UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


 

Date of Report: October 5, 2017

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Phillips 66 Partners LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-36011

 

38-3899432

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2331 CityWest Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77042

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(855) 283-9237

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Contribution Agreement

 

On October 6, 2017, Phillips 66 Partners LP (the “Partnership”) consummated the transactions contemplated by the Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) entered into on September 19, 2017 with Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC (the “General Partner”), Phillips 66 Company (“P66 Company”), and Phillips 66 Project Development Inc. (“P66 PDI”).  As reported by the Partnership in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2017 (the “Signing 8-K”), pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Partnership acquired an indirect 25 percent interest in each of Dakota Access, LLC and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company, LLC, (collectively, “Dakota/ETCO”) and a direct 100 percent interest in Merey Sweeny, L.P. (“MSLP”) (the acquisitions pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, collectively, the “Acquisition”).

 

The assets owned by Dakota/ETCO and MSLP are described below:

 

·                   Dakota/ETCO owns the Bakken Pipeline, which includes 1,926 combined pipeline miles and 520,000 barrels per day (“BPD”) of crude oil capacity expandable to 570,000 BPD. There are receipt stations in North Dakota to access Bakken and Three Forks production, a delivery and receipt point in Patoka, Illinois, and delivery points in Nederland, Texas, including at the Phillips 66 Beaumont Terminal.

 

·                   MSLP owns a 125,000 BPD capacity vacuum distillation unit and a 70,000 BPD capacity delayed coker unit.  MSLP processes residue from heavy sour crude oil into liquid products and fuel-grade petroleum coke at the Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery in Old Ocean, Texas.

 

The total consideration for the Acquisition was approximately $1.65 billion, which included $372 million in cash; the assumption of certain liabilities under which P66 PDI was the obligor; the issuance of 4,713,113 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Common Units”) to P66 PDI; and the issuance of 292,665 general partner units to the General Partner in order for the General Partner to maintain its 2 percent general partner interest in the Partnership.  The terms of the Contribution Agreement were unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the General Partner and the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner.  The Conflicts Committee, a committee comprised of the independent members of the Board of Directors, retained independent legal and financial advisors to assist it in evaluating and negotiating the Contribution Agreement and related transactions.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Contribution Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Signing 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Seventh Amendment to the Omnibus Agreement

 

On October 6, 2017, in connection with the closing of the Acquisition, the Partnership entered into a Seventh Amendment to the Omnibus Agreement (the “Omnibus Amendment”) with the General Partner, P66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC (“P66 Pipeline”), Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC (“PSXP Holdings”), and Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PSXP Holdings (“PSXP Carrier”). The Omnibus Amendment amends the parties’ existing Omnibus Agreement to, among other things, provide for additional services to be provided to the Partnership by P66 Company in connection with the Acquisition and increase the monthly operational and administrative support fee payable by the Partnership to P66 Company to $7,568,668.

 

The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Omnibus Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement

 

On October 6, 2017, in connection with the closing of the Acquisition, PSXP Holdings and PSXP Carrier entered into an Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement”) with P66 Pipeline. The Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement amends and restates the parties’ existing Operational Services Agreement to, among other things, provide that the services provided to the Partnership by P66 Pipeline under the Operational Services Agreement, as amended, will also be provided in support of the assets owned by MSLP that were acquired in the Acquisition and to incorporate into the Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement the text of all of the amendments executed since the date of the original Operational Services Agreement so that all such amendments, together with the changes described herein, would be reflected in the Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement.

 

The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amended and Restated Tolling Services Agreement

 

On October 6, 2017, in connection with the closing of the Acquisition, MSLP entered into an Amended and Restated Tolling Services Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Tolling Agreement”) with P66 Company.  The Amended and Restated Tolling Agreement amends and restates the parties’ existing Tolling Services Agreement, pursuant to which MSLP charges fees to P66 Company for processing residue from heavy sour crude oil into liquid products and fuel-grade petroleum coke at the Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery in Old Ocean, Texas.  The fees payable by P66 Company to MSLP are subject to adjustment each year beginning on August 1, 2018 based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.  The Amended and Restated Tolling Agreement is effective October 1, 2017 and has a primary term of 15 years, which may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties.

 

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The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Tolling Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Relationships

 

Each of the parties to the Contribution Agreement, the Omnibus Amendment, the Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement and the Amended and Restated Tolling Agreement described in this Current Report on Form 8-K is a direct or indirect subsidiary of Phillips 66. As a result, certain individuals, including officers of Phillips 66 and officers and directors of the General Partner, serve as officers and/or directors of one or more of such entities. P66 PDI currently (as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K and after giving effect to the transactions described herein) owns 68,760,137 common units of the Partnership representing a 55.5 percent limited partner interest in the Partnership based on the number of Common Units outstanding as of the date hereof. P66 PDI also owns an indirect 2 percent general partner interest in the Partnership and all of the Partnership’s incentive distribution rights through its ownership of the General Partner.

 

Series A Preferred Unit and Common Unit Purchase Agreement

 

As reported by the Partnership in the Signing 8-K, the Partnership entered into a Series A Preferred Unit and Common Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) on September 21, 2017, with certain affiliates of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, First Reserve XIII Advisors, L.L.C. and Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC (collectively, the “Purchasers”), to issue and sell in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) an aggregate of 13,819,791 Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Preferred Units”) for a cash purchase price of $54.27 per Preferred Unit and an aggregate of 6,304,204 Common Units for a cash purchase price of $47.59 per Common Unit, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $1.03 billion after expenses and fees. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Partnership issued and sold the Preferred Units and the Common Units to the Purchasers on October 6, 2017.  The Partnership used a portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement to fund a portion of the consideration payable by the Partnership in the Acquisition described above and intends to use the remainder for general partnership purposes, including funding of future acquisitions and organic projects and repayment of outstanding indebtedness.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

On October 6, 2017, in connection with the closing of the Private Placement, the Partnership entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchasers relating to the registered resale of the Preferred Units issued and sold in the Private Placement (the “Preferred Unit Registrable Securities”), the Common Units issued and sold in the Private Placement (the “Common Unit Registrable Securities”) and the Common

 

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Units issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Units (the “Conversion Unit Registrable Securities” and, together with the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities and the Common Unit Registrable Securities,” the “Registrable Securities”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Partnership is required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file one or more registration statements for the registered resale of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities and Common Unit Registrable Securities and to cause such registration statements to become effective no later than January 4, 2018.  The Partnership also is required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement for the registered resale of the Conversion Unit Registrable Securities and to cause such registration statement to become effective no later than October 6, 2019.  If the Partnership fails to cause such registration statements to become effective by the applicable dates, the Partnership will be required to pay certain amounts to the holders of the Registrable Securities as liquidated damages.

 

In certain circumstances, and subject to customary qualifications and limitations, the holders of Common Unit Registrable Securities and/or Conversion Unit Registrable Securities will have piggyback registration rights on offerings of Common Unit Registrable Securities and/or Conversion Unit Registrable Securities initiated by certain other holders, and the Purchasers will have rights to request that the Partnership initiate up to an aggregate of four Underwritten Offerings (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) of Common Unit Registrable Securities or Conversion Unit Registrable Securities. The rights under the Registration Rights Agreement will generally cease as follows:

 

·                   for the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, on the date on which all Preferred Units have been converted into Common Units pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement (as defined in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K);

 

·                   for the Common Unit Registrable Securities, on the later of (i) the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement registering the resale of the Common Unit Registrable Securities and (ii) if a holder of Common Unit Registrable Securities is an affiliate of the Partnership, the date on which such holder ceases to be an affiliate of the Partnership; and

 

·                   for the Conversion Unit Registrable Securities, on the later of (i) the second anniversary of the date on which all Preferred Units have been converted into Common Units pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement and (ii) if a holder of Conversion Unit Registrable Securities is an affiliate of the Partnership, the date on which such holder ceases to be an affiliate of the Partnership;

 

in each case unless such rights cease earlier pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Registration Rights

 

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Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01  Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The description in Item 1.01 above of the closing of the Acquisition pursuant to the Contribution Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

 

Item 3.02  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The description in Item 1.01 above of the Partnership’s issuance of Common Units and general partner units in connection with the Acquisition pursuant to the Contribution Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02, insofar as such information relates to the sale of unregistered securities.  The sale and issuance of the Common Units and general partner units pursuant to the Contribution Agreement was undertaken in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

 

The description in Item 1.01 above of the Partnership’s issuance and sale of the Preferred Units and Common Units to the Purchasers in the Private Placement pursuant to the Purchase Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02, insofar as such information relates to the sale of unregistered securities.  The Private Placement of the Preferred Units and Common Units pursuant to the Purchase Agreement has been undertaken in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

 

Item 3.03  Material Modification to Rights of Securities Holders.

 

On October 6, 2017, the Partnership issued the Preferred Units pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, which Preferred Units entitle their holders to certain rights that are senior to the rights of holders of Common Units, such as rights to certain distributions and rights upon liquidation of the Partnership.  In addition, on October 6, 2017, in connection with the Private Placement, the Partnership entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the Purchasers relating to the registered resale of the Registrable Securities.  The general effect of the issuance of the Preferred Units and entry into the Registration Rights Agreement upon the rights of the holders of Common Units is more fully described in Items 1.01 and 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which descriptions are incorporated in this Item 3.03 by reference.

 

Item 5.03  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On October 5, 2017, the General Partner executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amendment (the “Certificate Amendment”) to the Certificate of Limited Partnership to change the address of the General Partner to 2331 CityWest Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77042.  A copy of the Certificate Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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On October 6, 2017, in connection with the closing of the Private Placement, the General Partner amended and restated the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of July 26, 2013 (the “First Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement”) by executing the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the “Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement”).  Set forth below is a summary description of the amendments that were implemented by the Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement:

 

·                   the rights, preferences, privileges and other terms relating to the Preferred Units were set forth therein (see primarily Section 5.11 of the Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement); and

 

·                  other amendments that the General Partner determined did not adversely affect the limited partners of the Partnership, considered as a whole, or any particular class of partnership interests as compared to other classes of partnership interests in any material respect.

 

A summary of the rights, preferences and privileges of the Preferred Units and other material terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement is set forth in Item 1.01 of the Signing 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing description of the Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Second Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)    Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

 

The Partnership will file any financial statements required by this item not later than 71 days after the date on which this Form 8-K is required to be filed.

 

(b)    Pro Forma Financial Information

 

The Partnership will file any pro forma financial information required by this item not later than 71 days after the date on which this Form 8-K is required to be filed.

 

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(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

3.1

Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership, dated October 5, 2017.

 

 

 

3.2

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Phillips 66 Partners LP, dated as of October 6, 2017.

 

 

 

4.1

Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 6, 2017 by and among Phillips 66 Partners LP and the Purchasers party thereto.

 

 

 

10.1

Seventh Amendment to the Omnibus Agreement, dated effective as of October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Partners LP, Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, and Phillips 66 Carrier LLC.

 

 

 

10.2

Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC.

 

 

 

10.3†

Amended and Restated Tolling Services Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017, by and between Merey Sweeny, L.P. and Phillips 66 Company.

 


†Confidential treatment has been requested for certain portion of this Exhibit pursuant to a confidential treatment request filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2017.  Such portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: October 10, 2017

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

The undersigned, desiring to amend the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Phillips 66 Partners LP, pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-202 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, does hereby certify as follows.

 

FIRST:  The name of the Limited Partnership is Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

SECOND:  Article 5 of the Certificate of Limited Partnership is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“5. The name and business address of the General Partner is:

 

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC  
2331 CityWest Boulevard 
Houston, Texas 77042”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executed this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership on this 5 th  day of October, A.D. 2017.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC,

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paula A. Johnson

 

 

Paula A. Johnson

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 


Exhibit 3.2

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

OF

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

A Delaware Limited Partnership

 

Dated as of

 

October 6, 2017

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Article I DEFINITIONS

 

1

 

 

 

Section 1.1 Definitions

 

1

 

 

 

Section 1.2 Construction

 

31

 

 

 

Article II ORGANIZATION

 

32

 

 

 

Section 2.1 Formation

 

32

 

 

 

Section 2.2 Name

 

32

 

 

 

Section 2.3 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices

 

32

 

 

 

Section 2.4 Purpose and Business

 

33

 

 

 

Section 2.5 Powers

 

33

 

 

 

Section 2.6 Term

 

33

 

 

 

Section 2.7 Title to Partnership Assets

 

33

 

 

 

Article III RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

 

34

 

 

 

Section 3.1 Limitation of Liability

 

34

 

 

 

Section 3.2 Management of Business

 

34

 

 

 

Section 3.3 Rights of Limited Partners

 

34

 

 

 

Article IV CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS; REDEMPTION OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

 

35

 

 

 

Section 4.1 Certificates

 

35

 

 

 

Section 4.2 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates

 

36

 

 

 

Section 4.3 Record Holders

 

37

 

 

 

Section 4.4 Transfer Generally

 

37

 

 

 

Section 4.5 Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests

 

38

 

 

 

Section 4.6 Transfer of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest

 

39

 

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Section 4.7 Transfer of Incentive Distribution Rights

 

40

 

 

 

Section 4.8 Restrictions on Transfers

 

40

 

 

 

Section 4.9 Eligibility Certificates; Ineligible Holders

 

41

 

 

 

Section 4.10 Redemption of Partnership Interests of Ineligible Holders

 

42

 

 

 

Article V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

 

44

 

 

 

Section 5.1 Organizational Contributions

 

44

 

 

 

Section 5.2 Contributions by the General Partner

 

44

 

 

 

Section 5.3 Contributions by Limited Partners

 

45

 

 

 

Section 5.4 Interest and Withdrawal

 

45

 

 

 

Section 5.5 Capital Accounts

 

45

 

 

 

Section 5.6 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests

 

50

 

 

 

Section 5.7 Limited Preemptive Right

 

51

 

 

 

Section 5.8 Splits and Combinations

 

51

 

 

 

Section 5.9 Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests

 

52

 

 

 

Section 5.10 Issuance of Common Units in Connection with Reset of Incentive Distribution Rights

 

52

 

 

 

Section 5.11 Establishment of Series A Preferred Units

 

54

 

 

 

Article VI ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

76

 

 

 

Section 6.1 Allocations for Capital Account Purposes

 

76

 

 

 

Section 6.2 Allocations for Tax Purposes

 

85

 

 

 

Section 6.3 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record Holders

 

87

 

 

 

Section 6.4 Distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus

 

88

 

 

 

Section 6.5 Distributions of Available Cash from Capital Surplus

 

89

 

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Section 6.6 Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distribution Levels

 

89

 

 

 

Section 6.7 Special Provisions Relating to the Holders of Incentive Distribution Rights

 

89

 

 

 

Section 6.8 Special Provisions Relating to Series A Preferred Units

 

90

 

 

 

Section 6.9 Entity-Level Taxation

 

91

 

 

 

Article VII MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS

 

91

 

 

 

Section 7.1 Management

 

91

 

 

 

Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership

 

94

 

 

 

Section 7.3 Restrictions on the General Partner’s Authority to Sell Assets of the Partnership Group

 

94

 

 

 

Section 7.4 Reimbursement of and Other Payments to the General Partner

 

94

 

 

 

Section 7.5 Outside Activities

 

96

 

 

 

Section 7.6 Loans from the General Partner; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership or Group Members

 

97

 

 

 

Section 7.7 Indemnification

 

97

 

 

 

Section 7.8 Liability of Indemnitees

 

99

 

 

 

Section 7.9 Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties

 

100

 

 

 

Section 7.10 Other Matters Concerning the General Partner and Other Indemnitees

 

102

 

 

 

Section 7.11 Purchase or Sale of Partnership Interests

 

103

 

 

 

Section 7.12 Registration Rights of the General Partner and its Affiliates

 

103

 

 

 

Section 7.13 Reliance by Third Parties

 

108

 

 

 

Article VIII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

 

108

 

 

 

Section 8.1 Records and Accounting

 

108

 

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Section 8.2 Fiscal Year

 

109

 

 

 

Section 8.3 Reports

 

109

 

 

 

Article IX TAX MATTERS

 

109

 

 

 

Section 9.1 Tax Returns and Information

 

109

 

 

 

Section 9.2 Tax Elections

 

110

 

 

 

Section 9.3 Tax Controversies

 

110

 

 

 

Section 9.4 Withholding

 

111

 

 

 

Article X ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

 

111

 

 

 

Section 10.1 Admission of Limited Partners

 

111

 

 

 

Section 10.2 Admission of Successor General Partner

 

112

 

 

 

Section 10.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership

 

112

 

 

 

Article XI WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS

 

113

 

 

 

Section 11.1 Withdrawal of the General Partner

 

113

 

 

 

Section 11.2 Removal of the General Partner

 

114

 

 

 

Section 11.3 Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner

 

115

 

 

 

Section 11.4 Withdrawal of Limited Partners

 

116

 

 

 

Article XII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

117

 

 

 

Section 12.1 Dissolution

 

117

 

 

 

Section 12.2 Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution

 

117

 

 

 

Section 12.3 Liquidator

 

118

 

 

 

Section 12.4 Liquidation

 

118

 

 

 

Section 12.5 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership

 

119

 

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Section 12.6 Return of Contributions

 

119

 

 

 

Section 12.7 Waiver of Partition

 

119

 

 

 

Section 12.8 Capital Account Restoration

 

120

 

 

 

Article XIII AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE

 

120

 

 

 

Section 13.1 Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the General Partner

 

120

 

 

 

Section 13.2 Amendment Procedures

 

121

 

 

 

Section 13.3 Amendment Requirements

 

122

 

 

 

Section 13.4 Special Meetings

 

123

 

 

 

Section 13.5 Notice of a Meeting

 

123

 

 

 

Section 13.6 Record Date

 

123

 

 

 

Section 13.7 Postponement and Adjournment

 

124

 

 

 

Section 13.8 Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting

 

124

 

 

 

Section 13.9 Quorum and Voting

 

124

 

 

 

Section 13.10 Conduct of a Meeting

 

125

 

 

 

Section 13.11 Action Without a Meeting

 

125

 

 

 

Section 13.12 Right to Vote and Related Matters

 

126

 

 

 

Article XIV MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR CONVERSION

 

126

 

 

 

Section 14.1 Authority

 

126

 

 

 

Section 14.2 Procedure for Merger, Consolidation or Conversion

 

126

 

 

 

Section 14.3 Approval by Limited Partners

 

128

 

 

 

Section 14.4 Certificate of Merger or Certificate of Conversion

 

130

 

 

 

Section 14.5 Effect of Merger, Consolidation or Conversion

 

130

 

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Article XV RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS

 

131

 

 

 

Section 15.1 Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests

 

131

 

 

 

Article XVI GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

133

 

 

 

Section 16.1 Addresses and Notices; Written Communications

 

133

 

 

 

Section 16.2 Further Action

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.3 Binding Effect

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.4 Integration

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.5 Creditors

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.6 Waiver

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.7 Third-Party Beneficiaries

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.8 Counterparts

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.9 Applicable Law; Forum; Venue and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury

 

134

 

 

 

Section 16.10 Invalidity of Provisions

 

135

 

 

 

Section 16.11 Consent of Partners

 

136

 

 

 

Section 16.12 Facsimile and Email Signatures

 

136

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP, dated as of October 6, 2017, is entered into by and among PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the General Partner, together with any other Persons who are or become Partners in the Partnership or parties hereto as provided herein.

 

WHEREAS, the General Partner and the other parties thereto entered into that certain First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of July 26, 2013 (the “ Prior Agreement ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the General Partner desires to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety to provide for a new class of convertible preferred securities and to provide for such other changes as the General Partner has determined are necessary and appropriate in connection with the issuance of such securities and/or do not adversely affect the Limited Partners (as a whole or any particular class of Partnership Interests as compared to other classes of Partnership Interests) in any material respect.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the General Partner does hereby amend and restate the Prior Agreement, pursuant to its authority under Section 13.1 of the Prior Agreement, to provide, in its entirety, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                     Definitions .  The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement.

 

Acquisition ” means any transaction in which any Group Member acquires (through an asset acquisition, stock acquisition, merger or other form of investment) control over all or a portion of the assets, properties or business of another Person for the purpose of increasing, over the long-term, the operating capacity or operating income of the Partnership Group from the operating capacity or operating income of the Partnership Group existing immediately prior to such transaction.  For purposes of this definition, “long-term” generally refers to a period of not less than twelve months.

 

Additional Book Basis ” means the portion of any remaining Carrying Value of an Adjusted Property that is attributable to positive adjustments made to such Carrying Value as a result of Book-Up Events.  For purposes of determining the extent that Carrying Value constitutes Additional Book Basis:

 



 

(a)                                  Any negative adjustment made to the Carrying Value of an Adjusted Property as a result of either a Book-Down Event or a Book-Up Event shall first be deemed to offset or decrease that portion of the Carrying Value of such Adjusted Property that is attributable to any prior positive adjustments made thereto pursuant to a Book-Up Event or Book-Down Event; and

 

(b)                                  If Carrying Value that constitutes Additional Book Basis is reduced as a result of a Book-Down Event and the Carrying Value of other property is increased as a result of such Book-Down Event, an allocable portion of any such increase in Carrying Value shall be treated as Additional Book Basis; provided, that the amount treated as Additional Book Basis pursuant hereto as a result of such Book-Down Event shall not exceed the amount by which the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments after such Book-Down Event exceeds the remaining Additional Book Basis attributable to all of the Partnership’s Adjusted Property after such Book-Down Event (determined without regard to the application of this clause (b) to such Book-Down Event).

 

Additional Book Basis Derivative Items ” means any Book Basis Derivative Items that are computed with reference to Additional Book Basis.  To the extent that the Additional Book Basis attributable to all of the Partnership’s Adjusted Property as of the beginning of any taxable period exceeds the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the beginning of such period (the “ Excess Additional Book Basis ”), the Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for such period shall be reduced by the amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items determined without regard to this sentence as the Excess Additional Book Basis bears to the Additional Book Basis as of the beginning of such period.  With respect to a Disposed of Adjusted Property, the Additional Book Basis Derivative Items shall be the amount of Additional Book Basis taken into account in computing gain or loss from the disposition of such Disposed of Adjusted Property.

 

Adjusted Capital Account ” means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner as of the end of each taxable period of the Partnership, (a) increased by any amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore under the standards set by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (or is deemed obligated to restore under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5)) and (b) decreased by (i) the amount of all losses and deductions that, as of the end of such taxable period, are reasonably expected to be allocated to such Partner in subsequent taxable periods under Sections 704(e)(2) and 706(d) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.751-1(b)(2)(ii), and (ii) the amount of all distributions that, as of the end of such taxable period, are reasonably expected to be made to such Partner in subsequent taxable periods in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise to the extent they exceed offsetting increases to such Partner’s Capital Account that are reasonably expected to occur during (or prior to) the taxable period in which such distributions are reasonably expected to be made (other than increases as a result of a minimum gain chargeback pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(i) or Section 6.1(d)(ii)) .  The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.  The “Adjusted Capital Account” of a Partner in respect of any

 

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Partnership Interest shall be the amount that such Adjusted Capital Account would be if such Partnership Interest were the only interest in the Partnership held by such Partner from and after the date on which such Partnership Interest was first issued.

 

Adjusted Operating Surplus ” means, with respect to any period, (a) Operating Surplus generated with respect to such period less (b) (i) the amount of any net increase in Working Capital Borrowings (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of any net increase in Working Capital Borrowings in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) with respect to such period and (ii) the amount of any net decrease in cash reserves (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of any net decrease in cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) for Operating Expenditures with respect to such period not relating to an Operating Expenditure made with respect to such period, and plus (c) (i) the amount of any net decrease in Working Capital Borrowings (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of any net decrease in Working Capital Borrowings in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) with respect to such period, (ii) the amount of any net decrease made in subsequent periods in cash reserves for Operating Expenditures initially established with respect to such period to the extent such decrease results in a reduction in Adjusted Operating Surplus in subsequent periods pursuant to clause (b)(ii) above and (iii) the amount of any net increase in cash reserves (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of any net increase in cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) for Operating Expenditures with respect to such period required by any debt instrument for the repayment of principal, interest or premium.  Adjusted Operating Surplus does not include that portion of Operating Surplus included in clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Operating Surplus.”

 

Adjusted Property ” means any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to Section 5.5(d) .

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question.  As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Aggregate Quantity of IDR Reset Common Units ” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.10(a) .

 

Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments ” means, as of the end of any taxable period, the sum of the Remaining Net Positive Adjustments of all the Partners.

 

Agreed Allocation ” means any allocation, other than a Required Allocation, of an item of income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1 , including a Curative Allocation (if appropriate to the context in which the term “Agreed Allocation” is used).

 

Agreed Value ” of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of such property or asset at the time of contribution and in the case of an Adjusted Property, the fair

 

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market value of such Adjusted Property on the date of the revaluation event as described in Section 5.5(d) , in both cases as determined by the General Partner.  The General Partner shall use such method as it determines to be appropriate to allocate the aggregate Agreed Value of Contributed Properties contributed to the Partnership in a single or integrated transaction among each separate property on a basis proportional to the fair market value of each Contributed Property.

 

Agreement ” means this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Phillips 66 Partners LP, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Associate ” means, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person, (a) any corporation or organization of which such Person is a director, officer, manager, general partner or managing member or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock or other voting interest, (b) any trust or other estate in which such Person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and (c) any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same principal residence as such Person.

 

Available Cash ” means, with respect to any Quarter ending prior to the Liquidation Date:

 

(a)                                  the sum of:

 

(i)                                      all cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership Group (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash and cash equivalents in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) on hand at the end of such Quarter; and

 

(ii)                                   if the General Partner so determines, all or any portion of additional cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership Group (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash and cash equivalents in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) on hand on the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter resulting from Working Capital Borrowings made subsequent to the end of such Quarter; less

 

(b)                                  the amount of any cash reserves established by the General Partner (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) to:

 

(i)                                      provide for the proper conduct of the business of the Partnership Group (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Partnership Group) subsequent to such Quarter;

 

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(ii)                                   comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which any Group Member is a party or by which it is bound or its assets are subject; or

 

(iii)                                provide funds for distributions under Section 6.4 or Section 6.5 in respect of any one or more of the next four Quarters;

 

provided, however, that the General Partner may not establish cash reserves pursuant to subclause (iii) above if the effect of such reserves would be that the Partnership is unable to distribute the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all Common Units; provided further, that disbursements made by a Group Member or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the end of such Quarter but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash within such Quarter, if the General Partner so determines.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Available Cash” with respect to the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero.

 

Average VWAP ” means, with respect to a specified period, the arithmetic average of the VWAP per Common Unit for each Trading Day in such period.

 

Board of Directors ” means, with respect to the General Partner, its board of directors or board of managers, if the General Partner is a corporation or limited liability company, or the board of directors or board of managers of the general partner of the General Partner, if the General Partner is a limited partnership, as applicable.

 

Book Basis Derivative Items ” means any item of income, deduction, gain or loss that is computed with reference to the Carrying Value of an Adjusted Property (e.g., depreciation, depletion, or gain or loss with respect to an Adjusted Property).

 

Book-Down Event ” means an event that triggers a negative adjustment to the Capital Accounts of the Partners pursuant to Section 5.5(d) .

 

Book-Tax Disparity ” means with respect to any item of Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, as of the date of any determination, the difference between the Carrying Value of such Contributed Property or Adjusted Property and the adjusted basis thereof for federal income tax purposes as of such date.  A Partner’s share of the Partnership’s Book-Tax Disparities in all of its Contributed Property and Adjusted Property will be reflected by the difference between such Partner’s Capital Account balance as maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 and the hypothetical balance of such Partner’s Capital Account computed as if it had been maintained strictly in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles.

 

Book-Up Event” means an event that triggers a positive adjustment to the Capital Accounts of the Partners pursuant to Section 5.5(d) .

 

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Business Day ” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the government of the United States of America or the State of Texas shall not be regarded as a Business Day.

 

Capital Account ” means the capital account maintained for a Partner pursuant to Section 5.5 .  The “Capital Account” of a Partner in respect of any Partnership Interest shall be the amount that such Capital Account would be if such Partnership Interest were the only interest in the Partnership held by such Partner from and after the date on which such Partnership Interest was first issued.

 

Capital Contribution ” means (a) any cash, cash equivalents or the Net Agreed Value of Contributed Property that a Partner contributes to the Partnership or that is contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership on behalf of a Partner (including, in the case of an underwritten offering of Units, the amount of any underwriting discounts or commissions) or (b) current distributions that a Partner is entitled to receive but otherwise waives.

 

Capital Improvement ” means (a) the construction of new capital assets by a Group Member, (b) the replacement, improvement or expansion of existing capital assets by a Group Member or (c) a capital contribution by a Group Member to a Person that is not a Subsidiary in which a Group Member has, or after such capital contribution will have, directly or indirectly, an equity interest, to fund such Group Member’s pro rata share of the cost of the construction of new, or the replacement, improvement or expansion of existing, capital assets by such Person, in each case if and to the extent such construction, replacement, improvement or expansion is made to increase, over the long-term, the operating capacity or operating income of the Partnership Group, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) , or such Person, in the case of clause (c) , from the operating capacity or operating income of the Partnership Group or such Person, as the case may be, existing immediately prior to such construction, replacement, improvement, expansion or capital contribution.  For purposes of this definition, “long-term” generally refers to a period of not less than twelve months.

 

Capital Stock ” means: (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited), limited liability company interests or membership interests; and (d) any other equity interest or participation in an entity that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

 

Capital Surplus ” means Available Cash distributed by the Partnership in excess of Operating Surplus, as described in Section 6.3(a) .

 

Carrying Value ” means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, the Agreed Value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to the Partners’ Capital Accounts in respect of such property and (b) with respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of such

 

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property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination; provided that the Carrying Value of any property shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 5.5(d) to reflect changes, additions or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and acquisitions of Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by the General Partner.

 

Cause ” means a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final, non-appealable judgment finding the General Partner liable to the Partnership or any Limited Partner for actual fraud or willful misconduct in its capacity as a general partner of the Partnership.

 

Certificate ” means a certificate, in such form (including global form if permitted by applicable rules and regulations of the Depository Trust Company and its permitted successors and assigns) as may be adopted by the General Partner, issued by the Partnership evidencing ownership of one or more classes of Partnership Interests.  The form of certificate approved as of the date of this Agreement by the General Partner for Common Units is attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

Certificate of Limited Partnership ” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as referenced in Section 7.2 , as such Certificate of Limited Partnership may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Citizenship Eligible Holder ” means a Limited Partner whose nationality, citizenship or other related status the General Partner determines, upon receipt of an Eligibility Certificate or other requested information, does not or would not create, under any federal, state or local law or regulation to which a Group Member is subject, a substantial risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any property, including any governmental permit, endorsement or other authorization, in which a Group Member has an interest.

 

claim ” (as used in Section 7.12(g) ) has the meaning given such term in Section 7.12(g) .

 

Closing Date ” means the first date on which Common Units were sold by the Partnership to the IPO Underwriters pursuant to the provisions of the IPO Underwriting Agreement.

 

Closing Price ” for any day, with respect to Limited Partner Interests of a particular class, means the last sale price on such day, regular way, or in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the last closing bid and ask prices on such day, regular way, in either case as reported on the principal National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading or, if such Limited Partner Interests of such class are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange, the average of the high bid and low ask prices on such day in the over-the-counter market, as reported by such other system then in use, or, if on any such day such Limited Partner Interests of such class are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and ask prices on such day as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class

 

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selected by the General Partner, or if on any such day no market maker is making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class, the fair value of such Limited Partner Interests on such day as determined by the General Partner.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.  Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of any successor law.

 

Combined Interest ” has the meaning given such term in Section 11.3(a) .

 

Commences Commercial Service ” means the date upon which a Capital Improvement is first put into or commences commercial service by a Group Member following completion of construction, replacement, improvement or expansion and testing, as applicable.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Unit ” means a Limited Partner Interest having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Common Units in this Agreement.  The term “Common Unit” does not include a Series A Preferred Unit prior to its conversion into a Common Unit pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

“Conflicts Committee ” means a committee of the Board of Directors composed of two or more directors, each of whom (a) is not an officer or employee of the General Partner, (b) is not an officer, director or employee of any Affiliate of the General Partner (other than Group Members), (c) is not a holder of any ownership interest in the General Partner or its Affiliates or the Partnership Group other than (i) Common Units and (ii) awards that are granted to such director in his or her capacity as a director under any long-term incentive plan, equity compensation plan or similar plan implemented by the General Partner or the Partnership and (d) is determined by the Board of Directors to be independent under the independence standards for directors who serve on an audit committee of a board of directors established by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and by the National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed or admitted to trading (or if no such National Securities Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange).

 

Construction Debt ” means debt incurred to fund (a) all or a portion of a Capital Improvement, (b) interest payments (including periodic net payments under related interest rate swap agreements) and related fees on other Construction Debt or (c) distributions (including incremental Incentive Distributions) on Construction Equity.

 

Construction Equity ” means equity issued to fund (a) all or a portion of a Capital Improvement, (b) interest payments (including periodic net payments under related interest rate swap agreements) and related fees on Construction Debt or (c) distributions (including incremental Incentive Distributions) on other Construction Equity.  Construction Equity does not include equity issued in the Initial Public Offering.

 

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Construction Period ” means the period beginning on the date that a Group Member enters into a binding obligation to commence a Capital Improvement and ending on the earlier to occur of the date that such Capital Improvement Commences Commercial Service and the date that the Group Member abandons or disposes of such Capital Improvement.

 

Contributed Property ” means each property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Delaware Act, but excluding cash, contributed to the Partnership.  Once the Carrying Value of a Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.5(d) , such property or other asset shall no longer constitute a Contributed Property, but shall be deemed an Adjusted Property.

 

Contribution Agreement ” means that certain Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2013, among the Partnership, the General Partner, the Operating Company, 66 Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Phillips 66 Company, Phillips Texas Pipeline Company Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, Phillips 66 Carrier and Phillips 66 Pipeline, together with the additional conveyance documents and instruments contemplated or referenced thereunder, as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Curative Allocation ” means any allocation of an item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1(d)(xi) .

 

Current Market Price ” means, as of any date for any class of Limited Partner Interests, the average of the daily Closing Prices per Limited Partner Interest of such class for the 20 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date.

 

Deferred Issuance ” means the issuance by the Partnership of a number of additional Common Units that is equal to the excess, if any, of (a) 2,463,750 over (b) the aggregate number, if any, of Common Units actually purchased by and issued to the IPO Underwriters pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option on the Option Closing Date(s).

 

Delaware Act ” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del C. Section 17-101, et seq. , as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

 

Departing General Partner ” means a former General Partner from and after the effective date of any withdrawal or removal of such former General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 .

 

Derivative Partnership Interests ” means any options, rights, warrants, appreciation rights, tracking, profit and phantom interests and other derivative securities relating to, convertible into or exchangeable for Partnership Interests.

 

Disposed of Adjusted Property ” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(d)(xiii)(B) .

 

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Economic Risk of Loss ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-2(a).

 

Eligibility Certificate ” means a certificate the General Partner may request a Limited Partner to execute as to such Limited Partner’s (or such Limited Partner’s beneficial owners’) federal income tax status or nationality, citizenship or other related status for the purpose of determining whether such Limited Partner is an Ineligible Holder.

 

Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.9 .

 

Event of Withdrawal ” has the meaning given such term in Section 11.1(a) .

 

Excess Additional Book Basis ” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Additional Book Basis Derivative Items.”

 

Excess Distribution ” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(d)(iii)(A) .

 

Excess Distribution Unit ” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(d)(iii)(A) .

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

 

Expansion Capital Expenditures ” means cash expenditures for Acquisitions or Capital Improvements.  Expansion Capital Expenditures shall include interest (including periodic net payments under related interest rate swap agreements) and related fees paid during the Construction Period on Construction Debt.  Where cash expenditures are made in part for Expansion Capital Expenditures and in part for other purposes, the General Partner shall determine the allocation between the amounts paid for each.

 

FERC ” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or any successor to the powers thereof.

 

First Liquidation Target Amount ” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(c)(i)(C) .

 

First Reserve ” means FR XIII Pantheon Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.

 

First Target Distribution ” means $0.244375 per Unit per Quarter, subject to adjustment in accordance with Sections 5.10 , 6.6 and 6.9 .

 

General Partner ” means Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and permitted assigns that are admitted to the Partnership as general partner of the Partnership, in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership (except as the context otherwise requires).

 

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General Partner Interest ” means the equity interest of the General Partner in the Partnership (in its capacity as a general partner without reference to any Limited Partner Interest held by it), which is evidenced by General Partner Units, and includes any and all rights, powers and benefits to which the General Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of the General Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

General Partner Unit ” means a fractional part of the General Partner Interest having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the General Partner Interest.  A General Partner Unit shall not constitute a “Unit” for any purpose under this Agreement.

 

Gross Liability Value ” means, with respect to any Liability of the Partnership described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-7(b)(3)(i), the amount of cash that a willing assignor would pay to a willing assignee to assume such Liability in an arm’s-length transaction.

 

Group ” means two or more Persons that, with or through any of their respective Affiliates or Associates, have any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to 10 or more Persons), exercising investment power over or disposing of any Partnership Interests.

 

Group Member ” means a member of the Partnership Group.

 

Group Member Agreement ” means the partnership agreement of any Group Member, other than the Partnership, that is a limited or general partnership, the limited liability company agreement of any Group Member that is a limited liability company, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or similar organizational documents of any Group Member that is a corporation, the joint venture agreement or similar governing document of any Group Member that is a joint venture and the governing or organizational or similar documents of any other Group Member that is a Person other than a limited or general partnership, limited liability company, corporation or joint venture, in each case, as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Hedge Contract ” means any exchange, swap, forward, cap, floor, collar, option or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into for the purpose of reducing the exposure of a Group Member to fluctuations in interest rates, the price of hydrocarbons, basis differentials or currency exchange rates in their operations or financing activities and not for speculative purposes.

 

Holder ” means any of the following:

 

(a)                                  the General Partner who is the Record Holder of Registrable Securities;

 

(b)                                  any Affiliate of the General Partner who is the Record Holder of Registrable Securities (other than natural persons who are Affiliates of the General Partner by virtue of being officers, directors or employees of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates);

 

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(c)                                   any Person who has been the General Partner within the prior two years and who is the Record Holder of Registrable Securities;

 

(d)                                  any Person who has been an Affiliate of the General Partner within the prior two years and who is the Record Holder of Registrable Securities (other than natural persons who were Affiliates of the General Partner by virtue of being officers, directors or employees of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates); and

 

(e)                                   a transferee and current Record Holder of Registrable Securities to whom the transferor of such Registrable Securities, who was a Holder pursuant to any of the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) above (or any transferee of such Holder) at the time of such transfer, assigns its rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and provides its name and address to the Partnership promptly upon such transfer.

 

IDR Reset Common Units ” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.10(a) .

 

IDR Reset Election ” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.10(a) .

 

Incentive Distribution Right ” means a Limited Partner Interest having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Incentive Distribution Rights in this Agreement (and no other rights otherwise available to or other obligations of a holder of a Partnership Interest).

 

Incentive Distributions ” means any amount of cash distributed to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights pursuant to Sections 6.4(c) , (d) and (e) .

 

Incremental Income Taxes ” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.9 .

 

Indemnified Persons ” has the meaning given such term in Section 7.12(g)(i) .

 

Indemnitee ” means (a) the General Partner, (b) any Departing General Partner, (c) any Person who is or was an Affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (d) any Person who is or was a manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, fiduciary or trustee of (i) any Group Member, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner or (ii) any Affiliate of any Group Member, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (e) any Person who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner as a manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, fiduciary or trustee of another Person owing a fiduciary duty to any Group Member; provided that a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, and (f) any Person the General Partner designates as an “Indemnitee” for purposes of this Agreement because such Person’s status, service or relationship exposes such Person to potential claims, demands, suits or proceedings relating to the Partnership Group’s business and affairs.

 

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Ineligible Holder ” means a Limited Partner who is not a Citizenship Eligible Holder or a Rate Eligible Holder.

 

Initial Common Units ” means the Common Units sold in the Initial Public Offering.

 

Initial Limited Partners ” means Phillips 66 Company (with respect to its Limited Partner Interest as the Organizational Limited Partner and the Partnership Interests received by it pursuant to Section 5.3(a) ), the General Partner (with respect to the Incentive Distribution Rights received by it pursuant to Section 5.2(a) ) and the IPO Underwriters upon the issuance by the Partnership of Common Units as described in Section 5.3(b) in connection with the Initial Public Offering.

 

Initial Public Offering ” means the initial offering and sale of Common Units to the public (including the offer and sale of Common Units pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option), as described in the IPO Registration Statement.

 

Initial Series A Purchaser ” means each of (a) the Series A Lead Purchaser and its Affiliates, (b) Tortoise and its Affiliates and (c) First Reserve and its Affiliates.

 

Initial Unit Price ” means (a) with respect to the Common Units, the initial public offering price per Common Unit at which the Common Units were first offered to the public for sale as set forth on the cover page of the IPO Prospectus or (b) with respect to any other class or series of Units, the price per Unit at which such class or series of Units is initially sold by the Partnership, as determined by the General Partner, in each case adjusted as the General Partner determines to be appropriate to give effect to any distribution, subdivision or combination of Units.

 

Interim Capital Transactions ” means the following transactions if they occur prior to the Liquidation Date:  (a) borrowings, refinancings or refundings of indebtedness (other than Working Capital Borrowings and other than for items purchased on open account or for a deferred purchase price in the ordinary course of business) by any Group Member and sales of debt securities of any Group Member; (b) issuances of equity interests of any Group Member (including the Common Units sold to the IPO Underwriters in the Initial Public Offering) to anyone other than the Partnership Group; (c) sales or other voluntary or involuntary dispositions of any assets of any Group Member other than (i) sales or other dispositions of inventory, accounts receivable and other assets in the ordinary course of business and (ii) sales or other dispositions of assets as part of normal retirements or replacements; and (d) capital contributions received by a Group Member.

 

IPO Prospectus ” means the final prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering dated July 22, 2013 and filed by the Partnership with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act on July 24, 2013.

 

IPO Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-187582), as it has been amended or supplemented from time to time, filed by the

 

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Partnership with the Commission under the Securities Act to register the offering and sale of the Common Units in the Initial Public Offering.

 

IPO Underwriter ” means each Person named as an underwriter in Schedule I to the IPO Underwriting Agreement who purchased Common Units pursuant thereto.

 

IPO Underwriting Agreement ” means that certain Underwriting Agreement dated as of July 22, 2013 among the IPO Underwriters, Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline, the Partnership, the General Partner and the Operating Company, providing for the purchase of Common Units by the IPO Underwriters.

 

Liability ” means any liability or obligation of any nature, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise.

 

Limited Partner ” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Organizational Limited Partner prior to its withdrawal from the Partnership, each Initial Limited Partner, each additional Person that becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and any Departing General Partner upon the change of its status from General Partner to Limited Partner pursuant to Section 11.3 , in each case, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.

 

Limited Partner Interest ” means an equity interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership, which may be evidenced by Series A Preferred Units, Common Units, Incentive Distribution Rights or other Partnership Interests or a combination thereof (but excluding Derivative Partnership Interests), and includes any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Limited Partner pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

Liquidation Date ” means (a) in the case of an event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership of the type described in clauses (a) and (d) of the third sentence of Section 12.1 , the date on which the applicable time period during which the holders of Outstanding Units have the right to elect to continue the business of the Partnership has expired without such an election being made and (b) in the case of any other event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership, the date on which such event occurs.

 

Liquidator ” means one or more Persons selected pursuant to Section 12.3 to perform the functions described in Section 12.4 as liquidating trustee of the Partnership within the meaning of the Delaware Act.

 

Maintenance Capital Expenditure ” means cash expenditures (including expenditures for the construction of new capital assets or the replacement, improvement or expansion of existing capital assets) by a Group Member made to maintain, over the long term, the operating capacity or operating income of the Partnership Group.  For purposes of this definition, “long term” generally refers to a period of not less than twelve months.

 

Merger Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in Section 14.1 .

 

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Minimum Quarterly Distribution ” means $0.2125 per Unit per Quarter, subject to adjustment in accordance with Sections 5.10 , 6.6 and 6.9 .

 

National Securities Exchange ” means an exchange registered with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act (or any successor to such Section).

 

Net Agreed Value ” means, (a) in the case of any Contributed Property, the Agreed Value of such property or other asset reduced by any Liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property or other asset is subject when contributed and (b) in the case of any property distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the Partnership’s Carrying Value of such property (as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.5(d)(ii)) at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any Liabilities either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such property is subject at the time of distribution, in either case as determined and required by the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code.

 

Net Income ” means, for any taxable period, the excess, if any, of the Partnership’s items of income and gain (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable period over the Partnership’s items of loss and deduction (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable period.  The items included in the calculation of Net Income shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.5(b) and shall not include any items specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) ; provided, however, that the determination of the items that have been specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) shall be made without regard to any reversal of such items under Section 6.1(d)(xiii) .

 

Net Loss ” means, for any taxable period, the excess, if any, of the Partnership’s items of loss and deduction (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable period over the Partnership’s items of income and gain (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable period.  The items included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.5(b) and shall not include any items specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) ; provided, however, that the determination of the items that have been specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) shall be made without regard to any reversal of such items under Section 6.1(d)(xiii) .

 

Net Positive Adjustments ” means, with respect to any Partner, the excess, if any, of the total positive adjustments over the total negative adjustments made to the Capital Account of such Partner pursuant to Book-Up Events and Book-Down Events.

 

Net Termination Gain ” means, for any taxable period, the sum, if positive, of all items of income, gain, loss or deduction (determined in accordance with Section 5.5(b) ) that are (a) recognized by the Partnership (i) after the Liquidation Date or (ii) upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group, taken as a whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (excluding any disposition to a member of the Partnership Group), or (b) deemed recognized by the Partnership pursuant to

 

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Section 5.5(d) ; provided, however, that the items included in the determination of Net Termination Gain shall not include any items of income, gain or loss specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) .

 

Net Termination Loss ” means, for any taxable period, the sum, if negative, of all items of income, gain, loss or deduction (determined in accordance with Section 5.5(b) ) that are (a) recognized by the Partnership (i) after the Liquidation Date or (ii) upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group, taken as a whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (excluding any disposition to a member of the Partnership Group), or (b) deemed recognized by the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.5(b) ; provided, however, that the items included in the determination of Net Termination Loss shall not include any items of income, gain or loss specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) .

 

Non-Affiliate Transfer Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(b)(vii)(D) .

 

Nonrecourse Built-in Gain ” means with respect to any Contributed Properties or Adjusted Properties that are subject to a mortgage or pledge securing a Nonrecourse Liability, the amount of any taxable gain that would be allocated to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.2(b) if such properties were disposed of in a taxable transaction in full satisfaction of such liabilities and for no other consideration.

 

Nonrecourse Deductions ” means any and all items of loss, deduction or expenditure (including any expenditure described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b), are attributable to a Nonrecourse Liability.

 

Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-1(a)(2).

 

Notice ” means a written request from a Holder pursuant to Section 7.12 which shall (a) specify the Registrable Securities intended to be registered, offered and sold by such Holder, (b) describe the nature or method of the proposed offer and sale of Registrable Securities, and (c) contain the undertaking of such Holder to provide all such information and materials and take all action as may be required or appropriate in order to permit the Partnership to comply with all applicable requirements and obligations in connection with the registration and disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 7.12 .

 

Notice of Election to Purchase ” has the meaning given such term in Section 15.1(b) .

 

Omnibus Agreement ” means that certain Omnibus Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2013, among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline, the Partnership, the Operating Company, Phillips 66 Carrier and the General Partner, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

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Operating Company ” means Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successors thereto.

 

Operational Services Agreement ” means that certain Operational Services Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2013, among Phillips 66 Carrier, the Operating Company and Phillips 66 Pipeline, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Operating Expenditures ” means all Partnership Group cash expenditures (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of expenditures in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned), including taxes, compensation of employees, officers and directors of the General Partner, reimbursement of expenses of the General Partner and its Affiliates, debt service payments, Maintenance Capital Expenditures, repayment of Working Capital Borrowings and payments made in the ordinary course of business under any Hedge Contracts, subject to the following:

 

(a)                                  repayments of Working Capital Borrowings deducted from Operating Surplus pursuant to clause (b)(iii) of the definition of “Operating Surplus” shall not constitute Operating Expenditures when actually repaid;

 

(b)                                  payments (including prepayments and prepayment penalties) of principal of and premium on indebtedness other than Working Capital Borrowings shall not constitute Operating Expenditures;

 

(c)                                   Operating Expenditures shall not include (i) Expansion Capital Expenditures, (ii) payment of transaction expenses (including taxes) relating to Interim Capital Transactions, (iii) distributions to Partners, (iv) repurchases of Partnership Interests, other than repurchases of Partnership Interests by the Partnership to satisfy obligations under employee benefit plans or reimbursement of expenses of the General Partner for purchases of Partnership Interests by the General Partner to satisfy obligations under employee benefit plans, or (v) any other expenditures or payments using the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the IPO Registration Statement; and

 

(d)                                  (i) amounts paid in connection with the initial purchase of a Hedge Contract shall be amortized over the life of such Hedge Contract and (ii) payments made in connection with the termination of any Hedge Contract prior to the expiration of its scheduled settlement or termination date shall be included in equal quarterly installments over the remaining scheduled life of such Hedge Contract.

 

Operating Surplus ” means, with respect to any period ending prior to the Liquidation Date, on a cumulative basis and without duplication,

 

(a)                                  the sum of (i) $60.0 million, (ii) all cash receipts of the Partnership Group (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash receipts in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the

 

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last day of such period, but excluding cash receipts from Interim Capital Transactions and the termination of Hedge Contracts (provided that cash receipts from the termination of a Hedge Contract prior to its scheduled settlement or termination date shall be included in Operating Surplus in equal quarterly installments over the remaining scheduled life of such Hedge Contract), (iii) all cash receipts of the Partnership Group (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash receipts in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) after the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of Operating Surplus with respect to such period resulting from Working Capital Borrowings and (iv) the amount of cash distributions from Operating Surplus paid during the Construction Period (including incremental Incentive Distributions) on Construction Equity, less

 

(b)                                  the sum of (i) Operating Expenditures for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of such period, (ii) the amount of cash reserves (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) established by the General Partner to provide funds for future Operating Expenditures, and (iii) all Working Capital Borrowings not repaid within twelve months after having been incurred, or repaid within such 12-month period with the proceeds of additional Working Capital Borrowings; provided, however, that disbursements made (including contributions to a Group Member or disbursements on behalf of a Group Member) or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such period shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Operating Surplus, within such period if the General Partner so determines.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Operating Surplus” with respect to the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero.

 

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel (who may be regular counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner or any of its Affiliates) acceptable to the General Partner or to such other person selecting such counsel or obtaining such opinion.

 

Option Closing Date ” means the date or dates on which any Common Units were sold by the Partnership to the IPO Underwriters upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option.

 

Organizational Limited Partner ” means Phillips 66 Company in its capacity as the organizational limited partner of the Partnership.

 

Outstanding ” means, with respect to Partnership Interests, all Partnership Interests that are issued by the Partnership and reflected as outstanding on the Partnership’s books and records as of the date of determination; provided, however, that if at any time any Person or Group (other than the General Partner or its Affiliates) beneficially owns 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of any class, all Partnership Interests owned by or for the benefit of such Person or Group shall not be entitled to be voted on any matter and shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of Limited Partners to vote on any matter (unless

 

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otherwise required by law), calculating required votes, determining the presence of a quorum or for other similar purposes under this Agreement, except that Partnership Interests so owned shall be considered to be Outstanding for purposes of Section 11.1(b)(iv) (such Partnership Interests shall not, however, be treated as a separate class of Partnership Interests for purposes of this Agreement or the Delaware Act); provided further, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of any class directly from the General Partner or its Affiliates (other than the Partnership), (ii) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of any class then Outstanding directly or indirectly from a Person or Group described in clause (i) , provided that, upon or prior to such acquisition, the General Partner shall have notified such Person or Group in writing that such limitation shall not apply, (iii) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of any Partnership Interests issued by the Partnership with the prior approval of the Board of Directors, (iv) the Series A Purchasers with respect to their ownership (beneficial or record) of the Series A Preferred Units or Series A Conversion Units or (v) any Series A Preferred Unitholder in connection with any vote, consent or approval of the Series A Preferred Unitholders as a separate class.

 

Over-Allotment Option ” means the over-allotment option granted to the IPO Underwriters by the Partnership pursuant to the IPO Underwriting Agreement.

 

Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

 

Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

Partner Nonrecourse Deductions ” means any and all items of loss, deduction or expenditure (including any expenditure described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i), are attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt.

 

Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.

 

Partnership ” means Phillips 66 Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

Partnership Group ” means, collectively, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries.

 

Partnership Interest ” means any equity interest, including any class or series of equity interest, in the Partnership, which shall include any Limited Partner Interests and the General Partner Interest but shall exclude any Derivative Partnership Interests.

 

Partnership Minimum Gain ” means that amount determined in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).

 

Partnership Register ” means a register maintained on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner, or, if the General Partner so determines, by the Transfer Agent as part of the

 

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Transfer Agent’s books and transfer records, with respect to each class of Partnership Interests in which all Record Holders and transfers of such class of Partnership Interests are registered or otherwise recorded.

 

Partnership Representative ” has the meaning given such term in Section 9.3 .

 

Partnership Restructuring Event ” means any of the following:

 

(a)                                  any merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Partnership with another partnership or other entity, so long as, immediately following the consummation of such merger, consolidation or other business combination, (i) Phillips 66 Company or one or more of its Affiliates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, (A) more than 50% of the Voting Securities of the general partner or managing member of the surviving Person or (B) has the right to designate (whether by ownership of Voting Securities, by contract or otherwise) more than 50% of the surviving Person’s (or such Person’s general partner’s or managing member’s, as applicable) managers, directors, trustees or other Persons serving in a similar capacity and the common equity of such surviving Person remains listed or admitted to trading on a National Securities Exchange following such transaction and (ii) either (A) the Series A Preferred Units remain Outstanding or (B) each Record Holder of Series A Preferred Units has received a Series A Substantially Equivalent Unit in respect of each of its Series A Preferred Units;

 

(b)                                  any restructuring, simplification or similar transaction or series of transactions that modifies, eliminates or otherwise restructures the General Partner Interest, the Incentive Distribution Rights or the equity interests of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, provided that (i) the principal parties to such transaction or series of transactions are the Partnership or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Phillips 66 Company or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, (ii) the common equity interests of the Partnership or its successor remains listed or admitted to trading on a National Securities Exchange immediately following the consummation of such transaction or series of transactions and (iii) such transaction or series of transactions would not otherwise result in a Series A Change of Control; and

 

(c)                                   any initial public offering directly or indirectly involving any of the equity interests of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, the General Partner Units (or the General Partner Interest represented thereby) or the Incentive Distribution Rights, so long as, in each case, immediately following the consummation of such initial public offering, Phillips 66 Company or one or more of its Affiliates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, (i) greater than 50% of the Voting Securities of the General Partner or (B) sufficient voting power (whether by ownership of Voting Securities, by contract or otherwise) to elect a majority of the General Partner’s managers, directors, trustees or other Persons serving in a similar capacity.

 

Partnership Rollup Event ” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which Phillips 66 Company or any of its Affiliates (other than the Partnership or any

 

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of its Subsidiaries) would acquire (a) all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets or (b) all of the Partnership’s outstanding Common Units.

 

Per Unit Capital Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the Capital Account, stated on a per Unit basis, underlying any Unit held by a Person other than the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner who holds Units.

 

Percentage Interest ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) as to the General Partner with respect to General Partner Units and as to any Unitholder with respect to Units (other than with respect to the Series A Preferred Units), as the case may be, the product obtained by multiplying (i) 100% less the percentage applicable to clause (b) below by (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the number of General Partner Units held by the General Partner or the number of Units held by such Unitholder (excluding Series A Preferred Units), as the case may be, by (B) the total number of Outstanding Units (excluding Series A Preferred Units) and General Partner Units, and (b) as to the holders of other Partnership Interests issued by the Partnership in accordance with Section 5.6 , the percentage established as a part of such issuance.  The Percentage Interest with respect to an Incentive Distribution Right and a Series A Preferred Unit shall at all times be zero.

 

Person ” means an individual or a corporation, firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

 

Phillips 66 Carrier ” means Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Phillips 66 Company ” means Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation.

 

Phillips 66 Pipeline ” means Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Plan of Conversion ” has the meaning given such term in Section 14.1 .

 

Potential Additional Transfer Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(b)(vii)(D) .

 

Prior Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Privately Placed Units ” means any Common Units issued for cash or property other than pursuant to a public offering.

 

Pro Rata ” means (a) when used with respect to Units or any class thereof (other than Series A Preferred Units), apportioned among all designated Units in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, (b) when used with respect to Partners or Record Holders, apportioned among all Partners or Record Holders in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, (c) when used with respect to holders of Incentive Distribution Rights, apportioned

 

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among all holders of Incentive Distribution Rights in accordance with the relative number or percentage of Incentive Distribution Rights held by each such holder, (d) when used with respect to Holders who have requested to include Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 7.12(a) or Section 7.12(b) , apportioned among all such Holders in accordance with the relative number of Registrable Securities held by each such holder and included in the Notice relating to such request and (e) when used with respect to Series A Preferred Units, apportioned among all Series A Preferred Unitholders in accordance with the relative number or percentage of Series A Preferred Units held by each such Series A Preferred Unitholder.

 

Purchase Date ” means the date determined by the General Partner as the date for purchase of all Outstanding Limited Partner Interests of a certain class (other than Limited Partner Interests owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates) pursuant to Article XV .

 

Quarter ” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a fiscal quarter of the Partnership.

 

Rate Eligible Holder ” means a Limited Partner subject to United States federal income taxation on the income generated by the Partnership.  A Limited Partner that is an entity not subject to United States federal income taxation on the income generated by the Partnership shall be deemed a Rate Eligible Holder so long as all of the entity’s beneficial owners are subject to such taxation.

 

Recapture Income ” means any gain recognized by the Partnership (computed without regard to any adjustment required by Section 734 or Section 743 of the Code) upon the disposition of any property or asset of the Partnership, which gain is characterized as ordinary income because it represents the recapture of deductions previously taken with respect to such property or asset.

 

Record Date ” means the date established by the General Partner or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement for determining (a) the identity of the Record Holders entitled to receive notice of, or entitled to exercise rights in respect of, any lawful action of Limited Partners (including voting) or (b) the identity of Record Holders entitled to receive any report or distribution or to participate in any offer.

 

Record Holder ” means (a) with respect to any class of Partnership Interests for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Person in whose name a Partnership Interest of such class is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent as of the Partnership’s close of business on a particular Business Day or (b) with respect to other classes of Partnership Interests, the Person in whose name any such other Partnership Interest is registered on the books that the General Partner has caused to be kept as of the Partnership’s close of business on a particular Business Day.

 

Redeemable Interests ” means any Partnership Interests for which a redemption notice has been given, and has not been withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.10 .

 

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Registrable Security ” means any Partnership Interest other than the General Partner Interest and General Partner Units; provided, however, that any Registrable Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security:  (a) at the time a Registration Statement covering such Registrable Security is declared effective by the Commission or otherwise becomes effective under the Securities Act, and such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement; (b) at the time such Registrable Security may be disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor or similar rule or regulation under the Securities Act); (c) when such Registrable Security is held by a Group Member; and (d) at the time such Registrable Security has been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under Section 7.12 of this Agreement have not been assigned to the transferee of such securities.

 

Registration Statement ” has the meaning given such term in Section 7.12(a) of this Agreement.

 

Remaining Net Positive Adjustments ” means, as of the end of any taxable period, (a) with respect to the Unitholders holding Common Units or Series A Preferred Units, the excess of (i) the Net Positive Adjustments of the Unitholders holding Common Units or Series A Preferred Units as of the end of such period over (ii) the sum of those Partners’ Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for each prior taxable period, (b) with respect to the General Partner (as holder of the General Partner Units), the excess of (i) the Net Positive Adjustments of the General Partner as of the end of such period over (ii) the sum of the General Partner’s Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items with respect to the General Partner Units for each prior taxable period, and (c) with respect to the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights, the excess of (i) the Net Positive Adjustments of the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights as of the end of such period over (ii) the sum of the Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items of the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights for each prior taxable period.

 

Required Allocations ” means any allocation of an item of income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(i) , Section 6.1(d)(ii) , Section 6.1(d)(iv) , Section 6.1(d)(v) , Section 6.1(d)(vi) , Section 6.1(d)(vii) or Section 6.1(d)(ix) .

 

Reset MQD ” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.10(e) .

 

Reset Notice ” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.10(b) .

 

Second Liquidation Target Amount ” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(c)(i)(D) .

 

Second Target Distribution ” means $0.265625 per Unit per Quarter, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5.10 , Section 6.6 and Section 6.9 .

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

 

Selling Holder ” means a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to the procedures in Section 7.12 of this Agreement.

 

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Series A Accrued Amount ” means, with respect to a Series A Preferred Unit as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the Series A Issue Price plus (b) all Series A Unpaid Distributions on such Series A Preferred Unit as of such date.

 

Series A Cash Change of Control ” means a Series A Change of Control that involves the payment of consideration (more than 90% of which consideration is in the form of cash) directly to the holders of Common Units.

 

Series A Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(a)                                  any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, any merger, consolidation or business combination), the result of which is that any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), excluding Phillips 66 Company or any Person that is an Affiliate of Phillips 66 Company as of the Series A Issuance Date, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Securities of the General Partner (measured by voting power rather than number of shares, units or the like) and such Voting Securities provide such Person or “group” the right to designate at least 50% of the members of the Board of Directors;

 

(b)                                  any sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is not a Partnership Rollup Event;

 

(c)                                   the Common Units are no longer listed or admitted to trading on a National Securities Exchange;

 

(d)                                  the General Partner is removed pursuant to Section 11.2 , unless Phillips 66 Company or one of its Affiliates is elected as a successor General Partner in accordance with Section 11.2 ; or

 

(e)                                   any Partnership Rollup Event;

 

                                                provided, however , that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Partnership Restructuring Event shall not constitute a Series A Change of Control.

 

Series A COC Conversion Premium ” means, with respect to the consummation of any Series A Change of Control or Series A Cash Change of Control, as applicable, that occurs (a) on or prior to the first anniversary of the Series A Issuance Date, 115%, (b) after the first anniversary of the Series A Issuance Date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the Series A Issuance Date, 110%, (c) after the second anniversary of the Series A Issuance Date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the Series A Issuance Date, 105%, or (d) after the third anniversary of the Series A Issuance Date, 101%.

 

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Series A COC Conversion Rate ” means the number of Common Units issuable upon the conversion of each Series A Preferred Unit pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(vi)(A) , which shall be equal to the greater of:

 

(a)                                  the applicable Series A Conversion Rate as of the date of such conversion (regardless of whether the Series A Preferred Units are then otherwise convertible); and

 

(b)                                  (i) the sum of (A) the Series A Accrued Amount multiplied by the applicable Series A COC Conversion Premium with respect to such Series A Cash Change of Control plus (B) any Series A Partial Period Distributions on such Series A Preferred Unit as of the date of conversion, divided by (ii) the Average VWAP for the 30 consecutive Trading Days ending immediately prior to the date of execution of definitive documentation relating to such Series A Cash Change of Control.

 

Series A Conversion Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(v)(D) .

 

Series A Conversion Notice ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(v)(C)(1) .

 

Series A Conversion Notice Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(v)(C)(1) .

 

Series A Conversion Rate ” means the number of Common Units issuable upon the conversion of each Series A Preferred Unit, which shall be equal to (a) the Series A Accrued Amount with respect to such Series A Preferred Unit ( plus, solely for purposes of clause (a) in the definition of “Series A COC Conversion Rate” or with respect to any conversion pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(vi)(B)(1) in the event of a Series A Change of Control, any Series A Partial Period Distributions on such Series A Preferred Unit) divided by (b) the Series A Issue Price, as such number of Common Units may be adjusted as set forth in Section 5.11(b)(v)(E) .

 

Series A Conversion Unit ” means a Common Unit issued upon conversion of a Series A Preferred Unit pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(v) . Immediately upon such issuance, each Series A Conversion Unit shall be considered a Common Unit for all purposes hereunder.

 

Series A Converting Unitholder ” means a Series A Preferred Unitholder (a) who has delivered a Series A Conversion Notice to the Partnership in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(v)(C)(1) or (b) to whom the Partnership has delivered a Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(v)(C)(2) .

 

Series A Distribution Amount ” means, (a) with respect to any Quarter ending on or before September 30, 2020, an amount per Series A Preferred Unit equal to $0.678375 for such Quarter, and (b) with respect to any Quarter ending after September 30, 2020, an amount per Quarter per Series A Preferred Unit equal to the greater of (i) the amount set forth in clause (a) and (ii) the amount of distributions for such Quarter that would have been payable with respect to a Series A Preferred Unit if such Series A Preferred Unit had converted immediately prior to

 

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the Record Date for such Quarter in respect of which such distributions are being paid into the number of Common Units into which such Series A Preferred Unit would be convertible at the then-applicable Series A Conversion Rate (regardless of whether the Series A Preferred Units are then convertible); provided, however , that the Series A Distribution Amount for the Quarter ending December 31, 2017 shall be prorated for such period, commencing on the Series A Issuance Date and ending on, and including, the last day of such Quarter.

 

Series A Distribution Payment Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(i)(A) .

 

Series A Issuance Date ” means October 6, 2017.

 

Series A Issue Price ” means $54.27 per Series A Preferred Unit.

 

Series A Junior Securities ” means any class or series of Partnership Interests that, with respect to distributions on such Partnership Interests and distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Partnership, ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Units, and shall include Common Units and Incentive Distribution Rights, but shall not include any Series A Parity Securities, Series A Senior Securities or General Partner Units (or the General Partner Interest represented thereby).

 

Series A Lead Purchaser ” means Stonepeak Screwdriver SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(v)(C)(2) .

 

Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(v)(C)(2) .

 

Series A Mandatory Conversion Rate ” means the number of Common Units issuable upon the conversion of each Series A Preferred Unit pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(v)(B) , which shall be equal to the following:

 

(a)                                  if the Average VWAP for the 20 Trading Day period immediately preceding the Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date is less than $74.62125, one Common Unit multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the Series A Accrued Amount plus the Series A Partial Period Distributions, if any, with respect to such Series A Preferred Unit and (ii) the denominator of which is $52.91325 (as such number of Common Units may be adjusted as set forth in Section 5.11(b)(v)(E)) ; and

 

(b)                                  if the Average VWAP for the 20 Trading Day period immediately preceding the Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date is equal to or greater than $74.62125, one Common Unit multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the Series A Accrued Amount plus the Series A Partial Period Distributions, if any, with respect to such Series A Preferred Unit and (ii) the denominator of which is the Series A

 

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Issue Price (as such number of Common Units may be adjusted as set forth in Section 5.11(b)(v)(E)).

 

Series A Parity Equivalent Units ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(iii)(2) .

 

Series A Parity Securities ” means any class or series of Partnership Interests that, with respect to distributions on such Partnership Interests or distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Partnership, ranks pari passu with (but not senior to) the Series A Preferred Units, but shall not include General Partner Units (or the General Partner Interest represented thereby).

 

Series A Partial Period Distributions ” means, with respect to a conversion or redemption of a Series A Preferred Unit, an amount equal to the Series A Distribution Amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in the Quarter in which such conversion or redemption occurs and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Quarter.

 

Series A PIK Distribution Period ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(i)(A) .

 

Series A PIK Payment Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(i)(F) .

 

Series A PIK Units ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(i)(A) .

 

Series A Preferred Unitholder ” means a Record Holder of Series A Preferred Units.

 

Series A Preferred Units ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(a) .

 

Series A Purchase Agreement ” means the Series A Preferred Unit and Common Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2017, by and among the Partnership, the General Partner and the Series A Purchasers, as may be amended from time to time.

 

Series A Purchaser ” means (a) any of those Persons set forth on Schedule A to the Series A Purchase Agreement and (b) any other Person who acquires Series A Preferred Units from the Series A Lead Purchaser or any of its Affiliates during the Non-Affiliate Transfer Period or the Potential Additional Transfer Period pursuant to Section 5.04(a) of the Series A Purchase Agreement.

 

Series A Quarterly Distribution ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(i)(A) .

 

Series A Redemption Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(viii)(B) .

 

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Series A Redemption Notice ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(viii)(A) .

 

Series A Redemption Notice Date ” means the date of the notice of any redemption described in Section 5.11(b)(viii) sent by the Partnership to the applicable Series A Preferred Unitholders.

 

Series A Redemption Price ” means an amount equal to the Average VWAP for the 20 Trading Day period ending on the date immediately preceding the Series A Redemption Notice Date.

 

Series A Required Voting Percentage ” means at least 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, voting separately as a single class.

 

Series A Senior Securities ” means any class or series of Partnership Interests that, with respect to distributions on such Partnership Interests or distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Partnership, ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Units, but shall not include General Partner Units (or the General Partner Interest represented thereby).

 

Series A Substantially Equivalent Unit ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(vi)(B)(2) .

 

Series A Unpaid Distributions ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(b)(i)(B) .

 

Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items” means in connection with any allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for any taxable period, (a) with respect to the Unitholders holding Common Units or Series A Preferred Units, the amount that bears the same ratio to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items as the Unitholders’ Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the end of such taxable period bear to the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of that time, (b) with respect to the General Partner (as holder of the General Partner Units), the amount that bears the same ratio to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items as the General Partner’s Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the end of such taxable period bear to the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustment as of that time, and (c) with respect to the Partners holding Incentive Distribution Rights, the amount that bears the same ratio to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items as the Remaining Net Positive Adjustments of the Partners holding the Incentive Distribution Rights as of the end of such taxable period bear to the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of that time.

 

Special Approval ” means approval by a majority of the members of the Conflicts Committee acting in good faith.

 

Subordinated Unit ” means a Limited Partner Interest having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Subordinated Units in the Prior Agreement.

 

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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation of which more than 50% of the voting power of shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors or other governing body of such corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, (b) a partnership (whether general or limited) in which such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a general or limited partner of such partnership, but only if more than 50% of the partnership interests or more than 50% of the general partner interests of such partnership is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof or (c) any other Person (other than a corporation or a partnership) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or a combination thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i) at least a majority ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such Person.

 

Surviving Business Entity ” has the meaning given such term in Section 14.2(b) .

 

Target Distributions ” means, collectively, the First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution.

 

Tax Matters Partner ” has the meaning given such term in Section 9.3 .

 

Tax Sharing Agreement ” means that certain Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2013, between Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation, and the Partnership, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Third Target Distribution ” means $0.318750 per Unit per Quarter, subject to adjustment in accordance with Sections 5.10 , 6.6 and 6.9 .

 

Tortoise ” means each of Tortoise Direct Opportunities Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership; Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund, a series of Managed Portfolio Series, a Delaware statutory trust; Tortoise VIP MLP & Pipeline Portfolio, a series of Managed Portfolio Series, a Delaware statutory trust; Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, a Maryland corporation; Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; and Texas Mutual Insurance Company, a Texas insurance company.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal National Securities Exchange on which the referenced Partnership Interests of any class are listed or admitted for trading is open for the transaction of business or, if such Partnership Interests are not listed or admitted for trading on any National Securities Exchange, a day on which banking institutions in New York City are not legally required to be closed.

 

Transaction Documents ” has the meaning given such term in Section 7.1(b) .

 

transfer ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.4(a) .

 

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Transfer Agent ” means such bank, trust company or other Person (including the General Partner or one of its Affiliates) as may be appointed from time to time by the General Partner to act as registrar and transfer agent for any class of Partnership Interests in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules of the National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed (if any); provided, however, that, if no such Person is appointed as registrar and transfer agent for any class of Partnership Interests, the General Partner shall act as registrar and transfer agent for such class of Partnership Interests.

 

“Treasury Regulation” means the United States Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

Underwritten Offering ” means (a) an offering pursuant to a Registration Statement in which Partnership Interests are sold to an underwriter on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public (other than the Initial Public Offering), (b) an offering of Partnership Interests pursuant to a Registration Statement that is a “bought deal” with one or more investment banks, and (c) an “at-the-market” offering pursuant to a Registration Statement in which Partnership Interests are sold to the public through one or more investment banks or managers on a best efforts basis.

 

Unit ” means a Partnership Interest that is designated by the General Partner as a “Unit” and shall include Common Units and Series A Preferred Units but shall not include (a) General Partner Units (or the General Partner Interest represented thereby) or (b) Incentive Distribution Rights.

 

Unit Majority ” means at least a majority of the Outstanding Common Units and the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units (with such Series A Preferred Units to be treated on an as-converted basis as described in Section 5.11(b)(ii)(A) ), voting together as a single class.

 

Unitholders ” means the Record Holders of Units.

 

Unpaid MQD ” has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(c)(i)(B) .

 

Unrealized Gain ” attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market value of such property as of such date (as determined under Section 5.5(d) ) over (b) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 5.5(d) as of such date).

 

Unrealized Loss ” attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 5.5(d) as of such date) over (b) the fair market value of such property as of such date (as determined under Section 5.5(d) ).

 

Unrecovered Initial Unit Price ” means at any time, with respect to a Unit, the Initial Unit Price less the sum of all distributions constituting Capital Surplus theretofore made in respect of an Initial Common Unit and any distributions of cash (or the Net Agreed Value of any distributions in kind) in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership

 

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theretofore made in respect of an Initial Common Unit, adjusted as the General Partner determines to be appropriate to give effect to any distribution, subdivision or combination of such Units.

 

Unrestricted Person ” means (a) each Indemnitee, (b) each Partner, (c) each Person who is or was a member, partner, director, officer, employee or agent of any Group Member, a General Partner or any Departing General Partner or any Affiliate of any Group Member, a General Partner or any Departing General Partner and (d) any Person the General Partner designates as an “Unrestricted Person” for purposes of this Agreement from time to time.

 

U.S. GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, consistently applied.

 

Voting Securities ” means, with respect to a specified Person as of any date of determination, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at such date entitled (without reference to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the managers, directors, trustees or other Persons serving in a similar capacity with respect to such Person.

 

VWAP ” means, with respect to a Common Unit on any Trading Day, the volume-weighted average trading price of the Common Units on the National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed or admitted to trading on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average trading price is unavailable, the Closing Price of one Common Unit on such Trading Day). If the VWAP of the Common Units cannot be calculated for a particular Trading Day on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of a Common Unit for such Trading Day shall be the fair market value of such Common Unit on such Trading Day as determined in good faith by the General Partner.

 

Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel ” has the meaning given such term in Section 11.1(b) .

 

Working Capital Borrowings ” means borrowings incurred pursuant to a credit facility, commercial paper facility or similar financing arrangement that are used solely for working capital purposes or to pay distributions to the Partners; provided that when such borrowings are incurred it is the intent of the borrower to repay such borrowings within 12 months from the date of such borrowings other than from additional Working Capital Borrowings.

 

Section 1.2                                     Construction .  Unless the context requires otherwise:  (a) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (b) references to Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement; (c) the terms “include,” “includes,” “including” or words of like import shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; and (d) the terms “hereof,” “herein” or “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only, and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.  The General Partner has the power to construe and interpret this Agreement and to act upon any such construction or

 

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interpretation.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, any construction or interpretation of this Agreement by the General Partner and any action taken pursuant thereto and any determination made by the General Partner in good faith shall, in each case, be conclusive and binding on all Record Holders, each other Person or Group who acquires an interest in a Partnership Interest and all other Persons for all purposes.

 

ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION

 

Section 2.1                                     Formation .  The General Partner and the Organizational Limited Partner have previously formed the Partnership as a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act. The General Partner and the Limited Partners have previously entered into the Prior Agreement. The purpose of this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership is to (a) establish the rights and obligations of Series A Preferred Units in connection with the issuance of such Partnership Interests, (b) delete certain provisions of the Prior Agreement that are no longer applicable to the Partnership and (c) make other miscellaneous revisions. This amendment and restatement shall become effective on the date of this Agreement.  Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the rights, duties, liabilities and obligations of the Partners and the administration, dissolution and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Delaware Act.  All Partnership Interests shall constitute personal property of the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

Section 2.2                                     Name .  The name of the Partnership shall be “Phillips 66 Partners LP.”  Subject to applicable law, the Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names as determined by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner.  The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purpose of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires.  The General Partner may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Limited Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners.

 

Section 2.3                                     Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices.  Unless and until changed by the General Partner, the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be located at Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such registered office shall be Corporation Service Company.  The principal office of the Partnership shall be located at 2331 CityWest Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77042, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.  The address of the General Partner shall be 2331 CityWest Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77042, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners.

 

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Section 2.4                                     Purpose and Business .  The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership shall be to (a) engage directly in, or enter into or form, hold and dispose of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other arrangement to engage indirectly in, any business activity that is approved by the General Partner and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Delaware Act and, in connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the Partnership pursuant to the agreements relating to such business activity, and (b) do anything necessary or appropriate to the foregoing, including the making of capital contributions or loans to a Group Member; provided, however, that the General Partner shall not cause the Partnership to engage, directly or indirectly, in any business activity that the General Partner determines would be reasonably likely to cause the Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose or approve the conduct by the Partnership of any business and may decline to do so free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner and, in declining to so propose or approve, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity and the General Partner in determining whether to propose or approve the conduct by the Partnership of any business shall be permitted to do so in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

Section 2.5                                     Powers .  The Partnership shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section 2.4 and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership.

 

Section 2.6                                     Term .  The term of the Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue in existence until the dissolution of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of Article XII .  The existence of the Partnership as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate of Limited Partnership as provided in the Delaware Act.

 

Section 2.7                                     Title to Partnership Assets .  Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof.  Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner, one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees of the General Partner or its Affiliates, as the General Partner may determine.  The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which record title is held in the name of the General Partner or one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees of the General Partner or its Affiliates shall be held by the General Partner or such Affiliate or nominee for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to cause record title to such assets (other than those assets in respect of which the General Partner determines that the expense and difficulty of conveyancing makes transfer of record title

 

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to the Partnership impracticable) to be vested in the Partnership or one or more of the Partnership’s designated Affiliates as soon as reasonably practicable; provided further, that, prior to the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner or as soon thereafter as practicable, the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to effect the transfer of record title to the Partnership and, prior to any such transfer, will provide for the use of such assets in a manner satisfactory to any successor General Partner.  All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which record title to such Partnership assets is held.

 

ARTICLE III
RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

 

Section 3.1                                     Limitation of Liability .  The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the Delaware Act.

 

Section 3.2                                     Management of Business .  No Limited Partner, in its capacity as such, shall participate in the operation, management or control (within the meaning of the Delaware Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership.  No action taken by any Affiliate of the General Partner or any officer, director, employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, or any officer, director, employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or trustee of a Group Member, in its capacity as such, shall be deemed to be participating in the control of the business of the Partnership by a limited partner of the Partnership (within the meaning of Section 17-303(a) of the Delaware Act) nor shall any such action affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners under this Agreement.

 

Section 3.3                                     Rights of Limited Partners .

 

(a)                                  Each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a Limited Partner in the Partnership, upon reasonable written demand stating the purpose of such demand, and at such Limited Partner’s own expense:

 

(i)                                      to obtain from the General Partner either (A) the Partnership’s most recent filings with the Commission on Form 10-K and any subsequent filings on Form 10-Q and 8-K or (B) if the Partnership is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (provided that the foregoing materials shall be deemed to be available to a Limited Partner in satisfaction of the requirements of this Section 3.3(a)(i)  if posted on or accessible through the Partnership’s or the Commission’s website);

 

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(iii)                                to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments thereto.

 

(b)                                  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights to information granted the Limited Partners pursuant to Section 3.3(a)  replace in their entirety any rights to information provided for in Section 17-305(a) of the Delaware Act and each of the Partners and each other Person or Group who acquires an interest in the Partnership hereby agrees to the fullest extent permitted by law that they do not have any rights as Partners or interest holders to receive any information either pursuant to Section 17-305(a) of the Delaware Act or otherwise except for the information identified in Section 3.3(a) .

 

(c)                                   The General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner deems reasonable, (i) any information that the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii) other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes (A) is not in the best interests of the Partnership Group, (B) could damage the Partnership Group or its business or (C) that any Group Member is required by law or by agreement with any third party to keep confidential (other than agreements with Affiliates of the Partnership the primary purpose of which is to circumvent the obligations set forth in this Section 3.3 ).

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or Section 17-305 of the Delaware Act, each of the Record Holders, each other Person or Group who acquires an interest in a Partnership Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement hereby agrees to the fullest extent permitted by law that they do not have rights to receive information from the Partnership or any Indemnitee for the purpose of determining whether to pursue litigation or assist in pending litigation against the Partnership or any Indemnitee relating to the affairs of the Partnership except pursuant to the applicable rules of discovery relating to litigation commenced by such Person or Group.

 

ARTICLE IV
CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP
INTERESTS; REDEMPTION OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

 

Section 4.1                                     Certificates .  Record Holders of Partnership Interests and, where appropriate, Derivative Partnership Interests, shall be recorded in the Partnership Register and ownership of such interests shall be evidenced by a physical certificate or book entry notation in the Partnership Register.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless the General Partner shall determine otherwise in respect of some or all of any or all classes of Partnership Interests, Partnership Interests shall not be evidenced by physical certificates.  Certificates, if any, shall be executed on behalf of the Partnership by the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer or any Senior Vice President or Vice President and the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or other authorized officer of the General Partner, and shall bear the legend set forth in Section 4.8(f) , or in the case of Series A Preferred Units, Section 5.11(b)(iv) ; provided, however, that, in the event the Series A Preferred Units are not represented by certificates, upon any transfer of Series A Preferred Units, the transferor of such Series A

 

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Preferred Units shall notify the registered owner of any applicable restrictions on the transfer of the Series A Preferred Units.  The signatures of such officers upon a Certificate may, to the extent permitted by law, be facsimiles.  In case any officer who has signed or whose signature has been placed upon such Certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such Certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Partnership with the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the date of its issuance.  If a Transfer Agent has been appointed for a class of Partnership Interests, no Certificate for such class of Partnership Interests shall be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that, if the General Partner elects to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Interests of such class in global form, the Certificate shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that the Partnership Interests have been duly registered in accordance with the directions of the Partnership.  With respect to any Partnership Interests that are represented by physical certificates, the General Partner may determine that such Partnership Interests will no longer be represented by physical certificates and may, upon written notice to the holders of such Partnership Interests and subject to applicable law, take whatever actions it deems necessary or appropriate to cause such Partnership Interests to be registered in book entry or global form and may cause such physical certificates to be cancelled or deemed cancelled.

 

Section 4.2                                     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates .

 

(a)                                  If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Transfer Agent, the appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate evidencing the same number and type of Partnership Interests as the Certificate so surrendered.

 

(b)                                  The appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign, a new Certificate in place of any Certificate previously issued, if the Record Holder of the Certificate:

 

(i)                                      makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, that a previously issued Certificate has been lost, destroyed or stolen;

 

(ii)                                   requests the issuance of a new Certificate before the General Partner has notice that the Certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim;

 

(iii)                                if requested by the General Partner, delivers to the General Partner a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, with surety or sureties and with fixed or open penalty as the General Partner may direct to indemnify the Partnership, the Partners, the General Partner and the Transfer Agent against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction or theft of the Certificate; and

 

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If a Limited Partner fails to notify the General Partner within a reasonable period of time after such Limited Partner has notice of the loss, destruction or theft of a Certificate, and a transfer of the Limited Partner Interests represented by the Certificate is registered before the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent receives such notification, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Limited Partner shall be precluded from making any claim against the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent for such transfer or for a new Certificate.

 

(c)                                   As a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.2 , the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) reasonably connected therewith.

 

Section 4.3                                     Record Holders . The names and addresses of Unitholders as they appear in the Partnership Register shall be the official list of Record Holders of the Partnership Interests for all purposes.  The Partnership and the General Partner shall be entitled to recognize the Record Holder as the Partner with respect to any Partnership Interest and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such Partnership Interest on the part of any other Person or Group, regardless of whether the Partnership or the General Partner shall have actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law or any applicable rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading.  Without limiting the foregoing, when a Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or in some other representative capacity for another Person or Group in acquiring and/or holding Partnership Interests, as between the Partnership on the one hand, and such other Person on the other, such representative Person shall be the Limited Partner with respect to such Partnership Interest upon becoming the Record Holder in accordance with Section 10.1(b)  and have the rights and obligations of a Partner hereunder as, and to the extent provided herein, including Section 10.1(c) .

 

Section 4.4                                     Transfer Generally .

 

(a)                                  The term “transfer,” when used in this Agreement with respect to a Partnership Interest, shall be deemed to refer to a transaction (i) by which the General Partner assigns all or any part of its General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) to another Person and includes a sale, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise or (ii) by which the holder of a Limited Partner Interest assigns all or a part of such Limited Partner Interest to another Person who is or becomes a Limited Partner as a result thereof, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise, excluding a pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage but including any transfer upon foreclosure of any pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage.

 

(b)                                  No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article IV .  Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article IV shall be null and

 

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void, and the Partnership shall have no obligation to effect any such transfer or purported transfer.

 

(c)                                   Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or limit a disposition by any stockholder, member, partner or other owner of the General Partner or any Limited Partner of any or all of such Person’s shares of stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests in the General Partner or such Limited Partner and the term “transfer” shall not include any such disposition.

 

Section 4.5                                     Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests .

 

(a)                                  The General Partner shall maintain, or cause to be maintained by the Transfer Agent in whole or in part, the Partnership Register on behalf of the Partnership.

 

(b)                                  The General Partner shall not recognize any transfer of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Limited Partner Interests are duly endorsed and surrendered for registration of transfer.  No charge shall be imposed by the General Partner for such transfer; provided, however, that as a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.5 , the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto.  Upon surrender of a Certificate for registration of transfer of any Limited Partner Interests evidenced by a Certificate, and subject to the provisions of this Section 4.5(b) , the appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Certificates evidencing Limited Partner Interests for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Limited Partner Interests as was evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered.  Upon the proper surrender of a Certificate, such transfer shall be recorded in the Partnership Register.

 

(c)                                   Upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the Record Holder of uncertificated Partnership Interests, such transfer shall be recorded in the Partnership Register.

 

(d)                                  Except as provided in Section 4.9 , by acceptance of any Limited Partner Interests pursuant to a transfer in accordance with this Article IV , each transferee of a Limited Partner Interest (including any nominee, or agent or representative acquiring such Limited Partner Interests for the account of another Person or Group) (i) shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so transferred to such Person when any such transfer or admission is reflected in the Partnership Register and such Person becomes the Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interests so transferred, (ii) shall become bound, and shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound, by the terms of this Agreement, (iii) represents that the transferee has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (iv) makes the consents, acknowledgements and waivers contained in this Agreement, all with or without execution of this Agreement by such Person and (v) shall be deemed to certify that the transferee is not an Ineligible Holder.  The transfer of any Limited

 

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Partner Interests and the admission of any new Limited Partner shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement.

 

(e)                                   Subject to (i) the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.5 , (ii)  Section 4.3 , (iii)  Section 4.8 , (iv) with respect to any class or series of Limited Partner Interests, the provisions of any statement of designations or an amendment to this Agreement establishing such class or series, (v) any contractual provisions binding on any Limited Partner and (vi) provisions of applicable law including the Securities Act, Limited Partner Interests shall be freely transferable.

 

(f)                                    The General Partner and its Affiliates shall have the right at any time to transfer their Common Units to one or more Persons.

 

Section 4.6                                     Transfer of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest .

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 4.6(c)  below, prior to September 30, 2023, the General Partner shall not transfer all or any part of its General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) to a Person unless such transfer (i) has been approved by the prior written consent or vote of the holders of at least a Unit Majority (excluding Common Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates) or (ii) is of all, but not less than all, of its General Partner Interest to (A) an Affiliate of the General Partner (other than an individual) or (B) another Person (other than an individual) in connection with the merger or consolidation of the General Partner with or into such other Person or the transfer by the General Partner of all or substantially all of its assets to such other Person.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Section 4.6(c) , on or after September 30, 2023, the General Partner may transfer all or any part of its General Partner Interest without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no transfer by the General Partner of all or any part of its General Partner Interest to another Person shall be permitted unless (i) the transferee agrees to assume the rights and duties of the General Partner under this Agreement and to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) the Partnership receives an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner under the Delaware Act or cause the Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed) and (iii) such transferee also agrees to purchase all (or the appropriate portion thereof, if applicable) of the partnership or membership interest owned by the General Partner as the general partner or managing member, if any, of each other Group Member.  In the case of a transfer pursuant to and in compliance with this Section 4.6 , the transferee or successor (as the case may be) shall, subject to compliance with the terms of Section 10.2 , be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner effective immediately prior to the transfer of the General Partner Interest, and the business of the Partnership shall continue without dissolution.

 

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Section 4.7                                     Transfer of Incentive Distribution Rights .  The General Partner or any other holder of Incentive Distribution Rights may transfer any or all of its Incentive Distribution Rights without the approval of any Limited Partner or any other Person.

 

Section 4.8                                     Restrictions on Transfers .

 

(a)                                  Except as provided in Section 4.8(e) , notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article IV , no transfer of any Partnership Interests shall be made if such transfer would (i) violate the then applicable federal or state securities laws or rules and regulations of the Commission, any state securities commission or any other governmental authority with jurisdiction over such transfer, (ii) terminate the existence or qualification of the Partnership under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, or (iii) cause the Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed).  The Partnership may issue stop transfer instructions to any Transfer Agent in order to implement any restriction on transfer contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  The General Partner may impose restrictions on the transfer of Partnership Interests if it receives an Opinion of Counsel that such restrictions are necessary to (i) avoid a significant risk of the Partnership becoming taxable as a corporation or otherwise becoming taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed) or (ii) preserve the uniformity of the Limited Partner Interests (or any class or classes thereof).  The General Partner may impose such restrictions by amending this Agreement; provided, however, that any amendment that would result in the delisting or suspension of trading of any class of Limited Partner Interests on the principal National Securities Exchange on which such class of Limited Partner Interests is then listed or admitted to trading must be approved, prior to such amendment being effected, by the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests of such class.

 

(c)                                   The transfer of an IDR Reset Common Unit that was issued in connection with an IDR Reset Election pursuant to Section 5.10 shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 6.7(b)  and 6.7(c) .

 

(d)                                  In addition to any other restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement, the transfer of a Series A Preferred Unit or a Series A Conversion Unit shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 5.11(b)(vii)  and Section 6.8 , respectively.

 

(e)                                   Except for Section 4.9 , nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the settlement of any transactions involving Partnership Interests entered into through the facilities of any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading.

 

(f)                                    Each certificate or book entry evidencing Partnership Interests (other than the Series A Preferred Units) shall bear a conspicuous legend in substantially the following form:

 

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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY ACKNOWLEDGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IF SUCH TRANSFER (AS DEFINED IN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT) WOULD (A) VIOLATE THE THEN APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER SUCH TRANSFER, (B) TERMINATE THE EXISTENCE OR QUALIFICATION OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR (C) CAUSE PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP TO BE TREATED AS AN ASSOCIATION TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE TO BE TAXED AS AN ENTITY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (TO THE EXTENT NOT ALREADY SO TREATED OR TAXED).  THE GENERAL PARTNER OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP MAY IMPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IF IT RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO AVOID A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP BECOMING TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE BECOMING TAXABLE AS AN ENTITY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.  THIS SECURITY MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON ITS TRANSFER PROVIDED IN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.  COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS SECURITY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE PARTNERSHIP.  THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH ABOVE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF ANY NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY IS LISTED OR ADMITTED TO TRADING.

 

Section 4.9                                     Eligibility Certificates; Ineligible Holders .

 

(a)                                  The General Partner may upon demand or on a regular basis require Limited Partners, and transferees of Limited Partner Interests in connection with a transfer, to execute an Eligibility Certificate or provide other information as is necessary for the General Partner to determine if any such Limited Partners or transferees are Ineligible Holders.

 

(b)                                  If any Limited Partner (or its beneficial owners) fails to furnish to the General Partner within 30 days of its request an Eligibility Certificate and other information related thereto, or if upon receipt of such Eligibility Certificate or other requested information the General Partner determines that a Limited Partner or a transferee of a Limited Partner is an Ineligible Holder, the Limited Partner Interests owned by such Limited Partner shall be subject to redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10 or the General Partner may refuse to effect the transfer of the Limited Partner Interests to such transferee.  In addition, the General

 

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Partner shall be substituted for any Limited Partner that is an Ineligible Holder as the Limited Partner in respect of the Ineligible Holder’s Limited Partner Interests.

 

(c)                                   The General Partner shall, in exercising voting rights in respect of Limited Partner Interests held by it on behalf of Ineligible Holders, distribute the votes in the same ratios as the votes of Limited Partners (including the General Partner and its Affiliates) in respect of Limited Partner Interests other than those of Ineligible Holders are cast, either for, against or abstaining as to the matter.

 

(d)                                  Upon dissolution of the Partnership, an Ineligible Holder shall have no right to receive a distribution in kind pursuant to Section 12.4 but shall be entitled to the cash equivalent thereof, and the Partnership shall provide cash in exchange for an assignment of the Ineligible Holder’s share of any distribution in kind.  Such payment and assignment shall be treated for Partnership purposes as a purchase by the Partnership from the Ineligible Holder of its Limited Partner Interest (representing the right to receive its share of such distribution in kind).

 

(e)                                   At any time after an Ineligible Holder can and does certify that it no longer is an Ineligible Holder, it may, upon application to the General Partner, request that with respect to any Limited Partner Interests of such Ineligible Holder not redeemed pursuant to Section 4.10 , such Ineligible Holder upon approval of the General Partner, shall no longer constitute an Ineligible Holder and the General Partner shall cease to be deemed to be the Limited Partner in respect of such Limited Partner Interests.

 

(f)                                    If at any time a transferee of a Partnership Interest fails to furnish an Eligibility Certificate or any other information requested by the General Partner pursuant to Section 4.9 within 30 days of such request, or if upon receipt of such Eligibility Certificate or other information the General Partner determines, with the advice of counsel, that such transferee is an Ineligible Holder, the Partnership may, unless the transferee establishes to the satisfaction of the General Partner that such transferee is not an Ineligible Holder, prohibit and void the transfer, including by placing a stop order with the Transfer Agent.

 

Section 4.10                              Redemption of Partnership Interests of Ineligible Holders .

 

(a)                                  If at any time a Limited Partner fails to furnish an Eligibility Certificate or any other information requested within the period of time specified in Section 4.9 , or if upon receipt of such Eligibility Certificate or other information the General Partner determines, with the advice of counsel, that a Limited Partner is an Ineligible Holder, the Partnership may, unless the Limited Partner establishes to the satisfaction of the General Partner that such Limited Partner is not an Ineligible Holder or has transferred his Limited Partner Interests to a Person who is not an Ineligible Holder and who furnishes an Eligibility Certificate to the General Partner prior to the date fixed for redemption as provided below, redeem the Limited Partner Interest of such Limited Partner as follows:

 

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Limited Partner’s last address designated on the records of the Partnership or the Transfer Agent, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid.  The notice shall be deemed to have been given when so mailed.  The notice shall specify the Redeemable Interests, the date fixed for redemption, the place of payment, that payment of the redemption price will be made upon redemption of the Redeemable Interests (or, if later in the case of Redeemable Interests evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable Interests) and that on and after the date fixed for redemption no further allocations or distributions to which such Limited Partner would otherwise be entitled in respect of the Redeemable Interests will accrue or be made.

 

(ii)                                   The aggregate redemption price for Redeemable Interests shall be an amount equal to the Current Market Price (the date of determination of which shall be the date fixed for redemption) of Limited Partner Interests of the class to be so redeemed multiplied by the number of Limited Partner Interests of each such class included among the Redeemable Interests.  The redemption price shall be paid, as determined by the General Partner, in cash or by delivery of a promissory note of the Partnership in the principal amount of the redemption price, bearing interest at the rate of 5% annually and payable in three equal annual installments of principal together with accrued interest, commencing one year after the redemption date.

 

(iii)                                The Limited Partner or such Limited Partner’s duly authorized representative shall be entitled to receive the payment for the Redeemable Interests at the place of payment specified in the notice of redemption on the redemption date (or, if later in the case of Redeemable Interests evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender by or on behalf of the Limited Partner or transferee at the place specified in the notice of redemption, of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable Interests, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by an assignment duly executed in blank).

 

(iv)                               After the redemption date, Redeemable Interests shall no longer constitute issued and Outstanding Limited Partner Interests.

 

(b)                                  The provisions of this Section 4.10 shall also be applicable to Limited Partner Interests held by a Limited Partner as nominee, agent or representative of a Person determined to be an Ineligible Holder.

 

(c)                                   Nothing in this Section 4.10 shall prevent the recipient of a notice of redemption from transferring his Limited Partner Interest before the redemption date if such transfer is otherwise permitted under this Agreement and the transferor provides notice of such transfer to the General Partner.  Upon receipt of notice of such a transfer, the General Partner shall withdraw the notice of redemption, provided the transferee of such Limited Partner Interest certifies to the satisfaction of the General Partner that such transferee is not an Ineligible Holder.  If the transferee fails to make such certification within 30 days after the request and, in any event, before the redemption date, such redemption shall be effected from the transferee on the original redemption date.

 

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ARTICLE V
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

 

Section 5.1                                     Organizational Contributions .  In connection with the formation of the Partnership under the Delaware Act, the General Partner made an initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of $20.00, for a 2% General Partner Interest in the Partnership and has been admitted as the General Partner of the Partnership, and the Organizational Limited Partner made an initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of $980.00 for a 98% Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership and was admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership.  As of the Closing Date, pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the interest of the Organizational Limited Partner was partially redeemed in exchange for the return of the initial Capital Contribution of the Organizational Limited Partner, and 98% of any interest or other profit that may have resulted from the investment or other use of such initial Capital Contributions was allocated and distributed to the Organizational Limited Partner, and the balance thereof was allocated and distributed to the General Partner.  On the Closing Date, the Organizational Limited Partner continued as a limited partner of the Partnership with respect to the portion of its interest that was not partially redeemed.

 

Section 5.2                                     Contributions by the General Partner.

 

(a)                                  On the Closing Date and pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the General Partner contributed to the Partnership, as a Capital Contribution, the Holdings Interest (as defined in the Contribution Agreement) in exchange for (i) 1,437,433 General Partner Units representing a continuation of its 2% General Partner Interest (after giving effect to any exercise of the Over-Allotment Option and the Deferred Issuance), subject to all of the rights, privileges and duties of the General Partner under this Agreement, and (ii) the Incentive Distribution Rights.

 

(b)                                  Upon the issuance of any additional Limited Partner Interests by the Partnership (other than (i) any Common Units issued pursuant to Section 5.10 , (ii) any Common Units issued pursuant to Section 5.3(c)  and (iii) any Common Units issued upon the conversion of any Partnership Interests), the General Partner may, in order to maintain the Percentage Interest with respect to its General Partner Interest, make additional Capital Contributions in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the quotient determined by dividing (x) the Percentage Interest with respect to the General Partner Interest immediately prior to the issuance of such additional Limited Partner Interests by the Partnership by (y) 100% less the Percentage Interest with respect to the General Partner Interest immediately prior to the issuance of such additional Limited Partner Interests by the Partnership times (B) the gross amount contributed to the Partnership by the Limited Partners (before deduction of underwriters’ discounts and commissions) in exchange for such additional Limited Partner Interests.  Any Capital Contribution pursuant to this Section 5.2(b)  shall be evidenced by the issuance to the General Partner of a proportionate number of additional General Partner Units.

 

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Section 5.3                                     Contributions by Limited Partners.

 

(a)                                  On the Closing Date, pursuant to and as described in the Contribution Agreement, Phillips 66 Company contributed to the Partnership, as a Capital Contribution, all of its limited liability company interests in the Operating Company in exchange for (i) 18,792,112 Common Units, (ii) 35,217,112 Subordinated Units and (iii) the right to receive the Deferred Issuance upon the earlier to occur of (A) the expiration of the Over-Allotment Option and (B) the exercise in full of the Over-Allotment Option.

 

(b)                                  On the Closing Date and pursuant to the IPO Underwriting Agreement, each IPO Underwriter contributed cash to the Partnership in exchange for the issuance by the Partnership of Common Units to each IPO Underwriter, all as set forth in the IPO Underwriting Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Upon the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, each IPO Underwriter contributed cash to the Partnership on the Option Closing Date in exchange for the issuance by the Partnership of Common Units to each IPO Underwriter, all as set forth in the IPO Underwriting Agreement.

 

(d)                                  No Limited Partner Interests were issued or issuable as of or at the Closing Date other than (i) the Common Units and Subordinated Units issued to Phillips 66 Company pursuant to subparagraph (a)  of this Section 5.3 , (ii) the Common Units issued to the IPO Underwriters as described in subparagraphs (b)  and (c)  of this Section 5.3 and (iii) the Incentive Distribution Rights issued to the General Partner.

 

(e)                                   No Limited Partner will be required to make any additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 5.4                                     Interest and Withdrawal . No interest shall be paid by the Partnership on Capital Contributions.  No Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership may be considered as such by law and then only to the extent provided for in this Agreement.  Except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have priority over any other Partner either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions.  Any such return shall be a compromise to which all Partners agree within the meaning of Section 17-502(b) of the Delaware Act.

 

Section 5.5                                     Capital Accounts .

 

(a)                                  The Partnership shall maintain for each Partner (or a beneficial owner of Partnership Interests held by a nominee, agent or representative in any case in which such nominee, agent or representative has furnished the identity of such owner to the Partnership in accordance with Section 6031(c) of the Code or any other method acceptable to the General Partner) owning a Partnership Interest a separate Capital Account with respect to such Partnership Interest in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-

 

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1(b)(2)(iv).  The initial Capital Account balance attributable to the General Partner Units issued to the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.2(a)  shall equal the Net Agreed Value of the Capital Contribution specified in Section 5.2(a) , which shall be deemed to equal the product of the number of General Partner Units issued to the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.2(a)  and the Initial Unit Price for each Common Unit (and the initial Capital Account balance attributable to each General Partner Unit shall equal the Initial Unit Price for each Common Unit).  The initial Capital Account balance attributable to the Common Units and Subordinated Units issued to Phillips 66 Company pursuant to Section 5.3(a)  shall equal the respective Net Agreed Value of the Capital Contributions specified in Section 5.3(a) , which shall be deemed to equal the product of the number of Common Units and Subordinated Units issued to Phillips 66 Company pursuant to Section 5.3(a) and the Initial Unit Price for each such Common Unit and Subordinated Unit (and the initial Capital Account balance attributable to each such Common Unit and Subordinated Unit shall equal its Initial Unit Price).  The initial Capital Account balance attributable to the Common Units issued to the IPO Underwriters pursuant to Section 5.3(b)  shall equal the product of the number of Common Units so issued to the IPO Underwriters and the Initial Unit Price for each Common Unit (and the initial Capital Account balance attributable to each such Common Unit shall equal its Initial Unit Price).  The initial Capital Account attributable to the Incentive Distribution Rights shall be zero.  Thereafter, the Capital Account shall in respect of each such Partnership Interest be increased by (i) the amount of all Capital Contributions made to the Partnership with respect to such Partnership Interest and (ii) all items of Partnership income and gain (including income and gain exempt from tax) computed in accordance with Section 5.5(b)  and allocated with respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant to Section 6.1 , and decreased by (x) the amount of cash or Net Agreed Value of all actual and deemed distributions of cash or property (other than Series A PIK Units) made with respect to such Partnership Interest and (y) all items of Partnership deduction and loss computed in accordance with Section 5.5(b)  and allocated with respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant to Section 6.1 . For the avoidance of doubt, each Series A Preferred Unit will be treated as a partnership interest in the Partnership that is “convertible equity” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.721-2(g)(3), and, therefore, each holder of a Series A Preferred Unit will be treated as a partner in the Partnership. The initial Capital Account balance in respect of each Series A Preferred Unit issued on the Series A Issuance Date shall be the Series A Issue Price.  The Capital Account balance of each holder of Series A Preferred Units in respect of its Series A Preferred Units shall not be increased or decreased as a result of the accrual and accumulation of an unpaid distribution pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(i)(B)  or Section 5.11(b)(i)(C)  in respect of such Series A Preferred Units except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  For purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, loss or deduction that is to be allocated pursuant to Article VI and is to be reflected in the Partners’ Capital Accounts, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for federal income tax purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for that purpose), provided that:

 

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(i)                                      Solely for purposes of this Section 5.5 , the Partnership shall be treated as owning directly its proportionate share (as determined by the General Partner based upon the provisions of the applicable Group Member Agreement or governing, organizational or similar documents) of all property owned by (x) any other Group Member that is classified as a partnership or disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes and (y) any other partnership, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity classified as a partnership or disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes of which a Group Member is, directly or indirectly, a partner, member or other equity holder.

 

(ii)                                   All fees and other expenses incurred by the Partnership to promote the sale of (or to sell) a Partnership Interest that can neither be deducted nor amortized under Section 709 of the Code, if any, shall, for purposes of Capital Account maintenance, be treated as an item of deduction at the time such fees and other expenses are incurred and shall be allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 6.1 .

 

(iii)                                Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be made without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code that may be made by the Partnership.  To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment in the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain or loss.

 

(iv)                               Any income, gain or loss attributable to the taxable disposition of any Partnership property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such property as of such date of disposition were equal in amount to the Partnership’s Carrying Value with respect to such property as of such date.

 

(v)                                  An item of income of the Partnership that is described in Section 705(a)(1)(B) of the Code (with respect to items of income that are exempt from tax) shall be treated as an item of income for the purpose of this Section 5.5(b), and an item of expense of the Partnership that is described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code (with respect to expenditures that are not deductible and not chargeable to capital accounts), shall be treated as an item of deduction for the purpose of this Section 5.5(b) .

 

(vi)                               In accordance with the requirements of Section 704(b) of the Code, any deductions for depreciation, cost recovery or amortization attributable to any Contributed Property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such property on the date it was acquired by the Partnership were equal to the Agreed Value of such property.  Upon an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  to the Carrying Value of any Partnership property subject to depreciation, cost recovery or amortization, any further deductions for such depreciation, cost recovery or amortization attributable to such property shall be determined under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d)(2) as if the adjusted basis of such property were equal to the Carrying Value of such property immediately following such adjustment.

 

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(vii)                            The Gross Liability Value of each Liability of the Partnership described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-7(b)(3)(i) shall be adjusted at such times as provided in this Agreement for an adjustment to Carrying Values.  The amount of any such adjustment shall be treated for purposes hereof as an item of loss (if the adjustment increases the Carrying Value of such Liability of the Partnership) or an item of gain (if the adjustment decreases the Carrying Value of such Liability of the Partnership).

 

(c)                                   (i)                                      Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.5(c) , a transferee of a Partnership Interest shall succeed to a Pro Rata portion of the Capital Account of the transferor relating to the Partnership Interest so transferred.

 

(ii)                                   Subject to Section 6.7(b) , immediately prior to the transfer of an IDR Reset Common Unit by a holder thereof (other than a transfer to an Affiliate unless the General Partner elects to have this subparagraph 5.5(c)(iii)  apply), the Capital Account maintained for such Person with respect to its IDR Reset Common Units will (A) first, be allocated to the IDR Reset Common Units to be transferred in an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of such IDR Reset Common Units to be transferred and (y) the Per Unit Capital Amount for a Common Unit, and (B) second, any remaining balance in such Capital Account will be retained by the transferor, regardless of whether it has retained any IDR Reset Common Units. Following any such allocation, the transferor’s Capital Account, if any, maintained with respect to the retained IDR Reset Common Units, if any, will have a balance equal to the amount allocated under clause (B)  hereinabove, and the transferee’s Capital Account established with respect to the transferred IDR Reset Common Units will have a balance equal to the amount allocated under clause (A)  above.

 

(d)                                  (i)                                      In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), on an issuance of additional Partnership Interests for cash or Contributed Property, the issuance of Partnership Interests as consideration for the provision of services, or the conversion of the General Partner’s Combined Interest to Common Units pursuant to Section 11.3(b) , the Capital Account of each Partner and the Carrying Value of each Partnership property immediately prior to such issuance shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, and any such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss shall be treated, for purposes of maintaining Capital Accounts, as if it had been recognized on an actual sale of each such property for an amount equal to its fair market value immediately prior to such issuance and had been allocated among the Partners at such time pursuant to Section 6.1(c)  and Section 6.1(d)  in the same manner as any item of gain or loss actually recognized following an event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership would have been allocated; provided, however, that in the event of an issuance of Partnership Interests for a de minimis amount of cash or Contributed Property, or in the event of an issuance of a de minimis amount of Partnership Interests as consideration for the provision of services, the General Partner may determine that such adjustments are unnecessary for the proper administration of the Partnership.  In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss, the aggregate fair market value of all Partnership property (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to the issuance of additional Partnership Interests shall be determined by the General Partner using such method of valuation as it may adopt.  In making its determination of

 

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the fair market values of individual properties, the General Partner may determine that it is appropriate to first determine an aggregate value for the Partnership, derived from the current trading price of the Common Units, and taking fully into account the fair market value of the Partnership Interests of all Partners at such time, and then allocate such aggregate value among the individual properties of the Partnership (in such manner as it determines appropriate).

 

(ii)                                   In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(iv)(f), immediately prior to any actual or deemed distribution to a Partner of any Partnership property (other than a distribution of cash that is not in redemption or retirement of a Partnership Interest), the Capital Accounts of all Partners and the Carrying Value of all Partnership property shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, and any such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss shall be treated, for purposes of maintaining Capital Accounts, as if it had been recognized on an actual sale of each such property immediately prior to such distribution for an amount equal to its fair market value, and had been allocated among the Partners, at such time, pursuant to Section 6.1(c)  and Section 6.1(d)  in the same manner as any item of gain or loss actually recognized following an event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership would have been allocated.  In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss the aggregate fair market value of all Partnership property (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to a distribution shall (A) in the case of an actual distribution that is not made pursuant to Section 12.4 or in the case of a deemed distribution, be determined in the same manner as that provided in Section 5.5(d)(i)  or (B) in the case of a liquidating distribution pursuant to Section 12.4 , be determined by the Liquidator using such method of valuation as it may adopt.

 

(iii)                                In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s), immediately after the conversion of a Series A Preferred Unit into a Common Unit in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(v) , the Capital Account of each Partner and the Carrying Value of each Partnership property shall be adjusted to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual sale of each such property for an amount equal to its fair market value immediately after such conversion and (A) first, all Unrealized Gain (if the Capital Account of each such Series A Conversion Unit is less than the Per Unit Capital Account for a then Outstanding Initial Common Unit) or Unrealized Loss (if the Capital Account of each such Series A Conversion Unit is greater than the Per Unit Capital Account for a then Outstanding Initial Common Unit) had been allocated Pro Rata to each Partner holding Series A Conversion Units received upon such conversion until the Capital Account of each such Series A Conversion Unit is equal to the Per Unit Capital Amount for a then Outstanding Initial Common Unit; and (B) second, any remaining Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been allocated to the Partners at such time pursuant to Section 6.1(c)  and Section 6.1(d) . In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss, the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Partnership assets immediately after the conversion of a Series A Preferred Unit shall be determined by the General Partner using such method of valuation as it may adopt (taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code); provided, however , that the General Partner, in arriving at such valuation, must take fully into account the fair market value of the Partnership Interests of

 

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all Partners at such time and must make such adjustments to such valuation as required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2). The General Partner shall allocate such aggregate value among the assets of the Partnership in such manner as it determines in its discretion. If, after making the allocations of Unrealized Gain and Unrealized Loss as set forth above in this Section 5.5(d)(iii) , the Capital Account of each Partner with respect to each Series A Conversion Unit received upon such conversion of the Series A Preferred Unit is less than the Per Unit Capital Amount for a then Outstanding Initial Common Unit, then Capital Account balances shall be reallocated between the Partners holding Common Units (other than Series A Conversion Units) and Partners holding Series A Conversion Units so as to cause the Capital Account of each Partner holding a Series A Conversion Unit to equal, on a per Unit basis with respect to each such Series A Conversion Unit, the Per Unit Capital Amount for a then Outstanding Initial Common Unit.

 

Section 5.6                                     Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests .

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 5.7 and Section 5.11(b)(iii), t he Partnership may issue additional Partnership Interests and Derivative Partnership Interests for any Partnership purpose at any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall determine, all without the approval of any Limited Partners.

 

(b)                                  Each additional Partnership Interest authorized to be issued by the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.6(a)  may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes, with such designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties (which may be senior to existing classes and series of Partnership Interests), as shall be fixed by the General Partner, including (i) the right to share in Partnership profits and losses or items thereof; (ii) the right to share in Partnership distributions; (iii) the rights upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (iv) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Partnership may or shall be required to redeem the Partnership Interest; (v) whether such Partnership Interest is issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which each Partnership Interest will be issued, evidenced by Certificates and assigned or transferred; (vii) the method for determining the Percentage Interest as to such Partnership Interest; and (viii) the right, if any, of each such Partnership Interest to vote on Partnership matters, including matters relating to the relative rights, preferences and privileges of such Partnership Interest.

 

(c)                                   The General Partner shall take all actions that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with (i) each issuance of Partnership Interests and Derivative Partnership Interests pursuant to this Section 5.6 , including Common Units issued in connection with the Deferred Issuance, (ii) the conversion of the Combined Interest into Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the issuance of Common Units pursuant to Section 5.10 , (iv) reflecting admission of such additional Limited Partners in the Partnership Register as the Record Holders of such Limited Partner Interests and (v) all additional issuances of Partnership Interests and Derivative Partnership Interests.  The General Partner shall determine the relative rights, powers and duties of the holders of the Units or other Partnership

 

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Interests or Derivative Partnership Interests being so issued.  The General Partner shall do all things necessary to comply with the Delaware Act and is authorized and directed to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with any future issuance of Partnership Interests or Derivative Partnership Interests or in connection with the conversion of the Combined Interest into Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including compliance with any statute, rule, regulation or guideline of any federal, state or other governmental agency or any National Securities Exchange on which the Units or other Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading.

 

(d)                                  No fractional Units shall be issued by the Partnership.

 

Section 5.7                                     Limited Preemptive Right .  Except as provided in this Section 5.7 and in Section 5.2 and Section 5.10 or as otherwise provided in a separate agreement by the Partnership, no Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to the issuance of any Partnership Interest, whether unissued, held in the treasury or hereafter created.  Other than with respect to the issuance of Partnership Interests in connection with the Initial Public Offering, the General Partner shall have the right, which it may from time to time assign in whole or in part to any of its Affiliates, to purchase Partnership Interests from the Partnership whenever, and on the same terms that, the Partnership issues Partnership Interests to Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, to the extent necessary to maintain the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and its Affiliates equal to that which existed immediately prior to the issuance of such Partnership Interests. The determination by the General Partner to exercise (or refrain from exercising) its right pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be a determination made in its individual capacity.

 

Section 5.8                                     Splits and Combinations .

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 5.8(e) , Section 5.11(b)(v)(E), Section 6.6 and Section 6.9 (dealing with adjustments of distribution levels), the Partnership may make a Pro Rata distribution of Partnership Interests to all Record Holders or may effect a subdivision or combination of Partnership Interests so long as, after any such event, each Partner shall have the same Percentage Interest in the Partnership as before such event, and any amounts calculated on a per Unit basis or stated as a number of Units are proportionately adjusted.

 

(b)                                  Whenever such a distribution, subdivision or combination of Partnership Interests is declared, the General Partner shall select a Record Date as of which the distribution, subdivision or combination shall be effective and shall send notice thereof at least 20 days prior to such Record Date to each Record Holder as of a date not less than 10 days prior to the date of such notice (or such shorter periods as required by applicable law).  The General Partner also may cause a firm of independent public accountants selected by it to calculate the number of Partnership Interests to be held by each Record Holder after giving effect to such distribution, subdivision or combination.  The General Partner shall be entitled to rely on any certificate provided by such firm as conclusive evidence of the accuracy of such calculation.

 

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(c)                                   If a Pro Rata distribution of Partnership Interests, or a subdivision or combination of Partnership Interests, is made as contemplated in this Section 5.8 , the number of General Partner Units constituting the Percentage Interest of the General Partner (as determined immediately prior to the Record Date for such distribution, subdivision or combination) shall be appropriately adjusted as of the date of payment of such distribution, or the effective date of such subdivision or combination, to maintain such Percentage Interest of the General Partner.

 

(d)                                  Promptly following any such distribution, subdivision or combination, the Partnership may issue Certificates or uncertificated Partnership Interests to the Record Holders of Partnership Interests as of the applicable Record Date representing the new number of Partnership Interests held by such Record Holders, or the General Partner may adopt such other procedures that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect such changes.  If any such combination results in a smaller total number of Partnership Interests Outstanding, the Partnership shall require, as a condition to the delivery to a Record Holder of Partnership Interests represented by Certificates, the surrender of any Certificate held by such Record Holder immediately prior to such Record Date.

 

(e)                                   The Partnership shall not issue fractional Units or fractional General Partner Units upon any distribution, subdivision or combination of Units.  If a distribution, subdivision or combination of Units would result in the issuance of fractional Units and General Partner Units but for the provisions of Section 5.6(d)  and this Section 5.8(e) , each fractional Unit and General Partner Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Unit or General Partner Unit (with fractional Units or General Partner Units equal to or greater than a 0.5 Unit or General Partner Unit being rounded to the next higher Unit or General Partner Unit).

 

Section 5.9                                     Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests .  All Limited Partner Interests issued pursuant to, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Article V shall be fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partner Interests in the Partnership, except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 or 17-804 of the Delaware Act.

 

Section 5.10                              Issuance of Common Units in Connection with Reset of Incentive Distribution Rights .

 

(a)                                  Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.10 , the holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights (or, if there is more than one holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights, the holders of a majority in interest of the Incentive Distribution Rights) shall have the right, at any time when the Partnership has made a distribution pursuant to Section 6.4(e)  for each of the four most recently completed Quarters and the amount of each such distribution did not exceed Adjusted Operating Surplus for such Quarter, to make an election (the “ IDR Reset Election ”) to cause the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the Target Distributions to be reset in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10(e)  and, in connection therewith, the holder or holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights will become entitled to receive their respective proportionate share of a number of Common Units (the “ IDR Reset Common Units ”) derived by dividing (i) the average amount of the aggregate cash distributions made by the Partnership for the two full

 

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Quarters immediately preceding the giving of the Reset Notice in respect of the Incentive Distribution Rights by (ii) the average of the cash distributions made by the Partnership in respect of each Common Unit for the two full Quarters immediately preceding the giving of the Reset Notice (the number of Common Units determined by such quotient is referred to herein as the “ Aggregate Quantity of IDR Reset Common Units ”).  If at the time of any IDR Reset Election the General Partner and its Affiliates are not the holders of a majority in interest of the Incentive Distribution Rights, then the IDR Reset Election shall be subject to the prior written concurrence of the General Partner that the conditions described in the immediately preceding sentence have been satisfied.  Upon the issuance of such IDR Reset Common Units, the Partnership will issue to the General Partner that number of additional General Partner Units equal to the product of (x) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Percentage Interest of the General Partner immediately prior to such issuance by (B) a percentage equal to 100% less such Percentage Interest by (y) the number of such IDR Reset Common Units, and the General Partner shall not be obligated to make any additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership in exchange for such issuance.  The making of the IDR Reset Election in the manner specified in this Section 5.10 shall cause the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the Target Distributions to be reset in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10(e)  and, in connection therewith, the holder or holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights will become entitled to receive IDR Reset Common Units and the General Partner will become entitled to receive General Partner Units on the basis specified above, without any further approval required by the General Partner or the Unitholders other than as set forth in this Section 5.10(a) , at the time specified in Section 5.10(c)  unless the IDR Reset Election is rescinded pursuant to Section 5.10(d) .

 

(b)                                  To exercise the right specified in Section 5.10(a) , the holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights (or, if there is more than one holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights, the holders of a majority in interest of the Incentive Distribution Rights) shall deliver a written notice (the “ Reset Notice ”) to the Partnership.  Within 10 Business Days after the receipt by the Partnership of such Reset Notice, the Partnership shall deliver a written notice to the holder or holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights of the Partnership’s determination of the Aggregate Quantity of IDR Reset Common Units that each holder of Incentive Distribution Rights will be entitled to receive.

 

(c)                                   The holder or holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights will be entitled to receive the Aggregate Quantity of IDR Reset Common Units and the General Partner will be entitled to receive the related additional General Partner Units on the fifteenth Business Day after receipt by the Partnership of the Reset Notice; provided, however , that the issuance of IDR Reset Common Units to the holder or holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights shall not occur prior to the approval of the listing or admission for trading of such IDR Reset Common Units by the principal National Securities Exchange upon which the Common Units are then listed or admitted for trading if any such approval is required pursuant to the rules and regulations of such National Securities Exchange.

 

(d)                                  If the principal National Securities Exchange upon which the Common Units are then traded has not approved the listing or admission for trading of the IDR Reset Common Units to be issued pursuant to this Section 5.10 on or before the 30 th  calendar day

 

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following the Partnership’s receipt of the Reset Notice and such approval is required by the rules and regulations of such National Securities Exchange, then the holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights (or, if there is more than one holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights, the holders of a majority in interest of the Incentive Distribution Rights) shall have the right to either rescind the IDR Reset Election or elect to receive other Partnership Interests having such terms as the General Partner may approve, with the approval of the Conflicts Committee, that will provide (i) the same economic value, in the aggregate, as the Aggregate Quantity of IDR Reset Common Units would have had at the time of the Partnership’s receipt of the Reset Notice, as determined by the General Partner, and (ii) for the subsequent conversion of such Partnership Interests into Common Units within not more than 12 months following the Partnership’s receipt of the Reset Notice upon the satisfaction of one or more conditions that are reasonably acceptable to the holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights (or, if there is more than one holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights, the holders of a majority in interest of the Incentive Distribution Rights).

 

(e)                                   The Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the Target Distributions shall be adjusted at the time of the issuance of IDR Reset Common Units or other Partnership Interests pursuant to this Section 5.10 such that (i) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution shall be reset to equal the average cash distribution amount per Common Unit for the two Quarters immediately prior to the Partnership’s receipt of the Reset Notice (the “ Reset MQD ”), (ii) the First Target Distribution shall be reset to equal 115% of the Reset MQD, (iii) the Second Target Distribution shall be reset to equal 125% of the Reset MQD and (iv) the Third Target Distribution shall be reset to equal 150% of the Reset MQD.

 

(f)                                    Upon the issuance of IDR Reset Common Units pursuant to Section 5.10(a) , the Capital Account maintained with respect to the Incentive Distribution Rights will (i) first, be allocated to IDR Reset Common Units in an amount equal to the product of (A) the Aggregate Quantity of IDR Reset Common Units and (B) the Per Unit Capital Amount for an Initial Common Unit, and (ii) second, as to any remaining balance in such Capital Account, be retained by the holder of the Incentive Distribution Rights.  If there is not sufficient capital associated with the Incentive Distribution Rights to allocate the full Per Unit Capital Amount for an Initial Common Unit to the IDR Reset Common Units in accordance with clause (i)  of this Section 5.10(f) , the IDR Reset Common Units shall be subject to Sections 6.1(d)(x)(A)  and (B) .

 

Section 5.11                              Establishment of Series A Preferred Units.

 

(a)                                  General . There is hereby created a class of Units designated as “Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units” (such Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units, together with any Series A PIK Units, the “ Series A Preferred Units ”), with the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, privileges, powers, duties and obligations as set forth in this Section 5.11 and elsewhere in this Agreement. A total of 13,819,791 Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units shall be issued by the Partnership on the Series A Issuance Date pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Series A Purchase Agreement, and the Partnership may issue additional Series A Preferred Units in the form of

 

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Series A PIK Units from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. Each Series A Preferred Unit shall constitute a “security” within the meaning of, and governed by, (i) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (including Section 8-102(a)(15) thereof) as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware, and (ii) the corresponding provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction that now or hereafter substantially includes the 1994 revisions to Article 8 thereof as adopted by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar Association on February 14, 1995.

 

(b)                                  Rights of Series A Preferred Units . The Series A Preferred Units shall have the following rights, preferences and privileges and the Series A Preferred Unitholders shall be subject to the following duties and obligations:

 

(i)                                      Distributions .

 

(A)                                Commencing with the Quarter ending on December 31, 2017 and continuing through the applicable Series A Conversion Date, subject to Section 5.11(b)(i)(D) , each Record Holder of Series A Preferred Units as of an applicable Record Date for each Quarter shall be entitled to receive, in respect of each Series A Preferred Unit held by such Record Holder, cumulative distributions in respect of such Quarter equal to the sum of (1) the Series A Distribution Amount for such Quarter and (2) any Series A Unpaid Distributions with respect to such Series A Preferred Unit (collectively, the “ Series A Quarterly Distribution ”). With respect to any Quarter (or portion thereof for which a Series A Quarterly Distribution is due) ending on or prior to September 30, 2019 (the “ Series A PIK Distribution Period ”), such Series A Quarterly Distribution shall be paid, as determined by the General Partner, in cash, in-kind in the form of additional Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units (“ Series A PIK Units ”) or in a combination thereof, in an amount equal to the Series A Distribution Amount on all Outstanding Series A Preferred Units. For any Quarter ending after the Series A PIK Distribution Period, all Series A Quarterly Distributions shall be paid in cash. If, during the Series A PIK Distribution Period, the General Partner elects to pay all or any portion of a Series A Quarterly Distribution in Series A PIK Units, the number of Series A PIK Units to be issued in connection with such Series A Quarterly Distribution shall equal (x) the applicable Series A Distribution Amount (or portion thereof to be paid in Series A PIK Units) divided by (y) the Series A Issue Price; provided, however, that fractional Series A PIK Units shall not be issued to any Person (each fractional Series A PIK Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Series A PIK Unit (and a 0.5 Series A PIK Unit shall be rounded to the next higher Series A PIK Unit)). Each Series A Quarterly Distribution shall be payable quarterly by no later than the earlier of 60 days after the end of the applicable Quarter and the payment date of distributions, if any, on any Series A Parity Securities and Series A Junior Securities (each such payment date, a “ Series A Distribution Payment Date ”). If the General Partner establishes an earlier Record Date for any distribution to be made by the Partnership on other

 

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Partnership Interests in respect of any Quarter, then the Record Date established pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(i)  for a Series A Quarterly Distribution in respect of such Quarter shall be the same Record Date. For the avoidance of doubt, (aa) the Series A Preferred Units shall not be entitled to any distributions made pursuant to Section 6.4 and (bb) unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references in this Agreement to Series A Preferred Units shall include all Series A PIK Units Outstanding as of the date of such determination.

 

(B)                                If the Partnership fails to pay in full the Series A Distribution Amount of any Series A Quarterly Distribution (in cash, Series A PIK Units or a combination thereof) when due for any Quarter (or portion thereof for which a Series A Quarterly Distribution is due) during the Series A PIK Distribution Period, then the Series A Preferred Unitholders entitled to such unpaid Series A Quarterly Distribution shall be deemed to have nonetheless received such Series A Quarterly Distribution in the form of Series A PIK Units and, accordingly, shall have all other rights under this Agreement as if such Series A PIK Units had, in fact, been issued on the applicable Series A Distribution Payment Date. If the Partnership fails to pay in full the Series A Distribution Amount of any Series A Quarterly Distribution in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(i)(A)  when due for any Quarter following the Series A PIK Distribution Period, then from and after the first date of such failure and continuing until such failure is cured by payment in full in cash of all such arrearages, (1) the amount of such unpaid cash distributions (on a per Series A Preferred Unit basis, “ Series A Unpaid Distributions ”) unless and until paid will accrue and accumulate from and including the first day of the Quarter immediately following the Quarter in respect of which the first such payment is due until all such Series A Unpaid Distributions are paid in full and (2) the Partnership shall not be permitted to, and shall not, declare or make, any distributions, redemptions or repurchases in respect of any Series A Junior Securities or Series A Parity Securities (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Quarter for which the Partnership first failed to pay in full the Series A Distribution Amount of any Series A Quarterly Distribution in cash when due); provided, however, that distributions may be declared and paid on the Series A Preferred Units and the Series A Parity Securities so long as such distributions are declared and paid Pro Rata so that amounts of distributions declared per Series A Preferred Unit and Series A Parity Security shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and accumulated distributions per Series A Preferred Unit and Series A Parity Security bear to each other.

 

(C)                                The aggregate Series A Distribution Amount (excluding any portion paid in Series A PIK Units) shall be paid out of cash and cash equivalents that is deemed to be Operating Surplus for the applicable Quarter. To the extent that any portion of a Series A Quarterly Distribution to be paid in cash with respect to any Quarter exceeds the amount of cash and cash equivalents that

 

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is deemed to be Operating Surplus for such Quarter, the amount of cash equal to the cash and cash equivalents that is deemed to be Operating Surplus for such Quarter will be paid to the Series A Preferred Unitholders, Pro Rata, and the balance of such Series A Quarterly Distribution shall be unpaid and shall constitute an arrearage and shall accrue and accumulate as set forth in Section 5.11(b)(i)(B) .

 

(D)                                Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.11(b)(i)  to the contrary, with respect to any Series A Preferred Unit that is converted into a Common Unit, (1) with respect to a distribution to be made to Record Holders as of the Record Date immediately preceding such conversion, the Record Holder of such Series A Preferred Unit as of such Record Date shall be entitled to receive such distribution in respect of such Series A Preferred Unit on the corresponding Series A Distribution Payment Date, but shall not be entitled to receive such distribution in respect of the Common Units into which such Series A Preferred Unit was converted on the payment date thereof, and (2) with respect to a distribution to be made to Record Holders as of any Record Date following such conversion, the Record Holder of the Series A Conversion Units into which such Series A Preferred Unit was converted as of such Record Date shall be entitled to receive such distribution in respect of such Series A Conversion Units on the payment date thereof, but shall not be entitled to receive such distribution in respect of such Series A Preferred Unit on the corresponding Series A Distribution Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Series A Preferred Unit is converted into Series A Conversion Units pursuant to the terms hereof following a Record Date but prior to the corresponding Series A Distribution Payment Date, then the Record Holder of such Series A Preferred Unit as of such Record Date shall nonetheless remain entitled to receive on the Series A Distribution Payment Date a distribution in respect of such Series A Preferred Unit pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(i)(A)  and, until such distribution is received, Section 5.11(b)(i)(B)  shall continue to apply.

 

(E)                                 Notwithstanding anything in Article VI to the contrary, the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights shall not be entitled to receive distributions or allocations of income or gain that correspond or relate to amounts distributed or allocated to Unitholders in respect of Series A Preferred Units.

 

(F)                                  When any Series A PIK Units are payable to a Series A Preferred Unitholder pursuant to this Section 5.11 the Partnership shall issue the Series A PIK Units to such holder in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(i)(A)  (the date of issuance of such Series A PIK Units, the “ Series A PIK Payment Date ”). On the Series A PIK Payment Date, the Partnership shall have the option to (1) issue to such Series A Preferred Unitholder a certificate or certificates for the number of Series A PIK Units to which such Series A Preferred Unitholder shall be entitled, or (2) cause the Transfer Agent to make a notation in book entry form in the books of the Partnership, and all such Series A PIK Units shall, when so

 

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issued, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partner Interests, except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 or 17-804, of the Delaware Act, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien, claim, rights or encumbrances, other than those arising under the Delaware Act or this Agreement or created by the holders thereof.

 

(G)                                For purposes of maintaining Capital Accounts, if the Partnership issues one or more Series A PIK Units with respect to a Series A Preferred Unit, (1) the Partnership shall be treated as distributing cash with respect to such Series A Preferred Unit in an amount equal to the Series A Issue Price of the Series A PIK Unit issued in payment of the Series A Quarterly Distribution and (2) the holder of such Series A Preferred Unit shall be treated as having contributed to the Partnership in exchange for such newly issued Series A PIK Unit an amount of cash equal to the Series A Issue Price.

 

(ii)                                   Voting Rights .

 

(A)                                Except as provided in Section 5.11(b)(ii)(B) , the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units shall have voting rights that are identical to the voting rights of the Common Units into which such Series A Preferred Units would be converted at the then-applicable Series A Conversion Rate (regardless of whether the Series A Preferred Units are then convertible), and shall vote with the Common Units as a single class (including for purposes of Section 7.9(a)  and Section 11.1(b) ), so that the Record Holder of each Outstanding Series A Preferred Unit will be entitled to one vote for each Common Unit into which such Series A Preferred Unit would be converted at the then-applicable Series A Conversion Rate (regardless of whether the Series A Preferred Units are then convertible) on each matter with respect to which each Record Holder of a Common Unit is entitled to vote. Each reference in this Agreement to a vote of Record Holders of Common Units shall be deemed to be a reference to the Record Holders of Common Units and Series A Preferred Units, voting together as a single class during any period in which any Series A Preferred Units are Outstanding.

 

(B)                                Except as provided in Section 5.11(b)(ii)(C) , notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in addition to all other requirements imposed by Delaware law, and all other voting rights granted under this Agreement, the affirmative vote of the Record Holders of the Series A Required Voting Percentage shall be required for any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Limited Partnership (including by merger or otherwise or any amendment contemplated by and made in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(iii) ) that is adverse (other than in a de minimis manner) to any of the rights, preferences and privileges of the Series A Preferred Units. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, any amendment shall be deemed to have such an adverse impact that is not de minimis if such amendment would:

 

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(1)                                  reduce the Series A Distribution Amount, change the form of payment of distributions on the Series A Preferred Units, defer the date from which distributions on the Series A Preferred Units will accrue, cancel any accrued and unpaid distributions on the Series A Preferred Units or any interest accrued thereon (including any Series A Unpaid Distributions, Series A Partial Period Distributions or Series A PIK Units), or change the seniority rights of the Series A Preferred Unitholders as to the payment of distributions in relation to the holders of any other class or series of Partnership Interests;

 

(2)                                  reduce the amount payable or change the form of payment to the Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets, of the Partnership, or change the seniority of the liquidation preferences of the Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units in relation to the rights of the holders of any other class or series of Partnership Interests upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Partnership; or

 

(3)                                  make the Series A Preferred Units redeemable or convertible at the option of the Partnership other than as set forth herein.

 

(C)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.11(b)(ii) , in no event shall the consent of the Series A Preferred Unitholders, as a separate class, be required in connection with any Series A Change of Control or Partnership Restructuring Event; provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing shall limit the voting rights of any Series A Preferred Unitholder in connection with any vote of Record Holders of Common Units and Series A Preferred Units together as a single class that may be required.

 

(D)                                Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in addition to all other voting rights granted under this Agreement, the Partnership shall not declare or pay any distribution from Capital Surplus without the affirmative vote of the Record Holders of the Series A Required Voting Percentage.

 

(iii)                                Issuances of Series A Senior Securities and Series A Parity Securities . Other than issuances of Series A PIK Units, the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Record Holders of the Series A Required Voting Percentage, issue any (A) Series A Senior Securities (or amend the provisions of any class of Partnership Interests to make such class of Partnership Interests a class of Series A Senior Securities), (B) Series A Parity Securities (or amend the provisions of any class of Partnership Interests to make such class of Partnership Interests a class of Series A Parity Securities) or (C) Series A Preferred Units; provided, however, that, without the consent of any holder of Outstanding Series A Preferred Units (but without prejudice to their

 

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rights to vote on an as-converted basis to the extent that the Common Units are entitled to vote on any such matter), the Partnership may issue additional Series A Parity Securities at any time in an amount not to exceed the greater of:

 

(1)                                  a number of Series A Parity Securities with an aggregate purchase price of $300 million;

 

(2)                                  a number of Series A Parity Securities such that, as of the date of issuance of such Series A Parity Securities, the aggregate number of all Series A Parity Securities, together with the Series A Preferred Units, in each case on an as-converted basis (or, if the Series A Parity Securities are not convertible, assuming that such Series A Parity Securities are convertible into a number of Common Units equal to (aa) the aggregate purchase price of such Series A Parity Securities, divided by (bb) the Average VWAP for the 30 Trading Day period ending on the date immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Series A Parity Securities (such Common Units, the “ Series A Parity Equivalent Units ”)), equals no more than 15% of all Outstanding Common Units, (including as Outstanding for such purposes, (I) any Common Units issuable in respect of the Series A Preferred Units at the then-applicable Series A Conversion Rate (regardless of whether the Series A Preferred Units are then convertible), (II) any Common Units issuable in respect of any Series A Parity Securities (including any warrants issued in connection with Series A Parity Securities) at the initial or then-applicable conversion rate (regardless of whether such Series A Parity Securities are then convertible), as applicable, (III) any Common Units issuable in respect of any outstanding warrants or options issued by the Partnership, (IV) any Series A Parity Equivalent Units and (V) any Common Units that would otherwise be excluded by operation of the definition of the term “Outstanding”); and

 

(3)                                  if the number of Series A Preferred Units then Outstanding has an aggregate Series A Issue Price of less than $100 million, such number of Series A Parity Securities as determined by the General Partner.

 

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, subject to Section 5.11(b)(v)(E) , the Partnership may, without any vote of the holders of Outstanding Series A Preferred Units (but without prejudice to their rights to vote on an as-converted basis to the extent that the Common Units are entitled to vote on any such matter), create (by reclassification or otherwise) and issue Series A Junior Securities in an unlimited amount.

 

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(iv)                               Legends . Unless otherwise directed by the General Partner, each book entry or Certificate evidencing a Series A Preferred Unit shall bear a restrictive notation in substantially the following form:

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY ACKNOWLEDGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IF SUCH TRANSFER WOULD (A) VIOLATE THE THEN APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER SUCH TRANSFER, (B) TERMINATE THE EXISTENCE OR QUALIFICATION OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR (C) CAUSE PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP TO BE TREATED AS AN ASSOCIATION TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE TO BE TAXED AS AN ENTITY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (TO THE EXTENT NOT ALREADY SO TREATED OR TAXED).

 

THE GENERAL PARTNER OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP MAY IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IF IT DETERMINES, WITH THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL, THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS ARE NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE TO (I) AVOID A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP BECOMING TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE BECOMING TAXABLE AS AN ENTITY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES OR (II) PRESERVE THE UNIFORMITY OF THE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP (OR ANY CLASS OR CLASSES OR SERIES THEREOF).

 

THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON ITS TRANSFER PROVIDED IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP, AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS SECURITY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE PARTNERSHIP. THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH ABOVE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF ANY NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY IS LISTED OR ADMITTED TO TRADING.

 

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(v)                                  Conversion .

 

(A)                                At the Option of the Series A Preferred Unitholders . Beginning with the earlier of (1) October 6, 2019 and (2) immediately prior to the liquidation of the Partnership under Section 12.4 , the Series A Preferred Units owned by any Series A Preferred Unitholder shall be convertible, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time upon the request of such Series A Preferred Unitholder, but not more than once per Quarter by such Series A Preferred Unitholder (inclusive of any conversion by such Series A Preferred Unitholder’s Affiliates, with each Series A Preferred Unitholder and its Affiliates being entitled to a single conversion right per Quarter), into a number of Common Units determined by multiplying the number of Series A Preferred Units to be converted by (aa) in the case of clause (1)  above, the Series A Conversion Rate at such time and (bb) in the case of clause (2)  above, the Series A COC Conversion Rate; provided, however , that the Partnership shall not be obligated to honor any such conversion request unless such conversion will involve an aggregate number of Series A Preferred Units with an underlying value of Common Units equal to or greater than $50 million (taking into account and including any concurrent conversion requests by any Affiliates of such Series A Preferred Unitholder) based on the Series A Issue Price (or a lesser underlying value if such conversion will result in the conversion of all of the Series A Preferred Units held by such Series A Preferred Unitholder and its Affiliates). Immediately upon the issuance of Series A Conversion Units as a result of any conversion of Series A Preferred Units hereunder, subject to Section 5.11(b)(i)(D) , all rights of the Series A Converting Unitholder with respect to such Series A Preferred Units shall cease, including any further accrual of distributions, and such Series A Converting Unitholder thereafter shall be treated for all purposes as the owner of Common Units. Fractional Common Units shall not be issued to any Person pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(v)(A)  (each fractional Common Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Common Unit (and a 0.5 Common Unit shall be rounded to the next higher Common Unit)).

 

(B)                                At the Option of the Partnership . At any time after October 6, 2020, the Partnership shall have the option, at any time and from time to time, but not more than once per Quarter, to convert all or any portion of the Series A Preferred Units then Outstanding into a number of Common Units determined by multiplying the number of Series A Preferred Units to be converted by the Series A Mandatory Conversion Rate at such time. Fractional Common Units shall not be issued to any Person pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(v)(B)  (each fractional Common Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Common Unit (and a 0.5 Common Unit shall be rounded to the next higher Common Unit)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order for the Partnership to exercise such option:

 

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(1)                                  the Common Units must be listed or admitted for trading on a National Securities Exchange;

 

(2)                                  the Average VWAP for the 20 Trading Day period immediately preceding the Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date must be greater than $73.2645;

 

(3)                                  the average daily trading volume of the Common Units on the principal National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are then listed or admitted to trading must exceed 100,000 Common Units (as such amount may be adjusted to reflect any Unit split, combination or similar event) for the 20 Trading Day period immediately preceding the Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date; and

 

(4)                                  the Partnership must have an effective registration statement on file with the Commission covering resales of the underlying Common Units to be received by the applicable Series A Preferred Unitholders upon any such conversion;

 

provided, however , that the Partnership shall not be entitled to exercise such option unless such conversion will involve an aggregate number of Series A Preferred Units with an underlying value of Common Units equal to or greater than $50 million based on the Series A Issue Price (or a lesser underlying value if such conversion will result in the conversion of all of the then Outstanding Series A Preferred Units).  Any such conversion shall be allocated among the Series A Preferred Unitholders on a Pro Rata basis or on such other basis as may be agreed upon by all Series A Preferred Unitholders.

 

Nothing in this Section 5.11(b)(v)(B) , however, is intended to limit or prevent a Series A Preferred Unitholder from electing to convert its Series A Preferred Units into Common Units in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(v)(A) , and the Partnership shall not have any right to convert Series A Preferred Units from a Series A Preferred Unitholder to the extent such Series A Preferred Unitholder delivers a valid Series A Conversion Notice covering all of the Series A Preferred Units that are the subject of the applicable Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice to the Partnership prior to the Series A Conversion Date in respect of the applicable Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice.

 

(C)                                Conversion Notice .

 

(1)                                  To convert Series A Preferred Units into Common Units pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(v)(A) , a Series A Converting Unitholder shall give written notice (a “ Series A Conversion Notice ,” and the date such notice is received, a “ Series

 

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A Conversion Notice Date ”) to the Partnership stating that such Series A Preferred Unitholder elects to so convert Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(v)(A) , the number of Series A Preferred Units to be converted and the Person to whom the applicable Series A Conversion Units should be issued.

 

(2)                                  To convert Series A Preferred Units into Common Units pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(v)(B) , the Partnership shall give written notice (a “ Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice ,” and the date such notice is sent by the Partnership, a “ Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date ”) to each Record Holder of Series A Preferred Units stating that the Partnership elects to so convert Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(v)(B)  and the number of Series A Preferred Units to be so converted. The applicable Series A Conversion Units shall be issued in the name of the Record Holder of such Series A Preferred Units.

 

(D)                                Timing . If a Series A Conversion Notice is delivered by a Series A Preferred Unitholder to the Partnership or a Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice is delivered by the Partnership to a Series A Preferred Unitholder, each in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(v)(C) , the Partnership shall issue the applicable Series A Conversion Units no later than five Business Days after the Series A Conversion Notice Date or 10 Business Days after the Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date, as the case may be, occurs (any date of issuance of Common Units upon conversion of Series A Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(v)  or Section 5.11(b)(vi) , a “ Series A Conversion Date ”); provided , that the Series A Conversion Date in the case of a Series A Mandatory Conversion shall in no event be prior to the tenth Business Day following the Series A Mandatory Conversion Notice Date. On the Series A Conversion Date, the Partnership shall instruct, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause, its Transfer Agent to electronically transmit the Series A Conversion Units issuable upon conversion to such Series A Preferred Unitholder (or designated recipient(s)), by crediting the account of the Series A Preferred Unitholder (or designated recipient(s)) through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system. The parties agree to coordinate with the Transfer Agent to accomplish this objective. Subject to Section 5.11(b)(i)(D) , upon issuance of Series A Conversion Units to the Series A Converting Unitholder (or its designated recipient(s)), all rights of such Series A Converting Unitholder with respect to the converted Series A Preferred Units shall cease, and such Series A Converting Unitholder shall be treated for all purposes as the Record Holder of such Series A Conversion Units.

 

(E)                                 Distributions, Combinations, Subdivisions and Reclassifications by the Partnership . If, after the Series A Issuance Date, the Partnership (1) makes a distribution on the Common Units payable in Common

 

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Units or other Partnership Interests, (2) subdivides or splits its outstanding Common Units into a greater number of Common Units, (3) combines or reclassifies the Common Units into a lesser number of Common Units, (4) issues by reclassification of its Common Units any Partnership Interests (including any reclassification in connection with a merger, consolidation or business combination in which the Partnership is the surviving Person), (5) effects a Pro Rata repurchase of Common Units, in each case other than in connection with a Series A Change of Control (which shall be governed by Section 5.11(b)(vi) ), (6) issues to holders of Common Units, in their capacity as holders of Common Units, rights, options or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Units at less than the market value thereof, (7) distributes to holders of Common Units evidences of indebtedness, Partnership Interests (other than Common Units) or other assets (including securities, but excluding any distribution referred to in clause (1)  above, any rights or warrants referred to in clause (6)  above, any consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries and any distribution of Units or any class or series, or similar Partnership Interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Partnership in the case of certain spin-off transactions described below), or (8) consummates a spin-off, where the Partnership makes a distribution to all holders of Common Units consisting of Units of any class or series, or similar equity interests of, or relating to, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Partnership, then the Series A Conversion Rate, the Series A Mandatory Conversion Rate, the Series A Redemption Price and the dollar amount set forth in Section 5.11(b)(v)(B)(2), in each case, in effect at the time of the Record Date for such distribution or the effective date of any such other transaction shall be proportionately adjusted: (aa) in respect of clauses (1)  through (4)  above, so that the conversion of the Series A Preferred Units after such time shall entitle each Series A Preferred Unitholder to receive the aggregate number of Common Units (or any Partnership Interests into which such Common Units would have been combined, consolidated, merged or reclassified, as applicable) that such Series A Preferred Unitholder would have been entitled to receive if the Series A Preferred Units had been converted into Common Units immediately prior to such Record Date or effective date, as the case may be, (bb) in respect of clauses (5)  through (8)  above, in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner to appropriately ensure that the Series A Preferred Units are convertible into an economically equivalent number of Common Units after taking into account the event described in clauses (5)  through (8)  above, and (cc) in addition to the foregoing, in the case of a merger, consolidation or business combination in which the Partnership is the surviving Person, the Partnership shall provide effective provisions to ensure that the provisions in this Section 5.11 relating to the Series A Preferred Units shall not be abridged or amended and that the Series A Preferred Units shall thereafter retain the same powers, economic rights, preferences and relative participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions

 

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thereon, that the Series A Preferred Units had immediately prior to such transaction or event and the Series A Conversion Rate, the Series A Mandatory Conversion Rate, the Series A Redemption Price and the dollar amount set forth in Section 5.11(b)(v)(B)(2) , and any other terms of the Series A Preferred Units that the General Partner in its reasonable discretion determines require adjustment to achieve the economic equivalence described below, shall be proportionately adjusted to take into account any such subdivision, split, combination or reclassification. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(v)(E)  shall become effective immediately after the Record Date, in the case of a distribution, and shall become effective immediately after the applicable effective date, in the case of a subdivision, combination, reclassification (including any reclassification in connection with a merger, consolidation or business combination in which the Partnership is the surviving Person) or split. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event described above shall occur.

 

(F)                                  No Adjustments for Certain Items . Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 5.11(b)(v) , no adjustment shall be made to the Series A Conversion Rate or the Series A Issue Price pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(v)(E)  as a result of any of the following:

 

(1)                                  any cash distributions made to holders of the Common Units (unless made in breach of Section 5.11(b)(i)(B) );

 

(2)                                  any issuance of Partnership Interests in exchange for cash;

 

(3)                                  any grant of Common Units or options, warrants or rights to purchase or receive Common Units or the issuance of Common Units upon the exercise or vesting of any such options, warrants or rights in respect of services provided to or for the benefit of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, under compensation plans and agreements approved by the General Partner (including any long-term incentive plan);

 

(4)                                  any issuance of Common Units as all or part of the consideration to effect (aa) the closing of any acquisition by the Partnership of assets or equity interests of a third party in an arm’s-length transaction, (bb) the closing of any acquisition by the Partnership of assets or equity interests of Phillips 66 Company or any of its Affiliates or (cc) the consummation of a merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Partnership with another entity in which the Partnership survives and the Common Units remain Outstanding to the extent any such transaction set forth in clause (aa) , (bb) or (ccc) above is approved by the General Partner; or

 

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(5)                                  the issuance of Common Units upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Units or any Series A Parity Securities.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (x) whenever the issuance of a Partnership Interest or other event would require an adjustment to the Series A Conversion Rate under one or more provisions of this Agreement, only one adjustment shall be made to the Series A Conversion Rate in respect of such issuance or event and (y) unless otherwise determined by the General Partner, no adjustment to the Series A Conversion Rate or the Series A Issue Price shall be made with respect to any distribution or other transaction described in Section 5.11(b)(v)(E)  if the Series A Preferred Unitholders are entitled to participate in such distribution or transaction as if they held a number of Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Units immediately prior to such event at the then applicable Series A Conversion Rate, without having to convert their Series A Preferred Units.

 

(vi)                               Series A Change of Control .

 

(A)                                Subject to Section 5.11(b)(v)(B) , in the event of a Series A Cash Change of Control, the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units shall be automatically converted, without requirement of any action of the Series A Preferred Unitholders, into Common Units at the Series A COC Conversion Rate immediately prior to the closing of the applicable Series A Change of Control.

 

(B)                                Subject to Section 5.11(b)(v)(B) , at least 10 Business Days prior to consummating a Series A Change of Control (other than a Series A Cash Change of Control), the Partnership shall provide written notice thereof to the Series A Preferred Unitholders. Subject to Section 5.11(b)(v)(B) , if a Series A Change of Control (other than a Series A Cash Change of Control) occurs, then each Series A Preferred Unitholder, with respect to all but not less than all of its Series A Preferred Units, by notice given to the Partnership within 10 Business Days of the date the Partnership provides written notice of the execution of definitive agreements that provide for such Series A Change of Control, shall be entitled to elect one of the following (with the understanding that any Series A Preferred Unitholder who fails to timely provide notice of its election to the Partnership shall be deemed to have elected the option set forth in clause (1)  below):

 

(1)                                  convert all, but not less than all, of such Series A Preferred Unitholder’s Outstanding Series A Preferred Units into Common Units at the then-applicable Series A Conversion Rate;

 

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(2)                                  except as described below, if the Partnership will not be the surviving Person upon the consummation of such Series A Change of Control or the Partnership will be the surviving Person but its Common Units will no longer be listed or admitted to trading on a National Securities Exchange, require the Partnership to use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or to cause to be delivered to the Series A Preferred Unitholders, in exchange for their Series A Preferred Units upon the consummation of such Series A Change of Control, a security in the surviving Person or the parent of the surviving Person that has rights, preferences and privileges substantially similar to the Series A Preferred Units, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the right to distributions equal in amount and timing to those provided in Section 5.11(b)(i)  and a conversion rate proportionately adjusted such that the conversion of such security in the surviving Person or parent of the surviving Person immediately following the consummation of such Series A Change of Control would entitle the Record Holder to the number of common securities of such Person (together with a number of common securities of equivalent value to any other assets received by holders of Common Units in such Series A Change of Control) which, if a Series A Preferred Unit had been converted into Common Units immediately prior to such Series A Change of Control, such Record Holder would have been entitled to receive immediately following such Series A Change of Control (such security in the surviving Person, a “ Series A Substantially Equivalent Unit ”); provided , however , that, if the Partnership is unable to deliver or cause to be delivered Series A Substantially Equivalent Units to any Series A Preferred Unitholder in connection with such Series A Change of Control or if a Series A Change of Control constitutes a Partnership Rollup Event, each Series A Preferred Unitholder shall be entitled to (aa) require conversion or redemption of such Series A Preferred Units in the manner contemplated by clause (1)  or (4)  of this Section 5.11(b)(vi)(B)  (at such holder’s election) or (bb) convert the Series A Preferred Units held by such Series A Preferred Unitholder immediately prior to such Series A Change of Control into a number of Common Units at a conversion ratio equal to: the quotient of (I) (a) the product of (i) 160% multiplied by (ii) the Series A Issue Price less (b) such Series A Preferred Unitholder’s Pro Rata portion of the sum of (i) the aggregate cash distributions paid on all Series A Preferred Units on or prior to the date of such Series A Change of Control and (ii) an amount in cash equal to the aggregate Series A Quarterly Distributions paid in Series A PIK Units (based on the value of such Series A PIK Units on the

 

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applicable Series A PIK Payment Date) on or prior to the date of such Series A Change of Control, divided by (II) an amount equal to 95% of the Average VWAP for the 30 Trading Day period immediately preceding the consummation of such Series A Change of Control; provided, however , that such ratio shall in no event exceed a value per Series A Preferred Unit that exceeds (x) 120% of the Series A Issue Price, in the case of a Series A Change of Control occurring prior to October 6, 2018; (2) 130% of the Series A Issue Price, in the case of a Series A Change of Control occurring on or after October 6, 2018 but prior to October 6, 2019; and (3) 140% of the Series A Issue Price, in the case of a Series A Change of Control occurring on or after October 6, 2019 but prior to October 6, 2020;

 

(3)                                  if the Partnership is the surviving Person upon the consummation of such Series A Change of Control, continue to hold such Series A Preferred Unitholder’s respective Series A Preferred Units; or

 

(4)                                  require the Partnership to redeem all (but not less than all) of such Series A Preferred Unitholder’s respective Series A Preferred Units at a price per Series A Preferred Unit equal to 101% of the sum of (aa) the Series A Accrued Amount of such Series A Preferred Unit plus (bb) any Series A Partial Period Distributions on such Series A Preferred Unit. Any redemption pursuant to this clause (4)  shall, as determined by the General Partner, be paid in cash, in Common Units or in a combination thereof. If all or any portion of such redemption is to be paid in Common Units, the Common Units to be issued shall be valued at 95% of the Average VWAP for the 30 Trading Day period ending on the fifth Trading Day immediately preceding the consummation of such Series A Change of Control. No later than three Trading Days prior to the consummation of such Series A Change of Control, the Partnership shall deliver a written notice to the Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units stating the date on which the Series A Preferred Units will be redeemed and the Partnership’s computation of the amount of cash or Common Units to be received by the Record Holder upon redemption of such Series A Preferred Units. If the Partnership shall be the surviving Person upon the consummation of such Series A Change of Control, then no later than 10 Business Days following the consummation of such Series A Change of Control, the Partnership shall remit the applicable cash or Common Unit consideration to each Record Holder of then Outstanding Series A Preferred Units entitled to

 

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receive such cash or Common Unit consideration pursuant to this clause (4) . If the Partnership will not be the surviving Person upon the consummation of such Series A Change of Control, then the Partnership shall remit the applicable cash or Common Unit consideration to such Record Holders immediately prior to the consummation of such Series A Change of Control. The Record Holders shall deliver to the Partnership Certificates representing the Series A Preferred Units, if any, as soon as practicable following such redemption. Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units shall retain all of the rights and privileges thereof unless and until the consideration due to such Record Holders as a result of such redemption is paid in full in cash, Common Units or a combination of the foregoing, as applicable. After any such redemption, any such redeemed Series A Preferred Unit shall no longer constitute an issued and Outstanding Limited Partner Interest.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to the proviso below and Section 5.11(b)(v)(B) , each Series A Preferred Unitholder shall be entitled to elect any of the options set forth in clauses (1)  through (4)  above with respect to any Partnership Rollup Event; provided, however, that no such Series A Preferred Unitholder shall be entitled to require the Partnership to deliver to such Series A Preferred Unitholder a Series A Substantially Equivalent Unit pursuant to clause (2)  above.

 

(vii)                            Restrictions on Transfers of Series A Preferred Units .

 

(A)                                Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.11(b)(vii)  (other than the restriction on transfers to a Person that is not a U.S. resident individual or an entity that is not treated as a U.S. corporation or partnership set forth in Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B) ), subject to Section 4.8 , each Series A Preferred Unitholder shall be permitted to transfer any Series A Preferred Units owned by such Series A Preferred Unitholder to any of its respective Affiliates or to any Series A Preferred Unitholder.

 

(B)                                Without the prior written consent of the General Partner, except as specifically provided in the Series A Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, each Series A Preferred Unitholder shall not: (1) prior to October 6, 2018, offer, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of its Series A Preferred Units; (2) prior to October 6, 2019, directly or indirectly engage in any short sales or other derivative or hedging transactions with respect to the Series A Preferred Units or Common Units that are designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to, result in the transfer to another Person, in whole or in part, any of

 

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the economic consequences of ownership of any Series A Preferred Units; (3) transfer any Series A Preferred Units to any non-U.S. resident individual, non-U.S. corporation or partnership, or any other non-U.S. entity, including any foreign governmental entity, including by means of any swap or other transaction or arrangement that transfers or that is designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to, result in the transfer to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Series A Preferred Units, regardless of whether any transaction described above is to be settled by delivery of Series A Preferred Units, Common Units or other securities, in cash or otherwise ( provided, however , that the foregoing clause (3)  shall not apply if, prior to any such transfer or arrangement, such individual, corporation, partnership or other entity establishes, to the satisfaction of the Partnership, that it is entitled to a complete exemption from tax withholding, including under Code Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1471 through 1474, and the Treasury regulations thereunder); or (4) effect any transfer of Series A Preferred Units or Series A Conversion Units in a manner that violates the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that any Series A Preferred Unitholder may at any time on and after the Series A Issuance Date, pledge all or any portion of its Series A Preferred Units to any holders of obligations owed by such Series A Preferred Unitholder, including to the trustee for, or agent or representative of, such Series A Preferred Unitholder, and, in each case, as applicable, subject to clauses (3)  and (4)  above, any such pledge and any foreclosure, sale or other remedy exercised pursuant to the pledge thereon and/or subsequent transfer by any such pledgee on any such pledged Series A Preferred Units shall not be considered a violation or breach of this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transferee (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any pledgee of Series A Preferred Units) receiving any Series A Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B)  (including upon any foreclosure upon pledged Series A Preferred Units) shall be obligated to agree to the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B)  as a condition to such transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, in no way shall this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B)  be deemed to restrict or prohibit changes in the composition of any Series A Preferred Unitholder or its partners or members so long as such changes in composition only relate to changes in direct or indirect ownership of the Capital Stock of such Series A Preferred Unitholder among such Series A Preferred Unitholder, its Affiliates and the members or limited partners of any private equity fund vehicles that indirectly own such Series A Preferred Unitholder.

 

(C)                                Subject to Section 4.8 and compliance with any applicable securities laws or other provisions of this Agreement, at any time after October 6, 2018, the Series A Preferred Unitholders may freely transfer their Series A Preferred Units, provided that each such transfer involves an aggregate number of Series A Preferred Units with an underlying value of Common Units equal to or greater than $50 million (taking into account and including any concurrent transfers by any Affiliates of such Series A Preferred Unitholder) based on the

 

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Series A Issue Price (or a lesser underlying value if such transfer (1) will result in the transfer of all of the Series A Preferred Units held by such holder and its Affiliates or (2) has been approved by the General Partner); provided, however , that this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(C)  shall not eliminate, modify or reduce the obligations set forth in clauses (2) , (3)  or (4)  of Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B).

 

(D)                         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B)(1) , but subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and this Agreement, including clauses (2) , (3)  and (4)  of Section 5.11(b)(vii)(B) , (1) during the period beginning on the Series A Issuance Date and ending on the date that is 60 days after the Series A Issuance Date (the “ Non-Affiliate Transfer Period ”), the Series A Lead Purchaser and its Affiliates may transfer Series A Preferred Units to one or more non-Affiliates of the Series A Lead Purchaser and (2) during the period beginning on the Series A Issuance Date and ending on the one year anniversary of the Series A Issuance Date (the “ Potential Additional Transfer Period ”), any Initial Series A Purchaser may transfer Series A Preferred Units to any current or future limited partner of any investment entity managed or controlled by such Initial Series A Purchaser’s current general partner or a general partner or manager that is both (aa) an Affiliate of such Initial Series A Purchaser and (bb) an endowment, pension or insurance investment entity, in either case of clause (1)  or (2) , subject to the consent of the General Partner as to the identity of the transferee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that (1) any transfer made pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(D)  must consist of Series A Preferred Units in an amount not less than $25 million based on the Series A Issue Price, (2) the aggregate amount of Series A Preferred Units and rights to purchase Series A Preferred Units transferred pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(D)  and Section 8.10 of the Series A Purchase Agreement shall not be greater than $100 million based on the Series A Issue Price and (3) a maximum of two transfers may be made pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(vii)(D) and Section 8.10 of the Series A Purchase Agreement.

 

(viii)                         Optional Redemption .

 

(A)                                On and after October 6, 2020, the Partnership shall have the option, at any time and from time to time, upon not less than 10 Business Days’ written notice (each, a “ Series A Redemption Notice ”) to the Series A Preferred Unitholders, to redeem all or any portion of the Series A Preferred Units then Outstanding for a redemption price in cash equal to the Series A Redemption Price per Series A Preferred Unit plus all Series A Unpaid Distributions with respect thereto plus Series A Partial Period Distributions with respect thereto; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be entitled to exercise such option unless (1) all of the conditions set forth in clauses (1)  through (4)  of Section 5.11(b)(v)(B)  have been satisfied and (2) such redemption will involve an aggregate number of Series A Preferred Units with an underlying value of Common Units equal to or greater than $50 million based on the Series A Issue

 

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Price, or a lesser underlying value if such redemption will result in the redemption of all of the then Outstanding Series A Preferred Units. If fewer than all of the outstanding Series A Preferred Units are to be redeemed, any such redemption shall be allocated among the Series A Preferred Unitholders on a Pro Rata basis (as nearly as practicable without creating fractional Units) or on such other basis as may be agreed upon by the Series A Preferred Unitholders.

 

(B)                                Each date fixed for redemption pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(viii)  is referred to as a “ Series A Redemption Date .” Notice of any redemption will be irrevocable and will be provided by the Partnership not less than 10 Business Days prior to the Series A Redemption Date, addressed to the respective Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed at their respective addresses as they appear on the books and records of the Partnership. No failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any Series A Preferred Units except as to any Series A Preferred Unitholder to whom the Partnership has failed to give notice or except as to any Series A Preferred Unitholder to whom notice was defective. In addition to any information required by applicable law, such notice shall state: (1) the Series A Redemption Date; (2) the Series A Redemption Price; and (3) whether all or less than all the outstanding Series A Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the aggregate amount of Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed and, if less than all Series A Preferred Units held by such Series A Preferred Unitholder are to be redeemed, the percentage of Series A Preferred Units that will be redeemed. The notice may also require delivery of Certificates representing the Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed, if any, together with certification as to the ownership of such Series A Preferred Units.  Upon the redemption of Series A Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(viii) , all rights of a Series A Preferred Unitholder with respect to the redeemed Series A Preferred Units shall cease, and such redeemed Series A Preferred Units shall cease to be Outstanding for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

(C)                                Upon any redemption of Series A Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(viii) , the Partnership shall pay the Series A Redemption Price to the applicable Series A Preferred Unitholders by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by each such Series A Preferred Unitholder in writing to the General Partner as requested in the notice of redemption.

 

(D)                                Except as provided in Section 5.11(b)(vi)(B)(4) , no Series A Preferred Unitholder shall have the right to require the Partnership to redeem any Series A Preferred Units. Nothing in this Section 5.11(b)(viii) , however, is intended to limit or prevent a Series A Preferred Unitholder from electing to convert its Series A Preferred Units into Common Units in accordance with Section 5.11(b)(v) , and the Partnership shall not have any right to redeem Series A Preferred Units from a Series A Preferred Unitholder to the extent such Series A

 

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Preferred Unitholder delivers a valid Series A Conversion Notice covering all of the Series A Preferred Units that are the subject of the applicable Series A Redemption Notice to the Partnership prior to the Series A Redemption Date in respect of the applicable Series A Redemption Notice.

 

(ix)                               Allocations .

 

(A)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, following any allocation made pursuant to Section 6.1(d)  but prior to making any allocation pursuant to another portion of Section 6.1 , all or any portion of any items of Partnership gross income or gain for the taxable period shall be allocated to all Unitholders in respect of Series A Preferred Units, Pro Rata, until the aggregate of such items allocated to such Unitholders pursuant to this Section 5.11(b)(ix)(A)  for the current and all previous taxable periods since issuance of the Series A Preferred Units is equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of cash (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not Series A PIK Units) distributed with respect to such Series A Preferred Units for the current and previous taxable periods and (2) the aggregate Net Loss allocated to the Unitholders in respect of Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(ix)(B)  for the current and all previous taxable periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.1(a) , in no event shall any Net Income be allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(a)  to Unitholders in respect of Series A Preferred Units.

 

(B)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.1(b) , (1) Unitholders holding Series A Preferred Units shall not receive any allocation pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(i)  with respect to their Series A Preferred Units and (2) following any allocation made pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(i)  and prior to any allocation made pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii) , Net Loss shall be allocated to all Unitholders holding Series A Preferred Units, Pro Rata, until the Adjusted Capital Account of each such Unitholder in respect of each Outstanding Series A Preferred Unit has been reduced to zero.

 

(C)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.1(c) , (1) Unitholders holding Series A Preferred Units shall not be allocated Net Termination Gain in accordance with Section 6.1(c)(i)  or Section 6.1(c)(iv)  and (2) following any allocation made pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(A)  or Section 6.1(c)(iv)(A) , respectively, and prior to any allocation made pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(B)  or Section 6.1(c)(iv)(B) , respectively, any remaining Net Termination Gain shall be allocated to all Unitholders holding Series A Preferred Units, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect of each Outstanding Series A Preferred Unit is equal to the Series A Accrued Amount or, if greater, the product of the Per Unit Capital Amount (determined after taking into account projected allocations of such Net Termination Gain to Unitholders holding Common Units) for a then Outstanding Initial Common Unit and the Series A Conversion Rate.

 

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(D)                                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.1(c) , (1) Unitholders holding Series A Preferred Units shall not be allocated Net Termination Loss in accordance with Section 6.1(c)(ii)  or Section 6.1(c)(iii)  and (2) following any allocation made pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(ii)(B)  or Section 6.1(c)(iii)(A) , respectively, and prior to any allocation made pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(ii)(C)  or Section 6.1(c)(iii)(B) , respectively, any remaining Net Termination Loss shall be allocated to all Unitholders holding Series A Preferred Units, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect of each Outstanding Series A Preferred Unit has been reduced to zero.

 

(x)                                  Liquidation Value . In the event of any liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Partnership under Section 12.4 , either voluntary or involuntary, the Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Partnership available for distribution to the Partners or any Assignees, prior and in preference to any distribution of any assets of the Partnership to the Record Holders of any other class or series of Partnership Interests, the positive value in each such holder’s Capital Account in respect of such Series A Preferred Units. At least 10 days prior to any liquidation or winding up of the Partnership under Section 12.4 , the Partnership shall provide to the Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units an estimate of the Capital Account in respect of each Series A Preferred Unit after giving effect to the allocations described in this Section 5.11(b)(x) . If in the year of such liquidation and winding up, any such Record Holder’s Capital Account in respect of such Series A Preferred Units is less than the aggregate Series A Accrued Amount of such Series A Preferred Units, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and prior to any other allocation pursuant to this Agreement for such year and prior to any distribution pursuant to the preceding sentence, items of gross income and gain shall be allocated to all Unitholders then holding Series A Preferred Units, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect of each Outstanding Series A Preferred Unit is equal to the Series A Accrued Amount (and no other allocation pursuant to this Agreement shall reverse the effect of such allocation). If in the year of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up any such Record Holder’s Capital Account in respect of such Series A Preferred Units is less than the aggregate Series A Accrued Amount of such Series A Preferred Units after the application of the preceding sentence, then to the extent permitted by applicable law and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, items of gross income and gain for any preceding taxable period(s) with respect to which IRS Form 1065 Schedules K-1 have not been filed by the Partnership shall be reallocated to all Unitholders then holding Series A Preferred Units, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect of each such Outstanding Series A Preferred Unit after making allocations pursuant to this and the immediately preceding sentence is equal to the Series A Accrued Amount (and no other allocation pursuant to this Agreement shall reverse the effect of such allocation). After such allocations have been made to the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, any remaining Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss shall be allocated to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.1(c)  or Section 6.1(d) , as the case may be. At the time of the dissolution of the Partnership, subject to

 

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Section 17-804 of the Delaware Act, the Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units shall become entitled to receive any Series A Unpaid Distributions in respect of the Series A Preferred Units as of the date of such dissolution, and shall have the status of, and shall be entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the Partnership with respect to such Series A Unpaid Distributions, and such entitlement of the Record Holders of the Series A Preferred Units to such Series A Unpaid Distributions shall have priority over any entitlement of any other Partners or Assignees with respect to any distributions by the Partnership to such other Partners or Assignees; provided, however, that the General Partner, as such, will have no liability for any obligations with respect to such Series A Unpaid Distributions to any Record Holder(s) of Series A Preferred Units.

 

(xi)                               Fully Paid and Non-Assessable. Any Series A Conversion Unit(s) delivered pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act), and shall be free and clear of any liens, claims, rights or encumbrances other than those arising under the Delaware Act or this Agreement or created by the holders thereof.

 

(xii)                            Notices . For the avoidance of doubt, the Partnership shall distribute to the Record Holders of Series A Preferred Units copies of all notices, materials, annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements, information statements and any other documents distributed generally to the Record Holders of Common Units of the Partnership, at such times and by such method as such documents are distributed to such Record Holders of such Common Units.

 

ARTICLE VI
ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 6.1                                     Allocations for Capital Account Purposes .  Except as provided in Section 5.11 , for purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining the rights of the Partners among themselves, the Partnership’s items of income, gain, loss and deduction (computed in accordance with Section 5.5(b) ) for each taxable period shall be allocated among the Partners as provided herein below.

 

(a)                                  Net Income .  After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.1(d) , Net Income for each taxable period and all items of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Income for such taxable period shall be allocated as follows:

 

(i)                                      First, to the General Partner until the aggregate of the Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(i)  and the Net Termination Gain allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i)(A)  or Section 6.1(c)(iv)(A)  for the current and all previous taxable periods is equal to the aggregate of the Net Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii)  for all previous taxable periods and the Net

 

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Termination Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(ii)(C)  or Section 6.1(c)(iii)(B)  for the current and all previous taxable periods; and

 

(ii)                                   The balance, if any, (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest, and (y) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the General Partner’s Percentage Interest.

 

(b)                                  Net Loss .  After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.1(d) , Net Loss for each taxable period and all items of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Loss for such taxable period shall be allocated as follows:

 

(i)                                      First, to the General Partner and the Unitholders, Pro Rata; provided, however, that Net Losses shall not be allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(b)(i)  to the extent that such allocation would cause any Unitholder to have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end of such taxable period (or increase any existing deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account); and

 

(ii)                                   The balance, if any, 100% to the General Partner.

 

(c)                                   Net Termination Gains and Losses .  After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.1(d) , Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss (including a pro rata part of each item of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable period shall be allocated in the manner set forth in this Section 6.1(c) .  All allocations under this Section 6.1(c)  shall be made after Capital Account balances have been adjusted by all other allocations provided under this Section 6.1 and after all distributions of Available Cash provided under Section 6.4 and Section 6.5 have been made; provided, however, that solely for purposes of this Section 6.1(c) , Capital Accounts shall not be adjusted for distributions made pursuant to Section 12.4 .

 

(i)                                      Except as provided in Section 6.1(c)(iv) , Net Termination Gain (including a pro rata part of each item of income, gain, loss, and deduction taken into account in computing Net Termination Gain) shall be allocated:

 

(A)                                First, to the General Partner until the aggregate of the Net Termination Gain allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)(i)(A)  or Section 6.1(c)(iv)(A)  and the Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i)  for the current and all previous taxable periods is equal to the aggregate of the Net Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii)  for all previous taxable periods and the Net Termination Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(ii)(C)  or Section 6.1(c)(iii)(B)  for all previous taxable periods;

 

(B)                                Second, (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest and (y) to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the General Partner’s Percentage Interest, until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1) its

 

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Unrecovered Initial Unit Price and (2) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for the Quarter during which the Liquidation Date occurs, reduced by any distribution pursuant to Section 6.4(a)  with respect to such Common Unit for such Quarter (the amount determined pursuant to this clause (2)  is hereinafter referred to as the “ Unpaid MQD ”);

 

(C)                                Third, 100% to the General Partner and all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1) its Unrecovered Initial Unit Price, (2) the Unpaid MQD and (3) the excess of (aa) the First Target Distribution less the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for each Quarter of the Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of any distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made pursuant to Section 6.4(b)  (the sum of subclauses (1) , (2) , and (3)  is hereinafter referred to as the “ First Liquidation Target Amount ”);

 

(D)                                Fourth, (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest, (y) 13% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, and (z) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (x)  and (y)  of this clause (E) , until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1) the First Liquidation Target Amount, and (2) the excess of (aa) the Second Target Distribution less the First Target Distribution for each Quarter of the Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of any distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made pursuant to Section 6.4(c)  (the sum of subclauses (1)  and (2)  is hereinafter referred to as the “ Second Liquidation Target Amount ”);

 

(E)                                 Fifth, (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest, (y) 23% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, and (z) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (x)  and (y)  of this clause (E) , until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1) the Second Liquidation Target Amount, and (2) the excess of (aa) the Third Target Distribution less the Second Target Distribution for each Quarter of the Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of any distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made pursuant to Section 6.4(d) ; and

 

(F)                                  Finally, (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest, (y) 48% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, and (z) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (x)  and (y)  of this clause (F) .

 

(ii)                                   Except as otherwise provided by Section 6.1(c)(iii) , Net Termination Loss (including a pro rata part of each item of income, gain, loss, and deduction taken into account in computing Net Termination Loss) shall be allocated:

 

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(A)                                First (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest and (y) to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the General Partner’s Percentage Interest, until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding has been reduced to zero;

 

(B)                                Second, to the General Partner and the Unitholders, Pro Rata; provided that Net Termination Loss shall not be allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)(ii)(B)  to the extent such allocation would cause any Unitholder to have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account (or increase any existing deficit in its Adjusted Capital Account); and

 

(C)                                Third, the balance, if any, 100% to the General Partner.

 

(iii)                                Any Net Termination Loss deemed recognized pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  prior to the Liquidation Date shall be allocated:

 

(A)                                First, to the General Partner and the Unitholders, Pro Rata; provided that Net Termination Loss shall not be allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)(iii)(A)  to the extent such allocation would cause any Unitholder to have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end of such taxable period (or increase any existing deficit in its Adjusted Capital Account); and

 

(B)                                The balance, if any, to the General Partner.

 

(iv)                               If a Net Termination Loss has been allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(iii) , subsequent Net Termination Gain deemed recognized pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  prior to the Liquidation Date shall be allocated:

 

(A)                                First, to the General Partner until the aggregate Net Termination Gain allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)(iv)(A)  is equal to the aggregate Net Termination Loss previously allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(iii)(B) ;

 

(B)                                Second, to the General Partner and the Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the aggregate Net Termination Gain allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)(iv)(B)  is equal to the aggregate Net Termination Loss previously allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(iii)(A) ; and

 

(C)                                The balance, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1(c)(i) .

 

(d)                                  Special Allocations .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.1 , the following special allocations shall be made for such taxable period:

 

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any Partnership taxable period, each Partner shall be allocated items of Partnership gross income and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(f)(6), 1.704-2(g)(2) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(i), or any successor provision.  For purposes of this Section 6.1(d) , each Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be determined, and the allocation of gross income or gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)  with respect to such taxable period (other than an allocation pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(vi)  or Section 6.1(d)(vii) ).  This Section 6.1(d)(i)  is intended to comply with the Partnership Minimum Gain chargeback requirement in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(ii)                                   Chargeback of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain .  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6.1 (other than Section 6.1(d)(i) ), except as provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable period, any Partner with a share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such taxable period shall be allocated items of Partnership gross income and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(ii), or any successor provisions.  For purposes of this Section 6.1(d) , each Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be determined, and the allocation of gross income or gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)  and other than an allocation pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(i) , Section 6.1(d)(vi)  or Section 6.1(d)(vii)  with respect to such taxable period.  This Section 6.1(d)(ii)  is intended to comply with the chargeback of items of gross income and gain requirement in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(iii)                                Priority Allocations .

 

(A)                                If the amount of cash or the Net Agreed Value of any property distributed (except cash or property distributed pursuant to Section 12.4 or with respect to Series A Preferred Units) with respect to a Unit exceeds the amount of cash or the Net Agreed Value of property distributed with respect to another Unit (the amount of the excess, an “ Excess Distribution ” and the Unit with respect to which the greater distribution is paid, an “ Excess Distribution Unit ”), then (1) there shall be allocated gross income and gain to each Unitholder receiving an Excess Distribution with respect to the Excess Distribution Unit until the aggregate amount of such items allocated with respect to such Excess Distribution Unit pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(iii)(A)  for the current taxable period and all previous taxable periods is equal to the amount of the Excess Distribution; and (2) the General Partner shall be allocated gross income and gain with respect to each such Excess Distribution in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (aa) the quotient determined by dividing (x) the General Partner’s Percentage Interest at the time when the Excess Distribution occurs by (y) a percentage equal to 100% less the General Partner’s Percentage Interest at the time when the Excess

 

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Distribution occurs, times (bb) the total amount allocated in clause (1)  above with respect to such Excess Distribution.

 

(B)                                After the application of Section 6.1(d)(iii)(A) , all or any portion of the remaining items of Partnership gross income or gain for the taxable period, if any, shall be allocated (1) to the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, until the aggregate amount of such items allocated to the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(iii)(B)  for the current taxable period and all previous taxable periods is equal to the cumulative amount of all Incentive Distributions made to the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights from the Closing Date to a date 45 days after the end of the current taxable period; and (2) to the General Partner an amount equal to the product of (aa) an amount equal to the quotient determined by dividing (x) the General Partner’s Percentage Interest by (y) the sum of 100 less the General Partner’s Percentage Interest times (bb) the sum of the amounts allocated in clause (1)  above.

 

(iv)                               Qualified Income Offset .  In the event any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of Partnership gross income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the deficit balance, if any, in its Adjusted Capital Account created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible; provided, however, that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(iv)  shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account as adjusted after all other allocations provided for in this Section 6.1 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.1(d)(iv)  were not in this Agreement.

 

(v)                                  Gross Income Allocation .  In the event any Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at the end of any taxable period in excess of the sum of (A) the amount such Partner is required to restore pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (B) the amount such Partner is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership gross income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided, however, that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(v)  shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account as adjusted after all other allocations provided for in this Section 6.1 have been tentatively made as if Section 6.1(d)(iv)  and this Section 6.1(d)(v)  were not in this Agreement.

 

(vi)                               Nonrecourse Deductions .  Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to the Partners Pro Rata.  If the General Partner determines that the Partnership’s Nonrecourse Deductions should be allocated in a different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the General Partner is authorized, upon notice to the other Partners, to revise the prescribed ratio to the numerically closest ratio that satisfies such requirements.

 

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(vii)                            Partner Nonrecourse Deductions .  Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated 100% to the Partner that bears the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i).  If more than one Partner bears the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt, the Partner Nonrecourse Deductions attributable thereto shall be allocated between or among such Partners in accordance with the ratios in which they share such Economic Risk of Loss.

 

(viii)                         Nonrecourse Liabilities .  For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-3(a)(3), the Partners agree that Nonrecourse Liabilities of the Partnership in excess of the sum of (A) the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain and (B) the total amount of Nonrecourse Built-in Gain shall be allocated in accordance with and under any method approved by the applicable regulations under Section 752 of the Code as chosen by the General Partner.

 

(ix)                               Code Section 754 Adjustments .  To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such Section of the Treasury Regulations.

 

(x)                                  Economic Uniformity; Changes in Law .

 

(A)                                With respect to an event triggering an adjustment to the Carrying Value of Partnership property pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  during any taxable period of the Partnership ending upon, or after, the issuance of IDR Reset Common Units pursuant to Section 5.10 , any Unrealized Gains and Unrealized Losses shall be allocated among the Partners in a manner that to the nearest extent possible results in the Capital Accounts maintained with respect to such IDR Reset Common Units issued pursuant to Section 5.10 equaling the product of (1) the Aggregate Quantity of IDR Reset Common Units and (2) the Per Unit Capital Amount for an Initial Common Unit.

 

(B)                                With respect to any taxable period during which an IDR Reset Common Unit is transferred to any Person who is not an Affiliate of the transferor, all or a portion of the remaining items of Partnership gross income or gain for such taxable period shall be allocated 100% to the transferor Partner of such transferred IDR Reset Common Unit until such transferor Partner has been allocated an amount of gross income or gain that increases the Capital Account maintained with respect to such transferred IDR Reset Common Unit to an amount equal to the Per Unit Capital Amount for an Initial Common Unit.

 

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thereof), the General Partner shall (1) adopt such conventions as it deems appropriate in determining the amount of depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions; (2) make special allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss; and (3) amend the provisions of this Agreement as appropriate (x) to reflect the proposal or promulgation of Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) or Section 704(c) of the Code or (y) otherwise to preserve or achieve uniformity of the Limited Partner Interests (or any class or classes thereof).  The General Partner may adopt such conventions, make such allocations and make such amendments to this Agreement as provided in this Section 6.1(d)(x)(C)  only if such conventions, allocations or amendments would not have a material adverse effect on the Partners, the holders of any class or classes of Limited Partner Interests issued and Outstanding or the Partnership, and if such allocations are consistent with the principles of Section 704 of the Code.

 

(xi)                               Curative Allocation .

 

(A)                                Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.1 , other than the Required Allocations, the Required Allocations shall be taken into account in making the Agreed Allocations so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of items of gross income, gain, loss and deduction allocated to each Partner pursuant to the Required Allocations and the Agreed Allocations, together, shall be equal to the net amount of such items that would have been allocated to each such Partner under the Agreed Allocations had the Required Allocations and the related Curative Allocation not otherwise been provided in this Section 6.1 .  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Required Allocations relating to (1) Nonrecourse Deductions shall not be taken into account except to the extent that there has been a decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain and (2) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions shall not be taken into account except to the extent that there has been a decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain.  In exercising its discretion under this Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A) , the General Partner may take into account future Required Allocations that, although not yet made, are likely to offset other Required Allocations previously made.  Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A)  shall only be made with respect to Required Allocations to the extent the General Partner determines that such allocations will otherwise be inconsistent with the economic agreement among the Partners.  Further, allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A)  shall be deferred with respect to allocations pursuant to clauses (1)  and (2)  hereof to the extent the General Partner determines that such allocations are likely to be offset by subsequent Required Allocations.

 

(B)                                The General Partner shall, with respect to each taxable period, (1) apply the provisions of Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A)  in whatever order is most likely to minimize the economic distortions that might otherwise result from the Required Allocations, and (2) divide all allocations pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A)  among the Partners in a manner that is likely to minimize such economic distortions.

 

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(xii)         Equalization of Capital Accounts With Respect to Privately Placed Units. Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss deemed recognized as a result of an event that results in adjustment of the Carrying Value of each Partnership property pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  shall first be allocated to the (A) Unitholders holding Privately Placed Units or (B) Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, as applicable, to the extent necessary to cause the Capital Account in respect of each Privately Placed Unit then Outstanding to equal the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit (other than Privately Placed Units) then Outstanding.

 

(xiii)        Corrective and Other Allocations .  In the event of any allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items or any Book-Down Event or any recognition of a Net Termination Loss, the following rules shall apply:

 

(A)          Except as provided in Section 6.1(d)(xiii)(B) , in the case of any allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items (other than an allocation of Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss under Section 5.5(d)  hereof), the General Partner shall allocate such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items to (1) the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights and the General Partner to the same extent that the Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss giving rise to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items was allocated to them pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  and (2) all Unitholders, Pro Rata, to the extent that the Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss giving rise to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items was allocated to any Unitholders pursuant to Section 5.5(d) .

 

(B)          In the case of any allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items (other than an allocation of Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss under Section 5.5(d)  hereof or an allocation of Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss pursuant to Section 6.1(c)  hereof) as a result of a sale or other taxable disposition of any Partnership asset that is an Adjusted Property (“ Disposed of Adjusted Property ”), the General Partner shall allocate (1) additional items of gross income and gain (aa) away from the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights and (bb) to the Unitholders, or (2) additional items of deduction and loss (aa) away from the Unitholders and (bb) to the holders of Incentive Distribution Rights, to the extent that the Additional Book Basis Derivative Items allocated to the Unitholders exceed their Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items with respect to such Disposed of Adjusted Property.  Any allocation made pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(xiii)(B)  shall be made after all of the other Agreed Allocations have been made as if this Section 6.1(d)(xiii)  were not in this Agreement and, to the extent necessary, shall require the reallocation of items that have been allocated pursuant to such other Agreed Allocations.

 

(C)          In the case of any negative adjustments to the Capital Accounts of the Partners resulting from a Book-Down Event or from the recognition of a Net Termination Loss, such negative adjustment (1) shall first be allocated, to the extent of the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments, in such a manner, as determined by the General Partner, that to the extent possible the aggregate Capital Accounts of the Partners will equal the amount that would have been the Capital Account balances of the Partners if no prior Book-Up Events had occurred, and (2) any negative adjustment in

 

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excess of the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments shall be allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(c)  hereof.

 

(D)          For purposes of this Section 6.1(d)(xiii) , the Unitholders shall be treated as being allocated Additional Book Basis Derivative Items to the extent that such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items have reduced the amount of income that would otherwise have been allocated to the Unitholders under this Agreement.  In making the allocations required under this Section 6.1(d)(xiii) , the General Partner may apply whatever conventions or other methodology it determines will satisfy the purpose of this Section 6.1(d)(xiii) .  Without limiting the foregoing, if an Adjusted Property is contributed by the Partnership to another entity classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (the “ lower tier partnership ”), the General Partner may make allocations similar to those described in Sections 6.1(d)(xiii)(A)  through (C)  to the extent the General Partner determines such allocations are necessary to account for the Partnership’s allocable share of income, gain, loss and deduction of the lower tier partnership that relate to the contributed Adjusted Property in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of this Section 6.1(d)(xiii) .

 

Section 6.2            Allocations for Tax Purposes .

 

(a)           Except as otherwise provided herein, for federal income tax purposes, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1 .

 

(b)           In an attempt to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities attributable to a Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, items of income, gain, loss, depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions shall be allocated for federal income tax purposes among the Partners in the manner provided under Section 704(c) of the Code, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code, as determined to be appropriate by the General Partner (taking into account the General Partner’s discretion under Section 6.1(d)(x)(C) ); provided, however, that the General Partner shall apply the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d) in all events.

 

(c)           The General Partner may determine to depreciate or amortize the portion of an adjustment under Section 743(b) of the Code attributable to unrealized appreciation in any Adjusted Property (to the extent of the unamortized Book-Tax Disparity) using a predetermined rate derived from the depreciation or amortization method and useful life applied to the unamortized Book-Tax Disparity of such property, despite any inconsistency of such approach with Treasury Regulation Section 1.167(c)-l(a)(6) or any successor regulations thereto.  If the General Partner determines that such reporting position cannot reasonably be taken, the General Partner may adopt depreciation and amortization conventions under which all purchasers acquiring Limited Partner Interests in the same month would receive depreciation and amortization deductions, based upon the same applicable rate as if they had purchased a direct interest in the Partnership’s property.  If the General Partner chooses not to utilize such aggregate

 

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method, the General Partner may use any other depreciation and amortization conventions to preserve the uniformity of the intrinsic tax characteristics of any Limited Partner Interests, so long as such conventions would not have a material adverse effect on the Limited Partners or the Record Holders of any class or classes of Limited Partner Interests.

 

(d)           In accordance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.1245-1(e) and 1.1250-1(f), any gain allocated to the Partners upon the sale or other taxable disposition of any Partnership asset shall, to the extent possible, after taking into account other required allocations of gain pursuant to this Section 6.2 , be characterized as Recapture Income in the same proportions and to the same extent as such Partners (or their predecessors in interest) have been allocated any deductions directly or indirectly giving rise to the treatment of such gains as Recapture Income.

 

(e)           All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit recognized by the Partnership for federal income tax purposes and allocated to the Partners in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be determined without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code that may be made by the Partnership; provided, however , that such allocations, once made, shall be adjusted (in the manner determined by the General Partner) to take into account those adjustments permitted or required by Sections 734 and 743 of the Code.

 

(f)            Each item of Partnership income, gain, loss and deduction, for federal income tax purposes, shall be determined for each taxable period and prorated on a monthly basis and shall be allocated to the Partners as of the opening of the National Securities Exchange on which the Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading on the first Business Day of each month; provided, however, that such items for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the month in which the last Option Closing Date or the expiration of the Over-Allotment Option occurs shall be allocated to the Partners as of the opening of the National Securities Exchange on which the Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading on the first Business Day of the next succeeding month; provided further, that gain or loss on a sale or other disposition of any assets of the Partnership or any other extraordinary item of income or loss realized and recognized other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined by the General Partner, shall be allocated to the Partners as of the opening of the National Securities Exchange on which the Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading on the first Business Day of the month in which such gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes.  The General Partner may revise, alter or otherwise modify such methods of allocation to the extent permitted or required by Section 706 of the Code and the regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder.

 

(g)           Allocations that would otherwise be made to a Limited Partner under the provisions of this Article VI shall instead be made to the beneficial owner of Limited Partner Interests held by a nominee, agent or representative in any case in which such nominee, agent or representative has furnished the identity of such owner to the Partnership in accordance with Section 6031(c) of the Code or any other method determined by the General Partner.

 

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(h)           If, as a result of the conversion of a Series A Preferred Unit into Common Units and the adjustments pursuant to Section 5.5(d)(iii), a Capital Account reallocation is required consistent with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the General Partner shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).

 

Section 6.3            Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record Holders .

 

(a)           Within 45 days following the end of each Quarter commencing with the Quarter ending on September 30, 2013, an amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter shall be distributed in accordance with this Article VI by the Partnership to the Partners as of the Record Date selected by the General Partner.  The Record Date for the first distribution of Available Cash shall not be prior to the final closing of the Over-Allotment Option or the Deferred Issuance.  All amounts of Available Cash distributed by the Partnership on any date from any source shall be deemed to be Operating Surplus until the sum of all amounts of Available Cash theretofore distributed by the Partnership to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.4 equals the Operating Surplus from the Closing Date through the close of the immediately preceding Quarter.  Any remaining amounts of Available Cash distributed by the Partnership on such date shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.5 , be deemed to be “ Capital Surplus .”  All distributions required to be made under this Agreement shall be made subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act and other applicable law, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a)  (but subject to the last sentence of Section 6.3(a) ), in the event of the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, all cash received during or after the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs shall be applied and distributed solely in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, Section 12.4 .

 

(c)           The General Partner may treat taxes paid by the Partnership on behalf of, or amounts withheld with respect to, all or less than all of the Partners, as a distribution of Available Cash to such Partners, as determined appropriate under the circumstances by the General Partner.

 

(d)           Each distribution in respect of a Partnership Interest shall be paid by the Partnership, directly or through the Transfer Agent or through any other Person or agent, only to the Record Holder of such Partnership Interest as of the Record Date set for such distribution.  Such payment shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the Partnership’s liability in respect of such payment, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such payment by reason of an assignment or otherwise

 

(e)           Notwithstanding Section 6.3(b) , but subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to make special distributions of cash or cash equivalents in connection with contributions of assets by Partners or by Persons who shall become Partners by virtue of such contribution. Such distributions shall not be subject

 

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to, or considered as distributions under, Section 5.11(b)(i)(B) , Section 6.1(d)(iii)(A) , the third and fourth sentences of Section 6.3(a) , Section 6.4 or Section 6.5 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including Section 6.1(d)(iii)(A)) , no Partner shall receive an allocation of income (including gross income) or gain as a result of receiving a distribution provided for in this Section 6.3(e) .

 

Section 6.4            Distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus . Subject to Section 5.11(b)(i) , Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3 or Section 6.5 shall be distributed as follows, except as otherwise required in respect of additional Partnership Interests or Derivative Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Section 5.6(b) :

 

(a)           First, to the General Partner and the holders of Common Units, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;

 

(b)           Second, to the General Partner and the holders of Common Units, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the First Target Distribution over the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;

 

(c)           Third, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest, (ii) 13% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, and (iii) to the holders of Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i)  and (ii)  of this clause (c) , until there has been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the Second Target Distribution over the First Target Distribution for such Quarter;

 

(d)           Fourth, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest, (ii) 23% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, and (iii) to the holders of Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i)  and (ii)  of this clause (d) , until there has been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the Third Target Distribution over the Second Target Distribution for such Quarter; and

 

(e)           Thereafter, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest, (ii) 48% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, and (iii) to the holders of Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i)  and (ii)  of this clause (e) ;

 

provided, however, that if the Minimum Quarterly Distribution, the First Target Distribution, the Second Target Distribution and the Third Target Distribution have been reduced to zero pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6.6(a) , the distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus with respect to any Quarter will be made solely in accordance with Section 6.4(e) .

 

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Section 6.5            Distributions of Available Cash from Capital Surplus .  Subject to Section  5.11(b)(i) , Available Cash that is deemed to be Capital Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3(a)  shall be distributed, unless the provisions of Section 6.3 require otherwise, to the General Partner and the holders of Common Units, Pro Rata, until a hypothetical holder of a Common Unit acquired on the Closing Date has received with respect to such Common Unit distributions of Available Cash that are deemed to be Capital Surplus in an aggregate amount equal to the Initial Unit Price.  Thereafter, all Available Cash shall be distributed as if it were Operating Surplus and shall be distributed in accordance with Section 6.4 .

 

Section 6.6            Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distribution Levels .

 

(a)           The Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distributions shall be proportionately adjusted in the event of any distribution, combination or subdivision (whether effected by a distribution payable in Units or otherwise) of Units or other Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 5.8 .  In the event of a distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be from Capital Surplus, the then applicable Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distributions shall be adjusted proportionately downward to equal the product obtained by multiplying the otherwise applicable Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution, as the case may be, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Unrecovered Initial Unit Price of the Common Units immediately after giving effect to such distribution and the denominator of which is the Unrecovered Initial Unit Price of the Common Units immediately prior to giving effect to such distribution.

 

(b)           The Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution shall also be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5.10 and Section 6.9 .

 

Section 6.7            Special Provisions Relating to the Holders of Incentive Distribution Rights .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights (1) shall (x) possess the rights and obligations provided in this Agreement with respect to a Limited Partner pursuant to Article III and Article VII and (y) have a Capital Account as a Partner pursuant to Section 5.5 and all other provisions related thereto and (2) shall not (x) be entitled to vote on any matters requiring the approval or vote of the holders of Outstanding Units, except as provided by law, (y) be entitled to any distributions other than as provided in Sections 6.4(c) , (d)  and (e) , and Section 12.4 or (z) be allocated items of income, gain, loss or deduction other than as specified in this Article VI ; provided, however , that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not preclude the Partnership from making any other payments or distributions in connection with other actions permitted by this Agreement.

 

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Unitholder’s Capital Account with respect to the retained IDR Reset Common Units would be negative after giving effect to the allocation under Section 5.5(c)(ii) .

 

(c)           A holder of an IDR Reset Common Unit that was issued in connection with an IDR Reset Election pursuant to Section 5.10 shall not be issued a Common Unit Certificate pursuant to Section 4.1 (if the Common Units are evidenced by Certificates) or evidence of the issuance of uncertificated Common Units, and shall not be permitted to transfer such Common Unit to a Person that is not an Affiliate of such holder, until such time as the General Partner determines, based on advice of counsel, that each such IDR Reset Common Unit should have, as a substantive matter, like intrinsic economic and federal income tax characteristics, in all material respects, to the intrinsic economic and federal income tax characteristics of an Initial Common Unit. In connection with the condition imposed by this Section 6.7(c) , the General Partner may take whatever steps are required to provide economic uniformity to such IDR Reset Common Units in preparation for a transfer of such IDR Reset Common Units, including the application of Section 5.5(c)(ii) , Section 6.1(d)(x)(A)  or Section 6.1(d)(x)(B) ; provided, however , that no such steps may be taken that would have a material adverse effect on the Unitholders holding Common Units or the Series A Preferred Unitholders.

 

Section 6.8            Special Provisions Relating to Series A Preferred Units.

 

(a)           Subject to any applicable transfer restrictions in Section 4.8 or Section 5.11(b)(vii) , the holder of a Series A Preferred Unit or a Series A Conversion Unit shall provide notice to the Partnership of the transfer of any such Series A Preferred Unit or Series A Conversion Unit, as applicable, by the earlier of (i) 30 days following such transfer and (ii) the last Business Day of the calendar year during which such transfer occurred, unless, with respect to a transfer of a Series A Conversion Unit, by virtue of the application of Section 5.5(d)(iii) , the Partnership has previously determined, based on the advice of counsel, that the transferred Series A Conversion Unit should have, as a substantive matter, like intrinsic economic and federal income tax characteristics of an Initial Common Unit. In connection with the condition imposed by this Section 6.8 , the Partnership shall take whatever steps are required to provide economic uniformity to the Series A Conversion Unit in preparation for a transfer of such Unit; provided, however , that no such steps may be taken that would have a material adverse effect on the Unitholders holding Common Units (for this purpose the allocations of income, gain, loss and deductions, and the making of any guaranteed payments or any reallocation of Capital Account balances, among the Partners in accordance with Section 5.5(d)(iii)  and Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(4) with respect to Series A Preferred Units or Series A Conversion Units will be deemed not to have a material adverse effect on the Unitholders holding Common Units).

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the holders of the Series A Preferred Units (i) shall (A) possess the rights and obligations provided in this Agreement with respect to a Limited Partner pursuant to Article III and Article VII and (B) have a Capital Account as a Partner pursuant to Section 5.5 and all other provisions related thereto and (ii) shall not (A) be entitled to vote on any matters requiring the approval or vote of

 

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the holders of Outstanding Units, except as provided in Section 5.11 or (B) be entitled to any distributions other than as provided in Section 5.11 and Article VI .

 

Section 6.9            Entity-Level Taxation .  If legislation is enacted or the official interpretation of existing legislation is modified by a governmental authority, which, after giving effect to such enactment or modification, results in a Group Member becoming subject to federal, state or local or non-U.S. income or withholding taxes in excess of the amount of such taxes due from the Group Member prior to such enactment or modification (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase in the rate of such taxation applicable to the Group Member), then the General Partner may, at its option, reduce the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the Target Distributions by the amount of income or withholding taxes that are payable by reason of any such new legislation or interpretation (the “ Incremental Income Taxes ”), or any portion thereof selected by the General Partner, in the manner provided in this Section 6.9 .  If the General Partner elects to reduce the Minimum Quarterly Distribution and the Target Distributions for any Quarter with respect to all or a portion of any Incremental Income Taxes, the General Partner shall estimate for such Quarter the Partnership Group’s aggregate liability (the “ Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount ”) for all (or the relevant portion of) such Incremental Income Taxes; provided that any difference between such estimate and the actual liability for Incremental Income Taxes (or the relevant portion thereof) for such Quarter may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, be taken into account in determining the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount with respect to each Quarter in which any such difference can be determined.  For each such Quarter, the Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution shall be the product obtained by multiplying (a) the amounts therefor that are set out herein prior to the application of this Section 6.9 times (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) Available Cash with respect to such Quarter by (ii) the sum of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter and the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount for such Quarter, as determined by the General Partner.  For purposes of the foregoing, Available Cash with respect to a Quarter will be deemed reduced by the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount for that Quarter.

 

ARTICLE VII
  MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS

 

Section 7.1            Management .

 

(a)           The General Partner shall conduct, direct and manage all activities of the Partnership.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership.  In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or that are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to Section 7.3 , shall have full power and authority to do all things and on such terms as it determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 2.5 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 2.4 , including the following:

 

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(i)            the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness, including indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Partnership Interests (subject to any approval that may be required by Section 5.11(b)(iii)  with respect to Series A Senior Securities and Series A Parity Securities), and the incurring of any other obligations;

 

(ii)           the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership;

 

(iii)          the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any or all of the assets of the Partnership or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another Person (the matters described in this clause (iii)  being subject, however, to any prior approval that may be required by Section 7.3 and Article XIV );

 

(iv)          the use of the assets of the Partnership (including cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the financing of the conduct of the operations of the Partnership Group; subject to Section 7.6(a) , the lending of funds to other Persons (including other Group Members); the repayment or guarantee of obligations of any Group Member; and the making of capital contributions to any Group Member;

 

(v)           the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments (including instruments that limit the liability of the Partnership under contractual arrangements to all or particular assets of the Partnership, with the other party to the contract to have no recourse against the General Partner or its assets other than its interest in the Partnership, even if the same results in the terms of the transaction being less favorable to the Partnership than would otherwise be the case);

 

(vi)          the distribution of Partnership cash;

 

(vii)         the selection and dismissal of officers, employees, agents, internal and outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;

 

(viii)        the maintenance of insurance for the benefit of the Partnership Group, the Partners and Indemnitees;

 

(ix)          the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property and the making of loans to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies or other Persons (including the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any Group Member from time to time) subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.4 ;

 

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(x)           the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of litigation, arbitration or mediation and the incurring of legal expense and the settlement of claims and litigation;

 

(xi)          the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;

 

(xii)         the entering into of listing agreements with any National Securities Exchange and the delisting of some or all of the Limited Partner Interests from, or requesting that trading be suspended on, any such exchange (subject to any prior approval that may be required under Section 4.8 );

 

(xiii)        the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of Partnership Interests, or the issuance of Derivative Partnership Interests (subject to any approval that may be required by Section 5.11(b) );

 

(xiv)        the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s participation in the management of any Group Member; and

 

(xv)         the entering into of agreements with any of its Affiliates to render services to a Group Member or to itself in the discharge of its duties as General Partner of the Partnership.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, the Delaware Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation, each Record Holder and each other Person who may acquire an interest in a Partnership Interest or that is otherwise bound by this Agreement hereby (i) approves, ratifies and confirms the execution, delivery and performance by the parties thereto of this Agreement and the Group Member Agreement of each other Group Member, the IPO Underwriting Agreement, the Omnibus Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Operational Services Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement and the other agreements described in or filed as exhibits to the IPO Registration Statement that are related to the transactions contemplated by the IPO Registration Statement (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”) (in each case other than this Agreement, without giving effect to any amendments, supplements or restatements thereof entered into after the date such Person becomes bound by the provisions of this Agreement); (ii) agrees that the General Partner (on its own or on behalf of the Partnership) is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the agreements referred to in clause (i)  of this sentence and the other agreements, acts, transactions and matters described in or contemplated by the IPO Registration Statement on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners or the other Persons who may acquire an interest in Partnership Interests or are otherwise bound by this Agreement; and (iii) agrees that the execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner, any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them of this Agreement or any agreement authorized or permitted under this Agreement (including the exercise by the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner of the rights accorded pursuant to Article XV ) shall not

 

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constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty that the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or any other Persons under this Agreement (or any other agreements) or of any duty existing at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

Section 7.2            Certificate of Limited Partnership .  The General Partner has caused the Certificate of Limited Partnership to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required by the Delaware Act.  The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware or any other state in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.  To the extent the General Partner determines such action to be necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and do all things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership or other entity in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware or of any other state in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.  Subject to the terms of Section 3.3(a) , the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership, any qualification document or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner.

 

Section 7.3            Restrictions on the General Partner’s Authority to Sell Assets of the Partnership Group .

 

Except as provided in Article XII and Article XIV , the General Partner may not sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group, taken as a whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (including by way of merger, consolidation or other combination or sale of ownership interests of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries) without the approval of holders of a Unit Majority; provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude or limit the General Partner’s ability to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group and shall not apply to any forced sale of any or all of the assets of the Partnership Group pursuant to the foreclosure of, or other realization upon, any such encumbrance.

 

Section 7.4            Reimbursement of and Other Payments to the General Partner .

 

(a)           Except as provided in this Section 7.4, and elsewhere in this Agreement or in the Omnibus Agreement, the Operational Services Agreement, or the Tax Sharing Agreement, the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as a general partner or managing member of any Group Member.

 

(b)           Except as may be otherwise provided in the Omnibus Agreement, the Operational Services Agreement, or the Tax Sharing Agreement, the General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine, for (i) all direct and indirect expenses it incurs or payments it makes on behalf of the Partnership Group (including salary, bonus, incentive compensation and other amounts paid to any Person,

 

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including Affiliates of the General Partner, to perform services for the Partnership Group or for the General Partner in the discharge of its duties to the Partnership Group), and (ii) all other expenses allocable to the Partnership Group or otherwise incurred by the General Partner or its Affiliates in connection with managing and operating the Partnership Group’s business and affairs (including expenses allocated to the General Partner by its Affiliates).  The General Partner shall determine the expenses that are allocable to the Partnership Group.  Reimbursements pursuant to this Section 7.4 shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the General Partner as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 .  Any allocation of expenses to the Partnership by the General Partner in a manner consistent with its or its Affiliates’ past business practices and, in the case of assets regulated by FERC, then applicable accounting and allocation methodologies generally permitted by FERC for rate-making purposes (or in the absence of then-applicable methodologies permitted by FERC, consistent with the most-recently applicable methodologies), shall be deemed to have been made in good faith.

 

(c)           The General Partner, without the approval of the Limited Partners (who shall have no right to vote in respect thereof), may propose and adopt on behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans, employee programs and employee practices (including plans, programs and practices involving the issuance of Partnership Interests or Derivative Partnership Interests), or cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Interests or Derivative Partnership Interests in connection with, or pursuant to, any employee benefit plan, employee program or employee practice maintained or sponsored by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates in each case for the benefit of officers, employees and directors of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership Group.  The Partnership agrees to issue and sell to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates any Partnership Interests that the General Partner or such Affiliates are obligated to provide to any officers, employees, consultants and directors pursuant to any such employee benefit plans, employee programs or employee practices.  Expenses incurred by the General Partner in connection with any such plans, programs and practices (including the net cost to the General Partner or such Affiliates of Partnership Interests purchased by the General Partner or such Affiliates from the Partnership to fulfill options or awards under such plans, programs and practices) shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 7.4(b) .  Any and all obligations of the General Partner under any employee benefit plans, employee programs or employee practices adopted by the General Partner as permitted by this Section 7.4(c)  shall constitute obligations of the General Partner hereunder and shall be assumed by any successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 or the transferee of or successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6 .

 

(d)           The General Partner and its Affiliates may charge any member of the Partnership Group a management fee to the extent necessary to allow the Partnership Group to reduce the amount of any state franchise or income tax or any tax based upon the revenues or gross margin of any member of the Partnership Group if the tax benefit produced by the payment of such management fee or fees exceeds the amount of such fee or fees.

 

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Section 7.5            Outside Activities .

 

(a)           The General Partner, for so long as it is the General Partner of the Partnership (i) agrees that its sole business will be to act as a general partner or managing member, as the case may be, of the Partnership and any other partnership or limited liability company of which the Partnership is, directly or indirectly, a partner or member and to undertake activities that are ancillary or related thereto (including being a Limited Partner in the Partnership) and (ii) shall not engage in any business or activity or incur any debts or liabilities except in connection with or incidental to (A) its performance as general partner or managing member, if any, of one or more Group Members or as described in or contemplated by the IPO Registration Statement, (B) the acquiring, owning or disposing of debt securities or equity interests in any Group Member, (C) the guarantee of, and mortgage, pledge, or encumbrance of any or all of its assets in connection with, any indebtedness of any Group Member or (D) the performance of its obligations under the Omnibus Agreement.

 

(b)           Subject to the terms of Section 7.5(c) , each Unrestricted Person (other than the General Partner) shall have the right to engage in businesses of every type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in and possess an interest in other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in businesses engaged in or anticipated to be engaged in by any Group Member, independently or with others, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities of any Group Member, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise, to any Group Member or any Partner.  None of any Group Member, any Limited Partner or any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any Unrestricted Person.

 

(c)           Subject to the terms of Section 7.5(a)  and  Section 7.5(b) , but otherwise notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the engaging in competitive activities by any Unrestricted Person (other than the General Partner) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.5 is hereby approved by the Partnership and all Partners, (ii) it shall be deemed not to be a breach of any duty or any other obligation of any type whatsoever of the General Partner or any other Unrestricted Person for the Unrestricted Persons (other than the General Partner) to engage in such business interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion of the Partnership and (iii) the Unrestricted Persons shall have no obligation hereunder or as a result of any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise, to present business opportunities to the Partnership.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to any Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner).  No Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner) who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Partnership, shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Partnership, and such Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner) shall not be liable to the Partnership, to any Limited Partner or any other Person bound by this Agreement for breach of any duty by reason of the fact that such Unrestricted Person (including the General Partner) pursues or

 

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acquires for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to the Partnership, provided that such Unrestricted Person does not engage in such business or activity using confidential or proprietary information provided by or on behalf of the Partnership to such Unrestricted Person.

 

(d)           The General Partner and each of its Affiliates may acquire Units or other Partnership Interests in addition to those acquired on the Closing Date and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, shall be entitled to exercise, at their option, all rights relating to all Units and/or other Partnership Interests acquired by them.  The term “Affiliates” when used in this Section 7.5(d)  with respect to the General Partner shall not include any Group Member.

 

Section 7.6            Loans from the General Partner; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership or Group Members .

 

(a)           The General Partner or any of its Affiliates may lend to any Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow from the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, funds needed or desired by the Group Member for such periods of time and in such amounts as the General Partner may determine; provided, however , that in any such case the lending party may not charge the borrowing party interest at a rate greater than the rate that would be charged the borrowing party or impose terms less favorable to the borrowing party than would be charged or imposed on the borrowing party by unrelated lenders on comparable loans made on an arm’s-length basis (without reference to the lending party’s financial abilities or guarantees), all as determined by the General Partner.  The borrowing party shall reimburse the lending party for any costs (other than any additional interest costs) incurred by the lending party in connection with the borrowing of such funds.  For purposes of this Section 7.6(a)  and Section 7.6(b) , the term “Group Member” shall include any Affiliate of a Group Member that is controlled by the Group Member.

 

(b)           The Partnership may lend or contribute to any Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow from the Partnership, funds on terms and conditions determined by the General Partner.  No Group Member may lend funds to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates (other than another Group Member).

 

(c)           No borrowing by any Group Member or the approval thereof by the General Partner shall be deemed to constitute a breach of any duty, expressed or implied, of the General Partner or its Affiliates to the Partnership or the Limited Partners existing hereunder, or existing at law, in equity or otherwise by reason of the fact that the purpose or effect of such borrowing is directly or indirectly to enable distributions to the General Partner or its Affiliates (including in their capacities as Limited Partners) to exceed the General Partner’s Percentage Interest of the total amount distributed to all Partners.

 

Section 7.7            Indemnification .

 

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the Partnership from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal and including appeals, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee and acting (or refraining to act) in such capacity on behalf of or for the benefit of the Partnership; provided , that the Indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless pursuant to this Agreement if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in intentional fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful; provided, further, no indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be available to any Affiliate of the General Partner (other than a Group Member), or to any other Indemnitee, with respect to any such Affiliate’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents.  Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, it being agreed that the General Partner shall not be personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification.

 

(b)           To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to Section 7.7(a)  in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 , the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the Partnership of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized by this Section 7.7 .

 

(c)           The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the holders of Outstanding Limited Partner Interests, as a matter of law, in equity or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnitee’s capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other capacity (including any capacity under the IPO Underwriting Agreement), and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee.

 

(d)           The Partnership may purchase and maintain (or reimburse the General Partner or its Affiliates for the cost of) insurance, on behalf of the General Partner, its Affiliates and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities or such Person’s activities on behalf of the Partnership, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(e)           For purposes of this Section 7.7 , the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute “fines” within the meaning of Section 7.7(a) ; and action taken or omitted by it with respect to any employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the best interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose that is in the best interests of the Partnership.

 

(f)            In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(g)           An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.7 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

 

(h)           The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees and their heirs, successors, assigns, executors and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.

 

(i)            No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Partnership, nor the obligations of the Partnership to indemnify any such Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

 

Section 7.8            Liability of Indemnitees .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no Indemnitee shall be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership, the Limited Partners, or any other Persons who are bound by this Agreement for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnitee unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter in question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in intentional fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

(b)           The General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and the General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by the General Partner in good faith.

 

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(c)           To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnitee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership or to the Partners, the General Partner and any other Indemnitee acting in connection with the Partnership’s business or affairs shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner or to any other Persons who are bound by this Agreement for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(d)           Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability of the Indemnitees under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

 

Section 7.9            Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties .

 

(a)           Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Group Member Agreement, whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Partnership, any Group Member or any Partner, on the other, any resolution or course of action by the General Partner or its Affiliates in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all Partners, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, of any Group Member Agreement, of any agreement contemplated herein or therein, or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) approved by a Unit Majority (excluding Common Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates), (iii) on terms no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iv) fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership).  The General Partner shall be authorized but not required in connection with its resolution of such conflict of interest to seek Special Approval or Unitholder approval of such resolution, and the General Partner may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval or Unitholder approval.  Whenever the General Partner makes a determination to refer or not refer any potential conflict of interest to the Conflicts Committee for Special Approval or to seek or not to seek Unitholder approval, then the General Partner shall be entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to make such determination free of any duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, and the General Partner shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard or duty imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity, and the General Partner in making such determination shall be permitted to do so at its option.  If Special Approval is sought, then it shall be presumed that, in making its decision, the Conflicts Committee acted in good faith, and if the Board of Directors determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (iii)  or (iv)  above or that a director satisfies the eligibility

 

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requirements to be a member of the Conflicts Committee, then it shall be presumed that, in making its decision, the Board of Directors acted in good faith.  In any proceeding brought by any Limited Partner or by or on behalf of such Limited Partner or any other Limited Partner or the Partnership challenging any action by the Conflicts Committee with respect to any matter referred to the Conflicts Committee for Special Approval by the General Partner, any determination by the Board of Directors that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (iii)  or (iv)  above or any determination by the Board of Directors that a director satisfies the eligibility requirements to be a member of the Conflicts Committee, the Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of overcoming the presumption that the Conflicts Committee or the Board of Directors, as applicable, acted in good faith.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or equity, the existence of the conflicts of interest described in the IPO Registration Statement are hereby approved by all Partners and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any such duty.

 

(b)           Whenever the General Partner or the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof (including the Conflicts Committee), makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any Affiliate of the General Partner causes the General Partner to do so, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership as opposed to in its individual capacity, whether under this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then, unless another express standard is provided for in this Agreement, the General Partner, the Board of Directors or such committee or such Affiliates causing the General Partner to do so, shall make such determination or take or decline to take such other action in good faith and shall not be subject to any other or different duties or standards (including fiduciary duties or standards) imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity.  A determination or other action or inaction will conclusively be deemed to be in “good faith” for all purposes of this Agreement if the Person or Persons making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action subjectively believe that the determination or other action or inaction is in the best interests of the Partnership Group.  In making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action, such Person or Persons may take into account the totality of the circumstances or the totality of the relationships between the parties involved, including other relationships or transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership.

 

(c)           Whenever the General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any of its Affiliates causes it to do so, in its individual capacity as opposed to in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, whether under this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, are entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to make such determination or to take or decline to take such other action free of any duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, and the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by

 

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this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity, and the Person or Persons making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action shall be permitted to do so in their sole and absolute discretion.  By way of illustration and not of limitation, whenever the phrase, “the General Partner at its option,” or some variation of that phrase, is used in this Agreement, it indicates that the General Partner is acting in its individual capacity.  For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the General Partner votes or transfers its Partnership Interests, or refrains from voting or transferring its Partnership Interests, it shall be acting in its individual capacity.

 

(d)           The General Partner’s organizational documents may provide that determinations to take or decline to take any action in its individual, rather than representative, capacity may or shall be determined by its members, if the General Partner is a limited liability company, stockholders, if the General Partner is a corporation, or the members or stockholders of the General Partner’s general partner, if the General Partner is a partnership.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner and its Affiliates shall have no duty or obligation, express or implied, to (i) sell or otherwise dispose of any asset of the Partnership Group other than in the ordinary course of business or (ii) permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the General Partner and its Affiliates, except as may be provided in contracts entered into from time to time specifically dealing with such use.  Any determination by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates to enter into such contracts shall be at its option.

 

(f)            Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or expressly required by the Delaware Act, neither the General Partner nor any other Indemnitee shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, and the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict, eliminate or otherwise modify the duties and liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of the General Partner or any other Indemnitee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners to replace such other duties and liabilities of the General Partner or such other Indemnitee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the General Partner nor any other Indemnitee shall owe any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to Series A Preferred Unitholders.

 

(g)           The Unitholders hereby authorize the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership as a partner or member of a Group Member, to approve actions by the general partner or managing member of such Group Member similar to those actions permitted to be taken by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.9 .

 

Section 7.10          Other Matters Concerning the General Partner and Other Indemnitees .

 

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document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

(b)           The General Partner and any other Indemnitee may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion (including an Opinion of Counsel) of such Persons as to matters that the General Partner or such Indemnitee, respectively, reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.

 

(c)           The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers, a duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact or the duly authorized officers of the Partnership or any Group Member.

 

Section 7.11          Purchase or Sale of Partnership Interests .  The General Partner may cause the Partnership to purchase or otherwise acquire Partnership Interests or Derivative Partnership Interests.  As long as Partnership Interests are held by any Group Member, such Partnership Interests shall not be considered Outstanding for any purpose, except as otherwise provided herein.  The General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner may also purchase or otherwise acquire and sell or otherwise dispose of Partnership Interests for its own account, subject to the provisions of Articles IV and X .

 

Section 7.12          Registration Rights of the General Partner and its Affiliates .

 

(a)           Demand Registration.   Upon receipt of a Notice from any Holder at any time after the 180 th  day after the Closing Date, the Partnership shall file with the Commission as promptly as reasonably practicable a registration statement under the Securities Act (each, a “ Registration Statement ”) providing for the resale of the Registrable Securities, which may, at the option of the Holder giving such Notice, be a Registration Statement that provides for the resale of the Registrable Securities from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.  The Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the initial filing of the Registration Statement and to remain effective and available for the resale of the Registrable Securities by the Selling Holders named therein until the earlier of (i) six months following such Registration Statement’s effective date and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold.  In the event one or more Holders request in a Notice to dispose of a number of Registrable Securities that such Holder or Holders reasonably anticipates will result in gross proceeds of at least $30 million in the aggregate pursuant to a Registration Statement in an Underwritten Offering, the Partnership shall retain underwriters that are reasonably acceptable to such Selling Holders in order to permit such Selling Holders to effect such disposition through an Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that the Partnership shall have the exclusive right to select the bookrunning managers.  The Partnership and such Selling Holders shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary

 

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form that is reasonably acceptable to the Partnership and take all reasonable actions as are requested by the managing underwriters to facilitate the Underwritten Offering and sale of Registrable Securities therein.  No Holder may participate in the Underwritten Offering unless it agrees to sell its Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement on the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement and completes and delivers all necessary documents and information reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting agreement.  In the event that the managing underwriter of such Underwritten Offering advises the Partnership and the Holder in writing that in its opinion the inclusion of all or some Registrable Securities would adversely and materially affect the timing or success of the Underwritten Offering, the amount of Registrable Securities that each Selling Holder requested be included in such Underwritten Offering shall be reduced on a Pro Rata basis to the aggregate amount that the managing underwriter deems will not have such material and adverse effect.  Any Holder may withdraw from such Underwritten Offering by notice to the Partnership and the managing underwriter; provided such notice is delivered prior to the launch of such Underwritten Offering.

 

(b)           Piggyback Registration.   At any time after the 180 th  day after the Closing Date, if the Partnership shall propose to file a Registration Statement (other than pursuant to a demand made pursuant to Section 7.12(a) ) for an offering of Partnership Interests for cash (other than an offering relating solely to an employee benefit plan, an offering relating to a transaction on Form S-4 or an offering on any registration statement that does not permit secondary sales), the Partnership shall notify all Holders of such proposal at least five Business Days before the proposed filing date.  The Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to include such number of Registrable Securities held by any Holder in such Registration Statement as each Holder shall request in a Notice received by the Partnership within two Business Days of such Holder’s receipt of the notice from the Partnership.  If the Registration Statement about which the Partnership gives notice under this Section 7.12(b)  is for an Underwritten Offering, then any Holder’s ability to include its desired amount of Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement shall be conditioned on such Holder’s inclusion of all such Registrable Securities in the Underwritten Offering; provided that, in the event that the managing underwriter of such Underwritten Offering advises the Partnership and the Holder in writing that in its opinion the inclusion of all or some Registrable Securities would adversely and materially affect the timing or success of the Underwritten Offering, the amount of Registrable Securities that each Selling Holder requested be included in such Underwritten Offering shall be reduced on a Pro Rata basis to the aggregate amount that the managing underwriter deems will not have such material and adverse effect.  In connection with any such Underwritten Offering, the Partnership and the Selling Holders involved shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form that is reasonably acceptable to the Partnership and take all reasonable actions as are requested by the managing underwriters to facilitate the Underwritten Offering and sale of Registrable Securities therein.  No Holder may participate in the Underwritten Offering unless it agrees to sells its Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement on the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement and completes and delivers all necessary documents and information reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting agreement.  Any Holder may withdraw from such Underwritten Offering by notice to the Partnership and the managing underwriter; provided such notice is delivered prior to the launch of such Underwritten Offering.  The

 

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Partnership shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any Registration Statement or Underwritten Offering initiated by it under this Section 7.12(b)  prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or the pricing date of the Underwritten Offering, as applicable.

 

(c)           Sale Procedures.  In connection with its obligations under this Section 7.12 , the Partnership shall:

 

(i)            furnish to each Selling Holder (A) as far in advance as reasonably practicable before filing a Registration Statement or any supplement or amendment thereto, upon request, copies of reasonably complete drafts of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits and each document incorporated by reference therein to the extent then required by the rules and regulations of the Commission), and provide each such Selling Holder the opportunity to object to any information pertaining to such Selling Holder and its plan of distribution that is contained therein and make the corrections reasonably requested by such Selling Holder with respect to such information prior to filing a Registration Statement or supplement or amendment thereto, and (B) such number of copies of such Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as such Persons may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Partnership will not have any obligation to provide any document pursuant to clause (B)  hereof that is available on the Commission’s website;

 

(ii)           if applicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Selling Holders or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the managing underwriter, shall reasonably request; provided, however, that the Partnership will not be required to qualify generally to transact business in any jurisdiction where it is not then required to so qualify or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(iii)          promptly notify each Selling Holder and each underwriter, at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of (A) the filing of a Registration Statement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement to be used in connection therewith, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; and (B) any written comments from the Commission with respect to any Registration Statement or any document incorporated by reference therein and any written request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement thereto;

 

(iv)          immediately notify each Selling Holder and each underwriter, at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of (A) the occurrence of any event or existence of any fact (but not a description of such event or fact) as a result of which the prospectus or prospectus supplement contained in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact

 

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required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of the prospectus contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made); (B) the issuance or threat of issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; or (C) the receipt by the Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction.  Following the provision of such notice, subject to Section 7.12(f) , the Partnership agrees to, as promptly as practicable, amend or supplement the prospectus or prospectus supplement or take other appropriate action so that the prospectus or prospectus supplement does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and to take such other reasonable action as is necessary to remove a stop order, suspension, threat thereof or proceedings related thereto; and

 

(v)           enter into customary agreements and take such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities, including the provision of comfort letters and legal opinions as are customary in such securities offerings.

 

(d)           Suspension.   Each Selling Holder, upon receipt of notice from the Partnership of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 7.12(c)(iv) , shall forthwith discontinue disposition of the Registrable Securities by means of a prospectus or prospectus supplement until such Selling Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by such subsection or until it is advised in writing by the Partnership that the use of the prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings incorporated by reference in the prospectus.

 

(e)           Expenses.   Except as set forth in an underwriting agreement for the applicable Underwritten Offering or as otherwise agreed between a Selling Holder and the Partnership, all costs and expenses of a Registration Statement filed or an Underwritten Offering that includes Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 7.12 (other than underwriting discounts and commissions on Registrable Securities and fees and expenses of counsel and advisors to Selling Holders) shall be paid by the Partnership.

 

(f)            Delay Right.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the General Partner determines that the Partnership’s compliance with its obligations in this Section 7.12 would be detrimental to the Partnership because such registration would (x) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, reorganization or other similar transaction involving the Partnership, (y) require premature disclosure of material information that the Partnership has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential or (z) render the Partnership unable to comply with requirements under applicable securities laws, then the Partnership shall have the right to postpone compliance with such obligations for a period of not more than six months; provided, however, that such right may not be exercised more than twice in any 24-month period.

 

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(g)           Indemnification .

 

(i)            In addition to and not in limitation of the Partnership’s obligation under Section 7.7 , the Partnership shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder, its officers, directors and each Person who controls the Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) and any agent thereof (collectively, “ Indemnified Persons ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Indemnified Person may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, under the Securities Act or otherwise (hereinafter referred to in this Section 7.12(g)  as a “ claim ” and in the plural as “ claims ”) based upon, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus under which any Registrable Securities were registered or sold under the Securities Act, or arising out of, based upon or resulting from the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be liable to any Indemnified Person to the extent that any such claim arises out of, is based upon or results from an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Partnership by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person specifically for use in the preparation thereof.

 

(ii)           Each Selling Holder shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership, the General Partner, the General Partner’s officers and directors and each Person who controls the Partnership or the General Partner (within the meaning of the Securities Act) and any agent thereof to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Partnership to the Selling Holders, but only with respect to information regarding such Selling Holder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in a Registration Statement, prospectus or free writing prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities held by such Selling Holder.

 

(iii)          The provisions of this Section 7.12(g)  shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution that a Person entitled to indemnification under this Section 7.12(g)  may have pursuant to law, equity, contract or otherwise.

 

(h)           Specific Performance.  Damages in the event of breach of Section 7.12 by a party hereto may be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain, and it is therefore agreed that each party, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, will have the right to seek an injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining any such breach, and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, and each of the parties hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses it may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an

 

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injunction or other equitable relief.  The existence of this right will not preclude any such party from pursuing any other rights and remedies at law or in equity that such party may have.

 

Section 7.13          Reliance by Third Parties .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner and any officer of the General Partner authorized by the General Partner to act on behalf of and in the name of the Partnership has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any authorized contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner or any such officer as if it were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially.  Each Limited Partner hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner or any such officer in connection with any such dealing.  In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of any act or action of the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives.  Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (a) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (b) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (c) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.

 

ARTICLE VIII
  BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

 

Section 8.1            Records and Accounting .  The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect to the Partnership’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information required to be provided pursuant to Section 3.3(a) .  Any books and records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business, including the register of the Record Holders of Units or other Partnership Interests, books of account and records of Partnership proceedings, may be kept on, or be in the form of, computer disks, hard drives, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device, provided that the books and records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time.  The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP.  The Partnership shall not be required to keep books maintained on a cash basis and the General Partner shall be permitted to calculate cash-based measures, including Operating Surplus and Adjusted Operating Surplus, by making such adjustments to its accrual basis books to account for non-cash items and other adjustments as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.

 

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Section 8.2            Fiscal Year .  The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be a fiscal year ending December 31.

 

Section 8.3            Reports .

 

(a)           Whether or not the Partnership is subject to the requirement to file reports with the Commission, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 105 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Partnership (or such shorter period as required by the Commission), the General Partner shall cause to be mailed or made available, by any reasonable means (including posting on or accessible through the Partnership’s or the Commission’s website) to each Record Holder of a Unit as of a date selected by the General Partner, an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership for such fiscal year of the Partnership, presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Partnership equity and cash flows, such statements to be audited by a firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner, and such other information as may be required by applicable law, regulation or rule of the Commission or any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading, or as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.

 

(b)           Whether or not the Partnership is subject to the requirement to file reports with the Commission, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 50 days after the close of each Quarter (or such shorter period as required by the Commission) except the last Quarter of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed or made available, by any reasonable means (including posting on or accessible through the Partnership’s or the Commission’s website) to each Record Holder of a Unit, as of a date selected by the General Partner, a report containing unaudited financial statements of the Partnership and such other information as may be required by applicable law, regulation or rule of the Commission or any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading, or as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.

 

ARTICLE IX
  TAX MATTERS

 

Section 9.1            Tax Returns and Information .  The Partnership shall timely file all returns of the Partnership that are required for federal, state and local income tax purposes on the basis of the accrual method and the taxable period or year that it is required by law to adopt, from time to time, as determined by the General Partner.  In the event the Partnership is required to use a taxable period other than a year ending on December 31, the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to change the taxable period of the Partnership to a year ending on December 31.  The tax information reasonably required by Record Holders for federal, state and local income tax reporting purposes with respect to a taxable period shall be furnished to them within 90 days of the close of the calendar year in which the Partnership’s taxable period ends.  The classification, realization and recognition of income, gain, losses and deductions and other items shall be on the accrual method of accounting for federal income tax purposes.

 

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Section 9.2            Tax Elections .

 

(a)           The Partnership shall make the election under Section 754 of the Code in accordance with applicable regulations thereunder, subject to the reservation of the right to seek to revoke any such election upon the General Partner’s determination that such revocation is in the best interests of the Limited Partners.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein contained, for the purposes of computing the adjustments under Section 743(b) of the Code, the General Partner shall be authorized (but not required) to adopt a convention whereby the price paid by a transferee of a Limited Partner Interest will be deemed to be the lowest quoted closing price of the Limited Partner Interests on any National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading during the calendar month in which such transfer is deemed to occur pursuant to Section 6.2(f)  without regard to the actual price paid by such transferee.

 

(b)           Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall determine whether the Partnership should make any other elections permitted by the Code.

 

Section 9.3            Tax Controversies .  Subject to the provisions hereof, the General Partner is designated as the “tax matters partner” (as defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code) (the “ Tax Matters Partner ”) and is authorized and required to represent the Partnership (at the Partnership’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Partnership’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Partnership funds for professional services and costs associated therewith.  Each Partner agrees to cooperate with the General Partner and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably required by the General Partner to conduct such proceedings.  Each Partner agrees that notice of or updates regarding tax controversies shall be deemed conclusively to have been given or made by the Tax Matters Partner if the Partnership has either (a) filed the information for which notice is required with the Commission via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system and such information is publicly available on such system or (b) made the information for which notice is required available on any publicly available website maintained by the Partnership, whether or not such Partner remains a Partner in the Partnership at the time such information is made publicly available.

 

With respect to tax returns filed for taxable years beginning on or after December 31, 2017, the General Partner (or its designee) will be designated as the “partnership representative” in accordance with the rules prescribed pursuant to Section 6223 of the Code (the “ Partnership Representative ”) and shall have the sole authority to act on behalf of the Partnership in connection with all examinations of the Partnership’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Partnership funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. The General Partner (or its designee) shall exercise, in its sole discretion, any and all authority of the Partnership Representative under the Code, including, without limitation, (i) binding the Partnership and its Partners with respect to tax matters and (ii) determining whether to make any available election under Section 6226 of the Code. The General Partner shall amend the provisions of this Agreement as appropriate to reflect the proposal or promulgation of Treasury Regulations implementing the partnership audit,

 

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assessment and collection rules adopted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, including any amendments to those rules.

 

Section 9.4            Withholding .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that may be required to cause the Partnership and other Group Members to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other federal, state or local law including pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code, or established under any foreign law.  To the extent that the Partnership is required or elects to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to any Partner (including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), the General Partner may treat the amount withheld as a distribution of cash pursuant to Section 6.3 or Section 12.4(c)  in the amount of such withholding from such Partner.

 

ARTICLE X
  ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

 

Section 10.1          Admission of Limited Partners .

 

(a)           Upon the issuance by the Partnership of Common Units, Subordinated Units and Incentive Distribution Rights to the General Partner, the Organizational Limited Partner and the IPO Underwriters in connection with the Initial Public Offering as described in Article V , such Persons, by acceptance of such Partnership Interests, and upon becoming the Record Holders of such Partnership Interests, were admitted to the Partnership as Initial Limited Partners in respect of the Common Units, Subordinated Units or Incentive Distribution Rights issued to them and were bound by this Agreement, all with or without execution of this Agreement by such Persons.

 

(b)           By acceptance of any Limited Partner Interests transferred in accordance with Article IV or acceptance of any Limited Partner Interests issued pursuant to Article V or pursuant to a merger, consolidation or conversion pursuant to Article XIV , and except as provided in Section 4.9 , each transferee of, or other such Person acquiring, a Limited Partner Interest (including any nominee, agent or representative acquiring such Limited Partner Interests for the account of another Person or Group, who shall be subject to Section 10.1(c) ) (i) shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so transferred or issued to such Person when such Person becomes the Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interests so transferred or acquired, (ii) shall become bound, and shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound, by the terms of this Agreement, (iii) shall be deemed to represent that the transferee or acquirer has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and (iv) shall be deemed to make any consents, acknowledgements or waivers contained in this Agreement, all with or without execution of this Agreement by such Person.  The transfer of any Limited Partner Interests and the admission of any new Limited Partner shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement.  A Person may become a Limited Partner without the consent or approval of any of the Partners.  A Person may not become a Limited Partner without acquiring a Limited Partner Interest and becoming the Record Holder of such

 

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Limited Partner Interest.  The rights and obligations of a Person who is an Ineligible Holder shall be determined in accordance with Section 4.9 .

 

(c)           With respect to any Limited Partner that holds Units representing Limited Partner Interests for another Person’s account (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation, or an agent of any of the foregoing), in whose name such Units are registered, such Limited Partner shall, in exercising the rights of a Limited Partner in respect of such Units on any matter, and unless the arrangement between such Persons provides otherwise, take all action as a Limited Partner by virtue of being the Record Holder of such Units at the direction of the Person who is the beneficial owner, and the Partnership shall be entitled to assume such Limited Partner is so acting without further inquiry.

 

(d)           The name and mailing address of each Record Holder shall be listed on the books of the Partnership maintained for such purpose by the Partnership or the Transfer Agent.  The General Partner shall update the books of the Partnership from time to time as necessary to reflect accurately the information therein (or shall cause the Transfer Agent to do so, as applicable).

 

(e)           Any transfer of a Limited Partner Interest shall not entitle the transferee to share in the profits and losses, to receive distributions, to receive allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit or any similar item or to any other rights to which the transferor was entitled until the transferee becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 10.1(b) .

 

Section 10.2          Admission of Successor General Partner .  A successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 or the transferee of or successor to all of the General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6 who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately prior to (a) the withdrawal or removal of the predecessor or transferring General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 or (b) the transfer of the General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6 ; provided, however, that no such successor shall be admitted to the Partnership until compliance with the terms of Section 4.6 has occurred and such successor has executed and delivered such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect such admission.  Any such successor is hereby authorized to and shall, subject to the terms hereof, carry on the business of the members of the Partnership Group without dissolution.

 

Section 10.3          Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership .  To effect the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary or appropriate under the Delaware Act to amend the records of the Partnership to reflect such admission and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practicable an amendment to this Agreement and, if required by law, the General Partner shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership.

 

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ARTICLE XI
WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS

 

Section 11.1          Withdrawal of the General Partner .

 

(a)           The General Partner shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Partnership upon the occurrence of any one of the following events (each such event herein referred to as an “ Event of Withdrawal ”);

 

(i)            The General Partner voluntarily withdraws from the Partnership by giving written notice to the other Partners;

 

(ii)           The General Partner transfers all of its General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6 ;

 

(iii)          The General Partner is removed pursuant to Section 11.2 ;

 

(iv)          The General Partner (A) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (B) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code; (C) files a petition or answer seeking for itself a liquidation, dissolution or similar relief (but not a reorganization) under any law; (D) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the General Partner in a proceeding of the type described in clauses (A)  through (C)  of this Section 11.1(a)(iv) ; or (E) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee (but not a debtor-in-possession), receiver or liquidator of the General Partner or of all or any substantial part of its properties;

 

(v)           A final and non-appealable order of relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction pursuant to a voluntary or involuntary petition by or against the General Partner; or

 

(vi)          (A) if the General Partner is a corporation, a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent is filed for the General Partner, or 90 days expire after the date of notice to the General Partner of revocation of its charter without a reinstatement of its charter, under the laws of its state of incorporation; (B) if the General Partner is a partnership or a limited liability company, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the General Partner; (C) if the General Partner is acting in such capacity by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust; (D) if the General Partner is a natural person, his death or adjudication of incompetency; and (E) otherwise upon the termination of the General Partner.

 

If an Event of Withdrawal specified in Section 11.1(a)(iv) , (v)  or (vi)(A) , (B) , (C)  or (E)  occurs, the withdrawing General Partner shall give notice to the Limited Partners within 30 days after such occurrence.  The Partners hereby agree that only the Events of Withdrawal described in this Section 11.1 shall result in the withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership.

 

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(b)           Withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement under the following circumstances:  (i) at any time during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on September 30, 2023 the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the Limited Partners; provided, that prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, the withdrawal is approved by a Unit Majority (excluding Common Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates), and the General Partner delivers to the Partnership an Opinion of Counsel (“ Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel ”) that such withdrawal (following the selection of the successor General Partner) would not result in the loss of the limited liability under the Delaware Act of any Limited Partner or cause any Group Member to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed); (ii) at any time after 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on September 30, 2023 the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance notice to the Unitholders, such withdrawal to take effect on the date specified in such notice; (iii) at any time that the General Partner ceases to be the General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(ii)  or is removed pursuant to Section 11.2 ; or (iv) notwithstanding clause (i)  of this sentence, at any time that the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the Limited Partners, such withdrawal to take effect on the date specified in the notice, if at the time such notice is given one Person and its Affiliates (other than the General Partner and its Affiliates) own beneficially or of record or control at least 50% of the Outstanding Units.  The withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall also constitute the withdrawal of the General Partner as general partner or managing member, if any, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members.  If the General Partner gives a notice of withdrawal pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i) , the holders of a Unit Majority may, prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, elect a successor General Partner.  The Person so elected as successor General Partner shall automatically become the successor general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a general partner or a managing member.  If, prior to the effective date of the General Partner’s withdrawal, a successor is not elected by the Unitholders as provided herein or the Partnership does not receive a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel, the Partnership shall be dissolved in accordance with Section 12.1 unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2 .  Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.1 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.2 .

 

Section 11.2          Removal of the General Partner .  The General Partner may be removed if such removal is approved by the Unitholders holding at least 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Units (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates) voting as a single class.  Any such action by such holders for removal of the General Partner must also provide for the election of a successor General Partner by the Unitholders holding a Unit Majority (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates).  Such removal shall be effective immediately following the admission of a successor General Partner pursuant to Section 10.2 .  The removal of the General Partner shall also automatically constitute the removal of the General Partner as general partner or managing

 

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member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a general partner or a managing member.  If a Person is elected as a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2 , such Person shall, upon admission pursuant to Section 10.2 , automatically become a successor general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a general partner or a managing member.  The right of the holders of Outstanding Units to remove the General Partner shall not exist or be exercised unless the Partnership has received an opinion opining as to the matters covered by a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel.  Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.2 .

 

Section 11.3          Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner .

 

(a)           In the event of (i) withdrawal of the General Partner under circumstances where such withdrawal does not violate this Agreement or (ii) removal of the General Partner by the holders of Outstanding Units under circumstances where Cause does not exist, if the successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 , the Departing General Partner shall have the option, exercisable prior to the effective date of the withdrawal or removal of such Departing General Partner, to require its successor to purchase its General Partner Interest and its or its Affiliates’ general partner interest (or equivalent interest), if any, in the other Group Members and all of its or its Affiliates’ Incentive Distribution Rights (collectively, the “ Combined Interest ”) in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of such Combined Interest, such amount to be determined and payable as of the effective date of its withdrawal or removal.  If the General Partner is removed by the Unitholders under circumstances where Cause exists or if the General Partner withdraws under circumstances where such withdrawal violates this Agreement, and if a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 (or if the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2 and the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner), such successor shall have the option, exercisable prior to the effective date of the withdrawal or removal of such Departing General Partner (or, in the event the business of the Partnership is continued, prior to the date the business of the Partnership is continued), to purchase the Combined Interest for such fair market value of such Combined Interest.  In either event, the Departing General Partner shall be entitled to receive all reimbursements due such Departing General Partner pursuant to Section 7.4 , including any employee-related liabilities (including severance liabilities), incurred in connection with the termination of any employees employed by the Departing General Partner or its Affiliates (other than any Group Member) for the benefit of the Partnership or the other Group Members.

 

For purposes of this Section 11.3(a) , the fair market value of the Combined Interest shall be determined by agreement between the Departing General Partner and its successor or, failing agreement within 30 days after the effective date of such Departing General Partner’s withdrawal or removal, by an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert selected by the Departing General Partner and its successor, which, in turn, may rely on other experts, and the determination of which shall be conclusive as to such matter.  If such parties cannot agree upon one independent investment banking firm or other independent expert within 45 days after

 

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the effective date of such withdrawal or removal, then the Departing General Partner shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, the Departing General Partner’s successor shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, and such firms or experts shall mutually select a third independent investment banking firm or independent expert, which third independent investment banking firm or other independent expert shall determine the fair market value of the Combined Interest.  In making its determination, such third independent investment banking firm or other independent expert may consider the then current trading price of Units on any National Securities Exchange on which Units are then listed or admitted to trading, the value of the Partnership’s assets, the rights and obligations of the Departing General Partner, the value of the Incentive Distribution Rights and the General Partner Interest and other factors it may deem relevant.

 

(b)           If the Combined Interest is not purchased in the manner set forth in Section 11.3(a) , the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) shall become a Limited Partner and its Combined Interest shall be converted into Common Units pursuant to a valuation made by an investment banking firm or other independent expert selected pursuant to Section 11.3(a) , without reduction in such Partnership Interest (but subject to proportionate dilution by reason of the admission of its successor).  Any successor General Partner shall indemnify the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) as to all debts and liabilities of the Partnership arising on or after the date on which the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) becomes a Limited Partner.  For purposes of this Agreement, conversion of the Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner to Common Units will be characterized as if the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) contributed its Combined Interest to the Partnership in exchange for the newly issued Common Units.

 

(c)           If a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 (or if the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2 and the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner) and the option described in Section 11.3(a)  is not exercised by the party entitled to do so, the successor General Partner shall, at the effective date of its admission to the Partnership, contribute to the Partnership cash in the amount equal to the product of (x) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Percentage Interest of the General Partner Interest of the Departing General Partner by (B) a percentage equal to 100% less the Percentage Interest of the General Partner Interest of the Departing General Partner and (y) the Net Agreed Value of the Partnership’s assets on such date.  In such event, such successor General Partner shall, subject to the following sentence, be entitled to its Percentage Interest of all Partnership allocations and distributions to which the Departing General Partner was entitled.  In addition, the successor General Partner shall cause this Agreement to be amended to reflect that, from and after the date of such successor General Partner’s admission, the successor General Partner’s interest in all Partnership distributions and allocations shall be its Percentage Interest.

 

Section 11.4          Withdrawal of Limited Partners .  No Limited Partner shall have any right to withdraw from the Partnership; provided, however , that when a transferee of a Limited Partner’s Limited Partner Interest becomes a Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interest so

 

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transferred, such transferring Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interest so transferred.

 

ARTICLE XII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

Section 12.1          Dissolution .  The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Upon the removal or withdrawal of the General Partner, if a successor General Partner is elected pursuant to Section 11.1 , Section 11.2 or Section 12.2 , to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Partnership shall not be dissolved and such successor General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership.  The Partnership shall dissolve, and (subject to Section 12.2 ) its affairs shall be wound up, upon:

 

(a)           an Event of Withdrawal of the General Partner as provided in Section 11.1(a)  (other than Section 11.1(a)(ii) ), unless a successor is elected and a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel is received as provided in Section 11.1(b)  or Section 11.2 and such successor is admitted to the Partnership pursuant to Section 10.2 ;

 

(b)           an election to dissolve the Partnership by the General Partner that is approved by the holders of a Unit Majority;

 

(c)           the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act; or

 

(d)           at any time there are no Limited Partners, unless the Partnership is continued without dissolution in accordance with the Delaware Act.

 

Section 12.2          Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution .  Upon (a) dissolution of the Partnership following an Event of Withdrawal caused by the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner as provided in Section 11.1(a)(i)  or (iii)  and the failure of the Partners to select a successor to such Departing General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 , then, to the maximum extent permitted by law, within 90 days thereafter, or (b) dissolution of the Partnership upon an event constituting an Event of Withdrawal as defined in Section 11.1(a)(iv) , (v)  or (vi) , then, to the maximum extent permitted by law, within 180 days thereafter, the holders of a Unit Majority may elect to continue the business of the Partnership on the same terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement by appointing as a successor General Partner a Person approved by the holders of a Unit Majority.  Unless such an election is made within the applicable time period as set forth above, the Partnership shall conduct only activities necessary to wind up its affairs.  If such an election is so made, then:

 

(i)            the Partnership shall continue without dissolution unless earlier dissolved in accordance with this Article XII ;

 

 

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(ii)           if the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner, then the interest of the former General Partner shall be treated in the manner provided in Section 11.3 ; and

 

(iii)          the successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as General Partner, effective as of the Event of Withdrawal, by agreeing in writing to be bound by this Agreement;

 

provided, however, that the right of the holders of a Unit Majority to approve a successor General Partner and to continue the business of the Partnership shall not exist and may not be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel that (x) the exercise of the right would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner under the Delaware Act and (y) neither the Partnership nor any Group Member would be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise be taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes upon the exercise of such right to continue (to the extent not already so treated or taxed).

 

Section 12.3          Liquidator .  Upon dissolution of the Partnership, unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2 , the General Partner shall select one or more Persons to act as Liquidator.  The Liquidator (if other than the General Partner) shall be entitled to receive such compensation for its services as may be approved by holders of at least a Unit Majority.  The Liquidator (if other than the General Partner) shall agree not to resign at any time without 15 days’ prior notice and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by notice of removal approved by holders of at least a Unit Majority.  Upon dissolution, removal or resignation of the Liquidator, a successor and substitute Liquidator (who shall have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the original Liquidator) shall within 30 days thereafter be approved by holders of at least a Unit Majority. The right to approve a successor or substitute Liquidator in the manner provided herein shall be deemed to refer also to any such successor or substitute Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided.  Except as expressly provided in this Article XII , the Liquidator approved in the manner provided herein shall have and may exercise, without further authorization or consent of any of the parties hereto, all of the powers conferred upon the General Partner under the terms of this Agreement (but subject to all of the applicable limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers, other than the limitation on sale set forth in Section 7.3 ) necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties and functions of the Liquidator hereunder for and during the period of time required to complete the winding up and liquidation of the Partnership as provided for herein.

 

Section 12.4          Liquidation .  The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the Partnership, discharge its liabilities, and otherwise wind up its affairs in such manner and over such period as determined by the Liquidator, subject to Section 17-804 of the Delaware Act and the following:

 

(a)           The assets may be disposed of by public or private sale or by distribution in kind to one or more Partners on such terms as the Liquidator and such Partner or Partners may agree.  If any property is distributed in kind, the Partner receiving the property shall be deemed for purposes of Section 12.4(c)  to have received cash equal to its fair market value; and

 

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contemporaneously therewith, appropriate cash distributions must be made to the other Partners.  The Liquidator may defer liquidation or distribution of the Partnership’s assets for a reasonable time if it determines that an immediate sale or distribution of all or some of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners.  The Liquidator may distribute the Partnership’s assets, in whole or in part, in kind if it determines that a sale would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners.

 

(b)           Liabilities of the Partnership include amounts owed to the Liquidator as compensation for serving in such capacity (subject to the terms of Section 12.3 ) and amounts to Partners otherwise than in respect of their distribution rights under Article VI .  With respect to any liability that is contingent, conditional or unmatured or is otherwise not yet due and payable, the Liquidator shall either settle such claim for such amount as it thinks appropriate or establish a reserve of cash or other assets to provide for its payment.  When paid, any unused portion of the reserve shall be distributed as additional liquidation proceeds.

 

(c)           All property and all cash (including cash equivalents) in excess of that required to satisfy liabilities as provided in Section 12.4(b)  and that required to satisfy liquidation preferences of the Series A Preferred Units provided for under Section 5.11(b)(x)  shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with, and to the extent of, the positive balances in their respective Capital Accounts, as determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments (other than those made by reason of distributions pursuant to this Section 12.4(c) ) for the taxable period of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs (with such date of occurrence being determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)), and such distribution shall be made by the end of such taxable period (or, if later, within 90 days after said date of such occurrence); provided that any  property or cash (including cash equivalents) available for distribution under this Section 12.4(c)  shall be distributed with respect to the Series A Preferred Units, Series A Parity Securities and Series A Senior Securities (up to the positive balances in the associated Capital Accounts) prior to any distribution of property or cash (including cash equivalents) with respect to the Series A Junior Securities.

 

Section 12.5          Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership .  Upon the completion of the distribution of Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 12.4 in connection with the liquidation of the Partnership, the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be canceled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

 

Section 12.6          Return of Contributions .  The General Partner shall not be personally liable for, and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate, the return of the Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners or Unitholders, or any portion thereof, it being expressly understood that any such return shall be made solely from Partnership assets.

 

Section 12.7          Waiver of Partition .  To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Partner hereby waives any right to partition of the Partnership property.

 

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Section 12.8          Capital Account Restoration .  No Limited Partner shall have any obligation to restore any negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of the Partnership.  The General Partner shall be obligated to restore any negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of its interest in the Partnership by the end of the taxable year of the Partnership during which such liquidation occurs, or, if later, within 90 days after the date of such liquidation.

 

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE

 

Section 13.1          Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the General Partner .  Each Partner agrees that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner, subject to Section 5.11(b)(ii)(B) , may amend any provision of this Agreement and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect:

 

(a)           a change in the name of the Partnership, the location of the principal place of business of the Partnership, the registered agent of the Partnership or the registered office of the Partnership;

 

(b)           admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(c)           a change that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to qualify or continue the qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability under the laws of any state or to ensure that the Group Members will not be treated as associations taxable as corporations or otherwise taxed as entities for federal income tax purposes;

 

(d)           a change that the General Partner determines (i) does not adversely affect the Limited Partners considered as a whole or any particular class of Partnership Interests as compared to other classes of Partnership Interests in any material respect (except as permitted by subsection (g) of this Section 13.1 ), (ii) to be necessary or appropriate to (A) satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of any federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any federal or state statute (including the Delaware Act) or (B) facilitate the trading of the Units (including the division of any class or classes of Outstanding Units into different classes to facilitate uniformity of tax consequences within such classes of Units) or comply with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are or will be listed or admitted to trading, (iii) to be necessary or appropriate in connection with action taken by the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.8 or (iv) is required to effect the intent expressed in the IPO Registration Statement or the intent of the provisions of this Agreement or is otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(e)           a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership and any other changes that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate as a result of a change

 

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in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership including, if the General Partner shall so determine, a change in the definition of “Quarter” and the dates on which distributions are to be made by the Partnership;

 

(f)            an amendment that is necessary, in the Opinion of Counsel, to prevent the Partnership, or the General Partner or its directors, officers, trustees or agents from in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or “plan asset” regulations adopted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, regardless of whether such are substantially similar to plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed by the United States Department of Labor;

 

(g)           an amendment that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the authorization or issuance of any class or series of Partnership Interests or Derivative Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 5.6 ;

 

(h)           any amendment expressly permitted in this Agreement to be made by the General Partner acting alone;

 

(i)            an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion approved in accordance with Section 14.3 ;

 

(j)            an amendment that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect and account for the formation by the Partnership of, or investment by the Partnership in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, in connection with the conduct by the Partnership of activities permitted by the terms of Section 2.4 or Section 7.1(a) ;

 

(k)           a merger, conveyance or conversion pursuant to Section 14.3(d)  or Section 14.3(e) ; or

 

(l)            any other amendments substantially similar to the foregoing.

 

Section 13.2          Amendment Procedures .  Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed only by the General Partner.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose or approve any amendment to this Agreement and may decline to do so free of any duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or any other Person bound by this Agreement, and, in declining to propose or approve an amendment to this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity, and the General Partner in determining whether to propose or approve any amendment to this Agreement shall be permitted to do so in its sole and absolute discretion.  An amendment to this Agreement shall be effective upon its approval by the General Partner and, except as otherwise provided by Section 13.1 or Section 13.3 , the holders of a Unit

 

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Majority, unless a greater or different percentage of Outstanding Units is required under this Agreement.  Each proposed amendment that requires the approval of the holders of a specified percentage of Outstanding Units or class of Outstanding Units shall be set forth in a writing that contains the text of the proposed amendment.  If such an amendment is proposed, the General Partner shall seek the written approval of the requisite percentage of Outstanding Units or class of Outstanding Units, as applicable, or call a meeting of the Unitholders to consider and vote on such proposed amendment.  The General Partner shall notify all Record Holders upon final adoption of any amendments.  The General Partner shall be deemed to have notified all Record Holders as required by this Section 13.2 if it has posted or made accessible such amendment through the Partnership’s or the Commission’s website.

 

Section 13.3          Amendment Requirements .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.1 and Section 13.2 , no provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of Outstanding Units or percentage of a particular class of Outstanding Units required to take any action shall be amended, altered, changed, repealed or rescinded in any respect that would have the effect of (i) in the case of any provision of this Agreement other than Section 11.2 or Section 13.4 , reducing such percentage or (ii) in the case of Section 11.2 or Section 13.4 , increasing such percentages, unless such amendment is approved by the written consent or the affirmative vote of holders of Outstanding Units (or holders of Outstanding Units of such applicable class, as the case may be) whose aggregate Outstanding Units (generally or of such applicable class, as the case may be) constitute (x) in the case of a reduction as described in subclause (a)(i)  hereof, not less than the voting requirement sought to be reduced, (y) in the case of an increase in the percentage in Section 11.2 , not less than 90% of the Outstanding Units, or (z) in the case of an increase in the percentage in Section 13.4 , not less than a majority of the Outstanding Units.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.1 and Section 13.2 , no amendment to this Agreement may (i) enlarge the obligations of any Limited Partner without its consent, unless such shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of an amendment approved pursuant to Section 13.3(c)  or (ii) enlarge the obligations of, restrict in any way any action by or rights of, or reduce in any way the amounts distributable, reimbursable or otherwise payable to, the General Partner or any of its Affiliates without its consent, which consent may be given or withheld at its option.

 

(c)           Except as provided in Section 14.3 , and without limitation of the General Partner’s authority to adopt amendments to this Agreement without the approval of any Partners as contemplated in Section 13.1 , any amendment that would have a material adverse effect on the rights or preferences of any class of Partnership Interests in relation to other classes of Partnership Interests must be approved by the holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of the class affected.

 

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Outstanding Units voting as a single class unless the Partnership obtains an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not affect the limited liability of any Limited Partner under applicable partnership law of the state under whose laws the Partnership is organized.

 

(e)           Except as provided in Section 13.1 , this Section 13.3 shall only be amended with the approval of the holders of at least 90% of the Outstanding Units.

 

Section 13.4          Special Meetings .  All acts of Limited Partners to be taken pursuant to this Agreement shall be taken in the manner provided in this Article XIII .  Special meetings of the Limited Partners may be called by the General Partner or by Limited Partners owning 20% or more of the Outstanding Units of the class or classes for which a meeting is proposed.  Limited Partners shall call a special meeting by delivering to the General Partner one or more requests in writing stating that the signing Limited Partners wish to call a special meeting and indicating the specific purposes for which the special meeting is to be called and the class or classes of Units for which the meeting is proposed.  No business may be brought by any Limited Partner before such special meeting except the business listed in the related request.  Within 60 days after receipt of such a call from Limited Partners or within such greater time as may be reasonably necessary for the Partnership to comply with any statutes, rules, regulations, listing agreements or similar requirements governing the holding of a meeting or the solicitation of proxies for use at such a meeting, the General Partner shall send or cause to be sent a notice of the meeting to the Limited Partners.  A meeting shall be held at a time and place determined by the General Partner on a date not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days after the time notice of the meeting is given as provided in Section 16.1 .  Limited Partners shall not be permitted to vote on matters that would cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners’ limited liability under the Delaware Act or the law of any other state in which the Partnership is qualified to do business.  If any such vote were to take place, to the fullest extent permitted by law, it shall be deemed null and void to the extent necessary so as not to jeopardize the Limited Partners’ limited liability under the Delaware Act or the law of any other state in which the Partnership is qualified to do business.

 

Section 13.5          Notice of a Meeting .  Notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section 13.4 shall be given to the Record Holders of the class or classes of Units for which a meeting is proposed in writing by mail or other means of written communication in accordance with Section 16.1 .

 

Section 13.6          Record Date .  For purposes of determining the Limited Partners who are Record Holders of the class or classes of Limited Partner Interests entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Limited Partners or to give approvals without a meeting as provided in Section 13.11 , the General Partner shall set a Record Date, which shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days before (a) the date of the meeting (unless such requirement conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading or U.S. federal securities laws, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such National Securities Exchange or U.S. federal securities laws shall govern) or (b) in the event that approvals are sought without a meeting, the

 

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date by which such Limited Partners are requested in writing by the General Partner to give such approvals.

 

Section 13.7          Postponement and Adjournment .  Prior to the date upon which any meeting of Limited Partners is to be held, the General Partner may postpone such meeting one or more times for any reason by giving notice to each Limited Partner entitled to vote at the meeting so postponed of the place, date and hour at which such meeting would be held.  Such notice shall be given not fewer than two days before the date of such meeting and otherwise in accordance with this Article XIII .  When a meeting is postponed, a new Record Date need not be fixed unless such postponement shall be for more than 45 days.  Any meeting of Limited Partners may be adjourned by the General Partner one or more times for any reason, including the failure of a quorum to be present at the meeting with respect to any proposal or the failure of any proposal to receive sufficient votes for approval.  No Limited Partner vote shall be required for any adjournment.  A meeting of Limited Partners may be adjourned by the General Partner as to one or more proposals regardless of whether action has been taken on other matters.  When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting and a new Record Date need not be fixed, if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless such adjournment shall be for more than 45 days.  At the adjourned meeting, the Partnership may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than 45 days or if a new Record Date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with this Article XIII .

 

Section 13.8          Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting .  The transactions of any meeting of Limited Partners, however called and noticed, and whenever held, shall be as valid as if it had occurred at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy.  Attendance of a Limited Partner at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when the Limited Partner attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened; and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to disapprove of any matters submitted for consideration or to object to the failure to submit for consideration any matters required to be included in the notice of the meeting, but not so included, if such objection is expressly made at the beginning of the meeting.

 

Section 13.9          Quorum and Voting .  The presence, in person or by proxy, of holders of a majority of the Outstanding Units of the class or classes for which a meeting has been called (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by the General Partner) shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Limited Partners of such class or classes unless any such action by the Limited Partners requires approval by holders of a greater percentage of such Units, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage.  At any meeting of the Limited Partners duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present, the act of Limited Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate represent a majority of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act of all Limited Partners, unless a different percentage or class vote is required with respect to such action under the provisions of this Agreement, in which case the act of the Limited Partners holding Outstanding

 

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Units that in the aggregate represent at least such different percentage or the act of the Limited Partners holding the requisite percentage of the necessary class, as applicable, shall be required.  The Limited Partners present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the exit of enough Limited Partners to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of Outstanding Units or the required percentage of Outstanding Units of the applicable class, as the case may be, specified in this Agreement.

 

Section 13.10       Conduct of a Meeting .  The General Partner shall have full power and authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Limited Partners or solicitation of approvals in writing, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence of a quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of Section 13.4 , the conduct of voting, the validity and effect of any proxies and the determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising in connection with or during the meeting or voting.  The General Partner shall designate a Person to serve as chairman of any meeting and shall further designate a Person to take the minutes of any meeting.  All minutes shall be kept with the records of the Partnership maintained by the General Partner.  The General Partner may make such other regulations consistent with applicable law and this Agreement as it may deem advisable concerning the conduct of any meeting of the Limited Partners or solicitation of approvals in writing, including regulations in regard to the appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes and approvals, the submission and examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote, and the submission and revocation of approvals in writing.

 

Section 13.11       Action Without a Meeting .  If authorized by the General Partner, any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Limited Partners may be taken without a meeting if an approval in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by Limited Partners owning not less than the minimum percentage of the Outstanding Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all the Limited Partners were present and voted (unless such provision conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such National Securities Exchange shall govern).  Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Limited Partners who have not approved in writing.  The General Partner may specify that any written ballot submitted to Limited Partners for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Partnership within the time period, which shall be not less than 20 days, specified by the General Partner.  If a ballot returned to the Partnership does not vote all of the Outstanding Units held by such Limited Partners, the Partnership shall be deemed to have failed to receive a ballot for the Outstanding Units that were not voted.  If approval of the taking of any permitted action by the Limited Partners is solicited by any Person other than by or on behalf of the General Partner, the written approvals shall have no force and effect unless and until (a) approvals sufficient to take the action proposed are deposited with the Partnership in care of the General Partner, (b) approvals sufficient to take the action proposed are dated as of a date not more than 90 days prior to the date sufficient approvals are first deposited with the Partnership and (c) an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the General Partner to the effect that the exercise of such right and the

 

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action proposed to be taken with respect to any particular matter (i) will not cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners’ limited liability, and (ii) is otherwise permissible under the state statutes then governing the rights, duties and liabilities of the Partnership and the Partners.

 

Section 13.12       Right to Vote and Related Matters .

 

(a)           Only those Record Holders of the Outstanding Units on the Record Date set pursuant to Section 13.6 (and also subject to the limitations contained in the definition of “Outstanding”) shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of Limited Partners or to act with respect to matters as to which the holders of the Outstanding Units have the right to vote or to act.  All references in this Agreement to votes of, or other acts that may be taken by, the Outstanding Units shall be deemed to be references to the votes or acts of the Record Holders of such Outstanding Units.

 

(b)           With respect to Units that are held for a Person’s account by another Person that is the Record Holder (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation, or an agent of any of the foregoing), such Record Holder shall, in exercising the voting rights in respect of such Units on any matter, and unless the arrangement between such Persons provides otherwise, vote such Units in favor of, and at the direction of, the Person who is the beneficial owner, and the Partnership shall be entitled to assume such Record Holder is so acting without further inquiry.  The provisions of this Section  13.12(b)  (as well as all other provisions of this Agreement) are subject to the provisions of Section 4.3 .

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Record Holder of an Incentive Distribution Right shall not be entitled to vote such Incentive Distribution Right on any Partnership matter.

 

ARTICLE XIV
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR CONVERSION

 

Section 14.1          Authority .  The Partnership may merge or consolidate with or into one or more corporations, limited liability companies, statutory trusts or associations, real estate investment trusts, common law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a partnership (whether general or limited (including a limited liability partnership)) or convert into any such entity, whether such entity is formed under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state of the United States of America or any other country, pursuant to a written plan of merger or consolidation (“ Merger Agreement ”) or a written plan of conversion (“ Plan of Conversion ”), as the case may be, in accordance with this Article XIV .

 

Section 14.2          Procedure for Merger, Consolidation or Conversion .

 

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fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to consent to any merger, consolidation or conversion of the Partnership and may decline to do so free of any duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner and, in declining to consent to a merger, consolidation or conversion, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity, and the General Partner in determining whether to consent to any merger, consolidation or conversion of the Partnership shall be permitted to do so in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(b)           If the General Partner shall determine to consent to the merger or consolidation, the General Partner shall approve the Merger Agreement, which shall set forth:

 

(i)            name and state or country of domicile of each of the business entities proposing to merge or consolidate;

 

(ii)           the name and state of domicile of the business entity that is to survive the proposed merger or consolidation (the “ Surviving Business Entity ”);

 

(iii)          the terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation;

 

(iv)          the manner and basis of exchanging or converting the equity securities of each constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity; and (A) if any general or limited partner interests, securities or rights of any constituent business entity are not to be exchanged or converted solely for, or into, cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity, the cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity) which the holders of such general or limited partner interests, securities or rights are to receive in exchange for, or upon conversion of their interests, securities or rights, and (B) in the case of securities represented by certificates, upon the surrender of such certificates, which cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity or any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity), or evidences thereof, are to be delivered;

 

(v)           a statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the adoption of new constituent documents (the articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust, certificate or agreement of limited partnership, operating agreement or other similar charter or governing document) of the Surviving Business Entity to be effected by such merger or consolidation;

 

(vi)          the effective time of the merger, which may be the date of the filing of the certificate of merger pursuant to Section 14.4 or a later date specified in or determinable in accordance with the Merger Agreement ( provided, however, that if the effective

 

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time of the merger is to be later than the date of the filing of such certificate of merger, the effective time shall be fixed at a date or time certain at or prior to the time of the filing of such certificate of merger and stated therein); and

 

(vii)         such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger or consolidation that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.

 

(c)           If the General Partner shall determine to consent to the conversion, the General Partner shall approve the Plan of Conversion, which shall set forth:

 

(i)            the name of the converting entity and the converted entity;

 

(ii)           a statement that the Partnership is continuing its existence in the organizational form of the converted entity;

 

(iii)          a statement as to the type of entity that the converted entity is to be and the state or country under the laws of which the converted entity is to be incorporated, formed or organized;

 

(iv)          the manner and basis of exchanging or converting the equity securities of each constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the converted entity;

 

(v)           in an attachment or exhibit, the certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership;

 

(vi)          in an attachment or exhibit, the certificate of limited partnership, articles of incorporation, or other organizational documents of the converted entity;

 

(vii)         the effective time of the conversion, which may be the date of the filing of the certificate of conversion or a later date specified in or determinable in accordance with the Plan of Conversion (provided, that if the effective time of the conversion is to be later than the date of the filing of such articles of conversion, the effective time shall be fixed at a date or time certain at or prior to the time of the filing of such certificate of conversion and stated therein); and

 

(viii)        such other provisions with respect to the proposed conversion that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.

 

Section 14.3          Approval by Limited Partners .

 

(a)           Except as provided in Section 14.3(d)  and Section 14.3(e) , the General Partner, upon its approval of the Merger Agreement or the Plan of Conversion, as the case may be, shall direct that the Merger Agreement or the Plan of Conversion, as applicable, be submitted to a vote of Limited Partners, whether at a special meeting or by written consent, in either case in accordance with the requirements of Article XIII .  A copy or a summary of the Merger

 

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Agreement or the Plan of Conversion, as the case may be, shall be included in or enclosed with the notice of a special meeting or the written consent and, subject to any applicable requirements of Regulation 14A pursuant to the Exchange Act or successor provision, no other disclosure regarding the proposed merger, consolidation or conversion shall be required.

 

(b)           Except as provided in Section 14.3(d)  and Section 14.3(e) , the Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion, as the case may be, shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a Unit Majority unless the Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion, as the case may be, effects an amendment to any provision of this Agreement that, if contained in an amendment to this Agreement adopted pursuant to Article XIII , would require for its approval the vote or consent of a greater percentage of the Outstanding Units or of any class of Limited Partners, in which case such greater percentage vote or consent shall be required for approval of the Merger Agreement or the Plan of Conversion, as the case may be.

 

(c)           Except as provided in Section 14.3(d)  and Section 14.3(e) , after such approval by vote or consent of the Limited Partners, and at any time prior to the filing of the certificate of merger or articles of conversion pursuant to Section 14.4 , the merger, consolidation or conversion may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion, as the case may be.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this Agreement, but subject to Section 5.11(b)(vi) , the General Partner is permitted, without Limited Partner approval, to convert the Partnership or any Group Member into a new limited liability entity, to merge the Partnership or any Group Member into, or convey all of the Partnership’s assets to, another limited liability entity that shall be newly formed and shall have no assets, liabilities or operations at the time of such conversion, merger or conveyance other than those it receives from the Partnership or other Group Member if (i) the General Partner has received an Opinion of Counsel that the conversion, merger or conveyance, as the case may be, would not result in the loss of limited liability under the laws of the jurisdiction governing the other limited liability entity (if that jurisdiction is not Delaware) of any Limited Partner as compared to its limited liability under the Delaware Act or cause the Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not previously treated as such), (ii) the sole purpose of such conversion, merger, or conveyance is to effect a mere change in the legal form of the Partnership into another limited liability entity and (iii) the General Partner determines that the governing instruments of the new entity provide the Limited Partners and the General Partner with substantially the same rights and obligations as are herein contained.

 

(e)           Additionally, notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this Agreement, but subject to Section 5.11(b)(vi) , the General Partner is permitted, without Limited Partner approval, to merge or consolidate the Partnership with or into another limited liability entity if (i) the General Partner has received an Opinion of Counsel that the merger or consolidation, as the case may be, would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner under the laws of the jurisdiction governing the other limited liability entity (if

 

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that jurisdiction is not Delaware) as compared to its limited liability under the Delaware Act or cause the Partnership to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent not previously treated as such), (ii) the merger or consolidation would not result in an amendment to this Agreement, other than any amendments that could be adopted pursuant to Section 13.1 , (iii) the Partnership is the Surviving Business Entity in such merger or consolidation, (iv) each Unit outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation is to be an identical Unit of the Partnership after the effective date of the merger or consolidation, and (v) the number of Partnership Interests to be issued by the Partnership in such merger or consolidation does not exceed 20% of the Partnership Interests (other than Incentive Distribution Rights) Outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of such merger or consolidation.

 

(f)            Pursuant to Section 17-211(g) of the Delaware Act, an agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance with this Article XIV may (i) effect any amendment to this Agreement or (ii) effect the adoption of a new partnership agreement for the Partnership if it is the Surviving Business Entity.  Any such amendment or adoption made pursuant to this Section 14.3 shall be effective at the effective time or date of the merger or consolidation.

 

Section 14.4          Certificate of Merger or Certificate of Conversion .  Upon the required approval by the General Partner and the Unitholders of a Merger Agreement or the Plan of Conversion, as the case may be, a certificate of merger or certificate of conversion or other filing, as applicable, shall be executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the appropriate filing office of any other jurisdiction, as applicable, in conformity with the requirements of the Delaware Act or other applicable law.

 

Section 14.5          Effect of Merger, Consolidation or Conversion .

 

(a)           At the effective time of the merger:

 

(i)            all of the rights, privileges and powers of each of the business entities that has merged or consolidated, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to any of those business entities and all other things and causes of action belonging to each of those business entities, shall be vested in the Surviving Business Entity and after the merger or consolidation shall be the property of the Surviving Business Entity to the extent they were of each constituent business entity;

 

(ii)           the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in any of those constituent business entities shall not revert and is not in any way impaired because of the merger or consolidation;

 

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(iv)          all debts, liabilities and duties of those constituent business entities shall attach to the Surviving Business Entity and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if the debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.

 

(b)           At the effective time of the conversion:

 

(i)            the Partnership shall continue to exist, without interruption, but in the organizational form of the converted entity rather than in its prior organizational form;

 

(ii)           all rights, title, and interests to all real estate and other property owned by the Partnership shall continue to be owned by the converted entity in its new organizational form without reversion or impairment, without further act or deed, and without any transfer or assignment having occurred, but subject to any existing liens or other encumbrances thereon;

 

(iii)          all liabilities and obligations of the Partnership shall continue to be liabilities and obligations of the converted entity in its new organizational form without impairment or diminution by reason of the conversion;

 

(iv)          all rights of creditors or other parties with respect to or against the prior interest holders or other owners of the Partnership in their capacities as such in existence as of the effective time of the conversion will continue in existence as to those liabilities and obligations and may be pursued by such creditors and obligees as if the conversion did not occur;

 

(v)           a proceeding pending by or against the Partnership or by or against any of Partners in their capacities as such may be continued by or against the converted entity in its new organizational form and by or against the prior Partners without any need for substitution of parties; and

 

(vi)          the Partnership Interests that are to be converted into partnership interests, shares, evidences of ownership, or other securities in the converted entity as provided in the plan of conversion shall be so converted, and Partners shall be entitled only to the rights provided in the Plan of Conversion.

 

ARTICLE XV
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS

 

Section 15.1          Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement except Section 5.11(b)(vi) , if at any time the General Partner and its Affiliates hold more than 80% of the total Limited Partner Interests of any class then Outstanding, the General Partner shall then have the right, which right it may assign and transfer in whole or in part to the Partnership or any Affiliate of the General Partner, exercisable at its option, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such Limited Partner Interests (but excluding the Series A Preferred Units, which are subject to Section 5.11(b)(vi) ) of such class then Outstanding held by Persons other than the General

 

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Partner and its Affiliates, at the greater of (x) the Current Market Price as of the date three Business Days prior to the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b)  is mailed and (y) the highest price paid by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates for any such Limited Partner Interest of such class purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b)  is mailed.

 

(b)           If the General Partner, any Affiliate of the General Partner or the Partnership elects to exercise the right to purchase Limited Partner Interests granted pursuant to Section 15.1(a) , the General Partner shall deliver to the applicable Transfer Agent or exchange agent notice of such election to purchase (the “ Notice of Election to Purchase ”) and shall cause the Transfer Agent or exchange agent to mail a copy of such Notice of Election to Purchase to the Record Holders of Limited Partner Interests of such class (as of a Record Date selected by the General Partner), together with such information as may be required by law, rule or regulation, at least 10, but not more than 60, days prior to the Purchase Date.  Such Notice of Election to Purchase shall also be filed and distributed as may be required by the Commission or any National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed.  The Notice of Election to Purchase shall specify the Purchase Date and the price (determined in accordance with Section 15.1(a) ) at which Limited Partner Interests will be purchased and state that the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, elects to purchase such Limited Partner Interests, upon surrender of Certificates representing such Limited Partner Interests, in the case of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates, or instructions agreeing to such redemption in exchange for payment, at such office or offices of the Transfer Agent or exchange agent as the Transfer Agent or exchange agent may specify, or as may be required by any National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed.  Any such Notice of Election to Purchase mailed to a Record Holder of Limited Partner Interests at his address as reflected in the Partnership Register shall be conclusively presumed to have been given regardless of whether the owner receives such notice.  On or prior to the Purchase Date, the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall deposit with the Transfer Agent or exchange agent cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all of such Limited Partner Interests to be purchased in accordance with this Section 15.1 .  If the Notice of Election to Purchase shall have been duly given as aforesaid at least 10 days prior to the Purchase Date, and if on or prior to the Purchase Date the deposit described in the preceding sentence has been made for the benefit of the holders of Limited Partner Interests subject to purchase as provided herein, then from and after the Purchase Date, notwithstanding that any Certificate or redemption instructions shall not have been surrendered for purchase or provided, respectively, all rights of the holders of such Limited Partner Interests (including any rights pursuant to Article IV , Article V , Article VI , and Article XII ) shall thereupon cease, except the right to receive the purchase price (determined in accordance with Section 15.1(a) ) for Limited Partner Interests therefor, without interest, upon surrender to the Transfer Agent or exchange agent of the Certificates representing such Limited Partner Interests, in the case of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates, or instructions agreeing to such redemption, and such Limited Partner Interests shall thereupon be deemed to be transferred to the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, on the Partnership Register, and the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner, or the Partnership, as

 

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the case may be, shall be deemed to be the Record Holder of all such Limited Partner Interests from and after the Purchase Date and shall have all rights as the Record Holder of such Limited Partner Interests (including all rights as owner of such Limited Partner Interests pursuant to Article IV , Article V , Article VI and Article XII ).

 

(c)           In the case of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates, at any time from and after the Purchase Date, a holder of an Outstanding Limited Partner Interest subject to purchase as provided in this Section 15.1 may surrender his Certificate evidencing such Limited Partner Interest to the Transfer Agent or exchange agent in exchange for payment of the amount described in Section 15.1(a)  therefor, without interest thereon, in accordance with procedures set forth by the General Partner.

 

ARTICLE XVI
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 16.1          Addresses and Notices; Written Communications .

 

(a)           Any notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written communication to the Partner at the address described below.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, payment or report to be given or made to a Partner hereunder shall be deemed conclusively to have been given or made, and the obligation to give such notice or report or to make such payment shall be deemed conclusively to have been fully satisfied, upon sending of such notice, payment or report to the Record Holder of such Partnership Interests at his address as shown in the Partnership Register, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such Partnership Interests by reason of any assignment or otherwise.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) a Partner shall consent to receiving notices, demands, requests, reports or proxy materials via electronic mail or by the Internet or (ii) the rules of the Commission shall permit any report or proxy materials to be delivered electronically or made available via the Internet, any such notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials shall be deemed given or made when delivered or made available via such mode of delivery.  An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice, payment or report in accordance with the provisions of this Section 16.1 executed by the General Partner, the Transfer Agent or the mailing organization shall be prima facie evidence of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report.  If any notice, payment or report addressed to a Record Holder at the address of such Record Holder appearing in the Partnership Register is returned by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver it, such notice, payment or report and any subsequent notices, payments and reports shall be deemed to have been duly given or made without further mailing (until such time as such Record Holder or another Person notifies the Transfer Agent or the Partnership of a change in his address) if they are available for the Partner at the principal office of the Partnership for a period of one year from the date of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report to the other Partners.  Any notice to the Partnership shall be deemed given if received by the General Partner at the principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to Section 2.3 .  The General Partner

 

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may rely and shall be protected in relying on any notice or other document from a Partner or other Person if believed by it to be genuine.

 

(b)                                  The terms “in writing,” “written communications,” “written notice” and words of similar import shall be deemed satisfied under this Agreement by use of e-mail and other forms of electronic communication.

 

Section 16.2                              Further Action .  The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 16.3                              Binding Effect .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

Section 16.4                              Integration .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.

 

Section 16.5                              Creditors .  None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.

 

Section 16.6                              Waiver .  No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach of any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

Section 16.7                              Third-Party Beneficiaries .  Each Partner agrees that (a) any Indemnitee shall be entitled to assert rights and remedies hereunder as a third-party beneficiary hereto with respect to those provisions of this Agreement affording a right, benefit or privilege to such Indemnitee and (b) any Unrestricted Person shall be entitled to assert rights and remedies hereunder as a third-party beneficiary hereto with respect to those provisions of this Agreement affording a right, benefit or privilege to such Unrestricted Person.

 

Section 16.8                              Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute an agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart.  Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto or, in the case of a Person acquiring a Limited Partner Interest, pursuant to Section 10.1(a)  or (b)  without execution hereof.

 

Section 16.9                              Applicable Law; Forum; Venue and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury .

 

(a)                                  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.

 

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(b)                                  Each of the Partners and each Person or Group holding any beneficial interest in the Partnership (whether through a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing or otherwise):

 

(i)                                      irrevocably agrees that any claims, suits, actions or proceedings (A) arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement (including any claims, suits or actions to interpret, apply or enforce the provisions of this Agreement or the duties, obligations or liabilities among Partners or of Partners to the Partnership, or the rights or powers of, or restrictions on, the Partners or the Partnership), (B) brought in a derivative manner on behalf of the Partnership, (C) asserting a claim of breach of a duty owed by any director, officer, or other employee of the Partnership or the General Partner, or owed by the General Partner, to the Partnership or the Partners, (D) asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware Act or (E) asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be exclusively brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in each case regardless of whether such claims, suits, actions or proceedings sound in contract, tort, fraud or otherwise, are based on common law, statutory, equitable, legal or other grounds, or are derivative or direct claims; provided, however, that any claims, suits, actions or proceedings over which the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction shall be brought in any other court in the State of Delaware having jurisdiction;

 

(ii)                                   irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware in connection with any such claim, suit, action or proceeding;

 

(iii)                                agrees not to, and waives any right to, assert in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding that (A) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware or of any other court to which proceedings in the courts of the State of Delaware may be appealed, (B) such claim, suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (C) the venue of such claim, suit, action or proceeding is improper;

 

(iv)                               expressly waives any requirement for the posting of a bond by a party bringing such claim, suit, action or proceeding; and

 

(v)                                  consents to process being served in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding by mailing, certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices hereunder, and agrees that such services shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof; provided, however , that nothing in this clause (v)  shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

Section 16.10                       Invalidity of Provisions .  If any provision or part of a provision of this Agreement is, or becomes for any reason, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions and/or parts thereof contained herein shall not be affected thereby and this Agreement shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reformed and construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision, or part of a provision, had never been contained herein, and such provisions and/or part shall be reformed so that it would be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent possible.

 

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Section 16.11                       Consent of Partners .  Each Partner hereby expressly consents and agrees that, whenever in this Agreement it is specified that an action may be taken upon the affirmative vote or consent of less than all of the Partners, such action may be so taken upon the concurrence of less than all of the Partners and each Partner shall be bound by the results of such action.

 

Section 16.12                       Facsimile and Email Signatures .  The use of facsimile signatures and signatures delivered by email in portable document format (.pdf) affixed in the name and on behalf of the transfer agent and registrar of the Partnership on certificates representing Common Units is expressly permitted by this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 



 

EXHIBIT A
to the Second Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

Certificate Evidencing Common Units
Representing Limited Partner Interests in

Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

No.

 

Common Units

 

In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Phillips 66 Partners LP, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time (the “ Partnership Agreement ”), Phillips 66 Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), hereby certifies that               (the “ Holder ”) is the registered owner of Common Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “ Common Units ”) transferable on the books of the Partnership, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.  The rights, preferences and limitations of the Common Units are set forth in, and this Certificate and the Common Units represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Partnership Agreement.  Copies of the Partnership Agreement are on file at, and will be furnished without charge on delivery of written request to the Partnership at, the principal office of the Partnership located at 2331 CityWest Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77042.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given them in the Partnership Agreement.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY ACKNOWLEDGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IF SUCH TRANSFER (AS DEFINED IN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT) WOULD (A) VIOLATE THE THEN APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER SUCH TRANSFER, (B) TERMINATE THE EXISTENCE OR QUALIFICATION OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR (C) CAUSE PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP TO BE TREATED AS AN ASSOCIATION TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE TO BE TAXED AS AN ENTITY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (TO THE EXTENT NOT ALREADY SO TREATED OR TAXED).  THE GENERAL PARTNER OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP MAY IMPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IF IT RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO AVOID A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP BECOMING TAXABLE AS A CORPORATION OR OTHERWISE BECOMING TAXABLE AS AN ENTITY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.  THIS SECURITY MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON ITS TRANSFER PROVIDED IN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.  COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT

 

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MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS SECURITY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE PARTNERSHIP.  THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH ABOVE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF ANY NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY IS LISTED OR ADMITTED TO TRADING.

 

The Holder, by accepting this Certificate, is deemed to have (i) requested admission as, and agreed to become, a Limited Partner and to have agreed to comply with and be bound by and to have executed the Partnership Agreement, (ii) represented and warranted that the Holder has all right, power and authority and, if an individual, the capacity necessary to enter into the Partnership Agreement, and (iii) made the waivers and given the consents and approvals contained in the Partnership Agreement.

 

This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent.  This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

By:

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Countersigned and Registered by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[                                                      ]

 

 

 

 

as Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

 

 

 

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[Reverse of Certificate]

 

ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as follows according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM — as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT TRANSFERS MIN ACT

 

 

 

TEN ENT — as tenants by the entireties

 

Custodian

 

 

 

(Cust)

(Minor)

 

JT TEN — as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

under Uniform Gifts/Transfers to CD Minors Act (State)

 

Additional abbreviations, though not in the above list, may also be used.

 

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ASSIGNMENT OF COMMON UNITS OF 
PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                  hereby assigns, conveys, sells and transfers unto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee)

 

Common Units representing limited partner interests evidenced by this Certificate, subject to the Partnership Agreement, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                          as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to transfer the same on the books of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

Date:

 

 

NOTE: The signature to any endorsement hereon must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature)

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature)

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15

 

 

 

No transfer of the Common Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the books of the Partnership, unless the Certificate evidencing the Common Units to be transferred is surrendered for registration or transfer.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

and

 

THE PURCHASERS NAMED ON SCHEDULE A
HERETO

 

Dated October 6, 2017

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

Article I. DEFINITIONS

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Section 1.01 Definitions

1

 

 

Section 1.02 Registrable Securities

5

 

 

Article II. REGISTRATION RIGHTS

6

 

 

Section 2.01 Shelf Registration

6

 

 

Section 2.02 Piggyback Registration

9

 

 

Section 2.03 Underwritten Offering

11

 

 

Section 2.04 Further Obligations

13

 

 

Section 2.05 Cooperation by Holders

17

 

 

Section 2.06 Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities

18

 

 

Section 2.07 Expenses

18

 

 

Section 2.08 Indemnification

19

 

 

Section 2.09 Securities Act Reporting

21

 

 

Section 2.10 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights

22

 

 

Section 2.11 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights

22

 

 

Section 2.12 Limitation on Obligations for Series A Preferred Units

22

 

 

Article III. MISCELLANEOUS

23

 

 

Section 3.01 Communications

23

 

 

Section 3.02 Binding Effect

24

 

 

Section 3.03 Assignment of Rights

24

 

 

Section 3.04 Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting Units

24

 

 

Section 3.05 Aggregation of Registrable Securities

24

 

 

Section 3.06 Specific Performance

24

 

 

Section 3.07 Counterparts

24

 

 

Section 3.08 Governing Law, Submission to Jurisdiction

25

 

 

Section 3.09 Waiver of Jury Trial

25

 

 

Section 3.10 Entire Agreement

26

 

 

Section 3.11 Amendment

26

 

 

Section 3.12 No Presumption

26

 

 

Section 3.13 Obligations Limited to Parties to Agreement

26

 

 

Section 3.14 Interpretation

27

 

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SCHEDULE A — Purchaser Name; Notice and Contact Information

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SCHEDULE B — Purchasers Deemed to have Delivered the Piggyback Opt-out Notice

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT , dated as of October 6, 2017 (this “ Agreement ”), is entered into by and among PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP , a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), and each of the Persons set forth on Schedule A hereto (the “ Purchasers ”).

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is made in connection with the closing of the issuance and sale of the Series A Preferred Units and Common Units (the date of such closing, the “ Closing Date ”) pursuant to the Series A Preferred Unit and Common Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2017, by and among the Partnership and the Purchasers (the “ Purchase Agreement ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Partnership has agreed to provide the registration and other rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01                             Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question. As used herein, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, neither the Partnership, on the one hand, nor any Purchaser, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be Affiliates of each other.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, any federal legal holiday or day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the State of Texas are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 



 

Common Unit Price ” means $47.5873 per Common Unit.

 

Common Unit Registrable Securities ” means the Conversion Unit Registrable Securities and the PIPE Unit Registrable Securities.

 

Common Units ” means the common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership and having the rights and obligations specified in the Partnership Agreement.

 

Conversion Unit Registrable Securities ” means the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Units, all of which are subject to the rights provided herein until such time as such securities cease to be Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.02 .

 

Conversion Unit Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii) .

 

Effective Date ” means, with respect to any Registration Statement, the date of effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

 

Effectiveness Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(iv) .

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

First Reserve ” means FR XIII Pantheon Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.

 

General Partner ” means Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and its successors and permitted assigns that are admitted to the Partnership as general partner of the Partnership.

 

Holder ” means the record holder of any Registrable Securities.

 

Holder Underwriter Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(q) .

 

Included Registrable Securities ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a) .

 

Initiating Holder ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b) .

 

Liquidated Damages ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b) .

 

Liquidated Damages Multiplier ” means the product of (a) (i) with respect to any Registration Statement for the Common Unit Registrable Securities, the Common Unit Price or (ii) with respect to the Registration Statement for the Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, the Preferred Unit Price and (b) (i) in the case of clause (a)(i) , the number of PIPE Unit Registrable Securities or Conversion Unit Registrable Securities, as applicable, then held by the applicable Holder and to be included on the applicable PIPE Unit Registration Statement or Conversion Unit Registration Statement, and (ii) in the case of clause (a)(ii) , the number of

 

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Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities then held by the applicable Holder and to be included on the applicable Preferred Unit Registration Statement.

 

Losses ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(a) .

 

Managing Underwriter ” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, the book running lead manager of such Underwritten Offering.

 

National Securities Exchange ” means an exchange registered with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act (or any successor to such Section) and any other securities exchange (whether or not registered with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act (or successor to such Section)) that the General Partner shall designate as a National Securities Exchange for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Other Holder ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a) .

 

Partnership ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Partnership Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of the date hereof, as amended.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, government or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any other form of entity.

 

Phillips 66 ” means Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation.

 

Piggyback Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a) .

 

Piggyback Opt-Out Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a) .

 

Piggyback Registration ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a) .

 

PIK Units ” means any additional Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units issued by the Partnership to the holders of Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 5.11(b)(i)(A) of the Partnership Agreement.

 

PIPE Unit Registrable Securities ” means the Common Units to be issued and sold to the Purchasers on the Closing Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, all of which are subject to the rights provided herein until such time as such securities cease to be Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.02 .

 

PIPE Unit Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(i) .

 

Preferred Unit Price ” means $54.27 per Series A Preferred Unit.

 

Preferred Unit Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(iii) .

 

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Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Purchased Units ” has the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Purchasers ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Registrable Securities ” means the Common Unit Registrable Securities and the Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities.

 

Registration ” means any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including pursuant to a Registration Statement or a Piggyback Registration.

 

Registration Expenses ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a) .

 

Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii) .

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Selling Expenses ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a) .

 

Selling Holder ” means a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

Selling Holder Indemnified Persons ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(a) .

 

Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities ” means the Series A Preferred Units, all of which are subject to the rights of Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities provided herein until such time as such securities either (a) convert into Common Units pursuant to the terms of the Partnership Agreement or (b) cease to be Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 1.02 .

 

Series A Preferred Units ” means the Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership and having the rights and obligations specified in the Partnership Agreement to be issued and sold to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, including any PIK Units issued in connection therewith.

 

Stonepeak ” means Stonepeak Screwdriver SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Target Effective Date ” means (a) with respect to the PIPE Unit Registration Statement for the PIPE Unit Registrable Securities, 90 days from the date hereof, (b) with respect to the Conversion Unit Registration Statement for the Conversion Unit Registrable Securities, the second anniversary of the date hereof, and (c) with respect to the Preferred Unit Registration Statement for the Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, 90 days from the date hereof.

 

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Tortoise ” means each of Tortoise Direct Opportunities Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership; Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund, a series of Managed Portfolio Series, a Delaware statutory trust; Tortoise VIP MLP & Pipeline Portfolio, a series of Managed Portfolio Series, a Delaware statutory trust; Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, a Maryland corporation; Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation; and Texas Mutual Insurance Company, a Texas insurance company.

 

Underwriter ” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, the underwriters of such Underwritten Offering.

 

Underwritten Offering ” means an offering (including an offering pursuant to a Registration Statement) in which Common Units are sold to an Underwriter on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public or an offering that is a “bought deal” with one or more investment banks.

 

WKSI ” means a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in the rules and regulations of the Commission).

 

Section 1.02                             Registrable Securities . Any Registrable Security will cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of the following: (a) when a registration statement covering such Registrable Security becomes or has been declared effective by the Commission and such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement, (b) when such Registrable Security has been disposed of (excluding transfers or assignments by a Holder to an Affiliate or to another Holder or any of its Affiliates or to any assignee or transferee to whom the rights under this Agreement have been transferred pursuant to Section 2.10 ) pursuant to any section of Rule 144, (c) when such Registrable Security is held by Phillips 66, the Partnership or any of their respective direct or indirect subsidiaries and (d) when such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of such securities pursuant to Section 2.10 . In addition, a Holder will cease to have rights to require Registration of any Registrable Securities held by such Holder under this Agreement (i) with respect to Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, the date on which all Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities have been converted into Common Units pursuant to Article V of the Partnership Agreement, (ii) with respect to Conversion Unit Registrable Securities, on the later of (A) the second anniversary of the date on which all Series A Preferred Units have been converted into Common Units pursuant to Article V of the Partnership Agreement and (B) if such Holder is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Partnership, the date on which such Holder ceases to be an affiliate of the Partnership, and (iii) with respect to PIPE Unit Registrable Securities, on the later of (A) the fifth anniversary of the date on which the PIPE Unit Registration Statement is effective and, (B) if such Holder is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Partnership, the

 

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date on which such Holder ceases to be an affiliate of the Partnership.  For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 1.02 do not modify the transfer restrictions applicable to the Holders set forth in the Partnership Agreement (including Section 5.11(b)(vii) thereof).

 

Article II
  REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

Section 2.01                             Shelf Registration .

 

(a)                                  Shelf Registration Statements .

 

(i)                                      The Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) prepare and file an initial registration statement under the Securities Act to permit the resale of the PIPE Unit Registrable Securities from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 (or any similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) of the Securities Act (a “ PIPE Unit Registration Statement ”) and (B) cause such initial PIPE Unit Registration Statement to become effective no later than the Target Effective Date for the PIPE Unit Registrable Securities.

 

(ii)                                   The Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) prepare and file an initial registration statement under the Securities Act (or an amendment to the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i) ) to permit the resale of the Conversion Unit Registrable Securities from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 (or any similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) of the Securities Act (a “ Conversion Unit Registration Statement ”) and (B) cause such initial Conversion Unit Registration Statement or such amendment to become effective no later than the Target Effective Date for the Conversion Unit Registrable Securities.

 

(iii)                                The Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) prepare and file an initial registration statement under the Securities Act to permit the resale of the Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 (or any similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) of the Securities Act (a “ Preferred Unit Registration Statement ” and, each Preferred Unit Registration Statement, PIPE Unit Registration Statement or Conversion Unit Registration Statement, a “ Registration Statement ”) and (B) cause such initial Preferred Unit Registration Statement to become effective no later than the Target Effective Date for the Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities.

 

(iv)                               The Partnership will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statements filed pursuant to this Section 2.01(a)  to be continuously effective under the Securities Act, with respect to any Holder, until the earliest to occur of the

 

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following: (A) the date on which there are no longer any Registrable Securities outstanding and (B) (1) with respect to Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, the  date on which all Series A Preferred Units have been converted into Common Units pursuant to Article V of the Partnership Agreement, (2) with respect to Conversion Unit Registrable Securities, the later of (I) the second anniversary of the date on which all Series A Preferred Units have been converted into Common Units pursuant to Article V of the Partnership Agreement and, (II) if such Holder is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Partnership, the date on which such Holder ceases to be an affiliate of the Partnership, and (3) with respect to PIPE Unit Registrable Securities, on the later of (I) the fifth anniversary of the date on which the PIPE Unit Registration Statement is effective and, (II) if such Holder is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Partnership, the date on which such Holder ceases to be an affiliate of the Partnership (in each case of clause (A)  or (B) , the “ Effectiveness Period ”). A Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.01(a)  shall be on such appropriate registration form of the Commission as shall be selected by the Partnership; provided, however, that if the Partnership is then eligible, it shall file such Registration Statement on Form S-3. A Registration Statement when declared effective (including the documents incorporated therein by reference) will comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (and, in the case of any prospectus contained in such Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made). As soon as practicable following the date that a Registration Statement becomes effective, but in any event within three Business Days of such date, the Partnership shall provide the Holders with written notice of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

 

(b)                                  Failure to Become Effective .

 

(i)                                      If a Registration Statement required by Section 2.01(a)  does not become or is not declared effective by the applicable Target Effective Date, then each Holder shall be entitled to a payment (with respect to each of the Holder’s Registrable Securities which are included in such Registration Statement), as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, of (A) for each non-overlapping 30-day period for the first 60 days following the applicable Target Effective Date, an amount equal to 0.25% of the applicable Liquidated Damages Multiplier, and (B) for each non-overlapping 30-day period beginning on the 61st day following the applicable Target Effective Date, an amount equal to the amount set forth in clause (A)  plus an additional 0.25% of the applicable Liquidated Damages Multiplier for each subsequent 60 days ( i.e. , 0.5% for 61-120 days, 0.75% for 121-180 days, and 1.0% thereafter), up to a maximum amount equal to 1.0% of the applicable Liquidated Damages Multiplier per non-overlapping 30-day period (the “ Liquidated

 

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Damages ”), until such time as such Registration Statement is declared or becomes effective or there are no longer any Registrable Securities outstanding. The Liquidated Damages payable pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be payable within 10 Business Days after the end of each such 30-day period.

 

(ii)                                   Any Liquidated Damages payable by the Partnership pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i)  shall be paid to each Holder in immediately available funds to the account or accounts specified by the applicable Holders in writing; provided , however , that if the Partnership certifies that it is unable to pay Liquidated Damages in cash because such payment would result in a breach of or constitute a default under a credit facility or other debt instrument, then the Partnership shall pay such Liquidated Damages using as much cash as is permitted without causing a breach of or default under such credit facility or other debt instrument and may pay the balance of any such Liquidated Damages in kind in the form of the issuance of additional Common Units. Upon any issuance of Common Units as Liquidated Damages, the Partnership shall promptly (A) prepare and file an amendment to the Registration Statement prior to its effectiveness adding such Common Units to such Registration Statement as additional Registrable Securities and (B) prepare and file a supplemental listing application with the New York Stock Exchange (or such other National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are then listed and traded) to list such additional Common Units. The determination of the number of Common Units to be issued as Liquidated Damages shall be equal to quotient of (x) the dollar amount of the balance of such Liquidated Damages due to each such Holder divided by (y) the volume-weighted average closing price of the Common Units on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are then listed and traded) for the 10 trading days ending on the first trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Liquidated Damages payment is due. Any payment of Liquidated Damages shall be prorated for any period of less than 30 days accruing during any period for which a holder is entitled to receive Liquidated Damages hereunder.

 

(c)                                   Waiver of Liquidated Damages . If the Partnership is unable to cause (i) the PIPE Unit Registration Statement to become effective on or before the applicable Target Effective Date, then the Partnership may request a waiver of the Liquidated Damages with respect thereto, which may be granted by the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the PIPE Unit Registrable Securities, in their sole discretion, and which such waiver shall apply to all the Holders of PIPE Unit Registrable Securities included on such Registration Statement, or (ii) the Conversion Unit Registration Statement or the Preferred Unit Registration Statement to become effective on or before the applicable Target Effective Date, then the Partnership may request a waiver of the Liquidated Damages with respect thereto, which may be granted by the consent of Holders of at 66 2/3% of the outstanding Conversion Unit Registrable Securities or the Series A

 

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Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, as applicable, and which such waiver shall apply to all the Holders of Registrable Securities included on such Registration Statement.

 

(d)                                                 Delay Rights .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Partnership may, upon written notice to any Selling Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement, suspend such Selling Holder’s use of any prospectus which is a part of such Registration Statement (in which event the Selling Holder shall suspend sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement) if (i) the Partnership is pursuing an acquisition, merger, reorganization, disposition or other similar transaction and the Partnership determines in good faith that the Partnership’s ability to pursue or consummate such a transaction would be materially and adversely affected by any required disclosure of such transaction in such Registration Statement or (ii) the Partnership has experienced some other material non-public event, the disclosure of which at such time, in the good faith judgment of the Partnership, would materially and adversely affect the Partnership; provided , however , that in no event shall the Selling Holders be suspended from selling Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement for a period that exceeds an aggregate of 60 days in any 180-day period or 105 days in any 365-day period. Upon disclosure of such information or the termination of the condition described above, the Partnership shall provide prompt notice to the Selling Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement, and shall promptly terminate any suspension of sales it has put into effect and shall take such other actions necessary or appropriate to permit registered sales of Registrable Securities as contemplated in this Agreement.

 

Section 2.02                             Piggyback Registration .

 

(a)                                  Participation . If at any time the Partnership proposes to file (i) a Registration Statement (other than a Registration Statement contemplated by Section 2.01(a) ) on behalf of any other Holder, other than Phillips 66 or any of its Affiliates, who has registration rights related to an Underwritten Offering undertaken pursuant to Section 2.03 (“ Other Holder ”), or (ii) a prospectus supplement relating to the sale of Common Units by any Other Holders to an effective “automatic” registration statement, so long as the Partnership is a WKSI at such time or, whether or not the Partnership is a WKSI, so long as the Common Unit Registrable Securities were previously included in the underlying shelf Registration Statement or are included on an effective Registration Statement, or in any case in which Holders may participate in such offering without the filing of a post-effective amendment, in each case, for the sale of Common Units by Other Holders in an Underwritten Offering undertaken pursuant to Section 2.03 , then the Partnership shall give not less than three Business Days’ notice (or two Business Days’ notice in connection with any overnight or bought Underwritten Offering) (including notification by electronic mail) (the “ Piggyback Notice ”) of such proposed Underwritten Offering to each Holder that, together with its Affiliates, owns at least $20 million of Common Unit Registrable

 

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Securities (based on the Common Unit Price), and such Piggyback Notice shall offer such Holder the opportunity to include in such Underwritten Offering such number of Registrable Securities (the “ Included Registrable Securities ”) as such Holder may request in writing (a “ Piggyback Registration ”); provided , however , that the Partnership shall not be required to offer such opportunity (A) to such Holders if the Holders, together with their Affiliates, do not offer a minimum of $20 million of Common Unit Registrable Securities (based on the Common Unit Price), in the aggregate, or (B) to such Holders if the Partnership has been advised by the Managing Underwriter that the inclusion of Common Unit Registrable Securities for sale for the benefit of such Holders will have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Units in such Underwritten Offering, in which case the amount of Common Unit Registrable Securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be determined based on the provisions of Section 2.02(b) . Each Piggyback Notice shall be provided to Holders on a Business Day pursuant to Section 3.01 and receipt of such notice shall be confirmed and kept confidential by the Holders until either (x) such proposed Underwritten Offering has been publicly announced by the Partnership or (y) the Holders have received notice from the Partnership that such proposed Underwritten Offering has been abandoned, which the Partnership shall provide to the Holders reasonably promptly after the final decision to abandon a proposed Underwritten Offering has been made. Each such Holder will have three Business Days (or one Business Day in connection with any overnight or bought Underwritten Offering) after such Piggyback Notice has been delivered to request in writing to the Partnership the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the Underwritten Offering. If no request for inclusion from a Holder is received by the Partnership within the specified time, such Holder shall have no further right to participate in such Underwritten Offering. If, at any time after giving written notice of the Partnership’s intention to undertake an Underwritten Offering and prior to the pricing of such Underwritten Offering, such Underwritten Offering is terminated or delayed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the Partnership may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Selling Holders and, (1) in the case of a termination of such Underwritten Offering, shall be relieved of its obligation to sell any Included Registrable Securities in connection with such terminated Underwritten Offering, and (2) in the case of a determination to delay such Underwritten Offering, shall be permitted to delay offering any Included Registrable Securities for the same period as the delay in the Underwritten Offering. Any Selling Holder shall have the right to withdraw such Selling Holder’s request for inclusion of such Selling Holder’s Common Unit Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering by giving written notice to the Partnership of such withdrawal at least one Business Day prior to the time of pricing of such Underwritten Offering. Any Holder may deliver written notice (a “ Piggyback Opt-Out Notice ”) to the Partnership requesting that such Holder not receive notice from the Partnership of any proposed Underwritten Offering; provided , however , that such Holder may later revoke any such Piggyback Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of a Piggyback Opt-Out Notice from a Holder (unless subsequently revoked), the Partnership shall not be required to deliver any notice to such Holder pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)  and such Holder shall no longer be entitled to

 

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participate in Underwritten Offerings pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) , unless such Piggyback Opt-Out Notice is revoked by such Holder. The Holders listed on Schedule B shall each be deemed to have delivered a Piggyback Opt-Out Notice as of the date hereof. Each Holder’s rights under this Section 2.02(a)  shall terminate upon such Holder (together with its Affiliates) ceasing to hold at least $20 million of Common Unit Registrable Securities (based on the Common Unit Price). Each Holder shall notify the Partnership in writing when such Holder (together with its Affiliates) holds less than $20 million of Common Unit Registrable Securities (based on the Common Unit Price).

 

(b)                                  Priority of Piggyback Registration . If the Managing Underwriter or Underwriters of any proposed Underwritten Offering for Other Holders advise the Partnership that the total amount of Common Unit Registrable Securities that Holders intend to include in such offering exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Units offered or the market for the Common Units, then the Partnership shall include the number of Common Units that such Managing Underwriter or Underwriters advise the Partnership can be sold without having such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated (i) first, to the Common Units requested to be included therein by the Initiating Holder; and (ii) second, pro rata among the Holders who are exercising piggyback registration rights pursuant to this Section 2.02 related to such offering (based, for each such Holder, on the percentage derived by dividing (x) the number of Common Units proposed to be sold by such Holder in such Underwritten Offering by (y) the aggregate number of Common Units proposed to be sold by all Holders in such Underwritten Offering).

 

Section 2.03                             Underwritten Offering .

 

(a)                                  Purchaser Demand Rights .  Following the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement, if (i) the Holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Unit Registrable Securities or (ii) a Holder that, together with its Affiliates, holds at least $100 million of Common Unit Registrable Securities (based on the Common Unit Price), in the aggregate, elect to dispose of Common Unit Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement pursuant to an Underwritten Offering and reasonably expect gross proceeds of at least $50 million from such Underwritten Offering (together with any Registrable Securities to be disposed of by a Selling Holder that has elected to participate in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.02 ), the Partnership shall, at the written request of such Selling Holder(s), enter into an underwriting agreement in a form as is customary in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Partnership with the Managing Underwriter or Underwriters selected by the Partnership, which shall include indemnities to the effect and to the extent provided in Section 2.08 and other provisions consistent with this Agreement, and shall take all such other reasonable actions as are requested by the Managing Underwriter or Underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Common Unit Registrable Securities; provided , however , that the Partnership shall have no

 

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obligation to facilitate or participate in, including entering into any underwriting agreement for, any Underwritten Offering other than (A) two Underwritten Offerings at the request of Stonepeak or any of its Affiliates, (B) one Underwritten Offering at the request of First Reserve or any of its Affiliates and (C) one Underwritten Offering at the request of Tortoise or any of its Affiliates; provided   further that (x) none of the foregoing Underwritten Offerings in clauses (A)  through (C)  above shall occur within 365 days of each other and (y) if the Partnership, Phillips 66 or any of their respective Affiliates is conducting or actively pursuing a securities offering of the Partnership’s Common Units with anticipated gross offering proceeds of at least $100 million (other than in connection with any at-the-market offering or similar continuous offering program), then the Partnership may suspend such Selling Holder’s right to require the Partnership to conduct an Underwritten Offering on such Selling Holder’s behalf pursuant to this Section 2.03 ; provided , however , that the Partnership may only suspend such Selling Holder’s right to require the Partnership to conduct an Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Section 2.03 once in any six-month period and in no event for a period that exceeds an aggregate of 60 days in any 180-day period or 105 days in any 365-day period.

 

(b)                                  General Procedures . In connection with any Underwritten Offering contemplated by Section 2.02 or Section 2.03(a) , the underwriting agreement into which each Selling Holder and the Partnership shall enter shall contain such representations, covenants, indemnities (subject to Section 2.08 ) and other rights and obligations as are customary in firm commitment Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Partnership. No Selling Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Partnership or the Underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Selling Holder’s authority to enter into such underwriting agreement and to sell, and its ownership of, the securities being registered on its behalf, its intended method of distribution and any other representation required by law. If any Selling Holder disapproves of the terms of an Underwritten Offering contemplated by this Section 2.03 , such Selling Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by notice to the Partnership and the Managing Underwriter; provided , however , that such withdrawal must be made at least one Business Day prior to the time of pricing of such Underwritten Offering to be effective; provided further that, in the event the Managing Underwriter or Underwriters of any proposed Underwritten Offering advise the Partnership that the total amount of Common Unit Registrable Securities that Holders intend to include in such offering exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Unit Registrable Securities offered or the market for the Common Units, and the amount of Common Unit Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering by the Holder that initiated such Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.03(a)  (the “ Initiating Holder ”) is reduced by 50% or more, the Initiating Holder will have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Offering by delivering notice to the Partnership at least one Business Day prior to the time of pricing of such Underwritten Offering, in which case the Partnership will have no obligation to proceed with such Underwritten

 

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Offering and such Underwritten Offering, whether or not completed, will not decrease the number of Underwritten Offerings the Initiating Holder shall have the right and option to request under this Section 2.03 . No such withdrawal or abandonment shall affect the Partnership’s obligation to pay Registration Expenses.

 

Section 2.04                             Further Obligations . In connection with its obligations under this Article II , the Partnership will:

 

(a)                                  promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement;

 

(b)                                  if a prospectus supplement will be used in connection with the marketing of an Underwritten Offering under a Registration Statement and the Managing Underwriter at any time shall notify the Partnership in writing that, in the sole judgment of such Managing Underwriter, inclusion of detailed information to be used in such prospectus supplement is of material importance to the success of such Underwritten Offering, the Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to include such information in such prospectus supplement;

 

(c)                                   furnish to each Selling Holder (i) as far in advance as reasonably practicable before filing a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any supplement or amendment thereto, upon request, copies of reasonably complete drafts of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits and each document incorporated by reference therein to the extent then required by the rules and regulations of the Commission), and provide each such Selling Holder the opportunity to object to any information pertaining to such Selling Holder and its plan of distribution that is contained therein and, to the extent timely received, make the corrections reasonably requested by such Selling Holder with respect to such information prior to filing such Registration Statement or such other registration statement and the prospectus included therein or any supplement or amendment thereto, and (ii) such number of copies of such Registration Statement or such other registration statement and the prospectus included therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as such Persons may reasonably request in order to facilitate the resale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or other registration statement;

 

(d)                                  if applicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Selling Holders or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the Managing Underwriter, shall reasonably request; provided , however , that the Partnership will not be

 

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required to qualify generally to transact business in any jurisdiction where it is not then required to so qualify or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(e)                                   promptly notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered by any of them under the Securities Act, of (i) the filing of a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement to be used in connection therewith, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any other registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; and (ii) the receipt of any written comments from the Commission with respect to any filing referred to in clause (i)  and any written request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or any other registration statement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement thereto;

 

(f)                                    promptly notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered by any of them under the Securities Act, of (i) the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus or prospectus supplement contained in a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made); (ii) the issuance or express threat of issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; or (iii) the receipt by the Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction. Following the provision of such notice, the Partnership agrees to, as promptly as practicable, amend or supplement the prospectus or prospectus supplement or take other appropriate action so that the prospectus or prospectus supplement does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and to take such other action as is reasonably necessary to remove a stop order, suspension, threat thereof or proceedings related thereto;

 

(g)                                   upon request and subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations, furnish to each Selling Holder copies of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence with the Commission or any other governmental agency or self-regulatory body or other body having jurisdiction (including any domestic or foreign securities exchange) relating to such offering of Registrable Securities;

 

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(h)                                  in the case of an Underwritten Offering, furnish, or use its reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished, upon request, (i) an opinion of counsel for the Partnership addressed to the Underwriters, dated the date of the closing under the applicable underwriting agreement, and (ii) a “comfort letter” addressed to the Underwriters, dated the pricing date of such Underwritten Offering, and a letter of like kind dated the date of the closing under the applicable underwriting agreement, in each case, signed by the independent public accountants who have certified the Partnership’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference into the applicable registration statement, and each of the opinion and the “comfort letter” shall be in customary form and covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus and any prospectus supplement) as have been customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel and in accountants’ letters delivered to the Underwriters in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Partnership and such other matters as such Underwriters may reasonably request;

 

(i)                                      otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission;

 

(j)                                     make available to the appropriate representatives of the Managing Underwriter during normal business hours access to such information and Partnership personnel as is reasonable and customary to enable such parties to establish a due diligence defense under the Securities Act; provided , however , that the Partnership need not disclose any non-public information to any such representative unless and until such representative has entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Partnership;

 

(k)                                  use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Common Unit Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are then listed and traded) or a nationally recognized quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Partnership are then listed; provided , however , that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Partnership shall have no obligation to cause any Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement to be listed on any National Securities Exchange or nationally recognized quotation system;

 

(l)                                      use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Partnership to enable the Selling Holders to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(m)                              provide a transfer agent, which may be the General Partner or one of its Affiliates as provided in the Partnership Agreement, and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement not later than the Effective Date of such Registration Statement;

 

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(n)                                  enter into customary agreements and take such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Selling Holders or the Underwriters, if any, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities (including using commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate officers of the General Partner available to participate in customary marketing activities); provided , however , that (i) the officers of the General Partner shall not be required to dedicate an unreasonably burdensome amount of time in connection with any roadshow and related marketing activities for any Underwritten Offering and (ii) if the Partnership, using commercially reasonable efforts, is unable to make such appropriate officers of the General Partner available to participate in connection with any such roadshow or related marketing activities (whether in person or otherwise), the Partnership shall make such appropriate officers available to participate via conference call or other means of communication;

 

(o)                                  if reasonably requested by a Selling Holder, (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as such Selling Holder reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; and (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

 

(p)                                  if reasonably required by the Partnership’s transfer agent, the Partnership shall promptly deliver any authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to transfer Registrable Securities without legend upon sale by the Holder of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement; and

 

(q)                                  if any Holder could reasonably be deemed to be an “underwriter,” as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, in connection with a Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereof (a “ Holder Underwriter Registration Statement ”), then the Partnership will reasonably cooperate with such Holder in allowing such Holder to conduct customary “underwriter’s due diligence” with respect to the Partnership and satisfy its obligations in respect thereof. In addition, at any Holder’s request, the Partnership will furnish to such Holder, on the date of the effectiveness of the Holder Underwriter Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as such Holder may reasonably request (provided that such request shall not be more frequently than on an annual basis unless such Holder is offering Registrable Securities pursuant to a Holder Underwriter Registration Statement), (i) a “comfort letter,” dated such date, from the Partnership’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as has been customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Partnership, addressed to such Holder, (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Partnership for purposes of the Holder Underwriter Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as has

 

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been customarily given in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Partnership, accompanied by standard “10b-5” negative assurance for such offerings, addressed to such Holder and (iii) a standard officer’s certificate from the chief executive officer or chief financial officer, or other officers serving such functions, of the General Partner addressed to the Holder, as has been customarily given by such officers in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Partnership. The Partnership will also use its reasonable efforts to provide legal counsel to such Holder with an opportunity to review and comment upon any such Holder Underwriter Registration Statement, and any amendments and supplements thereto, prior to its filing with the Commission.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.04 , the Partnership will not name a Holder as an underwriter (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act) in any Registration Statement or Holder Underwriter Registration Statement, as applicable, without such Holder’s consent. If the staff of the Commission requires the Partnership to name any Holder as an underwriter (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act), and such Holder does not consent thereto, then such Holder’s Registrable Securities shall not be included on the applicable Registration Statement, and the Partnership shall have no further obligations hereunder with respect to Registrable Securities held by such Holder, unless such Holder has not had an opportunity to conduct customary underwriter’s due diligence as set forth in subsection (q)  of this Section 2.04 with respect to the Partnership at the time such Holder’s consent is sought.

 

Each Selling Holder, upon receipt of notice from the Partnership of the happening of any event of the kind described in subsection (f)  of this Section 2.04 , shall forthwith discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Securities by means of a prospectus or prospectus supplement until such Selling Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subsection (f)  of this Section 2.04 or until it is advised in writing by the Partnership that the use of the prospectus may be resumed and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings incorporated by reference in the prospectus, and, if so directed by the Partnership, such Selling Holder will, or will request the Managing Underwriter or Managing Underwriters, if any, to deliver to the Partnership (at the Partnership’s expense) all copies in their possession or control, other than permanent file copies then in such Selling Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

Section 2.05                             Cooperation by Holders . The Partnership shall have no obligation to include Registrable Securities of a Holder in a Registration Statement or in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.03(a)  if such Holder has failed to timely furnish such information that the Partnership determines, after consultation with its counsel, is reasonably required in order for any registration statement or prospectus supplement, as applicable, to comply with the Securities Act.

 

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Section 2.06                             Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities . Each Holder of Common Unit Registrable Securities who is participating in an Underwritten Offering and is included in a Registration Statement agrees to enter into a customary letter agreement (including standard carve-outs and exceptions) with underwriters providing that such Holder will not effect any public sale or distribution of Common Unit Registrable Securities during the 45 calendar day period beginning on the date of a prospectus or prospectus supplement filed with the Commission with respect to the pricing of such Underwritten Offering; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the duration of the foregoing restrictions shall be no longer than the duration of the shortest restriction imposed by the Underwriters on the Partnership or the officers, directors or any other Affiliate of the Partnership on whom a restriction is imposed and (ii) the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.06 shall not apply to any Common Unit Registrable Securities that are included in such Underwritten Offering by such Holder.

 

Section 2.07                             Expenses .

 

(a)                                  Certain Definitions . “ Registration Expenses ” shall not include Selling Expenses but otherwise means all expenses incident to the Partnership’s performance under or compliance with this Agreement to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities on a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.01 , a Piggyback Registration pursuant to Section 2.02 , or an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.03 , and the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including all registration, filing, securities exchange listing and National Securities Exchange fees, all registration, filing, qualification and other fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, fees of transfer agents and registrars, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, and the fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Partnership, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance. “ Selling Expenses ” means all underwriting fees, discounts and selling commissions and transfer taxes allocable to the sale of the Registrable Securities, plus any costs or expenses related to any roadshows conducted in connection with the marketing of any Underwritten Offering.

 

(b)                                  Expenses . The Partnership will pay all reasonable Registration Expenses, as determined in good faith, in connection with a shelf Registration, a Piggyback Registration or an Underwritten Offering, whether or not any sale is made pursuant to such shelf Registration, Piggyback Registration or Underwritten Offering. Each Selling Holder shall pay its pro rata share of all Selling Expenses in connection with any sale of its Registrable Securities hereunder. In addition, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.08 , the Partnership shall not be responsible for professional fees (including legal fees) incurred by Holders in connection with the exercise of such Holders’ rights hereunder.

 

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Section 2.08                             Indemnification .

 

(a)                                  By the Partnership . In the event of a Registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Partnership will indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder thereunder, its directors, officers, managers, partners, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls such Selling Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and its directors, officers, managers, partners, employees or agents (collectively, the “ Selling Holder Indemnified Persons ”), against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “ Losses ”), joint or several, to which such Selling Holder Indemnified Person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact (in the case of any prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such statement is made) contained in (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes documents incorporated by reference in) the applicable Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or any free writing prospectus relating thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and will reimburse each such Selling Holder Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or resolving any such Loss or actions or proceedings; provided , however , that the Partnership will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Selling Holder Indemnified Person in writing specifically for use in the applicable Registration Statement or other registration statement, preliminary prospectus, prospectus or prospectus supplement, as applicable. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Selling Holder Indemnified Person, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Selling Holder.

 

(b)                                  By Each Selling Holder . Each Selling Holder agrees severally and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership, the General Partner and the General Partner’s directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, who, directly or indirectly, controls the Partnership within the meaning of the Securities Act or of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Partnership to the Selling Holders, but only with respect to information regarding such Selling Holder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement

 

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or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any free writing prospectus relating thereto; provided , however , that the liability of each Selling Holder shall not be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of any Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification.

 

(c)                                   Notice . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify the indemnifying party in writing thereof, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party other than under this Section 2.08(c), except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such failure. In any action brought against any indemnified party, it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume and undertake the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume and undertake the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 2.08 for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so selected; provided , however , that, (i) if the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (ii) if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and counsel to the indemnified party shall have concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or if the interests of the indemnified party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the indemnifying party, then the indemnified party shall have the right to select a separate counsel and to assume such legal defense and otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the reasonable expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other reasonable expenses related to such participation to be reimbursed by the indemnifying party as incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no indemnifying party shall settle any action brought against any indemnified party with respect to which such indemnified party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder without the consent of the indemnified party, unless the settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, includes a complete and unconditional release from liability of, and does not contain any admission of wrongdoing by, the indemnified party.

 

(d)                                  Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.08 is held by a court or government agency of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to any indemnified party or is insufficient to hold them harmless in respect of any Losses, then each such indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate

 

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to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and of the indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided , however , that in no event shall any Selling Holder be required to contribute an aggregate amount in excess of the dollar amount of proceeds (net of Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification. The relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact has been made by, or relates to, information supplied by such party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be deemed to include any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating, defending or resolving any Loss that is the subject of this paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(e)                                   Other Indemnification . The provisions of this Section 2.08 shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution that an indemnified party may have pursuant to law, equity, contract or otherwise.

 

Section 2.09                             Securities Act Reporting . With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may permit the resale of the Registrable Securities without registration, the Partnership agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

(a)                                  make and keep public information regarding the Partnership available, as those terms are understood and defined under the Securities Act, at all times from and after the date hereof;

 

(b)                                  file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Partnership under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at all times from and after the date hereof; and

 

(c)                                   so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish (i) to the extent accurate, forthwith upon request, a written statement of the Partnership that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, or any other available safe-harbor or exemption, under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in effect) and (ii) unless otherwise available via

 

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the Commission’s EDGAR filing system, to such Holder forthwith upon request a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Partnership, and such other reports and documents so filed as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing such Holder to sell any such securities without registration.

 

Section 2.10                             Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights to cause the Partnership to register Registrable Securities under this Article II may be transferred or assigned by each Holder to one or more transferees or assignees of Registrable Securities; provided , however , that (a) unless any such transferee or assignee is an Affiliate of, and after such transfer or assignment continues to be an Affiliate of, such Holder, the amount of Registrable Securities transferred or assigned to such transferee or assignee shall represent at least $50 million of Registrable Securities (based on the Common Unit Price), or such lesser amount if it constitutes the remaining holdings of the Holder and its Affiliates; (b) the Partnership is given written notice prior to any said transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of each such transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; and (c) each such transferee or assignee assumes in writing responsibility for its portion of the obligations of such transferring Holder under this Agreement.

 

Section 2.11                             Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights . From and after the date hereof, the Partnership shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Common Unit Registrable Securities and securities convertible into Common Unit Registrable Securities (voting on an as-converted basis as described in Section 5.11(b)(ii)(A) of the Partnership Agreement), voting as a single class, enter into any agreement with any current or future holder of any securities of the Partnership that would allow such current or future holder to require the Partnership to include securities in any registration statement filed by the Partnership for Other Holders on a basis other than pari passu with, or expressly subordinate to, the piggyback rights of the Holders of Common Unit Registrable Securities hereunder; provided , that in no event shall the Partnership enter into any agreement that would permit another holder of securities of the Partnership to participate on a pari passu basis (in terms of priority of cut-back based on advice of underwriters) with a Purchaser requesting registration or takedown in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.03(a) .

 

Section 2.12                             Limitation on Obligations for Series A Preferred Units .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the Partnership to (a) conduct an underwritten offering for the public sale, resale or any other disposition of Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, (b) except as expressly provided in this Agreement, otherwise assist in the public resale of any Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, (c) provide any Holder of Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities any rights to include any Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities in any underwritten offering relating to the sale by the Partnership or any other Person of any

 

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securities of the Partnership or (d) cause any Series A Preferred Unit Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or nationally recognized quotation system.

 

Article III
  MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.01                             Communications . All notices, demands and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, telecopy, air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery, personal delivery or (in the case of any notice given by the Partnership to the Purchasers) email to the following addresses:

 

(a)                                  If to the Purchasers, to the addresses set forth on Schedule A .

 

(b)                                  If to the Partnership:

 

Phillips 66 Partners LP

c/o Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC 
2331 CityWest Blvd.

Houston, Texas 77042

Attention: Treasurer

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Phillips 66 Partners LP

c/o Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC 
2331 CityWest Blvd.

Houston, Texas 77042

Attention: General Counsel

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

811 Main Street, Suite 3700

Houston TX  77002

Attention: William N. Finnegan IV

Thomas G. Brandt

Facsimile: (713) 546-5401

Email:             bill.finnegan@lw.com

thomas.brandt@lw.com

 

or to such other address as the Partnership or the Purchasers may designate to each other in writing from time to time or, if to a transferee or assignee of the Purchasers or any transferee or assignee thereof, to such transferee or assignee at the address provided pursuant to Section 2.10 . All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered

 

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by hand, if personally delivered; upon actual receipt if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or regular mail, if mailed; upon actual receipt of the facsimile or email copy, if sent via facsimile or email; and upon actual receipt when delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

Section 3.02                             Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon the Partnership, each of the Purchasers and their respective successors and permitted assigns, including subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities to the extent permitted herein. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 3.03                             Assignment of Rights . Except as provided in Section 2.10 , neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, benefits or obligations hereunder may be assigned or transferred, by operation of law or otherwise, by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

 

Section 3.04                             Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting Units . The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to any and all units of the Partnership or any successor or assign of the Partnership (whether by merger, acquisition, consolidation, reorganization, sale of assets or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of, the Registrable Securities, and shall be appropriately adjusted for combinations, unit splits, recapitalizations, pro rata distributions of units and the like occurring after the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.05                             Aggregation of Registrable Securities . All Registrable Securities held or acquired by Persons who are Affiliates of one another shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.

 

Section 3.06                             Specific Performance . Damages in the event of breach of this Agreement by a party hereto may be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain, and it is therefore agreed that each such Person, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, will have the right to seek an injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining any such breach, and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, and each of the parties hereto hereby waives any and all defenses it may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an injunction or other equitable relief. The existence of this right will not preclude any such Person from pursuing any other rights and remedies at law or in equity that such Person may have.

 

Section 3.07                             Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which counterparts,

 

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when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

 

Section 3.08                             Governing Law, Submission to Jurisdiction . This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement), will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action against any party relating to the foregoing shall be brought in any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction located within the State of Delaware, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court located within the State of Delaware over any such action. The parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such dispute. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a judgment in any such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Each of the parties hereto consents to process being served in any such action by mailing, certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices hereunder, and agrees that such service shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof; provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

Section 3.09                             Waiver of Jury Trial . THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT EACH HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE TO CAUSE THEIR AFFILIATES TO WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (A) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (B) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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Section 3.10                             Entire Agreement . This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the other agreements and documents referred to herein and therein are intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein or in the Purchase Agreement with respect to the rights granted by the Partnership or any of its Affiliates or the Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates set forth herein or therein. This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the other agreements and documents referred to herein or therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

Section 3.11                             Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by means of a written amendment signed by the Partnership and the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Common Unit Registrable Securities and securities convertible into Common Unit Registrable Securities (voting on an as-converted basis as described in Section 5.11(b)(ii)(A) of the Partnership Agreement), voting as a single class; provided , however , that no such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of any Holder hereunder without the consent of such Holder. Any amendment, supplement or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any departure by the Partnership or any Holder from the terms of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent has been made or given.

 

Section 3.12                             No Presumption . This Agreement has been reviewed and negotiated by sophisticated parties with access to legal counsel and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed against the drafter.

 

Section 3.13                             Obligations Limited to Parties to Agreement . To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the parties hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that, other than as set forth herein, no Person other than the Purchasers, the Holders, their respective permitted assignees and the Partnership shall have any obligation hereunder and that, notwithstanding that one or more of such Persons may be a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, no recourse under this Agreement or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith shall be had against any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of such Persons or their respective permitted assignees, or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any

 

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former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of such Persons or any of their respective assignees, or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the foregoing, as such, for any obligations of such Persons or their respective permitted assignees under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligation or its creation, except, in each case, for any assignee of any Purchaser or a Selling Holder hereunder.

 

Section 3.14                             Interpretation . Article, Section and Schedule references in this Agreement are references to the corresponding Article, Section or Schedule to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified. All Schedules to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof as if set forth in full herein and are an integral part of this Agreement. All references to instruments, documents, contracts and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The word “including” shall mean “including but not limited to” and shall not be construed to limit any general statement that it follows to the specific or similar items or matters immediately following it. Whenever the Partnership has an obligation under this Agreement, the expense of complying with that obligation shall be an expense of the Partnership unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement to “$” shall mean U.S. dollars. Whenever any determination, consent or approval is to be made or given by a Purchaser, such action shall be in such Holder’s sole discretion, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement. If any provision in this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, not binding or unenforceable, (a) such provision shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, not binding or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and (b) the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible. When calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded. If the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day. The words such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereof’ and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words appear unless the context otherwise requires. The provision of a Table of Contents, the division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect or be utilized in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Agreement, effective as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John D. Zuklic

 

 

Name:

John D. Zuklic

 

 

Title:

Vice President & Treasurer

 

[ Signature page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

STONEPEAK SCREWDRIVER SPV LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By: Stonepeak Screwdriver Holdings, LLC, its managing member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Saira Khan

 

Name:

Saira Khan

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STONEPEAK SCREWDRIVER HOLDINGS, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Saira Khan

 

Name:

Saira Khan

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FR XIII PANTHEON HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gary D. Reaves

 

Name:

Gary D. Reaves

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORTOISE DIRECT OPPORTUNITIES FUND, LP

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE DIRECT OPPORTUNITIES GP, LLC, its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kyle Krueger

 

Name:

Kyle Krueger

 

Title:

Director

 

[ Signature page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

TORTOISE MLP & PIPELINE FUND

 

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T ORTOISE VIP MLP & PIPELINE PORTFOLIO

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

 

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

[ Signature page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

TORTOISE MLP FUND, INC.

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORTOISE POWER AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, INC.

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

 

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORTOISE PIPELINE & ENERGY FUND, INC.

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

 

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

[ Signature page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

 

TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC.

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

 

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

By: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.

 

as its Investment Adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian A. Kessens

 

Name:

Brian A. Kessens

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

[ Signature page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

 



 

SCHEDULE A

 

Purchaser Name; Notice and Contact Information

 

Purchaser

 

Contact Information

 

 

 

Stonepeak Screwdriver SPV LLC

 

717 5 th  Avenue, 25 th  Floor

 

 

New York, NY  10022

 

 

Attn: Jack Howell

 

 

howell@stonepeakpartners.com

 

 

Fax: (212) 907-5101

 

 

 

 

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

 

 

 

 

Sidley Austin LLP

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6000

 

 

Houston, TX 77002

 

 

Attn: Cliff W. Vrielink

 

 

cvrielink@sidley.com

 

 

Fax: (713) 495-7799

 

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Stonepeak Screwdriver Holdings LLC

 

717 5 th  Avenue, 25 th  Floor

 

 

New York, NY  10022

 

 

Attn: Jack Howell

 

 

howell@stonepeakpartners.com

 

 

Fax: (212) 907-5101

 

 

 

 

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

 

 

 

 

Sidley Austin LLP

 

 

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6000

 

 

Houston, TX 77002

 

 

Attn: Cliff W. Vrielink

 

 

cvrielink@sidley.com

 

 

Fax: (713) 495-7799

 

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FR XIII Pantheon Holdings, L.L.C.

 

c/o First Reserve Corporation

 

 

One Lafayette Place

 

 

Greenwich, CT 06830

 

 

Attention: Gary Reaves;

 

 

David McFarland

 

 

Facsimile:   (832) 667-9505

 

 

Email:   greaves@firstreserve.com;

 

 

dmcfarland@firstreserve.com

 

 

 

 

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

 

 

 

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

 

 

425 Lexington Avenue

 

 

New York, NY 10017

 

 

Attn: William E. Curbow

 

 

Fax: (212) 455-2502

 

 

Email: wcurbow@stblaw.com

 

 

 

Tortoise Direct Opportunities Fund, LP

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

 

 

Tortoise MLP & Pipeline Fund

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

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Tortoise VIP MLP & Pipeline Portfolio

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

 

 

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

 

 

Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc.

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

 

 

Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

 

 

Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc.

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

 

 

Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc.

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

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Texas Mutual Insurance Company

 

c/o Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.

 

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300

 

 

Leawood, KS 66211

 

 

spang@tortoiseadvisors.com

 

 

Fax: (913) 981-1021

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

PURCHASERS DEEMED TO HAVE DELIVERED THE PIGGYBACK OPT-OUT NOTICE

 

None.

 

B- 1


Exhibit 10.1

 

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE
OMNIBUS AGREEMENT

 

This Seventh Amendment (this “ Seventh Amendment ”) to the Omnibus Agreement (as amended, the “ Omnibus Agreement ”) by and among Phillips 66 Company (“ Company ”), on behalf of itself and the other Phillips 66 Entities (as defined in the Omnibus Agreement), Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC (“ Pipeline ”), Phillips 66 Partners LP (the “ Partnership ”), Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC (“ Holdings ”), Phillips 66 Carrier LLC (“ Carrier ”) and Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC (the “ General Partner ”) is dated as of the 1st day of October, 2017.

 

WHEREAS , the Parties entered into the First Amendment, Second Amendment, Third Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment to the Omnibus Agreement effective as of March 1, 2014, December 1, 2014, March 1, 2015, March 1, 2016, October 14, 2016 and November 17, 2016, respectively; and

 

WHEREAS , the Parties seek to amend the Omnibus Agreement to include certain additional assets acquired by the Partnership in the fourth quarter of 2017.

 

NOW THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the forgoing, the mutual covenants, terms and conditions of the Agreement, as amended by this Seventh Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Unless otherwise noted, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the definitions set forth in the Omnibus Agreement.

 

2.                                       Section 4.01(a) of the Omnibus Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“(a)       Company agrees to provide, and agrees to cause its Affiliates to provide, on behalf of the General Partner and for the Partnership Group’s  benefit, the Services (such Services to be provided, to the extent applicable, in connection with the Assets and any other assets acquired or developed by the Partnership Group from time to time). As consideration for the Services, the Partnership will pay Company an operational and administrative support fee of $7,568,668 per Month (as adjusted pursuant to Section 4.01(b) and (c), the “Operational and Administrative Support Fee”), payable without discount no later than the 21st Day of the Month in which Services are rendered, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then the Partnership shall pay such amount without interest on the next Business Day. If the Effective Date is any day other than the first day of a Month, or if this Agreement is terminated on any day other than the last day of a Month, then the Operational and Administrative Support Fee for the relevant Month shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of days in the relevant partial Month to the number of days in the relevant full Month.”

 

3.                                       This Seventh Amendment shall be effective as of October 1, 2017.

 

4.                                       Except as expressly set forth herein, all other terms and conditions of the Omnibus Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the Parties have executed this Seventh Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. A. Herman

 

 

Robert A. Herman

 

 

Executive Vice President, Refining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd Denton

 

 

Todd Denton

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd Denton

 

 

Todd Denton

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

 

By:

Phillips 66 Partners GP, LLC,

 

 

General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS GP, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

 

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to the Omnibus Agreement

 



 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. T. Liberti

 

 

J.T. Liberti

 

 

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Second Amendment to the Omnibus Agreement

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

OPERATIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC,

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

and

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

 

 

 

 



 

Article I Defined Terms

1

 

 

Article II Responsibilities of Operator

5

 

 

Article III Financial Accounting and Billing Practices

8

 

 

Article IV Safety

10

 

 

Article V Relationship of the Parties

10

 

 

Article VI Liability Standard and Indemnification

11

 

 

Article VII Insurance

12

 

 

Article VIII Term and Termination

13

 

 

Article IX Alcohol and Controlled Substances

14

 

 

Article X Force Majeure

14

 

 

Article XI Notices

15

 

 

Article XII Applicable Law

16

 

 

Article XIII Confidentiality

16

 

 

Article XIV Disputes Between the Parties

17

 

 

Article XV Assignability

17

 

 

Article XVI Compliance with Laws

17

 

 

Article XVII Severability

18

 

 

Article XVIII Non-Waiver

18

 

 

Article XIX Entire Agreement; Amendments

18

 

 

Article XX Survival

18

 

 

Article XXI Counterparts; Multiple Originals

18

 

 

Article XXII Construction

19

 

 

Article XXIII Article Headings; Exhibits

19

 

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Exhibits

 

 

A

Description of Operated Assets

B

Maintenance Services

C

Operating Services

D

Administrative Services

E

Construction Services

F

Accounting Procedures

G

Coverage of Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Law

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 1st day of October, 2017, by and between PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Carrier ”), PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”) and PHILLIPS 66  PIPELINE LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“ Operator ”).  Carrier and Holdings are collectively referred to herein as “ Company ”.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS , Company owns various crude oil, refined product and natural gas liquid pipeline and terminal assets and storage facilities, as well as natural gas liquid fractionation facilities and refinery assets;

 

WHEREAS , Operator has experience and expertise in the maintenance and operation of similar assets and facilities and can provide or make available to Company the personnel, technology, and other resources necessary to maintain and operate such assets and facilities; and

 

WHEREAS , Company and Operator desire that Operator maintain and operate such assets and facilities for Company;

 

WHEREAS , Company and Operator entered into that certain Operational Services Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2014, as amended by the First Amendment, Second Amendment, Third Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment thereto effective as of March 1, 2014, December 1, 2014, March 1, 2016, May 10, 2016, October 14, 2016 and November 17, 2016, respectively (the “ Operational Services Agreement ”); and

 

WHEREAS , Company and Operator desire to amend and restate the Operational Services Agreement in its entirety in the form of this Agreement.

 

NOW , THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Company and Operator, Company and Operator agree as follows:

 

Article I
Defined Terms

 

1.01                         Defined Terms .  The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless clearly indicated to the contrary, apply to the capitalized terms used in this Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement:

 

(a)                                  Accounting Procedures ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01 hereof and Exhibit F hereto.

 

(b)                                  Administrative Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c) hereof.

 



 

(c)                                   Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with, such specified Person; provided, however, that for all purposes of this Agreement, (i) neither Phillips 66 Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership, nor any Person controlled by Phillips 66 Partners LP shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation, or any Person controlled by Phillips 66 (other than Persons controlled by Phillips 66 Partners LP) and (ii) neither Phillips 66 nor any Person controlled by Phillips 66 (other than Persons controlled by Phillips 66 Partners LP) shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Phillips 66 Partners LP or any Person controlled by Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(d)                                  Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(e)                                   Bankruptcy ” means, with respect to any Person, that:  (i) such Person (A) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (B) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition; (C) becomes the subject of an order for relief or is declared insolvent in any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; (D) files a petition or answer seeking for such Person, a reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Law; (E) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against such Person in a proceeding of the type described in subclauses (A) through (D) of this clause (i); or (F) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties; or (ii) against such Person, a proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any Law has been commenced, and 120 Days have expired without dismissal thereof or with respect to which, without such Person’s consent or acquiescence, a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties has been appointed and 90 Days have expired after the date of expiration of a stay, if the appointment has not previously been vacated.

 

(f)                                    Business Day ” means any Day except for Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the State of Texas.

 

(g)                                   Carrier ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(h)                                  Category of Expenditure ” means each of the types of capital and expense expenditures, or combinations thereof, for the Services set forth in Section 2.01 hereof and in accordance with the Accounting Procedures set forth in Exhibit F.

 

(i)                                      Claim ” means any and all judgments, claims, causes of action, demands, lawsuits, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or audits, losses, assessments, fines, penalties, administrative orders, obligations, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages (whether actual or consequential), including interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs of investigations, deficiencies, levies, duties and imposts.

 

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(j)                                     Claim Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05 hereof.

 

(k)                                  Company ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(l)                                      Construction Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d) hereof.

 

(m)                              Control ” including the correlative terms “Controlled by” or “under common Control with”, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.”

 

(n)                                  Day ” means the period of time commencing at 0000 hours on one calendar day and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the next calendar day, according to Houston, Texas, local time.

 

(o)                                  Dispute Resolution Procedures ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01 hereof.

 

(p)                                  DOT ” means the United States Department of Transportation.

 

(q)                                  Effective Date ” means October 1, 2017.

 

(r)                                     FERC ” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

 

(s)                                    Force Majeure ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02 hereof.

 

(t)                                     GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(u)                                  Holdings ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(v)                                  Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03 hereof.

 

(w)                                Law ” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation ordinance, rule, ordinance, order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision or declaration.

 

(x)                                  Liability Claim ” means any Claim against Operator or Company, except Claims made by employees under any workers compensation Law or those fully covered by insurance.

 

(y)                                  Maintenance Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof.

 

(z)                                   Material Default ” means:  (i) the failure of a Party to pay the other Party any material amount of money payable by that Party, except a failure related to a bona fide business dispute about the amount of such payment or the liability for such payment, not accompanied by a general failure by that Party to pay the amounts it owes under this Agreement, (ii) the general, continuing failure of a Party to perform its material obligations under this Agreement, except when excused by Force Majeure or by some other provision of this Agreement, and except a failure related to a bona fide dispute about any obligation, or

 

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(iii) with respect to Company, its failure to approve any budgetary expense or capital project involving any pipeline integrity, compliance or regulatory issue that Operator, in its reasonable judgment, deems necessary or required by any Law.

 

(aa)                           Month ” or “ Monthly ” means a calendar month commencing at 0000 hours on the first Day thereof and running until, but not including, 0000 hours on the first Day of the following calendar month, according to Houston, Texas, local time.

 

(bb)                           Normal Business Hours ” means the period of time commencing at 0800 hours on one Day and running until 1700 hours on the same Day, according to Houston, Texas, local time.

 

(cc)                             Notice ” means any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other communication permitted or required to be given under this Agreement in accordance with Article XI hereof, or received from a Person who is not a Party.

 

(dd)                           Omnibus Agreement ” shall mean the Omnibus Agreement by and among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC, Phillips 66 Partners LP and Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC, as amended.

 

(ee)                             Operated Assets ” means the assets and facilities identified in Exhibit A hereto, and any other assets and facilities that Operator agrees to operate on behalf of Company upon reasonable request by Company.

 

(ff)                               Operating Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b) hereof.

 

(gg)                             Operational Services Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

(hh)                           Operator ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(ii)                                   Overrun ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b) hereof.

 

(jj)                                 Parties ” means Carrier, Holdings and Operator, collectively.

 

(kk)                           Partnership Change of Control ” means Phillips 66 Company ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

(ll)                                   Party ” means Carrier, Holdings or Operator, individually.

 

(mm)                   Person ” means, without limitation, an individual, corporation (including a non-profit corporation), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or other entity or governmental body, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(nn)                           Recovery Claim ” means any liability or claim which Company has against one or more Persons.

 

(oo)                           Seconded Employees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a) hereof.

 

 

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(pp)                           Services ” means the Maintenance Services, Operating Services, Administrative Services, Construction Services, and the other services included in Section 2.01 hereof, collectively.

 

(qq)                           Year ” means a period of three hundred sixty five (365) consecutive Days, commencing on the date hereof, and it shall also include each successive three hundred sixty five (365) Day period; provided, however, that any Year which contains a date of February 29 shall consist of three hundred sixty six (366) Days.

 

1.02                         Terms Generally .  The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The word “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections and exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and exhibits to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require.  Unless the context shall otherwise require, any reference to any federal, state or local statute, act, code or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules, regulations and directives promulgated thereunder (and to any successor provision).

 

Article II
Responsibilities of Operator

 

2.01                         Services to be Provided by Operator .  During the term of this Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Operator shall be obligated to perform and provide, or cause to be performed and provided, the following Services:

 

(a)                                  Such services as may be required by Company for the day-to-day routine and emergency maintenance and repair of the Operated Assets.  Operator’s obligation to maintain and repair the Operated Assets shall include the obligation to perform and provide such maintenance, repair and related services and activities as are described in Exhibit B (the “ Maintenance Services ”).

 

(b)                                  Such services as may be required by Company for the day-to-day operation of the Operated Assets.  Operator’s obligation to operate the Operated Assets shall include the obligation to perform and provide such operating services and activities as are described in Exhibit C (the “ Operating Services ”).

 

(c)                                   Such administrative services as may be required by Company in order for it to own the Operated Assets and conduct its business and affairs from time to time.  Operator’s obligation to provide administrative services shall include the obligation to perform and provide such administrative services as are described in Exhibit D (the “ Administrative Services ”).

 

(d)                                  Such construction and related services as may be required by Company from time to time in connection with the Operated Assets, consisting of the services described in Exhibit E (the “ Construction Services ”).

 

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(e)                                   Such other services related to the Operated Assets as the Parties may agree upon in writing from time to time.

 

2.02                         Manner of Performing/Providing Services .  The Services to be performed and provided by Operator hereunder shall be performed and provided in an efficient and prudent manner with the same degree of diligence and care that Operator would exercise if operating its own property and in all respects in accordance with all applicable Laws relating to Operator, Company and the Operated Assets, and Company’s ownership and operation thereof.  Operator shall operate the Operated Assets in a safe, professional and economical manner and, in a timely fashion, shall advise Company of all matters of significance that could affect the safety or economics relating to their operation so that Company can make appropriate decisions with respect thereto.  Operator shall provide such Services in accordance with and subject to the terms of the budget that is submitted by it to and approved by Company pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof.

 

2.03                         Personnel .

 

(a)                                  In connection with providing the Services, Operator agrees to second certain of its and/or its Affiliates’ employees, including direct, borrowed, special, seconded, or statutory employees (collectively, the “ Seconded Employees ”), to Company, and Company agrees to accept the secondment of the Seconded Employees for the purpose of performing Services and working on behalf of Company in the furtherance of Company’s business objectives. The Seconded Employees will remain at all times employees of Operator or its Affiliate, as applicable, and Operator shall have supervision over such Seconded Employees, subject to the direction and control of Company as provided in Section 5.02.  In addition, when the Seconded Employees are performing Services and working on behalf of Company, the Seconded Employees will also be joint employees of Company during such period of secondment for the limited purposes described in this Section 2.03. The period of secondment for a particular Seconded Employee shall be at the discretion of either Operator or Company. Certain of such Seconded Employees shall consist of managerial or supervisory personnel who will act on behalf of the Company when providing direction, supervision and control of the other Seconded Employees as contemplated hereby.

 

(b)                                  In addition to such Seconded Employees, Operator may utilize such other Persons (including consultants and professionals, service or other organizations) as Operator deems necessary or appropriate in order to permit Operator to perform the Services in an efficient and prudent manner. Operator shall have supervision over such other Persons, subject to the direction and control of Company as provided in Section 5.02.  Operator shall provide, or cause to be provided, all workers who will perform Services.

 

(c)                                   Subject to Operator’s right to be reimbursed for such expenses in accordance with the Accounting Procedures (as defined in Section 3.01), Operator shall pay, or caused to be paid, all expenses incurred by it or its Affiliates, as applicable, in connection with the employment of such Seconded Employees or the retention of such other Persons, including, but not limited to, compensation, salaries, wages and overhead and administrative expenses, charges to or incurred by Operator, and, if applicable, social security taxes, workers compensation insurance, retirement and insurance benefits and other such expenses. Any such Seconded

 

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Employees supplied by Operator or its Affiliates may be union or non-union employees, and Operator or its Affiliates, as applicable, shall have the sole right to negotiate the terms and provisions of any labor or other agreements with the unions to which such Seconded Employees belong.

 

(d)                                  During the period of secondment, Operator shall provide, or cause to be provided, worker’s compensation insurance to cover all Seconded Employees performing Services on behalf of Company, and Operator will name, or caused to be named, Company as a named insured under such insurance policies.

 

(e)                                   With respect to Company’s operations in Texas, Operator shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be obtained and maintained, workers’ compensation insurance (as defined by Texas Labor Code Section 401.011(44)) on behalf of both Operator and Company, and Company shall be considered an employer of the Seconded Employees solely for the purposes of Texas Labor Code Section 401.011(18) and Section 408.001.

 

(f)                                    With respect to Company’s operations in Louisiana, Operator shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be obtained and maintained, worker’s compensation coverage (as defined by the Louisiana Worker’s Compensation Law, Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1021 et seq. ), and the provisions of Exhibit G (Coverage of Louisiana Worker’s Compensation Law) shall apply to the Parties and to the Seconded Employees.

 

(g)                                   With respect to Company’s operations performed in any jurisdiction other than Texas or Louisiana, to the extent that such jurisdiction may regard Company as an employer of any such Seconded Employee for the purposes of workers’ compensation coverage, including joint or dual employer or in a similar capacity, Operator shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be obtained and maintained, workers’ compensation coverage as defined and required by Law or as otherwise appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, on behalf of both Operator and Company, provided that Company shall be considered an employer or in a similar capacity, solely for the purposes under the relevant workers’ compensation regime.

 

(h)                                  The Parties intend that the sole remedy of the Seconded Employees against either Operator or Company and their respective Affiliates for any workplace injury (including death) shall be under the worker’s compensation coverage provided by, or caused to be provided by, Operator.

 

(i)                                      Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude a Seconded Employee from participating in benefit plans generally available to employees of Operator.  For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement is intended to have any effect on the right of a Seconded Employee to prosecute a workers’ compensation claim against Operator, Company or both.

 

2.04                         Affiliates .  In its performance of the Services hereunder, Operator may, but shall not be obligated to, use the services of Operator’s or its Affiliates’ accounting construction, purchasing, engineering, legal, planning, budgeting, operating, regulatory, and other departments.  Operator’s Services may include Services for and on behalf of Company’s Affiliates.

 

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2.05                         Contracts .  Operator is authorized to execute, in its name and for the benefit of Company, such contracts as may be necessary for Operator to carry out its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that Operator shall not execute any contract in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), or that covers a period longer than the term of this Agreement, unless Operator obtains Company’s prior written approval.

 

2.06                         Claims .

 

(a)                                  Any Liability Claim or Recovery Claim, to the extent relating to the operation or maintenance of the Operated Assets, shall be defended, prosecuted or settled by Operator, subject to the ultimate direction and control of Company.

 

(b)                                  The costs of handling a Liability Claim or a Recovery Claim, including reasonable costs of legal counsel, together with the amount of any settlement of or judgment rendered on a Liability Claim, including court costs, shall be paid by Operator and shall be reimbursed by Company.  Any amounts received by Operator in settlement of a Recovery Claim or in payment of a judgment on a Recovery Claim shall be paid over to Company.

 

(c)                                   Operator shall promptly notify Company whenever Operator receives actual Notice of any claim against Company or Operator (in its capacity as Operator).

 

(d)                                  Before making any settlement of any Liability Claim and before filing any lawsuit or making any settlement with respect to any Recovery Claim, Operator shall give to Company written Notice of the fact that it desires to file such suit or make such settlement (as the case may be), which Notice shall set forth the nature of the claim and the amount for which Operator proposes to sue or settle, and Operator shall not file any such suit nor make any such settlement without the approval of Company.

 

2.07                         Company Property .  All property, equipment and material acquired solely on behalf of Company by Operator hereunder shall be deemed to be owned by Company.

 

Article III
Financial Accounting and Billing Practices

 

3.01                         Accounting .  Operator shall keep a full and complete account of all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the performance and provision of the Services hereunder in the manner set forth in the Accounting Procedures.

 

3.02                         Compensation .  Operator shall be fully reimbursed by Company for all necessary and reasonable costs, expenses and expenditures incurred by Operator on behalf of Company in connection with the provision of the Services at the rates and in the manner set forth in the Accounting Procedures.

 

3.03                         Budgets .

 

(a)                                  By November 1 st  of each calendar Year, Operator shall prepare and submit to Company for approval a detailed maintenance, operating, and capital budget setting out the amounts

 

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Operator proposes to expend for such purposes during the next calendar Year, which budget shall, to the extent practicable, provide for a breakdown of expenses and expenditures on a Monthly basis, by Category of Expenditure and by asset as defined by Operator. Upon Company approval of such budget, Operator shall have the authority to award and execute contracts within the expenditure limits set forth in such budget.  When expense and capital appropriation requests are not required (such as with annual maintenance contracts), Operator shall have the authority to award and execute such contracts without additional Company approval, subject to Section 2.05 of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  If it appears at any time after Operator receives a budget approved by Company that the total actual expenditures for any calendar Year will exceed the total annual budgeted amount for such calendar Year, Operator shall notify Company of such expected excess expenditure as part of the normal Monthly billing process.  If it subsequently appears that the total actual expenditures for any calendar Year will exceed ten percent (10%) of the total annual budgeted amount (“ Overrun ”), Operator shall submit to Company for approval an amendment to the then-applicable budget, together with an explanation of the reason(s) for the anticipated budget Overrun.  As soon as practicable following the last Day of each Month, Operator shall submit to Company a Monthly report comparing actual expenditures for such Month to budgeted operating expenses and capital projects for such Month.

 

(c)                                   Company shall notify Operator in writing of the approval or disapproval of any proposed budget or amendment thereto in writing within fifteen (15) Days after receipt thereof.  In the event Company does not so notify Operator within such time period, or if Company notifies Operator that such budget or amendment has been disapproved, then until Operator receives approval of a proposed budget or amendment:  (i) the current approved budget shall remain in effect, and (ii) Operator shall continue to have the authority to make expenditures with regard to items previously approved by Company.  If any such proposed budget or amendment is disapproved, Operator shall submit a revised proposed budget or amendment to Company for approval as soon as is reasonably practicable.

 

(d)                                  Operator shall meet with Company a minimum of four (4) times during each calendar Year, or more if Company requests, in order to review the budget and permit Company to monitor the accuracy of the budget for current Year operations.

 

(e)                                   Except as Company may otherwise direct in writing, the approval by Company of a budget or an amendment to a budget shall constitute Company’s authorization of Operator to incur the expenses contained in such budget or amendment.

 

3.04                         Safety, Environmental and Emergency Expenditures .  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, Operator may incur (and be reimbursed for) any expenditures or take any other actions as Operator in its reasonable judgment deems to be immediately necessary:  (a) to protect the environment from immediate and present harm; (b) to protect the health and safety of Persons from immediate and present harm; (c) to safeguard lives or property in connection with the initial response to any emergencies affecting the Operated Assets; and (d) proceed with maintenance or repair work necessary to keep the Operated Assets operating, or to restore the Operated Assets to operating conditions; however, it is also understood that every reasonable effort will be made by

 

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Operator to notify Company at the earliest possible convenience of such emergencies and expenditures involving same.

 

3.05                         Billing Practices .  Company shall pay and Operator shall receive as full and complete compensation for the performance of the Services hereunder, the sum of the amounts becoming due as described in the Accounting Procedures.  For Services provided by Operator in any Month, payment by Company shall be made no later than the 21 st  Day of the immediately following Month, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then Company shall pay such amount without interest on the next Business Day.  As long as Operator and Company are Controlled by the same Person, Operator and Company may settle Company’s financial obligations to Operator through Operator’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.

 

3.06                         Records and Audit Rights .  Operator shall maintain a true and correct set of records pertaining to all activities relating to its performance hereunder and all transactions related thereto.  Operator further agrees to retain all such records for a period of time not less than two (2) Years following the end of the calendar Year in which the applicable Services were performed. Company, or its authorized representative or representatives, shall have the right during Operator’s Normal Business Hours to audit, copy and inspect, at Company’s sole cost and expense, any and all records of Operator relating to its performance of its obligations hereunder (but not any other books and records of Operator).  Audits shall not be commenced more than once by Company during each calendar Year and shall be completed within a reasonable time frame not to exceed thirty (30) Days.  Company may request information from Operator’s books and records relating to Operator’s obligations hereunder from time to time and such requests shall not constitute an audit for that calendar Year.  Company shall have two (2) Years after the end of a calendar Year during which to conduct an audit of Operator’s books and records for such calendar Year, and any Claim arising out of or based in whole or in part on the information produced or obtained by the performance of any such audit must be made, if at all, within such two (2) Year period.

 

Article IV

Safety

 

4.01                         Safety Requirements .  Company agrees that Operator will abide by, at a minimum, the safety requirements promulgated by Operator from time to time with respect to the Operated Assets and in compliance with applicable Laws.

 

Article V

Relationship of the Parties

 

5.01                         General Principles Regarding Relationship of the Parties .  The Parties agree that Operator shall provide the Services to Company as an independent contractor. Except for the limited purposes specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Parties agree that Operator’s provision of the Services to Company shall not be as an agent or representative of Company.  This Agreement is not intended to and shall not create or otherwise form a partnership or joint venture between Operator and Company.

 

5.02                         Standard of Operational Control .  The Parties agree that the Services shall be performed under the absolute direction and control of Company.  Company shall have the right to monitor,

 

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consult with and give operational instructions to Operator.  Operator shall not unreasonably refuse service requests or operational instructions of Company.

 

Article VI

Liability Standard and Indemnification

 

6.01                         Liability Standard .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and in recognition of the fact that the Services to be performed and provided by Operator hereunder are to be furnished, performed and provided in exchange for the reimbursement provided for in the Accounting Procedures, Operator shall only be liable to Company for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder, AND NEITHER OPERATOR NOR SUCH OF ITS AFFILIATES OR AGENTS AS IT SHALL APPOINT TO PERFORM DUTIES HEREUNDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, TRANSFEREES AND ASSIGNEES SHALL BE LIABLE TO COMPANY OR PERSONS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED INTERESTS IN COMPANY, WHETHER AS PARTNERS, ASSIGNEES OR OTHERWISE, FOR ERRORS IN JUDGMENT OR FOR ANY ACTS OR OMISSIONS THAT DO NOT CONSTITUTE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT, IT BEING THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES THAT NEITHER OPERATOR NOR SUCH OF ITS AFFILIATES OR AGENTS AS IT SHALL APPOINT TO PERFORM DUTIES HEREUNDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, TRANSFEREES AND ASSIGNEES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE (SOLE, PARTIAL OR CONCURRENT).

 

6.02                         Responsibility for Affiliates and Agents .  Operator may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its Affiliates or agents, and Operator shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such Affiliate or agent appointed by Operator with due care.

 

6.03                         Indemnification .  FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS OPERATOR AND EVERY AFFILIATE OF OPERATOR AS IT SHALL APPOINT TO PERFORM SERVICES HEREUNDER AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, TRANSFEREES AND ASSIGNEES (COLLECTIVELY THE “INDEMNIFIED PARTIES”) FROM, AGAINST AND IN RESPECT OF ANY AND ALL LIABILITY CLAIMS ASSERTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN COMPANY ARISING FROM, RELATING TO, OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OR PROVISION OR FAILURE TO PERFORM OR PROVIDE BY OPERATOR ANY OF THE SERVICES OR THE FAILURE BY COMPANY TO PERFORM ANY OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, IN EACH CASE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY SUCH CLAIM RESULTS FROM THE NEGLIGENCE (SOLE, PARTIAL OR CONCURRENT) OF OPERATOR OR ANY OF THE

 

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INDEMNIFIED PARTIES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH INDEMNIFICATION SHALL NOT EXTEND TO ANY AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT ARE DETERMINED TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY.

 

6.04                         Consequential Damages .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither Party shall be liable to the other Party for special, indirect or consequential damages resulting from or arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, loss of profits or business interruptions, however they may be caused.

 

6.05                         Notice of Claims .  Promptly after any Indemnified Party becomes aware of facts giving rise to a Claim by it for indemnification pursuant to this Article, such Indemnified Party shall provide Notice to Company (a “ Claim Notice ”) outlining such Claim and a copy of all papers served with respect thereto (if any).  For purposes of this Section, receipt by an Indemnified Party of Notice of any Claim by or from any Person other than a Party to this Agreement which gives rise to a Claim on behalf of such Indemnified Party shall require prompt Notice from the Indemnified Party to Company of the receipt of such Notice as provided in the first sentence of this Section 6.05; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give timely Notice shall not affect its rights to indemnification hereunder except to the extent that Company is materially prejudiced thereby.  Each Claim Notice shall set forth all information regarding the Claim as the Indemnified Party shall then have and shall contain a statement to the extent that the Indemnified Party giving the Notice is making a Claim pursuant to a formal demand for indemnification under this Article VI.

 

Article VII

Insurance

 

7.01                         Insurance .

 

(a)                                  Operator shall at all times during the term of this Agreement obtain and maintain, or cause to be obtained and maintained, workers’ compensation insurance or similar insurance, including all such insurance as may be required by all applicable state and federal workers’ compensation Laws and such other Laws as may be applicable to the Services performed under this Agreement.  Operator shall cause its workers’ compensation and employers liability insurers to waive their rights of subrogation against Company.

 

(b)                                  Operator may elect to self-insure, or cause to be self-insured, all or any part of the insurance requirements set forth in Section 7.01(a) above to the extent allowed by applicable Law.  If self-insured, then Operator shall respond to, or cause to be responded to, any insurance claim, with regard to waiving rights of subrogation against the Company, in the same manner as a commercial market insurance policy that waived subrogation rights against the Company would have responded to such insurance claim.

 

7.02                         Cost Reimbursement .  Insurance as required in Section 7.01 hereof shall be a reimbursable cost pursuant to the Accounting Procedures.

 

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7.03                         Required Contractor Coverage .  Operator shall require all contractors and subcontractors employed by Operator in performing and/or providing Services hereunder to procure and maintain the following insurance:  (a) workers’ compensation insurance or similar insurance, including all such insurance as may be required by all applicable state and federal workers’ compensation Laws and such other Laws as may be applicable to the Services provided by such contractors and subcontractors; (b) employers’ liability insurance with amounts required by Law or One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, whichever is greater; (c) commercial general liability insurance on an occurrence form covering liabilities for death and personal injury and liabilities for loss or damage to property with a combined single limit of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, which insurance must cover all Services conducted by such contractors and subcontractors related to this Agreement; and (d) business vehicle insurance covering liabilities for death of or injury to any one Person and liabilities for loss of or damage to property resulting from any one (1) accident with a combined single limit of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence.  Further, Operator shall require such contractors and subcontractors to cause their workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance insurers to waive their rights of subrogation against Company, and to name Company as an additional insured under any commercial general liability and business vehicle liability insurance policies carried by such contractors and subcontractors.

 

Article VIII

Term and Termination

 

8.01                         Term .  Unless terminated in accordance with Section 8.02, Section 8.03 or Section 8.04 below, this Agreement shall have a five (5) Year primary term, commencing on the date hereof, and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect thereafter unless it is terminated by either Party at the end of the primary term or at any time thereafter by giving not less than six (6) Months prior Notice of such termination to the other Party.

 

8.02                         Termination by Company .  Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately upon the occurrence of any of the following events:  (a) upon the Bankruptcy of Operator or (b) upon a finding by Company that Operator (i) has been grossly negligent or engaged in willful or wanton misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder and that such gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct has had a material adverse effect on the Operated Assets or Company’s business as it relates to the Operated Assets, or (ii) has engaged in a continued or regular pattern or gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct that Company reasonably determines to pose a risk of resulting in a material adverse effect on the Operated Assets or Company’s business as it relates to the Operated Assets; provided that Company shall deliver to Operator Notice of any such affirmative finding, which shall include a reasonably detailed description of the basis therefor.

 

8.03                         Termination by Operator .  Operator shall have the right to terminate this Agreement or any Services provided hereunder:  (a) immediately upon the Bankruptcy of Company or (b) on six (6) Months prior Notice upon the occurrence of a Partnership Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Phillips 66 Partners LP ceases to Control, directly or indirectly, either Carrier or

 

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Holdings, as the case may be, then Operator shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with respect to any Services provided to Carrier or Holdings, as applicable.

 

8.04                         Right of Termination by Either Party .  Any Party may terminate this Agreement at any time upon sixty (60) Days prior Notice to the other Party if:

 

(a)                                  the other Party is in Material Default of any of its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(b)                                  the non-defaulting Party gives Notice of such Material Default to the defaulting Party, which Notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances of such Material Default; and

 

(c)                                   the defaulting Party fails to cure the Material Default within thirty (30) Days, or, for a Material Default not reasonably susceptible to cure within that period, to undertake to cure such Material Default and thereafter to diligently continue such efforts until the Material Default is cured.

 

8.05                         Effect of Termination .  The termination of this Agreement shall not relieve either Party of its obligations to pay amounts of money due hereunder which accrued prior to such termination.  Upon termination, Operator shall promptly make available to Company its books and records relating to the Operated Assets.

 

Article IX

Alcohol and Controlled Substances

 

9.01                         Substance Abuse .  Operator shall prohibit the use, possession, distribution, sale or storage of illegal or controlled substances, and substance-related paraphernalia, by its personnel while performing Services hereunder or while located on Company premises.  Operator shall perform or cause to be performed all actions necessary for compliance with any applicable Laws pertaining to illegal or controlled substances, specifically including, but not limited to, the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. §§ 701-707) and DOT regulations applicable to operators of pipeline facilities subject to applicable 49 C.F.R. Part 199.  Unless prohibited by Law, Operator shall require all personnel who enter Company premises to consent to searches, whether performed by Company or appropriate law enforcement officials, of the vehicles and other personal effects of such personnel for monitoring the presence of any illegal or controlled substances or substance-related paraphernalia.  Company reserves the right, exercisable in Company’s sole discretion, to bar any of Operator’s personnel from performing Services hereunder, so long as such discretion is not exercised in violation of any governing Law.  Such discretion shall apply with respect to, but not be limited to, any personnel whom Company reasonably suspects to be involved with illegal or controlled substances, and such discretion shall not be unreasonably exercised.

 

Article X

Force Majeure

 

10.01                  Force Majeure .  If, because of an event of Force Majeure, either Party is rendered unable, wholly or in part, to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, other than the obligation to make

 

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money payments when due, and if such Party gives Notice and reasonably full particulars of such Force Majeure in writing to the other Party within a reasonable time after the occurrence of the cause relied upon, the Party giving such Notice, so far and to the extent that it is affected by such Force Majeure, shall not be liable in damages due to such Party’s failure to carry out its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the cause of the event of Force Majeure shall be remedied with all reasonable dispatch.

 

10.02                  Meaning of “Force Majeure” .  As used herein, the term “Force Majeure” shall mean acts of God; strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; acts of a public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, crevasses, subsidences, floods, washouts; arrests and restraints of the government, necessity for compliance with any court order, Law promulgated by any governmental authority having jurisdiction, either federal or state, civil or military; civil disturbances; shutdowns for purposes of necessary repairs; relocation or construction of facilities; breakage or accident to machinery or lines of pipe; the necessity for testing (as required by governmental authority or as deemed necessary by the testing Party for the safe operation thereof), the necessity of making repairs or alterations to machinery or lines of pipe; failure of surface equipment or pipelines; accidents, breakdowns, inability of either Party to obtain necessary material, supplies, permits or labor to perform or comply with any obligation or condition under this Agreement, or rights of way; and any other causes, whether of the kind herein enumerated or otherwise, which are not reasonably in the control of the Party claiming suspension.

 

10.03                  Strikes or Lockouts .  It is understood and agreed that the settlement of strikes or lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of the Party having the difficulty and that the requirement in Section 10.01 that any event of Force Majeure shall be remedied with all reasonable dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of an opposing party when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the difficulty.

 

10.04                  Performance by Company or Third Parties .  If, because of an event of Force Majeure, Operator is unable to perform the Services required of it hereunder, Company may perform such Services itself or arrange for such Services to be performed by a third party, but only for the duration of such event of Force Majeure.

 

Article XI

Notices

 

11.01                  Notices .  Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all Notices between the Parties given under or in relation to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given if:  (a) personally delivered; (b) delivered and confirmed by telecopier or similar transmission service; (c) delivered by a reputable overnight courier delivery service; or (d) sent by certified United States mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), addressed as follows:

 

If to Carrier:                                                                                                                                                                             Phillips 66 Carrier LLC

2331 CityWest Blvd.

Houston, TX 77042

Attn: President

 

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If to Holdings:                                                                                                                                                                  Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC

2331 CityWest Blvd.

Houston, TX  77042

Attn: President

 

If to Operator:                                                                                                                                                                  Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

2331 CityWest Blvd.

Houston, TX  77042

Attn: President

 

11.02                  Effective Date .  Any Notice given in the manner set forth in Section 11.01 shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during the recipient’s Normal Business Hours or at the beginning of the recipient’s next Business Day if not received during the recipient’s Normal Business Hours.

 

11.03                  Change of Address Notice .  Either Party may change its Notice address by giving notice to the other Party in the manner set forth in Section 11.01; provided, however, that no change of address Notice shall be effective until actually received by the other Party.

 

Article XII

Applicable Law

 

12.01                  Applicable Law .  REGARDLESS OF THE PLACE OF CONTRACTING, PLACE(S) OF PERFORMANCE, OR OTHERWISE, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, ALTERATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTS HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW OR ANY OTHER PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 

Article XIII

Confidentiality

 

13.01                  Confidentiality .  During the performance of this Agreement, each Party acknowledges that it will receive confidential business and technical information from or regarding the other Party.  All information disclosed between the Parties will be deemed confidential, unless expressly designated otherwise at the time of disclosure.  The receiving Party agrees not to disclose to any third Person, except as permitted herein, any confidential information it receives from the disclosing Party.  The receiving Party agrees that it will not use the confidential information for any purpose other than the performance of this Agreement.  The receiving Party may disclose confidential information:  (a) when compelled by Law (but the receiving Party must notify the disclosing Party promptly of any request for such information before disclosing it, if practicable); and (b) only to those employees, advisers, consultants, or representatives of the receiving Party who have a need to know (provided that such Persons are obligated to the receiving Party in a manner consistent with the terms of this Section).  This Section will be inoperative as to particular portion of the confidential

 

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information if such information (i) is or lawfully becomes available to the public through no fault of the receiving Party; (ii) was available to the receiving Party on a non-confidential bas is prior to its disclosure to the receiving Party by the disclosing Party; (iii) becomes available to the receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the disclosing Party when such source is entitled, to the best of the receiving Party’s knowledge, to make the disclosure to the receiving Party; or (iv) independently developed by or for the receiving Party by Persons who have not had access to the disclosing Party’s confidential information.

 

Article XIV

Disputes Between the Parties

 

14.01                  Dispute Resolution .  THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY ACTIONS, CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR SETTLEMENTS HEREUNDER, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS (AS APPLICABLE) LOCATED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND TO ALL COURTS COMPETENT TO HEAR AND DETERMINE APPEALS THEREFROM, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS THAT A SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN ANOTHER COURT AND ANY OBJECTIONS TO INCONVENIENT FORUM.

 

Article XV

Assignability

 

15.01                  Assignability .  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, benefits or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, by operation of Law or otherwise, by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Except as provided for herein, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits or obligations upon any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Article XVI

Compliance with Laws

 

16.01                  Compliance with Laws .  This Agreement is in all respects subject to all Laws.  The Parties shall at all times comply with all of these Laws as are applicable to their performance of this Agreement.  If applicable, the Parties shall comply with the provisions of Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment Opportunity), as amended, together with all rules, regulations and relevant orders of the United States Department of Labor.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Section of this Agreement, Company shall have no liability hereunder for any fines, penalties, or other assessments by regulatory agencies if and to the extent such fines, penalties, or other assessments result from Operator’s sole negligence in performing its obligations hereunder.

 

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Article XVII

Severability

 

17.01                  Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof shall be found by any arbitral panel or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, to any extent and for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the Parties.  In any event, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such remainder shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by Law.

 

Article XVIII

Non-Waiver

 

18.01                  Non-Waiver .  The failure of either Party to enforce any provision, condition, covenant or requirement of this Agreement at any time shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, condition, covenant or requirement unless so notified by such Party in writing.  No waiver by either Party of any default by the other Party in the performance of any provision, condition, covenant or requirement contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of, or in any manner release such other Party from performance of any other provision, condition, covenant or requirement herein contained, nor be deemed to be a waiver of the same provision, condition, covenant or requirement.

 

Article XIX

Entire Agreement; Amendments

 

19.01                  Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and it supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in, or contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

19.02                  Amendments .  This Agreement shall not be modified or amended, in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by the Parties.

 

Article XX

Survival

 

20.01                  Survival . Any indemnification granted hereunder by one Party to another Party shall survive the termination of all or any part of this Agreement.

 

Article XXI
Counterparts; Multiple Originals

 

21.01                  Counterparts; Multiple Originals .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on the Parties.  Each of the Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement.  Each signed copy shall be deemed to be an original, but all of them together shall represent one and the same agreement.

 

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Article XXII
Construction

 

22.01                  Construction .  The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring a Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Article XXIII
  Article Headings; Exhibits

 

23.01                  Article Headings .  The Article Headings used in this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience to facilitate reference and they shall not be determinative in construing the meaning, interpretation or application of any Article or provision hereof

 

23.02                  Exhibits .  The exhibits referred to herein are attached hereto and by this reference are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.  In the event there is any conflict between this Agreement and an exhibit, the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed controlling.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

 

(“Operator”)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd Denton

 

Todd Denton

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 CARRIER LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd Denton

 

Todd Denton

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHILLIPS 66 PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J.T. Liberti

 

J.T. Liberti

 

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement

 



 

Exhibit A
  Description of Operated Assets

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

Crude Oil Pipelines

 

Clifton Ridge to Lake Charles Refinery — a 20” crude oil pipeline extending from the Clifton Ridge marine terminal to the Lake Charles Refinery in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

 

Pecan Grove to Clifton Ridge — a 12” crude oil pipeline extending from the Pecan Grove marine terminal to the Clifton Ridge marine terminal in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

 

Shell to Clifton Ridge — a 20” crude oil pipeline extending from Shell’s Houma to Houston pipeline to the Clifton Ridge marine terminal in Calcasieu Parish Louisiana.

 

CushPo — a 18” crude oil pipeline extending from Phillips 66 Carrier LLC’s, Cushing Crude Terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma to Phillips 66 Carrier LLC’s Ponca Crude Terminal in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

 

Glacier Pipeline System — a multi-diameter crude oil pipeline system extending from the United States-Canadian border near Carway, Alberta to the Billings ExxonMobil Refinery in Billings, Montana.

 

Line O — a 10” crude oil pipeline extending from Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC’s Buxton Crude Terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma to the Borger Refinery located in Borger, Texas

 

Line WA — a multi-diameter crude oil pipeline extending from the Odessa Station near Goldsmith, Texas to the Borger Refinery located in Borger, Texas.

 

Line 80 — a 8” crude oil pipeline extending from Gains Station near Hobbs, New Mexico to the Borger Refinery located in Borger, Texas.

 

North Texas Gathering Pipeline System — a multi-diameter crude oil pipeline system that gathers products in the various fields of North Texas and transports products to the Wichita Falls Station in Wichita Falls, Texas.

 

Oklahoma Mainline Pipeline System - a 12” crude oil pipeline extending from the Wichita Falls Station in Wichita Falls, Texas to Phillips 66 Carrier LLC’s Ponca Crude Terminal in Ponca City Oklahoma.

 

West Texas Gathering —a multi-diameter crude oil pipeline system that gathers crude oil in the various fields of West Texas to supply Line WA and Line 80.

 

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Refined Product Pipelines

 

Sweeny to Pasadena — a 12” refined products pipeline extending from the Sweeny Refinery in Brazoria County, Texas to the Pasadena terminal in Harris County, Texas.

 

Sweeny to Pasadena — a 18” refined products pipeline extending from the Sweeny Refinery in Brazoria County, Texas to the Pasadena terminal in Harris County, Texas.

 

Wood River to Hartford — a 12” refined products pipeline extending from the Wood River Refinery in Madison County, Illinois to the Hartford terminal in Madison County, Illinois.

 

Hartford to Explorer — a 24” refined products pipeline extending from the Hartford terminal in Madison County, Illinois to the Explorer Pipeline system in Madison County, Illinois.

 

Gold Line — a multi-diameter refined products pipeline system extending from the Rocky Station fence line at Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC’s Borger Products Terminal in Borger, Texas to terminal facilities located in Wichita, Kansas; Paola, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Jefferson City, Missouri; and Cahokia, Illinois.

 

Cross Channel Connector — a 20” refined products pipeline extending from the Pasadena Terminal in Pasadena, Texas to terminal facilities located at Kinder Morgan’s Pasadena Terminal and the Galena Park Station in Galena Park, Texas, and terminating at the Holland Avenue Junction in Galena Park, Texas.

 

Standish Pipeline — a 18” refined products pipeline extending from the Ponca City Refinery in Ponca City, Oklahoma to the Wichita North Terminal in Wichita, Kansas.

 

ATA Pipeline - a multi-diameter refined products pipeline extending from the Amarillo Terminal in Amarillo, Texas to the Albuquerque Terminal in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

BAM Pipeline — a multi-diameter refined products pipeline extending from the Borger Refinery in Borger, Texas to the Amarillo Terminal in Amarillo, Texas.

 

Cherokee East — a multi-diameter refined products pipeline system extending from the Ponca City Refinery in Ponca City, Oklahoma to terminal facilities in Jenks, Oklahoma and Mount Vernon, Missouri.

 

Cherokee North — a multi-diameter, two-leg refined products pipeline system extending from the Ponca City Refinery in Ponca City, Oklahoma to the Arkansas City Junction in Arkansas City, Oklahoma and the 21 st  Street Junction in Wichita, Kansas.

 

Cherokee South — a 8”, multi-leg refined products pipeline system extending from the Ponca City Refinery in Ponca City, Oklahoma to the Oklahoma City Terminal in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

 

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Medford Triangle — a multi-diameter, multi-leg refined products pipeline system extending from the Ponca City Refinery in Ponca City, Oklahoma to the Medford Storage Spheres in Medford, Oklahoma and the Oneok Terminal in Medford, Oklahoma.

 

SAAL Pipeline - a 6” refined products pipeline extending from the Amarillo Terminal in Amarillo, Texas to the Lubbock Terminal in Lubbock, Texas.

 

Seminoe Pipeline — a 8” refined products pipeline extending from the Billings Refinery in Billings, Montana to terminal facilities in Sheridan, Wyoming and Casper, Wyoming and to the Tisdale Junction and Sinclair Junction in Wyoming.

 

Other Pipelines

 

River Parish Pipeline System a refined products pipeline system and associated facilities located in any one or more of the following nine (9) parishes: Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist, and including approximately 300 miles of multi-diameter pipeline (formerly the “Texaco Expanded NGL Distribution System” or “TENDS”), approximately eighty-six (86) miles of regulated pipeline comprised of one 8-inch to 20-inch diameter pipeline (formerly the “VP Pipeline”), and approximately one hundred thirteen (113) miles of regulated pipeline comprised of one 6-inch to 8-inch diameter pipeline (formerly the “EP Pipeline”).  The system includes approximately fifteen (15) miles of idled pipeline and segments of approximately ten (10) miles of 8-inch abandoned pipeline.

 

Terminals

 

Hartford Terminal .  Hartford Terminal is located at or near Hartford, Illinois.  The facility consists of a two-bay truck rack with 17,000 barrels of active terminal ling capacity, 13 above-ground storage tanks with approximately 1.1 million barrels of total storage capacity.  The Hartford barge dock consists of a single-berth barge loading facility, approximately 0.8 miles of 8-inch pipeline and approximately 0.8 miles of 14-inch pipeline from the Hartford terminal to the Hartford barge dock for delivery.

 

Pasadena Terminal Pasadena Terminal is located at or near Pasadena, Texas and consists of a five-bay truck rack and tankage with 65,000 barrels per day of active terminal ling capacity, 22 above ground storage tanks with approximately 3.2 million barrels of total storage capacity and a vapor combustion unit.

 

Clifton Ridge Terminal .  Clifton Ridge Terminal is located at or near Sulphur, Louisiana and consists of a single-berth ship dock, 12 above-ground storage tanks with approximately 3.4 million barrels of total storage capacity and a truck offloading facility.

 

Pecan Grove Terminal .  Pecan Grove terminal is adjacent to the Clifton Ridge Terminal.  The facility consists of a single-berth barge dock and three above-ground storage tanks with 142,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

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Wichita North Terminal . Wichita North Terminal is located in Wichita, Kansas adjacent to the Gold Line pipeline system.  It consists of a two bay truck rack with 12,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Paola Terminal . Paola Terminal is located in Paola, Kansas adjacent to the Gold Line pipeline system.  It consists of 98,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Kansas City Terminal .  Kansas City Terminal is located in Kansas City, Kansas adjacent to the Gold Line pipeline system.  It consists of a five bay truck rack with 66,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Jeff City Terminal . Jeff City Terminal is located in Jefferson City, Missouri adjacent to the Gold Line pipeline system.  It consists of a two bay truck rack with 16,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

East St. Louis Terminal . East St. Louis Terminal is located in Cahokia, Illinois adjacent to the Gold Line pipeline system.  It consists of a six bay truck rack with 78,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Bayway Terminal . Bayway Terminal is located in Linden, New Jersey adjacent to the Bayway Refinery.  It consists of a four-track, 120 rail car crude oil receiving facility with a planned unloading capacity of 75,000 barrels per day that delivers crude oil to storage tanks at the adjacent refinery.

 

Ferndale Terminal . Ferndale Terminal is located in Ferndale, Washington adjacent to the Ferndale Refinery.  It consists of a two-track, 54 rail car crude oil receiving facility with a planned unloading capacity of 30,000 barrels per day that delivers crude oil to storage tanks at the adjacent refinery.

 

Albuquerque Terminal . Albuquerque Terminal is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, adjacent to the ATA Pipeline. It consists of a three-bay truck rack with 232,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Amarillo Terminal . Amarillo Terminal is located in Amarillo, Texas, adjacent to the BAM Pipeline, the SAAL Pipeline and the ATA Pipeline. It consists of a five-bay truck rack with 268,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Billings Crude Terminal . Billings Crude Terminal is located in Billings, Montana, at the Phillips 66 Company Billings Refinery. It consists of 245,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Buffalo Terminal . Buffalo Terminal is located near Buffalo Montana.  It consists of two meter skid units, three injection pumps and two crude tanks with approximately 300,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Buxton Terminal .  Buxton Terminal is located in Cushing, Oklahoma.  It consists of two crude storage tanks with a total capacity of 400,000 barrels.

 

Casper Terminal . Casper Terminal is located in Casper, Wyoming adjacent to the Seminoe Pipeline. It consists of a two bay-truck rack with 300,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

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Cushing Terminal . Cushing Terminal is located in Cushing, Oklahoma.  It consists of one tank with a lease automatic custody transfer unit and two storage tanks with a total storage capacity of 220,000 barrels.

 

Glenpool Terminal .  Glenpool Terminal is located in Jenks, Oklahoma adjacent to the Cherokee East pipeline system. It consists of a two-bay truck rack with 514,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Linden Terminal . Linden Terminal is located Linden, New Jersey.  It consists of a nine-bay refined products truck rack and a three-bay NGL truck rack with 331,000 barrels of refined products storage.

 

Lubbock Terminal . Lubbock Terminal is located in Lubbock, Texas adjacent to the SAAL Pipeline.  It consists of a three-bay truck rack with 176,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Mount Vernon Terminal .  Mount Vernon Terminal is located in Mount Vernon, Missouri, adjacent to the Cherokee East pipeline system.  It consists of a four-bay refined products truck rack and a two-bay NGL truck rack with 359,000 barrels of refined products storage capacity and 118,000 barrels of NGL storage capacity.

 

Oklahoma City Terminal .  Oklahoma City Terminal is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma adjacent to the Cherokee South pipeline system. It consists of a four-bay truck rack with 290,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Ponca City Terminal .  Ponca City Terminal is located in Ponca City, Oklahoma adjacent to the Ponca City Refinery. It consists of a two-bay refined products truck rack and a two-bay NGL truck rack with 2,500 barrels of refined products storage capacity.

 

Ponca Crude Terminal. Ponca Crude Terminal is located in Ponca City, Oklahoma.  It consists of three lease automatic custody transfer units and 15 above-ground crude oil storage tanks with approximately 1.2 million barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Sheridan Terminal . Sheridan Terminal is located in Sheridan, Wyoming adjacent to the Seminoe Pipeline. It consists of a two-bay truck rack with 94,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Tremley Point Terminal . Tremley Point Terminal is located in Linden, New Jersey. It consists of a three-bay refined products truck rack, 1,400,000 barrels of total storage capacity and a dock facility consisting of two vessel berths.

 

Wichita South Terminal .  Wichita South Terminal is located in Wichita, Kansas adjacent to the Cherokee North pipeline system. It consists of 230,000 barrels of total storage capacity.

 

Storage Facilities

 

Medford Storage Spheres .  Medford Storage Spheres are two above ground storage facilities located at the Central Division pipeline facility in Medford, Oklahoma.   The working capacity of each

 

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sphere is 35,000 barrels, and the spheres are capable of receiving and storing natural gas liquids and petrochemicals, including refinery grade propylene.

 

Storage Tank Nos. 1001, 1002 and 1004 at the Wichita North Terminal .  These storage tanks have a nominal shell capacity of 107,000 barrels, 107,000 barrels, and 108,000 barrels, respectively.

 

Storage Tank Nos. 8005 and 8010 at the Kansas City Terminal .  These storage tanks have a nominal shell capacity of 80,000 barrels and 101,000 barrels, respectively.

 

Storage Tank Nos. 1503, 2001, 1302 at the East St. Louis Terminal . These storage tanks have a nominal shell capacity of 172,000 barrels, two hundred thousand 200,000 barrels and 135,000 barrels, respectively.

 

Storage Tank No. 4901 at the Paola Terminal . This storage tank has a nominal shell capacity of 98,000 barrels.

 

Storage Tank Nos. 6813 and 6818 at the East St. Louis Terminal . Each of these storage tanks has a nominal shell storage capacity of 80,000 barrels.

 

Clemens Facility . The Clemens Facility includes underground salt dome storage caverns for LPG storage, brine ponds, a leach plant, multiple buildings, associated pipes/pumps, water supply wells, associated properties, and off-site disposal wells. These facilities are located near Brazoria, Texas. Products produced at the Sweeny Fractionator are stored in the underground caverns and then transported via pipeline to the Freeport LPG Export Terminal or the Mount Belvieu market hub.

 

Sorrento Storage Facility . The Sorrento Storage Facility includes the Sorrento underground salt dome storage caverns, all pumps, topside facilities, and an out-of-service brine pit located in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The caverns consist of one cavern in active LPG storage service, two inactive caverns, and one plugged and abandoned cavern.

 

Refinery and Natural Gas Liquid Facilities

 

Sweeny Fractionator . The Sweeny Fractionator is a Natural Gas Liquid fractionation facility located in Old Ocean, Texas, close to the Sweeny Refinery. The Sweeny Fractionator includes the associated cooling tower (G0054022) and flare (G0056044), the substation (G006010), and the offplots (G0068044). It processes y-grade (mixed natural gas liquids) and produces purity ethane, propane, isobutane, normal butane and natural gasoline (C5+) for sale in local petrochemical markets or to supply the Freeport LPG Export Terminal.

 

Merey Sweeny Coker Facility . The Merey Sweeny Coker Facility is comprised of a petroleum coke producing facility comprised of a vacuum dilation unit, a 58,000 bpd, two (2) train, four (4) coke drum delayed coker unit, flare, cooling tower with five (5) bays, instrument air skid with two compressors, certain underground facilities for firewater and sewer services, and tanks for intermediate storage of vacuum resid at the solid waste disposal facility, each located within the Sweeny Refinery Complex near Old Ocean, Texas. Incoming atmospheric resid feed is processed through heaters and coke drums to produce coke for sale in local markets. Other products separated

 

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from the resid during the coke producing process are sent for further processing in other facilities in the Sweeny Complex.

 

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Exhibit B
Maintenance Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

(a)                                  Day-to-day routine and emergency supervision, administrative liaison and related services required in connection with the maintenance and repair of the Operated Assets.

 

(b)                                  Provision of communications, inspection, surveillance, flow control, corrosion control, and monitoring.

 

(c)                                   Maintenance and repair of the Operated Assets within such maintenance/repair parameters and specifications as may be in accordance with sound engineering and maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(d)                                  Implementation of a preventative maintenance program for the Operated Assets, including, without limitation, periodic testing, adjustment and maintenance of the Operated Assets, in each case in accordance with prudent maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(e)                                   Implementation of a tank maintenance and integrity program for the Operated Assets, including, without limitation, periodic testing, maintenance, repair and/or replacement in each case in accordance with prudent maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(f)                                    Implementation of a marine facility maintenance and integrity program for the Operated Assets, including, without limitation, dredging, maintenance, repair, and/or replacement in each case in accordance with prudent maintenance practices and applicable Laws.

 

(g)                                   Preparation and retention of appropriate records and logs as required by applicable Laws and that a prudent provider of maintenance services would maintain regarding the Operated Assets, which records and logs shall be made available to Company upon request.

 

(h)                                  Reconstruction, reconditioning, overhaul or replacement of the Operated Assets.

 

(i)                                      Establishment of safety, health, environmental, training, emergency response, spill response and other programs in connection with the maintenance and repair of the Operated Assets, in each case as may be required by prudent maintenance practices or under applicable Laws.

 

(j)                                     Providing technical services for purposes of trouble-shooting problems, improving Operated Assets performance, upgrading the Operated Assets, repairing the Operated Assets or meeting regulatory or safety requirements.

 

(k)                                  Maintaining compliance with all applicable federal, state and local environmental, health and safety Laws; in addition, conducting all environmental investigation and remediation activities, as required by federal, state and local environmental Laws and/or prudent business practices.

 

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(l)                                      Facilitate the acquisition of all materials (including spare parts inventories), equipment, services, supplies and labor necessary for the maintenance and repair of the Operated Assets.

 

(m)                              Perform all planning, design and engineering functions related to the maintenance and repair of the Operated Assets; selecting contractors and material suppliers for such activities.

 

(n)                                  Advise Company of major plans or significant changes in the maintenance or repair of the Operated Assets.

 

(o)                                  Close pipeline valves in connection with a response to any emergency affecting the Operated Assets. The pipelines shall remain down until such time that it is determined safe by Company (in consultation with Operator) to resume operation. For normal scheduled maintenance, Operator will provide Company with sufficient advance Notice for Company’s planning purposes.

 

(p)                                  Prepare excavation plans for pipeline right-of-way work, and advise Company of any right-of-way work which could threaten the integrity of the pipelines.

 

(q)                                  Such other Operated Assets maintenance, repair and related services as Company may request from time to time.

 

(r)                                     The Maintenance Services to be performed by Operator hereunder shall include, but shall not be limited to, pipeline repairs, terminal repairs, aerial pipeline patrols, population density counts, right-of-way maintenance, gas leakage surveys, pipeline pigging operations, cathodic protection work as required by all governmental regulatory agencies, tank cleaning, tank repair and truck rack maintenance. Operator will maintain suitable meter station, valve inspection and meter proving maintenance programs. Any operating or maintenance deficiencies so discovered in the Operated Assets, or any appurtenances thereto, will be corrected by Operator. Operator will provide inspectors for monitoring work performed by others in the vicinity of the Operated Assets.

 

(s)                                    Right-of-Way maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, filling of washes, mowing weeds and brush, and repair fences. In all cases where Company’s pipelines are exposed above the ground, fences, barricades or other suitable protection shall be erected to protect the pipelines and associated equipment from damage due to mowers, trucks or other vehicles. In the event that any known excavation is to be performed in the vicinity of Company’s pipelines by Operator or third parties, Operator shall locate, flag and identify the pertinent lines. Operator shall also provide a qualified inspector on-site during periods of construction activity. If a Company pipeline should be damaged, a prompt report shall be forwarded to Company describing the incident, extent of damage, and recommended course of action.

 

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Exhibit C
Operating Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

(a)                                  Day-to-day routine and emergency supervision of the operation of the Operated Assets.

 

(b)                                  Operation of the Operated Assets’ pump stations and other facilities within such operating parameters and specifications as may be in accordance with sound engineering and operating practices and applicable Laws.

 

(c)                                   Preparation and retention of appropriate records and logs as required by applicable Laws and that a prudent provider of operating services would maintain regarding the Operated Assets, which records and logs shall be made available to Company upon request.

 

(d)                                  Operator shall perform monitoring and control services (SCADA) for the pipelines included in the Operated Assets. Operator shall be responsible for the maintenance of the pipeline meter station equipment required for performance of monitoring and control services, product analysis, and custody transfer measurements in accordance with Company requirements and/or generally accepted industry practices.

 

(e)                                   Operator shall conduct the actual operations and maintenance of the Operated Assets in accordance with the directions for product and feedstock movements given by Company, and shall employ such of its own or outside personnel as may be necessary to perform this operation and maintenance.

 

(f)                                    Determine net volume received and delivered by utilizing measurement facilities comprised of components of standard make, installed, operated and maintained in accordance with the latest edition of the American Petroleum Institute Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards and standard industry practices, and reconcile book inventory with actual inventory.

 

(g)                                   Payment of damages in accordance with Section 2.06 of the Agreement occurring as a result of, or settlement of, claims made in connection with the Operated Assets and Operator’s operation, maintenance and repair activities.

 

(h)                                  Operator shall include the operation of the pipeline meter stations, including calibration of measurement and product analysis equipment, operation of booster pumps, providing custody measurement as required by Company and the coordination of product and feedstock movements as directed by Company. Operator will provide sufficient on-the-job and outside training to its employees and contractors operating and maintaining the Operated Assets for the operation thereof in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with applicable Operator and governmental rules and regulations and Laws. Operator shall prepare, file and renew, as applicable, all operating licenses and/or permits as directed by Company. Operator shall also

 

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be responsible for arranging for payment of any fees in regard to operation of the Operated Assets.

 

(i)                                      Operator will close pipeline valves in connection with a response to any emergency involving the Operated Assets. The pipelines shall remain down until such time as it is deemed safe by Company (in consultation with Operator) to resume operation.

 

(j)                                     Operation of the Operated Assets’ rail car receiving facilities within such operating parameters and specifications as may be in accordance with sound engineering and operating practices and applicable Laws.

 

(k)                                  Perform rail car inspections at Operated Assets, where applicable. For rail cars owned by Operator or its Affiliates, perform onsite running repairs on the following: break shoes and keys, air hose and air hose hangers, end running board welds, end still weld and loose platforms, knuckles, lock blocks, thowers, pins, cotter key replacement in break rigging, replacement of top and bottom outlet cover secure chains, replacement and/or securing of appliance bolts, securing of bottom and top railing, air hose replacement, tool tighten and torque packing nuts, manway gaskets, handhold, sill steps and end and side rails.

 

(l)                                      Such other operating services as Company may request from time to time.

 

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Exhibit D
Administrative Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

(a)                                  As directed by Company, preparation, filing and renewal, as applicable, of tariffs with FERC and/or state agencies.

 

(b)                                  As directed by Company, preparation and filing of permits, permit updates, and other documents required by any regulatory body or government agency, federal, state or local, if any, having jurisdiction over Operator, Company or their respective businesses.

 

(c)                                   Maintain fixed asset records of the Operated Assets and/or other regulated pipeline systems or terminals that Operator may operate upon request by Company and acceptance by Operator.

 

(d)                                  Product quality and assurance.

 

(e)                                   Such other administrative services as Company may request from time to time.

 

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Exhibit E
Construction Services

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

(a)                                  Construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, overhaul and replacement of Operated Assets and their related facilities.

 

(b)                                  Provide such oversight and management services as may be necessary in connection with the activities described in item (a) above.

 

(c)                                   Perform all planning, design and engineering functions related to the activities described in item (a) above as may be necessary.

 

(d)                                  Facilitate the acquisition of all materials, equipment, services, supplies and labor necessary for and related to the activities described in item (a) above.

 

(e)                                   Prepare and/or assist in the preparation of capital project (AFE) documents for approval by Company.

 

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Exhibit F
Accounting Procedures

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC

 

This Exhibit shall govern the Accounting Procedures with regard to the billing and/or reimbursement of costs incurred by Operator in connection with the performance by Operator of the Services pursuant to the Agreement. These Accounting Procedures shall be effective from the date hereof until replaced or modified by mutual agreement of the Parties.

 

1.                                       General Provisions

 

(a)                                  Statements and Billings .  Operator shall record Company’s financial transactions resulting from the Agreement in Operator’s financial system and allow Company to access its records in that system.

 

(b)                                  Payments by Company .  Company shall pay all charges from Operator in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Adjustments .  Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, the actual payment of any such bills shall not prejudice the right of Company to protest or question the correctness or appropriateness thereof; provided , however , that all bills and statements rendered to Company during any calendar Year shall conclusively be presumed to be true and correct after twenty-four (24) Months following the end of any such calendar Year, unless prior to the end of said twenty-four (24) Month period Company takes written exception thereto and makes a claim against Operator for adjustment.

 

(d)                                  Financial Records .  Operator shall maintain accurate books and records in accordance with GAAP (as may be modified by FERC requirements) and in accordance with the prescribed accounting requirements or system of accounts mandated by any regulatory body or government agency, both federal and state, if any, having jurisdiction over Operator, Company, or their respective businesses.

 

2.                                       Determination of Costs, Expenses and Expenditures .  Subject to the limitations and determinations hereinafter prescribed and the provisions of the Agreement, Operator shall be reimbursed for all costs, expenses, expenditures and fees by or on behalf of Operator in connection with the provision of the Services. Such reimbursement shall include any necessary Direct Costs (as defined in Paragraph 3 below) and the applicable portion of the Management Fee (as defined in the Omnibus Agreement).

 

(a)                                  It is the intent of the Parties that Services provided by employees of Operator shall be budgeted and billed by Operator on a Direct Cost basis pursuant to Section 3.03(a) of the Agreement to the extent that is feasible to measure and account for the Services directly provided by such employees to Operator by means of time sheets or other methods approved

 

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by Company. Direct Costs billed to Company shall normally include field operation and maintenance personnel, administrative personnel supporting Company on a full time or near full time basis, and Home Office personnel (such as engineering and drafting personnel) typically assigned directly to Company-related projects whose time is accounted for by time sheets or other methods approved by Company.

 

(b)                                  It is the intent of the Parties that routine, ongoing Services (Home Office Overhead, General and Administrative Costs (hereinafter “G&A Costs”)) benefiting Company that are not feasible to measure and account for on a Direct Cost basis shall be billed by Operator as part of the Operational and Administrative Services Fee under the Omnibus Agreement.

 

(c)                                   It is the intent of the Parties that any G&A Costs associated with Company capital projects be billed as a Direct Cost and submitted as a line item on capital appropriations submitted by Operator to Company for approval. Such G&A Costs shall not be included in the Operational and Administrative Services Fee under the Omnibus Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Operator reserves the right to submit for Company review and approval unusual G&A Costs that do not fit normal business billing patterns. Such costs might be for items that in Operator’s judgment are outside the scope of the Administrative Fee work such as engineering and drafting. (An example of this might be Operator’s attorney devoting several weeks exclusively to Company to handle a Company related issue.)

 

3.                                       Direct Costs .  Reimbursement of Operator shall include, but shall not be limited to, the right to reimbursement for the following Direct Costs:

 

(a)                                  Labor and Benefits .

 

(i)                                      Salaries and wages of Operator’s employees (or employees of Operator’s Affiliate) directly assigned to the operation, maintenance, project work, or other work relating to Operated Assets, including that portion of such employees’ time related to ancillary activities such as training required by Operator, and in any other activities required of Operator pursuant to the Agreement.

 

(ii)                                   Operator’s costs of all payroll taxes, and benefits and allowances and any other payment paid or contributed by Operator which is measured by Operator’s employees’ compensation; the above to include without limitation F.I.C.A., Operator’s costs of holiday, vacation, sickness and disability and other customary allowances, Operator’s current costs of established plans for employees’ group life insurance, hospitalization, retirement, stock purchase, and other benefit plans of a like nature. Such costs will be charged on a percentage assessment rate on the amount of salaries and wages chargeable to Company under Paragraph 3(a)(i) above. The percentage assessment rate shall be based on Operator’s actual cost experience. Company payment to Operator for Operator’s workers’ compensation insurance premium is provided for in Paragraph 3(h) below and not in this Paragraph 3(a)(ii).

 

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(b)                                  Plant, Property and Equipment .  The cost of plant, property and equipment purchased, leased or rented from suppliers and vendors expressly for the purpose of providing Services to Company under the Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Materials, Supplies, Tools and Miscellaneous Equipment .  Any materials, supplies, tools and miscellaneous equipment purchased or furnished by Operator for the benefit of Company shall be priced at cost. Equipment provided by Company warehouse shall be priced at replacement value. For equipment or materials that are transported to a location by Operator for the benefit of Company, any costs or expenses incurred by Operator in connection therewith shall be reimbursed at cost. Operator shall make reasonable efforts to ensure costs for such materials, supplies, tools and miscellaneous equipment are compatible with industry norms.

 

(d)                                  Reimbursable Expenses of Employees .  Operator shall bill Company for reasonable personal expenses of its (or its Affiliates’) employees whose salaries, wages and labor costs are chargeable under Paragraph 3(a)(i) above. Such reasonable personal expense shall include out-of-pocket expenditures incurred by employees in the performance of their duties on behalf of Company and which were reimbursed under the terms of Operator’s official policy governing reimbursable employee expenses.

 

(e)                                   Autos, Trucks and Heavy Mobile Work Equipment .  All automotive, truck and other mobile equipment shall be charged on a direct charge basis that is consistent with Operators practices in charging such costs to its own facilities. When a driver or operator is furnished with any such equipment, the rental rate of such equipment shall not include wages and expenses of the driver or operator if they will be charged separately.

 

(f)                                    Permits, Licenses and Bond .  Cost of permits, licenses and bond premiums necessary to perform and provide Services for the Operated Assets.

 

(g)                                   Outside Services .  The cost of outside services and expertise, including but not limited to engineering, fees from consultants on regulatory matters, provided that the outside services rendered were for the benefit of Company under the Agreement, including the cost of contract services required or necessary in the opinion of Operator in connection with the provision of the Services. Operator shall make reasonable efforts to ensure costs for such services are competitive with industry norms.

 

(h)                                  Insurance .  Workers’ compensation insurance premiums paid or allocated as respects Operator’s employees performing Services under the Agreement, not to exceed state manual rates for such insurance on a guaranteed cost basis and charged as an amount per $100 of payroll.

 

(i)                                      Utilities, Communication and Power .  All costs incurred by Operator on behalf of Company for utility, communication and power services, plus fuel costs.

 

(j)                                     Maintenance and Repair .  All costs incurred to maintain the Operated Assets and related facilities, periodically inspect the Operated Assets for damages or other conditions that could

 

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affect the safe, efficient and economical operation of the Operated Assets, and perform such repairs to the Operated Assets as may be required.

 

(k)                                  Legal Expenses and Claims .  (i) All costs and expenses, net of insurance proceeds, of handling, investigating and settling litigation or Claims arising by reason of the provision of the Services, or necessary to protect or recover any of Company’s property, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, court costs, cost of investigation or procuring evidence and any judgments paid or amounts paid in settlement or satisfaction of any such litigation or claims. (Note: a “baseload” level of in-house legal assistance for Company is provided and is included by Operator in the Operational and Administrative Services Fee under the Omnibus Agreement.)

 

(l)                                      Damages and Losses to Operated Assets .  To the extent not covered by insurance, all costs or expenses necessary for the repair or replacement of the Operated Assets made necessary because of damages or losses incurred by fire, floods, earthquake, storm, theft, chemicals spills, accident, or other cause, except those costs or expenses which Operator is liable for pursuant to Article VI of the Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached. Operator shall furnish Company Notice of damages or losses incurred as soon as practicable after a report thereof has been received.

 

(m)                              Right-of-Way Costs .  The costs of rights-of-way and land purchases, damages and appraisals, and legal, regulatory and permit fees specifically related thereto.

 

(n)                                  Taxes .  All Taxes of every kind and nature assessed or levied upon or incurred in connection with the Operated Assets that have been paid by Operator for the benefit of Company, including any charges or penalties for late payment thereof, provided such late charge or fee did not arise from Operator’s gross negligence of willful misconduct in the filing and payment of the appropriate Tax.

 

(o)                                  Regulatory Costs .  The cost of complying with mandated regulatory programs, including, but not limited to, DOT operator qualification training.

 

(p)                                  Other Expenditures .  Any other expenditure not covered or dealt with in the foregoing provisions of Paragraphs 3(a) through (o), and that is incurred by Operator in the necessary and proper conduct of the Services, and that may be captured and billed to Company on a Direct Cost basis.

 

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Exhibit G
  Coverage of Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Law

 

Attached to and made a part of that certain Amended and Restated Operational Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated October 1, 2017, by and among Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Phillips 66 Partners Holdings LLC and Phillips 66 Pipeline LLC.

 

The following provisions and terms shall apply in all cases where employees of Operator and its Affiliates (“employees” defined to include direct, borrowed, special, seconded or statutory employees) are covered by the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Law, Louisiana Revised Statutes (“La. R.S.”) 23:1021 et seq, as to Work or services performed under this Agreement:

 

1.              In all cases where employees (as defined above) are covered by the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Law, La. R.S. 23:1021 et seq., Company and Operator agree that the work and operations performed by Operator and its employees pursuant to the Agreement are an integral part of and are essential to the ability of Company and its Affiliates to generate goods, products and services, and that Operator’s work and services shall be considered part of Company’s and its Affiliates trade, business, and occupation, for purposes of La. R.S. 23:1061. Furthermore, Company and Operator agree that Company and its Affiliates are the principal or statutory employer of Operator’s employees for purposes of La. R.S. 23:1061 only. Irrespective of Company’s and its Affiliates’ status either as the principal or statutory employer or as the special employer (as defined in La. R.S. 23:1031) of Operator’s employees, and regardless of any other relationship or alleged relationship between Company and Operator’s employees, Operator shall be and remain at all times primarily responsible for the payment of Louisiana workers’ compensation benefits to such employees. This Exhibit is limited to and shall apply only in and to the extent of instances involving coverage of the Louisiana Worker’s Compensation Law.

 

2.              Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Operator shall, in addition to and without limitation of other insurance requirements, under all circumstances cause insurance described in Article VII of the Agreement to be endorsed to designate, protect, and insure Company and its Affiliates in any employment or alleged employment capacity including, but not limited to, as an alternate employer, as a principal and statutory employer, as a borrowing or “special” employer, as a seconded employer and as a maritime employer against all claims whatsoever, whether for workers’ compensation benefits, maintenance and cure, wages, death benefits, disability, or otherwise, related to employment or use of Operator’s employees or any other workers furnished by Operator to perform work under this Agreement and shall cause such insurers and their underwriters to waive unconditionally any rights of subrogation against Company and its Affiliates.

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED TOLLING SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Tolling Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of this 1st day of October, 2017 by and between MEREY SWEENY, L.P. (“ Owner ”), a Delaware limited partnership and PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY (“ Customer ”), a Delaware corporation.

 

WHEREAS, Owner owns a petroleum coke producing facility comprised of a vacuum distillation unit, delayed coker unit, flare, cooling tower, instrument air skid, and certain underground facilities and tanks at the solid waste disposal facilities (collectively, the “ Facilities ”), each located within the Sweeny Refinery Complex near Old Ocean, Texas (as hereinafter defined);

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire that Owner process Customer’s Feedstock (as hereinafter defined) through the Facilities to produce petroleum coke and other products;

 

WHEREAS, the parties executed that certain Tolling Services Agreement effective August 1, 2017; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties deem it advisable to amend and restate the Tolling Services Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

  DEFINITIONS

 

When the following terms or expressions are used in this Agreement, they shall have the meanings defined below:

 

A.                                     Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with, such specified Person through one or more intermediaries or otherwise; provided, however , that with respect to Customer, the term “Affiliate” shall not include Phillips 66 Partners LP and its subsidiaries.

 

B.                                     Barrel ” shall mean the unit of volume used for the purpose of measurement of liquid.  One “Barrel” contains 42 gallons of liquid.

 

C.                                     BTU ” means one British thermal unit.

 

D.                                     Business Day ” shall mean any day, Monday through Friday, of each week, excluding Federal Reserve Bank holidays.

 



 

TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

E.                                      Carrier(s) ” shall mean that certain pipeline that delivers Customer’s Feedstock to the Facilities at the Receipt Point and/or the pipeline or handling facilities that accepts delivery of the Products at the applicable Delivery Points.

 

F.                                       Coke ” shall mean petroleum coke produced by the Facilities.

 

G.                                     Contract Quantity ” shall mean the Daily average of the volume of Feedstock delivered for Customer’s account during each delivery Month during the term of this Agreement, which volume shall be equal to or less than 110,000 Barrels per Day.

 

H.                                    Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

I.                                         CPI-U ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a)(ii) .

 

J.                                         Cure Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article XI .

 

K.                                     Day ” or “ Daily ” shall mean, with respect to the determination of the Contract Quantity, a period of 24 consecutive hours commencing at 12:00 a.m. on a calendar day and ending at 12:00 a.m. Central Standard Time or Central Daylight Savings Time, as applicable, on the next succeeding calendar day, and for all other purposes, a calendar day.

 

L.                                      Delivery Points ” shall mean the location(s) at which Products are delivered from the Facilities to Customer or the applicable Carrier(s).

 

M.                                  Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II .

 

N.                                     Facilities ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

O.                                     Feedstock ” shall mean residual oil from the atmospheric distillation column at the Sweeny Refinery Complex.

 

P.                                       Force Majeure ” means:  (i) acts of God, fires, floods or storms; (i) compliance with orders of courts, governmental authorities, laws or regulations; (i) explosions, wars, terrorist acts or riots; (i) inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material, equipment, permits or labor; (i) accidental disruption of service; (i) strikes, lockouts or other industrial or civil disturbances; (i) breakage or accident to the Facilities or other facilities, machinery, tanks, or lines of pipe; (i) breakdowns or accidents, irrespective of the cause thereof and (i) any other causes, whether of the kind herein enumerated or otherwise, which are not reasonably in the control of the party claiming suspension and could not have been prevented by such party’s due diligence.

 

Q.                                     Imaged Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1 .

 

R.                                     Initial Term ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II .

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

S.                                       Laws ” or “ Law ” shall mean all constitutions, laws (including common law), treaties, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, injunctions, licenses, permits, approvals, agreements, regulations, codes, ordinances issued by any governmental authority, including judicial or administrative orders, consents, decrees, and judgments, published directives, guidelines, governmental authorizations, requirements or other governmental restrictions which have the force of law, and determinations by, or interpretations of any of the foregoing by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question and binding on a given person, whether in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter and, in each case, as amended.

 

T.                                      Minimum Contract Quantity ” shall be defined as a Daily average of 110,000 Barrels per Day of Feedstock delivered for Customer’s account during each delivery Month during the term of this Agreement.

 

U.                                     Month ,” “ Months ,” or “ Monthly ” shall mean, with respect to the determination of Contract Quantity, the period commencing at 12:00 a.m. on the first Day of a calendar month and ending at 12:00 a.m. on the first Day of the next succeeding calendar month, and for all other purposes, a calendar month.

 

V.                                     Operational Imbalance(s) ” shall mean the difference between (a) the mass of the Feedstock delivered by or on behalf of Customer and its Carrier(s) to the Receipt Point, and (a) the sum of the mass of the Products delivered to Customer and its Carrier(s) from the Facilities at the Delivery Points plus changes in Customer’s Feedstock and Products stored at the Facilities.

 

W.                                  Operational Modification ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3

 

X.                                     Partnership Change in Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.5 .

 

Y.                                     Person ” means an individual or a corporation, firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

 

Z.                                      Product ” or “ Products ” shall mean the Coke and other petroleum-based derivatives produced by the Facilities.

 

AA.                            Quarter ” shall mean a three-month period that commences on January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1, as applicable, and ends on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, respectively.

 

BB.                            Receipt Point ” shall mean the location immediately upstream of the vacuum distillation unit where the Feedstock is delivered by Customer or a Carrier for processing at the Facilities.

 

CC.                            Renewal Term ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II .

 

DD.                            Resolution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 .

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

EE.                              Scheduled Turnaround ” means planned major maintenance activities required to keep the Facilities properly maintained or running efficiently and that are typically characterized by being scheduled at least one Year in advance; involve significant mechanical maintenance, inspection and repair; and require complete outage of one or more units of the Facilities.

 

FF.                                Service Fee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 .

 

GG.                            Slop ” shall mean oil from the slop systems at the Sweeny Refinery Complex.

 

HH.                          Slurry ” shall mean heavy oil from the fluid catalytic cracker at the Sweeny Refinery Complex.

 

II.                                    Sweeny Refinery Complex ” shall mean the manufacturing complex located near Old Ocean, Texas that is primarily owned and operated, in most part, as of the Effective Date, by Customer or its Affiliates.

 

JJ.                                    Term ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II .

 

KK.                            Tolling Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 .

 

LL.                              Turnaround Budget ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 .

 

ARTICLE II

 

  TERM

 

This Agreement shall be a binding agreement of the parties hereto upon execution.  The services described herein will commence on October 1, 2017 (the “ Effective Date ”), and will continue through and including September 30, 2032 (the “ Initial Term ”).  Prior to the expiration of the Initial Term, the parties may mutually agree to extend the term of this Agreement (the “ Renewal Term ”).  The Initial Term, together with the Renewal Term, if applicable, shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “ Term .”

 

ARTICLE III

 

  PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS

 

3.1                                Subject to Section 6.2 and Article X , each Day during the term of this Agreement, Customer shall deliver or cause to be delivered at least the Minimum Contract Quantity of Feedstock to the Receipt Point for processing under the terms of this Agreement.  Unless otherwise agreed, such Feedstock shall meet the quality specifications and requirements of the Facilities, which shall match the specifications and requirements of the delivering Carriers.

 

3.2                                Customer warrants that it has the right to cause the Feedstock, Slop and Slurry to be delivered hereunder and processed.  Custody of the Feedstock shall transfer to Owner at the Receipt Point; custody of the Slop and Slurry shall transfer to Owner at the delayed coker unit; and custody

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

of the Products shall transfer to Customer at the Delivery Points.  At no time shall Owner take title to the Feedstock, Slop, Slurry, or Product.

 

3.3                                Owner shall accept custody of and shall provide processing of the Feedstock up to the Contract Quantity and any additional volumes to which the parties hereto may mutually agree.  Volumes above the Contract Quantity will be accepted by Owner for processing on a space available basis to the extent operationally feasible.  Owner will accept commercially reasonable amounts of Slop and Slurry for processing into the delayed coker unit at the Facilities to the extent operationally feasible.

 

3.4                                Subject to Section 3.6 , the mass of Products delivered during any Month shall be deemed to be equal to the mass of Feedstock delivered to Owner for Customer’s account during such Month plus changes in Customer’s Feedstock and Products stored at the Facilities during the Month.

 

3.5                                In accordance with written authorizations and instructions given from time to time by Customer with reasonable advance notice, Owner shall be responsible for preparation and timely distribution of all shipping papers pertaining to movement of the Product from the Facilities to the Delivery Points.

 

3.6                                The parties acknowledge that Operational Imbalances may occur each Month.  Each party agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such imbalances to a minimum.  To minimize Operational Imbalances, Owner and Customer shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to perform a mass balance of receipts, inventory and deliveries at the end of the Month in accordance with the Facilities’ actual performance and expected operating conditions.

 

3.7                                During the period of time that Owner has custody of Customer’s Feedstock, Slop, Slurry and Product, Owner is not responsible for (a) any loss of or damage to such Feedstock, Slop, Slurry, and Product unless, and then only to the extent, such loss or damage is caused by Owner’s willful misconduct or gross negligence; (a) any loss of or damage to such Feedstock, Slop, Slurry, and Product that occurs naturally during processing at the Facilities; or (a) any loss to Customer resulting from delays by Owner in accepting the Feedstock, Slop and Slurry or redelivering such Product when requested.  Owner’s maximum liability, if any, for loss or damages to Feedstock, Slop, Slurry, and Product will be limited to the mutually agreed upon local market purchase price of the applicable Feedstock, Slop, Slurry, and Product(s) at the time of the loss.

 

3.8                                The parties acknowledge that prudent operation of the Facilities includes necessary repairs and maintenance consistent with generally accepted industry standards, which will result in temporary outages of the Facilities during which Owner will be unable to perform the services contracted for herein.  So long as Owner endeavors to work with Customer to minimize the duration, frequency, and effect of such outages on Customer and the duration, frequency, and effect of such outages on Customer are consistent with generally accepted industry standards, Owner shall not be deemed to breach this Agreement in respect thereof and shall not be liable to Customer for any failure to perform its obligations set forth herein.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

ARTICLE IV

 

  STORAGE, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

 

4.1                                Owner will provide Customer with a commercially reasonable amount of temporary storage of Feedstock and Products.

 

4.2                                Owner shall operate, maintain, modify and improve the Facilities in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  Except as provided in Section 4.3 with respect to any Operational Modifications, Section 6.5 with respect to any expenditures requested by Customer, Article XIII with respect to any changes in law, and with respect to any turnarounds, in the event that continuing to provide the services under this Agreement would require Owner to make substantial and unanticipated expenditures related to the operation, maintenance, modification or improvement of the Facilities, then either party shall have the right to call a meeting between appropriate personnel of each party.  Any such meeting shall be held at a mutually agreeable location and will be attended by personnel of each party having sufficient authority to commit his or her respective party to a Resolution (as defined below).  At the meeting, the parties will negotiate in good faith with the objective of reaching a joint resolution, which will, among other things, specify steps to be taken by Owner and/or Customer to fully accomplish such resolution and the deadlines by which resolution must be completed (the “ Resolution ”).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Resolution shall set forth an agreed upon time schedule for the agreed upon activities.  Such time schedule shall be reasonable under the circumstances, consistent with customary industry standards and shall take into account Owner’s economic considerations relating to the costs and fees received for providing the services under this Agreement.  Owner shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to provide services to Customer at the Facilities, to the extent the Facilities are operationally capable of the provision of such services, during the period contemplated by the Resolution.  In the event the parties agree to a Resolution, then neither party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to any provision of this Section 4.2 so long as any work contemplated by such Resolution is underway and is being completed in a timely manner in accordance with the specifications included in the Resolution (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any deadlines included therein).  If either Customer or Owner elects not to agree to a Resolution and (i) the Facilities are unable to perform all of the services hereunder, then this Agreement shall automatically terminate, or (i) the Facilities are able to perform some, but not all of the services hereunder, then Customer shall have the option, on 15 days’ prior written notice to Owner to terminate this Agreement or elect to have this Agreement apply only to the services that can be provided in the absence of the Resolution in which case the parties will cooperate in good faith to make such amendments to this Agreement as are reasonably necessary to reflect such election.  Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing, if the Facilities are unable to perform any of the services hereunder as a result of the operations or condition of facilities upstream or downstream of the Facilities or as a result of acts or omissions of Customer or its Affiliates, unless agreed upon in writing by Owner, Customer shall not have the option to terminate this Agreement nor have the option to elect to have this Agreement apply to services on less than the Minimum Contract Quantity.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

4.3                                Customer may at any time make a written request to Owner for an operational modification, including the installation of additional equipment and/or capacity expansion at the Facilities (each, an “ Operational Modification ”), and shall include in such written request the parameters and specifications of the requested Operational Modification.  Upon receipt of such a request, Owner shall promptly evaluate the relevant factors related to such request, including, without limitation:  engineering and design criteria, limitations affecting the Operational Modification, cost and financing factors and the effect of the Operational Modification on the overall operation of the Facilities.  If Owner determines that such Operational Modification is operationally and commercially feasible, Owner shall present a proposal to Customer concerning the design and projected costs of such Operational Modification and how such costs might be funded by or recovered from Customer.  If Owner determines the Operational Modification is not commercially or operationally reasonable and prudent, it shall provide Customer with an explanation of and justification for such determination.  If Owner notifies Customer that the Operational Modification may be commercially and operationally reasonable and prudent, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to determine appropriate terms and conditions of Owner’s implementation of such Operational Modification, which shall include, without limitation, the scope and the appropriate timing of such Operational Modification as well as a reasonable recovery to Owner with regard to such Operational Modification, (which may include, without limitation, direct reimbursement of all or part of the costs by Customer, an increase in fees described in Article VI and/or an increase in the Minimum Contract Quantity).

 

ARTICLE V

 

  MEASUREMENT AND QUALITY

 

5.1                                Measurements, volume corrections, and calibrations shall be performed in accordance with the procedures and processes used at the Facilities as of the Effective Date consistent with general accepted industry practices, unless otherwise mutually agreed.  Receipts of Feedstock into the Facilities shall be measured at the meter currently owned by Customer and located on the line between Customer’s sour crude unit and Owner’s vacuum distillation unit.  Customer shall operate and maintain the meter in accordance with generally accepted industry practices.  Owner shall be permitted to access the meter and may request Customer provide meter provings at Customer’s cost on a commercially reasonable basis.  The parties acknowledge that Customer’s existing meter measuring Feedstock into the Facilities is not of custody quality.

 

5.2                                The quality of the Feedstock, Slop, and Slurry received at the Facilities for Customer’s account and the quality of Products delivered to Customer or its Carriers will meet generally accepted industry standards, as applicable.  Owner may, from time to time, establish additional specifications that the Feedstock, Slop and/or Slurry must satisfy due to any safety, environmental or operational considerations at or relating to the Facilities.  For any service or function requested by Customer not specifically provided for in this Agreement, Customer will pay a prompt charge if the service is able to be provided by Owner or a third-party as agreed in advance by the parties hereto in writing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Customer waives any right to claim

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

damages for contamination of Customer’s products due to line displacement and/or use of common lines.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

  COMPENSATION TO OWNER

 

6.1                                For each delivery Month during the term of this Agreement, Customer shall pay to Owner the following fees in consideration for Owner’s provision of the services described herein:

 

(a)                                  (i) a fixed tolling fee equal to $[**]/Barrel for the Minimum Contract Quantity, plus (ii) for any volumes of Feedstock in excess of the Minimum Contract Quantity that are delivered to the Facilities and accepted by Owner for processing hereunder, an excess tolling fee equal to $[**]/ Barrel.  In either case, the fixed tolling fee and excess tolling fee will be increased, but never decreased, by an amount equal to 100% of the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (the “ CPI-U ”), as reported during the Month immediately preceding the effective date of the adjustment, with the annual adjustment effective August 1st of each year;

 

(b)                                  a variable tolling fee equal to (X) the Houston Ship Channel price for natural gas as reported by Inside FERC’s Gas Market report for the delivery Month (in dollars per million BTUs) multiplied by (X) 0.21 multiplied by (X) the total number of Barrels of Feedstock processed by Owner; and

 

(c)                                   a Service Fee (as calculated pursuant to Section 7.2 below).

 

6.2                                Subject to Section 6.4 , for each delivery Month, if Customer delivers less than the Minimum Contract Quantity, Customer shall pay the fixed tolling fee and the Service Fee on the Minimum Contract Quantity.

 

6.3                                Fees In addition to the fixed tolling fee, excess tolling fee and variable tolling fee (collectively, the “ Tolling Fee ”), Customer shall pay a Turnaround Fee, which shall be assessed and adjusted, as applicable, in the manner set forth on Exhibit A. Prior to each such assessment or adjustment, Owner shall provide Customer with a written budget describing all of the rates, which shall be based on Owner’s good faith estimate of the costs of the applicable turnaround and calculated in accordance with Exhibit A (the “ Turnaround Budget ”).

 

6.4                                Partial Period Proration .  If the Effective Date is any Day other than the first Day of a Month, then the Feedstock delivered to the Facilities for Customer’s account from the first Day of the Month through the Effective Date shall be considered for purposes of determining whether Company tendered its Minimum Contract Quantity for the Month.  If this Agreement is terminated on any Day other than the last Day of a Month, then any calculation determined with respect to a Month will be prorated by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Days in that part of the Month ending on the date of such termination, and the denominator of which is the number of Days in the Month.

 

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TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELYWITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**).

 

6.5                                Recovery of Certain Expenditures Requested by Customer .  If Customer requests that Owner make any expenditures in connection with its provision of new or additional services requested by Customer hereunder at the Facilities (other than as contemplated under Section 4.3 ), such request must be conveyed in writing by Customer and, if accepted by Owner in writing, Owner shall make such expenditures upon the parties’ agreement to allow Owner to recover such expenditures over time (which may include, without limitation, direct reimbursement of all or a part of the costs by Customer, an increase in fees described in this Article VI and/or an increase in the Minimum Contract Quantity).

 

ARTICLE VII

 

  TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS

 

7.1                                Customer shall be responsible for the payment of any royalties, overriding royalties and other payments due or to become due on the hydrocarbons which are subject to this Agreement.  Any tax applicable to the Feedstock, Slop, Slurry or Products (including but not limited to any tax applicable to stored volumes of Products, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any income or similar taxes imposed on the income of Owner) shall be borne and paid by Customer unless such tax is by Law imposed upon Owner, in which event, such tax shall be paid by Owner and charged to and reimbursed by Customer.  CUSTOMER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD OWNER, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY KIND, TOGETHER WITH ALL LOSS, DAMAGE AND EXPENSE (INCLUDING COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES) ARISING WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF ANY TAXES, ROYALTIES, OVERRIDING ROYALTIES AND OTHER PAYMENTS DUE OR TO BECOME DUE ON THE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

7.2                                In the fourth Quarter of each calendar year, Owner shall determine, in good faith, an estimate of the total annual property taxes owed for the immediately succeeding calendar year on the Facilities owned by Owner and located on the real property near the Sweeny Refinery Complex, and then use such estimate to calculate a per-Barrel fee (“ Service Fee ”) to be assessed on the Customer’s Minimum Contract Quantity, regardless of whether the Minimum Contract Quantity is actually delivered.  The Service Fee will be calculated by dividing such estimate by the Minimum Contract Quantity, i.e., 110,000 Barrels per Day * the number of  Days in the immediately succeeding calendar year.  Owner will provide written notice to Customer of the Service Fee to be assessed in the upcoming calendar year in accordance with the notice provisions in Section 14.7 below.  As between the parties, Owner shall pay all property taxes on the Facilities that become due after the Effective Date.  The Service Fee shall be $[**] per Barrel on the Customer’s Minimum Contract Quantity for the remaining portion of the 2017 calendar year.  The Service Fee shall be included on Customer’s Monthly statement described in Section 9.1 below.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

  REPORTING AND AUDIT

 

8.1                                Volume and mass reconciliations shall be prepared by Owner and provided to Customer on a Monthly basis, including such supporting documentation as Customer may reasonably request.

 

8.2                                Either party hereto, upon notice in writing to the other party hereto, shall have the right at normal business hours to audit the accounts and records relating to accounting or billing practices under the provisions of this Agreement for any calendar year during the 24-Month period following the end of such calendar year; provided, however, that the auditing party must take written exception to and make claim upon the other party hereto for all discrepancies disclosed by such audit within such 24-Month period.  Such audit shall be conducted by the auditing party’s representative or auditor at the auditing party’s expense.  Any volume statements, payments, reconciliations or other related documents shall be final as to all of the parties hereto unless disputed in writing within the 24-Month period following the end of the calendar year in which payment has been made thereon.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

  MONTHLY STATEMENT; PAYMENT; LIENS

 

9.1                                Monthly Statement .  Promptly after the end of each Month, Owner shall provide Customer with a Monthly statement, including such supporting documentation as Customer may reasonably request.

 

9.2                                Payment .

 

(a)                                  Payment of the amount(s) identified on each Monthly statement shall be due, without discount, on the later of (i) two (2) Business Days after such Monthly statement is received, and (i) the 22nd Day of the Month in which such Monthly statement is received, provided that if such Day is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due on the next Business Day.  Payments not paid by the later of (A) the last Day of the Month in which such Monthly statement is received and (A) the date that is two (2) Business Days after such Monthly statement is received shall bear interest at the rate of the lesser of 1.5% per Month and the maximum rate allowed by Law for each Month or portion of a Month thereafter during which such amount remains unpaid.

 

(b)                                  All payments shall be made to Owner by automated clearing house to an account specified by Owner from time to time, provided that as long as Owner is an Affiliate of Customer, Owner and Customer may settle Customer’s financial obligations to Owner through Customer’s normal interaffiliate settlement processes.  Any bank charges incurred by Customer in remitting funds by automated clearing house shall be for Customer’s account.  Acceptance by Owner of any payment from Customer for any charge or service after termination or expiration of this

 

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Agreement shall not be deemed a renewal of this Agreement or a waiver by Owner of any default by Customer hereunder.

 

(c)                                   If Customer reasonably disputes any Monthly statement, in whole or in part, Customer shall promptly notify Owner in writing of the dispute.  In such case, Customer shall pay only the undisputed portion of the amount owed and the parties shall diligently and promptly work in good faith to resolve the disputed portion.

 

9.3                                Liens .  Customer hereby grants to Owner a warehouseman’s lien on all of Customer’s Products in storage at the Facilities.  If a warehouse receipt is required under applicable Law for such a lien to arise, this Agreement will be deemed to be the warehouse receipt for such Product.

 

ARTICLE X

 

  FORCE MAJEURE

 

10.1                         As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure, if any party hereto is affected by a Force Majeure event, such party shall provide the other party with written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure event.  Each party’s obligations (other than a party’s obligation to indemnify the other party or a party’s obligation to pay any amounts due to the other party which have accrued prior to the commencement of such Force Majeure event) shall be temporarily suspended during the occurrence of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such an event prevents Owner from performing its obligations under this Agreement (other than Customer’s payment obligations (aside from obligations relating to the Turnaround Fee, as defined in Exhibit A)).  Each party’s obligations (other than a party’s obligation to indemnify the other party or a party’s obligation to pay any amounts due to the other party which have accrued prior to the commencement of such Force Majeure event) shall be temporarily suspended (other than Customer’s payment obligations (aside from obligations relating to the Turnaround Fee), which shall be suspended beginning twenty (20) days after the commencement of a Force Majeure event) after the commencement of, and for the entire remaining duration of, a Force Majeure event to the extent that such event prevents Customer from performing its obligations under this Agreement.  For clarity, except as expressly provided in this Section 10.1 , the fees set forth in Article VI shall not accrue while each party’s obligations are suspended, except that the payment obligations in respect of the Turnaround Fee shall be payable in all circumstances.  At the conclusion of the Force Majeure event, the fees applicable to the Month in which the suspension due to the Force Majeure event remained in effect shall be ratably reduced to reflect such suspension.

 

10.2                         A party affected by a Force Majeure event shall take commercially reasonable steps to remedy such situation so that it may resume the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time.

 

10.3                         The settlement of strikes, lockouts and other labor disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the affected party and the requirement to remedy a Force Majeure event within a reasonable period of time shall not require the settlement of strikes or lockouts by acceding

 

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to the demands of an opposing person or entity when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the affected party.

 

10.4                         Owner may suspend performance of the services to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent injuries to persons, damage to property or harm to the environment.

 

10.5                         If a Force Majeure event prevents either Owner or Customer from performing its respective obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than 12 consecutive Months, this Agreement may be terminated by either party hereto at any time after the expiration of such 12-Month period upon at least 30 Days’ notice to the other party.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

  DEFAULT

 

If either party hereto is in material default of the provisions of this Agreement and such default has not been remedied within 60 Days after written notice from the non-defaulting party (the “ Cure Period ”), then the non-defaulting party may, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to it, terminate this Agreement by giving written notice of termination to the defaulting party within five (5) Days following expiration of said Cure Period.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

  INDEMNIFICATION

 

12.1                         EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 3.7 , CUSTOMER RELEASES AND AGREES TO DEFEND, PROTECT, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD OWNER, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITY, LOSS, DAMAGE AND EXPENSE, INCLUDING COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ARISING OUT OF CUSTOMER’S OWNERSHIP, CUSTODY OR USE OF THE FEEDSTOCK, SLOP, SLURRY, AND PRODUCTS.

 

12.2                         SUBJECT TO SECTION 3.7 AND EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT CAUSED BY FAILURE OF FEEDSTOCK, SLOP OR SLURRY TO MEET THE QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS IN SECTION 3.1 OR SECTION 5.2 , OWNER RELEASES AND AGREES TO DEFEND, PROTECT, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD CUSTOMER, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITY, LOSS, DAMAGE AND EXPENSE, INCLUDING COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ARISING OUT OF OWNER’S CUSTODY OR USE OF THE FEEDSTOCK, SLOP, SLURRY, AND PRODUCTS.

 

12.3                         NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY PROSPECTIVE OR SPECULATIVE PROFITS, LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, TREBLE, SPECULATIVE, REMOTE, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF USE, INCREASED COST OF OPERATIONS,

 

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LOSS OF PROFIT OR REVENUE OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, WHETHER BASED UPON STATUTE, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR NEGLIGENCE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SOLE, JOINT, OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE), OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY INDEMNITY PROVISION, OR OTHERWISE.

 

12.4                         Notice of claims by Customer or Owner for any liability, loss, damage, or expense arising out of this Agreement must be made to the other party in writing within 180 Days after the same shall have accrued.  Such claims, described in reasonable detail, must be sent to the other party within said 180 days and unless so made and filed, the other party shall be wholly released and discharged therefrom and shall not be liable therefore in any court of justice.  No suit at law or in equity shall be maintained upon any claim unless instituted within two years and one Day after the cause of action accrued.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

  CHANGE IN LAW

 

If new Laws require Owner to make substantial and unanticipated expenditures in connection with the services Owner provides to Customer under this Agreement, Owner shall use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to secure a waiver, exception or extension for the time of compliance with the new Law in an effort to secure continued operation under existing applicable Laws during the term of this Agreement.  If Owner is unable to secure a waiver, exception or extension for continued operation using commercially reasonable efforts, then Owner will find a commercially reasonable manner to conform to the new Laws and give Customer commercially reasonable advance notice of any planned expenditures necessary for such compliance.  Customer will reimburse Owner for Customer’s proportionate share of the costs of complying with such Laws, or at Owner’s option, and if the parties agree, the relevant fees will be increased or an alternate mechanism shall be adopted to allow Owner to recover the amount paid for such costs over time from Customer or another entity.  The Customer’s “proportionate share” of the costs of complying with such Laws referenced in the immediately preceding sentence shall be 100% if Customer is Owner’s sole customer for services of the type that Owner provides under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

  MISCELLANEOUS

 

14.1                         This Agreement may be scanned and stored electronically, or stored on computer tapes and disks, as may be practicable (the “ Imaged Agreement ”).  The Imaged Agreement if introduced as evidence in printed format, in any judicial, arbitration, mediation or administrative proceedings, will be admissible as between the parties to the same extent and under the same conditions as other business records originated and maintained in documentary form.  Neither party shall object to the admissibility of any Imaged Agreement (or photocopies of the transcription of such Imaged Agreement) on the basis that such were not originated or maintained in documentary

 

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form under either the hearsay rule or the best evidence rule.  However, nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver of any other objection to the admissibility of such evidence.

 

14.2                         Owner shall in good faith endeavor to promptly notify Customer of any Product spills or other environmentally polluting discharges.  Notice may be sent by email to Customer’s scheduler or operational personnel.

 

14.3                         THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY ACTIONS, CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR SETTLEMENTS HEREUNDER, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS (AS APPLICABLE) LOCATED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND TO ALL COURTS COMPETENT TO HEAR AND DETERMINE APPEALS THEREFROM, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS THAT A SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN ANOTHER COURT AND ANY OBJECTIONS TO INCONVENIENT FORUM.

 

14.4                         No waiver by either party of any default under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any future default, whether of a like or a different character.

 

14.5                         This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  No party may assign this Agreement, nor any interest herein, without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, except that either party hereto may (i) assign its rights and delegate its duties hereunder to an affiliate without the consent of the other party or (i) make collateral assignments of this Agreement to secure working capital or other financing without the consent of the other party.  Such assignment shall be effective upon notice sent by the assigning party.  Upon the occurrence of a Partnership Change in Control (as hereinafter defined), Owner shall provide Customer with a notice of any Partnership Change in Control at least 60 Days prior to the effective date thereof.  Within 180 Days following receipt of such notice, Customer may elect to terminate this Agreement, effective no earlier than the effective date of such Partnership Change in Control. In the event this Agreement is terminated early as a result of Partnership Change in Control, Customer shall have no further payment obligations to Owner except for those incurred prior to the date of such early termination.  A “Partnership Change in Control” means Customer ceases to Control the general partner of Phillips 66 Partners LP.

 

14.6                         It is not the intention of the parties to create, and this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to create, a partnership, joint venture or association or a trust.  This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to authorize any party to act as an agent, servant or employee for any other party for any purpose whatsoever except as explicitly set forth in this Agreement.

 

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14.7                         Any notice, request, instruction, correspondence, or other documentation to be given hereunder by either party to the other shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested or facsimile as follows:

 

If to Owner, addressed to: 

 

Merey Sweeny LP 
c/o Houston Operations Center 
1075 W. Sam Houston Parkway N., Suite 200 
Houston, TX 77043 
Attn:  President 
Copy to Deputy General Counsel, Midstream

 

If to Customer, addressed to: 

 

Phillips 66 Company 
c/o Houston Operations Center 
1075 W. Sam Houston Parkway N., Suite 200 
Houston, TX 77043 
Attn:  General Manager, Sweeny Refinery 
Copy to Deputy General Counsel, Commercial

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Day and year first above written.

 

MEREY SWEENY LP

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

 

 

By: Sweeny Coker LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David P. Effert

 

By:

/s/ R.A. Herman

Name:

David P. Erfert

 

Name:

Robert. A. Herman

Title:

Vice President

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Refining

 

Signature Page

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Tolling Services Agreement

 



 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Accrued Major Turnaround Cost ” shall mean the product of (i) the Major Turnaround Fee, (i) the Minimum Contract Quantity and (i) the number of Days in the 18-Month period immediately preceding and including the month of the commencement of the applicable Scheduled Turnaround.

 

Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost ” shall mean the product of (i) the Minor Turnaround Fee, (i) the Minimum Contract Quantity and (i) the number of Days in the 18-Month period immediately preceding and including the month of the commencement of the applicable Scheduled Turnaround.

 

Accrued Turnaround Cost ” shall be the sum of (i) the Accrued Major Turnaround Cost and (i) the Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost.

 

Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost ” shall mean the total actual costs and expenses, including catalysts, incurred in the current Scheduled Turnaround with respect to items identified as a “Major Component” as determined within approximately two Months following completion of the Scheduled Turnaround.

 

Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost ” shall mean the total actual costs and expenses, including catalysts, incurred in the current Scheduled Turnaround with respect to items identified as a “Minor Component” as determined within approximately two Months following completion of the Scheduled Turnaround.

 

Major Turnaround Fee ” shall mean the per Barrel charge set forth in the Turnaround Budget.

 

Major Turnaround Reimbursement ” shall have the meaning set forth in this Exhibit A.

 

Major Turnaround Surcharge ” shall have the meaning set forth in this Exhibit A.

 

Minor Turnaround Fee ” shall mean the per Barrel charge set forth in the Turnaround Budget.

 

Minor Turnaround Reimbursement ” shall have the meaning set forth in this Exhibit A.

 

Minor Turnaround Surcharge ” shall have the meaning set forth in this Exhibit A.

 

Turnaround Fee ” shall be the sum of (i) the Major Turnaround Fee and (i) the Minor Turnaround Fee.

 

1.                    Turnaround Fee .

 



 

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Not less than 18 Months prior to the commencement of each Scheduled Turnaround during the Term, Owner shall provide written notice of such Scheduled Turnaround to Customer, which written notice shall include a Turnaround Budget in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Agreement.  The Tolling Fee shall be increased for the 18-Month period immediately preceding and including the month of the commencement of such Scheduled Turnaround to include the Turnaround Fee shown on such Turnaround Budget to be assessed on each Barrel of Feedstock (using the Minimum Contract Quantity) in order to allow Owner to earn the Accrued Turnaround Cost.

 

Owner anticipates the next Scheduled Turnaround will commence on or around January 19, 2019 and, because such Scheduled Turnaround will occur less than 18 Months from the Effective Date, the Tolling Fees assessed beginning on the Effective Date shall include the Turnaround Fee set forth on the Turnaround Budget provided to Customer contemporaneous with execution of this Agreement.

 

2.                    Accrued Major Turnaround Cost True Up .

 

After each Scheduled Turnaround on the Facilities during the Term, Owner will calculate its actual Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost incurred in connection therewith.

 

a.               In the event such actual Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost is greater than 120% of the Accrued Major Turnaround Cost for such Scheduled Turnaround, then Customer will pay to Owner a turnaround surcharge equal to the amount by which such actual Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost is greater than 120% of the Accrued Major Turnaround Cost (the “ Major Turnaround Surcharge ”) in order to allow Owner to recover a portion of the actual Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost in excess of the Accrued Major Turnaround Cost.

 

b.               In the event such actual Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost is less than 80% of the Accrued Major Turnaround Cost for such Scheduled Turnaround, then Owner will pay to Customer a turnaround reimbursement equal to the amount by which such actual Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost is less than 80% of the Accrued Major Turnaround Cost (the “ Major Turnaround Reimbursement ”) in order to allow Customer to recover a portion of the Accrued Major Turnaround Cost in excess of the actual Aggregate Major Turnaround Cost.

 

c.                Such Major Turnaround Surcharge or Major Turnaround Reimbursement, as applicable, shall be paid, or credited, to the appropriate party in accordance with Article IX .

 

3.                    Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost True Up .

 

After each Scheduled Turnaround on the Facilities during the Term, Owner will calculate its actual Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost incurred in connection therewith.

 

a.               In the event such actual Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost is greater than 120% of the Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost for such Scheduled Turnaround, then Customer will pay to Owner a turnaround surcharge equal to the amount by which such actual Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost is greater than 120% of the Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost (the “ Minor

 



 

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Turnaround Surcharge ”) in order to allow Owner to recover a portion of the actual Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost in excess of the Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost.

 

b.               In the event such actual Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost is less than 80% of the Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost for such Scheduled Turnaround, then Owner will pay to Customer a turnaround reimbursement equal to the amount by which such actual Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost is less than 80% of the Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost (the “ Minor Turnaround Reimbursement ”) in order to allow Customer to recover a portion of the Accrued Minor Turnaround Cost in excess of the actual Aggregate Minor Turnaround Cost.

 

c.                Such Minor Turnaround Surcharge or Minor Turnaround Reimbursement, as applicable, shall be paid, or credited, to the appropriate party in accordance with Article IX .