruments, net of tax
|
2.5
|
|
|
(7.6
|
)
|
||
Benefit plans, net of tax
|
1.4
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
||
Foreign currency, net of tax
|
(118.0
|
)
|
|
11.5
|
|
||
Balance, end of period
|
$
|
(112.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
25.4
|
|
Treasury stock
|
|
|
|
||||
Balance, beginning of period
|
$
|
(44.7
|
)
|
|
$
|
(32.3
|
)
|
Common stock issued in connection with employee and director plans, net of tax withheld
|
33.2
|
|
|
46.7
|
|
||
Repurchases of Common Stock
|
(17.3
|
)
|
|
(21.4
|
)
|
||
Reacquired common stock - employee and director plans
|
(4.2
|
)
|
|
(30.1
|
)
|
||
Balance, end of period
|
$
|
(33.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
(37.1
|
)
|
Total UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
2,748.5
|
|
|
$
|
2,771.0
|
|
Noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
|
||||
Balance, beginning of period
|
$
|
1,004.1
|
|
|
$
|
1,055.4
|
|
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
|
176.3
|
|
|
235.6
|
|
||
Net gains on derivative instruments
|
—
|
|
|
33.9
|
|
||
Reclassification of net gains on derivative instruments
|
(1.8
|
)
|
|
(39.1
|
)
|
||
Dividends and distributions
|
(185.8
|
)
|
|
(176.9
|
)
|
||
Change in noncontrolling interests as a result of business combination
|
(5.2
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
||
Other
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
0.9
|
|
||
Balance, end of period
|
$
|
987.1
|
|
|
$
|
1,109.8
|
|
Total equity
|
$
|
3,735.6
|
|
|
$
|
3,880.8
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, |
|
Nine Months Ended
June 30, |
||||||||
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||
Denominator (thousands of shares):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Average common shares outstanding for basic computation
|
|
173,136
|
|
|
173,055
|
|
|
173,060
|
|
|
172,682
|
|
Incremental shares issuable for stock options and awards
|
|
2,444
|
|
|
2,517
|
|
|
2,605
|
|
|
2,415
|
|
Average common shares outstanding for diluted computation
|
|
175,580
|
|
|
175,572
|
|
|
175,665
|
|
|
175,097
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2015 |
|
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2015 |
||||
Reported other comprehensive loss
|
|
$
|
(26.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
(92.8
|
)
|
Correction of error in deferred taxes related to prior periods
|
|
57.8
|
|
|
10.7
|
|
||
Other comprehensive income (loss) excluding impact of correction
|
|
$
|
30.9
|
|
|
$
|
(82.1
|
)
|
|
|
June 30,
2015 |
|
September 30,
2014 |
|
June 30,
2014 |
||||||
Non-utility LPG and natural gas
|
|
$
|
124.6
|
|
|
$
|
283.6
|
|
|
$
|
222.6
|
|
Gas Utility natural gas
|
|
19.2
|
|
|
82.7
|
|
|
45.7
|
|
|||
Materials, supplies and other
|
|
64.9
|
|
|
56.7
|
|
|
63.7
|
|
|||
Total inventories
|
|
$
|
208.7
|
|
|
$
|
423.0
|
|
|
$
|
332.0
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2015 |
|
September 30,
2014 |
|
June 30,
2014 |
||||||
Goodwill (not subject to amortization)
|
|
$
|
2,927.7
|
|
|
$
|
2,833.4
|
|
|
$
|
2,885.1
|
|
Intangible assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Customer relationships, noncompete agreements and other
|
|
$
|
761.9
|
|
|
$
|
712.0
|
|
|
$
|
717.3
|
|
Accumulated amortization
|
|
(268.4
|
)
|
|
(263.8
|
)
|
|
(259.0
|
)
|
|||
Intangible assets, net (definite-lived)
|
|
493.5
|
|
|
448.2
|
|
|
458.3
|
|
|||
Trademarks and tradenames (indefinite-lived)
|
|
135.0
|
|
|
128.2
|
|
|
132.0
|
|
|||
Total intangible assets, net
|
|
$
|
628.5
|
|
|
$
|
576.4
|
|
|
$
|
590.3
|
|
|
|
June 30,
2015 |
|
September 30,
2014 |
|
June 30,
2014 |
||||||
Regulatory assets (a):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Income taxes recoverable
|
|
$
|
111.8
|
|
|
$
|
110.7
|
|
|
$
|
107.2
|
|
Underfunded pension and postretirement plans
|
|
103.2
|
|
|
110.1
|
|
|
89.2
|
|
|||
Environmental costs
|
|
14.5
|
|
|
14.6
|
|
|
14.6
|
|
|||
Deferred fuel and power costs
|
|
—
|
|
|
11.8
|
|
|
9.4
|
|
|||
Removal costs, net
|
|
19.6
|
|
|
16.8
|
|
|
15.6
|
|
|||
Other
|
|
5.1
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
|
6.6
|
|
|||
Total regulatory assets
|
|
$
|
254.2
|
|
|
$
|
268.2
|
|
|
$
|
242.6
|
|
Regulatory liabilities (a):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Postretirement benefits
|
|
$
|
19.6
|
|
|
$
|
18.6
|
|
|
$
|
17.5
|
|
Environmental overcollections
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|||
Deferred fuel and power refunds
|
|
45.6
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
State tax benefits—distribution system repairs
|
|
10.9
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
|
9.3
|
|
|||
Other
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
|
1.9
|
|
|||
Total regulatory liabilities
|
|
$
|
77.5
|
|
|
$
|
32.5
|
|
|
$
|
30.3
|
|
|
|
Pension Benefits
|
|
Other Postretirement Benefits
|
||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||||||
Service cost
|
|
$
|
2.5
|
|
|
$
|
2.3
|
|
|
$
|
0.2
|
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
Interest cost
|
|
6.2
|
|
|
6.5
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
||||
Expected return on assets
|
|
(7.9
|
)
|
|
(7.3
|
)
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
||||
Amortization of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Prior service cost (benefit)
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
||||
Actuarial loss
|
|
2.5
|
|
|
1.9
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||
Net benefit cost
|
|
3.3
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
||||
Change in associated regulatory liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
||||
Net expense
|
|
$
|
3.3
|
|
|
$
|
3.5
|
|
|
$
|
1.0
|
|
|
$
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Pension Benefits
|
|
Other Postretirement Benefits
|
||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||||||
Service cost
|
|
$
|
7.4
|
|
|
$
|
7.0
|
|
|
$
|
0.5
|
|
|
$
|
0.4
|
|
Interest cost
|
|
18.8
|
|
|
19.4
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
||||
Expected return on assets
|
|
(23.8
|
)
|
|
(22.0
|
)
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
||||
Amortization of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Prior service cost (benefit)
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
||||
Actuarial loss
|
|
7.5
|
|
|
5.7
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
||||
Net benefit cost
|
|
10.1
|
|
|
10.3
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
||||
Change in associated regulatory liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2.8
|
|
|
2.7
|
|
||||
Net expense
|
|
$
|
10.1
|
|
|
$
|
10.3
|
|
|
$
|
3.1
|
|
|
$
|
3.1
|
|
|
|
Asset (Liability)
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
June 30, 2015:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Derivative instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
13.6
|
|
|
$
|
8.2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
21.8
|
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
29.1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
29.1
|
|
Interest rate contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1.0
|
|
Cross-currency swaps
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
8.2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
8.2
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
(58.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(94.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(152.6
|
)
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
Interest rate contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(2.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(2.0
|
)
|
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a)
|
|
$
|
31.8
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
31.8
|
|
September 30, 2014:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Derivative instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
10.6
|
|
|
$
|
19.8
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
30.4
|
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
12.8
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
12.8
|
|
Interest rate contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
Cross-currency swaps
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2.1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2.1
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
(21.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(32.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(54.1
|
)
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
Interest rate contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(21.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(21.0
|
)
|
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a)
|
|
$
|
30.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
30.0
|
|
June 30, 2014 (b):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Derivative instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
17.9
|
|
|
$
|
15.1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
33.0
|
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
0.8
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
0.8
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
(15.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(30.9
|
)
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(5.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(5.1
|
)
|
Interest rate contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(25.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(25.2
|
)
|
Cross-currency swaps
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(2.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(2.0
|
)
|
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a)
|
|
$
|
30.4
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
30.4
|
|
(a)
|
Consists primarily of mutual fund investments held in grantor trusts associated with non-qualified supplemental retirement plans.
|
(b)
|
Certain immaterial amounts have been revised to correct the classification of derivatives.
|
|
|
June 30,
2015 |
|
June 30,
2014 (a) |
||||
Derivative assets:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
8.1
|
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
29.1
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
||
Cross-currency contracts
|
|
8.2
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
Interest rate contracts
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
—
|
|
||
|
|
38.3
|
|
|
8.9
|
|
||
Derivatives subject to PGC and DS mechanisms:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
1.9
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
||
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
19.9
|
|
|
22.5
|
|
||
Total derivative assets
|
|
$
|
60.1
|
|
|
$
|
33.8
|
|
Derivative liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(4.2
|
)
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
(5.1
|
)
|
||
Cross-currency contracts
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2.0
|
)
|
||
Interest rate contracts
|
|
(2.0
|
)
|
|
(25.2
|
)
|
||
|
|
(2.1
|
)
|
|
(36.5
|
)
|
||
Derivatives subject to PGC and DS mechanisms:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
(4.8
|
)
|
|
(0.8
|
)
|
||
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
(147.8
|
)
|
|
(25.9
|
)
|
||
Total derivative liabilities
|
|
$
|
(154.7
|
)
|
|
$
|
(63.2
|
)
|
(a)
|
Certain immaterial amounts have been revised to correct the classification of derivatives.
|
|
|
Gross Amounts Recognized
|
|
Gross Amounts Offset in Balance Sheet
|
|
Net Amounts Recognized
|
|
Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged
|
|
Net Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet
|
||||||||||
June 30, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Derivative assets
|
|
$
|
60.1
|
|
|
$
|
(17.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
42.9
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
42.9
|
|
Derivative liabilities
|
|
$
|
(154.7
|
)
|
|
$
|
17.2
|
|
|
$
|
(137.5
|
)
|
|
$
|
2.2
|
|
|
$
|
(135.3
|
)
|
June 30, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Derivative assets
|
|
$
|
33.8
|
|
|
$
|
(20.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
13.7
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
13.7
|
|
Derivative liabilities
|
|
$
|
(63.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
20.1
|
|
|
$
|
(43.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(43.1
|
)
|
|
|
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in AOCI and Noncontrolling Interests |
|
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from AOCI and Noncontrolling Interests into Income |
|
Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
AOCI and Noncontrolling Interests into Income |
||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
|||||||||
Cash Flow Hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1.7
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
|
$
|
4.3
|
|
|
Cost of sales
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
(6.4
|
)
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
Cost of sales
|
||||
Cross-currency contracts
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
8.6
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
Interest expense/other operating income, net
|
||||
Interest rate contracts
|
|
0.6
|
|
|
(0.6
|
)
|
|
(11.5
|
)
|
|
(3.9
|
)
|
|
Interest expense
|
||||
Total
|
|
$
|
(7.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2.4
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income |
|
Location of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income |
|
|
||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
(23.5
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4.9
|
)
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
|
||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Operating expenses / other
operating income, net |
|
|
||||||||
Total
|
|
$
|
(23.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4.9
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in AOCI and Noncontrolling Interests |
|
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from AOCI and Noncontrolling Interests into Income |
|
Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
AOCI and Noncontrolling Interests into Income |
||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
|||||||||
Cash Flow Hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
59.5
|
|
|
$
|
(2.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
66.5
|
|
|
Cost of sales
|
Foreign currency contracts
|
|
26.0
|
|
|
(1.6
|
)
|
|
9.6
|
|
|
(3.7
|
)
|
|
Cost of sales
|
||||
Cross-currency contracts
|
|
6.0
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
8.5
|
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
Interest expense/other operating income, net
|
||||
Interest rate contracts
|
|
3.0
|
|
|
(4.1
|
)
|
|
(18.9
|
)
|
|
(12.0
|
)
|
|
Interest expense
|
||||
Total
|
|
$
|
35.0
|
|
|
$
|
52.7
|
|
|
$
|
(3.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
50.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income |
|
Location of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income |
|
|
||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
$
|
(328.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(14.3
|
)
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
|
||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
||||||||
Commodity contracts
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
Operating expenses/other
operating income, net |
|
|
||||||||
Total
|
|
$
|
(329.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(14.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
|
|
Postretirement Benefit Plans
|
|
Derivative Instruments
|
|
Foreign Currency (a)
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
AOCI - March 31, 2015
|
|
$
|
(19.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
20.5
|
|
|
$
|
(86.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(85.4
|
)
|
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(4.8
|
)
|
|
(23.0
|
)
|
|
(27.8
|
)
|
||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI and noncontrolling interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Reclassification adjustments (pre-tax)
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments tax expense
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
(1.9
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2.0
|
)
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
||||
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
(4.3
|
)
|
|
(23.0
|
)
|
|
(26.9
|
)
|
||||
Add other comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to UGI
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
(4.2
|
)
|
|
(23.0
|
)
|
|
(26.8
|
)
|
||||
AOCI - June 30, 2015
|
|
$
|
(19.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
16.3
|
|
|
$
|
(109.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(112.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
|
|
Postretirement Benefit Plans
|
|
Derivative Instruments
|
|
Foreign Currency
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
AOCI - March 31, 2014
|
|
$
|
(15.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(23.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
63.4
|
|
|
$
|
24.3
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(0.6
|
)
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
(0.8
|
)
|
||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI and noncontrolling interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Reclassification adjustments (pre-tax)
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments tax benefit
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
(1.3
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1.3
|
)
|
||||
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
(2.1
|
)
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
(2.1
|
)
|
||||
Add other comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
|
|
—
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to UGI
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
1.1
|
|
||||
AOCI - June 30, 2014
|
|
$
|
(15.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(22.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
63.2
|
|
|
$
|
25.4
|
|
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2015
|
|
Postretirement Benefit Plans
|
|
Derivative Instruments
|
|
Foreign Currency (a)
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
AOCI - September 30, 2014
|
|
$
|
(20.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(9.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
8.7
|
|
|
$
|
(21.2
|
)
|
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
—
|
|
|
23.1
|
|
|
(118.0
|
)
|
|
(94.9
|
)
|
||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI and noncontrolling interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Reclassification adjustments (pre-tax)
|
|
2.1
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5.1
|
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments tax expense
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
(2.3
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(3.0
|
)
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
||||
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
23.8
|
|
|
(118.0
|
)
|
|
(92.8
|
)
|
||||
Add other comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
|
|
—
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to UGI
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
25.6
|
|
|
(118.0
|
)
|
|
(91.0
|
)
|
||||
AOCI - June 30, 2015
|
|
$
|
(19.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
16.3
|
|
|
$
|
(109.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(112.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2014
|
|
Postretirement Benefit Plans
|
|
Derivative Instruments
|
|
Foreign Currency
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
AOCI - September 30, 2013
|
|
$
|
(16.4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(26.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
51.7
|
|
|
$
|
8.4
|
|
Other comprehensive income before reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
—
|
|
|
46.2
|
|
|
11.5
|
|
|
57.7
|
|
||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI and noncontrolling interests:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Reclassification adjustments (pre-tax)
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
(50.7
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(49.7
|
)
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments tax benefit
|
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
4.0
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3.8
|
|
||||
Reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
(46.7
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(45.9
|
)
|
||||
Other comprehensive income
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
11.5
|
|
|
11.8
|
|
||||
Add other comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
|
|
—
|
|
|
5.2
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5.2
|
|
||||
Other comprehensive income attributable to UGI
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
|
11.5
|
|
|
17.0
|
|
||||
AOCI - June 30, 2014
|
|
$
|
(15.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(22.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
63.2
|
|
|
$
|
25.4
|
|
(a)
|
See Note 2 relating to correction of prior period error in comprehensive income.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Midstream & Marketing
|
|
UGI International
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total
|
|
Elim-
inations
|
|
AmeriGas
Propane
|
|
Gas
Utility
|
|
Energy Services
|
|
Electric Generation
|
|
Antargaz
|
|
Flaga &
Other
|
|
Corporate
& Other (b)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
1,148.1
|
|
|
$
|
(27.0
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
478.0
|
|
|
$
|
119.4
|
|
|
$
|
169.7
|
|
|
$
|
16.2
|
|
|
$
|
196.1
|
|
|
$
|
150.7
|
|
|
$
|
45.0
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
$
|
586.4
|
|
|
$
|
(26.4
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
211.4
|
|
|
$
|
41.3
|
|
|
$
|
135.9
|
|
|
$
|
7.7
|
|
|
$
|
107.9
|
|
|
$
|
101.8
|
|
|
$
|
6.8
|
|
Segment profit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$
|
56.1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
0.8
|
|
|
$
|
15.1
|
|
|
$
|
17.3
|
|
|
$
|
1.3
|
|
|
$
|
(9.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
8.8
|
|
|
$
|
21.9
|
|
Loss from equity investees
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||||||
Interest expense
|
|
(67.5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(40.3
|
)
|
|
(9.5
|
)
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(15.7
|
)
|
(d)
|
(0.9
|
)
|
|
(0.6
|
)
|
|||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes
|
|
$
|
(11.4
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(39.5
|
)
|
|
$
|
5.6
|
|
|
$
|
16.8
|
|
|
$
|
1.3
|
|
|
$
|
(24.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
7.9
|
|
|
$
|
21.3
|
|
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
48.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests’ net income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(25.5
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(36.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(0.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
10.8
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
92.5
|
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
|
$
|
48.0
|
|
|
$
|
14.8
|
|
|
$
|
3.7
|
|
|
$
|
3.2
|
|
|
$
|
15.2
|
|
|
$
|
5.9
|
|
|
$
|
1.6
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
113.2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
20.7
|
|
|
$
|
41.3
|
|
|
$
|
27.5
|
|
|
$
|
1.1
|
|
|
$
|
17.2
|
|
|
$
|
3.3
|
|
|
$
|
2.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Midstream & Marketing
|
|
UGI International
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total
|
|
Elim-
inations |
|
AmeriGas
Propane
|
|
Gas
Utility
|
|
Energy
Services
|
|
Electric
Generation
|
|
Antargaz
|
|
Flaga &
Other
|
|
Corporate
& Other (b)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
1,486.7
|
|
|
$
|
(50.8
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
613.2
|
|
|
$
|
128.3
|
|
|
$
|
248.3
|
|
|
$
|
20.5
|
|
|
$
|
249.2
|
|
|
$
|
232.3
|
|
|
$
|
45.7
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
$
|
926.5
|
|
|
$
|
(49.6
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
340.8
|
|
|
$
|
49.2
|
|
|
$
|
209.2
|
|
|
$
|
10.5
|
|
|
$
|
164.1
|
|
|
$
|
180.7
|
|
|
$
|
21.6
|
|
Segment profit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$
|
62.7
|
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
7.2
|
|
|
$
|
17.1
|
|
|
$
|
23.5
|
|
|
$
|
2.6
|
|
|
$
|
(1.4
|
)
|
|
$
|
8.2
|
|
|
$
|
5.6
|
|
Loss from equity investees
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||||||
Interest expense
|
|
(60.1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(41.4
|
)
|
|
(9.8
|
)
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(6.3
|
)
|
|
(1.4
|
)
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
2.5
|
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(34.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
7.3
|
|
|
$
|
23.0
|
|
|
$
|
2.6
|
|
|
$
|
(7.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
6.8
|
|
|
$
|
4.9
|
|
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
55.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests’ net loss
|
|
$
|
(33.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(31.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(2.0
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
90.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
47.8
|
|
|
$
|
13.7
|
|
|
$
|
3.3
|
|
|
$
|
2.7
|
|
|
$
|
14.6
|
|
|
$
|
6.2
|
|
|
$
|
1.7
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
102.4
|
|
|
$
|
1.2
|
|
|
$
|
29.3
|
|
|
$
|
35.9
|
|
|
$
|
11.2
|
|
|
$
|
1.9
|
|
|
$
|
15.6
|
|
|
$
|
4.8
|
|
|
$
|
2.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Midstream & Marketing
|
|
UGI International
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total
|
|
Elim-
inations |
|
AmeriGas
Propane |
|
Gas
Utility |
|
Energy
Services |
|
Electric
Generation |
|
Antargaz
|
|
Flaga &
Other |
|
Corporate
& Other (b) |
||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
5,608.3
|
|
|
$
|
(209.4
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
2,467.1
|
|
|
$
|
847.9
|
|
|
$
|
876.1
|
|
|
$
|
57.5
|
|
|
$
|
881.2
|
|
|
$
|
548.2
|
|
|
$
|
139.7
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
$
|
3,196.4
|
|
|
$
|
(207.4
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
1,179.0
|
|
|
$
|
426.7
|
|
|
$
|
666.8
|
|
|
$
|
25.1
|
|
|
$
|
517.5
|
|
|
$
|
397.7
|
|
|
$
|
191.0
|
|
Segment profit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$
|
841.5
|
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
|
$
|
437.4
|
|
|
$
|
226.2
|
|
|
$
|
157.4
|
|
|
$
|
8.6
|
|
|
$
|
82.5
|
|
|
$
|
35.4
|
|
|
$
|
(106.1
|
)
|
Loss from equity investees
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||||||
Interest expense
|
|
(184.7
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(122.4
|
)
|
|
(29.7
|
)
|
|
(1.6
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(26.2
|
)
|
(d)
|
(2.8
|
)
|
|
(2.0
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
655.7
|
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
|
$
|
315.0
|
|
|
$
|
196.5
|
|
|
$
|
155.8
|
|
|
$
|
8.6
|
|
|
$
|
55.2
|
|
|
$
|
32.6
|
|
|
$
|
(108.1
|
)
|
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
579.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests’ net income
|
|
$
|
176.3
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
211.6
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
0.2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(35.5
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
271.5
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
145.5
|
|
|
$
|
43.6
|
|
|
$
|
10.9
|
|
|
$
|
9.2
|
|
|
$
|
40.3
|
|
|
$
|
17.2
|
|
|
$
|
4.8
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
328.1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
77.9
|
|
|
$
|
134.0
|
|
|
$
|
46.2
|
|
|
$
|
10.0
|
|
|
$
|
38.9
|
|
|
$
|
15.1
|
|
|
$
|
6.0
|
|
As of June 30, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total assets
|
|
$
|
10,520.0
|
|
|
$
|
(121.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
4,202.6
|
|
|
$
|
2,279.0
|
|
|
$
|
629.9
|
|
|
$
|
277.6
|
|
|
$
|
2,377.9
|
|
|
$
|
534.5
|
|
|
$
|
340.3
|
|
Short-term borrowings
|
|
$
|
68.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
43.6
|
|
|
$
|
2.7
|
|
|
$
|
20.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1.7
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
$
|
2,927.7
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,954.1
|
|
|
$
|
182.1
|
|
|
$
|
5.6
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
699.8
|
|
|
$
|
79.8
|
|
|
$
|
6.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Midstream & Marketing
|
|
UGI International
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total
|
|
Elim-
inations |
|
AmeriGas
Propane |
|
Gas
Utility |
|
Energy
Services |
|
Electric
Generation |
|
Antargaz
|
|
Flaga &
Other |
|
Corporate
& Other (b) |
||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
6,965.9
|
|
|
$
|
(281.0
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
3,152.7
|
|
|
$
|
880.0
|
|
|
$
|
1,109.9
|
|
|
$
|
66.4
|
|
|
$
|
1,086.5
|
|
|
$
|
802.8
|
|
|
$
|
148.6
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
$
|
4,357.7
|
|
|
$
|
(278.0
|
)
|
(c)
|
$
|
1,809.0
|
|
|
$
|
463.5
|
|
|
$
|
894.2
|
|
|
$
|
30.5
|
|
|
$
|
713.3
|
|
|
$
|
635.1
|
|
|
$
|
90.1
|
|
Segment profit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$
|
1,015.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
471.7
|
|
|
$
|
233.7
|
|
|
$
|
166.8
|
|
|
$
|
16.9
|
|
|
$
|
94.7
|
|
|
$
|
32.8
|
|
|
$
|
(1.6
|
)
|
Loss from equity investees
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||||||||
Interest expense
|
|
(178.9
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(125.0
|
)
|
|
(26.6
|
)
|
|
(2.5
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(19.1
|
)
|
|
(3.8
|
)
|
|
(1.9
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
836.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
346.7
|
|
|
$
|
207.1
|
|
|
$
|
164.3
|
|
|
$
|
16.9
|
|
|
$
|
75.5
|
|
|
$
|
29.0
|
|
|
$
|
(3.5
|
)
|
Partnership EBITDA (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
616.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests’ net income (loss)
|
|
$
|
235.6
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
237.6
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(2.0
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
271.7
|
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
149.3
|
|
|
$
|
40.7
|
|
|
$
|
9.1
|
|
|
$
|
8.0
|
|
|
$
|
39.9
|
|
|
$
|
20.0
|
|
|
$
|
4.8
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
290.5
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
80.3
|
|
|
$
|
98.8
|
|
|
$
|
41.3
|
|
|
$
|
13.0
|
|
|
$
|
36.7
|
|
|
$
|
13.6
|
|
|
$
|
6.8
|
|
As of June 30, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total assets
|
|
$
|
10,077.7
|
|
|
$
|
(112.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
4,345.8
|
|
|
$
|
2,147.4
|
|
|
$
|
542.7
|
|
|
$
|
279.1
|
|
|
$
|
1,784.2
|
|
|
$
|
650.6
|
|
|
$
|
440.7
|
|
Short-term borrowings
|
|
$
|
96.5
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
92.5
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
4.0
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
$
|
2,885.1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,939.0
|
|
|
$
|
182.1
|
|
|
$
|
5.6
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
651.7
|
|
|
$
|
99.7
|
|
|
$
|
7.0
|
|
(a)
|
The following table provides a reconciliation of Partnership Adjusted EBITDA to AmeriGas Propane operating income:
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, |
|
Nine Months Ended
June 30, |
||||||||||||
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||||||
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA
|
|
$
|
48.9
|
|
|
$
|
55.1
|
|
|
$
|
579.5
|
|
|
$
|
616.5
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
(48.0
|
)
|
|
(47.8
|
)
|
|
(145.5
|
)
|
|
(149.3
|
)
|
||||
Noncontrolling interests (i)
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
3.4
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
||||
Operating income
|
|
$
|
0.8
|
|
|
$
|
7.2
|
|
|
$
|
437.4
|
|
|
$
|
471.7
|
|
(i)
|
Principally represents the General Partner’s
1.01%
interest in AmeriGas OLP.
|
(b)
|
Corporate & Other results principally comprise (1) Electric Utility, (2) Enterprises’ heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration and electrical contracting businesses (“HVAC”), (3) net expenses of UGI’s captive general liability insurance company, and (4) UGI Corporation’s unallocated corporate and general expenses and interest income. In addition, Corporate & Other results also include net gains and (losses) on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions totaling
$18.1
and
$4.2
during the
three
months ended
June 30, 2015
and
2014
, respectively, and
$(109.4)
and
$(1.8)
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2015
and
2014
, respectively. Corporate & Other assets principally comprise cash, short-term investments, the assets of Electric Utility and HVAC. Through March 2014, Corporate and Other also had an intercompany loan. The intercompany loan interest is removed in the segment presentation.
|
(c)
|
Represents the elimination of intersegment transactions principally among Midstream & Marketing, Gas Utility and AmeriGas Propane.
|
(d)
|
Antargaz interest expense includes pre-tax loss of
$10.3
associated with an early extinguishment of debt (see Note 8).
|
Assets acquired:
|
|
||
Cash
|
$
|
86.8
|
|
Accounts receivable (a)
|
170.3
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
11.7
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
375.3
|
|
|
Intangible assets (b)
|
98.0
|
|
|
Other assets
|
30.9
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
$
|
773.0
|
|
|
|
||
Liabilities assumed:
|
|
||
Accounts payable
|
109.2
|
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
103.4
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
120.3
|
|
|
Other noncurrent liabilities
|
109.4
|
|
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
$
|
442.3
|
|
Goodwill
|
167.1
|
|
|
Net consideration transferred
|
$
|
497.8
|
|
(a)
|
Approximates the gross contractual amounts of receivables acquired.
|
(b)
|
Represents
$86.0
of customer relationships and
$12.0
of tradenames, which have preliminary average amortization periods of approximately
15
years.
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
|
June 30,
|
||||||||||||
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
1,204.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,611.6
|
|
|
$
|
5,983.0
|
|
|
$
|
7,512.9
|
|
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
|
$
|
16.3
|
|
|
$
|
17.6
|
|
|
$
|
348.5
|
|
|
$
|
397.3
|
|
Earnings per common share attributable to UGI Corporation shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
2.01
|
|
|
$
|
2.30
|
|
Diluted
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
1.98
|
|
|
$
|
2.27
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, |
|
Nine Months Ended
June 30, |
||||||||||||
(Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
||||||||
Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
|
|
$
|
9.6
|
|
|
$
|
20.6
|
|
|
$
|
290.2
|
|
|
$
|
357.0
|
|
Net after-tax (gains) losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current period transactions (a)
|
|
(4.9
|
)
|
|
(3.5
|
)
|
|
46.2
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||
Retroactive impact of change in French tax law
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5.7
|
|
||||
Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation
|
|
$
|
4.7
|
|
|
$
|
17.1
|
|
|
$
|
336.4
|
|
|
$
|
362.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Adjusted diluted earnings per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
UGI Corporation earnings per share - diluted
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
|
$
|
1.65
|
|
|
$
|
2.04
|
|
Net after-tax (gains) losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current period transactions (b)
|
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|
0.27
|
|
|
—
|
|
||||
Retroactive impact of change in French tax law
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
||||
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
|
$
|
0.10
|
|
|
$
|
1.92
|
|
|
$
|
2.07
|
|
For the three months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Variance - Favorable
(Unfavorable)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
Amount
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
% Change
|
|||||||||
AmeriGas Propane
|
|
$
|
(2.4
|
)
|
|
(25.0
|
)%
|
|
$
|
(1.8
|
)
|
|
(8.7
|
)%
|
|
$
|
(0.6
|
)
|
|
(33.3
|
)%
|
UGI International (a)
|
|
(9.9
|
)
|
|
(103.1
|
)%
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
1.9
|
%
|
|
(10.3
|
)
|
|
N.M
|
|
|||
Gas Utility
|
|
4.5
|
|
|
46.9
|
%
|
|
5.7
|
|
|
27.7
|
%
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
(21.1
|
)%
|
|||
Midstream & Marketing
|
|
11.0
|
|
|
114.6
|
%
|
|
14.1
|
|
|
68.4
|
%
|
|
(3.1
|
)
|
|
(22.0
|
)%
|
|||
Corporate & Other (b)
|
|
6.4
|
|
|
66.6
|
%
|
|
2.2
|
|
|
10.7
|
%
|
|
4.2
|
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|||
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
|
|
$
|
9.6
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
20.6
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
(11.0
|
)
|
|
(53.4
|
)%
|
(a)
|
Three months ended June 30, 2015, includes an after-tax loss of $(4.6) million associated with an early extinguishment of debt at Antargaz.
|
(b)
|
Includes net after-tax gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions of $4.9 million and $3.5 million for the
three
months ended
June 30, 2015
and
2014
, respectively.
|
For the three months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Decrease
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
478.0
|
|
|
$
|
613.2
|
|
|
$
|
(135.2
|
)
|
|
(22.0
|
)%
|
Total margin (a)
|
|
$
|
266.6
|
|
|
$
|
272.4
|
|
|
$
|
(5.8
|
)
|
|
(2.1
|
)%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
223.3
|
|
|
$
|
225.1
|
|
|
$
|
(1.8
|
)
|
|
(0.8
|
)%
|
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (b)
|
|
$
|
48.9
|
|
|
$
|
55.1
|
|
|
$
|
(6.2
|
)
|
|
(11.3
|
)%
|
Operating income (b)
|
|
$
|
0.8
|
|
|
$
|
7.2
|
|
|
$
|
(6.4
|
)
|
|
(88.9
|
)%
|
Retail gallons sold (millions)
|
|
202.2
|
|
|
215.6
|
|
|
(13.4
|
)
|
|
(6.2
|
)%
|
|||
Degree days—% (warmer) than normal (c)
|
|
(18.5
|
)%
|
|
(9.3
|
)%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
(a)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Total margin excludes net pre-tax gains (losses) of $14.8 million and $(2.8) million on AmeriGas Propane commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions during the
three
months ended
June 30, 2015
and 2014, respectively.
|
(b)
|
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization as adjusted for net gains and losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions) should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as an indicator of operating performance) and is not a measure of performance or financial condition under GAAP. Management uses Partnership Adjusted EBITDA as the primary measure of segment profitability for the AmeriGas Propane segment (see
Note 14
to condensed consolidated financial statements).
|
(c)
|
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 30-year period 1971-2000 based upon national weather statistics provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) for 335 airports in the United States, excluding Alaska.
|
For the three months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
346.8
|
|
|
$
|
481.5
|
|
|
$
|
(134.7
|
)
|
|
(28.0
|
)%
|
Total margin (a)
|
|
$
|
137.1
|
|
|
$
|
136.7
|
|
|
$
|
0.4
|
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
117.0
|
|
|
$
|
112.5
|
|
|
$
|
4.5
|
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
Operating (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
6.8
|
|
|
$
|
(7.1
|
)
|
|
(104.4
|
)%
|
Loss before income taxes
|
|
$
|
(16.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
(15.9
|
)
|
|
N.M.
|
|
Retail gallons sold (millions) (b)
|
|
151.5
|
|
|
130.2
|
|
|
21.3
|
|
|
16.4
|
%
|
|||
Antargaz degree days—% (warmer) than normal (c)
|
|
(23.7
|
)%
|
|
(19.8
|
)%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Flaga degree days—% (warmer) than normal (c)
|
|
(2.0
|
)%
|
|
(15.5
|
)%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
(a)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Total margin for the
three
months ended
June 30, 2015
excludes net pre-tax gains of $1.1 million on UGI International’s commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions.
|
(b)
|
Excludes retail gallons from operations in China.
|
(c)
|
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 30-year period 1981-2010 at locations in our Antargaz and Flaga service territories.
|
For the three months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
119.4
|
|
|
$
|
128.3
|
|
|
$
|
(8.9
|
)
|
|
(6.9
|
)%
|
Total margin (a)
|
|
$
|
78.1
|
|
|
$
|
79.1
|
|
|
$
|
(1.0
|
)
|
|
(1.3
|
)%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
48.6
|
|
|
$
|
47.0
|
|
|
$
|
1.6
|
|
|
3.4
|
%
|
Operating income
|
|
$
|
15.1
|
|
|
$
|
17.1
|
|
|
$
|
(2.0
|
)
|
|
(11.7
|
)%
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
$
|
5.6
|
|
|
$
|
7.3
|
|
|
$
|
(1.7
|
)
|
|
(23.3
|
)%
|
System throughput—billions of cubic feet (“bcf”) —
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Core market
|
|
8.9
|
|
|
9.2
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
(3.3
|
)%
|
|||
Total
|
|
38.6
|
|
|
37.5
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
2.9
|
%
|
|||
Degree days—% (warmer) than normal (b)
|
|
(22.2
|
)%
|
|
(6.3
|
)%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
(a)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
|
(b)
|
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 15-year period 1995-2009 based upon weather statistics provided by NOAA for airports located within Gas Utility’s service territory.
|
For the three months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues (a)
|
|
$
|
183.3
|
|
|
$
|
265.7
|
|
|
$
|
(82.4
|
)
|
|
(31.0
|
)%
|
Total margin (b)
|
|
$
|
42.3
|
|
|
$
|
49.1
|
|
|
$
|
(6.8
|
)
|
|
(13.8
|
)%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
17.0
|
|
|
$
|
16.9
|
|
|
$
|
0.1
|
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
Operating income
|
|
$
|
18.6
|
|
|
$
|
26.1
|
|
|
$
|
(7.5
|
)
|
|
(28.7
|
)%
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
$
|
18.1
|
|
|
$
|
25.6
|
|
|
$
|
(7.5
|
)
|
|
(29.3
|
)%
|
(a)
|
Amounts are net of intercompany revenues between Midstream & Marketing’s Energy Services and Electric Generation segments.
|
(b)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Amounts exclude pre-tax gains from changes in the fair values of Midstream & Marketing’s unsettled commodity derivative instruments and certain settled commodity derivative instruments not associated with current period transactions of $2.2 million and $7.0 million during the
2015 three-month period
and the
2014 three-month period
, respectively.
|
For the nine months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Variance - Favorable
(Unfavorable)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
Amount
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
% of Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
% Change
|
|||||||||
AmeriGas Propane
|
|
$
|
62.0
|
|
|
21.4
|
%
|
|
$
|
66.4
|
|
|
18.6
|
%
|
|
$
|
(4.4
|
)
|
|
(6.6
|
)%
|
UGI International (a)
|
|
59.8
|
|
|
20.6
|
%
|
|
66.6
|
|
|
18.7
|
%
|
|
(6.8
|
)
|
|
(10.2
|
)%
|
|||
Gas Utility
|
|
119.4
|
|
|
41.1
|
%
|
|
123.5
|
|
|
34.6
|
%
|
|
(4.1
|
)
|
|
(3.3
|
)%
|
|||
Midstream & Marketing
|
|
97.6
|
|
|
33.6
|
%
|
|
107.9
|
|
|
30.2
|
%
|
|
(10.3
|
)
|
|
(9.5
|
)%
|
|||
Corporate & Other (b)
|
|
(48.6
|
)
|
|
(16.7
|
)%
|
|
(7.4
|
)
|
|
(2.1
|
)%
|
|
(41.2
|
)
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|||
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
|
|
$
|
290.2
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
357.0
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
(66.8
|
)
|
|
(18.7
|
)%
|
(a)
|
Nine months ended June 30, 2015, includes a net after-tax loss of $4.6 million associated with an early extinguishment of debt at Antargaz. Nine months ended June 30, 2014 includes income tax expense of $5.7 million to reflect the retroactive effects of a change in tax laws in France.
|
(b)
|
Includes net after-tax (losses) on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions of $(46.2) million for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2015
. After-tax gains and losses in the 2014 nine-month period were not material.
|
For the nine months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Decrease
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
2,467.1
|
|
|
$
|
3,152.7
|
|
|
$
|
(685.6
|
)
|
|
(21.7
|
)%
|
Total margin (a)
|
|
$
|
1,288.1
|
|
|
$
|
1,343.7
|
|
|
$
|
(55.6
|
)
|
|
(4.1
|
)%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
728.1
|
|
|
$
|
744.1
|
|
|
$
|
(16.0
|
)
|
|
(2.2
|
)%
|
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (b)
|
|
$
|
579.5
|
|
|
$
|
616.5
|
|
|
$
|
(37.0
|
)
|
|
(6.0
|
)%
|
Operating income
|
|
$
|
437.4
|
|
|
$
|
471.7
|
|
|
$
|
(34.3
|
)
|
|
(7.3
|
)%
|
Retail gallons sold (millions)
|
|
990.4
|
|
|
1,064.6
|
|
|
(74.2
|
)
|
|
(7.0
|
)%
|
|||
Degree days—% (warmer) colder than normal (c)
|
|
(4.5
|
)%
|
|
4.3
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
(a)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Total margin for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2015
and 2014 excludes net pre-tax (losses) of $(48.7) million and $(2.8) million, respectively, on AmeriGas Propane commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions.
|
(b)
|
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as an indicator of operating performance) and is not a measure of performance or financial condition under GAAP. Management uses Partnership Adjusted EBITDA as the primary measure of segment profitability for the AmeriGas Propane segment (see
Note 14
to condensed consolidated financial statements).
|
(c)
|
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 30-year period 1971-2000 based upon national weather statistics provided by NOAA for 335 airports in the United States, excluding Alaska.
|
For the nine months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
1,429.4
|
|
|
$
|
1,889.3
|
|
|
$
|
(459.9
|
)
|
|
(24.3
|
)%
|
Total margin (a)
|
|
$
|
514.2
|
|
|
$
|
540.9
|
|
|
$
|
(26.7
|
)
|
|
(4.9
|
)%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
343.1
|
|
|
$
|
359.7
|
|
|
$
|
(16.6
|
)
|
|
(4.6
|
)%
|
Operating income
|
|
$
|
117.9
|
|
|
$
|
127.5
|
|
|
$
|
(9.6
|
)
|
|
(7.5
|
)%
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
$
|
87.8
|
|
|
$
|
104.5
|
|
|
$
|
(16.7
|
)
|
|
(16.0
|
)%
|
Retail gallons sold (millions) (b)
|
|
521.8
|
|
|
499.4
|
|
|
22.4
|
|
|
4.5
|
%
|
|||
Antargaz degree days—% (warmer) than normal (c)
|
|
(11.6
|
)%
|
|
(13.7
|
)%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|||
Flaga degree days—% (warmer) than normal (c)
|
|
(12.1
|
)%
|
|
(15.7
|
)%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
(a)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Total margin for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2015
excludes net pre-tax (losses) of $(18.0) million on UGI International’s commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions.
|
(b)
|
Excludes retail gallons from operations in China.
|
(c)
|
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 30-year period 1981-2010 at locations in our Antargaz and Flaga service territories.
|
For the nine months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
847.9
|
|
|
$
|
880.0
|
|
|
$
|
(32.1
|
)
|
|
(3.6
|
)%
|
Total margin (a)
|
|
$
|
421.2
|
|
|
$
|
416.5
|
|
|
$
|
4.7
|
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
150.7
|
|
|
$
|
138.0
|
|
|
$
|
12.7
|
|
|
9.2
|
%
|
Operating income
|
|
$
|
226.2
|
|
|
$
|
233.7
|
|
|
$
|
(7.5
|
)
|
|
(3.2
|
)%
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
$
|
196.5
|
|
|
$
|
207.1
|
|
|
$
|
(10.6
|
)
|
|
(5.1
|
)%
|
System throughput—bcf —
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Core market
|
|
76.4
|
|
|
75.1
|
|
|
1.3
|
|
|
1.7
|
%
|
|||
Total
|
|
176.3
|
|
|
172.8
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
2.0
|
%
|
|||
Degree days—% colder than normal (b)
|
|
7.2
|
%
|
|
10.2
|
%
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
(a)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
|
(b)
|
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 15-year period 1995-2009 based upon weather statistics provided by NOAA for airports located within Gas Utility’s service territory.
|
For the nine months ended June 30,
|
|
2015
|
|
2014
|
|
Increase (Decrease)
|
|||||||||
(Dollars in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Revenues (a)
|
|
$
|
923.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,160.3
|
|
|
$
|
(237.1
|
)
|
|
(20.4
|
)%
|
Total margin (b)
|
|
$
|
241.7
|
|
|
$
|
251.6
|
|
|
$
|
(9.9
|
)
|
|
(3.9
|
)%
|
Operating and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
55.7
|
|
|
$
|
50.7
|
|
|
$
|
5.0
|
|
|
9.9
|
%
|
Operating income
|
|
$
|
166.0
|
|
|
$
|
183.7
|
|
|
$
|
(17.7
|
)
|
|
(9.6
|
)%
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
$
|
164.4
|
|
|
$
|
181.2
|
|
|
$
|
(16.8
|
)
|
|
(9.3
|
)%
|
(a)
|
Amounts are net of intercompany revenues between Midstream & Marketing’s Energy Services and Electric Generation segments.
|
(b)
|
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Amounts exclude net pre-tax gains (losses) from changes in the fair values of Midstream & Marketing’s unsettled commodity derivative instruments and certain settled commodity derivative instruments not associated with current period transactions of $(42.8) million and $1.0 million during the
2015 nine-month period
and the
2014 nine-month period
, respectively.
|
(Millions of dollars or euros)
|
|
Total Capacity
|
|
Borrowings Outstanding
|
|
Letters of Credit and Guarantees Outstanding
|
|
Available Capacity
|
As of June 30, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AmeriGas Propane
|
|
$525.0
|
|
$43.6
|
|
$64.7
|
|
$416.7
|
Antargaz
|
|
€60.0
|
|
€0.0
|
|
€0.0
|
|
€60.0
|
Flaga
|
|
€58.0
|
|
€1.5
|
|
€20.0
|
|
€36.5
|
UGI Utilities
|
|
$300.0
|
|
$2.7
|
|
$2.0
|
|
$295.3
|
Energy Services
|
|
$240.0
|
|
$0.0
|
|
$0.0
|
|
$240.0
|
As of June 30, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AmeriGas Propane
|
|
$525.0
|
|
$92.5
|
|
$64.7
|
|
$367.8
|
Antargaz
|
|
€40.0
|
|
€0.0
|
|
€0.0
|
|
€40.0
|
Flaga
|
|
€58.0
|
|
€0.0
|
|
€32.3
|
|
€25.7
|
UGI Utilities
|
|
$300.0
|
|
$0.0
|
|
$2.0
|
|
$298.0
|
Energy Services
|
|
$240.0
|
|
$0.0
|
|
$0.0
|
|
$240.0
|
|
|
For the nine months ended
June 30, 2015 |
|
For the nine months ended
June 30, 2014 |
||||
(Millions of dollars or euros)
|
|
Average
|
|
Peak
|
|
Average
|
|
Peak
|
AmeriGas Propane
|
|
$136.9
|
|
$349.0
|
|
$175.0
|
|
$320.0
|
Antargaz
|
|
N.A.
|
|
N.A.
|
|
N.A.
|
|
N.A.
|
Flaga
|
|
€2.9
|
|
€3.6
|
|
€1.5
|
|
€3.6
|
UGI Utilities
|
|
$73.6
|
|
$163.6
|
|
$30.4
|
|
$84.0
|
Energy Services
|
|
$0.2
|
|
$7.0
|
|
$55.4
|
|
$114.0
|
(a)
|
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
|
(b)
|
Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
|
Exhibit
No.
|
|
Exhibit
|
|
Registrant
|
|
Filing
|
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Amendment No. 2 to Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. dated as of July 27, 2015.
|
|
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
|
|
Form 8-K (7/27/15)
|
|
3.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
Senior Facilities Agreement dated April 30, 2015 by and among UGI France, as Borrower, Guarantor and Security Grantor, Natixis, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel de Paris et d'Ile de France, Crédit Lyonnais SA, ING Bank N.V. (acting through its French branch), Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, and Natixis, as Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners, and HSBC France, as Senior Mandated Lead Arranger.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.INS
|
|
XBRL Instance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.SCH
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.CAL
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.DEF
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.LAB
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.PRE
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGI Corporation
|
|
|
|
(Registrant)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
August 7, 2015
|
By:
|
/s/ Kirk R. Oliver
|
|
|
|
Kirk R. Oliver
|
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
August 7, 2015
|
By:
|
/s/ Davinder S. Athwal
|
|
|
|
Davinder S. Athwal
|
|
|
|
Vice President - Accounting and
|
|
|
|
Financial Control and Chief Risk Officer
|
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
Senior Facilities Agreement dated April 30, 2015 by and among UGI France, as Borrower, Guarantor and Security Grantor, Natixis, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel de Paris et d'Ile de France, Crédit Lyonnais SA, ING Bank N.V. (acting through its French branch), Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, and Natixis, as Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners, and HSBC France, as Senior Mandated Lead Arranger.
|
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
101.INS
|
|
XBRL Instance
|
|
|
|
101.SCH
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
|
|
|
|
101.CAL
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
|
|
|
|
101.DEF
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
|
|
|
|
101.LAB
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
|
|
|
|
101.PRE
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
|
SENIOR FACILITIES AGREEMENT
EUR 600,000,000 TERM FACILITY
EUR 60,000,000 REVOLVING FACILITY
|
UGI FRANCE
as Parent, Guarantor, Security Grantor and Borrower
|
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
BNP PARIBAS
CAISSE RÉGIONALE DE CRÉDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE PARIS ET D’ILE DE FRANCE ("CADIF")
CRÉDIT LYONNAIS SA ("LCL")
ING BANK N.V. (acting through its French branch)
NATIXIS
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING (the corporate and investment banking division of Société Générale)
as Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners
|
|
HSBC France
as Senior Mandated Lead Arranger
|
NATIXIS
as Facility Agent and Security Agent
|
THE ORIGINAL LENDERS
|
CLAUSE
|
|
PAGE
|
|
1.
|
INTERPRETATION
|
6
|
|
2.
|
THE FACILITIES
|
30
|
|
3.
|
PARTICIPATION OF LENDERS
|
31
|
|
4.
|
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
|
33
|
|
5.
|
DRAWDOWN PROCEDURES
|
36
|
|
6.
|
INTEREST
|
38
|
|
7.
|
SELECTION OF INTEREST PERIODS
|
41
|
|
8.
|
MARKET DISRUPTION
|
41
|
|
9.
|
REPAYMENT OF DRAWINGS
|
43
|
|
10.
|
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
43
|
|
11.
|
PAYMENTS
|
49
|
|
12.
|
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
52
|
|
13.
|
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
|
56
|
|
14.
|
FEES, EXPENSES AND STAMP DUTIES
|
58
|
|
15.
|
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY INTEREST
|
60
|
|
16.
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
62
|
|
17.
|
UNDERTAKINGS
|
68
|
|
18.
|
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
83
|
|
19.
|
THE AGENTS AND THE OTHER FINANCE PARTIES
|
88
|
|
20.
|
PRO RATA PAYMENTS
|
95
|
|
21.
|
SET-OFF
|
96
|
|
22.
|
NOTICES
|
96
|
|
23.
|
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
|
97
|
|
24.
|
CHANGES TO PARTIES
|
97
|
|
25.
|
LENDERS' DECISIONS
|
101
|
|
26.
|
INDEMNITIES
|
105
|
|
27.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
106
|
|
28.
|
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
|
107
|
|
29.
|
GOVERNING LAW AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
|
108
|
|
SCHEDULE 1
|
ORIGINAL LENDERS
|
109
|
|
SCHEDULE 2
|
SECURITY DOCUMENTS
|
110
|
|
SCHEDULE 3
|
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
|
112
|
|
SCHEDULE 4
|
DRAWDOWN REQUEST - ADVANCES
|
120
|
|
SCHEDULE 5
|
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
|
121
|
|
SCHEDULE 6
|
AUDITORS CERTIFICATE
|
122
|
|
SCHEDULE 7
|
FORM OF EFFECTIVE GLOBAL RATE LETTER
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123
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SCHEDULE 8
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STORAGE AND LOGISTICS COMPANIES
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125
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SCHEDULE 9
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TRANSFER REQUEST
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126
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SCHEDULE 10
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FORM OF ACCESSION DEED
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127
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SCHEDULE 11
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FORM OF INCREASE CONFIRMATION
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128
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1.
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UGI FRANCE
,
a
société par actions simplifiée
, incorporated under the laws of France under registration number 452 431 232 RCS Nanterre, having its registered office at Immeuble Les Renardières, 3 Place de Saverne, 92400 Courbevoie, and represented by duly authorised signatories for the purpose of this Agreement (the
"
Parent
");
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2.
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC
, a public limited company, incorporated under the laws of England under registration number 1026167, having its registered office at 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner of the Facilities (a "
Mandated Lead Arranger,
Underwriter and Bookrunner
");
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3.
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BNP PARIBAS
,
a société anonyme
incorporated under the laws of the Republic of France under registration number 662 042 449 RCS Paris and having its registered office at 16 boulevard des Italiens, 75002, Paris, France, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner of the Facilities (a "
Mandated Lead Arranger,
Underwriter and Bookrunner
");
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4.
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CAISSE RÉGIONALE DE CRÉDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE PARIS ET D’ILE DE FRANCE ("CADIF")
,
a
société coopérative à capital variable, établissement de crédit, société de courtage d’assurances
, incorporated under the laws of France, having its registered office at 26, Quai de la Rapée, 75012 Paris, registered with the registry of commerce and companies of Paris under number 775 665 615 and with the
Registre des Intermédiaires en Assurances
under number 07 008 015, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner of the Facilities (a "
Mandated Lead Arranger,
Underwriter and Bookrunner
");
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5.
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CRÉDIT LYONNAIS ("LCL")
,
a
société anonyme
, incorporated under the laws of France under registration number 954 509 741 RCS Lyon , with registered capital of euro 1 847 860.375, and having its registered office at 18, rue de la République, 69002 Lyon, France and its administrative office at 20 avenue de Paris, 94811 Villejuif, France, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner of the Facilities (a "
Mandated Lead Arranger,
Underwriter and Bookrunner
");
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6.
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ING BANK N.V.
(acting through its French branch)
, a company incorporated in the Netherlands, with its registered office at Bijlmerplein 888 – 1102 MG Amsterdam, the Netherlands, registered with the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam under number 33031431, acting for the purpose hereof through its French branch, located at Immeuble Lumière, 40 avenue des Terroirs de France, 75012 Paris, France, registered with the trade and companies register of Paris under number 791 866 890, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner of the Facilities (a "
Mandated Lead Arranger,
Underwriter and Bookrunner
");
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7.
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NATIXIS
, a
société anonyme
, incorporated under the laws of France under registration number 542 044 524 RCS Paris, having its registered office at 30, avenue Pierre Mendès France 75013 Paris, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner of the Facilities (a "
Mandated Lead Arranger,
Underwriter and Bookrunner
");
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8.
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SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING (the corporate and investment banking division of Société Générale)
,
a
société anonyme
incorporated under the laws of the Republic of France
under registration number 552 120 222 RCS Paris and having its registered office at 29 boulevard Haussman, 75009 Paris, France, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner of the Facilities (a "
Mandated Lead Arranger,
Underwriter and Bookrunner
");
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9.
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HSBC France
,
a
société anonyme
incorporated under the laws of France under registration number 775 670 284 RCS Paris, having its registered office at 103 avenue des Champs Elysée, 75008 Paris, and represented by duly authorized signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as senior mandated lead arranger of the Facilities (the "
Senior
Mandated Lead Arranger
");
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10.
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NATIXIS
in its capacity as facility agent for the Lenders under the Finance Documents (the "
Facility Agent
");
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11.
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NATIXIS
in its capacity as agent for the Finance Parties under the Security Documents (the "
Security Agent
"); and
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12.
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
listed in Schedule 1 (
Original Lenders
) as lenders (the "
Original Lenders
").
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1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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(i)
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the amount of its participation in any outstanding Advance under that Facility; and
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(ii)
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in relation to any proposed Drawing, the amount of its participation in any other Drawings that are due to be made under that Facility on or before the proposed Drawdown Date.
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(i)
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in relation to the Term Facility, the period starting on the Signing Date and ending on the Closing Date (inclusive), and
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(ii)
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in relation to the Revolving Facility, the period starting on the day after the Closing Date and ending one (1) month before the Final Repayment Date.
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(a)
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the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated;
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(b)
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the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement – Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and
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(c)
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any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III".
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(i)
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the Original Borrower;
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(ii)
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following the Acquisition and subject to the delivery of an Accession Deed, TotalGaz as Borrower under the Revolving Facility; and
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(iii)
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subject to the delivery of an Accession Deed, Antargaz as Borrower under the Revolving Facility.
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(i)
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before any deduction of corporation tax or other Taxes on income or gains;
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(ii)
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before any deduction for Interest Payable;
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(iii)
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after deducting (to the extent otherwise included) Interest Receivable;
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(iv)
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excluding extraordinary items;
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(v)
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after deducting (to the extent otherwise included) the amount of profit (or adding back the amount of loss) of:
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(a)
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any Group Company (other than the Obligors) which is attributable to any third party (other than a Group Company) which is a shareholder in that Group Company; and
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(b)
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any company or other person which is not a Group Company but whose profits or losses are taken into account in the calculation of the consolidated profit of the Group for that Testing Period;
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(c)
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after adding back or deducting, as the case may be, the amount of any loss or gain against book value arising on a disposal of any asset (other than stock disposed of in the ordinary course of trading) during that Testing Period, to the extent included in arriving at EBITDA for that Testing Period;
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(vi)
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before deducting amortisation of any goodwill or any intangible assets;
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(vii)
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before deducting any depreciation on fixed assets;
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(viii)
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before amortisation of any Refinancing Costs;
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(ix)
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after adding back or deducting, as the case may be, the variation of any provision during that Testing Period which does not have any cash impact; and
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(x)
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after deducting the transition expenses.
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(i)
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the applicable Screen Rate; or
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(ii)
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(if no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Advance), the Interpolated Screen Rate,
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(i)
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sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
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(ii)
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any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (i) above; or
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(iii)
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any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (i) or (ii) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
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(i)
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in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;
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(ii)
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in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to "gross proceeds" from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2017; or
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(iii)
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in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs
(i) or (ii) above, 1 January 2017,
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(i)
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any money borrowed (including any overdraft and amounts borrowed under this Agreement, the Subordinated Loans, any Subordinated PIK Loans and until the Term Facility Drawdown Date, the Existing Indebtedness);
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(ii)
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any debenture, bond (other than (a) any performance bond issued in the ordinary course of trading by one Group Company in relation to the obligations of another Group Company or (b) any customs guaranty (
caution douanière)
), note or loan stock or other similar instrument;
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(iii)
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any acceptance or documentary credit;
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(iv)
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any receivable sold or discounted (other than to the Security Agent pursuant to any Security Document) provided that, for the purposes of any calculation of the amount of Financial Indebtedness, the amount of indebtedness to be taken into account under this paragraph (iv) will be the amount of the consideration received by the relevant Group Company for the sale or discounting of the relevant receivable;
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(v)
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the purchase price of any asset or service to the extent payable by a Group Company after the time of sale or delivery to a Group Company, where the deferred payment is:
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(a)
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arranged as a method of raising vendor financing; and
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(b)
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paid more than six (6) months after the sale or delivery date;
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(vi)
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the sale price of any asset or service to the extent paid before the time of sale or delivery by the Group Company liable to effect that sale or delivery, where the advance payment is arranged as a method of raising finance;
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(vii)
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any Finance Lease, hire purchase, credit sale or conditional sale agreement which in each case would be treated as such in accordance with US GAAP;
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(viii)
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Derivative Instruments (provided that, for the purpose of any calculation of the amount of Financial Indebtedness to be taken into account under this paragraph (viii) in respect of the relevant Derivative Instrument, that amount shall be the net amount of the payment obligations outstanding from the relevant Group Company under that Derivative Instrument, less the amount of any margin then placed by that Group Company with the relevant counterparty in connection with that Derivative Instrument);
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(ix)
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any amount payable by any Obligor in relation to the reduction of any share capital or redemption of any securities issued by it or any other Group Company, other than amounts payable to another Obligor;
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(x)
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any amount raised under any other transaction having the commercial effect of a borrowing (other than refundable deposits payable and consigned containers accrual liability);
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(xi)
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any disposal of receivables by way of securitisation, factoring or otherwise; or
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(xii)
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any guarantee issued by a Group Company of indebtedness of any person of a type referred to in paragraphs (i) to (xii) (inclusive) above;
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(xiii)
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for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of indebtedness to be taken into account for the purpose of any calculation of the amount of Financial Indebtedness shall not double‑count guarantees granted by any Group Company in respect of Financial Indebtedness incurred by any Group Company and will not include guarantees of obligations incurred by any Group Company which obligations do not constitute indebtedness of a type referred to in paragraphs (i) to (xiii) (inclusive) above.
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(i)
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in relation to the Parent or any member of the Group (but other than in relation to TotalGaz until the Closing Date), the period of twelve (12) months ending on 30 September in each year;
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(ii)
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in relation to TotalGaz but only until the Closing Date, the period of twelve (12) months ending on 31 December in each year.
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(i)
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it has failed to make (or has notified a Party that it will not make) a payment required to be made by it under the Finance Documents by the due date for payment;
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(ii)
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the Facility Agent otherwise rescinds or repudiates a Finance Document;
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(iii)
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(if the Facility Agent is also a Revolving Lender) it is a Defaulting Lender; or
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(iv)
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an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Facility Agent;
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(v)
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unless, in the case of paragraph (i) above:
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(a)
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its failure to pay is caused by:
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(A)
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administrative or technical error; or
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(B)
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a Disruption Event; and
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(b)
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the Facility Agent is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.
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(i)
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is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
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(ii)
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becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due and in each case, that Finance Party is under a public insolvency, bankruptcy or governmental proceeding or process that is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within thirty (30) days of the institution or presentation thereof;
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(iii)
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makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
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(iv)
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institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization or the jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar official;
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(v)
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has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in paragraph (iv) above and:
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(a)
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results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation; or
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(b)
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is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within thirty (30) days of the institution or presentation thereof;
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(vi)
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has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
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(vii)
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seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially, all its assets, (other than, for so long as it is required by law or regulation not to be publicly disclosed, any such appointment which is to be made, or is made, by a person or entity described in paragraph (iv) above);
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(viii)
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has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within thirty (30) days thereafter;
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(ix)
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causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in paragraphs (i) to (viii) above; or
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(x)
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takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.
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(i)
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the applicable rate displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen for deposits in the relevant currency for the longest period (for which that rate displayed is available) which is less than the particular period; and
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(ii)
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the applicable rate so displayed for the shortest period (for which that rate displayed is available) which exceeds the particular period,
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(i)
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the interest element of Finance Leases;
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(ii)
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discount and acceptance fees payable (or deducted) in relation to any Financial Indebtedness;
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(iii)
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fees payable in connection with the issue or maintenance of any bond, letter of credit, guarantee or other assurance against financial loss which constitutes Financial Indebtedness and is issued by a third party on behalf of a Group Company (but excluding Refinancing Costs);
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(iv)
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repayment and prepayment premiums payable or incurred in repaying or prepaying any Financial Indebtedness; and
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(v)
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commitment, utilization and non-utilization fees payable or incurred in relation to Financial Indebtedness (but excluding Refinancing Costs).
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(i)
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Interest accrued (whether or not paid or capitalized) during the relevant Testing Period; and
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(ii)
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the amount of the discount element of any Financial Indebtedness amortized during that Testing Period,
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(i)
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any amount advanced, lent, contributed or subscribed for, or otherwise invested in, a Joint Venture by any Group Company during any Financial Year;
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(ii)
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the market value of any asset transferred (other than by way of a transfer otherwise permitted under this Agreement) or contributed to a Joint Venture by any Group Company during any Financial Year; and
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(iii)
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the maximum liability under any guarantee given by any Group Company during any Financial Year in respect of any Financial Indebtedness incurred (whether by way of guarantee or otherwise) by a Joint Venture.
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(i)
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Lenders whose aggregate Commitments at that time aggregate more than 66
2
/
3
per cent. of the Total Commitments at that time; or
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(ii)
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if the Total Commitments have at that time been reduced to zero, Lenders whose Commitments aggregated more than 66
2
/
3
per cent. of the Total Commitments immediately before the relevant reduction.
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(i)
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in relation to the Term Facility, 2.50% (two point fifty per cent.) per annum, subject to Clause 6.6 (
Margin adjustment
); or
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(ii)
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in relation to the Revolving Facility, 2.35% (two point thirty-five per cent.) per annum, subject to Clause 6.6 (
Margin adjustment
).
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(i)
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which is materially adverse to:
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(a)
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the business, assets or financial condition of the Group (taken as a whole); or
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(b)
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the ability of an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under Clause 17.17 (
Financial Covenant
) or any of its payment obligations under any Finance Document; or
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(ii)
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which results in any Security Document not providing to any of the beneficiaries of such Security Document security over the assets expressed to be secured under that Security Document or which materially affects the validity or enforceability of the security expressed to be provided for under that Security Document.
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(i)
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Antargaz, AGZ Holding, Antargaz Belgium and (after the Acquisition) TotalGaz,
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(ii)
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any other Subsidiary whose EBITDA exceeds five per cent. (5%) of the EBITDA of the Group; and
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(iii)
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any other Group Company to be included as necessary to ensure that at all times the Parent and the Material Subsidiaries represent more than eighty per cent. (80%) of the EBITDA of the Group.
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(i)
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the audited financial statements of the Parent for the Financial Year ending 30 September 2014;
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(ii)
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the audited and consolidated financial statements of AGZ Holding for the Financial Year ending 30 September 2014; and
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(iii)
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the annual audited financial statements of TotalGaz for its Financial Year ending 31 December 2014.
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(i)
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the company or the business which is the subject of the Proposed Acquisition carries on a similar or complementary business to that carried on by the Group;
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(ii)
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the chief financial officer (or any board member) of the Parent certifies to the Lenders (such certificate to contain calculations in reasonable detail) that the Leverage Ratio as calculated on a
pro forma
basis (taking into account the Proposed Acquisition and quantifiable synergies from the Proposed Acquisition, such as purchasing synergies provided that the amount of synergies factored in will be confirmed by the chief financial officer of the Parent as having been reasonably determined) on the Testing Date which immediately precedes the date on which the Proposed Acquisition is completed, shall not be greater than 3.5x.
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(i)
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the merger of AGZ Holding into the Parent where the Parent is the surviving entity,
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(ii)
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the merger of Antargaz into TotalGaz or the merger of TotalGaz into Antargaz; and
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(iii)
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the merger of two Joint-Ventures into TotalGaz where TotalGaz is the surviving entity;
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(iv)
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the amalgamation, merger, consolidation or reconstruction of two or more Group Companies (other than the Parent and AGZ Holding unless such merger is referred to in (i) above) provided that in the event the contemplated merger involves Antargaz or TotalGaz, then Antargaz or (as the case may be) TotalGaz would be the surviving entity;
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(a)
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in relation to paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, the Parent has delivered to the Facility Agent a tax opinion at least five (5) Business Days before such merger being implemented (such opinion to confirm that the contemplated merger does not have any material negative tax impact);
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(b)
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in relation to paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above, no Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of implementation of the contemplated merger; and
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(c)
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in each case no Default would occur as a result of such merger and such merger is completed in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
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(i)
|
in relation to any Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Revolving Commitment" in Schedule 1 (
Original Lenders
) and the amount of any other Revolving Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; or
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(ii)
|
in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Revolving Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,
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(i)
|
the Original Lenders identified in Schedule 1 (
Original Lenders
) as participating in the Revolving Facility; and
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(ii)
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each Transferee which has become a party to this Agreement in relation to the Revolving Facility in accordance with Clause 24.2 (
Assignments and transfers by Lenders
),
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(i)
|
an entity of which a company or other entity has from time to time direct or indirect control (as defined in article L.233-3 paragraphs I and II of the French Commercial Code (as in force at the date of this Agreement)); or
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(ii)
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any other company or other entity in respect of which, in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles, the assets, liabilities, income and expenses are added to those of the Parent in accordance with the full consolidation method for the purposes of the preparation of consolidated financial statements of the parent.
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(i)
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in relation to any Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Term Commitment" in Schedule 1 (
Original Lenders
) and the amount of any other Term Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; or
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(ii)
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in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Term Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,
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(i)
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the Original Lenders identified in Schedule 1 (
Original Lenders
) as participating in the Term Facility; and
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(ii)
|
each Transferee which has become a party to this Agreement in relation to the Term Facility in accordance with Clause 24 (
Changes to parties
),
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(iii)
|
in each case until its entire participation in the Term Facility has been assigned, cancelled or transferred to a Transferee in accordance with Clause 24 (
Changes to parties
) and all amounts owing to it under the Finance Documents in relation to the Term Facility have been paid in full.
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(i)
|
in the case of any Finance Lease only the capitalized value of that Finance Lease (as determined in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles) shall be included;
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(ii)
|
in the case of any guarantee referred to in the definition of Financial Indebtedness in Clause 1.1 (
Definitions
), the amount of that guarantee shall not be included (i) if such guarantee is permitted under paragraph (v) of Clause 17.5.2 (
Guarantees
) or (ii) to the extent it relates to indebtedness of another Group Company already included in the calculation of Total Net Debt; and
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(iii)
|
any Financial Indebtedness arising under any Permitted Equity Injection granted by the Shareholder or any Shareholder Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Subordinated Loans and any Subordinated PIK Loans) shall be excluded.
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(i)
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any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and
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(ii)
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any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (i) above, or imposed elsewhere.
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1.2
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Construction
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1.2.1
|
In this Agreement, unless a contrary intention appears, a reference to:
|
(i)
|
a document being "
in the agreed form
" means in a form agreed between the Parent and the Facility Agent;
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(ii)
|
an "
agreement
" includes any legally binding arrangement, concession, contract, deed or franchise (in each case whether oral or written);
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(iii)
|
an "
amendment
" includes any amendment, supplement, variation, novation, modification, replacement or restatement and "
amend
", "
amending
" and "
amended
" shall be construed accordingly;
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(iv)
|
"
assets
" includes property, business, undertaking and rights of every kind, present, future and contingent (including uncalled share capital) and every kind of interest in an asset;
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(v)
|
a "
consent
" includes an authorization, approval, exemption, license, order, permission or waiver;
|
(vi)
|
a "
filing
" includes any filing, registration, recording or notice;
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(vii)
|
"
gross negligence
" means "
faute lourde
";
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(viii)
|
a "
guarantee
" includes:
|
(a)
|
an indemnity;
|
(b)
|
a cautionnement simple, a cautionnement solidaire and a garantie autonome; and
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(c)
|
any other obligation (whatever called) of any person:
|
(A)
|
to pay, purchase, provide funds (whether by the advance of money, the purchase of or subscription for shares or other investments, the purchase of assets or services, the making of payments under an agreement or otherwise) for the payment of, indemnify against the consequences of default in the payment of, or otherwise be responsible for, any indebtedness of any other person; or
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(B)
|
to be responsible for the performance of any obligations by or the solvency of any other person,
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(ix)
|
"
including
" means including without limitation and "
includes
" and "
included
" shall be construed accordingly;
|
(x)
|
"
indebtedness
" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal, guarantor or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;
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(xi)
|
"
losses
" includes losses, actions, damages, claims, proceedings, costs, demands, expenses (including fees) and liabilities and "
loss
" shall be construed accordingly;
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(xii)
|
a "
month
" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
|
(a)
|
if any such period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall end on the next Business Day in the same calendar month or, if none, on the preceding Business Day; and
|
(b)
|
if a period starts on the last Business Day in a calendar month, or if there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which that period ends, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that later month,
|
(xiii)
|
a "
person
" includes any person, individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any undertaking or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or more of the foregoing;
|
(xiv)
|
a "
regulation
" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organization;
|
(xv)
|
"
wilful misconduct
" means "
dol
"; and
|
(xvi)
|
the "
winding-up
" of any person includes its dissolution and/or termination and/or any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the law of any jurisdiction in which that person is incorporated, registered, established or carries on business or to which that person is subject.
|
1.2.2
|
The determination of the extent to which a rate is "
for a period equal
in length
" to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
|
1.2.3
|
Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
|
1.2.4
|
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
|
1.3
|
Other references
|
(i)
|
a reference to any person is, where relevant, deemed to be a reference to or to include, as appropriate, that person's successors and permitted assignees or transferees;
|
(ii)
|
references to "
Clauses
" and "
Schedules
" are references to, respectively, clauses of and schedules to this Agreement and references to this Agreement include its schedules;
|
(iii)
|
a reference to (or to any specified provision of) any agreement or document (including the Transactions Documents) is to be construed as a reference to that agreement or document (or that provision) as it may be amended from time to time, but excluding for this purpose any amendment which is contrary to any provision of any Finance Document;
|
(iv)
|
a reference to a statute, statutory instrument or accounting standard or any provision thereof is to be construed as a reference to that statute, statutory instrument or accounting standard or such provision thereof, as it may be amended or re-enacted from time to time;
|
(v)
|
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
|
(vi)
|
a time of day is a reference to Paris time;
|
(vii)
|
the index to and the headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are to be ignored in construing this Agreement; and
|
(viii)
|
words importing the plural shall include the singular and
vice versa
.
|
2.
|
THE FACILITIES
|
2.1
|
Facilities
|
(i)
|
the Term Lenders agree to make available to the Parent, a term loan facility in a maximum aggregate principal amount not exceeding EUR 600,000,000, which shall be available by way of a single Term Advance in Euro; and
|
(ii)
|
the Revolving Lenders agree to make available to the Borrowers a revolving credit facility in a maximum aggregate principal amount not exceeding EUR 60,000,000, and EUR 30,000,000 per Borrower, which shall be available by way of Revolving Advances in Euro.
|
2.2
|
Purpose
|
2.2.1
|
The proceeds of the Term Advance shall be applied on the Closing Date in or towards (a) the Acquisition and the Acquisition Costs and (b) the Refinancing and the Refinancing Costs; as described in the Funds Flow Statement.
|
2.2.2
|
The proceeds of the Revolving Advances shall be used for the working capital and general corporate purposes of the Group (excluding the financing of distributions of dividends or any other type of distributions and of payment of any cash interest under the Subordinated Loans).
|
2.3
|
Monitoring
|
2.4
|
Parent as Obligors' agent
|
(i)
|
executing and delivering on its behalf any agreement or document capable of being entered into by that Obligor under or in connection with the Finance Documents;
|
(ii)
|
giving and receiving any notice or instruction under or in connection with any Finance Document (including any Drawdown Request); and
|
(iii)
|
agreeing and executing all consents, waivers, agreements and amendments (however fundamental and notwithstanding any increase in obligations of or other effect on an Obligor) entered into in connection with the Finance Documents (including confirmation of continuation of guarantee obligations in connection with any amendment or consent in relation to the Facilities).
|
3.
|
PARTICIPATION OF LENDERS
|
3.1
|
Basis of participation
|
(i)
|
each Term Lender will participate in the Term Advance in the proportion which its Term Commitment bears to the Total Commitments in relation to the Term Facility as at the Term Facility Drawdown Date; and
|
(ii)
|
each Revolving Lender will participate in each Drawing of the Revolving Facility in the proportion which its Revolving Commitment bears to the Total Commitments in relation to the Revolving Facility as at the relevant Drawdown Date.
|
3.2
|
Lending Office
|
(i)
|
Each Lender will participate in each Drawing through its Lending Office.
|
(ii)
|
If any Lender changes its Lending Office for the purpose of the Facilities, that Lender will, as soon as reasonably practicable after that change, notify it to the Facility Agent and the Parent and, until it does so, the Facility Agent and the Parent will be entitled to assume that no such change has taken place.
|
(iii)
|
Any Lender may nominate a different Lending Office for the purposes of making a particular Drawing or a particular type of Drawing to an Obligor in which event such Lending Office shall be, for the purposes of this Agreement, its Lending Office for that Drawing or type of Drawing but not otherwise.
|
3.3
|
Rights and obligations of Finance Parties
|
3.3.1
|
The rights and obligations of each of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents are several (
conjointes mais non solidaires
). The failure by a Finance Party to comply with its obligations under any Finance Document shall not:
|
(i)
|
result in any other Finance Party incurring any liability; or
|
(ii)
|
relieve any Obligor or any other Finance Party from its obligations under the Finance Documents.
|
3.3.2
|
No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
|
3.3.3
|
The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt.
|
3.3.4
|
Subject to the other provisions of the Finance Documents, each Finance Party has the right to protect and enforce its rights arising out of the Finance Documents and it will not be necessary for any other Finance Party to be joined as an additional party in any proceedings brought for the purpose of protecting or enforcing those rights.
|
3.4
|
Increase
|
3.4.1
|
The Parent may by giving prior notice to the Facility Agent by no later than the date falling thirty (30) Business Days after the effective date of a cancellation of:
|
(i)
|
the Available Commitments under the Revolving Facility of a Defaulting Lender in accordance with Clause 10.3 (
Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender
); or
|
(ii)
|
the Commitments of a Lender in accordance with:
|
(a)
|
Clause 13.2 (
Illegality
); or
|
(b)
|
Clause 10.2 (
Right of cancellation and repayment in relation to a single Lender
),
|
(A)
|
the increased Commitments will be assumed by one or more Lenders or other banks, financial institutions, trusts, funds or other entities (each an "
Increase
Lender
") selected by the Parent (each of which shall not be a Sponsor Affiliate or a Group Company and shall be acceptable to the Lenders) and each of which confirms in writing (whether in the relevant Increase Confirmation or otherwise) its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume, as if it had been an Original Lender;
|
(B)
|
each of the Obligors and any Increase Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Obligors and the Increase Lender would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender;
|
(C)
|
each Increase Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender" and any Increase Lender and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and acquire rights against one another as that Increase Lender and those Finance Parties would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender;
|
(D)
|
the Commitments of the other Lenders shall continue in full force and effect; and
|
(E)
|
any increase in the Commitments relating to a Facility shall take effect on the date specified by the Parent in the notice referred to above or any later date on which the conditions set out in paragraph 3.4.2 below are satisfied.
|
3.4.2
|
An increase in the Commitments relating to a Facility will only be effective on:
|
(i)
|
the execution by the Facility Agent of an Increase Confirmation from the relevant Increase Lender;
|
(ii)
|
in relation to an Increase Lender which is not a Lender immediately prior to the relevant increase:
|
(a)
|
the Increase Lender entering into the documentation required for it to accede as a party to the Intercreditor Agreement; and
|
(b)
|
the Facility Agent being satisfied that it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws
|
3.4.3
|
Each Increase Lender, by executing the Increase Confirmation, confirms (for the avoidance of doubt) that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the increase becomes effective.
|
3.4.4
|
The Parent shall promptly on demand pay the Facility Agent the amount of all pre-agreed costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by either of them in connection with any increase in Commitments under this Clause 3.4.
|
3.4.5
|
The Increase Lender shall, on the date upon which the increase takes effect, pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) a fee in an amount equal to the fee which would be payable under Clause 24.5 (
Fee
) if the increase was a transfer pursuant to Clause 24.4 (
Transfers by Lenders
) and if the Increase Lender was a Transferor.
|
3.4.6
|
The Parent may pay to the Increase Lender a fee in the amount and at the times agreed between the Parent and the Increase Lender in a fee letter.
|
4.
|
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
|
4.1
|
Initial conditions precedent
|
4.1.1
|
On or before the Signing Date, the Facility Agent shall have received the documents and information specified in Part I of Schedule 3 (
Conditions precedent
) in form and substance satisfactory to the Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners.
|
4.1.2
|
The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 3.1 (
Basis of participation
) in relation to any Advance if on or before the Drawdown Date for that Advance, the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I and Part II of Schedule 3 (
Conditions precedent
) in form and substance satisfactory to the Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners and the Senior Mandated Lead Arranger. The Facility Agent shall notify the Parent and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.
|
4.1.3
|
Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Facility Agent in writing to the contrary before the Facility Agent gives the notification described in paragraph 4.1.2 above, the Lenders authorize (but do not require) the Facility Agent to give that notification. The Facility Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification
|
4.2
|
Failure to satisfy initial conditions precedent
|
(i)
|
all the Commitments will automatically be cancelled; and
|
(ii)
|
the Lenders will cease to have any obligation to make any Drawing available.
|
4.3
|
Certain Funds
|
(i)
|
the documents and other evidence required to be delivered as conditions precedent on the Signing Date and on the Closing Date (as specified in Part II-A (
In relation to the Certain Funds Advance
), Schedule 3 (
Conditions Precedent
)) have not been delivered in form and substance satisfactory to the Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners and the Senior Mandated Lead Arranger;
|
(ii)
|
a Major Representation is not true and correct on the date first made and on the date the Certain Funds Advance is made;
|
(iii)
|
a Major Default is continuing or will result from the making of the Certain Funds Advance;
|
(iv)
|
there has been a Change of Control;
|
(v)
|
the Parent fails to exercise any right under an Acquisition Document to terminate the Acquisition following the occurrence of an event, matter or circumstance that would entitle the Parent to exercise a termination right, without the prior written consent of all of the Lenders; or
|
(vi)
|
it is or it becomes contrary to any law or regulation in an applicable jurisdiction for that Lender to fund, issue or maintain the Certain Funds Advance or to participate in it (which shall only affect that Lender’s obligation to fund).
|
4.4
|
Additional conditions precedent to Drawings other than Certain Funds Advances
|
(i)
|
no Default, has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a result of making that Drawing;
|
(ii)
|
the representations and warranties set out in Clause 16 (
Representations and Warranties
) which are made or repeated on those dates are true and accurate in all material respects by reference to the facts and circumstances then subsisting and will remain true and accurate in all material respects immediately after that Drawing is made; and
|
(iii)
|
the relevant funds are available in the relevant money markets to make the relevant Drawing available.
|
4.5
|
Condition precedent to Drawing of Term Facility made for the purpose of the Refinancing
|
4.6
|
Conditions precedent to any Drawing under the Revolving Facility
|
4.7
|
Rollover Advances
|
(i)
|
either of the condition related to the absence of a Potential Event of Default or the condition specified in Clause 4.4(ii) (
Additional conditions precedent to Drawings
) is not satisfied on the Drawdown Date for the new Revolving Advance;
|
(ii)
|
the amount of the Rollover Advance does not exceed the amount of an existing Revolving Advance (the "
existing Revolving Advance
") which is due to be repaid on the Drawdown Date of the new Revolving Advance; and
|
(iii)
|
the proceeds of the Rollover Advance are applied in repaying all or part of the existing Revolving Advance,
|
5.
|
DRAWDOWN PROCEDURES
|
5.1
|
Delivery of Drawdown Requests
|
(i)
|
in relation to the Term Facility, no later than (i) 10.00 a.m. on the Closing Date if this date is the Signing Date or (ii) 10.00 a.m. three (3) Business Days before Closing Date if this date occurs after the Signing Date; and
|
(ii)
|
in relation to the Revolving Facility, no later than 10.00 a.m. three (3) Business Days before the proposed Drawdown Date.
|
5.2
|
Content of Drawdown Requests
|
(i)
|
which Facility is to be utilized;
|
(ii)
|
the identity of the Borrower;
|
(iii)
|
the proposed Drawdown Date, which must be a Business Day during the relevant Availability Period;
|
(iv)
|
the amount of that Advance, which must:
|
(a)
|
in the case of the Term Advance, be an amount in Euro equal to the undrawn Term Commitments;
|
(b)
|
in the case of a Revolving Advance, be in an amount in Euro equal to or less than the Available Commitments under the Revolving Facility and, if less, a minimum of EUR 2,500,000 and an integral multiple of EUR 500,000;
|
(c)
|
in the case of a Revolving Advance, not exceed, in relation to each Borrower the portion of the Available Commitment under the Revolving Facility which is available to it (taking into account the limit of EUR 30,000,000 per Borrower);
|
(v)
|
the duration of the Interest Period applicable to the Revolving Advance or the first Interest Period applicable to the relevant Term Advance (as the case may be), which must comply with Clause 7 (
SELECTION OF INTEREST PERIODS
); and
|
(vi)
|
details of the payee and the account to which the proceeds of the Drawing are to be paid.
|
5.3
|
Requests irrevocable
|
5.4
|
Number and frequency of requests
|
5.4.1
|
No more than one (1) Term Advance in respect of the Term Facility may be borrowed.
|
5.4.2
|
No more than one (1) Drawing of the Revolving Facility may be requested in any period of five (5) consecutive Business Days and not more than three (3) Drawings of the Revolving Facility may be borrowed in any calendar month. No more than eight (8)
Revolving Advances (or any higher number agreed by the Facility Agent) may be outstanding at any one time.
|
5.4.3
|
No Term Advance may be borrowed for the purpose of the Refinancing or the financing of the Refinancing Costs unless the Acquisition has been completed.
|
5.4.4
|
No Revolving Advance may be borrowed unless the Term Advance has been advanced in full on or before the proposed Drawdown Date of the relevant Revolving Advance.
|
5.5
|
Notice to the Lenders of a proposed Drawing
|
(i)
|
in relation to the Term Facility: (a) by no later than 10 a.m. on the Closing Date, in relation to the Drawing to be made on the Closing Date, if this date is the Signing Date and (b) by no later than 5 p.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the Drawdown Date in relation to the Drawing to be made on the Closing Date, if this date occurs after the Signing Date; and
|
(ii)
|
in relation to the Revolving Facility: by no later than 5 p.m. three (3) Business Days prior to any Drawdown Date in relation to Drawing to be made after the Closing Date.
|
5.6
|
Making of Advances
|
5.7
|
Expiry
|
5.8
|
Automatic cancellation
|
5.9
|
Revolving Facility Commitment
|
(i)
|
the amount in Euro of that Drawing (determined as at or about 10:00 am three (3) Business Days prior to the relevant Drawing Date); and
|
(ii)
|
each existing Revolving Advance denominated in Euro which will be outstanding on the relevant Drawing Date,
|
6.
|
INTEREST
|
6.1
|
Rate
|
(i)
|
the applicable Margin for that Advance;
|
(ii)
|
EURIBOR.
|
6.2
|
Calculation
|
6.3
|
Payment
|
6.4
|
Default interest
|
(i)
|
where the overdue amount is principal which has become due and payable before the expiry of the relevant Interest Period, the rate applicable to that principal immediately before the date it fell due (but only for the period from that due date to the end of the relevant Interest Period); or
|
(ii)
|
in any other case (including principal falling within Clause 6.4(i) once the relevant Interest Period has expired), the rate which would be payable if the overdue amount was an Advance made for a period equal to the period of non-payment divided into successive Interest Periods of a duration selected by the Facility Agent (each a "
Default Interest Period
").
|
(a)
|
if that amount comprises principal or interest or any other amount due in relation to a Facility, the Margin relating to that Facility; or
|
(b)
|
if that amount is not properly attributable to a Facility, the Margin under the Term Facility.
|
6.5
|
Compounding
|
6.6
|
Margin adjustment
|
6.6.1
|
As from the second Testing Date (
i.e.
on 31 March 2016) (inclusive), the Margin for the Facilities specified above shall be adjusted in order to correspond to the percentage per annum set out below in the column for that Facility opposite that range as set out in the chart below as from the first day of the Interest Period during which the Facility Agent receives the relevant Accounts and the accompanying Compliance Certificate confirming that the Leverage Ratio level in respect of the most recent relevant period is within a range set out below:
|
Leverage Ratio
|
Margin applicable to Term Facility
|
Margin applicable to Revolving Facility
|
Greater than or equal to 3.50
|
2.70%
|
2.55%
|
Greater than or equal to 3.00 but less than 3.50
|
2.50%
|
2.35%
|
Greater than or equal to 2.50 but less than 3.00
|
2.30%
|
2.15%
|
Greater than or equal to 2.00 but less than 2.50
|
2.10%
|
1.95%
|
Greater than or equal to 1.50 but less than 2.00
|
1.90%
|
1.75%
|
Less than 1.50
|
1.60%
|
1.45%
|
6.6.2
|
Any change in the Margin under Clause 6.6.1 shall take effect during (but only during) the period, as from the second Testing Date, from (and including) the date on which the Facility Agent has received the Annual Accounts or Half-Year Accounts, as the case may be (the "
Accounts
") (together with the corresponding Compliance Certificate) until (but excluding) the date (an "
Adjustment Date
") which is the date on which the Facility Agent receives the Accounts as at the end date of the immediately following Accounting Half Year (together with the corresponding Compliance Certificate). On each Adjustment Date, the Margin applicable to the Term Facility and the Revolving Facility shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 6.6.1.
|
6.6.3
|
No decrease in the Margin shall take effect if an Event of Default is outstanding. If an Event of Default occurs and for so long as it is continuing, the Margin applicable to the Facilities shall immediately be (if it is not already) the highest percentage per annum set out above for an Advance under each Facility, until the time when such Event of Default is waived or otherwise ceases to be outstanding (when the Margin will again be determined in accordance with this Clause 6.6 on the basis of the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate).
|
6.6.4
|
If:
|
(i)
|
the Margin is decreased in accordance with this Clause 6.6 by reference to Half-Year Accounts; or
|
(ii)
|
Half-Year Accounts indicate that no increase in the Margin is required; and
|
(iii)
|
subsequent Annual Accounts show that the Half-Year Accounts were erroneous or incomplete and as a result the Margin should have been higher than the level shown by those Half-Year Accounts,
|
6.7
|
Notification
|
6.8
|
Effective global rate
|
6.8.1
|
To comply with the provisions of articles L.313-4 to L.313-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (
Code Monétaire et Financier)
, each Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge that, by virtue of certain characteristics of the Facilities (and in particular the floating rate of interest applicable to the Advances, the Borrowers’ right to select the duration of each Interest Period and the uncertainty as to the amount to be effectively drawn from time to time under the Facility), the
taux effectif global
(the "
Effective Global Rate
") cannot be calculated at the date of this Agreement.
|
6.8.2
|
However, an example of the effective global rate calculation has been or will be provided to the Borrowers by the Facility Agent (i) on or before the date of this Agreement and (ii) at the date of accession of TotalGaz and Antargaz, in letters substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 and countersigned by each Borrower (the "
Effective Global Rate Letter
").
|
6.8.3
|
The Effective Global Rate is given on an indicative basis and shall not be binding on the Lenders in the future.
|
6.8.4
|
The Effective Global Rate Letter, although it constitutes a separate document, is part of this Agreement and incorporated herein and shall be designated a Finance Document.
|
7.
|
SELECTION OF INTEREST PERIODS
|
7.1
|
Term Facility
|
7.1.1
|
Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, each Interest Period for the Term Advance shall be:
|
(i)
|
three (3) or six (6) months as notified by the Parent to the Facility Agent no later than 10:00 am three (3) Business Days before the start of that Interest Period;
|
(ii)
|
one (1) month at the request of the Facility Agent during the Syndication Period; or
|
(iii)
|
any other period to which the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) may agree.
|
7.1.2
|
The Parent will select Interest Periods for the Term Advance so that each Repayment Date for the Term Facility will fall on the last day of an Interest Period.
|
7.1.3
|
If a Borrower fails to select an Interest Period then, save as provided in this Clause 7, it will be deemed to have selected a period of three (3) months or any shorter period which is necessary to comply with the requirements of Clause 7.1.3.
|
7.2
|
Revolving Facility
|
7.3
|
Non-Business Days
|
8.
|
MARKET DISRUPTION
|
8.1
|
Market Disruption Notice
|
(i)
|
the Facility Agent determines that, by reason of circumstances affecting the applicable interbank market generally, adequate and fair means do not or will not exist for ascertaining EURIBOR applicable to that Affected Advance for an Interest Period; or
|
(ii)
|
Lenders whose participations in that Affected Advance exceed 35% (thirty-five per cent.) of the amount of that Affected Advance notify the Facility Agent that EURIBOR would not accurately reflect the cost to those Lenders of making or maintaining their participations in that Affected Advance for an Interest Period, the Facility Agent will give notice of that event to the Parent and the Lenders (a "
Market Disruption Notice
").
|
8.2
|
Substitute basis
|
8.3
|
Cost of funds
|
8.4
|
Unavailability of Euro
|
9.
|
REPAYMENT OF DRAWINGS
|
9.1
|
Term Advance
|
9.1.1
|
The Parent shall repay the Term Advance in full by repaying the instalments specified below (each a "
Repayment Instalment
") on the Repayment Dates specified below:
|
Repayment Dates
|
Term Advance Repayment Instalment (EUR)
|
30 April 2018
|
60,000,000
|
30 April 2019
|
60,000,000
|
Final Repayment Date
|
Full repayment of the Term Advance
|
9.1.2
|
No amount repaid or prepaid in relation to the Term Advance may be redrawn.
|
9.2
|
Revolving Advances repayment
|
9.2.1
|
Each Borrower of any Revolving Advance shall repay that Revolving Advance on its Maturity Date. A Revolving Advance may be repaid by a Rollover Advance.
|
9.2.2
|
Any amount repaid under the Revolving Facility may be redrawn in accordance with Clause 5 (
DRAWDOWN PROCEDURES
).
|
9.2.3
|
On the Final Repayment Date:
|
(i)
|
the Revolving Facility will expire and the Revolving Commitment of each Lender will be reduced to zero; and
|
(ii)
|
each Borrower will repay or prepay all amounts outstanding and owed by it in relation to the Revolving Facility.
|
9.2.4
|
The Parent shall procure, and the other Borrowers shall each undertake, that for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive days (a "
Cleandown Period
") during each calendar year, the total amount of all Revolving Advances, net of Cash and Cash Equivalent, shall be reduced to zero. A period of at least three (3) months shall elapse between two (2) successive Cleandown Periods.
|
10.
|
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
10.1
|
Voluntary prepayment
|
(i)
|
the Facility Agent has received no less than five (5) Business Days' irrevocable notice from the relevant Borrower of the proposed date and amount of the prepayment;
|
(ii)
|
any partial prepayment is in a minimum amount of EUR 5,000,000 and, if greater an integral multiple of EUR 1,000,000; and
|
(iii)
|
if paid other than on the last day of the Interest Period for the relevant Advance, the relevant Borrower indemnifies the Lenders under Clause 26.1 (
General indemnity and breakage costs
).
|
10.2
|
Right of cancellation and repayment in relation to a single Lender
|
(i)
|
interest on a Lender's participation in an Advance is being calculated in accordance with Clause 8.3 (
Cost of funds
);
|
(ii)
|
a Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to a Lender under Clause 12.2 (
Tax gross-up
);
|
(iii)
|
a Borrower is required to pay any amount to a Lender under Clause 12.3 (
Tax indemnity
);
|
(iv)
|
a Borrower is required to pay any amount to a Lender under Clause 13.1 (
Increased Costs
); or
|
(v)
|
the circumstance described in sub-paragraph (ii) of 25.5.2 (
Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction
) arises,
|
(a)
|
on the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the date of service of the notice, each Borrower shall prepay that Lender's participation in all Advances drawn by it together which accrued interest on those Advances and all other amounts payable to that Lender under the Finance Documents; and
|
(b)
|
all that Lender's Commitments shall be cancelled and reduced to zero as at the date of service of the notice.
|
10.3
|
Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender
|
10.3.1
|
If any Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Parent may, at any time whilst the Revolving Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Facility Agent five (5) Business Days' notice of cancellation of each Available Commitment under the Revolving Facility of that Revolving Lender.
|
10.3.2
|
On the notice referred to in paragraph 10.3.1 above becoming effective, each Available Commitment under the Revolving Facility of the Defaulting Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
|
10.3.3
|
The Facility Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph 10.3.1 above, notify all the Lenders.
|
10.4
|
Sale, Change of Control and Listing
|
10.4.5
|
Five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of a Change of Control, Listing or Sale:
|
(i)
|
all of the Lenders' Commitments will be cancelled and reduced to zero; and
|
(ii)
|
each Borrower will prepay all Advances drawn by it and all sums advanced to it.
|
10.4.6
|
For the purposes of this Agreement:
|
(i)
|
Subject to the Permitted Merger related to the merger of Antargaz and TotalGaz, a "
Change of Control
" will occur if:
|
(a)
|
UGI Corporation (i) ceases to own directly or indirectly, at least 90% of the share capital and voting rights (both on a fully diluted and non-diluted basis) of the Parent or (ii) ceases to have the ability to appoint directors which control the majority of the votes on the board of directors of the Parent; and/or
|
(b)
|
the Parent (i) ceases to own directly 100% of the share capital and voting rights (both on a fully diluted and non-diluted basis) of AGZ Holding and, following the Acquisition, TotalGaz and following the Permitted Merger of AGZ Holding into the Parent, Antargaz Belgium and Antargaz or (ii) ceases to have the ability to appoint directors which control the majority of the votes on the board of directors of AGZ Holding and following the Acquisition, TotalGaz and following the Permitted Merger of AGZ Holding in the Parent, Antargaz Belgium and Antargaz; and/or
|
(c)
|
prior to the Permitted Merger of AGZ Holding in the Parent, AGZ Holding (i) ceases to own directly 100% of the share capital and voting rights (both on a fully diluted and non-diluted basis) of Antargaz and Antargaz Belgium or (ii) ceases to have the ability to appoint directors which control the majority of the votes on the board of directors of Antargaz and Antargaz Belgium,
|
(ii)
|
"
Listing
" means a listing of all or any part of the share capital of the Parent on any investment exchange or any other sale or issue by way of flotation or public offering or any equivalent circumstances in relation to the Parent in any jurisdiction or country; and
|
(iii)
|
"
Sale
" means a disposal (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Group.
|
10.5
|
Asset disposals
|
10.5.1
|
Subject to paragraph 10.5.2 below and Clause 10.9 (
Restrictions on upstreaming moneys
), the Parent shall procure that the Net Proceeds of any disposal of any fixed asset exceeding EUR 600,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) by a Group Company (other than a disposal permitted by paragraphs (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii) or (ix) of Clause 17.3.1 (
Disposals
) and other than to the extent that such Net Proceeds, when aggregated with the Net Proceeds of all other such sales made since the Signing Date, do not exceed EUR 35,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies)) are applied in prepayment and/or cancellation of the Facilities, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, only the portion in excess of EUR 35,000,000 shall be so applied.
|
10.5.2
|
Net Proceeds need not be so applied if within 360 days after receipt they are reinvested in fixed assets related to the Core Business.
|
10.5.3
|
All such Net Proceeds which are not applied for the purposes specified in paragraph 10.5.2. will be applied, in prepaying the Term Facility on the last day of the Interest Period following the expiry of the 360 day period referred to in paragraph 10.5.2.
|
10.6
|
Insurance claims
|
10.6.1
|
Subject to paragraphs 10.6.2 and 10.6.3 below and Clause 10.9 (
Restrictions on upstreaming moneys
), if a Group Company receives any proceeds exceeding EUR 5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) as a result of making a claim under an insurance policy (other than in relation to third party liability or in relation to consequential loss policies that are actually applied to cover operating losses), the Parent shall procure that an amount equal to those proceeds (net of any applicable Tax and after deducting any reasonable expenses in relation to that claim) is applied in prepayment and/or cancellation of the Facilities, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, only the portion in excess of EUR 5,000,000 shall be so applied.
|
10.6.2
|
Any amount received or recovered as a result of making a claim under an insurance policy need not be so applied if within 360 days after receipt it is applied in reinstating, replacing, repairing or otherwise investing in assets related to the Core Business.
|
10.6.3
|
All such proceeds which are not applied for the purposes specified in paragraph 10.6.2 will be applied in prepaying the Term Facility the first day following the expiry of the 360 day period referred to in paragraph 10.6.2 or, if later, the last day of the Interest Period immediately following such date.
|
10.7
|
Acquisition Proceeds
|
10.7.1
|
The Parent shall procure that the Acquisition Proceeds which are in excess of EUR 1,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) are applied in prepayment and/or cancellation of the Facilities.
|
10.7.2
|
For the purposes of this Clause 10.7:
|
(i)
|
any reasonable expenses which are incurred by any member of the Group to persons who are not members of the Group; and
|
(ii)
|
any Tax incurred and required to be paid by a member of the Group (as reasonably determined by the relevant member of the Group on the basis of existing rates and taking into account any available credit, deduction or allowance),
|
(i)
|
in payment of amounts payable to the Vendor pursuant to the Sale and Purchase Agreement by way of adjustment to the purchase price in respect of the Acquisition (except to the extent relating to a working capital adjustment in excess of EUR 30,000,000 and only, in that case, the portion in excess of EUR 30,000,000; it being specified for the avoidance of doubt that such portion of working capital adjustment in excess of EUR 30,000,000 shall be applied in mandatory prepayment as Acquisition Proceed);
|
(ii)
|
to satisfy (or reimburse a member of the Group which has discharged) any liability, charge or claim upon a member of the Group by a person which is not a member of the Group; or
|
(iii)
|
in the replacement, reinstatement and/or repair of assets of members of the Group which have been lost, destroyed or damaged,
|
10.8
|
Order of application of prepayments
|
10.8.1
|
Any prepayment of an Advance (other than a prepayment pursuant to Clause 10.2 (
Right of cancellation and repayment in relation to a single Lender
) and 10.3 (
Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender
)) shall be applied
pro rata
to each Lender's participation in that Advance.
|
10.8.2
|
Any prepayment of an Advance under the Facilities to be made pursuant to Clause 10.1 (
Voluntary prepayment
) shall be applied in priority against the Term Facility and thereafter against the Revolving Facility; and within the Term Facility against such instalment as selected by the Parent.
|
10.8.3
|
Any amount to be applied in prepayment or cancellation of the Facilities under Clauses 10.5 (
Asset disposals
), 10.6 (
Insurance claims
) and 10.7 (
Acquisition Proceeds
) shall be applied by the relevant Borrower:
|
(i)
|
first to prepay the Term Facility (to be applied
pro rata
to each Repayment Instalment);
|
(ii)
|
thereafter, to the extent that there are excess proceeds remaining, the Available Commitments under the Revolving Facility shall be cancelled in an amount equal to that excess or to its total amount if such excess exceeds the Available Commitments under the Revolving Facility, such cancellation to apply to the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender on a
pro rata
basis; and
|
(iii)
|
then, to the extent there are excess proceeds remaining after such repayment and cancellation, such remaining excess shall be used to prepay outstanding amounts under the Revolving Facility.
|
10.9
|
Restrictions on upstreaming moneys
|
10.9.1
|
Any amount to be applied in prepayment of the Facilities under Clauses 10.5 (
Asset disposals
), 10.6 (
Insurance claims
) and 10.7 (
Acquisition Proceeds
) shall (except where the relevant amount has been received directly by the Parent) be limited to the aggregate of:
|
(i)
|
the sum of (1) distributable profits of the Subsidiaries of the Parent net of taxes for the latest financial year (taking into account the relevant company's shareholding in its Subsidiaries) and (2) cash reserves distributable without incurring equalisation tax (
en franchise de précompte
), exceptional tax (
prélèvement exceptionnel
) on distributions or similar tax (if any) of the relevant Subsidiaries (taking into account the percentage of the Parent's shareholding in the relevant Subsidiaries); and
|
(ii)
|
cash held by the Parent.
|
10.9.2
|
Subject to paragraph 10.9.1 above, the Parent shall (within boundaries of French law and to the extent that it does not thereby incur any material adverse tax consequences) use its best endeavours to facilitate cash circulation (including early repayments of intercompany loans between Group Companies so as to permit partial prepayments of the Facilities under Clauses 10.5 (
Asset disposals
), 10.6 (
Insurance claims
) and 10.7 (
Acquisition Proceeds
) to take place. The difference between the amount to be applied in prepayment of the Facilities under Clauses 10.5 (
Asset disposals
) and/or 10.6 (
Insurance claims
) and/or 10.7 (
Acquisition Proceeds
) and the amount which can legally be prepaid under the limitations described in paragraph 10.9.1 above shall either be deposited by the relevant Group Company on a dedicated interest bearing bank account until the payment can be made upstream to the Parent (subject to a maximum period of six (6) months) or, if the relevant Group Company is a Borrower under the Revolving Facility and if it so elects, shall be applied towards prepayment (but not cancellation) of the amounts due by it under the Revolving Facility.
|
10.9.3
|
If:
|
(i)
|
any amount is required to be applied in prepayment or repayment of the Facilities under this Clause 10 (
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
) but, in order to be so applied, moneys need to be upstreamed or otherwise transferred from one Group Company to another Group Company to effect that prepayment or repayment; and
|
(ii)
|
those moneys cannot be so upstreamed or transferred without:
|
(a)
|
breaching a financial assistance prohibition or other legal restriction applicable to a Group Company (or any of its directors); or
|
(b)
|
any Group Company incurring a material cost (whether as a result of paying additional Taxes (including, in the case of a Group Company incorporated in France, any special dividend withholding tax (
précompte
) or otherwise),
|
10.10
|
Cancellation of Term Facility
|
10.11
|
Cancellation of Revolving Facility
|
10.12
|
Miscellaneous
|
11.
|
PAYMENTS
|
11.1
|
By Lenders
|
11.1.5
|
On each date on which an Advance is to be made, each Lender shall make its participation in that Advance available to the Facility Agent on that date by payment in Euro in immediately available cleared funds to the account specified by the Facility Agent for that purpose.
|
11.1.6
|
The Facility Agent shall make the amounts paid to it available to the relevant Borrower on the date of receipt by payment in Euro to the account specified by that Borrower in the notice requesting that Advance. If any Lender makes its share of any Advance available to the Facility Agent later than required by Clause 11.1.1, the Facility Agent shall make that share available to the relevant Borrower as soon as practicable after receipt.
|
11.2
|
By Obligors
|
11.2.4
|
On each date on which any amount is due from any Obligor under the Finance Documents, that Obligor shall pay that amount on that date to the Facility Agent in immediately available cleared funds to an account opened in a jurisdiction other than a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction and specified by the Facility Agent for that purpose.
|
11.2.5
|
Each payment under this Agreement from an Obligor is to be made in Euro, except that each payment under Clause 12.2 (
Tax gross-up
) or Clause 13.1 (
Increased Costs
) shall be made in the currency specified by the claiming Finance Party.
|
11.2.6
|
The Facility Agent shall, on the date of receipt, pay to the Finance Party to which the relevant amount is due its
pro rata
share (if any) of any amounts so paid to the Facility Agent in Euro to the account specified by that party to the Facility Agent. If any amount is paid to the Facility Agent later than required by Clause 11.2.1, the Facility Agent shall make that party's share available to it as soon as practicable receipt.
|
11.3
|
Assumed receipt
|
(i)
|
to pay to the Facility Agent on demand interest on that amount at the rate determined by the Facility Agent to be equal to the cost to the Facility Agent of funding that amount for the period from payment by the Facility Agent until refund to the Facility Agent of that amount; and
|
(ii)
|
to indemnify the Facility Agent on demand against any additional loss it may have incurred by reason of it having paid that amount before having received it.
|
11.4
|
No set-off or deductions
|
11.5
|
Business Days
|
11.6
|
Application of moneys
|
(i)
|
first, to any unpaid fees and reimbursement of unpaid expenses of the Agents;
|
(ii)
|
second, to any unpaid fees and reimbursement of unpaid expenses of the Lenders;
|
(iii)
|
third, to unpaid interest;
|
(iv)
|
fourth, to unpaid principal; and
|
(v)
|
fifth, to other amounts due under the Finance Documents,
|
11.7
|
Impaired Agent
|
11.7.4
|
If, at any time, the Facility Agent becomes an Impaired Agent, an Obligor or a Lender which is required to make a payment under the Finance Documents to the Facility Agent may instead either:
|
(i)
|
pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s); or
|
(ii)
|
if in its absolute discretion it considers that it is not reasonably practicable to pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s), pay that amount or the relevant part of that amount to an interest-bearing account held with an Acceptable Bank and in relation to which no Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, in the name of the Obligor or the Lender making the payment (the "
Paying Party
") and designated as a dedicated account for the benefit of the Party or Parties beneficially entitled to that payment under the Finance Documents (the "
Recipient Party
" or "
Recipient Parties
").
|
11.7.5
|
All interest accrued on the amount standing to the credit of the dedicated account shall be for the benefit of the Recipient Party or the Recipient Parties
pro rata
to their respective entitlements.
|
11.7.6
|
A Party which has made a payment in accordance with this Clause 11.7 shall be discharged of the relevant payment obligation under the Finance Documents and shall not take any credit risk with respect to the amounts standing to the credit of the dedicated account.
|
11.7.7
|
Promptly upon the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with Clause 19.10 (
Replacement of an Agent
), each Paying Party shall (other than to the extent that that Party has given an instruction pursuant to paragraph 11.7.5 below) give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the dedicated account is held to transfer the amount (together with any accrued interest) to the successor Agent for distribution to the relevant Recipient Party or Recipient Parties in accordance with Clause 11.2.3.
|
11.7.8
|
A Paying Party shall, promptly upon request by a Recipient Party and to the extent:
|
(i)
|
that it has not given an instruction pursuant to paragraph 11.7.4 above; and
|
(ii)
|
that it has been provided with the necessary information by that Recipient Party,
|
12.
|
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
12.1
|
Definitions
|
(i)
|
fulfils the conditions imposed by French Law in order for a payment of interest not to be subject to (or as the case may be, to be exempt from) any Tax Deduction; or
|
(ii)
|
is a Treaty Lender.
|
(i)
|
is treated as resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty;
|
(ii)
|
does not carry on business in France through a permanent establishment with which that Lender's participation in the Facilities is effectively connected;
|
(iii)
|
is acting from a Lending Office situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and
|
(iv)
|
fulfils any other conditions which must be fulfilled under the Treaty by residents of the Treaty State for such residents to obtain exemption from Tax imposed on interest by France, subject to the completion of any necessary procedural formalities.
|
12.2
|
Tax gross-up
|
(i)
|
Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
|
(ii)
|
The Parent shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction)
|
(iii)
|
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
|
(iv)
|
A payment shall not be increased under paragraph (iii) above by reason of a Tax Deduction on account of Tax imposed by France, if on the date on which the payment falls due:
|
(a)
|
the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or double taxation agreement, or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or
|
(b)
|
the relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Obligor making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under paragraph (vii) below,
|
(v)
|
If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
|
(vi)
|
Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
|
(vii)
|
A Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Obligor to obtain authorization to make that payment without a Tax Deduction.
|
12.3
|
Tax indemnity
|
(i)
|
The Parent shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Facility Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party
|
(ii)
|
Paragraph (i) above shall not apply:
|
(a)
|
with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:
|
(A)
|
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
|
(B)
|
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party's Lender Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,
|
(b)
|
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
|
(A)
|
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (
Tax gross-up
);
|
(B)
|
would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (
Tax gross-up
) but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in paragraph (iv) of Clause 12.2 (
Tax gross-up
) applied; or
|
(C)
|
relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party.
|
(iii)
|
A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (i) above shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall notify the Parent.
|
(iv)
|
A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 12.3, notify the Facility Agent.
|
12.4
|
Tax Credit
|
(i)
|
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and
|
(ii)
|
that Finance Party has obtained and utilized that Tax Credit,
|
12.5
|
Lender Status Confirmation
|
12.5.3
|
Each Lender which becomes a Party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Transfer Certificate which it executes on becoming a Party, and for the benefit
|
(i)
|
not a Qualifying Lender;
|
(ii)
|
a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender); or
|
(iii)
|
a Treaty Lender.
|
12.5.4
|
Such New Lender shall also specify, in the Transfer Certificate which it executes upon becoming a Party, whether it is incorporated or acting through a Lender Office situated in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction. For the avoidance of doubt, a Transfer Certificate shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this paragraph 12.5.2.
|
12.6
|
FATCA Information
|
(i)
|
Subject to paragraph (iii) below, each Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
|
(a)
|
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
|
(A)
|
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
|
(B)
|
not a FATCA Exempt Party;
|
(b)
|
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and
|
(c)
|
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of information regime.
|
(ii)
|
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (i)(a) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.
|
(iii)
|
Paragraph (i) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and paragraph (i)(c) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
|
(a)
|
any law or regulation;
|
(b)
|
any fiduciary duty; or
|
(c)
|
any duty of confidentiality.
|
(iv)
|
If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (i)(a) or (b) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
|
12.7
|
FATCA Deduction
|
12.7.4
|
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.
|
12.7.5
|
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Parent and the Facility Agent and the Facility Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties.
|
13.
|
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
|
13.1
|
Increased Costs
|
13.1.7
|
If the effect of the introduction of, or a change in, or a change in the interpretation or application of, any law or regulation (including any law or regulation relating to Taxation, reserve asset, special deposit, cash ratio, liquidity or capital adequacy requirements or any other form of banking or monetary controls) applicable to any Lender (an "
Affected Lender
") occurring after the date of this agreement or after the date on which it became a Lender or compliance by any Lender with any such law or regulation is to:
|
(i)
|
impose an additional cost on the Affected Lender as a result of it having entered into any Finance Document or making or maintaining its participation in any Advance or of it performing its obligations under any Finance Document;
|
(ii)
|
reduce any amount payable to the Affected Lender under any Finance Document or reduce the effective return on its capital or any class of its capital; or
|
(iii)
|
result in the Affected Lender making any payment or foregoing any interest or other return on or calculated by reference to any amount received or receivable by the Affected Lender from any other party under any Finance Document,
|
(a)
|
the Affected Lender will notify the Parent and the Facility Agent of that event as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of it; and
|
(b)
|
on demand from time to time by the Affected Lender, the Parent will pay to the Affected Lender the amount which the Affected Lender reasonably determines is necessary to compensate the Affected Lender for that increased cost (or the portion of that increased cost which is, in the opinion of the Affected Lender, attributable to it entering into the Finance Documents, making or maintaining its participation in any Drawing, or maintaining its Commitment).
|
13.1.8
|
The certificate of an Affected Lender specifying the amount of compensation payable under this Clause 13.1 and the basis for the calculation of that amount is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive
provided that nothing herein shall require the relevant Finance Party to disclose any information that is confidential to it or which relates to the organization of its affairs or to its financing strategy or where such disclosure would or could reasonably be expected to breach any confidentiality obligation binding on it
.
|
13.1.9
|
The Parent will not be obliged to compensate any Affected Lender under this Clause 13.1 in relation to any increased cost:
|
(i)
|
compensated for by Clause 12 (
Taxes
) or attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
|
(ii)
|
attributable to a change in the rate of Tax on the overall net income of the Affected Lender;
|
(iii)
|
attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement ("
Basel II
") or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates), but for the avoidance of doubt, this exclusion shall not apply to any Basel III Costs and any Increase Cost resulting from CRD IV and CRR;
|
(iv)
|
occurring as a result of any negligence or wilful default of the Affected Lender or any of its Holding Companies including but not limited to a breach by that Affected Lender or any of its Holding Companies of any fiscal, monetary or capital adequacy limit imposed on it by any law or regulation; or
|
(v)
|
to the extent that the increased cost was incurred in respect of any day more than six months after the first date on which it was reasonably practicable to notify the Parent thereof.
|
13.1.10
|
If any Holding Company of a Lender suffers a cost which would have been recoverable by that Lender under this Clause 13.1 if that cost had been imposed on that Lender, that Lender shall be entitled to recover the amount of that cost under this Clause 13.1 on behalf of the relevant Holding Company.
|
13.2
|
Illegality
|
(i)
|
the relevant Borrowers will forthwith prepay that Lender's participation in all Advances then outstanding, together with all interest accrued on those Advances and pay all other amounts due to that Lender under the Finance Documents (including under Clause 26.1 (
General indemnity and breakage costs
)); and
|
(ii)
|
that Lender's undrawn Commitments (if any) will immediately be cancelled and that Lender will have no further obligation to make the Facilities available.
|
13.3
|
Mitigation
|
(i)
|
any Advance in which it participates becoming an Affected Advance under Clause 8 (
Market disruption
); or
|
(ii)
|
an obligation to pay an additional amount to it under Clause 12.2 (
Tax gross-up
); or
|
(iii)
|
a demand for compensation by it under Clause 13.1 (
Increased Costs
); or
|
(iv)
|
an obligation to prepay any amount to it under Clause 13.2 (
Illegality
),
|
(a)
|
changing its Lending Office for the purposes of this Agreement; or
|
(b)
|
transferring its rights and obligations under this Agreement in accordance with Clause 24 (
Changes to parties
),
|
14.
|
FEES, EXPENSES AND STAMP DUTIES
|
14.1
|
Ticking fee
|
(i)
|
from Signing Date to Closing Date: on the portion of the Term Facility related to the Acquisition equal to EUR 278,000,000; and
|
(ii)
|
from 1
st
June 2015 to Closing Date: on the remaining portion of the Term Facility corresponding to EUR 322,000,000 and on the full amount of the Revolving Facility corresponding to EUR 60,000,000.
|
14.2
|
Agency fee
|
14.3
|
Commitment fee
|
14.4
|
Utilization fee
|
(i)
|
0.__% when up to and including 33% of the Revolving Commitments are drawn;
|
(ii)
|
0.__% when more than 33% and up to and including 66% of the Revolving Commitments are drawn; or
|
(iii)
|
0.__% when more than 66% of the Revolving Commitments are drawn,
|
14.5
|
VAT
|
14.6
|
Expenses
|
14.6.1
|
The Parent will on demand pay to the Agents, Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners and the Senior Mandated Lead Arranger the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees and other out-of-pocket expenses and any value added tax or other similar tax thereon) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and completion of the Finance Documents, and all documents, matters and things referred to in, or incidental to, any Finance Document;
|
14.6.2
|
The Parent will on demand pay to the Agents the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees and other out-of-pocket expenses and any value added tax or other similar tax thereon) reasonably incurred by either of them (in its name and/or in the name and on behalf of the Finance Parties) in connection with any amendment, consent or suspension of rights (or any
|
14.6.3
|
The Parent will on demand pay to the Agents the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees and other out-of-pocket expenses and any value added tax or other similar tax thereon) reasonably incurred in connection with the investigation of any Default but limited to investigations carried out by or on behalf of the Facility Agent and/or the Security Agent only.
|
14.7
|
Enforcement expenses
|
14.8
|
Stamp duties, etc.
|
14.9
|
Calculation
|
15.
|
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY INTEREST
|
15.1
|
Guarantee
|
(i)
|
The Guarantor hereby irrevocably guarantees to the Finance Parties as
caution solidaire
the payment when due of all sums from time to time payable by each Borrower under the Revolving Facility, under the Finance Documents (whether in principal, interest, fees, expenses, costs and ancillary charges).
|
(ii)
|
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Clause 15.1 will not be affected by any act, circumstance, omission, matter or thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 15.1 or prejudice or diminish those obligations in whole or in part, including without limitation (whether or not known to it or any other Party) any extension of time, renewal, amendment or modification of any of the Clauses, terms or conditions of the Finance Documents so that each such obligation shall, for the purposes of the Guarantor's obligations under this Clause 15.1, remain in full force and be construed as if there were no such act, circumstance, variation, omission, matter or thing and the Guarantor hereby expressly agrees and waives any rights which it may have to claim that any such act, circumstance, variation, omission, matter or thing operates as a novation within the meaning of Articles 1271 and following of the French
Code civil
so as to release it from its obligations under this Clause.
|
(iii)
|
The Guarantor further expressly waives and renounces any rights which it may have to claim a novation and release under the Finance Documents because of a change in the legal form or personality of any of the relevant Borrower in the future or in the case of any merger or other restructuring ("
fusion
", "
scission
" or "
apport partiel d'actif
") of any of the relevant Borrower with another entity even if it is not the surviving entity.
|
(iv)
|
Furthermore, the Guarantor agrees that it will continue to be bound by the terms of the guarantee given pursuant to this Clause 15.1 notwithstanding any merger or other restructuring ("
fusion
", "
scission
" or "
apport partiel d'actif
") of any of the Finance Parties with another entity and notwithstanding any modification in the legal form of personality of any such Finance Party, even if that Finance Party is not the surviving entity.
|
(v)
|
The guarantee under this Clause 15.1 will extend to the ultimate balance of all sums payable by the Borrowers or any of them under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part and shall as a matter of law benefit to each successor, assignee or transferee of the rights and obligations of each Finance Party hereunder (including any new Lender).
|
(vi)
|
The Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or any agent on its behalf) to proceed against any relevant Borrower or any other person (
bénéfice de discussion
) or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from or file any proof or claim in any insolvency proceedings of any person before claiming from the Guarantor under this Clause 15.1 (
bénéfice de division
).
|
(vii)
|
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the relevant Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, the Guarantor shall not, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or performance by it under this Clause 15.1:
|
(a)
|
be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held, received or receivable by any Finance Party (or any agent on its behalf) or be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of such Guarantor's liability under this Clause 15.1 and, to the extent that the Guarantor is so subrogated or entitled by law, the Guarantor (to the fullest extent permitted by law) waives and agrees not to exercise or claim those rights, security or money or that right of contribution or indemnity;
|
(b)
|
claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any relevant Borrower or its estate in competition with any Finance Party (or any agent on its behalf) unless otherwise required by the Facility Agent or by law (in which case any proceeds of any claim in respect of any rights, security or monies of any Finance Party to which such relevant Borrower was subrogated will be paid by the Guarantor to the Facility Agent to be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Finance Documents) or unless required for filing any debt claim (
déclaration de créance
) it may have against a relevant Borrower in an insolvency proceeding; or
|
(c)
|
receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution or security from or on account of any relevant Borrower, or exercise any right of set-off as against any relevant Borrower (and without prejudice to the foregoing, the Guarantor shall forthwith pay to the Facility Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties an amount equal to any amount so set-off by it).
|
(viii)
|
The Guarantor shall hold for account of and forthwith pay or transfer to the Facility Agent for the Finance Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received by it contrary to Clause 15.1(viii).
|
(ix)
|
The Guarantor irrevocably and expressly undertakes not to exercise any rights which it may have under Article 2316 of the French Code civil to take any action against any other relevant Borrower in the event of any extension of any Availability Period, the Final Repayment Date, any Maturity Date or any other date for payment of any amount due, owing or payable to any Finance Party under any Finance Document, in each case without the consent of the Facility Agent.
|
(x)
|
The Guarantor's obligations as a
caution solidaire
under this Clause will continue in full force and effect until all sums due or which may become due by each relevant Borrower under the Facilities have been fully paid and discharged in accordance with the terms hereof.
|
15.2
|
Other security interest
|
(i)
|
an opinion from the French external legal advisor of the Parent, relating to the status, existence, capacity and due authorizations of the Parent in respect of its execution of such pledge; and
|
(ii)
|
an opinion from a Belgian external legal advisor relating to the legality, validity and enforceability of such pledge,
|
16.
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
16.1
|
Reliance
|
16.2
|
Incorporation
|
16.3
|
Power and capacity
|
16.4
|
Authorization
|
(i)
|
to authorize the entry into and the compliance with its obligations under each Finance Document to which it is party;
|
(ii)
|
to ensure that its obligations under each Finance Document are valid, legally binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms (save for obligations subject to qualifications as to matters of law contained in the legal opinions referred to in Schedule 3);
|
(iii)
|
to make each Finance Document to which it is party admissible in evidence in the courts of France other than certified translations of the Finance Documents into French; and
|
(iv)
|
to create the security constituted by each Security Document to which it is party and to ensure that that security has the ranking specified in that Security Document.
|
16.5
|
No contravention
|
(i)
|
contravene any law, regulation, judgment or order to which any Group Company is subject;
|
(ii)
|
conflict with its constitutional documents;
|
(iii)
|
breach any agreement or the terms of any consent binding upon any Group Company or any assets of any Group Company to an extent which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
|
(iv)
|
oblige any Group Company to create any security or result in the creation of any security over any assets of any Group Company, other than under the Security Documents.
|
16.6
|
Binding obligations
|
16.7
|
Consents
|
16.8
|
No breach of laws
|
(i)
|
Each Obligor has not (and none of its Subsidiaries has) breached any law or regulation which breach has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
(ii)
|
No labour disputes are current or, to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry), threatened against any Group Company which have or are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
16.9
|
No Defaults
|
(i)
|
No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Drawing under the Facilities.
|
(ii)
|
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on an Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries') assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
16.10
|
Litigation
|
16.11
|
Environment
|
(i)
|
Each Group Company is and has at all times taken such steps as are necessary to comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws and all Environmental Approvals necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
|
(ii)
|
To the best of its knowledge and belief having made due and careful enquiry, there are no circumstances which could reasonably be expected to prevent any Group Company from complying in all material respects with any Environmental Law or Environmental Approval necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business.
|
(iii)
|
All material investments of which the relevant Group Company is aware and which is/are necessary to obtain, renew, extend, modify, revoke, suspend or surrender any Environmental Approval necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business or to ensure compliance with any Environmental Law have been budgeted for.
|
(iv)
|
To the best of its knowledge and belief having made due and careful enquiry, no Group Company is aware of any actual changes or other possible changes (which are referred to in national, international or European bodies' or other regulatory bodies' consultation papers or in other formal methods of announcing possible changes) in Environmental Law which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
|
16.12
|
Ownership of assets
|
16.13
|
Legal and beneficial ownership
|
(i)
|
Each Obligor is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the respective assets over which it purports to grant Security Interests pursuant to the Security Documents.
|
(ii)
|
All the shares in TotalGaz are or will be on the Closing Date legally owned by the Parent free from any claims, third party rights or competing interests other than Security Interests granted under the Security Documents.
|
16.14
|
Accounts
|
(i)
|
The Original Audited Accounts were prepared in accordance with French GAAP consistently applied and fairly represent the consolidated financial position (as at the date to which they were prepared) of and the results of the operations of, the Group and the Target Group for the period to which they relate and the state of the affairs of the Group and the Target Group (as the case may be) at the end of the relevant period and, in particular, disclose or reserve against all liabilities (actual or contingent).
|
(ii)
|
The latest Annual Accounts and the latest Half-Year Accounts delivered from time to time under Clause 17.10.2 (
Financial statements
) were prepared in accordance with US GAAP consistently applied and, in the case of:
|
(a)
|
the latest Annual Accounts fairly represent the consolidated financial position of the Group as at the date to which they were prepared and the results of the operations of the Group for the period to which they related and the state of the affairs of the Group at the end of that period and, in particular, disclose or reserve against all liabilities (actual or contingent); and
|
(b)
|
the latest Half-Year Accounts show with reasonable accuracy the consolidated financial position of the Group as at the date to which they were prepared and the results of the operations of the Group for the period to which they related and, in particular, disclose or reserve against all liabilities (actual or contingent) to the extent required by the Approved Accounting Principles.
|
16.15
|
Approved Projections
|
(i)
|
All statements of fact (taken as a whole) in principle recorded in the Approved Projections are true and accurate in all material respects.
|
(ii)
|
The opinions and views expressed in the Approved Projections represent the honestly held opinions and views of the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Borrowers and were arrived at after careful consideration and are based on reasonable grounds.
|
(iii)
|
The projections and forecasts contained in the Approved Projections are based upon assumptions (including assumptions as to the future performance of the Group, inflation, price increases, interest rates and efficiency gains) which have been carefully considered by the directors of the Parent and which are considered by them to be fair and reasonable in each case as at the date which the relevant fact, opinion, view, projection or forecast was provided or as at the date at which it is stated.
|
(iv)
|
The Approved Projections are not misleading in any material respect and do not omit to disclose any matter where failure to disclose such matter would result in the Approved Projections (or any information or business plan contained therein) to be misleading in any material respect for any person considering whether to provide finance to the Obligors.
|
(v)
|
Nothing has occurred or come to the attention of the Parent since the date as at which the Approved Projections were prepared which renders any material facts contained in the Approved Projections materially inaccurate or misleading or which makes any of the opinions, projections or forecasts contained in the Approved Projections unfair or unreasonable or renders any of the assumptions on which the projections are based unfair or unreasonable.
|
16.16
|
Material Adverse Effect
|
16.17
|
Material disclosures
|
16.18
|
Holding Company
|
16.19
|
Acquisition Documents, disclosure and other documents
|
(i)
|
The Acquisition Documents contain all the material terms of the Acquisition.
|
(ii)
|
There is no disclosure made in the Acquisition Documents which has or may have an adverse effect on any of the information, opinions, intentions, forecasts and projections contained or referred to in the information package prepared for the purpose of the syndication.
|
16.20
|
Centre of Main Interests and establishments
|
16.21
|
Anti-corruption laws
|
16.22
|
Anti-money laundering
|
16.23
|
Sanctions
|
(a)
|
is a Sanctioned Person;
|
(b)
|
is a Person who is otherwise the target of Sanctions such that the entry into, or performance, of this Agreement or any other Finance Document would be prohibited for a Lender or would cause such Lender to breach applicable law; or
|
(c)
|
is owned or controlled by (including, without limitation, by virtue of such Person being a director or owning voting shares or interests), or acts, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of, any Sanctioned Person or a foreign government that is the target of Sanctions such that the entry into, or performance under, this Agreement or any other Finance Document would be prohibited under applicable law.
|
16.24
|
Repetition
|
16.25
|
Certain Funds and Clean Up Period
|
17.
|
UNDERTAKINGS
|
17.1
|
Duration of undertakings
|
17.2
|
Authorisations and status undertakings
|
17.2.6
|
Consents
|
(i)
|
to enable it to perform its payment and other material obligations under each Finance Document to which it is a party;
|
(ii)
|
for the validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence (other than certified translations of the Finance Documents into French) of each such Finance Document; and
|
(iii)
|
to ensure that its obligations under the Finance Documents are legal, valid and binding and each of the Security Documents constitutes valid security ranking in accordance with its terms.
|
17.2.7
|
Maintenance of Status and Authorisation
|
(i)
|
do all things necessary to maintain its corporate existence;
|
(ii)
|
obtain and maintain in full force and effect all consents and filings required for the conduct of its business; and
|
(iii)
|
comply with all laws and regulations applicable to it,
|
17.2.8
|
Amalgamations / Permitted Mergers
|
(i)
|
for Permitted Mergers; or
|
(ii)
|
otherwise with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders.
|
17.2.9
|
Change of Business
|
17.2.10
|
Pari passu
ranking
|
17.3
|
Disposals and security undertakings
|
17.3.4
|
Disposals
|
(i)
|
any disposal of assets on arm's length terms in the ordinary course of business;
|
(ii)
|
any inventory disposal by any Group Company in the ordinary course of trading;
|
(iii)
|
any disposal of obsolete or redundant plant and equipment, or of property not required for the operation of its business;
|
(iv)
|
any disposal of assets to an Obligor;
|
(v)
|
any disposal of Cash Equivalents on arm's length terms;
|
(vi)
|
any disposal of assets by a Group Company (other than an Obligor) to another Group Company;
|
(vii)
|
disposals of assets on arm's length terms not otherwise permitted under this Clause 17.3.1;
|
(viii)
|
the exchange of assets (the "
Transferred Assets
") for other assets of a comparable or superior nature and value (the "
Received Assets
"), provided that, if the Transferred Assets were subject to a Security Interest in favour of the Finance Parties, then a Security Interest in favour of the Finance Parties (and acceptable in form, nature and substance to the Security Agent) shall be granted by the relevant Group Company over the Received Assets;
|
(ix)
|
any disposal of receivables by way of securitization, factoring or otherwise for a maximum amount of EUR 25,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) (said amount to be increased up to an amount of EUR 35,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) if the amount of Receivables assigned under
Dailly
assignments in accordance with Schedule 2 (
Security Documents
) equals at least 120% of the drawn portion of the Total Commitments in relation to Revolving Facility) at any time (provided however that any amount disposed under this paragraph (ix) and any amount outstanding under paragraph 17.5.1(v) (
Borrowings
) shall not exceed EUR 50,000,000 in aggregate at any time); and
|
(x)
|
any other disposal made with the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.
|
17.3.5
|
Negative pledge
|
(i)
|
any Security Interest existing at the date of this Agreement, provided that the maximum amount secured by any such Security Interest shall not be increased after the date of this Agreement;
|
(ii)
|
any Security Interest arising under the Finance Documents;
|
(iii)
|
the Security Interest existing as at the Closing Date over assets of any member of the Target Group, as listed in the list delivered pursuant to paragraph 15 (
Existing Security
) of Schedule 3 (
Conditions precedent
) Part II (
Conditions Precedent on the Closing Date
) - A (
In relation to the Certain Funds Advance
);
|
(iv)
|
liens securing obligations no more than 30 days overdue, arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of business;
|
(v)
|
Security Interests arising out of title retention provisions in a supplier's standard conditions of supply of goods where the goods in question are supplied on credit and are acquired by relevant Group Company in the ordinary course of trading;
|
(vi)
|
rights of set-off existing in the ordinary course of trading activities between any Group Company and its respective suppliers or customers;
|
(vii)
|
rights of set-off arising by operation of law or by contract by virtue of the provision to any Group Company of clearing bank facilities or overdraft facilities permitted under this Agreement;
|
(viii)
|
any payment or close out netting or set-off arrangement pursuant to any treasury transaction or foreign exchange transaction entered into by a Group Company on market terms;
|
(ix)
|
any Security Interest over any rental deposits in respect of real estate leased by a Group Company up to a maximum aggregate amount, together with any guarantee referred to under paragraph (iv) of Clause 17.5.2, not exceeding EUR 5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies);
|
(x)
|
Security Interests up to a maximum aggregate amount of EUR 7,500,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) for taxes, assessments or charges (A) not yet due or (B) that are being contested in good faith;
|
(xi)
|
Security Interests created in connection with pre-judgement court proceedings up to a maximum aggregate amount not exceeding EUR 7,500,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies);
|
(xii)
|
any Security Interests not otherwise permitted under this Clause 17.3.2 created by any Subsidiary of Antargaz or of TotalGaz and securing Financial Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding EUR 7,500,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies);
|
(xiii)
|
any Security Interest created by any Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company in respect of which, pursuant to the shareholder agreement or constitutional documents relating to that Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company, the Group Company which holds a direct equity interest in that Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company is not entitled to prohibit the creation of that Security Interest;
|
(xiv)
|
any Security Interest created in connection with any disposal of receivables by way of securitisation, factoring or otherwise, as permitted under the paragraph 17.3.1 (
Disposals
); and
|
(xv)
|
any other Security Interest created with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders,
|
17.4
|
Acquisition and investment undertakings
|
17.4.1
|
Acquisitions
|
(i)
|
in the ordinary course of its trading activity;
|
(ii)
|
any Permitted Acquisition, provided that:
|
(a)
|
the Parent demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Facility Agent that the Permitted Acquisition is funded entirely out of:
|
(A)
|
a Permitted Equity Injection; and/or
|
(B)
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents owned by Group Companies;
|
(b)
|
in respect of any individual Permitted Acquisition where the aggregate of the purchase price paid, or to be paid, for the shares or assets comprised in that Permitted Acquisition plus the total net debt assumed or repaid, or to be assumed or repaid, in connection with that Permitted Acquisition (together, the "
enterprise value
") does not exceed EUR 25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies), the Parent has provided the Facility Agent with revised financial projections and forecasts for the business of the Group incorporating that Permitted Acquisition no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of that Permitted Acquisition;
|
(c)
|
in respect of any individual Permitted Acquisition where the enterprise value of that Permitted Acquisition exceeds EUR 25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies), the Parent has provided the Facility Agent with revised financial projections and forecasts for the business of the Group incorporating that Permitted Acquisition and a legal and accounting due diligence report, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Majority Lenders, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the date of that Permitted Acquisition; and
|
(d)
|
the aggregate enterprise values of all Permitted Acquisitions after the Signing Date does not exceed EUR 120,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies); and
|
(iii)
|
subject to Clause 17.3.1 (
Disposals
), shares owned by it or any other Group Company in any other Group Company.
|
17.4.2
|
Joint Ventures
|
(i)
|
an investment by a Group Company (other than the Parent) in any Joint Venture to which it is a party at the date of this Agreement (an "
existing Joint Venture
") provided that such investment is:
|
(a)
|
expressly permitted under Clause 17.5 (
Financing arrangement undertakings
); or
|
(b)
|
made by way of equity contribution and/or shareholders' loans (provided that the aggregate amount of all such equity contributions and outstanding loans pursuant to Clause 17.5.3(ii)(a) (
Loans
) shall not exceed EUR 30,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) at any time);
|
(ii)
|
an investment by a Group Company (other than the Parent) in any Joint Venture (other than any existing Joint Venture) without double counting where:
|
(a)
|
the liability of that Group Company in respect of that Joint Venture is limited to the aggregate amount invested by that Group Company in that Joint Venture;
|
(b)
|
any investment in that Joint Venture is made by way of equity subscription or shareholder loan; and
|
(c)
|
the aggregate Investment Amount invested in all Joint Ventures under this sub-paragraph (ii) does not exceed (i) EUR 70,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) until the Final Repayment Date and (ii) EUR 30,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in any Financial Year.
|
17.5
|
Financing arrangement undertakings
|
17.5.1
|
Borrowings
|
(i)
|
any Financial Indebtedness of the Group existing at the Signing Date (as listed in the certificate referred to in Part II-A (
In relation to Certain Funds Advance
) Schedule 3 (
Conditions precedent
)) and not to be refinanced as of the Term Facility Drawdown Date to the extent not exceeding EUR 1,000,000;
|
(ii)
|
amounts due under any Finance Document, the Existing Facilities Agreement (until the Term Facility Drawdown Date), or in respect of a Permitted Equity Injection (including Subordinated Loans but excluding Subordinated PIK Loans);
|
(iii)
|
any Financial Indebtedness permitted by Clauses 17.5.2 (
Guarantees
), 17.5.3 (
Loans
), or 17.5.4 (
Hedging
);
|
(iv)
|
loans arising by operation of law (including labour and tax regulations);
|
(v)
|
any Financial Indebtedness of any Group Company (including for the avoidance of doubt Subordinated PIK Loans but excluding Subordinated Loans; it being specified that any other loan to be made available by the Shareholder or a Shareholder Affiliate to an Obligor shall be prohibited) in an aggregate principal amount which does not exceed EUR 50,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) at any time (excluding compounded interests with respect to Subordinated PIK Loans) (provided however that any amount outstanding under this paragraph (v) and any amount disposed under paragraph (ix) (
Disposals
) shall not exceed EUR 50,000,000 in aggregate at any time);
|
(vi)
|
any Financial Indebtedness created by any Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company with a third party in respect of which, pursuant to the shareholder agreement or constitutional documents relating to that Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company, the Group Company (the "investing Group Company") which holds a direct equity interest in that Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company is not entitled to prohibit the creation of that Financial Indebtedness, provided that the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness ("
Third Party Indebtedness
") created pursuant to this sub-paragraph (vii) by Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Companies where any investing Group Company is liable for the debts of that Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company does not exceed EUR 15,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) at any time;
|
(vii)
|
amounts due under any customs guarantee (
caution douanière
) issued in the ordinary course of business to the extent not exceeding EUR 10,000,000 at any time;
|
(viii)
|
amounts due under any disposal of receivables by way of securitisation, factoring or otherwise, as permitted under paragraph 17.3.1 (ix) (
Disposals
) (provided however that any amount disposed under this paragraph (viii) and any amount outstanding under paragraph 17.5.1 (v) (
Borrowings
) above shall not exceed EUR 50,000,000 in aggregate at any time and without double counting); and
|
(ix)
|
any Financial Indebtedness under Financial Leases, provided that the aggregate capital value of all items so leased under outstanding Finance Leases by Group Companies does not exceed EUR 10,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies);
|
(x)
|
any other Financial Indebtedness incurred with the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.
|
17.5.2
|
Guarantees
|
(i)
|
any guarantee existing on the date of this Agreement, provided that the maximum amount guaranteed by any such guarantee shall not be increased after the date of this Agreement;
|
(ii)
|
any guarantee contained in any Finance Document (or the Existing Facilities Agreement (until the Term Facility Drawdown Date);
|
(iii)
|
any guarantee of Financial Indebtedness which is otherwise permitted under paragraph 17.5.1 (
Borrowings
);
|
(iv)
|
any guarantee given in relation to rental obligations in respect of real estate properties up to a maximum aggregate amount, together with any Security Interest referred to under paragraph (ix) of Clause 17.3.2, not exceeding EUR 5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies);
|
(v)
|
any other guarantees given by a Group Company in the ordinary course of its (or any of its Subsidiaries' or Joint Ventures') business in respect of its obligations or the obligations of any of its Subsidiaries provided that such obligations do not have the nature of Financial Indebtedness and that the aggregate maximum contingent liability under all such guarantees does not exceed EUR 75,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) at any time; and
|
(vi)
|
any guarantee or letter of credit (including in the form of documentary credit (
crédit documentaire
) granted or issued on behalf of any Group Company in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of guaranteeing the shipping of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), provided that (a) the aggregate amount of all liabilities outstanding at any time under such guarantees or letters of credit does not exceed EUR 75,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) and (b) the duration of each guarantee or letter of credit does not exceed 60 days.
|
17.5.3
|
Loans
|
(i)
|
credit granted by any Group Company in the ordinary course of its trading activities;
|
(ii)
|
any loan made by a Group Company (the "lending Group Company") to any other Group Company (the "
borrowing Group Company
"), provided that:
|
(a)
|
the aggregate amount of outstanding loans made by Obligors to Group Companies (other than loans made for the purposes of making a Permitted Acquisition) which are not Obligors (together with the aggregate amount of equity contributions and/or shareholders' loans made pursuant to Clause 17.4.2(i) (
Joint Ventures
) but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any equity contributions made pursuant to Clause 17.4.2(ii) (
Joint Ventures
)) shall at no time exceed EUR 25,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies); and
|
(b)
|
if the lending Group Company is a Borrower under the Revolving Facility and the intercompany loan is in excess of EUR 1,000,000, that lending Group Company grants to the Finance Parties an assignment (
cession
) of the benefit of that intercompany loan by way of security (pursuant to the
Loi Dailly
);
|
(iii)
|
any loan made to a Joint Venture to the extent permitted under Clause 17.4.2 (
Joint Ventures
);
|
(iv)
|
any loan or grant of credit to employees of the Group (to the extent permissible under applicable law) provided that the maximum aggregate principal amount of all such loans shall not exceed EUR 1,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) for the Group taken as a whole; and
|
(v)
|
any other loan or grant of credit granted with the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.
|
17.5.4
|
Hedging
|
(i)
|
No Obligor will, and each Obligor will procure that none of its Subsidiaries will, enter into any Derivative Instrument other than (a) in relation to the Parent only, the Hedging Agreements referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) below and (b) Derivative Instruments entered into by any Group Company (other than the Parent) in the ordinary course of its business for the purpose of managing or hedging its exposure to interest rates, exchange rates or commodity prices (but excluding Derivative Instruments entered into for speculative purposes).
|
(ii)
|
The Parent will ensure that, for a period of at least three (3) years from the Closing Date, it has hedging of interest rate exposure in relation to at least 66
2
/
3
per cent. (and, if the Parent decide so, up to 100.00% (one hundred per cent.)) of the amount of funds available under the Term Facility).
|
(iii)
|
The Parent agree to use standard ISDA Master Agreement or FBF Master Agreement as Hedging Agreements.
|
17.6
|
Conduct of business undertakings
|
17.6.1
|
Insurance
|
(i)
|
Each Obligor will, and will procure that each of its Subsidiaries will effect and thereafter maintain insurances at its own expense in relation to all its assets and risks of an insurable nature with reputable insurers which:
|
(a)
|
provide cover against such risks, and to such extent, as normally insured against by other companies owning or possessing similar assets or carrying on similar businesses; and
|
(b)
|
shall be in amounts which would in the circumstances be prudent for those companies.
|
(ii)
|
The Parent will:
|
(a)
|
supply to the Facility Agent on request copies of each policy for insurance required to be maintained in accordance with Clause 17.6.1 (the "
policies
"), together with the current premium receipts relating to the policies;
|
(b)
|
as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the Facility Agent of any material change to the insurance cover of each Obligor and each Obligor's Subsidiaries; and
|
(c)
|
as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the Facility Agent of any claim under any policy which is for, or is reasonably likely to result in a claim under that policy for, an amount in excess of EUR 5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies).
|
17.6.2
|
Intellectual Property
|
(i)
|
ensure that it beneficially owns or has all necessary consents to use all the Intellectual Property Rights that it requires in order to conduct its business;
|
(ii)
|
observe and comply with all obligations and laws applicable to it in relation to the Intellectual Property; and
|
(iii)
|
maintain and protect the Intellectual Property required for the operation of its business;
|
17.6.3
|
Taxes
|
17.6.4
|
Arm's length transactions
|
17.7
|
Environmental undertakings
|
(i)
|
comply in all material respects with all Environmental Approvals (necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business) and Environmental Laws applicable to it;
|
(ii)
|
obtain and maintain to the satisfaction of all relevant regulatory bodies all Environmental Approvals (necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business);
|
(iii)
|
promptly upon receipt of the same notify the Facility Agent of any claim, notice or other communication served on it in relation to any Environmental Law or Environmental Approval (necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business) or if it becomes aware of any actual material variation to any Environmental Law or Environmental Approval (necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business);
|
(iv)
|
promptly notify the Facility Agent of any material investment required to be made by any Group Company to maintain, acquire, renew, modify, amend, surrender or revoke any Environmental Approval (necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business) or if it otherwise becomes aware of such a requirement; and
|
(v)
|
use all reasonable precautions to avoid actions which may give rise to a material liability under Environmental Law.
|
17.8
|
Changes to Subsidiary constitutional documents
|
17.9
|
Share capital, dividend and other junior financing arrangement undertakings
|
17.9.1
|
Share issues
|
(i)
|
an issue of shares by one Group Company to another Group Company allowing, in the case of non wholly-owned members of the Group, for proportionate issues to minority shareholders;
|
(ii)
|
an issue of shares by one Group Company to any Group pension scheme or employee incentive scheme;
|
(iii)
|
any issue of shares in the Parent for the purposes of a Permitted Equity Injection;
|
(iv)
|
any issue of shares in Parent through conversion of debt (
augmentation de capital par incorporation de créances
); or
|
(v)
|
any issue of shares with the prior consent of the Majority Lenders.
|
17.9.2
|
Redemption and acquisition of own shares
|
(i)
|
in favour of an Obligor;
|
(ii)
|
where it is obliged to do so by law; or
|
(iii)
|
for the purpose of making payments under this Agreement.
|
17.9.3
|
Dividend and interest payment under the Subordinated Loans
|
(i)
|
the occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as it is continuing; or
|
(ii)
|
the Leverage Ratio, as calculated on a
pro forma
basis (taking into account the distribution or the payment of cash interest) for the Testing Date immediately preceding the proposed distribution or payment of cash interest and for the Testing Date occurring immediately after the proposed distribution or payment of cash interest, being higher than the Leverage Ratio to be complied with on each of these relevant Testing Dates.
|
17.9.4
|
Subordinated Loans
|
17.10
|
Information and Accounting Undertakings
|
17.10.1
|
Defaults
|
(i)
|
Each Obligor shall notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor).
|
(ii)
|
Promptly upon a request by the Facility Agent, the Parent shall supply to the Facility Agent a certificate signed by its chief executive officer and chief financial officer on its behalf certifying that no Event of Default is continuing (or if an Event of Default is continuing, specifying the Event of Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
|
17.10.2
|
Financial statements
|
(i)
|
as soon as available, and in any event within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each Financial Year, copies of:
|
(a)
|
the audited consolidated accounts of the Group as at the end of and for that Financial Year, including a profit and loss account, balance sheet, cash flow statement and directors and auditors' report on those accounts and for the first time in relation to the Financial Year ending on 30 September 2015; and
|
(b)
|
the audited accounts of each Obligor for that Financial Year;
|
(ii)
|
as soon as available, and in any event within sixty (60) days of the end of the first Accounting Half-Year in each Financial Year, copies of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group as at the end of and for that Accounting Half-Year, including, for the six (6) month period comprising such Accounting Half-Year, a profit and loss account, balance sheet, cash flow statement and management commentary for the Group, in such form as the Facility Agent may reasonably require;
|
(iii)
|
within fifteen (15) days after the beginning of each Financial Year, the Operating Budget for that Financial Year, in such form as the Facility Agent may reasonably require,
|
17.10.3
|
Compliance Certificates
|
(i)
|
Each of the Annual Accounts and Half-Year Accounts must be accompanied by a certificate signed by the chief financial officer and (in the case of the Annual Accounts only) the
mandataire social
of the Parent, which shall:
|
(a)
|
certify whether or not, as at the date of the relevant accounts, the Parent was in compliance with the financial covenants contained in Clause 17.17 (
Financial Covenant
) and contain reasonably detailed calculations of the Leverage Ratio; and
|
(b)
|
confirm that, as at the date of that certificate, no Event of Default is outstanding and, to best of knowledge after due and careful inquiry, no Potential Event of Default is outstanding.
|
(ii)
|
Each of the Annual Accounts must be accompanied by a certificate from the Auditors which shall be in a form substantially in the form provided in Schedule 6 (
Auditors Certificate
).
|
17.10.4
|
Approved accounting principles
|
(i)
|
the Parent shall as soon as practicable advise the Facility Agent;
|
(ii)
|
following request by the Facility Agent, the Parent and the Facility Agent shall negotiate in good faith with a view to agreeing any amendments to Clause 17.17 (
Financial Covenant
) and the financial definitions related thereto which are necessary to give the Lenders comparable protection to that contemplated by those Clauses at the date of this Agreement;
|
(iii)
|
if amendments satisfactory to the Majority Lenders are agreed by the Parent and the Facility Agent within thirty (30) days of that notification to the Facility Agent, those amendments shall take effect in accordance with the terms of that agreement; and
|
(iv)
|
if amendments satisfactory to the Majority Lenders are not so agreed within thirty (30) days then, within fifteen (15) days after the end of that 30 day period, the Parent shall either:
|
(a)
|
deliver to the Facility Agent, in reasonable detail and in a form satisfactory to the Facility Agent, details of all any adjustments which need to be made to the relevant accounts in order to bring them into line with the Approved Accounting Principles as at the date of this Agreement; or
|
(b)
|
ensure that the relevant accounts are prepared in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles as at the date of this Agreement.
|
17.10.5
|
Management meetings
|
17.10.6
|
Accounting reference date and tax consolidation
|
(i)
|
The Parent shall not change its Financial Year end without the prior consent of the Facility Agent. The Parent shall procure that the Financial Year end of each of its Subsidiaries is the same as the Financial Year end (except, in the case of a Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company which, as at the Signing Date, has a different Financial Year end and, pursuant to the terms of the shareholders agreement or constitutional documents relating to that Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company, the Group Company which holds a direct equity interest in that Partly Owned Storage and Logistics Company is not entitled to procure a change of that existing financial year end).
|
(ii)
|
Each Obligor undertakes to procure that the consolidated tax group status (
intégration fiscale
) of the Parent and each of the Parent's Subsidiaries which fulfills the conditions for inclusion in the consolidated tax group of the Parent will continue for so long as any Obligor has any obligation under any Finance Document.
|
17.10.7
|
Investigations
|
(i)
|
If the Majority Lenders have reasonable grounds for believing that either:
|
(a)
|
any accounts or calculations provided under this Agreement are inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect; or
|
(b)
|
the Parent is, or is reasonably likely to be, in breach of any of its obligations under Clause 17.17 (
Financial Covenant
),
|
(ii)
|
If, having taken the steps in sub-paragraph (i) above, the Majority Lenders request so, the Facility Agent may instruct the Auditors (or other firm of accountants selected by the Facility Agent) to carry out an investigation at the Parent's expense into the affairs, the financial performance and/or the accounting and other reporting procedures and standards of the Group, and the Parent will procure that full co-operation is given to the Auditors or other firm of accountants so selected.
|
17.10.8
|
Other information
|
(i)
|
The Parent will promptly deliver to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Facility Agent so requests):
|
(a)
|
all documents dispatched by the Parent to its shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched;
|
(b)
|
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the revised list of all Material Subsidiaries if a change occurs, any information regarding the ongoing proceeding under competition law on price fixing with the competition authority, the details of any litigation, labour dispute, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the Group, and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
(ii)
|
promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any member of the Group as any Finance Party (through the Facility Agent) may reasonably request; and
|
(iii)
|
promptly, details of any amendment, waiver, consent, breach, notice or claim in respect of any Acquisition Documents or Permitted Equity Injections related documents, which could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of any Finance Party under any Finance Document.
|
17.10.9
|
"Know your customer" checks
|
(i)
|
If:
|
(a)
|
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
|
(b)
|
any change in the status of any member of the Group after the date of this Agreement; or
|
(c)
|
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,
|
(ii)
|
Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself) in order for the Facility Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "
know your customer
" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
|
17.11
|
Amendments to Transaction Documents
|
(i)
|
that would result in the shortening of their maturity to a date which is prior to the Final Repayment Date; or
|
(ii)
|
with respect to the Subordinated PIK Loans, that would affect their existing provisions related to the payment and/or capitalisation of interests or their principal amount; or
|
(iii)
|
with respect to the Subordinated Loans, that would increase the amount of interests or their principal amount,
|
17.12
|
Acquisition Documents
|
(i)
|
The Parent shall promptly pay all amounts payable to the Vendor under the Acquisition Documents as and when they become due (except to the extent that any such amounts are being contested in good faith by it and where adequate reserves are set aside for any such payment).
|
(ii)
|
The Parent shall take all reasonable and practical steps to preserve and enforce its rights (or the rights of any other Group Company, as the case may be) and pursue any claims and remedies arising under any Acquisition Documents unless the taking of such steps would be commercially detrimental to any member of the Group.
|
17.13
|
Financial assistance
|
17.14
|
Centre of main interests and establishments
|
17.15
|
Sanctions
|
(i)
|
Each Obligor undertakes that it will not, and will procure that each Group Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Advance under the Facilities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (a) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (b) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any party to the Finance Documents, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise.
|
(ii)
|
Each Obligor shall ensure that (a) no person that is a Sanctioned Person will have any legal or beneficial interest in any funds repaid or remitted by the Borrower to any Lender in connection with the Facilities, and (b) it shall not use any revenue or benefit derived from any activity or dealing with a Sanctioned Person for the purpose of discharging amounts owing to the Lenders in respect of the Facilities.
|
(iii)
|
Each Obligor shall implement and maintain appropriate safeguards designed to prevent any action that would be contrary to paragraph (i) or (ii) above.
|
(iv)
|
Each Obligor shall, and shall procure that each other member of the Group will, promptly upon becoming aware of the same, supply to the Facility Agent details of any claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions.
|
(v)
|
Each Obligor undertakes that it will not, and will procure that each Group Company will not, directly or indirectly, engage in any transaction, activity or conduct that would violate Sanctions applicable to them.
|
17.16
|
Anti-corruption laws and anti-money laundering
|
(i)
|
No Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Facilities for any purpose which would breach an anti-corruption legislation in any jurisdiction.
|
(ii)
|
Each Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that each Group Company will):
|
(a)
|
conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws or regulations and anti-money laundering laws or regulations; and
|
(b)
|
maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws or regulations.
|
17.17
|
Financial Covenant
|
(i)
|
from the Closing Date to 30 September 2015, 3.75:1; and
|
(ii)
|
as from 31 March 2016, 3.50:1.
|
17.18
|
Calculation
|
(i)
|
The covenants contained in Clause 17.17 (
Financial Covenant
) and the calculation of the Leverage Ratio will be tested by reference to the Annual Accounts and the Half-Year Accounts for the relevant Testing Period.
|
(ii)
|
If the Annual Accounts are not available when the Leverage Ratio is tested, but when those Annual Accounts become available, they show that the figures in any relevant Half-Year Accounts utilised for any such calculation cannot have been substantially accurate, the Facility Agent may require such adjustments to the calculations made or to be made which it, in its sole discretion, considers appropriate to rectify that inaccuracy and compliance with the covenants in Clause 17.17 (
Financial Covenant
) and the calculation of the Leverage Ratio will be determined by reference to those adjusted figures.
|
(iii)
|
The components and the calculation of the Leverage Ratio will be calculated in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles, as varied by this Agreement.
|
(iv)
|
For the avoidance of doubt, for the purpose of calculating the Leverage Ratio, each component of such ratio shall not double-count the same amount in the same calculation.
|
17.19
|
Calculation Adjustments
|
18.
|
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
18.1
|
List of events
|
18.1.11
|
Payment default
|
18.1.12
|
Breach of Financial Covenant
|
18.1.13
|
Breach of other obligations
|
18.1.14
|
Misrepresentation
|
18.1.15
|
Unlawfulness - Illegality
|
(i)
|
Any provision of any Finance Documents is or becomes invalid or unenforceable for any reason or is repudiated or the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Finance Document is contested by any person or any party to any Finance Document (other than a Finance Party) denies the existence of any liability or obligation on its part under any Finance Document.
|
(ii)
|
It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents.
|
18.1.16
|
Insolvency
|
(i)
|
Any Obligor or any Material Subsidiary is in
cessation des paiements
within the meaning of article L.631-1 of the French Commercial Code (
Code de Commerce
).
|
(ii)
|
Any Obligor or any Material Subsidiary, for the purpose of any applicable law, admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due or becomes insolvent or a moratorium (
sursis de paiements
) is declared in relation to its indebtedness.
|
18.1.17
|
Insolvency Proceedings
|
(i)
|
Any corporate action or legal proceedings is taken in relation to:
|
(a)
|
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, the winding-up, dissolution, receivership (
redressement judiciaire
) of any Obligor or any Material Subsidiary or the opening of any proceeding set forth in Livre VI, Titres I, II, III et IV of the French
Code de Commerce
; or
|
(b)
|
the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Obligor or any of its assets or any Material Subsidiary, except if otherwise permitted under this Agreement; or
|
(ii)
|
any
liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, conservator, assignee, sequestrator, trustee, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or the like (including, without limitation, in respect of any Obligor, any "
mandataire
ad hoc", "
administrateur judiciaire
", "
administrateur provisoire
", "
conciliateur
" or "
mandataire
liquidateur
" or any person as a result of
jugement
de
sauvegarde, sauvegarde financière accelérée
or
sauvegarde
accélérée
or any similar proceeding set forth in Livre VI,
Titres
I, II, III et IV of the French Code de Commerce) is appointed in respect of any Obligor or any part of its assets or any Material Subsidiary or the directors of any Obligor request such appointment; or
|
(iii)
|
a judgement is issued for the opening of a
procédure de sauvegarde
,
sauvegarde financière accelérée
or
sauvegarde accélérée
, the judicial liquidation "
liquidation judiciaire
" or the "
redressement judiciaire
" or the transfer of the whole or part of the business "cession de l'entreprise" of any Obligor or any Material Subsidiary; or
|
(iv)
|
any other steps are taken to enforce any Encumbrance over any substantial part of the assets of any Obligor or any Material Subsidiary
.
|
18.1.18
|
Creditors' Process
|
18.1.19
|
Cessation of business
|
18.1.20
|
Cross default
|
(i)
|
is not paid when due or within any originally applicable grace period in any agreement relating to that Financial Indebtedness; or
|
(ii)
|
becomes due and payable (or capable of being declared due and payable but in this case unless the existence of the relevant event of default is being contested in good faith by the relevant Group Company before the relevant court) before its normal maturity or is placed on demand (or any commitment for any such indebtedness is cancelled or suspended) by reason of a default or event of default (however described).
|
18.1.21
|
Auditors' qualification
|
18.1.22
|
Change to constitutional
documents
|
18.1.23
|
Tax consolidation
|
(i)
|
The Group loses, for whatever reason (including as a result of any change of law or interpretation in law) the benefit of the tax consolidation regime (
intégration fiscale
) for the Group and UGI Bordeaux, unless, within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of the relevant event causing the loss of the tax consolidation regime, the Parent has provided written details to the Facility Agent of a solution to that loss which is satisfactory to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).
|
(ii)
|
An amendment or waiver is made to the Tax Consolidation Agreement without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders, which could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents.
|
18.1.24
|
Material Adverse Effect
|
18.1.25
|
Acquisition Documents
|
18.1.26
|
Expropriation
|
18.1.27
|
Litigation
|
18.2
|
Acceleration
|
(i)
|
terminate the availability of the Facilities, whereupon the Facilities shall immediately cease to be available for drawing, the undrawn portion of the Commitments of each of the Lenders shall be immediately cancelled and no Lender shall be under any further obligation to make Advances; and/or
|
(ii)
|
declare all or any Advances, accrued interest on those Advances and any other amounts accrued or outstanding under any Finance Document to be immediately due and payable, whereupon those amounts shall become so due and payable.
|
18.3
|
Clean-Up Period
|
18.3.3
|
In respect of circumstances affecting the Target Group on or before the Closing Date (provided such circumstance was not known by the Parent) or in respect of circumstances affecting the Target Group after the Closing Date and which would otherwise constitute a breach of representation or warranty, a breach of undertaking or a Default and that breach or Default (except for the avoidance of doubt, any breach of a financial covenant):
|
(i)
|
is capable of remedy and reasonable steps are being taken to remedy it;
|
(ii)
|
the circumstances giving rise to it have not been procured by or approved by the Parent; and
|
(iii)
|
is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
|
(iv)
|
is notified by the Parent to the Facility Agent as soon as reasonably practicable,
|
18.3.4
|
If the relevant circumstances are continuing on or after the expiry of the Clean-up Period, there shall be a breach of representation or warranty, breach of undertaking or a Default, as the case may be notwithstanding the above (and without prejudice to the rights and remedies of the Finance Parties).
|
19.
|
THE AGENTS AND THE OTHER FINANCE PARTIES
|
19.1
|
Agents' appointment
|
(i)
|
appoints Natixis as Facility Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents and as Security Agent to act as its security agent for the purposes of the Security Documents and to execute the Intercreditor Agreement and any documents to be executed on Closing Date and any Security Documents on its behalf; and
|
(ii)
|
irrevocably authorises each Agent for and on its behalf to exercise the rights, powers and discretions which are specifically delegated to it by the terms of the Finance Documents, together with all rights, powers and discretions which are incidental thereto and to give a good discharge for any monies payable under the Finance Documents.
|
19.2
|
Agents' duties
|
(i)
|
send to each Lender details of each communication delivered to the Facility Agent by an Obligor for that Lender under any Finance Document as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt;
|
(ii)
|
subject to those provisions of this Agreement which require the consent of all the Lenders, act in accordance with any instructions from the Majority Lenders or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising a right, power or discretion vested in it under any Finance Document;
|
(iii)
|
have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Finance Documents; and
|
(iv)
|
without prejudice to Clause 19.6(iii) (
Communications and information
), promptly notify each Lender:
|
(a)
|
of any Default which occurs under Clause 18.1.1 (
Payment default
); and
|
(b)
|
if the Facility Agent receives notice from an Obligor referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default.
|
19.3
|
Agents' rights
|
(i)
|
perform any of its duties, obligations and responsibilities under the Finance Documents by or through its personnel, delegates or agents (on the basis that each Agent may extend the benefit of any indemnity received by it under this Agreement to its personnel, delegates or agents);
|
(ii)
|
except as expressly provided to the contrary in any Finance Document, refrain from exercising any right, power or discretion vested in it under the Finance Documents until it has received instructions from the Majority Lenders or, where relevant, all the Lenders;
|
(iii)
|
unless it has received notice to the contrary, treat the Lender which makes available any portion of a Drawing as the person entitled to repayment of that portion;
|
(iv)
|
refrain from doing anything which would or might in its opinion be contrary to any law, regulation or judgement of any court of any jurisdiction or otherwise render it liable to any person and may do anything which is in its opinion necessary to comply with any such law, regulation or judgement;
|
(v)
|
assume that no Default has occurred, unless an officer of that Agent while active on the account of the Parent acquires actual knowledge to the contrary;
|
(vi)
|
refrain from taking any step (or further step) to protect or enforce the rights of any Lender under any Finance Document until it has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction against all losses, (including legal fees) which it would or might sustain or incur as a result;
|
(vii)
|
rely on any communication or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been communicated or signed by the person to whom it purports to be communicated or by whom it purports to be signed;
|
(viii)
|
rely as to any matter of fact which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of any Group Company in a statement by or on behalf of that Group Company;
|
(ix)
|
obtain and pay for any legal or other expert advice or services which may seem necessary or desirable to it and rely on any such advice;
|
(x)
|
accept without enquiry any title which an Obligor may have to any asset intended to be the subject of the security created by the Security Documents;
|
(xi)
|
hold or deposit any title deeds, Security Documents or any other documents in connection with any of the assets charged by the Security Documents with any banker or banking company or any company whose business includes undertaking the safe custody of deeds or documents or with any lawyer or firm of lawyers and it shall not be responsible for or be required to insure against any loss incurred in connection with any such holding or deposit and it may pay all amounts required to be paid on account or in relation to any such deposit;
|
(xii)
|
unless a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise, disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement; and
|
(xiii)
|
without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (xii) above, the Facility Agent (a) may disclose, and (b) on the written request of the Parent or the Majority Lenders shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, disclose, the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the Parent and to the other Finance Parties.
|
19.4
|
Exoneration of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners, the Senior Mandated Lead Arranger and the Agents
|
(i)
|
responsible for the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any representation, warranty, statement or information in any Finance Document or any notice or other document delivered under any Finance Document;
|
(ii)
|
responsible for the execution, delivery, validity, legality, adequacy, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Finance Document;
|
(iii)
|
obliged to enquire as to the occurrence or continuation of a Default or as to the accuracy or completeness of any representation or warranty made by any Obligor under any Finance Document;
|
(iv)
|
responsible for any failure of any Obligor or any of the Lenders duly and punctually to observe and perform their respective obligations under any Finance Document;
|
(v)
|
responsible for the consequences of relying on the advice of any professional advisers selected by any of them in connection with any Finance Document;
|
(vi)
|
liable for acting (or refraining from acting) in what it believes to be in the best interests of the Lenders in circumstances where it has been unable, or it is not practicable, to obtain the instructions of the Lenders or the Majority Lenders (as the case may be); or
|
(vii)
|
liable for anything done or not done by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, save in the case of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct or by a material breach of any of its obligations under the Finance Documents.
|
19.5
|
The Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners, the Senior Mandated Lead Arranger and the Agents individually
|
(i)
|
retain for its own benefit and without liability to account any fee or other amount receivable by it for its own account; and
|
(ii)
|
accept deposits from, lend money to, provide any advisory, trust or other services to or engage in any kind of banking or other business with any party to this Agreement or any subsidiary of any party (and, in each case, may do so without liability to account).
|
19.6
|
Communications and information
|
(i)
|
All communications to an Obligor in connection with the Finance Documents are to be made by or through the Facility Agent. Each Finance Party will notify the Facility Agent of, and provide the Facility Agent with a copy of, any communication between that Finance Party, an Obligor or any other Finance Party on any matter concerning the Facilities or the Finance Documents.
|
(ii)
|
No Agent will be obliged to transmit to any other Finance Party any information relating to any party to any Finance Document which that Agent may have acquired otherwise than in connection with the Facilities or the Finance Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in any Finance Document, no Agent shall, as between itself and the other Finance Parties, be bound to disclose to any other Finance Party or other person any information, disclosure of which might in the opinion of that Agent result in a breach of any law or regulation or be otherwise actionable at the suit of any person or any information supplied by any Group Company to any Agent which is identified by such Group Company at the time of supply as being unpublished, confidential or price sensitive information relating to a proposed transaction by a Group Company and supplied solely for the purpose of evaluating in consultation with the relevant Agent whether such transaction might require a waiver or amendment to any of the provisions of the Finance Documents.
|
(iii)
|
In acting as agent for the Lenders, each Agent's banking division will be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions (or similar unit of that Agent in any subsequent re-organization) or subsidiaries (the "
Other Divisions
" and, if the relevant Agent acts for any Group Company in a corporate finance or other advisory capacity ("
Advisory Capacity
"), any information given by any Group Company to one of the Other Divisions is to be treated as confidential and will not be available to the Finance Parties without the consent of the Parent, except that:
|
(iv)
|
the consent of the Parent will not be required in relation to any information which the relevant Agent in its discretion determines relates to a Default or in relation to which the Lenders have given a confidentiality undertaking in a form satisfactory to that Agent and the relevant Group Company (acting reasonably); and
|
(v)
|
if representatives or employees of the relevant Agent receive information in relation to a Default whilst acting in an Advisory Capacity, they will not be obliged to disclose that information to representatives or employees of that Agent in their capacity as agent bank or security agent under this Agreement or to any Lender, if to do so would breach any rule or regulation or fiduciary duty imposed upon those persons.
|
19.7
|
Non-reliance on the Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners, the Senior Mandated Lead Arranger and the Agents
|
(i)
|
to provide it with any information relating to the business, operations, financial condition, creditworthiness, status and affairs of any Group Company, whether coming into its possession before or after the making of any Advance, except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement; or
|
(ii)
|
to check or enquire into the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information provided by any Group Company under or in connection with any Finance Document (whether or not that information has been or is at any time circulated to it by any Mandated Lead Arranger, Underwriter or Bookrunner, the Senior Mandated Lead Arranger or an Agent); or
|
(iii)
|
to assess or keep under review the business, operations, financial condition, creditworthiness, status or affairs of any Group Company.
|
19.8
|
Agents' indemnity
|
(i)
|
Each Lender shall on demand indemnify each Agent (in proportion to that Lender's participation in the Drawings (or the Total Commitments if there are no Drawings outstanding) at the relevant time) against any loss incurred by the relevant Agent in complying with any instructions from the Lenders or the Majority Lenders (as the case may be) or otherwise sustained or incurred in connection with the Finance Documents or its duties, obligations and responsibilities under the Finance Documents, except to the extent that it is incurred as a result of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the relevant Agent or any of its personnel.
|
(ii)
|
The provisions of Clause 19.8(i) are without prejudice to any obligations of the Obligors to indemnify the Agents under the Finance Documents.
|
19.9
|
Termination and resignation of agency
|
19.9.1
|
Subject the Majority Lenders’s approval, an Agent (a "
Retiring Agent
") may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in France as successor by giving notice to the Lenders and the Parent.
|
19.9.2
|
Alternatively an Agent may resign, in which case the Majority Lenders may with the prior consent of the Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, by 30 days' prior notice to the relevant Agent, appoint a successor Agent (a "
Successor Agent
").
|
19.9.3
|
A Successor Agent shall be selected:
|
(i)
|
by the Retiring Agent nominating one of its Affiliates following consultation with the Parent as Successor Agent in its notice of resignation; or
|
(ii)
|
if the Retiring Agent makes no such nomination, by the Majority Lenders nominating a Lender acting through an office in France as Successor Agent (following consultation with the Parent); or
|
(iii)
|
if the Majority Lenders have failed to nominate a Successor Agent within thirty (30) days of the date of the Retiring Agent's notice of resignation, by the Retiring Agent (following consultation with the Parent) nominating a financial institution of good standing to be the Successor Agent.
|
19.9.4
|
If at any time any amount payable to any Lender by a Borrower hereunder is not, or will not be (when the relevant corporate income tax is calculated) treated as a deductible charge or expense for French tax purposes for that Borrower by reason of that amount being (i) paid or accrued to an Agent acting through an office situated in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction, or (ii) paid to an account opened in the name of or for the benefit of that Agent in a financial institution situated in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction, then the Parent may, on thirty (30) Business Days' prior notice to the relevant Agent and to all the Lenders, require that such Agent be replaced and in such case, the Majority Lenders shall appoint a Successor Agent.
|
19.9.5
|
The resignation of the Retiring Agent and the appointment of the Successor Agent will become effective only upon the Successor Agent accepting its appointment as Agent (and, in the case of the Security Agent's resignation, upon the execution of all agreements and documents necessary to substitute its successor as holder of the security comprised in the Security Documents), at which time:
|
(i)
|
the Successor Agent will become bound by all the obligations of the Facility Agent or Security Agent (as the case may be) and become entitled to all the rights, privileges, powers, authorities and discretions of that Agent under the Finance Documents;
|
(ii)
|
the agency of the Retiring Agent will terminate (but without prejudice to any liabilities which the Retiring Agent may have incurred prior to the termination of its agency); and
|
(iii)
|
the Retiring Agent will be discharged from any further liability or obligation under or in connection with the Finance Documents (except that the Retiring Agent shall pay to the Successor Agent a pro rata proportion of the agency fee referred to in Clause 14.2 (
Agency fee
) for the twelve (12) month period in relation to which that agency fee was most recently paid).
|
19.9.6
|
The Retiring Agent will co-operate with the Successor Agent in order to ensure that its functions are transferred to the Successor Agent without disruption to the service provided to the Parent and the Lenders and will, as soon as practicable following the Successor Agent's appointment, make available to the Successor Agent the documents and records which have been maintained in connection with the Finance Documents in order that the Successor Agent is able to discharge its functions.
|
19.9.7
|
The provisions of this Agreement will continue in effect for the benefit of any Retiring Agent in relation to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it or any event occurring before the termination of its agency.
|
19.9.8
|
The Facility Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph 19.9.2 above if on or after the date which is three (3) months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents, either:
|
(i)
|
the Facility Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 12.6 (
FATCA Information
) and a Lender reasonably believes that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
|
(ii)
|
the information supplied by the Facility Agent pursuant to Clause 12.6 (
FATCA Information
) indicates that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or
|
(iii)
|
the Facility Agent notifies the Parent and the Lenders that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
|
19.10
|
Replacement of an Agent
|
(i)
|
After consultation with the Parent, the Majority Lenders may, by giving thirty (30) days' notice to the relevant Agent (or, at any time an Agent is an Impaired Agent, by giving any shorter notice determined by the Majority Lenders) replace an Agent by appointing a successor Agent.
|
(ii)
|
The retiring Agent shall (at its own cost if it is an Impaired Agent and otherwise at the expense of the Lenders) make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents.
|
(iii)
|
The appointment of the successor Agent shall take effect on the date specified in the notice from the Majority Lenders to the retiring Agent. As from this date, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (ii) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Clause 19.8 (
Agents' indemnity
) and this Clause 19 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date).
|
(iv)
|
Any successor Agent and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.
|
(v)
|
The successor Agent shall not be resident of, or established in, a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction or carry out any of its obligations under this Agreement through an account opened in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction.
|
19.11
|
Role of the Security Agent
|
19.12
|
Payments to Finance Parties
|
19.13
|
Change of office of Agent
|
20.
|
PRO RATA PAYMENTS
|
20.1
|
Recoveries
|
(i)
|
within two Business Days of receipt of the Recovery, the Recovering Lender shall pay to the Facility Agent an amount equal (or equivalent) to that Recovery;
|
(ii)
|
the Facility Agent shall treat that payment as if it was part of the payment to be made by the relevant Obligor to the Lenders rateably in accordance with their respective Commitments; and
|
(iii)
|
(except for any receipt by the Recovering Lender as a result of the operation of Clause (ii)) as between the relevant Obligor and the Recovering Lender, the Recovery shall be treated as not having been paid.
|
20.2
|
Notification of recovery
|
20.3
|
Information
|
20.4
|
Exceptions to sharing of Recoveries
|
20.5
|
Several obligations
|
20.6
|
Obtaining consents
|
20.7
|
No security
|
21.
|
SET-OFF
|
21.1
|
Set-off rights
|
(i)
|
set-off or otherwise apply amounts standing to the credit of any Obligor's accounts with that Finance Party; and
|
(ii)
|
set-off any other obligations (then due for performance) owed by that Finance Party to the relevant Obligor,
|
21.2
|
Different currencies
|
22.
|
NOTICES
|
22.1
|
Mode of service
|
22.1.5
|
Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, any notice, demand, consent, agreement or other communication (a "
Notice
") to be served under or in connection with any Finance Document will be in writing and will be made by letter or by facsimile transmission to the party to be served.
|
22.1.6
|
The address and facsimile number of each party to this Agreement for the purposes of Clause 22.1.1 are:
|
(i)
|
the address and facsimile number shown immediately after its name on the signature pages of this Agreement (in the case of any person who is a party as at the date of this Agreement);
|
(ii)
|
the address and facsimile number notified by that party for this purpose to the Facility Agent on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (in the case of any person who becomes a party after the date of this Agreement); or
|
(iii)
|
any other address and facsimile number notified by that party for this purpose to the Facility Agent by not less than five Business Days' notice.
|
22.1.7
|
Any Notice to be served by any Obligor on a Finance Party will be effective only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer (if any) specified in conjunction with the relevant address and facsimile number referred to in Clause 22.1.2.
|
22.2
|
Deemed service
|
22.2.1
|
Subject to Clause 22.2.2, a Notice will be deemed to be given as follows:
|
(i)
|
if by letter, when delivered personally or on actual receipt; and
|
(ii)
|
if by facsimile, when delivered.
|
22.2.2
|
A Notice given in accordance with Clause 22.2.1 but received on a non-working day or after business hours in the place of receipt will only be deemed to be given on the next working day in that place.
|
22.3
|
Language
|
(i)
|
in English; or
|
(ii)
|
if not in English, accompanied by a certified English translation in which case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.
|
23.
|
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
|
24.
|
CHANGES TO PARTIES
|
24.1
|
Assignment by the Obligors
|
24.2
|
Assignments and transfers by Lenders
|
24.2.5
|
A Lender (in this capacity the "
Transferor
") may, subject to Clause 24.2.2, assign any of its rights under any Finance Document or transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations under any Finance Document to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (a "
Transferee
") or sub-participate (via funded or unfunded sub-participations) any of its obligations under any Finance Document, provided that:
|
(i)
|
the aggregate amount of the Commitments of that Lender subject to that assignment or transfer is at least EUR 2,500,000, save if the transfer or assignment is made when an Event of Default is continuing;
|
(ii)
|
the Transferee has executed a creditor accession agreement to the Intercreditor Agreement;
|
(iii)
|
in the case of an assignment, it is made in accordance with Clause 24.3 (
Assignments by Lenders
); and
|
(iv)
|
in the case of a transfer, it is made in accordance with Clause 24.4 (
Transfers by Lenders
).
|
24.2.6
|
The prior written consent of the Parent must be obtained for any transfer or assignment, provided however that if:
|
(i)
|
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (but only for so long as it is continuing);
|
(ii)
|
the transfer or assignment is made between Lenders or to the benefit of any Lender's Affiliate (or, in the case of funds, to another fund within the same investor group under common management with the transferring fund); it being understood that (a) the Affiliates of Natixis include
inter alia
(
i
) BPCE and any member of Groupe BPCE; (
ii
) any member of the Banques Populaires group; (
iii
) any member of the Caisse d’Epargne group; (
iv
) Banque Palatine; (
v
) BRED; (
vi
) Crédit Foncier and (
vii
) their respective affiliates and (b) the Affiliates of Société Générale include Crédit du Nord and (c) the Affiliates of Crédit Lyonnais and Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel de Paris et d’Ile de France include
inter alia
(
i
) Crédit Agricole SA (
ii
) any member of Groupe Crédit Agricole (
iii
) any Caisse Régionale of Crédit Agricole Mutuel and (
iv
) Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank; or
|
(iii)
|
the transfer or assignment
is made to the benefit of a federal reserve or a central bank (including European Central Bank) or any state agency or state owned entity or to domestic or international institution, the purpose of which is to refinance banks and credit institutions or to provide liquidities to such banks and financial institutions
,
|
24.2.7
|
The prior written consent of the Parent (to the extent required pursuant to paragraph 24.2.2 above) must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Parent will be deemed to have given its consent five (5) Business Days after the relevant Lender has requested it in a Transfer Request unless consent is expressly refused by the Parent within that time. Any Transfer Request shall (i) be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 10, (ii) mention the delay required for Parent consent pursuant to this paragraph 24.2.3 and (iii) be delivered by registered mail (
lettre recommandée avec accusé de réception
) or by courier delivery.
|
24.2.8
|
The Parent (for itself and as agent for the existing Obligors) will execute or procure that there are executed such documents and agreements as are necessary to effect a transfer of rights or obligations to a Transferee under this Agreement.
|
24.2.9
|
The Transferee shall, under its own responsibility and at its own costs, notify the assignment of rights and the transfers of rights and obligations made in connection with the assignment or transfer to the Obligors through a bailiff in accordance with Article 1690 of the French Code Civil.
|
24.2.10
|
No transfer or assignment in relation to a Lender’s participation may be effected to a new lender incorporated or acting through a Lending Office situated in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction or carrying out any of its obligations under this Agreement through an account opened in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction.
|
24.2.11
|
If:
|
(i)
|
a Lender assigns or transfers any rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Lending Office; and
|
(ii)
|
as a result of circumstances existing at the date of the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the Transferee or Lender acting through its new Lending Office under Clause 13.1 (
Increased Costs
),
|
24.2.12
|
The Facility Agent shall provide a list of the Lenders in respect of the Facilities on request by the Parent, not exceeding once a year.
|
24.3
|
Assignments by Lenders
|
24.3.10
|
If any Lender wishes to assign all or any of its rights and benefits under the Finance Documents, the relevant Transferee shall deliver a notice to the Facility Agent confirming to the Facility Agent (on behalf of the other parties to the Finance Documents (other than the Transferor and the Transferee)) that it shall be under the same obligations towards each of them as it would have been under if it had been an original party to the Finance Documents as a Lender.
|
24.3.11
|
Upon delivery of a notice under Clause 24.3.1, the relevant Transferee shall (subject to Clause 24.2 (
Assignments and transfers by Lenders
) become a party to the Finance Documents as a Lender.
|
24.4
|
Transfers by Lenders
|
24.4.9
|
A Transferor may, subject to Clause 24.2 (
Assignments and transfers by Lenders
), transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to a Transferee by means of a transfer effected by the Facility Agent executing (subject to Clause 24.4.2 below) a Transfer Certificate which has been duly completed and signed by both the Transferee and the Transferor.
|
24.4.10
|
The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Transferee and the Transferor once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such Transferor.
|
24.4.11
|
On the later of (A) the date specified in the Transfer Certificate as being the date on or as from which the transfer under this Clause 24.4 is to take effect and (B) the date on which the Facility Agent executes the Transfer Certificate, to the extent that, in the Transfer Certificate, the Transferor seeks to transfer its right and obligations under the Finance Documents:
|
(i)
|
the Transferor and the other parties to the relevant Finance Documents (the "
Existing Parties
") will be released from their obligations to each other under those Finance Documents (the "
Discharged Obligations
");
|
(ii)
|
the Transferee and the Existing Parties will assume obligations towards each other which differ from the Discharged Obligations only insofar as they are owed to or assumed by the Transferee instead of the Transferor;
|
(iii)
|
the rights of the Transferor and the Existing Parties against each other under those Finance Documents (the "
Discharged Rights
") will be cancelled;
|
(iv)
|
the Transferee and the Existing Parties will acquire rights against each other which differ from the Discharged Rights only insofar as they are exercisable by or against the Transferee instead of the Transferor; and
|
(v)
|
the Transferee will become a party to this Agreement as a Lender in relation to the relevant Facility.
|
24.4.12
|
Each of the parties to this Agreement (other than the relevant Transferor and the relevant Transferee) irrevocably authorizes the Facility Agent to execute on its behalf any Transfer Certificate which has been duly completed in accordance with this Clause 24.4 and executed by each of the Transferor and the Transferee.
|
24.4.13
|
The Facility Agent will notify the other parties to this Agreement of the receipt and execution by it on their behalf of any Transfer Certificate as soon as reasonably practicable following execution.
|
24.4.14
|
For the purposes of article 1278 of the French Civil Code, each party to this Agreement agrees that upon any transfer under this Clause 24.4 (Transfers by Lenders), the guarantees and Security Interests created under any of Finance Documents shall be preserved for the benefit of all Finance Parties including the Transferee.
|
24.5
|
Fee
|
24.6
|
No continuing liability
|
(i)
|
accept a re-assignment or re-transfer from a Transferee of any of the rights or obligations assigned, transferred or novated under this Clause 24; or
|
(ii)
|
support any losses incurred by a Transferee by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under any Finance Document.
|
24.7
|
Benefit of agreement
|
24.8
|
Disclosure of information
|
24.9
|
Security over Lenders' rights
|
(i)
|
any charge, assignment or other Security Interest to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
|
(ii)
|
in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security Interest granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,
|
(a)
|
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or other Security Interest for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
|
(b)
|
require any payments to be made by an Obligor or grant to any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
|
25.
|
LENDERS' DECISIONS
|
25.1
|
Procedures
|
(i)
|
Subject to Clauses 25.2 (
Exceptions
) and 25.3 (
Express provisions
), any provision of any Finance Document may be amended or waived (each a "
Modification
") with the agreement of the Majority Lenders and the Parent. A Modification so agreed may be effected by the Facility Agent executing any documents which may be required for that purpose on behalf of itself and all the other Finance Parties and the Parent executing those documents on behalf of itself and all the other Obligors.
|
(ii)
|
The Facility Agent will as soon as practicable after any Modification is made in accordance with Clause 25.1(i) notify the other parties to the Finance Documents. Any such Modification will take effect from the date on which that notification is given (or any later date which the Facility Agent may specify in that notification) and will be binding on all parties to the Finance Documents.
|
25.2
|
Exceptions
|
(i)
|
any increase in the Commitment of any Lender;
|
(ii)
|
save as otherwise provided in Clause 6.6 (
Margin adjustment)
, any reduction of the Margin;
|
(iii)
|
any extension of any Availability Period, any Maturity Date, any Repayment Date, the Final Repayment Date or any other date for payment of any amount due, owing or payable to any Lender under any Finance Document (other than in relation to any voluntary or partial mandatory prepayment provisions);
|
(iv)
|
any amendment, change or waiver to Clause 10.4 (
Sale, Change of Control and Listing
);
|
(v)
|
any release of security or guarantees other than as a result of or to allow a transaction permitted under or pursuant to the Finance Documents;
|
(vi)
|
any reduction of the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fee, breakage costs or commission payable by any Obligor under any Finance Document;
|
(vii)
|
any provision which expressly requires the consent of all Lenders; or
|
(viii)
|
any amendment of the definition of "Majority Lenders" in Clause 1.1 (
Definitions
) or any amendment of Clause 3.3 (
Rights and obligations of Finance Parties
), Clause 20 (
PRO RATA PAYMENTS
), Clause 24 (
CHANGES TO PARTIES
) or this Clause 25.
|
25.3
|
Express provisions
|
25.4
|
Excluded Commitments
|
(i)
|
its Revolving Commitment(s) shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments under the Revolving Facility when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and
|
(ii)
|
its status as a Revolving Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of the Revolving Lenders has been obtained to approve that request.
|
25.5
|
Replacement of Lenders
|
25.5.1
|
Non Consenting Lender
|
(i)
|
If Lenders representing at least 90% of the Total Commitments under the Facilities have consented to an amendment or waiver which requires unanimous consent, any bank, financial institution or fund nominated by the Parent which is not a Sponsor Affiliate or a Group Company and is acceptable to the Facility Agent shall have the right but not the obligation to purchase at par the participation of any non-consenting Lender (a "
Non-Consenting Lender
") in the outstanding Advances, and/or, with the consent of at least 90% of the Lenders (by commitments) (unless the prepayment is funded by new Permitted Equity Injection in which case it will not be subject to any approval from the Lenders), the Parent shall have the right to prepay the participation of a Non-Consenting Lender in the outstanding Advances, in each case including all accrued interest and fees, costs (including breakage costs) or expenses and other amounts payable to that Lender hereunder. In the event such Non-Consenting Lender is also a Hedging Lender, upon request of such Non-Consenting Lender, the Parent undertakes to make its best effort to transfer or novate the Hedging Agreement of such Non-Consenting Lender provided however that such
transfer or novation must not result in the Parent bearing any direct or indirect cost, fee or any other amount in connection therewith (including any increase of (i) the interest rate and/or (ii) the costs, under any new Hedging Agreement to be entered into, as the case may be).
|
(ii)
|
The participation of any Non-Consenting Lender shall not be included in the calculation of Total Commitments if, within ten (10) Business Days of the Parent’s request, the Non-Consenting Lender has not signed an agreement (which would be legally binding when signed by the Non-Consenting Lender) to transfer its commitment and outstanding to another person eligible to become a Lender (to the extent that a transferee willing to purchase the Non Consenting Lender’s participation has been found).
|
(iii)
|
The reference to this Clause 25.5.1 shall be reminded in each amendment or waiver request made by the Parent or any of the Borrowers, provided however that should such Clause not be so reminded, unanimous consent shall continue to be applicable to any amendment or waiver request and for the avoidance of doubt, no Event of Default shall occur as a result of such omission.
|
25.5.2
|
Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction
|
(i)
|
that Lender shall have the option (but not the obligation) to change the Lending Office in which it is incorporated, domiciled, established or acting through to a jurisdiction other than a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction, or (as the case may be) to provide for payment to an account in a financial institution located in a jurisdiction other than a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction; and
|
(ii)
|
in the event the relevant Lender does not choose any of the options mentioned in the preceding paragraph, then (a) the Parent may prepay that Lender's participation in all the Advances under the terms and conditions of Clause 10.2 (
Right of cancellation and repayment in relation to a single Lender
) or (b) the Parent may, on thirty (30) Business Days' prior notice to the Facility Agent and that Lender, replace that Lender by causing it to (and that Lender shall) transfer all of its rights and obligations to a Lender or other person selected by the Parent and acceptable to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably).
|
25.6
|
Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders
|
25.6.1
|
For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment under the Revolving Facility, in ascertaining:
|
(i)
|
the Majority Lenders; or
|
(ii)
|
whether (a) any given percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of the Total Commitments under the Revolving Facility; or (b) the agreement of the Revolving Lenders,
|
25.6.2
|
For the purposes of this Clause 25.6, the Facility Agent may assume that the following Revolving Lenders are Defaulting Lenders:
|
(i)
|
any Revolving Lender which has notified the Facility Agent that it has become a Defaulting Lender;
|
(ii)
|
any Revolving Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events or circumstances referred to in the definition of "Defaulting Lender" has occurred,
|
25.7
|
Replacement of a Defaulting Lender
|
25.7.1
|
The Parent may, at any time a Revolving Lender has become and continues to be a Defaulting Lender, by giving five (5) Business Days' prior written notice to the Facility Agent and such Revolving Lender:
|
(i)
|
require such Revolving Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24.2 (
Assignments and transfers by Lenders
) all (and not part only) of the undrawn Revolving Commitment of that Lender; or
|
(ii)
|
require such Revolving Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24.2 (
Assignments and transfers by Lenders
) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations in respect of the Revolving Facility,
|
25.7.2
|
Any transfer of rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Clause 25.7 shall be subject to the following conditions:
|
(i)
|
the Parent shall have no right to replace the Facility Agent or Security Agent;
|
(ii)
|
neither the Facility Agent nor the Defaulting Lender shall have any obligation to the Parent to find a Replacement Lender;
|
(iii)
|
the transfer must take place no later than sixty (60) days after the notice referred to in paragraph 25.7.1 above;
|
(iv)
|
in no event shall the Defaulting Lender be required to pay or surrender to the Replacement Lender any of the fees received by the Defaulting Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and
|
(v)
|
the Defaulting Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph 25.7.1 above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to that transfer to the Replacement Lender.
|
25.7.3
|
The Defaulting Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph 25.7.2(v) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph 25.7.1 above and shall notify the Facility Agent and the Parent when it is satisfied that it has complied with those checks.
|
26.
|
INDEMNITIES
|
26.1
|
General indemnity and breakage costs
|
(i)
|
the occurrence of any Event of Default;
|
(ii)
|
any failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date;
|
(iii)
|
any Drawing not being made for any reason (other than as a result of a default by a Finance Party) on the Drawdown Date specified in the relevant Drawdown Request; or
|
(iv)
|
any Advance or overdue amount under a Finance Document being repaid or prepaid otherwise than on the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Advance or overdue amount,
|
26.2
|
Currency indemnity
|
(i)
|
any amount payable by any Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is received by any Finance Party (or by an Agent on behalf of any Finance Party) in a currency (the "
Payment Currency
") other than that agreed in the relevant Finance Document (the "
Agreed Currency
"), whether as a result of any judgement or order, the enforcement of any judgement or order, the liquidation of the relevant Obligor or otherwise, and the amount produced by converting the Payment Currency so received into the Agreed Currency is less than the relevant amount of the Agreed Currency; or
|
(ii)
|
any amount payable by any Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document has to be converted from the Agreed Currency into another currency for the purpose of (i) making or filing a claim or proof against any Obligor, (ii) obtaining an order or judgement in any court or other tribunal or (iii) enforcing any order or judgement given or made in relation to any Finance Document,
|
26.3
|
Waiver
|
27.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
27.1
|
Certificates conclusive
|
27.2
|
No implied waivers
|
27.3
|
Invalidity of any provision
|
27.4
|
Exclusion of current accounts
|
28.
|
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
|
28.1
|
Confidentiality and disclosure
|
28.1.1
|
The Facility Agent and each Obligor agree to keep each Funding Rate confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs 28.1.2 and 28.1.3 below.
|
28.1.2
|
The Facility Agent may disclose:
|
(i)
|
any Funding Rate to the relevant Borrower; and
|
(ii)
|
any Funding Rate to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Facility Agent and the relevant Lender.
|
28.1.3
|
The Facility Agent may disclose any Funding Rate, and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate, to:
|
(i)
|
any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;
|
(ii)
|
any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Facility Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
|
(iii)
|
any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Facility Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and
|
(iv)
|
any person with the consent of the relevant Lender.
|
28.2
|
Related obligations
|
28.2.3
|
The Facility Agent and each Obligor acknowledge that each Funding Rate is or may be price-sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Facility Agent and each Obligor undertake not to use any Funding Rate for any unlawful purpose.
|
28.2.4
|
The Facility Agent and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender:
|
(i)
|
of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to paragraph 28.1.3 (ii) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
|
(ii)
|
upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 43.
|
28.3
|
No Event of Default
|
29.
|
GOVERNING LAW AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
|
29.1
|
Governing law
|
29.2
|
Submission to jurisdiction
|
29.3
|
Election of domicile
|
|
Amount
(€)
|
Lending Office
|
|
|
Term Facility
|
RCF
|
|
Barclays Bank PLC
|
|
|
Barclays Bank PLC
|
BNP Paribas
|
|
|
BNP Paribas
|
LCL
|
|
|
Crédit Lyonnais
|
CADIF
|
|
|
CADIF 26 Quai de la Rapé, 75012 Paris
|
HSBC France
|
|
|
HSBC France
|
ING Bank N.V. (acting through its French Branch)
|
|
|
ING Bank France GLP Execution Immeuble Lumière 40 Avenue des Terroirs de France TSA n°41264 75564 Paris Cedex 12
|
Natixis
|
|
|
Natixis 30, avenue Pierre Mendès-France 75013 Paris
|
Société Générale
|
|
|
Société Générale
|
Total
|
600 000 000
|
60 000 000
|
|
1.
|
TO BE GRANTED BY THE PARENT
|
(A)
|
on the closing Date:
|
(i)
|
French law pledge over the financial securities account (
nantissement de compte de titres financiers
) it holds in AGZ Holding in which will be credited 65% of the share capital and voting rights of AGZ Holding;
|
(ii)
|
a French law pledge over the financial securities account (
nantissement de compte de titres financiers
) it holds in Antargaz in which will be credited, at Closing Date, 1 share of Antargaz;
|
(iii)
|
a French law pledge over the financial securities account (
nantissement de compte de titres financiers
) it holds in TotalGaz in which will be credited 100% of the share capital and voting rights of TotalGaz;
|
(iv)
|
a French law pledge or
Dailly
assignment over intragroup loan receivables held by the Parent;
|
(v)
|
a
Dailly
assignment of the claims held by the Parent against the Vendor pursuant to the Acquisition Documents; and
|
(B)
|
only to the extent the Permitted Merger of AGZ Holding into the Parent is completed and on said date, a Belgian law pledge over the financial securities account (
nantissement de compte de titres financiers
) it holds in Antargaz Belgium in which will be credited 65% of the share capital and voting rights of Antargaz Belgium.
|
2.
|
TO BE GRANTED BY AGZ HOLDING
|
(i)
|
a French law pledge over the financial securities account (
nantissement de compte de titres financiers
) it held in Antargaz in which will be credited 100% of the share capital and voting rights of Antargaz (less 1 share hold by the Parent).
|
(ii)
|
a French law pledge over intragroup loan receivables held by AGZ Holding.
|
3.
|
TO BE GRANTED BY ANTARGAZ
|
(i)
|
a French law pledge over intragroup loan receivables held by Antargaz; and
|
(ii)
|
a French law general assignment (
cession
) of all Receivables of Antargaz by way of security (pursuant to the Loi Dailly) (for an amount at least equal to the lesser of (i) Antargaz's Receivables representing not less than 120% of the drawn portion of the Total Commitments in relation to the Revolving Facility and (ii) all Antargaz's Receivables).
|
4.
|
TO BE GRANTED BY TOTALGAZ
|
(i)
|
a French law pledge over intragroup loan receivables held by TotalGaz; and
|
(ii)
|
a French law general assignment (
cession
) of all Receivables of TotalGaz by way of security (pursuant to the
Loi Dailly
) (for an amount at least equal to the lesser of (i) TotalGaz's Receivables representing not less than 120% of the drawn portion of the Total Commitments in relation to the Revolving Facility and (ii) all TotalGaz's Receivables).
|
1.
|
Corporate Documents
|
2.
|
Corporate Resolutions
|
3.
|
Authorized signatories and PoA
|
4.
|
Certificate
|
5.
|
Financial
Information
:
|
(i)
|
The Approved Projections of the Group executed by the legal representative of the Parent;
|
(ii)
|
Certified copies of the Original Audited Accounts;
|
(iii)
|
Certified copy of AGZ Holding’s current trading over the last month before Signing Date.
|
6.
|
Finance
Documents
|
6.1
|
The following documents in the agreed form duly executed and delivered by all parties to them:
|
(i)
|
the Facilities Agreement;
|
(ii)
|
the Effective Global Rate Letter countersigned by the Original Borrower;
|
(iii)
|
any Fees Letter to be executed at the Signing Date; and
|
6.2
|
Agreed form of the Intercreditor Agreement.
|
7.
|
Documents "KYC"
|
8.
|
Legal opinions
|
(i)
|
An opinion from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as the Group’s counsel relating to the status, existence, capacity and due authorizations of the Parent in respect of its execution of the documents to which it is a party at Signing Date.
|
(ii)
|
An opinion from Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI as the Facility Agent’s counsel relating to the legality, validity and enforceability of the Finance Documents executed on the Signing Date.
|
9.
|
Cancellation of the existing bridge facility agreement
|
10.
|
Acquisition Documents
|
11.
|
Due diligence reports and Structure Memorandum
|
(i)
|
KPMG - Financial due diligence report;
|
(ii)
|
BCG - Strategy due diligence report;
|
(iii)
|
GIDE – Legal & HR red flag due diligence report;
|
(iv)
|
FIDAL - Tax due diligence report;
|
(v)
|
KPMG – IT due diligence report; and
|
(vi)
|
ENVIRON - Environmental due diligence report.
|
(i)
|
STC- Tax due diligence report;
|
(ii)
|
PWC- Financial & Pension due diligence report;
|
(iii)
|
PWC- Labor due diligence report;
|
(iv)
|
WEIL GOTSHAL MANGES- Legal due diligence report; and
|
(v)
|
LEFEVRE PA - Environment law due diligence report.
|
12.
|
Payment of Fees
|
13.
|
Structure chart
|
14.
|
Anti-trust
|
15.
|
Tax memorandum
|
1.
|
Corporate Documents
|
2.
|
Corporate Resolutions
|
3.
|
Authorized signatories and PoA
|
4.
|
Certificate
|
5.
|
Finance Documents
|
(i)
|
the Intercreditor Agreement;
|
(ii)
|
an Accession Deed executed by TotalGaz;
|
(iii)
|
a Effective Global Rate Letter countersigned by TotalGaz;
|
(iv)
|
the Security Documents to be executed by the Parent;
|
(v)
|
the Hedging Agreements.
|
6.
|
Anti-trust
|
(i)
|
Any document evidencing applicable regulatory or competition clearances and any other conditions to completion of the Acquisition.
|
(ii)
|
A confirmation from UGI France that the disposals and remedies which are requested from the anti-trust authorities on the Closing Date do not materially differ from the specifications set out in the Anti-Trust Memorandum.
|
7.
|
Equity documents
|
(i)
|
evidence that the total amount of equity/ quasi equity injected by UGI International Holdings B.V. is at least equal to EUR 185.000.000 at the Closing Date;
|
(ii)
|
a certified copy of each intercompany loan contemplated under the Structure Memorandum and in particular the Subordinated Loans.
|
8.
|
Acquisition
|
(i)
|
All documents materialising the Acquisition and evidence of satisfaction of the conditions precedent therein (other than as to funding or as otherwise waived by the vendor);
|
(ii)
|
TotalGaz's transfer shares register evidencing the transfer of property of the TotalGaz shares upon completion of the Acquisition.
|
9.
|
Matters related to Security
|
(i)
|
All third party consents required by applicable laws and regulations or statutory provisions (including any shareholders decisions necessary pursuant to a clause d'agrément set-forth in the by-laws of any member of the Group which shares are pledged) for the creation of any encumbrance contained in any Security Document and the following documents to be provided for the perfection of the securities account pledges under the Security Documents: the statements of pledge (
déclaration de nantissement
), the certificates of confirmation of pledges in relation to both the relevant financial securities accounts and the related pledged bank accounts, the
registre de mouvements de titres
showing the registration of the pledge according to a
déclaration de nantissement
; and
|
(ii)
|
the shareholder register (
registre de mouvements de
titres) and shareholder's individual accounts (
comptes individuels d'actionnaires
) relating to each member of the Group whose shares or other securities are pledged on the Closing Date under the Security Documents, showing on each relevant securities account opened in the names of the relevant pledgors, the registration of the securities account pledges according to the related
déclaration de nantissement
.
|
10.
|
Payment of Fees
|
11.
|
Legal opinions
|
(i)
|
An opinion from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as the Group’s counsel relating to the status, existence, capacity and due authorizations of the Obligors in respect of their execution of the documents to which they are a party at Closing Date.
|
(ii)
|
An opinion from the Dutch legal advisor of the Shareholder relating to the status, existence, capacity and due authorizations of the Shareholder in respect of its execution of the documents to which it is a party at Closing Date, if any (which shall pronounce on the competence of the French court and on the absence of contrariety at the dispositions of Dutch law).
|
(iii)
|
Opinion from Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI as the Facility Agent’s counsel relating to the legality, validity and enforceability of the Finance Documents executed on the Closing Date.
|
12.
|
KYC
|
13.
|
Structure chart
|
14.
|
Existing financial indebtedness
|
15.
|
Existing security
|
16.
|
Guarantees
|
17.
|
Material Subsidiaries
|
18.
|
Funds Flow
|
19.
|
Reliance Letters
|
1.
|
Finance Documents
|
(i)
|
an Accession Deed executed by Antargaz;
|
(ii)
|
an Accession Deed executed by AGZ Holding;
|
(iii)
|
a Effective Global Rate Letter countersigned by Antargaz;
|
(iv)
|
the Security Documents to be granted by AGZ Holding and Antargaz, as listed in Schedule 2 (
Security Documents
).
|
2.
|
Matters related to Security
|
(i)
|
All third party consents required by applicable laws and regulations or statutory provisions (including any shareholders decisions necessary pursuant to a
clause d'agrément
set-forth in the by-laws of any member of the Group which shares are pledged) for the creation of any encumbrance contained in any Security Document and the following documents to be provided for the perfection of the securities account pledges under the Security Documents: the statements of pledge (
déclaration de nantissement
), the certificates of confirmation of pledges in relation to both the relevant financial securities accounts and the related pledged bank accounts, the
registre de mouvements de titres
showing the registration of the pledge according to a
déclaration de nantissement
; and
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(ii)
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the shareholder register (
registre de mouvements de titres
) and shareholder's individual accounts (
comptes individuels d'actionnaires
) relating to each member of the Group whose shares or other securities are pledged on the Closing Date under the Security Documents, showing on each relevant securities account opened in the names of the relevant pledgors, the registration of the securities account pledges according to the related
déclaration de nantissement
.
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3.
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Existing Indebtedness
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4.
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Certificate
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1.
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Finance Document
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(i)
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the Security Documents to be granted by TotalGaz, as listed in Schedule 2 (
Security Documents
).
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2.
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Security Documents
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3.
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Default
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(i)
No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of the proposed advance being made (in case of Revolving Advances which are not Rollover Advances).
(ii)
No Event of Default in case of a Rollover Advance.
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(i)
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the representations and warranties made in Clause 16 (
Representations and Warranties
) of the Facilities Agreement stipulated as being made or repeated on the date of this Drawdown Request are true and accurate as if made in relation to the facts and circumstances existing on that date;
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(ii)
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each Obligor is in full compliance with its undertakings contained in Clause 17 (
Undertakings
) of the Facilities Agreement; and
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(iii)
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no Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a result of the proposed Advance being made.
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1.
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TRANSFEROR CONFIRMATION AND REQUEST
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(a)
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in consideration for the payment to it by the Transferee of an amount equal to EUR
[
=
]
, requests
[
name of Transferee
]
(the "
Transferee
") to accept and procure, in accordance with Clause 24.4 (
Transfers by Lenders
), the transfer to the Transferee of the portion of the Transferor's Commitment and participation in the Facilities (and in the Advances made by it) as specified in schedule 1 to this Certificate (the "
Transfer Rights
") by counter-signing this Certificate and delivering it to the Facility Agent at its address for notices under the Facilities Agreement, so as to take effect on the date specified in schedule 2 to this Certificate (the "
Transfer Date
"); and
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(b)
|
confirms that the details which appear in schedule 1 to this Certificate accurately record the amount of the Transferor's Commitments and the principal amount of the Transfer Rights at the date of this Certificate.
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(i)
|
[not a Qualifying Lender]
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(ii)
|
[a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender)]
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(iii)
|
[a Treaty Lender]
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2.
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TRANSFEREE REQUEST
|
3.
|
TRANSFER FEE
|
4.
|
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATIONS
|
(a)
|
confirms that it has received from the Transferor a copy of the Finance Documents, together with all other documents and information which it has requested in connection with the Finance Documents;
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(b)
|
confirms that it has not relied, and will not after the date of this Certificate rely, on the Transferor or any other Finance Party to check or enquire on its behalf into the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any of those documents or that information;
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(c)
|
agrees that it has not relied, and will not after the date of this Certificate rely, on the Transferor or any other Finance Party to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature of the Parent or any other party to the Facilities Agreement;
|
(d)
|
represents and warrants to the Transferor and each other Finance Party that it has the power to become a party to the Facilities Agreement as a Lender on the terms set out in the Facilities Agreement and this Certificate and has taken all necessary steps to authorise execution and delivery of this Certificate;
|
(e)
|
acknowledges the limitations on the Transferor's obligations set out in Clause 24.6 (No continuing liability); and
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(f)
|
agrees that if any Transfer Rights are rescheduled or renegotiated, the Transferee and not the Transferor will be subject to the rescheduled or renegotiated terms.
|
5.
|
TRANSFEREE COVENANTS
|
6.
|
EXCLUSION OF TRANSFEROR'S LIABILITIES
|
7.
|
SUBSTITUTION AND ASSUMPTION
|
8.
|
LAW
|
Transferor's existing Term Commitment:
|
EUR [___]
|
|
|
|
|
Transferor's existing Revolving Commitment:
|
EUR [___]
|
|
|
|
|
Portion of Transferor's existing [
Term Commitment Term Advance
]
to be transferred:
|
EUR [___]
|
|
|
|
|
Portion of Transferor's existing Revolving Commitment to be transferred:
|
EUR [___]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Participation in Revolving Advance(s) to be transferred
:
|
|
|
|
||
Revolving Advance 1:
|
Participation:
EUR [___]
Interest Period: [__] months, Maturity Date: 200[_]
|
|
Revolving Advance 2:
|
Participation:
EUR [___]
Interest Period: [__] months, Maturity Date: 200[_]
|
|
[Revolving Advance [__] :]
|
Participation:
EUR [___]
Interest Period: [__] months, Maturity Date: 200[_]
|
Transfer Date:
|
|
|
Lending Office:
|
|
|
Contact Name:
|
|
|
Account for Payments:
|
|
|
Address for Notices:
|
|
|
Telephone:
|
|
|
Facsimile:
|
|
|
Signatories to Transfer Certificate
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
[
Transferor
]
|
[
Transferee
]
|
|
By: ....................
|
By: ....................
|
|
Date: [__________]
|
Date: [__________]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[
Facility Agent
]
|
|
|
By: ....................
|
|
|
Date: [__________]
|
|
(i)
|
the making available of the entirety of the Facilities on the date of the Facilities Agreement;
|
(ii)
|
as at
[
=
]
2015,
[
=
]
month EURIBOR is [__] per cent. per annum; and
|
(iii)
|
the Margin is the maximum applicable.
|
(A)
|
the effective global rate for the Term Facility is [__] per cent. per annum, the rate for this period being [__] per cent. and the period being of
[
=
]
month duration;
|
(B)
|
the effective global rate for the Revolving Facility is [__] per cent. per annum, the rate for this period being [__] per cent. and the period being of
[
=
]
month duration.
|
Name
|
Type of Company
|
Registration Number
|
Butane du Havre
|
Groupement d'intérêt économique
|
|
Société Béarnaise des Gaz Liquéfiés
|
Société anonyme
|
|
Géogaz Lavera
|
Société anonyme
|
|
Société des Gaz Liquéfiés de Normandie
|
Groupement d'intérêts économiques
|
|
Société en participation de Queven
|
Société en participation
|
|
Compagnie Bordelaise des Gaz Liquides
|
Société anonyme
|
|
Rhône Gaz
|
Société anonyme
|
|
Société Industrielle des Gaz de Pétrole de l'Ouest
|
Société à responsabilité limitée
|
|
GIE Donges
|
Groupement d'intérêts économiques
|
|
Yours faithfully,
........................................
for and on behalf of
[ ]
as [
=
]
|
........................................
for and on behalf of
[ ]
as Facility Agent
|
To:
|
[ ] as Facility Agent, [ ] as Security Agent and [ ] as Parent, for and on behalf of each Obligor
|
From:
|
[the
Increase Lender
] (the "
Increase Lender
")
|
1.
|
We refer to the Facilities Agreement and to the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Facilities Agreement). This agreement (the "
Agreement
") shall take effect as an Increase Confirmation for the purpose of the Facilities Agreement and as Accession Agreement for the purposes of the Intercreditor Agreement (and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement). Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this Agreement unless given a different meaning in this Agreement.
|
2.
|
We refer to Clause 3.4 (
Increase
) of the Facilities Agreement.
|
3.
|
The Increase Lender agrees to assume and will assume all of the obligations corresponding to the Commitment specified in the Schedule (the "
Relevant Commitment
") as if it was an Original Lender under the Facilities Agreement.
|
4.
|
The proposed date on which the increase in relation to the Increase Lender and the Relevant Commitment is to take effect (the "
Increase Date
") is [ ].
|
5.
|
On the Increase Date, the Increase Lender becomes:
|
(a)
|
party to the relevant Finance Documents (other than the Intercreditor Agreement) as a Lender; and
|
(b)
|
party to the Intercreditor Agreement as a Senior Lender (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).
|
1.
|
The Lending Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices to the Increase Lender for the purposes of Clause 22 (
Notices
) are set out in the Schedule.
|
2.
|
The Increase Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Lenders' obligations referred to in paragraph (g) of Clause 3.4 (
Increase
).
|
3.
|
The Increase Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is:
|
(a)
|
[a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender);]
|
(b)
|
[a Treaty Lender;]
|
(c)
|
[not a Qualifying Lender].
|
4.
|
The Increase Lender confirms that it is not a Sponsor Affiliate or a Group Company.
|
5.
|
We refer to Clause 17.2 (
Assignments and transfers by Parties other than Obligors and Debtors
) of the Intercreditor Agreement. In consideration of the Increase Lender being accepted as a Senior Lender for the purposes of the Intercreditor Agreement (and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), the Increase Lender confirms that, as from the Increase Date, it intends to be party to the Intercreditor Agreement as a Senior Lender, and undertakes to perform all the obligations expressed in the Intercreditor Agreement to be assumed by a Senior Lender and agrees that it
|
6.
|
This Agreement (and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, French law.
|
7.
|
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
|
[
Increase Lender
]
|
|
By:
|
|
Facility Agent
|
By:
|
Security Agent
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Philippe Grimprel
…………………………….
By: Philippe Grimprel
|
/s/ Sharon Jones
…………………………….
By: Sharon Jones
|
BNP Paribas
|
|
/s/ Drifa Ouahmed-Choulet
…………………………….
By: Drifa Ouahmed-Choulet
|
/s/ Alexis Collonge
…………………………….
By: Alexis Collonge
|
/s/ Paulo Mendes Martinho
…………………………….
By: Paulo Mendes Martinho and/or
|
/s/ Agnes Prebet
…………………………….
By: Agnes Prebet
|
/s/ Sandrine Kergosien
…………………………….
By: Sandrine Kergosien and/or
|
/s/ Matthieu Lecomte
…………………………….
By: Matthieu Lecomte
|
ING Bank N.V. (acting through its French branch)
|
|
/s/ Damien Guyot
…………………………….
By: Damien Guyot
|
/s/ Edouard O’Neill
…………………………….
By: Edouard O’Neill
|
Natixis
|
|
/s/ Philippe Grimprel
…………………………….
By: Philippe Grimprel
|
/s/ Jonathan Trojman
…………………………….
By: Jonathan Trojman
|
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (the corporate and investment banking division of Société Générale)
|
|
/s/ Alexandre Huet
…………………………….
By: Alexandre Huet
|
|
/s/ Philippe Grimprel
…………………………….
By: Philippe Grimprel
|
/s/ Sharon Jones
…………………………….
By: Sharon Jones
|
/s/ Philippe Grimprel
…………………………….
By: Philippe Grimprel
|
/s/ Sharon Jones
…………………………….
By: Sharon Jones
|
/s/ Philippe Grimprel
…………………………….
By: Philippe Grimprel
|
/s/ Sharon Jones
…………………………….
By: Sharon Jones
|
BNP Paribas
|
|
/s/ Drifa Ouahmed-Choulet
…………………………….
By: Drifa Ouahmed-Choulet
|
/s/ Alexis Collonge
…………………………….
By: Alexis Collonge
|
/s/ Paulo Mendes Martinho
…………………………….
By: Paulo Mendes Martinho and/or
|
/s/ Agnes Prebet
…………………………….
By: Agnes Prebet
|
/s/ Sandrine Kergosien
…………………………….
By: Sandrine Kergosien and/or
|
/s/ Matthieu Lecomte
…………………………….
By: Matthieu Lecomte
|
HSBC France
, duly represented by the Facility Agent
|
|
/s/ Philippe Grimprel
…………………………….
By: Philippe Grimprel
|
/s/ Sharon Jones
…………………………….
By: Sharon Jones
|
ING Bank N.V. (acting through its French branch)
|
|
/s/ Damien Guyot
…………………………….
By: Damien Guyot
|
/s/ Edouard O’Neill
…………………………….
By: Edouard O’Neill
|
Natixis
|
|
/s/ Philippe Grimprel
…………………………….
By: Philippe Grimprel
|
/s/ Jonathan Trojman
…………………………….
By: Jonathan Trojman
|
Société Générale
|
|
/s/ Alexandre Huet
…………………………….
By: Alexandre Huet
|
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this periodic report on Form 10-Q of UGI Corporation;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
(b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
(c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
(d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
|
5.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
(a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
(b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
|
Date:
|
August 7, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ John L. Walsh
|
|
|
|
John L. Walsh
President and Chief Executive Officer of
UGI Corporation
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this periodic report on Form 10-Q of UGI Corporation;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
(b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
(c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
(d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
|
5.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
(a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
(b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
|
Date:
|
August 7, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Kirk R. Oliver
|
|
|
|
Kirk R. Oliver
|
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer of UGI Corporation
|
(1)
|
The Company’s periodic report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 2015
(the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
|
(2)
|
The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
|
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
|
|
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
|
||
|
|
|
||
/s/ John L. Walsh
|
|
/s/ Kirk R. Oliver
|
||
John L. Walsh
|
|
Kirk R. Oliver
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
August 7, 2015
|
|
Date:
|
August 7, 2015
|