As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2019.

Registration No. 333-          

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

EnLink Midstream, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

46-4108528

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

1722 Routh St., Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

75201
(Zip Code)

 

EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan

EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

Alaina K. Brooks

EnLink Midstream, LLC

1722 Routh St., Suite 1300

Dallas, Texas 75201

(214) 953-9500

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

 

M. Preston Bernhisel

Baker Botts L.L.P.

2001 Ross Avenue

Dallas, Texas 75201-2980

Telephone: (214) 953-6500

Facsimile: (214) 953-6503

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

 

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  o

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Name of Plan

 

Title of Securities to be
Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered
(1)(2)

 

Proposed Maximum Offering
Price Per Share (3)

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price (3)

 

Amount of Registration Fee (4)

 

EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

Common Units Representing Limited Liability Company Interests

 

3,416,046

 

$11.00

 

$37,576,506

 

$4,554.27

 

EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

Common Units Representing Limited Liability Company Interests

 

3,197,980

 

$11.00

 

$35,177,780

 

$4,263.55

 

(1)    This Registration Statement registers an aggregate 6,614,026 common units representing limited liability company interests (“ENLC Common Units”) of EnLink Midstream, LLC (the “Registrant”), comprised of 3,416,046 ENLC Common Units that may be issued pursuant to the EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 3,197,980 ENLC Common Units that may be issued pursuant to the EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, in each case, as described herein.

 

(2)    In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), common units that may be issuable upon any unit split, unit dividend or similar transaction with respect to these common units are also being registered hereunder.

 

(3)    Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices of the common units of the Registrant as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on January 23, 2019.

 

(4)    Determined in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act at a rate equal to $121.20 per $1,000,000 of the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the total amount of the registration fee due is offset by $3,222.33, representing the dollar amount of the filing fee previously paid by EnLink Midstream Partners, LP (“ENLK”) that corresponds to 2,971,145 unsold common units representing limited partnership interests in ENLK that were registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-210641) (the “Prior Registration Statement”) filed by ENLK under the Securities Act on April 7, 2016. Accordingly, the filing fee transmitted herewith is $5,595.49. The Registrant owns more than 50 percent of ENLK’s outstanding voting securities. The offerings under the Prior Registration Statement have been terminated and the effectiveness of the Prior Registration Statement has been terminated pursuant to a Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-8 filed by ENLK under the Securities Act.

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Effective January 25, 2019, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 21, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among EnLink Midstream, LLC (“ENLC”), EnLink Midstream Manager, LLC, the managing member of ENLC (“EMM”), NOLA Merger Sub, LLC (“Merger Sub”), EnLink Midstream Partners, LP (“ENLK”), and EnLink Midstream GP, LLC, Merger Sub merged with and into ENLK, with ENLK surviving the merger as a subsidiary of ENLC (the “Merger”).

 

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each award with respect to common units representing limited partner interests in ENLK (“ENLK Common Units”) that were outstanding under the EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ENLK Plan”) immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, an “ENLK Equity Award”) was converted into the right to receive a comparable award (an “ENLC Replacement Award”) with respect to common units representing limited liability company interests in ENLC (“ENLC Common Units”) in accordance with the following:

 

1.                                 At the Effective Time, each ENLK Equity Award consisting of Restricted Incentive Units (as defined in the ENLK Plan) (other than performance based Restricted Incentive Units, which are hereinafter referred to as “ENLK Performance Units”) (each, an “ENLK Restricted Incentive Unit”), was converted into an award with respect to ENLC Common Units pursuant to an ENLC Replacement Award (“ENLC Replacement RIU Award”) with substantially the same terms that were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. The number of ENLC Common Units subject to the ENLC Replacement RIU Awards will be determined by multiplying the number of ENLK Common Units subject to such ENLK Equity Award by 1.15, rounded up to the nearest whole ENLC Common Unit.

 

2.                                 At the Effective Time, each ENLK Equity Award consisting of ENLK Performance Units was converted into an award with respect to ENLC Common Units pursuant to an ENLC Replacement Award (“ENLC Replacement PU Award”) with, subject to the Performance Metric Adjustment, as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement, substantially the same terms that were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. The number of ENLC Common Units subject to the ENLC Replacement PU Awards will be determined by multiplying the number of ENLK Common Units subject to such ENLK Equity Award by 1.15, rounded up to the nearest whole ENLC Common Unit.

 

3.                                 At the Effective Time, each ENLK Equity Award consisting of Options (as defined in the ENLK Plan) (“ENLK Unit Options”), was converted into an award with respect to ENLC Common Units pursuant to an ENLC Replacement Award (“ENLC Replacement Option Award”) with substantially the same terms that were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. The number of ENLC Common Units subject to the ENLC Replacement Option Award will be determined by multiplying the number of ENLK Common Units subject to such ENLK Equity Award by 1.15, rounded down to the nearest whole ENLC Common Unit; and have an exercise price per each applicable ENLC Common Unit based on the quotient obtained by dividing the exercise price in respect of an ENLK Common Unit under such ENLK Equity Award by 1.15, rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

 

Also at the Effective Time, each ENLK Common Unit that would remain eligible for future grants of awards under the ENLK Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a “Remaining Available Unit”), was converted into, and included among the, ENLC Common Units that are available for new grants of awards with respect to ENLC Common Units under the EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ENLC Plan”), which Remaining Available Units will relate to such number of ENLC Common Units that is based on the product obtained by multiplying the number of the Remaining Available Units by 1.15, rounded down to the nearest whole ENLC Common Unit (the “Rollover Units”).

 

This registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) registers for issuance (i) the additional ENLC Common Units to be reserved for issuance upon the settlement, when vested, of the ENLC Replacement Awards into which unvested ENLK Equity Awards converted at the Effective Time and (ii) the additional ENLC Common Units to be reserved for issuance with respect to the Rollover Units that may be available for awards under the ENLC Plan from and after the Effective Time.

 

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

ENLC will provide all participants in the ENLC Plan and the ENLK Plan with the document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 of the Securities Act, ENLC has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such documents (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

ENLC will provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, excluding any exhibits to those documents unless the exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference as an exhibit into this Registration Statement, and of all other documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b). You should direct requests for documents to: EnLink Midstream, LLC, 1722 Routh St., Suite 1300, Dallas, Texas 75201, Attention: Corporate Secretary, Telephone: (214) 953-9500.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

We incorporate by reference the following documents filed by us with the Commission:

 

(1)                                  our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed on February 21, 2018;

 

(2)                                  our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2018, August 1, 2018, and November 7, 2018, respectively;

 

(3)                                  our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 3, 2018, February 21, 2018, June 6, 2018, June 25, 2018, July 23, 2018, August 3, 2018, October 22, 2018 (two filings), December 12, 2018, December 31, 2018, January 2, 2019, January 23, 2019, and January 25, 2019 (in each case, excluding any information in any Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01); and

 

(4)                                  the description of the ENLC Common Units contained in ENLC’s registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-36336) filed with the Commission on March 6, 2014 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating, changing, or modifying such description.

 

All documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, in any subsequently filed supplement to this Registration Statement or any document that is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.       Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.       Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

                Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended, empowers a Delaware limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against all claims and demands whatsoever. The Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of ENLC, dated as of January 25, 2019 (the “ENLC Operating Agreement”), provides that ENLC will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted by the law, from and against all losses, claims, damages, or similar events:

 

·                   its manager;

 

·                   any departing managing member;

 

·                   any person who is or was an affiliate of ENLC’s manager or any departing managing member;

 

·                   any person who is or was a manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, or trustee of ENLC, ENLC’s subsidiaries, ENLC’s manager, any departing managing member, or any of their respective affiliates;

 

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·                   any person who is or was serving as a manager, managing member, general partners, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, or trustee of another person owing a fiduciary duty to ENLC or its subsidiaries; and

 

·                   any person designated by ENLC’s manager;

 

unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that, in respect of the matter for which such persons are seeking indemnification, those persons acted in bad faith, or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that their conduct was unlawful.

 

Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of ENLC’s assets. Unless EMM otherwise agrees, it will not be personally liable for, or have any obligation to contribute or lend funds or assets to ENLC to enable ENLC to effectuate, indemnification. ENLC may purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for its activities, regardless of whether it would have the power to indemnify the person against liabilities under the ENLC Operating Agreement.

 

ENLC has entered into indemnification agreements (collectively, the “Indemnification Agreements”) with each of the directors and executive officers of EMM (collectively, the “Indemnitees”). Under the terms of the Indemnification Agreements, ENLC agrees to indemnify and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, taxes (including ERISA excise taxes), penalties (whether civil, criminal, or other), interest, assessments, amounts paid or payable in settlements, or other amounts and any and all “expenses” (as defined in the Indemnification Agreements) arising from any and all threatened, pending, or completed claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, or alternative dispute mechanisms, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, investigative, or otherwise, whether made pursuant to federal, state, or local law, whether formal or informal, and including appeals, in each case, which the Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party, a witness, or otherwise, including any inquiries, hearings, or investigations that the Indemnitee determines might lead to the institution of any proceeding, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, manager, or officer of ENLC or EMM, or is or was serving at the request of the ENLC or EMM, each as applicable, as a manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, fiduciary, trustee, or agent of any other entity, organization, or person of any nature.  ENLC has also agreed to advance the expenses of an Indemnitee relating to the foregoing.  To the extent that a change in the laws of the State of Delaware permits greater indemnification under any statute, agreement, organizational document, or governing document than would be afforded under the Indemnification Agreements as of the date of the Indemnification Agreements, the Indemnitee shall enjoy the greater benefits so afforded by such change.

 

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1*

EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.

 

 

 

4.2*

EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.

 

 

 

5.1*

Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.

 

 

 

23.1*

Consent of KPMG LLP.

 

 

 

23.2*

Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

 

 

24.1*

Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).

 


* Filed herewith.

 

Item 9.          Undertakings.

 

(a)                                  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

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(1)          To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

(i)              To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii)           To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(iii)        To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

 

(2)          That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)          To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(b)                                  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c)                                   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and agrees to be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on this 28 th  day of January, 2019.

 

 

ENLINK MIDSTREAM, LLC

 

 

 

By:

EnLink Midstream Manager, LLC,

 

 

its managing member

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eric D. Batchelder

 

 

Eric D. Batchelder

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Barry E. Davis, Michael J. Garberding, and Alaina K. Brooks, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file such registration statement and all such amendments or supplements, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry E. Davis

 

Director and Executive Chairman of the Board

 

January 28, 2019

Barry E. Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael J. Garberding

 

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

 

January 28, 2019

Michael J. Garberding

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William J. Brilliant

 

Director

 

January 28, 2019

William J. Brilliant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James C. Crain

 

Director

 

January 28, 2019

James C. Crain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Leldon E. Echols

 

Director

 

January 28, 2019

Leldon E. Echols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Christopher Ortega

 

Director

 

January 28, 2019

Christopher Ortega

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Matthew C. Harris

 

Director

 

January 28, 2019

Matthew C. Harris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kyle D. Vann

 

Director

 

January 28, 2019

Kyle D. Vann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William A. Woodburn

 

Director

 

January 28, 2019

William A. Woodburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eric D. Batchelder

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

January 28, 2019

Eric D. Batchelder

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

ENLINK MIDSTREAM, LLC

 

2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 25, 2019)

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE

1

 

 

 

1.1

Establishment

1

1.2

Purpose

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

1

 

 

 

2.1

Affiliate

1

2.2

Award

1

2.3

Award Agreement

1

2.4

Board

2

2.5

Cash Award

2

2.6

Cause

2

2.7

Change of Control

2

2.8

Code

2

2.9

Committee

2

2.10

Company

2

2.11

Consultant

2

2.12

Crosstex Effective Time

2

2.13

Distribution Equivalent Right

2

2.14

Effective Date

2

2.15

Employee

3

2.16

EnLink Manager

3

2.17

EnLink Midstream

3

2.18

Exchange Act

3

2.19

Fair Market Value

3

2.20

Grant Date

3

2.21

Incentive Unit Option

3

2.22

Majority of Voting Power

3

2.23

Nonqualified Unit Option

3

2.24

Option

3

2.25

Outside Director

3

2.26

Participant

3

2.27

Performance Award

3

2.28

Performance Goal

3

2.29

Person

3

2.30

Plan

3

2.31

Prior Plan

4

2.32

Restricted Incentive Unit

4

2.33

Restricted Units

4

2.34

Restriction Period

4

2.35

Rule 16b-3

4

2.36

Unit Appreciation Right

4

2.37

Unit Distribution Right

4

2.38

Units

4

 

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2.39

Unit Award

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE III. PLAN ADMINISTRATION

4

 

 

 

3.1

Plan Administrator

4

3.2

Authority of Administrator

4

3.3

Discretionary Authority

5

3.4

Liability; Indemnification

5

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV. UNITS SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

5

 

 

 

4.1

Available Units

5

4.2

Adjustments for Recapitalizations and Reorganizations

6

4.3

Adjustments for Awards

6

 

 

 

ARTICLE V. ELIGIBILITY

7

 

 

ARTICLE VI. FORM OF AWARDS

7

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII. OPTIONS

7

 

 

 

7.1

General

7

7.2

Terms and Conditions of Options

7

7.3

Restrictions Relating to Incentive Unit Options

8

7.4

Additional Terms and Conditions

8

7.5

Exercise of Options

8

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII. UNIT APPRECIATION RIGHTS

9

 

 

 

8.1

General

9

8.2

Right to Payment

9

8.3

Rights Related to Options

9

8.4

Right Without Option

9

8.5

Terms

9

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX. RESTRICTED UNITS

10

 

 

 

9.1

General

10

9.2

Restriction Period

10

9.3

UDRs

10

9.4

Other Terms and Conditions

10

9.5

Payment for Restricted Units

10

9.6

Miscellaneous

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE X. RESTRICTED INCENTIVE UNITS

11

 

 

 

10.1

General

11

10.2

Restriction Period

11

10.3

DERs

11

10.4

Other Terms and Conditions

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI. UNIT AWARDS

11

 

 

 

11.1

General; Terms and Conditions

11

11.2

Bonus Units and Awards in Lieu of Obligations

11

 

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ARTICLE XII. CASH AWARDS; DERS

12

 

 

 

12.1

General; Terms and Conditions

12

12.2

DERs

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII. PERFORMANCE AWARDS

12

 

 

 

13.1

General

12

13.2

Performance Awards

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIV. CHANGE OF CONTROL

13

 

 

 

14.1

Definition of Change of Control

13

14.2

Effect on Outstanding Awards

14

14.3

Change of Control Price

14

14.4

Impact of Corporate Events on Awards Generally

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE XV. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

15

 

 

 

15.1

Plan Amendment and Termination

15

15.2

Award Amendment

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE XVI. MISCELLANEOUS

15

 

 

 

16.1

Award Agreements and Termination of Employment

15

16.2

Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards

15

16.3

Listing Conditions

16

16.4

Additional Conditions

16

16.5

Transferability

16

16.6

Withholding Taxes

17

16.7

No Fractional Units

18

16.8

Notices

18

16.9

Binding Effect

18

16.10

Severability

18

16.11

No Restriction of Corporate Action

18

16.12

Governing Law

18

16.13

No Right, Title or Interest in Company Assets

18

16.14

Risk of Participation

19

16.15

Section 409A of the Code

19

16.16

No Guarantee of Tax Consequences

19

16.17

Continued Employment or Service

19

16.18

Miscellaneous

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ENLINK MIDSTREAM, LLC

2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 25, 2019)

 

ARTICLE I.

ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE

 

1.1           Establishment The EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) established as of February 5, 2014 is hereby amended and restated, effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Article II.

 

1.2           Purpose The purposes of the Plan are to attract able persons to enter the employ of the Company, to encourage Employees and Consultants to remain in the employ or service of the Company and to provide motivation to Employees and Consultants to put forth maximum efforts toward the continued growth, profitability and success of the Company, by providing incentives to such persons through the ownership and/or performance of the Units of EnLink Midstream.  A further purpose of the Plan is to provide a means through which the Company may attract able persons to become directors of the EnLink Manager and to provide such individuals with incentive and reward opportunities. Toward these objectives, Awards may be granted under the Plan to Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan.

 

ARTICLE II.

DEFINITIONS

 

2.1           Affiliate “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. With respect to an Incentive Unit Option, “Affiliate” means a “parent corporation” or a “subsidiary corporation” of EnLink Midstream, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code.

 

2.2           Award “Award” means an award granted to a Participant in the form of an Option, UAR, Restricted Unit Award, Restricted Incentive Unit, Unit Award or Cash Award, Performance Award or Annual Incentive Award and includes, as appropriate, any tandem DERs granted with respect to an Award (other than a Restricted Unit, Option or UAR).  All Awards shall be granted by, confirmed by, and subject to the terms of, an Award Agreement.

 

2.3           Award Agreement “Award Agreement” means a written agreement between EnLink Midstream and a Participant that sets forth the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to an Award.

 

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2.4           Board “Board” means (i) prior to the Crosstex Effective Time, the Board of Directors of Devon Gas Operating, Inc., the general partner of Devon Gas Services, L.P., the sole member of the EnLink Manager, the sole member of EnLink Midstream, and (ii) following the Crosstex Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the EnLink Manager, the managing member of EnLink Midstream.

 

2.5           Cash Award “Cash Award” means an award denominated and payable in cash.

 

2.6           Cause “Cause” means, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (i) Participant has failed to perform the duties assigned to him and such failure has continued for thirty (30) days following delivery by the Company of written notice to Participant of such failure, (ii) Participant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, (iii) Participant has engaged in acts or omissions against the Company constituting dishonesty, breach of fiduciary obligation, or intentional wrongdoing or misfeasance, (iv) Participant has acted intentionally or in bad faith in a manner that results in a material detriment to the assets, business or prospects of the Company, or (v) Participant has breached any obligation under the Plan or Award Agreement.

 

2.7           Change of Control “Change of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.

 

2.8           Code “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including regulations thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.

 

2.9           Committee “Committee” means (i) with respect to the application of this Plan to Employees, the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which committee shall consist of two or more non-employee directors, each of whom is a “non-employee director” under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, and (ii) with respect to the application of this Plan to an Outside Director, the Board. To the extent that no Committee exists that has the authority to administer the Plan, or to the extent the Board so elects, the functions of the Committee shall be exercised by the Board. If for any reason the appointed Committee does not meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3, such noncompliance with such requirements shall not affect the validity of Awards, grants, interpretations or other actions of the Committee.

 

2.10         Company “Company” means EnLink Midstream and its Affiliates.

 

2.11         Consultant .  “Consultant” means an individual performing services for EnLink Midstream or an Affiliate who is treated for tax purposes as an independent contractor at the time of performance of the services.

 

2.12         Crosstex Effective Time .   “Crosstex Effective Time” means the Crosstex Effective Time, as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 21, 2013, by and among Devon Energy Corporation, Devon Gas Services, L.P., Acacia Natural Gas Corp I, Inc., Crosstex, Energy, Inc. EnLink Midstream (formerly known as New Public Rangers, L.L.C.), Boomer Merger Sub, Inc. and Rangers Merger Sub, Inc.

 

2.13         Distribution Equivalent Right “Distribution Equivalent Right” or “DER” means a contingent right, granted alone or in tandem with a specific Award (other than a Restricted Unit, Option or UAR) under Section 12.2, to receive with respect to each Unit subject to the Award an amount in cash, Units and/or Restricted Incentive Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, equal in value to the distributions made by the Company with respect to a Unit during the period such Award is outstanding.

 

2.14         Effective Date “Effective Date” means January 25, 2019, which is the date this Plan, as hereby amended and restated, becomes effective.

 

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2.15         Employee .   “Employee” means an employee of the Company; provided, however, that the term Employee does not include an Outside Director or a Consultant.

 

2.16         EnLink Manager .   “EnLink Manager” means EnLink Midstream Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor thereto.

 

2.17         EnLink Midstream .   “EnLink Midstream” means EnLink Midstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor thereto.

 

2.18         Exchange Act “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.19         Fair Market Value “Fair Market Value” means the closing sales price of a Unit on the applicable date (or if there is no trading in the Units on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was trading) as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or other reporting service approved by the Committee). In the event the Units are not publicly traded at the time a determination of fair market value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of fair market value shall be made in good faith by the Committee and in compliance with Section 409A or 422 of the Code, as applicable.

 

2.20         Grant Date “Grant Date” means the date an Award is granted by the Committee.

 

2.21         Incentive Unit Option .  “Incentive Unit Option” means an Option that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

2.22         Majority of Voting Power “Majority of Voting Power” means the eligibility of one or more directors of the Board to cast a number of votes equal to, or in excess of, a majority of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all of the directors of the Board then in office.

 

2.23         Nonqualified Unit Option “Nonqualified Unit Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Unit Option.

 

2.24         Option .   “Option” means an option to purchase Units granted to a Participant pursuant to Article VII. An Option may be either an Incentive Unit Option or a Nonqualified Unit Option, as determined by the Committee.

 

2.25         Outside Director “Outside Director” means a “non-employee director” of the EnLink Manager, as defined in Rule 16b-3.

 

2.26         Participant “Participant” means an Employee, Consultant or Outside Director to whom an Award has been granted under the Plan.

 

2.27         Performance Award “Performance Award” means an award made pursuant to this Plan to a Participant, which Award is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Goals.

 

2.28         Performance Goal “Performance Goal” means a standard established by the Committee, to determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned.

 

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

 

2.30         Plan “Plan” means this EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as hereby amended and restated effective as of the Effective Date, and as hereafter amended from time to time.

 

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2.31                         Prior Plan “Prior Plan” means the EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as in effect prior to its amendment and restatement on the Effective Date.

 

2.32                         Restricted Incentive Unit “Restricted Incentive Unit” means a notional Unit granted under the Plan pursuant to Article X which, upon vesting, entitles the Participant to receive, at the time of settlement, a Unit or an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a Unit, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

2.33                         Restricted Units “Restricted Unit” means a Unit granted to a Participant pursuant to Article IX, which is subject to such restrictions as may be determined by the Committee. Restricted Units shall constitute issued and outstanding Units for all corporate purposes.

 

2.34                         Restriction Period .  “Restriction Period” means the period established by the Committee at the time of a grant of an Award during which an Award shall be fully or partially forfeitable.

 

2.35                         Rule   16b - 3 “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effect from time to time.

 

2.36                         Unit Appreciation Right “Unit Appreciation Right” or “UAR” means a contingent right granted under the Plan pursuant to Article VIII that entitles the holder to receive, in cash or Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the exercise date of the Unit Appreciation Right (or another specified date) over the exercise price of the Unit Appreciation Right.

 

2.37                         Unit Distribution Right “Unit Distribution Right” or “UDR” means a distribution made by the Company with respect to a Restricted Unit.

 

2.38                         Units .   “Units” means the units, $.01 par value per Unit, of EnLink Midstream, or any units or other securities of EnLink Midstream hereafter issued or issuable in substitution or exchange for the Units.

 

2.39                         Unit Award .  “Unit Award” means an Award of vested Units granted under Article XI.

 

ARTICLE III.

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1                                Plan Administrator The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee may, subject to applicable law, delegate some or all of its power to the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officers of the Company as the Committee deems appropriate; provided, that in no event shall the Committee delegate its power with regard to the selection for participation in the Plan of an officer or other person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or decisions concerning the timing, pricing or amount of an Award to such an officer or other person.

 

3.2                                Authority of Administrator The Committee shall have total and exclusive responsibility to control, operate, manage and administer the Plan in accordance with its terms. The Committee shall have all the authority that may be necessary or helpful to enable it to discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, but subject to the limitation that none of the enumerated powers of the Committee shall be deemed to include any action that would intentionally cause a tax to be imposed on a Participant pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall have the exclusive right to: (i) interpret the Plan and the Award Agreements executed hereunder; (ii) determine eligibility for participation in the Plan; (iii) decide all questions concerning eligibility for, and the amount of, Awards granted under the Plan; (iv) construe any ambiguous provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement; (v) prescribe the form of the Award Agreements embodying Awards granted under the Plan; (vi) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement; (vii) issue administrative guidelines as an aid to administering the Plan and make changes in such guidelines as the

 

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Committee from time to time deems proper; (viii) make regulations for carrying out the Plan and make changes in such regulations as the Committee from time to time deems proper; (ix) determine whether Awards should be granted singly or in combination; (x) to the extent permitted under the Plan, grant waivers of Plan terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations; (xi) accelerate the exercise, vesting or payment of an Award when such action or actions would be in the best interests of the Company; (xii) grant Awards in replacement of Awards previously granted under the Plan or any other employee benefit plan of the Company; and (xiii) take any and all other actions the Committee deems necessary or advisable for the proper operation or administration of the Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company as provided in Section 4.2 (including, without limitation, any distribution, unit split, extraordinary cash distribution, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of Units), the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or UARs or cancel, exchange, substitute, buyout or surrender outstanding Options or UARs in exchange for cash, other awards or Options with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or UARs without unitholder approval.  It is acknowledged that the references in the Prior Plan to Section 162(m) of the Code relate to the qualified performance-based compensation rules thereunder, which rules are no longer in effect as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 (other than with respect to certain limited grandfathering relief thereunder).  Accordingly, references to Section 162(m) of the Code are no longer included in this Plan, it being understood that any outstanding Awards granted under the Prior Plan that are intended to comply with the qualified performance-based compensation rules of Section 162(m) of the Code shall continue to be administered in accordance with the provisions in the Prior Plan relating to Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

3.3                                Discretionary Authority The Committee shall have full discretionary authority in all matters related to the discharge of its responsibilities and the exercise of its authority under the Plan, including, without limitation, its construction of the terms of the Plan and its determination of eligibility for participation and Awards under the Plan. The decisions of the Committee and its actions with respect to the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons having or claiming to have any right or interest in or under the Plan, including Participants and their respective estates, beneficiaries and legal representatives.

 

3.4                                Liability ; Indemnification No member of the Committee nor any person to whom authority has been delegated, shall be personally liable for any action, interpretation or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or Awards granted hereunder, and each member of the Committee (or delegate of the Committee) shall be fully indemnified and protected by EnLink Midstream with respect to any liability he or she may incur with respect to any such action, interpretation or determination, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

ARTICLE IV.

UNITS SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1                                Available Units As of the time of the merger contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 21, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among EnLink Midstream, EnLink Midstream Partners, LP (the “Partnership”) and certain other parties thereto, became effective (the “EnLink Effective Time”), EnLink Midstream assumed all obligations under the EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “ENLK Plan”).  In connection with such assumption of the ENLK Plan, the remaining common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership available for grant under the ENLK Plan (as rolled-over into Units pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement (the “Rollover Units”)) were included among the Units available for grant of Awards under the Plan.  Accordingly, the maximum number of Units that shall be available for grant of Awards under the Plan shall not exceed a total of 21,116,046 Units, which equals the 17,700,000 Units made available in connection with the prior amendment and restatement of the Plan effective as of January 20, 2019 (the “Legacy Units”) plus the 3,416,046 Rollover Units which became available as of the EnLink Effective Time, in each case, subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 4.2 and 4.3.  For periods on and after the EnLink Effective Time, the Committee shall keep separate records of the Rollover Units and the Legacy Units for purposes of the relevant New York Stock Exchange rules.  All Units available for issuance hereunder may be issued as Incentive Unit Options.

 

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4.2                                Adjustments for Recapitalizations and Reorganizations.

 

(a)                                  The Units with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan are Units as presently constituted, but if, and whenever, prior to the expiration or satisfaction of an Award theretofore granted, EnLink Midstream shall effect a subdivision or consolidation of Units or the payment of a distribution on Units in the form of EnLink Midstream Units without receipt of consideration by EnLink Midstream, the number of Units with respect to which such Award may thereafter be exercised or satisfied, as applicable, (i) in the event of an increase in the number of outstanding Units, shall be proportionately increased, and the exercise price per Unit shall be proportionately reduced, and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of outstanding Units, shall be proportionately reduced, and the exercise price per Unit shall be proportionately increased.

 

(b)                                  If EnLink Midstream recapitalizes or otherwise changes its capital structure, thereafter upon any exercise or satisfaction, as applicable, of an Award theretofore granted the Participant shall be entitled to (or entitled to purchase, if applicable) under such Award, in lieu of the number of Units then covered by such Award, the number and class of units or other securities to which the Participant would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the recapitalization if, immediately prior to such recapitalization, the Participant had been the holder of record of the number of Units then covered by such Award.

 

(c)                                   In the event of changes in the outstanding Units by reason of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, separation (including a spin-off or other distribution of Units or property), exchange, or other relevant change in capitalization occurring after the Grant Date of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.2, any outstanding Awards and any Award Agreements evidencing such Awards shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee in its absolute discretion as to the number, price and kind of units or other consideration subject to, and other terms of, such Awards to reflect such changes in the outstanding Units.

 

(d)                                  In the event of any changes in the outstanding Units provided for in this Section 4.2, the aggregate number of Units available for grant of Awards under the Plan shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive. Any adjustment provided for in this Section 4.2 shall be subject to any required unitholder action.

 

4.3                                Adjustments for Awards The Committee shall have full discretion to determine the manner in which Units available for grant of Awards under the Plan are counted. Without limiting the discretion of the Committee under this Section 4.3, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the following rules shall apply for the purpose of determining the number of Units available for grant of Awards under the Plan:

 

(a)                                  Unit-Based Awards .  The grant of Awards other than Awards settled in cash shall reduce the number of Units available for grant of Awards under the Plan by the number of Units subject to such Award.

 

(b)                                  Termination .  If any Award referred to in paragraph (a) above is canceled or forfeited, or terminates, expires or lapses for any reason, the Units then subject to such Award shall again be available for grant of Awards under the Plan.

 

(c)                                   Payment of Exercise Price and Withholding Taxes .  If previously acquired Units are used to pay the exercise price of an Award or Units are withheld in payment of such exercise price, the number of Units available for grant of Awards under the Plan shall be increased by the number of Units delivered as payment of such exercise price. If previously acquired Units are used to pay withholding taxes payable upon exercise, vesting or payment of an Award, or Units that would be acquired upon exercise, vesting or payment of an Award are withheld to pay withholding taxes payable upon exercise, vesting or payment of such Award, the number of Units available for grant of Awards under the Plan shall be increased by the number of Units delivered or withheld as payment of such withholding taxes.  For purposes of this Section 4.3(c), if any Units delivered or withheld could not again be available for Awards to a particular Participant

 

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under any applicable law or regulation, such Units shall be available exclusively for Awards to Participants who are not subject to such limitation.

 

(d)                                  Fractional Units .  If any such adjustment would result in a fractional security being (i) available under the Plan, such fractional security shall be disregarded or (ii) subject to an Award, EnLink Midstream shall pay the holder of such Award, in connection with the first vesting, exercise or settlement of such Award in whole or in part occurring after such adjustment, an amount in cash determined by multiplying (x) the fraction of such security (rounded to the nearest hundredth) by (y) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value on the vesting, exercise or settlement date over the exercise price, if any, of such Award.

 

ARTICLE V.

ELIGIBILITY

 

All Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors are eligible to participate in the Plan. The Committee shall recommend, from time to time, Participants from those Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors who, in the opinion of the Committee, can further the Plan purposes. Once a Participant is recommended for an Award by the Committee, the Committee shall determine the type and size of Award to be granted to the Participant and shall establish in the related Award Agreement the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to the Award, in addition to those set forth in the Plan and the administrative rules and regulations, if any, established by the Committee.

 

ARTICLE VI.

FORM OF AWARDS

 

Awards may, at the Committee’s sole discretion, be granted under the Plan in the form of Options, UARs, Restricted Unit Awards, Restricted Incentive Units, Unit Awards, Cash Awards, Performance Awards or a combination thereof. All Awards shall be subject to the terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations of the Plan. The Committee may, in its absolute discretion, subject any Award to such other terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations (including, but not limited to, the time and conditions of exercise, vesting or payment of an Award, restrictions on transferability of any Units issued or delivered pursuant to an Award, and forfeiture of Awards in the event of termination of employment by the Participant, or termination of the Participant’s service relationship with the Company), provided they are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. Awards under a particular Article of the Plan need not be uniform, and Awards under more than one Article of the Plan may be combined into a single Award Agreement. Any combination of Awards may be granted at one time and on more than one occasion to the same Participant.

 

ARTICLE VII.

OPTIONS

 

7.1                                General Awards may be granted to Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors in the form of Options. Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Unit Options or Nonqualified Unit Options, or a combination of both; provided, however, that Incentive Unit Options may be granted only to Employees.

 

7.2                                Terms and Conditions of Options An Option shall be exercisable in whole or in such installments and at such times as may be determined by the Committee. The price at which a Unit may be purchased upon exercise of a Nonqualified Unit Option shall be determined by the Committee, but such exercise price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Unit on the Grant Date. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3, the term of each Option shall be as specified by the Committee; provided, however, that, no Options shall be exercisable later than ten years from the Grant Date. Options may be granted with respect to Restricted Units or Units that are not Restricted Units, as determined by the Committee in its absolute discretion. In no event shall an Award of Options include any right to receive distributions or DERs in connection with the Units that are subject to such Options or with respect to periods occurring prior to the exercise of such Options.

 

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7.3                                Restrictions Relating to Incentive Unit Options Options granted in the form of Incentive Unit Options (including any UAR in tandem therewith) shall, in addition to being subject to the terms and conditions of Section 7.2, comply with Section 422(b) of the Code. Accordingly, no Incentive Unit Options shall be granted later than ten years from the date of adoption of the Plan by the Board. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the respective Incentive Unit Option is granted) of Units with respect to which Incentive Unit Options are exercisable for the first time by an individual during any calendar year under all incentive unit option plans of EnLink Midstream and its Affiliates exceeds $100,000, such excess Incentive Unit Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Unit Options. The Committee shall determine, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Code, which of a Participant’s Incentive Unit Options will not constitute Incentive Unit Options because of such limitation and shall notify the Participant of such determination as soon as practicable after such determination. The price at which a Unit may be purchased upon exercise of an Incentive Unit Option shall be determined by the Committee, but such exercise price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the Grant Date. No Incentive Unit Option shall be granted to an Employee under the Plan if, at the time such Option is granted, such Employee owns Units possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of units of EnLink Midstream or an Affiliate, within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code, unless (i) on the Grant Date of such Option, the exercise price of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Units subject to the Option and (ii) such Option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the Grant Date of the Option.

 

7.4                                Additional Terms and Conditions The Committee may subject any Award of an Option to such other terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations as it determines are necessary or appropriate, provided they are not inconsistent with the Plan.

 

7.5                                Exercise of Options Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Options shall be exercised by the delivery of a written notice of exercise to EnLink Midstream, setting forth the number of Units with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment for such Units.

 

(a)                                  Upon exercise of an Option, the exercise price of the Option shall be payable to EnLink Midstream in full either: (i) in cash or an equivalent acceptable to the Committee, or (ii) in the absolute discretion of the Committee and in accordance with any applicable administrative guidelines established by the Committee, by tendering one or more previously acquired nonforfeitable Units that have been owned by the Participant or by reducing the number of Units issuable upon exercise of the Option, in either case having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total exercise price (including an actual or deemed multiple series of exchanges of such Units), or (iii) in a combination of the forms of payment specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

 

(b)                                  From and after such time as EnLink Midstream registers the Units under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, payment of the exercise price of an Option may also be made, in the absolute discretion of the Committee, by delivery to EnLink Midstream or its designated agent of an executed irrevocable option exercise form together with irrevocable instructions to a broker-dealer to sell or margin a sufficient portion of the Units with respect to which the Option is exercised and deliver the sale or margin loan proceeds directly to EnLink Midstream to pay the exercise price and any required withholding taxes.

 

(c)                                   As soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of written notification of exercise of an Option and full payment of the exercise price and any required withholding taxes, EnLink Midstream shall deliver to the Participant, in the Participant’s name, a unit certificate or certificates in an appropriate amount based upon the number of Units purchased under the Option.

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

UNIT APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

8.1                                General Awards may be granted to Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors in the form of UARs.  UARs shall be awarded in such numbers and at such times as the Committee shall determine.

 

8.2                                Right to Payment A UAR shall confer on the Participant to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (a) the Fair Market Value of one Unit on the date of exercise over (b) the price of the UAR on the Grant Date as determined by the Committee.

 

8.3                                Rights Related to Options A UAR granted pursuant to an Option shall entitle a Participant, upon exercise, to surrender that Option or any portion thereof, to the extent unexercised, and to receive payment of an amount computed pursuant to Section 8.3(b).  That Option shall then cease to be exercisable to the extent surrendered.  UARs granted in connection with an Option shall be subject to the terms of the Award Agreement governing the Option, which shall comply with the following provisions in addition to those applicable to Options:

 

(a)                                  A UAR granted in connection with an Option shall be exercisable only at such time or times and only to the extent that the related Option is exercisable and shall not be transferable except to the extent that the related Option is transferable.

 

(b)                                  Upon the exercise of a UAR related to an Option, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company of an amount determined by multiplying: (1) the difference obtained by subtracting the exercise price with respect to a Unit specified in the related Option from the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the date of exercise of the UAR, by (2) the number of Units as to which that UAR has been exercised.

 

8.4                                Right Without Option A UAR granted independent of an Option shall be exercisable as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement governing the UAR, which Award Agreement shall comply with the following provisions:

 

(a)                                  Each Award Agreement shall state the total number of Units to which the UAR relates.

 

(b)                                  Each Award Agreement shall state the time or periods in which the right to exercise the UAR or a portion thereof shall vest and the number of Units for which the right to exercise the UAR shall vest at each such time or period.

 

(c)                                   Each Award Agreement shall state the date at which the UARs shall expire if not previously exercised.

 

(d)                                  Each UAR shall entitle a Participant, upon exercise thereof, to receive payment of an amount determined by multiplying: (1) the difference obtained by subtracting the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the Grant Date of the UAR from the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the date of exercise of that UAR, by (2) the number of Units as to which the UAR has been exercised.

 

8.5                                Terms Except as otherwise provided herein, the Committee shall determine at the Grant Date or thereafter, the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a UAR may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), the method of exercise, method of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method by or forms in which Units will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, whether or not a UAR shall be in tandem or in combination with any other Award, and any other terms and conditions of any UAR.  Subject to Section 409A of the Code, UARs may be either freestanding or in tandem with other Awards.  In no event shall an Award of UARs include any right to receive distributions or DERs

 

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in connection with the Units that are subject to such UARs or with respect to periods occurring prior to the exercise of such UARs.

 

ARTICLE IX.

RESTRICTED UNITS

 

9.1                                General Awards may be granted to Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors in the form of Restricted Units. Restricted Units shall be awarded in such numbers and at such times as the Committee shall determine.

 

9.2                                Restriction Period At the time an Award of Restricted Units is granted, the Committee shall establish the Restriction Period applicable to such Restricted Units. Each Award of Restricted Units may have a different Restriction Period, in the discretion of the Committee. The Restriction Period applicable to a particular Award of Restricted Units shall not be changed except as permitted by Article IV or Section 9.4 of this Article.

 

9.3                                UDRs To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, a grant of Restricted Units may provide that the distributions made by the Company with respect to the Restricted Units shall be subject to the same forfeiture and other restrictions as the Restricted Unit and, if restricted, such distributions shall be held, without interest, until the Restricted Unit vests or is forfeited with the UDR being paid or forfeited at the same time, as the case may be.  In addition, the Committee may provide that such distributions be used to acquire additional Restricted Units for the Participant.  Such additional Restricted Units may be subject to such vesting and other terms as the Committee may prescribe.  Absent such a restriction on the UDRs in the Award Agreement, UDRs shall be paid to the holder of the Restricted Unit without restriction at the same time as cash distributions are paid by the Company to its unitholders.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, UDRs shall only be paid in a manner that is either exempt from or in compliance with the requirements under Section 409A of the Code.

 

9.4                                Other Terms and Conditions Restricted Units awarded to a Participant under the Plan shall be represented by a unit certificate registered in the name of the Participant or, at the option of EnLink Midstream, in the name of a nominee of EnLink Midstream.  Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a Participant to whom Restricted Units have been awarded shall have the right to vote the Restricted Units and to enjoy all other unitholder rights with respect thereto, except that (i) the Participant shall not be entitled to possession of the unit certificate representing the Restricted Units until the Restriction Period has expired, (ii) EnLink Midstream shall retain custody of the Restricted Units during the Restriction Period, (iii) the Participant may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Units during the Restriction Period, and (iv) a breach of the terms and conditions established by the Committee pursuant to the Award of the Restricted Units shall cause a forfeiture of the Restricted Units.  At the time of an Award of Restricted Units, the Committee may, in its absolute discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to the Restricted Units.

 

9.5                                Payment for Restricted Units A Participant shall not be required to make any payment for Restricted Units awarded to the Participant, except to the extent otherwise required by the Committee or by applicable law.

 

9.6                                Miscellaneous Nothing in this Article shall prohibit the exchange of Restricted Units issued under the Plan pursuant to a plan of reorganization for Units or securities of EnLink Midstream or another corporation that is a party to the reorganization, but the units or securities so received for Restricted Units shall, except as provided in Article IV or XIII, become subject to the restrictions applicable to the Award of such Restricted Units. Any Units received as a result of a unit split or distribution with respect to Restricted Units shall also become subject to the restrictions applicable to the Award of such Restricted Units.

 

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ARTICLE X.

RESTRICTED INCENTIVE UNITS

 

10.1                         General Awards may be granted to Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors in the form of Restricted Incentive Units. Restricted Incentive Units shall be awarded in such numbers and at such times as the Committee shall determine.

 

10.2                         Restriction Period .   At the time an Award of Restricted Incentive Units is granted, the Committee shall establish the Restriction Period applicable to such Restricted Incentive Units.  Each Award of Restricted Incentive Units may have a different Restriction Period, in the discretion of the Committee.  The Restriction Period applicable to a particular Award of Restricted Incentive Units shall not be changed except as permitted by Article IV or Section 10.4 of this Article.

 

10.3                         DERs .   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the Grant Date, DERs if granted on the specified number of Units covered by an Award of Restricted Incentive Units, shall, as specified in the Award Agreement, be either (a) paid with respect to such Restricted Incentive Units on the distribution date in cash or in unrestricted Units having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such distribution, or (b) deferred with respect to such Restricted Incentive Units and the amount or value thereof may automatically be deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Incentive Units and paid at the time payment is made with respect to such Award of Restricted Incentive Units.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, DERs shall only be paid in a manner that is either exempt from or in compliance with the requirements under Section 409A of the Code.

 

10.4                         Other Terms and Conditions At the time of an Award of Restricted Incentive Units, the Committee may, in its absolute discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to the Restricted Incentive Units prior to expiration of the Restriction Period. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a Participant receiving an Award of Restricted Incentive Units shall not possess voting rights with respect to such Award.  Restricted Incentive Units shall be satisfied by the delivery of cash or Units in the amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the specified number of Units covered by the Restricted Incentive Units, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee on the Grant Date or thereafter.

 

ARTICLE XI.

UNIT AWARDS

 

11.1                         General; Terms and Conditions .  An Award may be in the form of a Unit Award.  The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Unit Awards granted pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee.  Any Unit Award that is not an Award of Restricted Incentive Units shall be subject to the specific provisions for Restricted Units set forth in Article IX.

 

11.2                         Bonus Units and Awards in Lieu of Obligations .   For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee is authorized to grant Units as a bonus, or to grant Units or other Awards in lieu of obligations to pay cash or deliver other property under this Plan or under other bonus plans or compensatory arrangements, provided that, in the case of Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the amount of such grants remains within the discretion of the Committee to the extent necessary to ensure that acquisitions of Units or other Awards are exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.  Units or Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to such other terms as shall be determined by the Committee.  In the case of any grant of Units to an officer of the Company in lieu of salary or other cash compensation, the number of Units granted in place of such compensation shall be reasonable, as determined by the Committee.

 

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ARTICLE XII.

CASH AWARDS; DERS

 

12.1                         General; Terms and Conditions .  An Award may be in the form of a Cash Award.  The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Cash Awards granted pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee.

 

12.2                         DERs .  To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, an Award (other than a Restricted Unit, Option or UAR) may include a tandem DER grant, which may provide that such DERs shall be paid directly to the Participant, be reinvested into additional Awards, be credited to a bookkeeping account (with or without interest in the discretion of the Committee) subject to the same vesting restrictions as the tandem Award, or be subject to such other provisions or restrictions as determined by the Committee in its discretion.  Absent a contrary provision in the Award Agreement, DERs shall be paid to the Participant without restriction at the same time as ordinary cash distributions are paid by the Company to its unitholders.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, DERs shall only be paid in a manner that is either exempt from or in compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

ARTICLE XIII.

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

 

13.1                         General .  Without limiting the type or number of Awards that may be made under the other provisions of this Plan, an Award may be in the form of a Performance Award. The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Performance Award granted to Participants pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee, subject to the limitations specified below. In no event shall a Performance Award include any right to receive distributions or DERs during periods occurring prior to the vesting of such Performance Award.  The Committee shall set Performance Goals in its sole discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value and/or amount of Performance Awards that will be paid out to the Participant and/or the portion of an Award that may be exercised.

 

13.2                         Performance Awards .  Performance Awards granted to Employees, Consultants or Outside Directors shall be based on achievement of such Performance Goals and be subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Committee or its delegate shall determine, and shall generally be consistent with the terms and conditions set forth below.  Performance Awards under this Plan shall be paid, vested or otherwise deliverable on account of the attainment of the Performance Goals established and administered by the Committee prior to the earlier to occur of (x) 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the Performance Goal relates and (y) the lapse of 25% of the period of service (as scheduled in good faith at the time the goal is established), and in any event while the outcome is substantially uncertain. Achievement of Performance Goals in respect of such Performance Awards shall be measured over a performance period of up to ten years, as specified by the Committee.

 

(a)                                  Such a Performance Goal may be based on one or more business and individual performance criteria that apply to a Participant, one or more business units, divisions or sectors of the Company, or the Company as a whole, and if so desired by the Committee, by comparison with a peer group of companies. A Performance Goal need not be the same for each Participant:

 

(i)                                      Business Criteria .  The following business criteria for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified subsidiaries or business or geographical units of the Company (except with respect to the total unitholder return and earnings per unit criteria), may be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for such Performance Awards:  (1) earnings per unit; (2) increase in revenues; (3) increase in cash flow; (4) increase in cash flow from operations; (5) increase in cash flow return; (6) return on net assets; (7) return on assets; (8) return on investment; (9) return on capital; (10) return on equity; (11) economic value added; (12) operating margin; (13) contribution margin; (14) net income; (15) net income per unit; (16) pretax earnings; (17) pretax earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization; (18) pretax operating earnings after interest expense and before incentives, service fees, and extraordinary or

 

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special items; (19) total unitholder return; (20) debt reduction; (21) market share; (22) change in the Fair Market Value of the Units; (23) operating income; and (24) any of the above goals determined on an absolute or relative basis or as compared to the performance of a published or special index deemed applicable by the Committee including, but not limited to, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index or a group of comparable companies.

 

(ii)                                   Individual Performance Criteria .  The grant, exercise and/or settlement of Performance Awards may also be contingent upon individual performance goals established by the Committee.

 

(b)                                  Unless otherwise stated, such a Performance Goal need not be based upon an increase or positive result under a particular business criterion and could include, for example, maintaining the status quo, performance relative to a peer group determined by the Committee or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business criteria). Prior to the payment of any compensation based on the achievement of Performance Goals applicable to Performance Awards, the Committee or its delegate must certify in writing that applicable Performance Goals and any of the material terms thereof were, in fact, satisfied.

 

(c)                                   After the end of each performance period, the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of the amount of the potential Performance Award payable to each Participant.  Settlement of such Performance Awards shall be in cash, Units, other Awards or other property, in the discretion of the Committee.  The Committee may, in its discretion, reduce the amount of a settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Performance Awards, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount payable to a Participant in respect of a Performance Award subject to this Section 13.2(c).  The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such Performance Awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of employment by the Participant prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of Performance Awards.

 

(d)                                  The Committee shall adjust the Performance Goals (either up or down) and the level of the Performance Award that a Participant may earn under this Plan if it determines that the occurrence of external changes or other unanticipated business conditions have materially affected the fairness of the goals and have unduly influenced the Company’s ability to meet them, including without limitation, events such as material acquisitions, changes in the capital structure of the Company, and extraordinary accounting changes. In addition, Performance Goals and Performance Awards shall be calculated without regard to any changes in accounting standards that may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board after such Performance Goals are established. Further, in the event a period of service to which a Performance Goal relates is less than twelve months, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to adjust the Performance Goals and the level of Performance Award opportunity.

 

ARTICLE XIV.

CHANGE OF CONTROL

 

14.1                         Definition of Change of Control .  A “Change of Control” means: (a) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of EnLink Midstream with or into another entity or any other transaction, the result of which is that any Person (other than EnLink Midstream, EnLink Midstream GP, LLC or the Partnership (or their subsidiaries)) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly of 50% or more of the voting power of the outstanding securities of each of (i) the continuing or surviving entity and (ii) any direct or indirect parent entity of such continuing or surviving entity; (b) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or (c) a change in the composition of the Board such that directors of the Board with a Majority of Voting Power are directors who were neither (i) directors of the Board on the date that is 12 months prior to the date of the event that may constitute a Change of Control (the “original directors”) nor (ii) elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of directors having a Majority of Voting Power who were either (A) original directors who were still in office at the time of the election or nomination or (B) directors whose election or nomination was previously so approved.

 

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14.2                         Effect on Outstanding Awards Upon a Change of Control, and except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any holder, shall affect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual holders and which may vary among Options or UARs (collectively “Grants”) held by any individual holder: (i) accelerate the time at which Grants then outstanding may be exercised so that such Grants may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Change of Control) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Grants and all rights of holders thereunder shall terminate, (ii) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by selected holders of some or all of the outstanding Grants held by such holders (irrespective of whether such Grants are then exercisable under the provisions of this Plan) as of a date, before or after such Change of Control, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Grants and pay to each holder an amount of cash (or other consideration including securities or other property) per Unit equal to the excess, if any, of the amount calculated in Section 14.3 (the “Change of Control Price”) of the Units subject to such Grants over the exercise price(s) under such Grants for such Units (except that to the extent the exercise price under any such Grant is equal to or exceeds the Change of Control Price, in which case no amount shall be payable with respect to such Grant), or (iii) make such adjustments to Grants then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change of Control; provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole discretion that no adjustment is necessary to Grants then outstanding; provided, further, however, that the right to make such adjustments shall include, but not require or be limited to, the modification of Grants such that the holder of the Grant shall be entitled to purchase or receive (in lieu of the total number of Units as to which an Option or UAR is exercisable (the “Total Units”) or other consideration that the holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase or receive under the Grant (the “Total Consideration”)), the number of units, other securities, cash or property to which the Total Consideration would have been entitled to in connection with the Change of Control (a) (in the case of Options), at an aggregate exercise price equal to the exercise price that would have been payable if the Total Units had been purchased upon the exercise of the Grant immediately before the consummation of the Change of Control and (b) in the case of UARs, if the UARs had been exercised immediately before the occurrence of the Change of Control.

 

14.3                         Change of Control Price The “Change of Control Price” shall equal the amount determined in the following clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), whichever is applicable, as follows:  (i) the price per Unit offered to holders of Units in any merger or consolidation, (ii) the per Unit Fair Market Value of the Units immediately before the Change of Control without regard to assets sold in the Change of Control and assuming the Company has received the consideration paid for the assets in the case of a sale of the assets, (iii) the amount distributed per Unit in a dissolution transaction, (iv) the price per Unit offered to holders of Units in any tender offer or exchange offer whereby a Change of Control takes place, or (v) if such Change of Control occurs other than pursuant to a transaction described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this Section 14.3, the Fair Market Value per Unit that may otherwise be obtained with respect to such Grants or to which such Grants track, as determined by the Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of such Grants.  In the event that the consideration offered to unitholders of the Company in any transaction described in this Section 14.3 or in Section 14.2 consists of anything other than cash, the Committee shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the consideration offered which is other than cash and such determination shall be binding on all affected Participants to the extent applicable to Awards held by such Participants.

 

14.4                         Impact of Corporate Events on Awards Generally .   In the event of a Change of Control or changes in the outstanding Units by reason of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange or other relevant change in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and except as otherwise provided for by this Section 14 or in an Award Agreement,, any outstanding Awards and any Award Agreements evidencing such Awards shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee at its discretion, which adjustment may, in the Committee’s discretion, be described in the Award Agreement and may include, but not be limited to, adjustments as to the number and price of Units or other consideration subject to such Awards, accelerated vesting (in full or in part) of such Awards, conversion of such Awards into awards denominated in the securities or other interests of any successor Person, or the cash settlement of such Awards in exchange for the cancellation thereof; provided however, if such Awards are unvested, they may be canceled without consideration.  In the event of any such change in the outstanding Units, the aggregate

 

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number of Units available under this Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive.

 

ARTICLE XV.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

15.1                         Plan Amendment and Termination The Board may at any time suspend, terminate, amend or modify the Plan, in whole or in part; provided, however, that no amendment or modification of the Plan shall become effective without the approval of such amendment or modification by the unitholders of EnLink Midstream (i) if such amendment or modification increases the maximum number of Units subject to the Plan (except as provided in Article IV) or changes the designation or class of persons eligible to receive Awards under the Plan, or (ii) if counsel for EnLink Midstream determines that such approval is otherwise required by or necessary to comply with applicable law. The Plan shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the termination of the Plan by the Board, or (ii) the expiration of ten years from December 30, 2018. Upon termination of the Plan, the terms and provisions of the Plan shall, notwithstanding such termination, continue to apply to Awards granted prior to such termination. No suspension, termination, amendment or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the consent of the Participant (or the permitted transferee) holding such Award.

 

15.2                         Award Amendment The Committee may amend the terms of any outstanding Award granted pursuant to this Plan, but no such amendment shall adversely affect in any material way the Participant’s (or a permitted transferee’s) rights under an outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant (or the permitted transferee) holding such Award; provided, however, that no amendment shall be made that would cause the exercise price of an Option to be less than the Fair Market Value of the Unit subject to the Option on the Grant Date.

 

ARTICLE XVI.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

16.1                         Award Agreements and Termination of Employment After the Committee grants an Award under the Plan to a Participant, EnLink Midstream and the Participant shall enter into an Award Agreement setting forth the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to the Award and such other matters as the Committee may determine to be appropriate. The terms and provisions of the respective Award Agreements need not be identical. All Award Agreements shall be subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the event of any conflict between an Award Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.  Except as provided herein, the treatment of an Award upon a termination of employment or any other service relationship by and between a Participant and the Company shall be specified in the Award Agreement controlling such Award.

 

16.2                         Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards .   Awards granted under this Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to and subject to Section 409A of the Code, in tandem with, or, subject to Section 3.2, in substitution or exchange for, any other Award or any award granted under another plan of the Company, or of any business entity to be acquired by the Company, or any other right of a Participant to receive payment from the Company.  Notwithstanding Article VII, such additional, tandem and substitute or exchange Awards may be granted at any time.  Such substitute Awards that are Options or Unit Appreciation Rights may have exercise prices less than the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the date of the substitution if such substitution complies with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and other applicable laws and exchange rules.  If an Award is granted in substitution or exchange for another Award, the Committee shall require the surrender of such other Award in consideration for the grant of the new Award.

 

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16.3                         Listing Conditions

 

(a)                                  As long as the Units are listed on a national securities exchange or system sponsored by a national securities association, the issuance of any Units pursuant to an Award shall be conditioned upon such Units being listed on such exchange or system and in compliance with the rules of such exchange. EnLink Midstream shall have no obligation to issue such Units unless and until such Units are so listed and the issuance would be in compliance with the rules of the exchange, and the right to exercise any Option or other Award with respect to such Units shall be suspended until such listing and compliance has been effected.

 

(b)                                  If at any time counsel to EnLink Midstream or its Affiliates shall be of the opinion that any sale or delivery of Units pursuant to an Award is or may in the circumstances be unlawful or result in the imposition of excise taxes on EnLink Midstream or its Affiliates under the statutes, rules or regulations of any applicable jurisdiction, EnLink Midstream or its Affiliates shall have no obligation to make such sale or delivery, or to make any application or to effect or to maintain any qualification or registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or otherwise, with respect to Units or Awards, and the right to exercise any Option or other Award shall be suspended until, in the opinion of said counsel, such sale or delivery shall be lawful or will not result in the imposition of excise taxes on EnLink Midstream or its Affiliates.

 

(c)                                   Upon termination of any period of suspension under this Section 16.3, any Award affected by such suspension which shall not then have expired or terminated shall be reinstated as to all Units available before such suspension and as to Units which would otherwise have become available during the period of such suspension, but no such suspension shall extend the term of any Award.

 

16.4                         Additional Conditions

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary: (i) EnLink Midstream may, if it shall determine it necessary or desirable for any reason, at the time of grant of any Award or the issuance of any Units pursuant to any Award, require the recipient of the Award or such Units, as a condition to the receipt thereof, to deliver to EnLink Midstream a written representation of present intention to acquire the Award or such Units for his or her own account for investment and not for distribution; (ii) the certificate for Units issued to a Participant may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer, and (iii) all certificates for Units delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which the Units are then quoted, any applicable federal or state securities law, and any applicable corporate law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

(b)                                  Each Participant to whom an Award is granted under this Plan may be required to agree in writing as a condition to the granting of such Award not to engage in conduct in competition with the Company for a period after the termination of such Participant’s employment with the Company as determined by the Committee (a “Non-Competition Agreement”); provided, however, to the extent a legally binding right to an Award within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code is created with respect to a Participant, the Non-Competition Agreement must be entered into by such Participant within 30 days following the creation of such legally binding right.

 

16.5                         Transferability

 

(a)                                  Permitted Transferees .  The Committee may, in its discretion, permit a Participant to transfer all or any portion of an Option or UAR, or authorize all or a portion of an Option or UAR to be granted to a Participant to be on terms which permit transfer by such Participant; provided that, in either case the transferee or transferees must be any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, in each case with respect to the Participant, an individual sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee of the Company), a trust in which any of the foregoing individuals have more than 50% of the beneficial interest, a

 

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foundation in which any of the foregoing individuals (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which any of the foregoing individuals (or the Participant) own more than 50% of the voting interests (collectively, “Permitted Transferees”); provided further that, (X) there may be no consideration for any such transfer and (Y) subsequent transfers of Options or UARs transferred as provided above shall be prohibited except subsequent transfers back to the original holder of the Option or UAR and transfers to other Permitted Transferees of the original holder.  Agreements evidencing Options or UARs with respect to which such transferability is authorized at the time of grant must be approved by the Committee, and must expressly provide for transferability in a manner consistent with this Section 16.5.

 

(b)                                  Domestic Relations Orders .  An Option, UAR, Restricted Incentive Unit Award, Restricted Unit Award or other Award may be transferred, to a Permitted Transferee, pursuant to a domestic relations order entered or approved by a court of competent jurisdiction upon delivery to the Company of written notice of such transfer and a certified copy of such order.

 

(c)                                   Other Transfers .  Except as expressly permitted by Sections 16.5(a) and 16.5(b), Awards shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 16.5, an Incentive Unit Option shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

(d)                                  Effect of Transfer .  Following the transfer of any Award as contemplated by Sections 16.5(a), 16.5(b) and 16.5(c), (1) such Award shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, provided that the term “Participant” shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, the recipient under a domestic relations order described in Section 16.5(b), or the estate or heirs of a deceased Participant or other transferee, as applicable, to the extent appropriate to enable the Participant to exercise the transferred Award in accordance with the terms of this Plan and applicable law and (2) the provisions of the Award relating to exercisability shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Participant and, following the occurrence of any applicable events described therein the Awards shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee, the recipient under a qualified domestic relations order, or the estate or heirs of a deceased Participant, as applicable, only to the extent and for the periods that would have been applicable in the absence of the transfer.

 

(e)                                   Procedures and Restrictions .  Any Participant desiring to transfer an Award as permitted under Sections 16.5(a), 16.5(b) or 16.5(c) shall make application therefor in the manner and time specified by the Committee and shall comply with such other requirements as the Committee may require to assure compliance with all applicable securities laws.  The Committee shall not give permission for such a transfer if (1) it would give rise to short swing liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or (2) it may not be made in compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign securities laws.

 

(f)                                    Registration .  To the extent the issuance to any Permitted Transferee of any Units issuable pursuant to Awards transferred as permitted in this Section 16.5 is not registered pursuant to the effective registration statement of the Company generally covering the Units to be issued pursuant to this Plan to initial holders of Awards, the Company shall not have any obligation to register the issuance of any such Units to any such transferee.

 

16.6                         Withholding Taxes .   The Company shall be entitled to deduct from any payment made under the Plan, regardless of the form of such payment, the amount of all applicable income and employment taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payment, may require the Participant to pay to the Company such withholding taxes prior to and as a condition of the making of any payment or the issuance or delivery of any Units under the Plan, and shall be entitled to deduct from any other compensation payable to the Participant any withholding obligations with respect to Awards under the Plan. In accordance with any applicable administrative guidelines it establishes, the Committee may allow a Participant to pay the amount of taxes required by law to be withheld from or with respect to an Award by (i) withholding Units from any payment of Units due as a result of such Award, or (ii) permitting the Participant to deliver to the Company previously acquired Units, in each case having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such required

 

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withholding taxes. No payment shall be made and no Units shall be issued pursuant to any Award unless and until the applicable tax withholding obligations have been satisfied.

 

16.7                         No Fractional Units No fractional Units shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award granted hereunder, and except as otherwise provided herein, no payment or other adjustment shall be made in respect of any such fractional Unit.

 

16.8                         Notices .   All notices required or permitted to be given or made under the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made if (a) delivered personally, (b) transmitted by first class registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (c) sent by prepaid overnight courier service, or (d) sent by telecopy or facsimile transmission, answer back requested, to the person who is to receive it at the address that such person has theretofore specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. Such notices shall be effective (i) if delivered personally or sent by courier service, upon actual receipt by the intended recipient, (ii) if mailed, upon the earlier of five days after deposit in the mail or the date of delivery as shown by the return receipt therefor, or (iii) if sent by telecopy or facsimile transmission, when the answer back is received. EnLink Midstream or a Participant may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other, the address that it or such Participant had theretofore specified for receiving notices. Until such address is changed in accordance herewith, notices hereunder or under an Award Agreement shall be delivered or sent (x) to a Participant at his or her address as set forth in the records of the Company or (y) to EnLink Midstream at the principal executive offices of EnLink Midstream clearly marked “Attention: LTIP Administrator.”

 

16.9                         Binding Effect The obligations of EnLink Midstream under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of EnLink Midstream, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to all or substantially all of the assets and business of EnLink Midstream. The terms and conditions of the Plan shall be binding upon each Participant and his or her heirs, legatees, distributees and legal representatives.

 

16.10                  Severability .   If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan or such agreement, as the case may be, but such provision shall be fully severable and the Plan or such agreement, as the case may be, shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein or therein.

 

16.11                  No Restriction of Corporate Action Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to prevent EnLink Midstream or any Affiliate from taking any corporate action (including any corporate action to suspend, terminate, amend or modify the Plan) that is deemed by EnLink Midstream or such Affiliate to be appropriate or in its best interest, whether or not such action would have an adverse effect on the Plan or any Awards made or to be made under the Plan. No Participant or other person shall have any claim against EnLink Midstream or any Affiliate as a result of such action.

 

16.12                  Governing Law The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws (and not the principles relating to conflicts of laws) of the State of Delaware except as superseded by applicable federal law.

 

16.13                  No Right, Title or Interest in Company Assets No Participant shall have any rights as a unitholder of EnLink Midstream as a result of participation in the Plan until the date of issuance of a unit certificate in his or her name and, in the case of Restricted Units, unless and until such rights are granted to the Participant pursuant to the Plan. To the extent any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such rights shall be no greater than the rights of an unsecured general creditor of the Company, and such person shall not have any rights in or against any specific assets of the Company. All of the Awards granted under the Plan shall be unfunded.

 

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16.14                  Risk of Participation Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed either as a guarantee by EnLink Midstream or its Affiliates, or their respective unitholders, directors, officers or employees, of the value of any assets of the Plan or as an agreement by EnLink Midstream or its Affiliates, or their respective unitholders, directors, officers or employees, to indemnify anyone for any losses, damages, costs or expenses resulting from participation in the Plan.

 

16.15                  Section 409A of the Code .  All Awards under this Plan are intended either to be exempt from, or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and this Plan and all Awards shall be interpreted and operated in a manner consistent with that intention.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if any Plan provision or Award under this Plan would result in the imposition of an applicable tax under Section 409A of the Code, that Plan provision or Award shall be reformed to avoid imposition of the applicable tax and no such action shall be deemed to adversely affect the Participant’s rights to an Award.

 

16.16                  No Guarantee of Tax Consequences No person connected with the Plan in any capacity, including, but not limited to, EnLink Midstream and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees, makes any representation, commitment or guarantee that any tax treatment, including, but not limited to, federal, state and local income, estate and gift tax treatment, will be applicable with respect to any Awards or payments thereunder made to or for the benefit of a Participant under the Plan or that such tax treatment will apply to or be available to a Participant on account of participation in the Plan.

 

16.17                  Continued Employment or Service Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any Participant the right to continue in the employ or service of the Company, or interfere in any way with the rights of the Company to terminate a Participant’s employment or service at any time, with or without cause.

 

16.18                  Miscellaneous Headings are given to the articles and sections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction of the Plan or any provisions hereof. The use of the masculine gender shall also include within its meaning the feminine. Wherever the context of the Plan dictates, the use of the singular shall also include within its meaning the plural, and vice versa.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

ENLINK MIDSTREAM GP, LLC

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 25, 2019)

 

Section 1.                                           Purpose of the Plan.

 

The EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) (originally known as the Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Prior Plan”)) is intended to promote the interests of EnLink Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), by providing to employees, consultants and independent contractors of EnLink Midstream GP, LLC and its Affiliates and non-employee directors of the Company, who perform services for the benefit of the Partnership, incentive compensation awards for superior performance that are based on Units.  The Plan is also contemplated to enhance the ability of the Company and its Affiliates to attract and retain the services of individuals who are essential for the growth and profitability of the Partnership and to encourage them to devote their best efforts to the business of the Partnership, thereby advancing the interests of the Partnership and its partners.

 

Section 2.                                           Definitions.

 

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

“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.

 

“Award” means an Option or Restricted Incentive Unit granted under the Plan, and shall include any tandem DERs granted with respect to an Award of Restricted Incentive Units, it being understood that tandem DERs shall not be granted with respect to an Award of Options. All Awards shall be granted by, confirmed by, and subject to the terms of, an Award Agreement.

 

“Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant that sets forth the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations applicable to an Award.

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Cause” means, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (i) Participant has failed to perform the duties assigned to him or her and such failure has continued for thirty (30) days following delivery by the Company of written notice to Participant of such failure, (ii) Participant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, (iii) Participant has engaged in acts or omissions against the Company constituting dishonesty, breach of fiduciary obligation, or intentional wrongdoing or misfeasance, (iv) Participant has acted intentionally or in bad faith in a manner that results in a material detriment to the assets, business or prospects of the Company, or (v) Participant has breached any obligation under the Plan or Award Agreement.

 


 

“Change of Control” means: (i) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the EnLink Manager with or into another entity or any other transaction the result of which is that any Person (other than ENLC, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting power of the outstanding equity interests of the continuing or surviving entity; (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the EnLink Manager or ENLC; or (iii) a change in the composition of the Board such that directors of the Board with a Majority of Voting Power are directors who were neither (A) directors of the Board on the date that is 12 months prior to the date of the event that may constitute a Change of Control (the “original directors”) nor (B) elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of directors having a Majority of Voting Power who were either (x) original directors who were still in office at the time of the election or nomination or (y) directors whose election or nomination was previously so approved.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including regulations thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.

 

“Committee” means (i) the committee of the Board with such duties and responsibilities generally held by a compensation committee thereof or (ii) such other committee of the Board appointed to administer the Plan.

 

“Company” means, unless expressly stated otherwise in the relevant use of the term, for obligations, activities, references, and actions occurring or relating to a time (i) on or after the Effective Time, the EnLink Manager and (ii) prior to the Effective Time, EnLink Midstream GP, LLC.

 

“Consultant” means an individual performing direct consulting or other contracting services for the Company or an Affiliate thereof, in each case as determined by the Committee, and who is treated for tax purposes as an independent contractor at the time of performance of the services.

 

“Distribution Equivalent Right” or “DER” means a contingent right, granted in tandem with a specific Restricted Incentive Unit under Section 6(b)(i) to receive with respect to each Unit subject to the Award an amount in cash, Units and/or Restricted Incentive Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, equal in value to the distributions made by the Partnership or ENLC, as applicable, with respect to a Unit during the period such Award is outstanding.

 

“Effective Time” means the time that the merger contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 21, 2018, by and among the Company (i.e., EnLink Midstream GP, LLC), the Partnership and certain other parties thereto, became effective, at which time ENLC assumed all obligations under the Plan.

 

“Employee” means any employee of the Company or an Affiliate thereof.

 

“ENLC” means EnLink Midstream, LLC.

 

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“ENLC Common Unit” means a common unit of ENLC or any other securities or other consideration into which a common unit of ENLC is converted, pursuant to any capital reorganization, recapitalization, merger or other similar transaction.

 

“EnLink Manager” means EnLink Midstream Manager, LLC, the managing member of ENLC.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Fair Market Value” means the closing sales price of a Unit on the applicable date (or if there is no trading in the Units on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was trading) as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or other reporting service approved by the Committee). In the event Units are not publicly traded at the time a determination of fair market value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of fair market value shall be made in good faith by the Committee and in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, as applicable.

 

“Majority of Voting Power” means the eligibility of one or more directors of the Board to cast a number of votes equal to, or in excess of, a majority of the total number of votes eligible to be cast by all of the directors of the Board then in office.

 

“Option” means an option to purchase Units granted under the Plan.

 

“Outside Director” means a “non-employee director” of the Company, as defined in Rule 16b-3.

 

“Participant” means any Employee, Consultant or Outside Director granted an Award under the Plan.

 

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

 

“Plan” means this EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

“Restricted Incentive Unit” means an Award that is valued by reference to a Unit, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery, as the Committee shall determine, of cash, Units, or any combination thereof, and that has such restrictions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose.

 

“Restriction Period” means the period established by the Committee with respect to an Award during which the Award either remains subject to forfeiture or is not exercisable by or payable to the Participant.

 

“Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effect from time to time.

 

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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.

 

“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

“Unit” means a common unit of the Partnership or any other securities or other consideration into which a common unit of the Partnership is converted, including an ENLC Common Unit, pursuant to any capital reorganization, recapitalization, merger or other similar transaction.

 

Section 3.                                           Administration.

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of the members of the Committee who are present at any meeting thereof at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved by the members of the Committee in writing, shall be the acts of the Committee. Subject to the following, and any applicable law, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate any or all of its powers and duties under the Plan, including the power to grant Awards under the Plan, to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (provided the Chief Executive Officer is a member of the Board), subject to such limitations on such delegated powers and duties as the Committee may impose, if any. Upon any such delegation all references in the Plan to the “Committee,” other than in Section 7, shall be deemed to include the Chief Executive Officer; provided, however, that such delegation shall not limit the Chief Executive Officer’s right to receive Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer may not grant Awards to, or take any action with respect to any Award previously granted to himself or herself, a person who is an officer subject to Rule 16b-3 or a member of the Board. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Units to be covered by Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, or forfeited; (vi) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to an Award made under the Plan (including any Award Agreement); (vii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (viii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Company, ENLC, the Partnership, any Affiliate of the Company, ENLC or the Partnership, any Participant, and any beneficiary of any Award.

 

Section 4.                                           Units.

 

(a)                                  Units Available . For periods on and after the Effective Time, no additional

 

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Awards or Units may be granted under the Plan and all Units subject to outstanding Restricted Incentive Units and Options granted under the Plan shall relate to ENLC Common Units.  The remaining 3,416,046 Units (denominated for purposes of this sentence as ENLC Common Units) with respect to which Restricted Incentive Units and Options may be granted under the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time are included among the ENLC Common Units available for grant under the EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

(b)                                  Sources of Units Deliverable Under Awards . Any Units delivered pursuant to an Award shall consist, in whole or in part, of Units acquired in the open market, from any Affiliate of the Company, the Partnership or any other Person, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

 

(c)                                   Adjustments . In the event that the Committee determines that any distribution (whether in the form of cash, Units, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, split, reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Units or other securities of the Partnership or ENLC Common Units, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Units or other securities of the Partnership or ENLC Common Units, or other similar transaction or event affects the Units or ENLC Common Units such that an adjustment is determined by the Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan, (ii) the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the grant or exercise price with respect to any outstanding Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award; provided, that the number of Units subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.

 

Section 5.                                           Eligibility.

 

Any Employee or Consultant, who performs services for the benefit of the Partnership or ENLC, or Outside Director shall be eligible to be designated a Participant and receive an Award under the Plan.

 

Section 6.                                           Awards.

 

(a)                                  Options . The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors to whom Options shall be granted, the number of Units to be covered by each Option, the purchase price therefor and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of the Option, including the following terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

 

(i)                                      Exercise Price . The purchase price per Unit purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time the Option is granted and shall be no less than the Fair Market Value of a Unit as of the date of grant.

 

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(ii)                                   Time and Method of Exercise . The Committee shall determine the Restriction Period, i.e., the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, which may include, without limitation, accelerated vesting upon the achievement of specified performance goals, and the method or methods by which payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made, which unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, may include, without limitation, cash, check acceptable to the Company or an Affiliate thereof, as applicable, a “cashless-broker” exercise through procedures approved by the Company or an Affiliate thereof, as applicable, by withholding from the issuance under the Option Units otherwise deliverable thereunder, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price.  The Committee may adopt additional rules and procedures regarding the exercise of Options from time to time, provided that such rules and procedures are not inconsistent with the Plan or applicable law.

 

(iii)                                Term . Subject to earlier termination as provided in the Award Agreement or the Plan, each Option shall expire on the tenth anniversary of its date of grant.

 

(iv)                               Forfeiture . Each Award Agreement embodying the Award of an Option shall set forth the extent to which a Participant shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the Participant’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate thereof.  Such provisions shall be determined by the Committee in its absolute discretion, need not be uniform among all Options granted under the Plan and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of employment or service.  The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Options.

 

(v)                                  Option Exchanges . Subject to Section 409A and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company or ENLC as provided in Section 4(c) (including, without limitation, any distribution, Unit split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of Units), the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or cancel, exchange, substitute, buyout or surrender outstanding Options in exchange for cash, other awards or Options with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options without unitholder approval.

 

(b)                                  Restricted Incentive Units . The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Employees, Consultants and Outside Directors to whom Restricted Incentive Units shall be granted, the number of Restricted Incentive Units to be granted to each such Participant, the Restriction Period, the conditions under which the Restricted Incentive Units may become vested or forfeited, which may include, without limitation, the accelerated vesting upon the achievement of specified performance goals, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may establish with respect to such Awards, including whether DERs are granted with respect to such Restricted Incentive Units.

 

(i)                                      DERs .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in

 

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the Award Agreement, DERs if granted on the specified number of Units covered by an Award of Restricted Incentive Units, shall, as specified in the Award Agreement, be either (A) paid with respect to such Restricted Incentive Units on the distribution date in cash or in unrestricted Units having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such distribution, or (B) deferred with respect to such Restricted Incentive Units and the amount or value thereof may automatically be deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Incentive Units and paid at the time payment is made with respect to such Award of Restricted Incentive Units.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, DERs shall only be paid in a manner that is either exempt from or in compliance with the requirements under Section 409A.

 

(ii)                                   Forfeiture . Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the Restricted Incentive Units Award Agreement, upon termination of a Participant’s employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates or membership on the Board, whichever is applicable, for any reason during the applicable Restriction Period, all Restricted Incentive Units shall be forfeited by the Participant.  The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Restricted Incentive Units.

 

(iii)                                Lapse of Restrictions . Upon or following the vesting of each Restricted Incentive Unit, the Participant shall be entitled to receive one Unit, subject to the provisions of Section 8(b).

 

(c)                                   General .

 

(i)                                      Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together . Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or awards granted under any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

 

(ii)                                   Limits on Transfer of Awards .

 

(A)                                Permitted Transferees .  The Committee may, in its discretion, permit a Participant to transfer all or any portion of an Option, or authorize all or a portion of an Option to be granted to a Participant to be on terms which permit transfer by such Participant; provided that, in either case the transferee or transferees must be any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, in each case with respect to the Participant, an individual sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant of the Participant or employee of the Company or an Affiliate thereof), a trust in which any of the foregoing individuals have more than 50% of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which any of the foregoing individuals (or the Participant) control

 

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the management of assets, and any other entity in which any of the foregoing individuals (or the Participant) own more than 50% of the voting interests (collectively, “Permitted Transferees”); provided further that, (1) there may be no consideration for any such transfer and (2) subsequent transfers of Options transferred as provided above shall be prohibited except subsequent transfers back to the original holder of the Option and transfers to other Permitted Transferees of the original holder.  Award Agreements evidencing Options with respect to which such transferability is authorized at the time of grant must be approved by the Committee, and must expressly provide for transferability in a manner consistent with this Section 6(c)(ii)(A).

 

(B)                                Domestic Relations Orders .  An Option, Restricted Incentive Unit or other Award may be transferred, to a Permitted Transferee, pursuant to a domestic relations order entered or approved by a court of competent jurisdiction upon delivery to the Company of written notice of such transfer and a certified copy of such order.

 

(C)                                Other Transfers .  Except as expressly permitted by Sections 6(c)(ii)(A) and (B), Awards shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

(D)                                Effect of Transfer .  Following the transfer of any Award as contemplated by Sections 6(c)(ii)(A), (B), and (C), (1) such Award shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer; provided that the term “Participant” shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, the recipient under a domestic relations order described in Section 6(c)(ii)(B), or the estate or heirs of a deceased Participant or other transferee, as applicable, to the extent appropriate to enable the exercise of the transferred Award in accordance with the terms of this Plan and applicable law and (2) the provisions of the Award relating to exercisability, vesting or forfeiture shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Participant and, with respect to the exercisability of the Award, following the occurrence of any applicable events described therein the Award shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee, the recipient under a qualified domestic relations order, or the estate or heirs of a deceased Participant, as applicable, only to the extent and for the periods that would have been applicable in the absence of the transfer.

 

(E)                                 Procedures and Restrictions .  Any Participant desiring to transfer an Award as permitted under Sections 6(c)(ii)(A), (B), or (C) shall make application therefor in the manner and time specified by the Committee and shall comply with such other requirements as the Committee may require to assure compliance with all applicable securities laws.  The Committee shall not give permission for such a transfer if (1) it would give rise to short swing liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or (2) it may not be made in compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign securities laws.

 

(F)                                  Registration .  To the extent the issuance to any Permitted

 

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Transferee of any Units issuable pursuant to Awards transferred as permitted in this Section 6(c)(ii) is not registered pursuant to the effective registration statement of the Company or ENLC generally covering the Units to be issued pursuant to this Plan to initial holders of Awards, the Company shall not have any obligation to register the issuance of any such Units to any such transferee.

 

(iii)                                Term of Awards . Subject to the term described in Section 6(a)(iii), the term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Committee.

 

(iv)                               Unit Certificates . All certificates for Units or other securities of the Partnership or ENLC delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Units or other securities are then listed, and any applicable federal or state laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

(v)                                  Consideration for Grants . Awards may be granted for no cash consideration or for such consideration as the Committee determines.

 

(vi)                               Delivery of Units or other Securities and Payment by Participant of Consideration . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, delivery of Units pursuant to the exercise or vesting of an Award may be deferred for any period during which, in the good faith determination of the Committee, the Company is not reasonably able to obtain Units to deliver pursuant to such Award without violating the rules or regulations of any applicable law or securities exchange. No Units or other securities shall be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement (including, without limitation, any exercise price or tax withholding) is received by the Company.  Unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, such payment may be made by such method or methods and in such form or forms as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, other Awards, withholding of Units, cashless-broker exercises with simultaneous sale, or any combination thereof; provided that the combined value, as determined by the Committee, of all cash and cash equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any such Units or other property so tendered to the Company, as of the date of such tender, is at least equal to the full amount required to be paid to the Company pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement.

 

(vii)                            Change of Control .  Any Award Agreement hereunder may, in the discretion of the Committee, provide for the circumstances and manner in which, if at all, vesting provisions or performance conditions thereunder would be affected by a Change of Control, or such event related to a Change of Control as may be established by the Committee.

 

(A)                                In the case of an Option granted after March 7, 2014 or not otherwise exercised upon a Change of Control, upon a Change of Control, and except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement for such Option, the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any holder, shall affect one or more of

 

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the following alternatives with respect to Options, which may vary among individual holders: (1) accelerate the time at which Options then outstanding may be exercised so that such Options may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Change of Control) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Options and all rights of holders thereunder shall terminate; (2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by selected holders of some or all of the outstanding Options held by such holders (irrespective of whether such Options are then exercisable under the provisions of this Plan) as of a date, before or after such Change of Control, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Options and pay to each holder an amount of cash (or other consideration including securities or other property) per Unit equal to the excess, if any, of the Change of Control Price (as defined below) of the Units subject to such Options over the exercise price(s) under such Options for such Units (except that to the extent the exercise price under any such Option is equal to or exceeds the Change of Control Price, in which case no amount shall be payable with respect to such Option); or (3) make such adjustments to Options then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change of Control; provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole discretion that no adjustment is necessary to Options then outstanding; provided, further, however, that the right to make such adjustments shall include, but not require or be limited to, the modification of Options such that the holder of the Option shall be entitled to purchase or receive (in lieu of the total number of Units as to which an Option is exercisable (the “Total Units”) or other consideration that the holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase or receive under the Option (the “Total Consideration”)), the number of units, other securities, cash or property to which the Total Consideration would have been entitled to in connection with the Change of Control, at an aggregate exercise price equal to the exercise price that would have been payable if the Total Units had been purchased upon the exercise of the Option immediately before the consummation of the Change of Control.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of the Prior Plan shall apply to Options granted prior to March 7, 2014.

 

(B)                                The “Change of Control Price” for purposes of the prior paragraph shall equal the amount determined in the following clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), whichever is applicable, as follows:  (1) the price per Unit offered to holders of Units in any merger or consolidation, (2) the per Unit Fair Market Value of the Units immediately before the Change of Control without regard to assets sold in the Change of Control and assuming the consideration is paid for the assets in the case of a sale of the assets, (3) the amount distributed per Unit in a dissolution transaction, (4) the price per Unit offered to holders of Units in any tender offer or exchange offer whereby a Change of Control takes place, or (5) if such Change of Control occurs other than pursuant to a transaction described in clauses (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this paragraph, the Fair Market Value per Unit that may otherwise be obtained with respect to such Options or to which such Options track, as determined by the Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of such Options.  In the event that the consideration offered to unitholders of the Partnership or ENLC in any transaction described in this Section 6(c)(vii)(B) consists of anything other than cash, the Committee shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the consideration offered which is other than cash and such determination shall be binding on all affected Participants to the extent applicable to Awards held by such Participants.

 

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(C)                                In the event of a Change of Control or changes in the outstanding Units by reason of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange or other relevant change in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and except as otherwise provided for by this Section 6(c)(vii) or in an Award Agreement, any outstanding Awards and any Award Agreements evidencing such Awards shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee at its discretion, which adjustment may, in the Committee’s discretion, be described in the Award Agreement and may include, but not be limited to, adjustments as to the number and, if applicable, price of Units or other consideration subject to such Awards, accelerated vesting (in full or in part) of such Awards, conversion of such Awards into awards denominated in the securities or other interests of any successor Person, or the cash settlement of such Awards in exchange for the cancellation thereof; provided however, if such Awards are unvested, they may be canceled without consideration.  In the event of any such change in the outstanding Units, the aggregate number of Units available under this Plan may, subject to Section 4(c), be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, payment of any Award subject to Section 409A shall not be accelerated upon a Change of Control unless such Change of Control qualifies as a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

Section 7.                                           Amendment and Termination.

 

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award Agreement or in the Plan:

 

(a)                                  Amendments to the Plan . Except as required by the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are traded and subject to Section 7(b) below, the Board or the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan in any manner, including increasing the number of Units available for Awards under the Plan, without the consent of any unitholder, Participant, other holder or beneficiary of an Award, or other Person.

 

(b)                                  Amendments to Awards . Subject to Section 7(a), the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter any Award theretofore granted, provided no change, other than pursuant to Section 7(c), in any Award shall materially reduce the benefit to a Participant without the consent of such Participant.

 

(c)                                   Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events . The Committee is hereby authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 4(c)) affecting the Partnership or ENLC or the financial statements of the Partnership or ENLC, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.

 

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Section 8.                                           General Provisions.

 

(a)                                  No Rights to Award . No Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

 

(b)                                  Withholding . The Company or any Affiliate is authorized to withhold from any Award, from any payment due or transfer made under any Award or from any compensation or other amount owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Units, other securities, Units that would otherwise be issued pursuant to such Award or other property) of any applicable taxes payable in respect of the grant of an Award, its exercise, the lapse of restrictions thereon, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company or Affiliate to satisfy its withholding obligations for the payment of such taxes.

 

(c)                                   Additional Conditions .  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary: (i) the Company may, if it shall determine it necessary or desirable for any reason, at the time of grant of any Award or the issuance of any Units pursuant to any Award, require the recipient of the Award or such Units, as a condition to the receipt thereof, to deliver to the Company a written representation of present intention to acquire the Award or such Units for his or her own account for investment and not for distribution; (ii) the certificate for Units issued to a Participant may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer, and (iii) all certificates for Units delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which the Units are then quoted, any applicable federal or state securities law, and any applicable corporate law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

(d)                                  Non-Competition Agreement .  Each Participant to whom an Award is granted under this Plan may be required to agree in writing as a condition to the granting of such Award not to engage in conduct in competition with the Company for a period after the termination of such Participant’s employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate thereof as determined by the Committee (a “Non-Competition Agreement”); provided, however, to the extent a legally binding right to an Award within the meaning of Section 409A is created with respect to a Participant, the Non-Competition Agreement must be entered into by such Participant within 30 days following the creation of such legally binding right.

 

(e)                                   No Right to Employment or Service . The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate or to remain on the Board, as applicable. Further, the Company or an Affiliate thereof may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or service, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement.

 

(f)                                    Governing Law . The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State

 

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of Delaware without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

 

(g)                                   Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(h)                                  Other Laws . The Committee may refuse to issue or transfer any Units or other consideration under an Award if, in its sole discretion, it determines that the issuance or transfer or such Units or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation, the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are then traded, or entitle the Partnership or an Affiliate thereof to recover the same under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and any payment tendered to the Company or an Affiliate thereof by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.

 

(i)                                      No Trust or Fund Created . Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between ENLC or any participating Affiliate thereof and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from ENLC or any participating Affiliate thereof pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of ENLC or any participating Affiliate thereof.

 

(j)                                     No Fractional Units . No fractional Units shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Units or whether such fractional Units or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

 

(k)                                  Headings . Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

 

(l)                                      Facility of Payment . Any amounts payable hereunder to any person under legal disability or who, in the judgment of the Committee, is unable to properly manage his or her financial affairs, may be paid to the legal representative of such person, or may be applied for the benefit of such person in any manner which the Committee may select, and ENLC shall be relieved of any further liability for payment of such amounts.

 

(m)                              Gender and Number . Words in the masculine or feminine gender shall include the other gender, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

 

(n)                                  Section 409A . All Awards under this Plan are intended either to be exempt from, or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A, and this Plan and all Awards shall be

 

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interpreted and operated in a manner consistent with that intention.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if any Plan provision or Award under this Plan would result in the imposition of an applicable tax under Section 409A, that Plan provision or Award shall be reformed to avoid imposition of the applicable tax and no such action shall be deemed to adversely affect the Participant’s rights to an Award.

 

Section 9.                                           Term of the Plan.

 

This amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective as of January 25, 2019 and shall continue until such date that is 10 years after the Plan’s last approval by unitholders of the Partnership (March 3, 2026), the date terminated by the Board or the date Units are no longer available for grants of Awards under the Plan, whichever occurs first. However, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award granted prior to such termination, and the authority of the Board or the Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under such Award, shall extend beyond such termination date.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

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BakerBotts.com

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January 28, 2019

 

EnLink Midstream, LLC

1722 Routh St., Suite 1300

Dallas, Texas 75201

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to EnLink Midstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ENLC”), and EnLink Midstream Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the managing member of ENLC (“EMM”), with respect to certain legal matters in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by ENLC with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to 3,197,980 common units representing limited liability company interests in ENLC (the “Common Units”) that may be issued pursuant to the EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended, the “ ENLK Plan”) and 3,416,046 Common Units that may be issued pursuant to the EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated as of January 20, 2019, and together with the ENLK Plan, the “Plans”). At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

 

In our capacity as your counsel in the connection referred to above and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed, we have examined (i) the Plans, (ii) the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of ENLC and the Certificate of Formation of ENLC, each as amended to date, (iii) the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of EMM and the Certificate of Formation of EMM, each as amended to date, (iv) originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of the limited liability company records of ENLC and EMM, including minute books of EMM as furnished to us by EMM, (v) originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of certificates of public officials and of representatives of ENLC and EMM, (vi) the Registration Statement and (vii) statutes, including the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”), and other instruments and documents as we deemed necessary or advisable as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.

 

In giving the opinion set forth below, we have relied, without independent investigation or verification, to the extent we deemed appropriate, upon the certificates, statements or other representations of officers or other representatives of EMM and public officials, with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained in or covered by such certificates, statements or representations.  In making our examination, we have assumed that all signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, and that all documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct copies of the originals thereof.

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that, when issued and delivered from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Plans and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable award, including, if applicable, the lapse of any restrictions relating thereto, the satisfaction of any performance conditions associated therewith and any requisite determinations by or pursuant to the authority of the Board of Directors of EMM or a duly constituted and acting committee thereof as provided

 


 

therein, the Common Units will be duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of ENLC, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

This opinion is limited to the original issuance of Common Units by ENLC and does not cover Common Units delivered by ENLC following the reacquisition of the same by ENLC.

 

This opinion is limited in all respects to the Act, and applicable reported judicial decisions, rules and regulations interpreting and implementing the Act, and the federal laws of the United States of America, in each case as in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Baker Botts L.L.P.

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors
EnLink Midstream, LLC:

 

We consent to the use of our report dated February 21, 2018, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of EnLink Midstream, LLC and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in members’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, incorporated herein by reference.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Dallas, Texas
January 28, 2019