UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2018

 

 

 

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ENBRIDGE INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

CANADA   001-15254   NONE

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

200, 425 - 1st Street S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3L8, Canada

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(403) 231-3900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

EEP Agreement and Plan of Merger

On September 17, 2018, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“EEP”), Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the general partner of EEP (the “General Partner”), Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and the delegate of the General Partner (“EEQ”), Enbridge Inc., a Canadian corporation (“Enbridge”), Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge (“EEP Merger Sub”), and, solely for the purposes of Article I, Article II and Article XI, Enbridge US Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ EEP Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the EEP Merger Agreement, EEP Merger Sub will be merged with and into EEP (the “EEP Merger”), with EEP continuing as the sole surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the EEP Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the EEP Merger, each Class A common unit representing a fractional part of the limited partner interests in EEP (each, an “EEP Class A Common Unit”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the EEP Merger, other than certain excluded EEP Class A Common Units owned by Enbridge and its subsidiaries, will be converted into, and become exchangeable for, 0.335 common shares of Enbridge (“Enbridge Common Stock”).

The special committee (the “EEP Special Committee”) of the board of directors of EEQ, which manages the affairs and business of EEP as the delegate of the General Partner (in such capacity, the “EEP Board”), has, acting in good faith, unanimously, (i) determined, based upon the facts and circumstances it deemed relevant, reasonable or appropriate to its decision, that the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the EEP Merger, are fair and reasonable to EEP, including the holders of the outstanding units of EEP (other than Enbridge and its affiliates) (the “Public Unitholders”), (ii) approved the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the EEP Merger Agreement, and (iii) recommended that the EEP Board approve the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. Based upon such recommendation, the EEP Board has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined that the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the EEP Merger, are fair and reasonable to EEP and the Public Unitholders, (ii) approved the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the EEP Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved to recommend that board of directors of the General Partner (the “GP Board”) approve the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iv) resolved to recommend that the limited partners of EEP approve the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and directed that the EEP Merger Agreement be submitted to such limited partners for their approval. Based upon such recommendation, the GP Board has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined that the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the EEP Merger, are fair and reasonable to EEP and the Public Unitholders, (ii) approved the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the EEP Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved to recommend that the limited partners of EEP approve the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and directed that the EEP Merger Agreement be submitted to the limited partners of EEP for their approval.

EEP has agreed, subject to certain exceptions with respect to unsolicited proposals, not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, enter into discussions concerning, provide non-public information in connection with or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make any competing acquisition proposals. However, the EEP Special Committee may, subject to certain conditions, change its recommendation in favor of approval of the EEP Merger Agreement if, in connection with the receipt of a superior proposal or an event occurring after the date of the EEP Merger Agreement that was not known by or reasonably foreseeable to the EEP Special Committee at the time of the execution of the EEP Merger Agreement, the EEP Special Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel and its financial advisor, that the failure to take such action would be materially adverse to the interests of EEP or the Public Unitholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable law or obligations under the limited partnership agreement of EEP.

The approval of the EEP Merger Agreement requires the affirmative vote of (i) the holders of 66 2/3% of the outstanding units of EEP entitled to vote on such matter and (ii) the holders of a majority of the outstanding EEP Class A Common Units (other than those held by Enbridge and its affiliates) and the outstanding I-Units of EEP (other than I-Units voted at the direction of Enbridge and its affiliates) entitled to vote on such matter, voting together as a single class (clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Unitholder Approval”). Pursuant to the EEP Merger Agreement, Enbridge

 

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has agreed that, at the EEP unitholder meeting and at any meeting of holders of the EEQ Listed Shares (as defined below) held for the purpose of determining how the I-Units of EEP shall be voted, it will vote, or cause to be voted, to the extent permitted under the organizational documents of EEQ, any EEP units or EEQ Listed Shares then owned beneficially or of record by it or any of its subsidiaries, in favor of the approval of the EEP Merger Agreement.

The completion of the EEP Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including: (i) receipt of the Unitholder Approval, (ii) the Enbridge Common Stock issuable in connection with the EEP Merger having been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), subject to official notice of issuance, (iii) expiration or termination of any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the EEP Merger under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, (iv) the absence of any governmental order prohibiting the consummation of the EEP Merger or the other transactions contemplated thereby, and (v) Enbridge’s registration statement on Form S-4 (the “EEP Registration Statement”) having become effective under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). The obligation of each party to the EEP Merger Agreement to consummate the EEP Merger is also conditioned upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other parties as of the date of the EEP Merger Agreement and as of the closing (subject to customary materiality qualifiers), the performance in all material respects by the other parties of all obligations required to be performed by them under the EEP Merger Agreement at or prior to closing, and receipt of an officer’s certificate evidencing the satisfaction of the foregoing.

Each of Enbridge, Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., EEP Merger Sub, the General Partner, EEQ and EEP has made customary representations and warranties, and agreed to customary covenants, in the EEP Merger Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, Enbridge and EEP have each agreed, among other things, to covenants relating to the conduct of their respective businesses during the interim period between the execution of the EEP Merger Agreement and the consummation of the EEP Merger. In addition, the parties have agreed that until the earlier of the Effective Time of the EEP Merger or termination of the EEP Merger Agreement, the EEP Board shall declare and cause EEP to pay EEP’s regular quarterly cash distribution in an amount not less than US$0.35 per EEP Class A Common Unit.

The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights that may be exercised by either Enbridge or EEP, including in the event that (i) both parties agree by mutual written consent by action of the board of directors of Enbridge (the “Enbridge Board”) and the EEP Board, with the approval of the EEP Special Committee, to terminate the EEP Merger Agreement, (ii) the EEP Merger is not consummated by March 18, 2019, (iii) the Unitholder Approval is not obtained at the EEP unitholder meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof taken in accordance with the EEP Merger Agreement or (iv) any order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the EEP Merger having become final and non-appealable. In addition, Enbridge may terminate the EEP Merger Agreement if the EEP Special Committee changes its recommendation with respect to approval of the EEP Merger Agreement prior to the receipt of the Unitholder Approval. If the EEP Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, Enbridge may be required to reimburse EEP for its transaction expenses in an amount not to exceed US$4 million.

The foregoing description of the EEP Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual EEP Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

EEQ Agreement and Plan of Merger

On September 17, 2018, EEQ, Enbridge, Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge (“EEQ Merger Sub”), and, solely for the purposes of Article I, Section 2.4 and Article X, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “EEQ Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the EEQ Merger Agreement, EEQ Merger Sub will be merged with and into EEQ (the “EEQ Merger”), with EEQ continuing as the sole surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the EEQ Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the EEQ Merger, each Listed Share of EEQ (each, an “EEQ Listed Share”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the EEQ Merger, other than certain excluded EEQ Listed Shares owned by Enbridge and its subsidiaries, will be converted into, and become exchangeable for, 0.335 shares of Enbridge Common Stock.

The special committee (the “EEQ Special Committee”) of the board of directors of EEQ, not acting in its capacity as the delegate of the General Partner (in such capacity, the “EEQ Board”), has, acting in good faith, unanimously, (i) determined, based upon the facts and circumstances it deemed relevant, reasonable or appropriate to its decision, that the EEQ Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby, including the EEQ Merger, and the amendment to the limited liability company agreement of EEQ (the “Company Agreement” and, as amended, the “Company Agreement Amendment”) are fair and reasonable to EEQ, including the holders of EEQ Listed Shares

 

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(other than Enbridge and its affiliates) (the “Public Shareholders”), (ii) approved the EEQ Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the EEQ Merger Agreement, and (iii) recommended that the EEQ Board approve the EEQ Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment. Based upon such recommendation, the EEQ Board has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined that the EEQ Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby, including the EEQ Merger, and the Company Agreement Amendment are fair and reasonable to EEQ, including the Public Shareholders, (ii) approved the EEQ Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the EEQ Merger Agreement, and (iii) resolved to recommend that holders of EEQ Listed Shares approve the EEQ Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and the Company Agreement Amendment, and waive Section 9.05(a)(v) of the Company Agreement, and directed that the EEQ Merger Agreement be submitted to the holders of EEQ Listed Shares for their approval.

EEQ has agreed, subject to certain exceptions with respect to unsolicited proposals, not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, enter into discussions concerning, provide non-public information in connection with or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make any competing acquisition proposals. However, the EEQ Special Committee may, subject to certain conditions, change its recommendation in favor of approval of the EEQ Merger Agreement if, in connection with the receipt of a superior proposal or an event occurring after the date of the EEQ Merger Agreement that was not known by or reasonably foreseeable to the EEQ Special Committee at the time of the execution of the EEQ Merger Agreement, the EEQ Special Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel and its financial advisor, that the failure to take such action would be materially adverse to the interests of EEQ or the Public Shareholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable law or obligations under the Company Agreement.

The approval of the EEQ Merger Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding EEQ Listed Shares held by the Public Shareholders (the “Shareholder Approval”). Pursuant to the EEQ Merger Agreement, Enbridge has agreed that, at the EEQ shareholder meeting, it will vote, or cause to be voted, all EEQ securities then owned beneficially or of record by it or any of its subsidiaries, in favor of (i) the approval of the EEQ Merger Agreement and (ii) for purposes of determining the manner in which the I-Units of EEP are voted, the approval of the EEP Merger Agreement.

The completion of the EEQ Merger is subject to the concurrent consummation of the EEP Merger, as described herein. The completion of the EEQ Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including: (i) receipt of the Shareholder Approval, (ii) the Enbridge Common Stock issuable in connection with the EEQ Merger having been approved for listing on the NYSE and the TSX, subject to official notice of issuance, (iii) expiration or termination of any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the EEQ Merger under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, (iv) the absence of any governmental order prohibiting the consummation of the EEQ Merger or the other transactions contemplated thereby, and (v) Enbridge’s registration statement on Form S-4 (the “EEQ Registration Statement”) having become effective under the Securities Act. The obligation of each party to the EEQ Merger Agreement to consummate the EEQ Merger is also conditioned upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other parties as of the date of the EEQ Merger Agreement and as of the closing (subject to customary materiality qualifiers), the performance in all material respects by the other parties of all obligations required to be performed by them under the EEQ Merger Agreement at or prior to closing, and receipt of an officer’s certificate evidencing the satisfaction of the foregoing.

Each of Enbridge, EEQ Merger Sub and EEQ have made customary representations and warranties, and agreed to customary covenants, in the EEQ Merger Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, Enbridge and EEQ have each agreed, among other things, to covenants relating to the conduct of their respective businesses during the interim period between the execution of the EEQ Merger Agreement and the consummation of the EEQ Merger.

The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights that may be exercised by either Enbridge or EEQ, including in the event that (i) both parties agree by mutual written consent by action of the Enbridge Board and the EEQ Board, with the approval of the EEQ Special Committee, to terminate the EEQ Merger Agreement, (ii) the EEQ Merger is not consummated by March 18, 2019, (iii) the Shareholder Approval is not obtained at the EEQ shareholder meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof taken in accordance with the EEQ Merger Agreement, (iv) any order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the EEQ Merger having become final and non-appealable or (v) the EEP Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. In addition, Enbridge may terminate the EEQ Merger Agreement if the EEQ Special Committee changes its recommendation with respect to approval of the EEQ Merger Agreement prior to receipt of the Shareholder Approval. If the EEQ Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, Enbridge may be required to reimburse EEQ for its transaction expenses in an amount not to exceed US$4 million.

 

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The foregoing description of the EEQ Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual EEQ Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

ENF Arrangement Agreement

Arrangement Agreement

On September 17, 2018, Enbridge and Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., an Alberta corporation (“ENF”), entered into an Arrangement Agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement, Enbridge will, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of ENF (the “ENF Shares”) not already owned by Enbridge (the “Arrangement”).

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Arrangement Agreement, at the effective time of the Arrangement, each ENF Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Arrangement, other than the ENF Shares owned by Enbridge, will be exchanged for 0.7350 (the “Exchange Ratio”) of a common share in the capital of Enbridge (the “Enbridge Shares”) and a cash payment equal to the greater of: (i) $0.45 plus (A) an amount calculated by multiplying the sum of the amount of the dividends per Enbridge Share declared by Enbridge in respect of which the record date for such dividend has occurred during the period commencing on the date of the Agreement and ending on the date immediately prior to the effective date of the Arrangement by the Exchange Ratio, less (B) the sum of the amount of the dividends per ENF Share declared by ENF in respect of which the record date for such dividend has occurred during the period commencing on November 30, 2018 and ending on the effective date of the Arrangement; and (ii) $0.45.

The special committee (the “ENF Special Committee”) of the board of directors (the “ENF Board”) of ENF, has, acting in good faith and relying on the advice of its legal and financial advisors, unanimously determined: (i) that the Arrangement is fair to the shareholders of ENF (the “ENF Shareholders”), other than Enbridge; (ii) that the Arrangement is in the best interests of ENF; and (iii) to recommend to the ENF Board that the Arrangement be submitted to the ENF Shareholders for approval and to recommend that the ENF Shareholders vote in favor of the Arrangement at a special meeting of the ENF Shareholders (the “Meeting”). Based upon such recommendation, the ENF Board has, acting in good faith and relying on the recommendation of the ENF Special Committee and the advice of its legal and financial advisors, unanimously determined: (i) that the Arrangement is fair to the ENF Shareholders, other than Enbridge; (ii) that the Arrangement is in the best interests of ENF; and (iii) to direct that the Arrangement be submitted to ENF Shareholders for approval and to recommend that ENF Shareholders vote in favor of the Arrangement at the Meeting.

As of September 17, 2018, Enbridge owned 35,106,434 ENF Shares, representing approximately 19.9% of the total ENF Shares issued and outstanding.

The completion of the Arrangement is subject to certain customary closing conditions, including: (i) receipt of approval by 66 2/3% of the votes cast by ENF Shareholders present in person or by proxy at the Meeting; (ii) receipt of approval of a majority of the votes cast by ENF Shareholders present in person or by proxy at the Meeting, after excluding the votes cast by Enbridge, its affiliates and certain other insiders; (iii) receipt of certain regulatory approvals, including approval by the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, and approvals, as required under the Competition Act (Canada), the Canada Transportation Act and the Investment Canada Act; and (iv) the Enbridge Shares issuable in connection with the Arrangement having been authorized for listing on the NYSE and the TSX.

The obligation of each party to the Arrangement Agreement to consummate the Arrangement is also conditioned upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party as of the date of the Arrangement Agreement and as of the closing (subject to customary materiality qualifiers), the performance by the other party of all obligations under the Arrangement Agreement at or prior to closing and receipt of an officer’s certificate evidencing the satisfaction of the foregoing.

Enbridge and ENF have made customary representations and warranties, and agreed to customary covenants, in the Arrangement Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, Enbridge and ENF have each agreed, among other things, to covenants relating to the conduct of their respective businesses during the interim period between the execution of the Arrangement Agreement and the consummation of the Arrangement.

The Arrangement Agreement contains certain termination rights that may be exercised by either Enbridge or ENF, including in the event that: (i) both parties agree by mutual written consent; (ii) the Arrangement is not consummated by March 29, 2019; (iii) the Arrangement is not approved by the ENF Shareholders at the Meeting; and (iv) if any

 

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applicable law makes the consummation of the Arrangement or the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited, and such applicable law has become final and non-appealable. The Arrangement Agreement also contains non-solicitation covenants by ENF and right to match provisions in favor of Enbridge. Pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement, a non-completion fee of $165 million will be payable by ENF in certain circumstances, including if ENF enters into an agreement with respect to a superior proposal or if the ENF Board withdraws or modifies its recommendation with respect to the Arrangement. The Arrangement Agreement also provides that a non-completion fee of $165 million will be payable by Enbridge in certain circumstances.

The foregoing description of the Arrangement Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual Arrangement Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

The representations, warranties, and covenants of each party set forth in the EEP Merger Agreement, EEQ Merger Agreement and Arrangement Agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Agreements, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties including (i) being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the respective parties to such agreements instead of establishing these matters as facts and (ii) being subject to standards of materiality that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or of any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of representations and warranties may change after the dates of the Agreements, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Enbridge’s, EEP’s, EEQ’s or ENF’s, as applicable, public disclosures.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Enbridge, EEP, EEQ, ENF and Spectra Energy Partners, LP (“SEP” and, together with EEP, EEQ and ENF, the “Sponsored Vehicles”). These forward-looking statements are identified by terms and phrases such as: anticipate, believe, intend, estimate, expect, continue, should, could, may, plan, project, predict, will, potential, forecast and similar expressions and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected closing, consummation, completion, timing and benefits of the acquisitions of the Sponsored Vehicles (collectively, the “Proposed Transactions”), the expected synergies and equityholder value to result from the combined companies, the expected levels of cash distributions or dividends by the Sponsored Vehicles to their respective shareholders or unitholders, the expected levels of dividends by Enbridge to its shareholders, the expected financial results of Enbridge and its Sponsored Vehicles and their respective affiliates, and the future credit ratings, financial condition and business strategy of Enbridge, its Sponsored Vehicles and their respective affiliates.

Although Enbridge and its Sponsored Vehicles believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available on the date such statements are made and processes used to prepare the information, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Material assumptions include assumptions about the following: the expected supply of and demand for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (“NGL”) and renewable energy; prices of crude oil, natural gas, NGL and renewable energy; exchange rates; inflation; interest rates; availability and price of labor and construction materials; operational reliability; customer and regulatory approvals; maintenance of support and regulatory approvals for projects; anticipated in-service dates; weather; the timing and closing of dispositions; the realization of anticipated benefits and synergies of the Proposed Transactions; governmental legislation; acquisitions and the timing thereof; the success of integration plans; impact of capital project execution on future cash flows; credit ratings; capital project funding; expected earnings; expected future cash flows; and estimated future dividends. Assumptions regarding the expected supply of and demand for crude oil, natural gas, NGL and renewable energy, and the prices of these commodities, are material to and underlie all forward-looking statements, as they may impact current and future levels of demand for Enbridge’s and its Sponsored Vehicles’ services. Similarly, exchange rates, inflation and interest rates impact the economies and business environments and may impact levels of demand for Enbridge’s and its Sponsored Vehicles’ services and cost of inputs, and are therefore inherent in all forward looking statements. Due to the interdependencies and correlation of these macroeconomic factors, the impact of any one assumption on a forward-looking statement cannot be determined with certainty, particularly with respect to the impact of the Proposed Transactions, expected earnings and cash flow or estimated future dividends.

 

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Forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from the results predicted. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in any forward looking statement including, but not limited to: the risk that the Proposed Transactions do not occur; negative effects from the pendency of the Proposed Transactions; the ability to realize expected cost savings and benefits from the Proposed Transactions; the timing to consummate the Proposed Transactions; whether the Sponsored Vehicles or Enbridge will produce sufficient cash flows to provide the level of cash distributions they expect with respect to their respective units or shares; outcomes of litigation and regulatory investigations, proceedings or inquiries; operating performance of Enbridge and its Sponsored Vehicles; regulatory parameters regarding Enbridge and its Sponsored Vehicles; other Enbridge dispositions; project approval and support; renewals of rights of way; weather, economic and competitive conditions; public opinion; changes in tax laws and tax rates; changes in trade agreements, exchange rates, interest rates, commodity prices, political decisions and supply of and demand for commodities; and any other risks and uncertainties discussed herein or in Enbridge’s or its Sponsored Vehicles’ other filings with Canadian and United States securities regulators. All forward-looking statements in this communication are made as of the date hereof and, except to the extent required by applicable law, neither Enbridge nor any of the Sponsored Vehicles assume any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements made in this communication or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent forward looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Enbridge, its Sponsored Vehicles or persons acting on their behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The factors described above, as well as additional factors that could affect Enbridge’s or any of its Sponsored Vehicles’ respective forward looking statements, are described under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information” in Enbridge’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Canadian securities regulators on February 16, 2018, each of EEP’s, EEQ’s and SEP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which were filed with the SEC on February 16, 2018, ENF’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with Canadian securities regulators on February 16, 2018, and in Enbridge’s and its Sponsored Vehicles’ respective other filings made with the SEC and Canadian securities regulators, which are available via the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and at http://www.sedar.com, as applicable.

Additional Information about Enbridge and the Proposed Transactions and Where to Find It

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any proxies or approval. The Proposed Transactions will be submitted to the shareholders of EEQ or ENF or unitholders of EEP or SEP, as applicable, for their consideration. Enbridge will file with the SEC proxy statements of EEQ and EEP, respectively, and a consent statement of SEP, each of which will also constitute a prospectus of Enbridge. Enbridge and its Sponsored Vehicles also plan to file other documents with the SEC and Canadian securities regulators regarding the Proposed Transactions. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF ENBRIDGE AND ITS SPONSORED VEHICLES ARE URGED TO READ THE APPLICABLE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PROXY OR CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC OR CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORS, AS APPLICABLE, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Investors, shareholders and unitholders will be able to obtain free copies of such documents containing important information about Enbridge and its Sponsored Vehicles once such documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov or with Canadian securities regulators through the SEDAR website at http://www.sedar.com, as applicable. Copies can also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to Enbridge Inc., 200, 425 – 1st Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3L8, Attention: Investor Relations.

Participants in the Solicitations

Enbridge, each of its Sponsored Vehicles, and certain of their respective directors and executive officers, may be deemed participants in the solicitation of consents or proxies from the holders of equity securities of the Sponsored Vehicles in connection with the Proposed Transactions. Information about the directors and executive officers of Enbridge is set forth in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 5, 2018. Information about the directors and executive officers of EEP, EEQ and SEP is set forth in EEP’s, EEQ’s and SEP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, respectively, each of which was filed with the SEC on February 16, 2018. Information about the directors and executive officers of ENF is set forth in ENF’s Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with Canadian securities regulators on February 16, 2018. Each of these documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Other information regarding the participants in any consent or proxy solicitation with respect to the Proposed Transactions and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the relevant materials to be filed by Enbridge and the Sponsored Vehicles with the SEC when they become available.

 

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ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

2.1*

   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September  17, 2018, by and among Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., Enbridge Inc., Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC, and solely for the purposes of Articles I, II and XI, Enbridge US Holdings Inc.

2.2*

   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September  17, 2018, by and among Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., Enbridge Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc., and solely for the purposes of Article I, Section 2.4 and Article X, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.

2.3*

   Arrangement Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2018, by and between Enbridge Inc. and Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc.

 

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Certain schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule will be furnished supplementally to the SEC on request.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

   

ENBRIDGE INC.

(Registrant)

Date: September 18, 2018     By:   /s/ Tyler W. Robinson
     

Tyler W. Robinson

Vice President & Corporate Secretary

(Duly Authorized Officer)

 

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Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Among

ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.,

ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC.,

ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.,

ENBRIDGE INC.,

ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC.,

WINTER ACQUISITION SUB II, LLC

and, solely for purposes of ARTICLE I, ARTICLE II and ARTICLE XI,

ENBRIDGE US HOLDINGS INC.

Dated as of September 17, 2018


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I

 

Definitions; Interpretation and Construction

 

1.1

 

Definitions

     2  

1.2

 

Additional Definitions

     10  

1.3

 

Interpretation and Construction

     11  
ARTICLE II

 

Pre-Merger Subscriptions

 

2.1

 

Subscriptions

     13  

2.2

 

Transfer of Aggregate Merger Consideration to the Exchange Agent

     13  
ARTICLE III

 

The Merger

 

3.1

 

The Merger

     13  

3.2

 

Closing

     14  

3.3

 

Effective Time

     14  

3.4

 

Amendment of Partnership Agreement

     14  

3.5

 

Organizational Documents of the Surviving Entity

     14  
ARTICLE IV

 

Merger Consideration; Effect of the Merger on Partnership Interests

 

4.1

 

Merger Consideration

     14  

4.2

 

Conversion of Class A Common Units

     15  

4.3

 

Treatment of Excluded Units and Other Parent-Owned Partnership Interests

     15  

4.4

 

Merger Sub

     15  

4.5

 

Tax Treatment of the Merger

     15  
ARTICLE V

 

Delivery of Merger Consideration; Procedures for Surrender

 

5.1

 

Exchange Agent

     15  

5.2

 

Procedures for Surrender

     16  

5.3

 

Distributions with Respect to Unsurrendered Certificates

     17  

5.4

 

Transfers

     18  

5.5

 

Fractional Shares

     18  

 

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5.6

 

Termination of Exchange Fund

     19  

5.7

 

Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates

     19  

5.8

 

Withholding Rights

     19  

5.9

 

Adjustments to Prevent Dilution

     20  

5.10

 

No Dissenters’ Rights

     20  
ARTICLE VI

 

Representations and Warranties of the Partnership Parties

 

6.1

 

Organization, Good Standing and Qualification

     20  

6.2

 

Capital Structure of the Partnership

     21  

6.3

 

Authority; Approval and Fairness

     22  

6.4

 

Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts; Etc.

     22  

6.5

 

Partnership Reports; Financial Statements

     23  

6.6

 

Absence of Certain Changes

     24  

6.7

 

Litigation and Liabilities

     24  

6.8

 

Compliance with Laws; Licenses

     25  

6.9

 

Environmental Matters

     25  

6.10

 

Tax Matters

     26  

6.11

 

Property

     27  

6.12

 

Partnership Material Contracts

     27  

6.13

 

Opinion of Financial Advisor

     27  

6.14

 

Brokers and Finders

     28  

6.15

 

Insurance

     28  

6.16

 

No Other Representations or Warranties

     28  
ARTICLE VII

 

Representations and Warranties of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub

 

7.1

 

Organization, Good Standing and Qualification

     29  

7.2

 

Capital Structure of Parent Parties; Capitalization of Merger Sub

     29  

7.3

 

Authority; Approval

     30  

7.4

 

Governmental Filings; No Violations

     30  

7.5

 

Parent Reports; Financial Statements

     31  

7.6

 

Absence of Certain Changes

     32  

7.7

 

Litigation and Liabilities

     32  

7.8

 

Compliance with Laws; Licenses

     33  

7.9

 

Environmental Matters

     33  

7.10

 

Tax Matters

     33  

7.11

 

Property

     34  

7.12

 

Parent Material Contracts

     34  

7.13

 

Brokers and Finders

     35  

7.14

 

Insurance

     35  

7.15

 

EEQ Merger Agreement

     35  

7.16

 

No Other Representations or Warranties

     35  

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Covenants

 

8.1

 

Interim Operations

     36  

8.2

 

Change in Recommendation

     38  

8.3

 

Prospectus/Proxy Filing; Information Supplied

     41  

8.4

 

Unitholders Meeting

     42  

8.5

 

Cooperation; Efforts to Consummate

     43  

8.6

 

Status; Notifications

     44  

8.7

 

Information; Access and Reports

     44  

8.8

 

Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting

     45  

8.9

 

Expenses

     45  

8.10

 

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance

     45  

8.11

 

Takeover Statutes

     48  

8.12

 

Distributions

     48  

8.13

 

Section 16 Matters

     48  

8.14

 

Transaction Litigation

     48  

8.15

 

Voting

     49  

8.16

 

Special Committee

     49  

8.17

 

Performance by General Partner

     49  
ARTICLE IX

 

Conditions

 

9.1

 

Conditions to Obligation of Each Party

     50  

9.2

 

Conditions to Obligation of Parent, EUS and Merger Sub

     50  

9.3

 

Conditions to Obligation of the Partnership Parties

     51  
ARTICLE X

 

Termination

 

10.1

 

Termination by Mutual Written Consent

     52  

10.2

 

Termination by Either Parent or the Partnership

     52  

10.3

 

Termination by Parent

     52  

10.4

 

Termination by the Partnership

     53  

10.5

 

Effect of Termination and Abandonment

     53  

10.6

 

Payment of Partnership Expenses

     53  

 

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ARTICLE XI

 

Miscellaneous and General

 

11.1

 

Survival

     53  

11.2

 

Modification or Amendment; Waiver

     54  

11.3

 

Counterparts

     54  

11.4

 

Governing Law and Venue; Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by Jury

     54  

11.5

 

Specific Performance

     55  

11.6

 

Notices

     56  

11.7

 

Entire Agreement

     58  

11.8

 

Third-Party Beneficiaries

     58  

11.9

 

Non-Recourse

     59  

11.10

 

Fulfillment of Obligations

     59  

11.11

 

Severability

     59  

11.12

 

Successors and Assigns

     59  

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Partnership Agreement Amendment

  

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of September 17, 2018, is entered into by and among Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the general partner of the Partnership (the “ General Partner ”), Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and the delegate of the General Partner (the “ GP Delegate ”), Enbridge Inc., a Canadian corporation (“ Parent ”), Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EUS ” and, together with Parent, the “ Parent Parties ”), Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”), and, solely for purposes of ARTICLE I, ARTICLE II and ARTICLE XI, Enbridge US Holdings Inc., a Canadian corporation (“ EUSHI ” and, together with the Partnership, General Partner, GP Delegate, Parent, EUS and Merger Sub, the “ Parties ” and each, a “ Party ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS , the Parties intend that, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Partnership (the “ Merger ”), with the Partnership surviving the Merger, pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ DLLCA ”) and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “ DRULPA ”);

WHEREAS , the special committee composed of the independent members (the “ Special Committee ”) of the board of directors of the GP Delegate (the “ Partnership Board ”) has, acting in good faith, unanimously (a) determined, based upon the facts and circumstances it deemed relevant, reasonable or appropriate to its decision, that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger (the “ Transactions ”), are fair and reasonable to the Partnership, including the holders of the Outstanding Units (other than Parent and its Affiliates) (the “ Public Unitholders ”), (b) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (c) recommended that the Partnership Board approve this Agreement and the Transactions;

WHEREAS , the Partnership Board, upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, has, acting in good faith, unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Partnership, including the Public Unitholders, (b) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (c) recommended that the GP Board approve this Agreement and the Transactions, and (d) resolved to recommend that the Limited Partners approve the Transactions and this Agreement (the “ Partnership Recommendation ”) and directed that this Agreement be submitted to the Limited Partners for their approval;

WHEREAS , the board of directors of the General Partner (the “ GP Board ”), upon the recommendation of the Partnership Board, has, acting in good faith, unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Partnership, including the Public Unitholders, (b) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (c) resolved to recommend that the Limited Partners approve the Transactions and this Agreement and directed that this Agreement be submitted to the Limited Partners for their approval;

 

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WHEREAS , the board of directors of EUS has unanimously approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;

WHEREAS , the board of directors of Parent (the “ Parent Board ”) has unanimously (of those voting) (a) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (b) approved the issuance of Parent’s common shares (the “ Parent Common Stock ”), in connection with the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS , the Parties desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with this Agreement and set forth certain conditions to the Merger.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION

1.1     Definitions . For the purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the following terms have meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

Acquisition Proposal ” means (a) any proposal, offer, inquiry or indication of interest relating to a merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, spin-off, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any acquisition by any Person or group (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), resulting in, or any proposal, offer, inquiry or indication of interest that if consummated would result in, any Person or group (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) becoming the beneficial owner of, directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions, 15% or more of the total voting power or of any class of equity securities of the Partnership or 15% or more of the consolidated net revenues, net income or total assets ( it being understood that total assets include equity securities of Subsidiaries) of the Partnership, in each case, other than the Transactions.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Person as of the date on which, or at any time during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, prior to the Closing, the

 

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Partnership and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Affiliates of Parent or any of Parent’s other Affiliates, nor shall Parent or any of Parent’s Affiliates (other than the Partnership and its Subsidiaries) be considered Affiliates of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries.

Business Day ” means any day ending at 11:59 p.m. (New York Time) other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks in the City of New York or in Calgary, Alberta, Canada are required or authorized by Law to close.

Canadian Securities Laws ” means all applicable securities Laws in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and the respective rules and regulations made thereunder, together with applicable published national and local instruments, policy statements, notices, blanket orders and rulings thereunder of the Canadian Securities Regulators.

Canadian Securities Regulators ” means the applicable securities commission or securities regulatory authority in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

Class  A Common Unit ” has the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Contract ” means any legally binding written contract, agreement, lease, license, note, mortgage, indenture, arrangement or other obligation.

DTC ” means The Depositary Trust Company.

EEQ Merger ” means the merger of Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc. with and into the GP Delegate, with the GP Delegate surviving such merger, as provided in the EEQ Merger Agreement.

EEQ Merger Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 17, 2018, among Parent, the GP Delegate, Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc. and, for certain purposes set forth therein, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., as may be amended from time to time in compliance with the applicable provisions thereof, including all annexes, exhibits, schedules, disclosure letters and other documents delivered in connection therewith.

Effect ” means any effect, event, development, change or occurrence.

Energy Products ” means, collectively, natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum products, other hydrocarbon products, natural gas liquids and products produced from the fractionation of natural gas liquids.

Environmental Law ” means any Law relating to (a) pollution, the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment (including air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource) or workplace health or occupational safety, or (b) the exposure to, or the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Hazardous Substances, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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Environmental Permit ” means all Licenses required under Environmental Law.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Excluded Units ” means Class A Common Units owned by Parent, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., Merger Sub or any other direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent and Class A Common Units owned by the Partnership Parties or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Partnership, and in each case not held on behalf of third parties.

GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Governmental Entity ” means any United States, non-United States, supranational or transnational governmental (including public international organizations), quasi-governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority, agency, commission, body, department or instrumentality or any court, tribunal or arbitrator or other entity or subdivision thereof or other legislative, executive or judicial entity or subdivision thereof, in each case, of competent jurisdiction.

Governmental Order ” means any order, writ, judgment, temporary, preliminary or permanent injunction, decree, ruling, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Entity.

Hazardous Substance ” means any substance, material or waste that is listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic, radioactive, dangerous or a “pollutant” or “contaminant” or words of similar meaning under any Environmental Law or that is otherwise regulated by any Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over the environment, natural resources, or workplace health or occupational safety.

HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976.

Intervening Event ” means any Effect that is not known or reasonably foreseeable to or by the Special Committee as of the date of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known by the Special Committee as of the date of this Agreement), which Effect (or consequences) becomes known to or by the Special Committee prior to the Unitholder Approval having been obtained; provided , however , that in no event shall any of the following constitute or be deemed to be an Intervening Event: (i) the receipt, existence or terms of an Acquisition Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequences thereof, (ii) any action taken by any Party pursuant to and in compliance with the covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and the consequences of any such action, (iii) changes in the Energy Products gathering, processing, treating, transportation and storage industries, (iv) the fact that, in and of itself, the Partnership exceeds internal or published projections, or (v) changes, in and of themselves, in the market price of the Class A Common Units.

Knowledge ” when used in this Agreement (a) with respect to the Partnership Parties or any of their Subsidiaries means the actual knowledge of the Persons listed on

 

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Section 1.1(a) of the Partnership Disclosure Letter, and (b) with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries means the actual knowledge of the Persons listed on Section 1.1(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case, after reasonable inquiry.

Laws ” means any federal, state, local, foreign, international or transnational law, statute, ordinance, common law, rule, regulation, standard, judgment, determination, order, writ, injunction, decree, arbitration award, treaty, agency requirement, authorization, license or permit of any Governmental Entity.

Licenses ” means permits, licenses, certifications, approvals, registrations, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by a Governmental Entity.

Limited Partners ” has the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

Listed Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

Majority of the Minority Vote ” means approval of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Class A Common Units (other than Class A Common Units held by Parent and its Affiliates) and the Outstanding I-Units (other than I-Units voted at the direction of Parent and its Affiliates), entitled to vote on such matter at the Partnership Unitholders Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, voting together as a single class.

Material Adverse Effect ”, with respect to Parent or the Partnership, means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with any other Effect, is materially adverse to the financial condition, properties, assets, operations, liabilities, business or results of operations of such Party and its Subsidiaries, in each case taken as a whole;  provided , however , that none of the following, alone or in combination, shall be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect, or be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur:

(a)    Effects affecting the economy, credit, capital, securities or financial markets or political, regulatory or business conditions in general in the U.S., Canada or elsewhere in the world;

(b)    Effects that are the result of factors affecting the Energy Products gathering, drilling, processing, treating, transportation, storage, marketing and other related industries, markets or geographical areas in which such Party and its Subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses (including any change in the prices of Energy Products, industry margins or any regulatory changes or changes in applicable Law);

(c)    Effects caused by the entry into, announcement or performance of the Transactions, including any impact on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, lenders, partners, Governmental Entities, or employees or any Transaction Litigation or actions taken or requirements imposed by any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions;

 

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(d)    changes or modifications in GAAP or applicable accounting regulations or principles, or in the interpretation or enforcement thereof, after the date of this Agreement;

(e)    any Effect resulting from any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation, change of enforcement or proposal of any Law, decision or protocol or any other legislative or political conditions or policy or practices of any Governmental Entity;

(f)    changes in stock price, trading volume or credit rating or any failure by such Party to meet any internal or public projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues or earnings for any period; provided that the exception in this clause (f) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect;

(g)    any Effect resulting from acts of war (whether or not declared), civil disobedience, hostilities, terrorism, military actions or the escalation of any of the foregoing, any hurricane, flood, tornado, earthquake or other weather or natural disaster or acts of God, whether or not caused by any Person;

(h)    the performance by any Party of its obligations under this Agreement, including any action taken or omitted to be taken at the request or with the consent of Parent, with respect to the Partnership, or at the request or with the consent of the Partnership, with respect to Parent, as applicable;

(i)    any Effect or announcement of an Effect affecting the credit rating or other rating of financial strength of such Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities; provided that the exception in this clause (i) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such Effect or announcement of an Effect has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect;

(j)    a decline in the market price, or change in trading volume, of the Class A Common Units on the NYSE or the shares of Parent Common Stock on the TSX or the NYSE, as applicable; provided that the exception in this clause (j) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such decline or change has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect;

(k)    any Proceeding commenced by or involving any current or former member, partner, unitholder or stockholder of such Person (on their own behalf or on behalf of such Person) arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Transactions; or

(l)    Effects caused by the entry into, announcement, consummation or performance of, or failure to enter into or consummate, the Other Parent Transactions, including any impact on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, lenders, partners, Governmental Entities or employees or any litigation related to the Other Parent Transactions or actions taken or requirements imposed by any Governmental Entity in connection with the Other Parent Transactions;

 

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provided , further , that, with respect to clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) and (g), such Effect shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent it disproportionately adversely affects such Party and its Subsidiaries compared to other companies operating in the industries in which such Party and its Subsidiaries operate.

NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Ordinary Course ” means, with respect to an action taken by any Person, that such action is consistent with the ordinary course of business and past practices of such Person.

Organizational Documents ” means (a) with respect to any person that is a corporation, its articles or certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association, as applicable, and bylaws, or comparable documents; (b) with respect to any person that is a partnership, its certificate of partnership and partnership agreement, or comparable documents; (c) with respect to any Person that is a limited liability company, its certificate of formation and limited liability company or operating agreement, or comparable documents; (d) with respect to any Person that is a trust or other entity, its declaration or agreement of trust or other constituent document or comparable documents; and (e) with respect to any other Person that is not an individual, its comparable organizational documents.

Other Parent Transactions ” means any and all potential transactions entered into between Parent, on the one hand, and any of the GP Delegate, Spectra Energy Partners, LP, or Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., on the other hand, pursuant to which Parent acquires ownership, directly or indirectly, of all equity interests of the respective counterparty, whether prior to, concurrently with or subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the EEQ Merger.

Outstanding ” has the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Partnership Agreement ” means the Eighth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of April 27, 2017, as amended.

Partnership Expenses ” means an amount in cash equal to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and consultants) incurred by the Partnership Parties, including such expenses of the Special Committee, and their respective Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions up to a maximum amount of $4.0 million.

Partnership Group Entities ” means the Partnership Parties and any Subsidiaries of the Partnership.

Partnership Interest ” has the meaning set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

 

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Partnership Material Adverse Effect ” means a Material Adverse Effect on the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Partnership Parties ” means the Partnership, General Partner and GP Delegate.

Partnership Unitholders Meeting ” means the meeting of Limited Partners of the Partnership (including the meeting of holders of Listed Shares for the purpose of determining the manner in which I-Units shall be voted) to be held in connection with the Merger, as may be adjourned or postponed from time to time.

Person ” means any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity of any kind or nature.

Proceeding ” means any action, cause of action, claim, demand, litigation, suit, investigation, grievance, citation, summons, subpoena, inquiry, audit, hearing, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other similar proceeding of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory, administrative or otherwise, whether in equity or at law, in contract, in tort or otherwise.

Representative ” means, with respect to any Person, any director, officer, principal, partner, manager, member (if such Person is a member-managed limited liability company or similar entity), employee, consultant, investment banker, financial advisor, legal counsel, attorney-in-fact, accountant or other advisor, agent or other representative of such person, in each case acting in their capacity as such.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act ” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which (a) more than 50% of (i) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities of such other Person, (ii) the total combined equity interests or (iii) the capital or profit interests, in each case, is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or (b) the power to vote or to direct the voting of sufficient securities to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body is held by such first Person; provided , however , that when used with respect to Parent, the term “Subsidiary” shall not include the Partnership or its Subsidiaries.

Superior Proposal ” means an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that would result in a Person or group (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates, becoming the beneficial owner of, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Partnership (or of the surviving entity in a merger involving the Partnership, as applicable) or more than 50% of the consolidated net revenues, net income or total assets (including equity securities of its Subsidiaries) of the Partnership that the Special Committee has determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that (a) if

 

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consummated, would result in a transaction more favorable to the Public Unitholders, from a financial point of view, than the Merger (after taking into account any revisions to the terms of this Agreement proposed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 8.2(d)(ii) and the time likely to be required to consummate such Acquisition Proposal), and (b) is reasonably likely to be consummated on the terms proposed, taking into account any legal, financial, regulatory and unitholder approval requirements, the sources, availability and terms of any financing, financing market conditions and the existence of a financing contingency, the likelihood of termination, the timing of closing, and the identity of the Person or Persons making the proposal; provided that any requisite vote or consent of Parent or its Affiliates that may be required to effect the proposal shall not be taken into account in determining whether a proposal is reasonably likely to be consummated.

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means (a) any and all federal, state, local or foreign or provincial taxes, charges, imposts, levies or other assessments, including all net income, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock, license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property and estimated taxes, customs duties, fees, escheat or unclaimed property obligations, assessments and similar charges, including any and all interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Entity with respect thereto and (b) any liability for the payment of amounts described in clause (a) of any other Person (other than the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of applicable state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.

Tax Return ” means any return, report or similar filing (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto).

Trading Day ” means any day on which the NYSE is open for trading.

TSX ” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Unit ” means the Class A Common Units, Class B Common Units, Class E Units, Class F Units and I-Units.

Unitholder Approval ” means the approval of this Agreement by (i) Limited Partners constituting the Requisite Partnership Vote and (ii) Limited Partners constituting the Majority of the Minority Vote.

Willful Breach ” means, subject to Section 8.17, an intentional and willful material breach, or an intentional and willful material failure to perform, in each case, that is the consequence of an act or omission by a Party with the actual knowledge that the taking of such act or failure to take such act would cause a breach of this Agreement.

 

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1.2     Additional Definitions . For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaning specified in the Section set forth opposite to such term:

 

Term

  

Section

Agreement

   Preamble

Aggregate Merger Consideration

   4.1

Alternative Acquisition Agreement

   8.2(d)(i)(D)

Amended Partnership Agreement

   3.4

Applicable Date

   6.5(a)

Bankruptcy and Equity Exception

   6.3(a)

Book-Entry Unit

   4.2

Certificate

   4.2

Certificate of Merger

   3.3

Change of Recommendation

   8.2(d)(i)(D)

Chosen Courts

   11.4(b)

Class B Common Units

   6.2(a)

Class E Units

   6.2(a)

Class F Units

   6.2(a)

Closing

   3.2

Closing Date

   3.2

D&O Insurance

   8.10(b)

DLLCA

   Recitals

DRULPA

   Recitals

Effective Time

   3.3

Eligible Units

   4.1

Encumber

   6.2(a)

Encumbrance

   6.2(a)

Exchange Agent

   5.1

Exchange Fund

   5.1

EUSHI

   Preamble

EUSHI Subscription

   2.1(a)

EUS

   Preamble

EUS Subscription

   2.1(b)

EUS Capital Stock

   7.2(a)

Exchange Ratio

   4.1

General Partner

   Preamble

General Partner Subscription

   2.1(c)

GP Board

   Recitals

GP Delegate

   Preamble

I-Units

   6.2(a)

Indemnified Parties

   8.10(a)

Letter of Transmittal

   5.2(a)

Merger

   Recitals

Merger Consideration

   4.1

Merger Sub

   Preamble

Merger Sub Subscription

   2.1(d)

Non-DTC Book-Entry Unit

   4.2(b)

 

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Original Date

  

8.4(b)

Outside Date

  

10.2(a)

Parent

   Preamble

Parent Board

   Recitals

Parent Capital Stock

  

7.2(a)

Parent Common Stock

   Recitals

Parent Disclosure Letter

  

ARTICLE VII

Parent Material Contract

  

7.12(a)

Parent Parties

   Preamble

Parent Reports

  

7.5(a)

Partnership

   Preamble

Partnership Board

   Recitals

Partnership Disclosure Letter

  

ARTICLE VI

Partnership GP Interest

  

6.2(a)

Partnership Material Contract

  

6.12(a)

Partnership Recommendation

   Recitals

Partnership Reports

  

6.5(a)

Party/Parties

   Preamble

Preference Shares

  

7.2(a)

Proxy/Prospectus

  

8.3(a)

Public Unitholders

   Recitals

Registration Statement

  

8.3(a)

Requisite Partnership Vote

  

6.3(a)

Special Committee

   Recitals

Surviving Entity

  

3.1

Tail Period

  

8.10(b)

Transaction Litigation

  

8.14

Transactions

   Recitals

1.3     Interpretation and Construction .

(a)    The table of contents and headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.

(b)    The Preamble, and all Recital, Article, Section, Subsection, schedule and exhibit references used in this Agreement are to the recitals, articles, sections, subsections, schedules and exhibits to this Agreement unless otherwise specified herein.

(c)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, for purposes of this Agreement: (i) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural and vice versa ; (ii) words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa ; (iii) whenever the words “includes” or “including” are used, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (iv) the word “or” is not exclusive; (v) the words “hereto”, “hereof”, “hereby”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar terms in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular provision of this Agreement; and (vi) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.

 

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(d)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Partnership Disclosure Letter or the Parent Disclosure Letter, as applicable, the term “dollars” and the symbol “$” mean United States Dollars, and currency amounts referenced in this Agreement, the Partnership Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter are in United States Dollars.

(e)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when calculating the period of time within which, or following which, any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference day in calculating such period shall be excluded and if the last day of the period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next Business Day or if any action must be taken hereunder on or by a day that is not a Business Day, then such action may be validly taken on or by the next day that is a Business Day. References to a number of days shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified.

(f)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all references in this Agreement to any statute include the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced from time to time and in the case of any such amendment, re-enactment, consolidation or replacement, reference herein to a particular provision shall be read as referring to such amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced provision and shall also include, unless the context otherwise requires, all applicable guidelines, bulletins or policies made in connection therewith.

(g)    The Partnership Disclosure Letter and Parent Disclosure Letter may include items and information the disclosure of which is not required either in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision of this Agreement or as an exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in ARTICLE VI or ARTICLE VII, as applicable, or to one or more covenants contained in this Agreement. Inclusion of any items or information in the Partnership Disclosure Letter or Parent Disclosure Letter, as applicable, shall not be deemed to be an acknowledgement or agreement that any such item or information (or any non-disclosed item or information of comparable or greater significance) is “material” or that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have either a Partnership Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable, or to affect the interpretation of such term for purposes of this Agreement.

(h)    The Parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

PRE-MERGER SUBSCRIPTIONS

2.1     Subscriptions . The following matters provided for in this ARTICLE II shall take place on the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, in the order set forth below:

(a)     Subscription for EUSHI Shares . Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall subscribe for shares of EUSHI in exchange for the right of EUSHI to receive from Parent the Aggregate Merger Consideration (the “ EUSHI Subscription ”).

(b)     Subscription for EUS Shares . Immediately prior to the Effective Time and following the EUSHI Subscription, EUSHI shall subscribe for shares of EUS in exchange for the right of EUS to receive from EUSHI the Aggregate Merger Consideration (the “ EUS Subscription ”).

(c)     Subscription for General Partner Shares . Immediately prior to the Effective Time and following the EUS Subscription, EUS shall subscribe for shares of the General Partner in exchange for the right of the General Partner to receive from EUS the Aggregate Merger Consideration (the “ General Partner Subscription ”).

(d)     Subscription for Merger Sub Membership Interests . Immediately prior to the Effective Time and following the General Partner Subscription, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. shall subscribe for additional membership interests of Merger Sub in exchange for the right of Merger Sub to receive from Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. the Aggregate Merger Consideration (the “ Merger Sub Subscription ”).

2.2     Transfer of Aggregate Merger Consideration to the Exchange Agent . Immediately prior to the Effective Time and following the Merger Sub Subscription, Merger Sub shall direct Parent to deposit or cause to be deposited the Aggregate Merger Consideration with the Exchange Agent for the benefit (subject to Closing) of the holders of Eligible Units pursuant to Section 5.1.

ARTICLE III

THE MERGER

3.1     The Merger . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (a) at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Partnership in accordance with the DLLCA and the DRULPA and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease; (b) the Partnership shall be the surviving limited partnership in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “ Surviving Entity ”) and from and after the Effective Time, shall be a Subsidiary of Parent, and the separate existence of the Partnership with all of its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue unaffected by the Merger, except as set forth in ARTICLE IV; and (c) the Merger shall have such other effects as provided in the DRULPA and the DLLCA, in each case, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

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3.2     Closing . The closing of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, at 9:00 a.m. (New York Time) on the third Business Day following the day on which the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE IX (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing (so long as such conditions are reasonably capable of being satisfied) or that may be waived at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions) shall be satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement or at such other date, time or place (or by means of remote communication) as the Partnership and Parent may mutually agree in writing (the date on which the Closing actually occurs, the “ Closing Date ”). If the parties to the EEQ Merger are ready, willing and able to consummate the EEQ Merger substantially simultaneously with the Merger, then each of the Merger and the EEQ Merger shall be consummated substantially concurrently on the same date in the sequence set forth in Section 3.2 of the Parent Disclosure Letter.

3.3     Effective Time . As soon as practicable following, and on the date of, the Closing, the Partnership will cause a certificate of merger relating to the Merger (the “ Certificate of Merger ”) to be executed, acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Partnership Agreement, the DRULPA and the DLLCA. The Merger shall become effective at the time when the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later date and time as may be agreed by the Parties in writing and specified in the Certificate of Merger (such date and time, the “ Effective Time ”).

3.4     Amendment of Partnership Agreement . Immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, the General Partner, as general partner of the Partnership, pursuant to Section 15.1(j) of the Partnership Agreement, shall amend the Partnership Agreement as set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the Partnership Agreement, as so amended, the “ Amended Partnership Agreement ”).

3.5     Organizational Documents of the Surviving Entity . At the Effective Time, (a) the certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue as the certificate of limited partnership of the Surviving Entity, until duly amended as provided therein or by applicable Law, and (b) the Amended Partnership Agreement shall remain unchanged and shall continue as the agreement of limited partnership of the Surviving Entity, until duly amended as provided therein or by applicable Law, and in each case any further amendments or restatements must be consistent with the obligations set forth in Section 8.10 of this Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

MERGER CONSIDERATION; EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

4.1     Merger Consideration . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or any holder of any Partnership Interests, each Class A Common Unit issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than Excluded Units (each such Class A Common Unit, an “ Eligible Unit ”) shall be exchanged for

 

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the right to receive 0.335 shares of Parent Common Stock (such ratio, the “ Exchange Ratio ”, such number of shares of Parent Common Stock, the “ Merger Consideration ”, and the aggregate of such number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be exchanged for the Eligible Units, the “ Aggregate Merger Consideration ”).

4.2     Conversion of Class  A Common Units . Each Eligible Unit, upon being converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Section 4.2, and each certificate formerly representing any of the Eligible Units (each, a “ Certificate ”) and each book-entry account formerly representing any non-certificated Eligible Units (each, a “ Book -Entry Unit ”) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration with respect to such Eligible Unit(s) and the right, if any, to receive, pursuant to Section 5.5, cash in lieu of fractional shares into which such Eligible Unit(s) have been converted pursuant to this Section 4.2, and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 5.3.

4.3     Treatment of Excluded Units and Other Parent-Owned Partnership Interests . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or any holder of any partnership interests of the Partnership, (a) each Excluded Unit shall remain outstanding as a Class A Common Unit in the Surviving Entity, unaffected by the Merger; (b) each Class B Common Unit, Class E Unit, Class F Unit and I-Unit issued and outstanding and immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding in the Surviving Entity, unaffected by the Merger, and no consideration shall be delivered in respect thereof; and (c) all other Partnership Interests, including the Partnership GP Interest, that are owned immediately prior to the Effective Time by the General Partner, the GP Delegate, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall remain outstanding as Partnership Interests in the Surviving Entity, unaffected by the Merger, and no consideration shall be delivered in respect thereof.

4.4     Merger Sub . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties, all membership interests in Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to be outstanding, be cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor and cease to exist.

4.5     Tax Treatment of the Merger . For United States federal income tax purposes (and for purposes of any applicable state, local or foreign Tax that follows the United States federal income tax treatment), the Parties agree to treat the Merger as a taxable sale of the Eligible Units by the holders of such Eligible Units in exchange for the Merger Consideration. The Parties will prepare and file all Tax Returns consistent with the foregoing and will not take any inconsistent position on any Tax Return, or during the course of any Proceeding with respect to Taxes, except as otherwise required by applicable Law following a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction or other administrative settlement with or final administrative decision by the relevant Governmental Entity.

ARTICLE V

DELIVERY OF MERGER CONSIDERATION; PROCEDURES FOR SURRENDER

5.1     Exchange Agent . At or immediately prior to the Effective Time, pursuant to Section 2.2, Parent shall deposit or cause to be deposited with a nationally recognized

 

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financial institution or trust company selected by Parent with the Partnership’s prior approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to serve as the exchange agent (the “ Exchange Agent ”), for the benefit of the holders of Eligible Units upon Closing, (a) an aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in non-certificated book-entry form comprising the amounts required to be delivered in respect of Eligible Units pursuant to Section 4.1 and (b) an aggregate amount of cash comprising approximately the amounts required to be delivered in respect of Eligible Units pursuant to Section 5.5. In addition, Parent shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent, as necessary from time to time after the Effective Time, dividends or other distributions, if any, to which the holders of Eligible Units may be entitled pursuant to Section 5.3 with both a record and payment date after the Effective Time and prior to the surrender of such Eligible Units. Such shares of Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares payable pursuant to Section 5.5 and the amount of any dividends or other distributions deposited with the Exchange Agent pursuant to this Section 5.1 are referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “ Exchange Fund ”. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose other than the purpose expressly provided for in this Agreement. The cash portion of the Exchange Fund may be deposited by the Exchange Agent as reasonably directed by Parent. Any interest or other income resulting from such investment shall become a part of the Exchange Fund, and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be promptly returned to Parent. To the extent there are losses with respect to such investments, or the Exchange Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level required to fully satisfy all of the payment obligations to be made in cash by the Exchange Agent hereunder, Parent shall promptly replace or restore the cash in the Exchange Fund so that the Exchange Fund is at all times maintained at a level sufficient for the Exchange Agent to fully satisfy such cash payment obligations. No investment losses resulting from investment of the Exchange Fund shall diminish the rights of any former holder of Eligible Units to receive the Merger Consideration as provided in this Agreement.

5.2     Procedure s for Surrender .

(a)    With respect to Certificates, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (and in any event within three Business Days thereafter), the Surviving Entity shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of each such Certificate (i) notice advising such holders of the effectiveness of the Merger; (ii) a letter of transmittal in customary form, which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to a Certificate shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 5.7 in lieu of a Certificate) to the Exchange Agent (the “ Letter of Transmittal ”); and (iii) instructions for surrendering a Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 5.7 in lieu of a Certificate) to the Exchange Agent. Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 5.7 in lieu of a Certificate) together with a duly executed and completed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as may reasonably be required pursuant to such instructions, the Surviving Entity shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of any such Certificate in exchange therefore, as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, (x) a statement reflecting the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to ARTICLE IV in the name of such record holder and (y) a check in the amount (after giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as provided in Section 5.8) of (A) any cash in lieu of fractional shares plus (B) any unpaid dividends or other distributions that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE V. Any Certificate that has been so surrendered shall be cancelled by the Exchange Agent.

 

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(b)    With respect to Book-Entry Units not held through DTC (each, a “ Non-DTC Book-Entry Unit ”), as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (and in any event within three Business Days thereafter), the Surviving Entity shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of a Non-DTC Book-Entry Unit (i) a notice advising such holders of the effectiveness of the Merger; (ii) a statement reflecting the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to ARTICLE IV in the name of such record holder; and (iii) a check in the amount (after giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as provided in Section 5.8) of (A) any cash in lieu of fractional shares plus (B) any unpaid dividends or other distributions that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE V. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any holder of an Eligible Unit that is duplicatively evidenced by both a Certificate and a book-entry account shall not receive the notice, statement and check contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence with respect to such Eligible Unit, but shall surrender the applicable Certificate in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(a) to receive the Merger Consideration and any other amounts due under this Agreement with respect to such Eligible Unit, and no additional Merger Consideration or other amounts under this Agreement will accrue or be payable to the duplicative book-entry account for such Eligible Unit.

(c)    With respect to Book-Entry Units held through DTC, Parent and the Partnership shall cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent and DTC to ensure that the Exchange Agent will transmit to DTC or its nominees as soon as reasonably practicable on or after the Closing Date, upon surrender of Eligible Units held of record by DTC or its nominees in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures, the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE V.

(d)    No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable for Eligible Units pursuant to this ARTICLE V.

5.3     Distributions with Respect to Unsurrendered Certificates . All shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger shall be deemed issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time and whenever a dividend or other distribution is declared by Parent in respect of the Parent Common Stock, the record date for which is at or after the Effective Time, that declaration shall include dividends or other distributions in respect of all shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to Section 5.5, no dividends or other distributions in respect of shares of Parent Common Stock shall be paid to any holder with respect to any unsurrendered Certificate until the Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 5.7 in lieu of a Certificate) is surrendered for exchange in accordance with this ARTICLE V. Subject to applicable Law, following such surrender, dividends or distributions with respect to the Parent Common Stock issued in exchange for Eligible Units in accordance with this ARTICLE V shall be paid to the holders of record of such Eligible Units, without interest, (a) promptly after the time of such surrender for any dividends or other

 

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distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but a payment date prior to surrender and (b) at the appropriate payment date for any dividends or other distributions payable with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time and prior to surrender, but with a payment date subsequent to surrender.

5.4     Transfers .

(a)    From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Partnership of the Eligible Units that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Units shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Eligible Units except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable Law. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Entity for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Agreement.

(b)    With respect to Certificates, in the event of a transfer of ownership of any Certificate that is not registered in the transfer books of the Partnership as of the Effective Time, the proper number of shares of Parent Common Stock, together with a check for any cash (after giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as provided in Section 5.8) to be paid upon due surrender of the Certificate and any dividends or distributions in respect thereof, may be issued or paid to such a transferee if the Certificate is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer Taxes have been paid or are not applicable, in each case, in form and substance, reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 5.4, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, payable or issuable pursuant to this ARTICLE V.

(c)    With respect to Book-Entry Units, payment of the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, payable or issuable pursuant to this ARTICLE V, shall only be made to the Person in whose name such Book-Entry Units are registered in the stock transfer books of the Partnership as of the Effective Time.

5.5     Fractional Shares . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued upon the conversion of Class A Common Units pursuant to Section 4.1. All fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that a holder of Eligible Units would be otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4.1, but for this Section 5.5, shall be aggregated and rounded to three decimal places, and such holder shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash, without interest, rounded down to the nearest cent, equal to the product of (a) the amount of the fractional share interest in a share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder would, but for this Section 5.5, be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4.1, aggregated and rounded to three decimal points, and (b) an amount equal to the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of Parent Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange as reported by Bloomberg L.P., or, if not reported therein, in another authoritative source mutually selected by Parent and the Partnership on the Trading Day

 

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immediately prior to the Effective Time for ten Trading Days ending on the fifth full Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date. No holder of Eligible Units shall be entitled by virtue of the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock described in this Section 5.5 to any dividends, distributions, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock. The payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock is not a separately bargained-for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding-off of the fractions in the exchange.

5.6     Termination of Exchange Fund . Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments of the Exchange Fund and any shares of Parent Common Stock) that remains unclaimed as of the date that is twelve months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent. Any holder of Eligible Units who has not theretofore complied with this ARTICLE V shall thereafter look only to Parent for delivery of the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE V, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving Entity, Parent, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of Class A Common Units for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of Eligible Units immediately prior to the time at which the Exchange Fund would otherwise escheat to, or become property of, any Governmental Entity, shall, to the extent permitted by Law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.

5.7     Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount and upon such terms as may be required as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, payable or issuable pursuant to this ARTICLE V, had such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate been surrendered.

5.8     Withholding Rights . Each of Parent, the General Partner, Merger Sub, the Partnership, the Exchange Agent and the Surviving Entity shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement, without duplication, such amounts, which may include shares of Parent Common Stock, as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by Parent, the General Partner, Merger Sub, the Partnership, the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, such withheld amounts (a) shall be timely remitted by Parent, the General Partner, Merger Sub, the Partnership, the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, to the applicable Governmental Entity, and (b) to the extent such withheld amounts are remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity, shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Class A Common Units in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by Parent, the General Partner, Merger Sub, the

 

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Partnership, the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable. If withholding is taken in shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent, the General Partner, Merger Sub, the Partnership, the Surviving Entity and the Exchange Agent, as applicable, shall be treated as having sold such consideration for an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of such consideration at the time of such deemed sale and paid such cash proceeds to the appropriate Governmental Entity.

5.9     Adjustments to Prevent Dilution . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, from the date of this Agreement to the earlier of the Effective Time and termination in accordance with ARTICLE X, the issued and outstanding Class A Common Units or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for Class A Common Units or the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for shares of Parent Common Stock, shall have been changed into a different number of shares or securities or a different class by reason of any reclassification, stock split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or distribution, recapitalization, merger, issuer tender or exchange offer, or other similar transaction, or a stock dividend with a record date within such period shall have been declared, then the Merger Consideration (and the Exchange Ratio) shall be equitably adjusted to provide the holders of Class A Common Units and Parent the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event, and such items so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Merger Consideration (and the Exchange Ratio). Nothing in this Section 5.9 shall be construed to permit the Parties to take any action except to the extent consistent with, and not otherwise prohibited by, the terms of this Agreement.

5.10     No Dissenters Rights . No dissenters’ or appraisal rights shall be available with respect to the Merger or the other Transactions.

ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP PARTIES

Except as set forth in the Partnership Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter delivered to the Parent Parties by the Partnership Parties concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Partnership Disclosure Letter ”), ( it being agreed that for purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in this ARTICLE VI, disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Partnership Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent on its face), the Partnership, and, with respect to themselves where provided for in this ARTICLE VI, the General Partner and the GP Delegate, each hereby represents and warrants to the Parent Parties and Merger Sub that:

6.1     Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of the Partnership Group Entities is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite limited partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties

 

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and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

6.2     Capital Structur e of the Partnership .

(a)    As of the close of business on September 14, 2018, the issued and outstanding limited partner interests and general partner interests of the Partnership consisted of: (i) 326,517,110 Class A Common Units, of which 110,827,018 were owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent; (ii) 7,825,500 Class B common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“ Class  B Common Units ”), all of which were owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent; (iii) 18,114,975 Class E units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“ Class  E Units ”), all of which were owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent; (iv) 1,000 Class F units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“ Class  F Units ”), all of which were owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent; (v) 98,611,092.745544 I-units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “ I-Units ”), all of which were owned directly by the GP Delegate; (vi) the general partner interest in the Partnership (the “ Partnership GP Interest ”); and (vii) no other equity interests or other voting securities of the Partnership were issued or outstanding. All of the outstanding Class A Common Units, Class B Common Units, Class E Units, Class F Units, I-Units, and the limited partner interests represented thereby, have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the DRULPA and the Partnership Agreement).

(b)    As of the date of this Agreement, the General Partner owns the Partnership GP Interest, and such Partnership GP Interest was duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and represents the entire general partner interest in the Partnership. The General Partner owns the Partnership GP Interest free and clear of any pledge, lien, charge, mortgage, encumbrance, option, right of first refusal or other preferential purchase right, adverse claim and interest, or security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any restriction on the right to vote or transfer the same, except for such transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act, the “blue sky” Laws of the various States of the United States or similar Law of other applicable jurisdictions and except those existing or arising pursuant to the applicable Organizational Documents of such entities) (an “ Encumbrance ”, and any action of correlative meaning, to “ Encumber ”).

(c)    The Partnership does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the Limited Partners on any matter. Except as set forth in Section 6.2(c) of the Partnership Disclosure Letter, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate any of the Partnership Group Entities to issue or to sell any Partnership Interests or other securities of any of the Partnership Group Entities or any securities or

 

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obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, valued by reference to or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the Partnership Group Entities, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding.

6.3     Authority; Approval and Fairness .

(a)    The Partnership Parties have all requisite power and authority and have taken all action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to approval of this Agreement by the affirmative vote of the holders of 66  2 3 % of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote on such matter at the Partnership Unitholders Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (the “ Requisite Partnership Vote ”). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Partnership Parties and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Partnership Parties, enforceable against each of the Partnership Parties in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the “ Bankruptcy and Equity Exception ”).

(b)    As of the date of this Agreement, the Special Committee has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined based upon the facts and circumstances it deemed relevant, reasonable or appropriate to its decision, that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Partnership, including the Public Unitholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (iii) recommended that the Partnership Board approve this Agreement and the Transactions.

(c)    As of the date of this Agreement, the Partnership Board, upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Partnership, including the Public Unitholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (iii) recommended that the GP Board approve this Agreement and the Transactions, and (iv) resolved to recommend that the Limited Partners approve the Transactions and this Agreement and directed that this Agreement be submitted to the Limited Partners of the Partnership for their approval.

(d)    As of the date of this Agreement, the GP Board, upon the recommendation of the Partnership Board, has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Partnership, including the Public Unitholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (iii) resolved to recommend that the Limited Partners approve the Transactions and this Agreement and directed that this Agreement be submitted to the Limited Partners for their approval.

6.4     Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts; Etc.

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DLLCA, (ii) under the HSR Act, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, (iii) required to be made with the NYSE and (iv) under state securities, takeover, public utility and “blue sky” Laws, no filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations are required to be made by the Partnership Parties with, nor are any required to be made or obtained by the Partnership Parties with or from, any Governmental Entity, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership Parties and the consummation of the Transactions, or in connection with the continuing operation of the business of the Partnership Group Entities following the Effective Time, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Subject to obtaining the Requisite Partnership Vote, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership Parties do not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, (i) contravene, violate, conflict with any of, result in any breach of, or require the consent of any Person under, the terms, conditions or provisions of the Organizational Documents of any of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries; (ii) contravene, conflict with or violate any provision of applicable Law; (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under (whether with notice or the lapse of time or both), or accelerate or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or approval under, or result in the suspension, termination or cancellation of, or in a right of suspension, termination or cancellation of, any Partnership Material Contract; or (iv) result in the creation of any lien on any of the assets or businesses of any of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries under any such Partnership Material Contract, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for those items that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

6.5     Partnership Reports; Financial Statements .

(a)    The Partnership has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since December 31, 2016 (the “ Applicable Date ”) (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the “ Partnership Reports ”). Each of the Partnership Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Partnership Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except for any statements (x) in any Partnership Report that may have been modified by an amendment to such report or a subsequent report filed with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement or (y) with respect to information supplied in writing by or on behalf of Parent, as to which the Partnership makes no representation or warranty. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding comments from, or unresolved issues raised by, the staff of the SEC with respect to the Partnership Reports.

 

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(b)    Each of the consolidated statements of financial position included in or incorporated by reference into the Partnership Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Partnership and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of its date and each of the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, statements of partners capital and statements of cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the Partnership Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the results of operations, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as applicable, of such companies for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein or in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.

(c)    The Partnership makes and keeps books, records, and accounts and has devised and maintains a system of internal controls, in each case, in all material respects, as required pursuant to Section 13(b)(2) under the Exchange Act. The Partnership has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act and applicable listing standards of the NYSE. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by the Partnership in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules, forms and regulations of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to its management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The GP Delegate’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer have disclosed, based on their most recent evaluation, to the Partnership’s auditors and the audit committee of the Partnership Board (x) all significant deficiencies in the designation or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Partnership’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Partnership’s auditors any material weakness in internal controls and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Partnership’s internal controls.

6.6     Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2017, there has not been any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

6.7     Litigation and Liabilities .

(a)    Except as set forth in Partnership Reports, there are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Partnership Parties, threatened in writing against the Partnership, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)    Except for obligations and liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of financial position (and the notes thereto) included in the Partnership Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, or (ii) incurred in the Ordinary Course since December 31, 2017, neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due and including any off-balance sheet financings, loans, indebtedness, make-whole or similar liabilities or obligations) that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Partnership, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets are party or subject to, or affected by, the provisions of any material judgment, order, writ, injunction, stipulation, ruling, determination, decree or award of any Governmental Entity, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.7, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 6.7 in respect of environmental matters.

6.8     Compliance with Laws; Licenses .

(a)    The businesses of each of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries are not currently being conducted, and at no time since the Applicable Date have been conducted, in violation of any applicable Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    The Partnership and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and is in compliance with all Licenses necessary to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect. No Licenses shall cease to be effective as a result of the consummation of the Transactions except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.8, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 6.8 in respect of environmental matters.

6.9     Environmental Matters . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Partnership Material Adverse Effect: (a) since January 1, 2013, each of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Environmental Permits; (b) all Environmental Permits are in full force and effect and, where applicable, applications for renewal or amendment thereof have been timely filed; (c) as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of any Environmental Permit is pending or threatened in writing; (d) no property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings and surface and subsurface structures) is contaminated with any Hazardous

 

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Substance requiring remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law; (e) as of the date of this Agreement, there are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing against the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or involving any real property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by or for the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries alleging noncompliance with, or liability under, any Environmental Law; and (f) neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Governmental Order with any Governmental Entity or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party that imposes any current or future obligations under any Environmental Law.

6.10     Tax Matters . Except for any such matter that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect:

(a)    The Partnership and each of its Subsidiaries have prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them with the appropriate Governmental Entity and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects.

(b)    All Taxes owed by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries that are or have become due have been timely paid in full or an adequate reserve for the payment of such Taxes has been established on the consolidated statements of financial position of the Partnership and its consolidated Subsidiaries included in the Partnership Reports.

(c)    Except as set forth in Section 6.10(c) of the Partnership Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of the Partnership, no deficiency with respect to a material amount of Taxes has been proposed, asserted or assessed against the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing regarding any material Taxes of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries or the assets of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries.

(d)    Except as set forth in Section 6.10(d) of the Partnership Disclosure Letter, each of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes has in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code.

(e)    The Partnership is currently (and has been since its formation) either (i) properly classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) properly disregarded as an entity separate from its respective owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b).

(f)    At least 90% of the gross income of the Partnership for each taxable year ending after October 2002 and including the current taxable year has been income that is “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code.

(g)    Except as set forth in Section 6.10(g) of the Partnership Disclosure Letter, each Subsidiary of the Partnership is currently (and has been since its respective formation or acquisition by the Partnership) either (i) properly classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) properly disregarded as an entity separate from its respective owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b).

 

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6.11     Property . The Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership owns and has good title to all of its owned real property and good title to all of its owned personal property, and has valid leasehold interests in all of its leased real properties free and clear of all Encumbrances, in each case, to an extent sufficient to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted (except in all cases for Encumbrances permissible under or not prohibited by any applicable material loan agreements and indentures (together with all related mortgages, deeds of trust and other security agreements)), except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect. All leases under which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries lease any real or personal property are valid and effective against the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Partnership Parties, the counterparties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing material default by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Partnership Parties, the counterparties thereto, or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Partnership Parties, the counterparties thereto, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

6.12     Partnership Material Contracts .

(a)    Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed with or publicly furnished to the SEC by the Partnership prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, “ Partnership Material Contract ”).

(b)    Each Partnership Material Contract is valid and binding on the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of the Partnership Parties, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect. There is no default under any such Partnership Material Contracts by the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Partnership Parties, any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Partnership Parties, any other party thereto, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

6.13     Opinion of Financial Advisor . The Special Committee has received the opinion of Evercore Group L.L.C., dated as of September 17, 2018, to the effect that, as of such date, and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth therein, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Partnership and the holders of Class A Common Units other than Parent and its Affiliates. A copy of such opinion letter will be made available to the Parent Parties as soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement on a confidential basis solely for informational purposes ( it being agreed that such opinion is solely for the benefit of the Special Committee and may not be relied upon by the Parent Parties or Merger Sub).

 

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6.14     Brokers and Finders . Neither the Partnership nor any of its officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders’ fees in connection with the Transactions, except that the Special Committee has engaged Evercore Group L.L.C. as its financial advisor. The Partnership has made available to the Parent Parties correct and complete copies of all Contracts pursuant to which Evercore Group L.L.C. is entitled to any fees and expenses in connection with any of the Transactions.

6.15     Insurance . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, (a) the businesses and assets of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries are covered by, and insured under, insurance policies underwritten by reputable insurers that include coverages and related limits and deductibles that are customary in the Energy Products gathering, processing, treating, transportation and storage industries, (b) all such insurance policies are in full force and effect and all premiums due and payable on such policies have been paid and (c) no notice of cancellation of or indication of an intention not to renew, any such insurance policy has been received by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the Ordinary Course.

6.16     No Other Representations or Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties made by the Partnership Parties in this ARTICLE VI, none of the Partnership Parties nor any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Partnership Parties or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, and each of the Partnership Parties hereby expressly disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, none of the Partnership Parties nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to the Parent Parties, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives with respect to (a) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospect information relating to the Partnership Parties, any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective businesses or (b) any oral or, except for the representations and warranties made by any of the Partnership Parties in this ARTICLE VI, written information made available to the Parent Parties, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives in the course of their evaluation of the Partnership, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.16 shall limit the Parent Parties’ or Merger Sub’s remedies with respect to intentional or willful misrepresentation of material facts that constitute common law fraud arising from or relating to the express representations and warranties made by the Partnership in this ARTICLE VI.

ARTICLE VII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT PARTIES AND MERGER SUB

Except as set forth in the Parent Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC or filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval maintained by the Canadian Securities Regulators prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements

 

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or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter delivered to the Partnership Parties by the Parent Parties concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Parent Disclosure Letter ”) (it being agreed that for purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in this ARTICLE VII, disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Parent Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent on its face), Parent and Merger Sub, and, with respect to itself where provided for in this ARTICLE VII, EUS, each hereby represents and warrants to the Partnership Parties that:

7.1     Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of the Parent Parties and their respective Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

7.2     Capital Structure of Parent Parties; Capitalization of Merger Sub .

(a)    The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of an unlimited number of shares of Parent Common Stock, of which 1,724,340,802 shares were outstanding as of the close of business on September 14, 2018, and an unlimited number of preference shares, issuable in series (“ Preference Shares ”), of which 5,000,000 Series A Preference Shares, 18,269,812 Series B Preference Shares, 1,730,188 Series C Preference Shares, 18,000,000 Series D Preference Shares, 20,000,000 Series F Preference Shares, 14,000,000 Series H Preference Shares, 8,000,000 Series J Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series L Preference Shares, 18,000,000 Series N Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series P Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series R Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series 1 Preference Shares, 24,000,000 Series 3 Preference Shares, 8,000,000 Series 5 Preference Shares, 10,000,000 Series 7 Preference Shares, 11,000,000 Series 9 Preference Shares, 20,000,000 Series 11 Preference Shares, 14,000,000 Series 13 Preference Shares, 11,000,000 Series 15 Preference Shares, 30,000,000 Series 17 Preference Shares and 20,000,000 Series 19 Preference Shares were issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “ Parent Capital Stock ”). The authorized capital stock of EUS consists of 5,000 shares of common stock (the “ EUS Capital Stock ”). All of the outstanding shares of Parent Capital Stock and EUS Capital Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(b)    Parent does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of Parent on any matter. Except as set forth in Section 7.2 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or to sell any shares of Parent Capital Stock

 

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or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, valued by reference to or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding.

(c)    All of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of Merger Sub are, and at the Effective Time will be, owned by the General Partner. Merger Sub has not conducted any business prior to the date of this Agreement and has no, and prior to the Effective Time will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and the Transactions.

7.3     Authority; Approval .

(a)    No vote of holders of Parent Capital Stock is necessary to approve this Agreement and the Transactions, including the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock as the Aggregate Merger Consideration. Each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority and has taken all action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to approval of this Agreement by the General Partner as the sole member of Merger Sub. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.

(b)    Prior to the Effective Time, Parent will have taken all necessary action to permit it to issue the number of shares of Parent Common Stock required to be issued by it pursuant to ARTICLE VI of this Agreement. The shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and no stockholder of Parent will have any preemptive right of subscription or purchase in respect thereof. The shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be registered under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and registered or exempt from registration under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws.

7.4     Governmental Filings; No Violations .

(a)    Other than the filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations (i) pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act, (ii) under the HSR Act, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws, (iii) required to be made with the NYSE and the TSX, and (iv) state or provincial securities, takeover, public utility and “blue sky” Laws, no filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations are required to be made by the Parent Parties or Merger Sub with, nor are any required to be made or obtained by the Parent Parties or Merger Sub with or from, any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Parent Parties and Merger Sub and the consummation of the Transactions or in connection with the continuing operation of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Parent Parties do not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, (i) contravene, violate, conflict with any of, result in any breach of, or require the consent of any Person under, the terms, conditions or provisions of the Organizational Documents of any of Parent or its Subsidiaries; (ii) contravene, conflict with or violate any provision of applicable Law; (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under (whether with notice or the lapse of time or both), or accelerate or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or approval under, or result in the suspension, termination or cancellation of, or in a right of suspension, termination or cancellation of, any Parent Material Contract; or (iv) result in the creation of any lien on any of the assets or businesses of any of Parent or its Subsidiaries under any such Parent Material Contract, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for those items that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

7.5     Parent Reports; Financial Statements .

(a)    Parent has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act and with applicable Canadian Securities Regulators since the Applicable Date (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the “ Parent Reports ”). Each of the Parent Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Parent Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except for any statements in any Parent Report that may have been modified by an amendment to such report or a subsequent report filed with the SEC or with applicable Canadian Securities Regulators prior to the date of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding comments from, or unresolved issues raised by, the staff of the SEC or applicable Canadian Securities Regulators with respect to the Parent Reports

(b)    Each of the consolidated statements of financial position included in or incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of its date and each of the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into Parent Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the results of operations, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as applicable, of such companies for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein or in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations of the SEC or Canadian Securities Regulators.

 

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(c)    Parent makes and keeps books, records, and accounts and has devised and maintains a system of internal controls, in each case, in all material respects, as required pursuant to Section 13(b)(2) under the Exchange Act and with applicable Canadian Securities Regulators, as applicable. Parent has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act, the applicable listing standards of the TSX and applicable Canadian Securities Laws. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by Parent in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules, forms and regulations of the SEC and Canadian Securities Regulators, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to its management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Parent’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer have disclosed, based on their most recent evaluation, to Parent’s auditors and the audit committee of the Parent Board (x) all significant deficiencies in the designation or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for Parent’s auditors any material weakness in internal controls and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal controls.

7.6     Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2017, there has not been any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

7.7     Litigation and Liabilities .

(a)    Except as set forth in the Parent Reports, there are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened in writing against Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Except for obligations and liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against in Parent’s consolidated statements of financial position (and the notes thereto) included in the Parent Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) incurred in the Ordinary Course since December 31, 2017, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due and including any off-balance sheet financings, loans, indebtedness, make-whole or similar liabilities or obligations) that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated statement of financial position (or notes thereto) of Parent and its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    As of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets are a party or subject to, or affected by, the provisions of any material judgment, order, writ, injunction, stipulation, ruling, determination, decree or award of any Governmental Entity except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(d)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 7.7, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 7.7 in respect of environmental matters.

7.8     Compliance with Laws; Licenses .

(a)    The businesses of each of Parent and its Subsidiaries are not currently being conducted, and at no time since the Applicable Date have been conducted, in violation of any applicable Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and is in compliance with all Licenses necessary to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. No Licenses shall cease to be effective as a result of the consummation of the Transactions, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 7.8, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 7.8 in respect of environmental matters.

7.9     Environmental Matters . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect: (a) since January 1, 2013, each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Environmental Permits; (b) all Environmental Permits are in full force and effect and, where applicable, applications for renewal or amendment thereof have been timely filed; (c) as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of any Environmental Permit is pending or threatened in writing; (d) no property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings and surface and subsurface structures) is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance requiring remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law; (e) as of the date of this Agreement, there are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or involving any real property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by or for Parent or any of its Subsidiaries alleging noncompliance with, or liability under, any Environmental Law; and (f) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Governmental Order with any Governmental Entity or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party that imposes any current or future obligations under any Environmental Law.

7.10     Tax Matters . Except for any such matter that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect:

(a)    Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them with the appropriate Governmental Entity and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects.

 

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(b)    All Taxes owed by Parent and each of its Subsidiaries that are or have become due have been timely paid in full or an adequate reserve for the payment of such Taxes has been established on the statement of financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries included in the Parent Report.

(c)    Except as set forth in Section 7.10(c) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of Parent, no deficiency with respect to a material amount of Taxes has been proposed, asserted or assessed against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing regarding any material Taxes of Parent and its Subsidiaries or the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries.

(d)    Except as set forth in Section 7.10(d) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has been, within the past two years or otherwise, as part of a “plan (or series of related transactions)” within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code of which the Merger is also a part, a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code.

7.11     Property . Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent owns and has good title to all of its owned real property and good title to all of its owned personal property, and has valid leasehold interests in all of its leased real properties free and clear of all Encumbrances, in each case, to an extent sufficient to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted (except in all cases for Encumbrances permissible under or not prohibited by any applicable material loan agreements and indentures (together with all related mortgages, deeds of trust and other security agreements)), except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. All leases under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries lease any real or personal property are valid and effective against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of Parent, the counterparties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing material default by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Parent, the counterparties thereto, or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Parent, the counterparties thereto, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

7.12     Parent Material Contracts .

(a)    Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed with or publicly furnished to the SEC or filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval maintained by the Canadian Securities Regulators by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, “ Parent Material Contract ”).

(b)    Each Parent Material Contract is valid and binding on Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of Parent, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be

 

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expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. There is no default under any such Parent Material Contracts by Parent or its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by Parent or its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

7.13     Brokers and Finders . Neither Parent, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders fees in connection with the Transactions, except that Parent has employed Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Scotia Capital Inc. as its financial advisors.

7.14     Insurance . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (a) the businesses and assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries are covered by, and insured under, insurance policies underwritten by reputable insurers that include coverages and related limits and deductibles that are customary in the Energy Products gathering, processing, treating, transportation and storage industries and natural gas liquids marketing industry, (b) all such insurance policies are in full force and effect and all premiums due and payable on such policies have been paid, and (c) no notice of cancellation of or indication of an intention not to renew, any such insurance policy has been received by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the Ordinary Course.

7.15     EEQ Merger Agreement . Parent has provided the Partnership with a correct and complete copy of the EEQ Merger Agreement.

7.16     No Other Representations or Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties made by the Parent Parties and Merger Sub in this ARTICLE VII, none of the Parent Parties, Merger Sub or any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Parent Parties, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, and each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub hereby expressly disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, none of the Parent Parties, Merger Sub or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to the Partnership Parties or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives with respect to (a) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospect information relating to Parent, any of its Affiliates or any of their respective businesses, or (b) any oral or, except for the representations and warranties made by Parent or Merger Sub in this ARTICLE VII, written information made available to the Partnership Parties or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives in the course of their evaluation of Parent, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7.16 shall limit the Partnership Parties’ remedies with respect to intentional or willful misrepresentation of material facts that constitute common law fraud arising from or relating to the express representations and warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub in this ARTICLE VII.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

COVENANTS

8.1     Interim Operations .

(a)    Each of the Partnership and Parent covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that, after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time (unless Parent or the Partnership, as applicable, shall otherwise approve in writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)), and except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, as provided in any Contract in effect as of the date of this Agreement, or as required by applicable Law, the business of it and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in the Ordinary Course and, to the extent consistent therewith, it and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their business organizations intact and maintain existing relations and goodwill with Governmental Entities, customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors, creditors, lessors, employees and business associates. Without limiting the generality of and in furtherance of the foregoing, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly: (i) contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) contemplated by any Contract entered into prior to, concurrently with or after the date of this Agreement by Parent with respect to the Other Parent Transactions (as such Contract may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time); (iii) required by applicable Law or the terms of any Contract in effect on the date of this Agreement, (iv) as approved in writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) by the other Party; or (v) set forth in the corresponding subsection of Section 8.1 of the Partnership Disclosure Letter, as it relates to the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, or on Section 8.1 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, as it relates to Parent and its Subsidiaries, each Party, on its own account, shall not and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to:

(i)    make any material change to the nature of its business and operations;

(ii)    make any change to its Organizational Documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement in any manner that would reasonably be expected to prohibit, prevent or materially impede, hinder or delay the ability of such Party to satisfy any of the conditions to, or the consummation of, the Merger or the other Transactions;

(iii)    (A) merge or consolidate itself or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person (expressly excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any of the Other Parent Transactions), or (B) adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization, in each case, except (1) such transactions solely between or among, or solely involving, such Party and one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, or a Subsidiary of such Party and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary, (2) as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Partnership Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable, or (3) as would not reasonably be expected to prohibit, prevent or materially impede, hinder or delay the ability of such Party to satisfy any of the conditions to, or the consummation of, the Merger or the other Transactions;

 

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(iv)    issue, sell, grant, transfer or authorize the issuance, sale or grant, or otherwise enter into any Contract with respect to the voting of, any of its partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable (other than the issuance of partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, (A) by its wholly owned Subsidiary to it or another of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, (B) by the Partnership to the GP Delegate pursuant to the Partnership Agreement or (C) in respect of equity-based awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with their terms and, as applicable, the plan documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement), or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, or such convertible or exchangeable securities;

(v)    reclassify, split, combine, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable;

(vi)    waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim, action or proceeding, including any state or federal regulatory proceeding seeking damages or injunction or other equitable relief, which waiver, release, assignment, settlement or compromise would reasonably be expected to result in a Partnership Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable;

(vii)    other than in the Ordinary Course, make, change or revoke any material Tax election, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method, file any material amended Tax Return, settle any material Tax claim, audit, assessment or dispute for an amount materially in excess of the amount reserved or accrued on such Party’s most recent consolidated balance sheet included in the Parent Reports or Partnership Reports, as applicable, or surrender any right to claim a refund of a material amount of Taxes;

(viii)    make any material changes with respect to accounting policies, except as required by changes in GAAP;

(ix)    make or declare any dividends or distributions to the holders of Common Units or Parent Common Stock, in each case, other than in the Ordinary Course, subject to Section 8.12; or

(x)    agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, a Party’s obligations under Section 8.1(a) to take an action or not to take an action, or to cause its Subsidiaries to take an action or not to take an action, shall, with respect to any Persons (and their respective Subsidiaries) controlled by such Party, or in which such Party otherwise has a voting interest, but that are not wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Party or have public equity

 

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holders, only apply (i) to the extent permitted by the organizational documents and governance arrangements of such entity and its subsidiaries, (ii) to the extent a Party is authorized and empowered to bind such entity and its subsidiaries and (iii) to the extent permitted by the Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ duties (fiduciary or otherwise) to such entity and its subsidiaries or any of its equity holders.

8.2     Change in Recommendation .

(a)     No Solicitation . Except as expressly permitted by this Section 8.2, the Partnership shall not, and none of its Subsidiaries nor any of the directors, officers or employees of it or its Subsidiaries shall, and the Partnership shall instruct its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives not to, directly or indirectly:

(i)    initiate, solicit, propose, encourage or facilitate any inquiry or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal;

(ii)    engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions with or negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal;

(iii)    provide any non-public information to any Person in connection with any Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; or

(iv)    otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make an Acquisition Proposal.

It is understood and agreed that no act or failure to act by Parent or any of its Affiliates or Representatives shall be a violation or breach of this Section 8.2 by the Partnership.

(b)     Exceptions . Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8.2(b) to the contrary, prior to the time, but not after, the Unitholder Approval is obtained, in response to an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not arise from or in connection with a material breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 8.2, the Partnership may:

(i)    provide information in response to a request therefor (including non-public information regarding the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries) to the Person who made such Acquisition Proposal, provided that such information has previously been made available to, or is made available to, Parent prior to or concurrently with the time such information is made available to such Person and, prior to furnishing any such information, the Partnership receives from the Person making such Acquisition Proposal an executed confidentiality agreement containing customary terms ( it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not contain a standstill provision prohibiting the making or amending of an Acquisition Proposal); and

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in each case, if, and only if, prior to taking any action described in clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Special Committee determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel, based on the information then available and after consultation with its financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal (A) constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal and (B) such Acquisition Proposal did not result from a breach of this Section 8.2.

(c)     Notice of Acquisition Proposals . The Partnership shall promptly (and, in any event, within 24 hours) give notice to Parent if (i) any inquiries, proposals or offers with respect to an Acquisition Proposal are received by; (ii) any non-public information is requested in connection with any Acquisition Proposal from; or (iii) any discussions or negotiations with respect to an Acquisition Proposal are sought to be initiated or continued with, it or any of its Representatives, setting forth in such notice the name of such Person and the material terms and conditions of any proposals or offers (including, if applicable, complete copies of any written requests, proposals or offers, including proposed agreements) and thereafter shall keep Parent reasonably informed, on a current basis (and, in any event, within 24 hours), of the status and terms of any such proposals or offers (including any amendments thereto) and the status of any such discussions or negotiations, including any change in its intentions as previously notified.

(d)     No Change of Recommendation .

(i)    Except as permitted by Section 8.2(d)(ii), Section 8.2(d)(iii) and Section 8.2(e), the Special Committee agrees it shall not:

(A)    withhold, withdraw, qualify or modify (or publicly propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw, qualify or modify) the Partnership Recommendation in a manner adverse to Parent;

(B)    fail to include the Partnership Recommendation in the Proxy/Prospectus;

(C)    fail to recommend, within ten Business Days after the commencement of such Acquisition Proposal through a tender or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act for outstanding Class A Common Units (other than by Parent or an Affiliate of Parent), against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by its Limited Partners;

(D)    approve or recommend, or publicly declare advisable or publicly propose to enter into, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement (other than a confidentiality agreement referred to in Section 8.2(a) entered into in compliance with Section 8.2(a)) relating to any Acquisition Proposal (an “ Alternative Acquisition Agreement ”, and any of the actions set forth in the foregoing clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D), a “ Change of Recommendation ”); or

(E)    except as expressly permitted by, and after compliance with, Section 8.2(d)(ii), recommend that the Partnership to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement.

 

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(ii)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the time the Unitholder Approval is obtained, the Special Committee may effect a Change of Recommendation if (A) an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not arise from or in connection with a breach of the obligations set forth in Section 8.2(a) is received by the Partnership and is not withdrawn, and (B) the Special Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; provided , however , that a Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until the Partnership has given Parent written notice of such action and the basis thereof five days in advance (unless at the time such notice is otherwise required to be given there are fewer than five days prior to the expected date of the Partnership Unitholders Meeting, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 8.4, in which case such notice shall be provided as far in advance as practicable), which notice shall set forth in writing that the Special Committee intends to consider whether to take such action and comply in form, substance and delivery with the provisions of Section 8.2(c). After giving such notice and prior to effecting such Change of Recommendation the Partnership shall negotiate in good faith with Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) to make such revisions to the terms of this Agreement as would permit the Special Committee not to effect a Change of Recommendation in response thereto. At the end of the five day period (or such shorter period as is permitted by this Section 8.2(d)(ii)), prior to taking action to effect a Change of Recommendation, the Special Committee shall take into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in writing and any other information offered by Parent in response to the notice, and shall have determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor that the Superior Proposal would continue to constitute a Superior Proposal if such changes offered in writing were to be given effect. Any modification to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of Section 8.2(c) and this Section 8.2(d)(ii) except that the advance written notice obligation set forth in this Section 8.2(d)(ii) shall be reduced to three days.

(iii)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the time the Unitholder Approval is obtained, the Special Committee may effect a Change of Recommendation in response to an Intervening Event if the Special Committee has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that the failure to do so would be materially adverse to the interests of the Partnership or the Public Unitholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable Law or obligations under the Partnership Agreement; provided , however , that a Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until the Partnership has given Parent written notice of such action and the basis thereof five days in advance (unless at the time such notice is otherwise required to be given there are fewer than five days prior to the expected date of the Partnership Unitholders Meeting, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 8.4, in which case such notice shall be provided as far in advance as practicable), which notice shall set forth in writing that the Special Committee intends to consider whether to take such action and a reasonably detailed description of such Intervening Event. After giving such notice and prior to effecting such Change of Recommendation the Partnership shall negotiate in good faith with Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) to make such revisions to the terms of this Agreement as would permit the Special Committee not to effect a Change of Recommendation in response thereto. At the end of the five day period (or such shorter period as is permitted by this Section 8.2(d)(iii)), prior to taking action to effect a Change of Recommendation, the Special

 

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Committee shall take into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in writing and any other information offered by Parent in response to the notice, and shall have determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor that the failure to effect a Change of Recommendation would continue to be materially adverse to the interests of the Partnership or the Public Unitholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable Law or obligations under the Partnership Agreement.

(e)     Certain Permitted Disclosure . Nothing contained in this Section 8.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit the Partnership or the Special Committee from disclosures to the Public Unitholders of: (A) a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or (B) any disclosure the Special Committee has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be materially adverse to the interests of the Partnership or the Public Unitholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable Law or obligations under the Partnership Agreement.

(f)     Existing Discussions . The Partnership shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. The Partnership shall promptly deliver a written notice to each such Person providing only that the Partnership is ending all discussions and negotiations with such Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or proposal or transaction that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal and informing such Persons of the obligations undertaken in this Section 8.2 which notice shall also request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information concerning the Partnership and any of its Subsidiaries heretofore furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable.

8.3     Prospectus/Proxy Filing; Information Supplied .

(a)    As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Partnership shall prepare and file with the SEC the proxy statement relating to the Partnership Unitholders Meeting (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Proxy/Prospectus ”), and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC, Parent’s registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Registration Statement ”, with the Proxy/Prospectus constituting a part thereof). Parent and the Partnership each shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond promptly to comments from the SEC and have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing, to promptly thereafter mail the Proxy/Prospectus (including the Registration Statement) to the Limited Partners, and to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for as long as necessary to consummate the Transactions or until this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.

(b)    Each of the Partnership and Parent shall promptly notify the other of the receipt of all comments from the SEC and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Proxy/Prospectus or for additional information and shall promptly provide to the other copies of all correspondence between it or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Registration Statement or Proxy/Prospectus.

 

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(c)    Each of the Partnership Parties and Parent agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it or its Subsidiaries for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) the Proxy/Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto will, at the date of mailing to the Limited Partners and at the time of the Partnership Unitholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the Partnership and Parent further agrees that, if prior to the Closing Date, it should become aware of any information that would cause any of the statements in the Proxy/Prospectus or the Registration Statement to be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in light of the circumstances under which they were made, in the case of the Proxy/Prospectus) not false or misleading, it will promptly inform the other Party thereof and, subject to Section 8.3(d), take the steps necessary to correct such information in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy/Prospectus or the Registration Statement.

(d)    Each of Parent and the Partnership will provide the other Party and their respective legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of the Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement and other documents related to the Partnership Unitholders Meeting or the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock in respect of the Merger, prior to filing such documents with the applicable Governmental Entity and mailing such documents to the Limited Partners of the Partnership. Each Party will include in the Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement and such other documents related to the Partnership Unitholders Meeting or the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock in respect of the Merger all comments reasonably and promptly proposed by the other Party or its legal counsel and each agrees that all information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries included in the Proxy/Prospectus and the Registration Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably, and all information relating to the Partnership and its Subsidiaries included in the Proxy/Prospectus and the Registration Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to the Partnership, acting reasonably.

8.4     Unitholders Meeting .

(a)    The Partnership will take, in accordance with applicable Law and its Organizational Documents, all action necessary to convene the Partnership Unitholders Meeting as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective and the SEC advises it has no further comments on the Proxy/Prospectus to consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement and to cause such vote to be taken, and shall not postpone or adjourn such meeting except to the extent required by Law or pursuant to Section 8.4(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the partnership delivers a notice of an intent to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to Section 8.2(d)(ii) or Section 8.2(d)(iii) within the five days prior

 

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to the Original Date or any date that the Partnership Unitholders Meeting is scheduled to be held thereafter in accordance with the terms of this Section 8.4, if directed by Parent, the Partnership shall as promptly as practicable thereafter postpone or adjourn the Partnership Unitholders Meeting for up to ten days in accordance with Parent’s direction. Subject to Section 8.2 of this Agreement, the Partnership Board shall recommend such approval and shall take all lawful action to solicit such approval.

(b)    The Partnership agrees (i) to provide Parent reasonably detailed periodic updates concerning proxy solicitation results on a timely basis (including, if requested, promptly providing daily voting reports) and (ii) to give written notice to Parent one day prior to the Partnership Unitholders Meeting and, if requested, on the day of, but prior to, the Partnership Unitholders Meeting, indicating whether as of such date sufficient proxies representing the Unitholder Approval have been obtained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, on a date that is two Business Days prior to the date the Partnership Unitholders Meeting is scheduled (in either case, the “ Original Date ”), (A) the Partnership has not received proxies representing the Unitholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present or (B) it is necessary to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Proxy/Prospectus is required to be delivered, the Partnership may, or if Parent so requests, shall, postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Partnership Unitholders Meeting as long as the date of the Partnership Unitholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than ten days in connection with any one postponement or adjournment or more than an aggregate of twenty days from the Original Date in reliance on the preceding sentence.

(c)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Partnership agrees that its obligation to hold the Partnership Unitholders Meeting pursuant to this Section 8.4(c) shall not be affected by the making of a Change of Recommendation and its obligations pursuant to this Section 8.4(c) shall not be affected by the commencement of or announcement or disclosure of or communication to the Partnership of any Acquisition Proposal. The Partnership agrees that it shall not submit to the vote of the Limited Partners any Acquisition Proposal (whether or not a Superior Proposal) prior to the vote of the Partnership’s Limited Partners with respect to the Unitholder Approval at the Partnership Unitholders Meeting.

8.5     Cooperation; Efforts to Consummate .

(a)    On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the Partnership and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) its respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Law to consummate and make effective the Transactions as soon as reasonably practicable, including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as reasonably practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings (including by filing as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement the notification and report form required under the HSR Act), (ii) obtaining as promptly as reasonably practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Transactions and (iii) defending any Proceedings challenging this Agreement or the Transactions and seeking to have lifted or rescinded any injunction or restraining order or

 

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other order adversely affecting the ability of the Parties to consummate the Merger and the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will require any Party to hold separate or make any divestiture of any asset or otherwise agree to any restriction on its operations or other condition in order to obtain any consent or approval or other clearance required by this Agreement.

(b)    Subject to applicable Law relating to the exchange of information, Parent shall have the right to direct all matters with any Governmental Entity consistent with its obligations hereunder; provided that Parent and the Partnership Parties shall have the right to review in advance and, to the extent reasonably practicable, each will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all of the information relating to Parent or the Partnership Parties, as applicable, and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions (including the Proxy/Prospectus). Neither the Partnership Parties nor Parent shall permit any of its officers or other Representatives to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry relating to the Transactions unless it consults with the other Parties in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate thereat. The Partnership Parties shall not agree to any actions, restrictions or conditions with respect to obtaining any consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations in connection with the Transactions without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent, subject to this Section 8.5, may be withheld in Parent’s sole discretion). In exercising the foregoing rights, each of the Partnership Parties and Parent shall act reasonably and as promptly as reasonably practicable.

8.6     Status; Notifications . Subject to applicable Law and as otherwise required by any Governmental Entity, the Partnership and Parent each shall keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to the consummation of the Transactions, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other communications received by the Parent Parties or the Partnership Parties, as applicable, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, from any third party or any Governmental Entity with respect to the Transactions. The Partnership and Parent each shall give prompt notice to the other of any Effect that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable, or of any failure of any condition to the other Party’s obligation to consummate the Transactions; provided that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall not affect or be deemed to modify any representation, warranty, covenant, right, remedy, or condition to any obligation of any Party or update the Partnership Disclosure Letter or Parent Disclosure Letter, as applicable.

8.7     Information; Access and Reports .

(a)    Subject to applicable Law and the other provisions of this Section 8.7, the Partnership and Parent each shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to), upon request by the other Party, furnish the other Party and its Representatives with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may be required in connection with the Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, the Partnership or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions.

 

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(b)    The foregoing provisions of this Section 8.7 shall not require and shall not be construed to require either the Partnership or Parent to permit any access to any of its officers, employees, agents, contracts, books or records, or its properties, offices or other facilities, or to permit any inspection, review, sampling or audit, or to disclose or otherwise make available any information that in the reasonable judgment of the Partnership or Parent, as applicable, would (i) violate the terms of any confidentiality provisions in any agreement with a third party entered into prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) result in a violation of applicable Law; (iii) waive the protection of any attorney-client privilege; or (iv) result in the disclosure of any personal information that would expose the Party to the risk of liability.

(c)    No exchange of information or investigation by Parent or its Representatives shall affect or be deemed to affect, modify or waive the representations and warranties of the Partnership Parties set forth in this Agreement, and no investigation by the Partnership or its Representatives shall affect or be deemed to affect, modify or waive the representations and warranties of the Parent Parties or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement.

8.8     Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting . Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger to be approved for listing on the NYSE and the TSX, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, the Partnership shall cooperate with Parent and use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Law and rules and policies of the NYSE to enable the delisting by the Surviving Entity of the Class A Common Units from the NYSE and the deregistration of the Class A Common Units under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time.

8.9     Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.9 or Section 10.6, whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the Transactions, including all fees and expenses of its Representatives, shall be paid by the Party incurring such expense, except that Parent shall pay for (a) any filing fees with respect to the Registration Statement, (b) the costs and expenses of printing and mailing of the Proxy/Prospectus and (c) any filing fees in connection with the HSR Act.

8.10     Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance .

(a)    From and after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, each of Parent and the Surviving Entity agrees that it will jointly and severally (i) indemnify, defend and hold harmless each present and former (determined as of the Effective Time) director and officer of the Partnership, the GP Delegate and the General Partner, in each case, when acting in such capacity (including the heirs, executors and administrators of any such director or officer, the “ Indemnified Parties ”), against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, penalties, sanctions, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other

 

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charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any thereof) in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any acts or omissions or actual or threatened Proceeding, in each case in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, including in connection with (A) the Transactions, and (B) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any Indemnified Party, and (ii) advance expenses as incurred in each case described in clause (i) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law; provided that any Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Person is not entitled to indemnification.

(b)    Parent shall maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect, (i) the insurance liability coverage of the existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies for directors and officers of the GP Delegate, and (ii) the Partnership’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, the “ D&O Insurance ”) in place as of the date of this Agreement, in each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of six years from and after the Effective Time (the “ Tail Period ”), with terms, conditions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as provided in the existing policies providing such coverage as of the date of this Agreement; provided , however , that in no event during the Tail Period shall Parent be required to expend more on the annual cost of the D&O Insurance than an amount per year equal to 300 percent of the current annual premiums charged to the Partnership by Parent for such insurance; and provided , further , that if the cost of such insurance coverage exceeds such amount, the Surviving Entity shall have the option to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. If Parent in its sole discretion elects, then, in lieu of the obligations of the Surviving Entity under this Section 8.10(b), Parent may, but shall be under no obligation to, prior to the Effective Time, obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of the D&O Insurance for the Tail Period with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions).

(c)    Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 8.10, upon learning of any such Proceeding, shall promptly notify Parent thereof in writing, but the failure to so notify shall not relieve Parent or the Surviving Entity of any liability it may have to such Indemnified Party, except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party. In the event of any Proceeding: (i) Parent or the Surviving Entity shall have the right to assume the defense thereof (it being understood that by electing to assume the defense thereof, neither Parent nor the Surviving Entity will be deemed to have waived any right to object to the Indemnified Party’s entitlement to indemnification hereunder with respect thereto or assumed any liability with respect thereto), except that if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects not to assume such defense or legal counsel or the Indemnified Party advises that there are issues which raise conflicts of interest between Parent or the Surviving Entity and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party may retain legal counsel satisfactory to them, and Parent or the Surviving Entity shall pay all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such legal counsel for the Indemnified Party promptly as statements therefor are received; provided , however , that Parent and the Surviving Entity shall be obligated pursuant to this Section 8.10(c) to pay for only one firm of legal counsel for all Indemnified Parties with respect to any

 

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Proceeding in any jurisdiction unless the use of one legal counsel for such Indemnified Parties would present such legal counsel with a conflict of interest (provided that the fewest number of legal counsels necessary to avoid conflicts of interest shall be used); (ii) the Indemnified Parties shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects to assume such defense, and Parent and the Surviving Entity shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects not to assume such defense; (iii) the Indemnified Parties shall not be liable for any settlement effected without their prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects to assume such defense and Parent and the Surviving Entity shall not be liable for any settlement effected without their prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects not to assume such defense; and (iv) all rights to indemnification in respect of any such Proceedings shall continue until final disposition of all such Proceedings.

(d)    During the Tail Period, Parent shall honor (and shall cause the General Partner, the GP Delegate and the Surviving Entity to honor) all rights to indemnification, elimination of liability and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto as in effect as of the date of this Agreement in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the Organizational Documents of the General Partner, the GP Delegate, the Partnership or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the General Partner, the GP Delegate, the Partnership or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case, as in effect on the date of this Agreement, and all of such rights shall survive the Transactions unchanged and shall not be amended, restated, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party.

(e)    If Parent, the General Partner, the GP Delegate or the Surviving Entity or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent, the General Partner, the GP Delegate or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 8.10.

(f)    The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 8.10 are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of the General Partner, the GP Delegate, the Partnership or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the General Partner, the GP Delegate, the Partnership or any of their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees ( it being understood that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8.10 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies).

(g)    This Section 8.10 is intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, who shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 8.10. Any right of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 8.10 shall not be amended, repealed, terminated or otherwise modified at any time in a manner that would adversely affect the rights of such Indemnified Party as provided herein.

 

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8.11     Takeover Statutes . If any “fair price”, “moratorium”, “control share acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation is or may become applicable to the Transactions, each of Parent and the Partnership and the Parent Board and the Partnership Board, respectively, shall grant such approvals and use reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are necessary so that the Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation on the Transactions.

8.12     Distributions .

(a)    Until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Partnership Board shall declare, and shall cause the Partnership to pay, the Partnership’s regular quarterly cash distribution in an amount not less than $0.35 per Class A Common Unit in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and consistent with the Partnership’s historical payment schedule of quarterly cash distributions.

(b)    Subject to Section 8.12(a), the Partnership and Parent shall coordinate with each other with respect to the declaration and setting of record dates and payment dates of distributions on Class A Common Units and Parent Common Stock, subject to applicable Law, so that holders of Class A Common Units do not receive dividends and distributions, as applicable, on both Class A Common Units and shares of Parent Common Stock received in the Merger in respect of any calendar quarter or fail to receive a dividend or distribution, as applicable, on either Class A Common Units or shares of Parent Common Stock received in the Merger in respect of any calendar quarter.

8.13     Section  16 Matters . The Partnership and Parent, and the Partnership Board and the Parent Board (or duly formed committees thereof consisting of non-employee directors (as such term is defined for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act)), shall, prior to the Effective Time, take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to cause the Transactions and any other dispositions of equity securities of the Partnership (including derivative securities) or acquisitions of equity securities of Parent Common Stock (including derivative securities) in connection with the Transactions by any individual who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Partnership, or will become subject to such reporting requirements with respect to Parent, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, to the extent permitted by applicable Law.

8.14     Transaction Litigation . In the event that any unitholder litigation related to this Agreement or the Transactions is brought, or, to the Partnership’s Knowledge, threatened, against the Partnership or any members of the Partnership Board from and following the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time (such litigation, “ Transaction Litigation ”), the Partnership shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify Parent of such Transaction Litigation and shall keep Parent reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof. The Partnership shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement and shall

 

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consider in good faith Parent’s advice with respect to such Transaction Litigation; provided that the Partnership shall in any event control such defense or settlement and the disclosure of information to Parent in connection therewith shall be subject to the provisions of Section 8.7; provided , further , that the Partnership shall not agree to settle any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

8.15     Voting . The Parent Parties covenant and agree that, until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, (a) at the Partnership Unitholders Meeting or any other meeting of the Limited Partners or any vote of the Limited Partners or of Listed Shares in connection with a vote of the Limited Partners however called, the Parent Parties shall vote, or cause to be voted, to the extent permitted under the Organizational Documents of the GP Delegate, any Units and Listed Shares then owned beneficially or of record them or any of their Subsidiaries, as of the record date for such meeting, in favor of the approval of this Agreement (as it may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time) and the Merger and the approval of any actions required in furtherance thereof, and (b) at any meeting or vote of the holders of Listed Shares of the GP Delegate or in connection with any approval of the holders of Listed Shares, however called, the Parent Parties will vote, or cause to be voted, to the extent permitted under the Organizational Documents of the GP Delegate, all Listed Shares then owned, beneficially or of record, by them or any of their Subsidiaries, as of the record date for such meeting, in favor of, for purposes of determining the manner in which the I-Units are voted, the approval of this Agreement (as it may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time) and the Merger and the approval of any actions required in furtherance thereof.

8.16     Special Committee .

(a)    Prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Parent shall not and it shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and it shall not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to take any action intended to cause the GP Delegate to, without the consent of a majority of the then existing members of the Special Committee, eliminate the Special Committee, revoke or diminish the authority of the Special Committee or remove or cause the removal of any director of the Partnership Board that is a member of the Special Committee either as a director or as a member of such committee. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 8.16 shall not apply to the filling, in accordance with the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the GP Delegate, of any vacancies caused by the resignation, death or incapacity of any such director.

(b)    Unless otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, whenever a determination, decision, approval, consent, waiver or agreement of the Partnership or the Partnership Board is permitted or required pursuant to this Agreement, such determination, decision, approval, consent, waiver or agreement must be authorized by the Special Committee.

8.17     Performance by General Partner . Parent shall cause the General Partner and the General Partner shall cause the GP Delegate and the Partnership and its Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that actions or inactions by the Partnership, the GP Delegate, the General Partner and

 

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their respective Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be breaches or violations or failures to perform by the Partnership, the GP Delegate, the General Partner and their respective Subsidiaries of any of the provisions of this Agreement if such action or inaction was or was not taken, as applicable, at the direction of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers.

ARTICLE IX

CONDITIONS

9.1     Conditions to Obligation of Each Party . The respective obligation of each Party to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:

(a)     Partnership Unitholder  Approval . The Unitholder Approval shall have been obtained in accordance with applicable Law and the Partnership Agreement.

(b)     Listing . The shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to the holders of Class A Common Units pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE and the TSX, subject to official notice of issuance.

(c)     Regulatory Approvals . The waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Transactions under the HSR Act shall have expired or been earlier terminated.

(d)     Laws or Governmental Orders . No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Governmental Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, makes illegal or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the Transactions.

(e)     Registration Statement . The Registration Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and remain in effect, and no Proceedings for that purpose shall have commenced or been threatened in writing by the SEC, unless subsequently withdrawn.

9.2     Conditions to Obligation of Parent, EUS and Merger Sub . The respective obligations of Parent, EUS and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

(a)     Representations and Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Partnership Parties set forth in Section 6.3 ( Authority; Approval and Fairness ) and Section 6.6 ( Absence of Certain Changes ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time); (ii) the representations and warranties of the Partnership set forth in Section 6.2 ( Capital Structure of the Partnership ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date

 

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(except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time), except for such inaccuracies as would not be material in amount or effect; and (iii) each other representation and warranty of the Partnership Parties set forth in this Agreement shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such particular date or period of time), except, in the case of this clause (iii), for any failure of any such representation and warranty to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification by materiality or Partnership Material Adverse Effect contained therein) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(b)     Performance of Obligations of the Partnership . The Partnership shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c)     Partnership Closing Certificate . Parent, EUS and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Partnership by an executive officer of the Partnership certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 9.2(a) and Section 9.2(b) have been satisfied.

9.3     Conditions to Obligation of the Partnership Parties . The respective obligations of the Partnership Parties to consummate the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Partnership at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

(a)     Representations and Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub set forth in Section 7.3 ( Authority; Approval ) and Section 7.6 ( Absence of Certain Changes ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time); (ii) the representations and warranties of Parent set forth in Section 7.2 ( Capital Structure of Parent; Capitalization of Merger Sub ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time), except for such inaccuracies as would not be material in amount or effect; and (iii) the other representations and warranties of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such particular date or period of time), except, in the case of this clause (iii), for any failure of any such representation and warranty to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification by materiality or Parent Material Adverse Effect set forth therein) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)     Performance of Obligations of Parent, EUS and Merger Sub . Each of Parent, EUS and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c)     Parent, EUS and Merger Sub Closing Certificate . The Partnership shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent, EUS and Merger Sub by an executive officer of Parent certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 9.3(a) and Section 9.3(b) have been satisfied.

ARTICLE X

TERMINATION

10.1     Termination by Mutual Written Consent . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by mutual written consent of Parent and the Partnership by action of the Parent Board and the Partnership Board, with approval of the Special Committee.

10.2     Termination by Either Parent or the Partnership . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by action of either the Parent Board or the Partnership Board, with approval of the Special Committee, if:

(a)    the Merger shall not have been consummated by March 18, 2019 (the “ Outside Date ”); provided , further , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.2(a) shall not be available to any Party that has breached in any material respect its obligations set forth in this Agreement in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the occurrence of the failure of a condition to the consummation of the Merger;

(b)    the Unitholder Approval shall not have been obtained at the Partnership Unitholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof taken in accordance with this Agreement; or

(c)    any Law or Governmental Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger shall become final and non-appealable; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.2(b) shall not be available to any Party that has breached in any material respect its obligations set forth in this Agreement in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the occurrence of the failure of a condition to the consummation of the Merger.

10.3     Termination by Parent . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by the Parent Board if:

(a)    prior to the time the Unitholder Approval is obtained, the Special Committee shall have made a Change of Recommendation; or

 

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(b)    at any time prior to the Effective Time, there has been a breach by the Partnership of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Partnership shall have become untrue, in either case, such that the conditions in Section 9.2(a) or Section 9.2(b) would not be satisfied (and such breach or failure to be true and correct is not curable prior to the Outside Date, or if curable prior to the Outside Date, has not been cured within the earlier of (i) sixty days after the giving of notice thereof by Parent to the Partnership or (ii) the Outside Date); provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.3(b) shall not be available to Parent if it has breached in any material respect its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.

10.4     Termination by the Partnership . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by the Partnership Board, with approval of the Special Committee, if, at any time prior to the Effective Time, there has been a breach by Parent, EUS or Merger Sub of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Parent, EUS or Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in either case, such that the conditions in Section 9.3(a) or Section 9.3(b) would not be satisfied (and such breach or failure to be true and correct is not curable prior to the Outside Date, or if curable prior to the Outside Date, has not been cured within the earlier of (a) sixty days after the giving of notice thereof by the Partnership to Parent or (b) the Outside Date); provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.4 shall not be available to the Partnership if it has breached in any material respect its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.

10.5     Effect of Termination and Abandonment . In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger pursuant to this Article X, this Agreement shall become void and of no effect with no liability to any Person on the part of any Party (or any of its Representatives or Affiliates); provided , however , and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) no such termination shall relieve any Party of any liability or damages to any other Party resulting from any Willful Breach of this Agreement and (b) the provisions set forth in this Section 10.5 and the second sentence of Section 11.1 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

10.6     Payment of Partnership Expenses . If this Agreement is terminated by (a) the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.4 or (b) the Partnership or Parent pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.2(a) or 10.2(b), Parent shall pay to the Partnership by wire transfer of immediately available funds an account designated by the Partnership an amount equal to the Partnership Expenses, and such payment shall be made within five (5) Business Days after such termination.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

11.1     Survival . ARTICLE I, this ARTICLE XI and the agreements of the Partnership Parties, the Parent Parties and Merger Sub contained in ARTICLE IV, ARTICLE V, Section 8.9 ( Expenses ), Section 8.10 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ) and

 

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Section 8.12 ( Distributions ) shall survive the Effective Time. ARTICLE I, this ARTICLE XI and the agreements of the Partnership Parties, the Parent Parties and Merger Sub contained in Section 8.9 ( Expenses ), Section 10.5 ( Effect of Termination and Abandonment ) and Section 10.6 ( Payment of Partnership Expenses ) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. All other representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement or in any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall not survive the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement.

11.2     Modification or Amendment ; Waiver .

(a)    Subject to the provisions of applicable Law and the provisions of Section 8.10 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ), at any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment or modification or waiver, by each of the Parties, or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective; provided that, in the case of amendments, modifications or waivers by the Partnership, any such amendments, modifications or waivers must be approved by the Special Committee. The conditions to each of the Parties’ respective obligations to consummate the Transactions are for the sole benefit of such Party and may be waived by such Party, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable Law; provided , however , that any such waiver shall only be effective if made in writing and executed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective; provided , further , that the Partnership may not make or authorize any such waiver without the prior approval of the Special Committee.

(b)    No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under applicable Law shall operate as a waiver of such rights and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no single or partial exercise thereof shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

11.3     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, email or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

11.4     Governing Law and Venue; Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by Jury .

(a)    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD DIRECT A MATTER TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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(b)    Each of the Parties agrees that: (i) it shall bring any Proceeding in connection with, arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions exclusively in the courts of the State of Delaware in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware (Complex Commercial Division); provided that if subject matter jurisdiction over the matter that is the subject of the Proceeding is vested exclusively in the United States federal courts, such Proceeding shall be heard in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Chosen Courts ”); and (ii) solely in connection with such Proceedings, (A) it irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (B) it waives any objection to the laying of venue in any Proceeding in the Chosen Courts, (C) it waives any objection that the Chosen Courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any Party, (D) mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such Proceeding in the manner provided in Section 11.6 or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof and (E) it shall not assert as a defense, any matter or claim waived by the foregoing clauses (A) through (D) of this Section 11.4(b) or that any Governmental Order issued by the Chosen Courts may not be enforced in or by the Chosen Courts.

(c)    EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY BE IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISE OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY INSTRUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS, IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY INSTRUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND CERTIFIES: (i) THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OTHER PARTIES HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTIES WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (ii) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER; (iii) IT MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY; AND (iv) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 11.4(c).

11.5     Specific Performance .

(a)    Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that the rights of each Party to consummate the Transactions are special, unique and of extraordinary character and that if for any reason any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached (including by a Party’s failing to take such actions as

 

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are required of such Party hereunder in order to consummate the Transactions), immediate and irreparable harm or damage would be caused for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, each Party agrees that, in addition to any other available remedies a Party may have in equity or at law, each Party shall be entitled to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to obtain an injunction restraining any breach or violation or threatened breach or violation of the provisions of this Agreement in the Chosen Courts, provided that such Party seeking specific performance, injunction or other equitable remedy pursuant to this Section 11.5 is not in material default under this Agreement. Each Party agrees that no Party shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 11.5, and each Party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument. In the event that any Proceeding should be brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, no Party shall allege, and each Party hereby waives the defense, that there is an adequate remedy at law.

(b)    To the extent any Party brings a Proceeding to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement (other than a Proceeding to specifically enforce any provision that expressly survives termination of this Agreement) when expressly available to such Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Outside Date shall automatically be extended to (i) the twentieth Business Day following the resolution of such Proceeding, or (ii) such other time period established by the court presiding over such Proceeding.

11.6     Notices . All notices, requests, instructions, consents, claims, demands, waivers, approvals and other communications to be given or made hereunder by one or more Parties to one or more of the other Parties shall be in writing and delivered in person or by courier service, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by email; provided that any email transmission must be promptly confirmed by telephone or email. Such communications shall be sent to the respective Parties at the following street addresses or email addresses or at such other street address or email address for a Party as shall be specified for such purpose in a notice given in accordance with this Section 11.6:

If to the Partnership, General Partner or GP Delegate:

 

Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.

5400 Westheimer Court

Houston, TX 77056

Attention:

   Corporate Secretary

Telephone:

   (713) 627-5400

Email:

   USCorporateSecretary@enbridge.com

 

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with a copy to the Special Committee’s legal counsel (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Bracewell LLP

Suite 2300

711 Louisiana Street

Houston, TX 77002

Attention:

   Will Anderson

Telephone:

   (713) 221-1122

Email:

   will.anderson@bracewell.com

If to Parent:

 

Enbridge Inc.

200 Fifth Avenue Place

425 1st Street S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

T2P 3L8

Attention:

   Corporate Secretary

Telephone:

   (201) 231-5935

Email:

   corporatesecretary@enbridge.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Attention:

   George J. Sampas

Telephone:

   (212) 558-4000

Email:

   sampasg@sullcrom.com

If to EUS or Merger Sub:

 

5400 Westheimer Court

Houston, TX 77056

Attention:

   Corporate Secretary

Telephone:

   (713) 627-5400

Email:

   USCorporateSecretary@enbridge.com

 

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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Attention:

   George J. Sampas

Telephone:

   (212) 558-4000

Email:

   sampasg@sullcrom.com

11.7     Entire Agreement .

(a)    This Agreement (including any exhibits hereto), the Partnership Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, negotiations, understandings and representations and warranties, whether oral or written, with respect to such matters.

(b)    Each Party acknowledges the provisions set forth in Section 6.16 ( No Other Representations or Warranties ) and Section 7.15 ( No Other Representations or Warranties ) and, without limiting such provisions, additionally acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Partnership Disclosure Letter, the Parent Disclosure Letter or any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement: (i) no Party has made or is making any other representations, warranties, statements, information or inducements; (ii) no Party has relied on or is relying on any other representations, warranties, statements, information or inducements; and (iii) each Party hereby disclaims reliance on any other representations, warranties, statements, information or inducements provided to such Party by the other Party, in each case for clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), oral or written, express or implied, or as to the accuracy or completeness of any statements or other information, made by, or made available by, itself or any of its Representatives, in each case with respect to, or in connection with, the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions, and notwithstanding the distribution, disclosure or other delivery to the other or the other’s Representatives of any documentation or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing, and waives any claims or causes of action relating thereto.

11.8     Third-Party Beneficiaries . Except for, from and after the Effective Time, the Indemnified Parties with respect to the provisions of Section 8.10 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ), the Parties hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the other Parties on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns any rights or remedies, express or implied, hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement. The representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the Parties. Any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties are subject to waiver by the Parties in accordance with Section 11.2 without notice or liability to any other Person. In some instances, the representations and warranties in this Agreement may

 

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represent an allocation among the Parties of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the Parties. Consequently, Persons other than the Parties may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date.

11.9     Non-Recourse . Unless expressly agreed to otherwise by the Parties in writing, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any Proceeding in connection with, arising out of or otherwise resulting from this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions may only be brought against the Persons expressly named as Parties (or any of their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns) and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such Party. No past, present or future director employee (including any officer), incorporator, manager, member, partner, stockholder, unitholder, other equity holder or persons in a similar capacity, controlling person, Affiliate or other Representative of any Party or of any Affiliate of any Party, or any of their respective successors, Representatives and permitted assigns shall have any liability or other obligation for any obligation of any Party under this Agreement or for any Proceeding in connection with, arising out of or otherwise resulting from this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 11.9 shall limit any liability or other obligation of the Parties for breaches of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

11.10     Fulfillment of Obligations . Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Parent to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Parent to cause such Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of the Partnership to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of the Partnership to cause such Subsidiary to take such action and, after the Effective Time, on the part of the Surviving Entity to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.

11.11     Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or any circumstance, is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be legal, valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such legal, invalid or unenforceable provision, and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability affect the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any other jurisdiction.

11.12     Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties (and any of their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns). No Party may assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, except as provided for in Section 11.10, and any attempted or purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 11.12 shall be null and void;

 

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provided , however , that Parent may designate another wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiary to be a constituent corporation in the Merger in lieu of Merger Sub, so long as Parent provides the Partnership with advance written notice thereof, in which event all references to Merger Sub in this Agreement shall be deemed references to such other wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent, except that all representations and warranties made in this Agreement with respect to Merger Sub as of the date of this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties made with respect to such other wholly owned Subsidiary as of the date of such designation; provided , further , that any such designation shall not prevent or materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions or otherwise adversely affect the rights of the unitholders of the Partnership under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties to this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
By   Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. (as delegate of its general partner)
By  

/s/ Laura J. Buss Sayavedra

  Name:   Laura J. Buss Sayavedra
  Title:   Vice President
ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC. (acting both in its individual capacity and in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership)
By  

/s/ Kenneth C. Lanik

  Name:   Kenneth C. Lanik
  Title:   Tax Officer
ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
By  

/s/ Kenneth C. Lanik

  Name:   Kenneth C. Lanik
  Title:   Tax Officer

[ Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger ]


ENBRIDGE INC.
By  

/s/ Al Monaco

  Name:    Al Monaco
  Title:    President & Chief Executive Officer
By  

/s/ Tyler W. Robinson

  Name:    Tyler W. Robinson
  Title:    Vice President & Corporate Secretary
ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC.
By  

/s/ Kenneth C. Lanik

  Name:    Kenneth C. Lanik
  Title:    Tax Officer
WINTER ACQUISITION SUB II, LLC
By  

/s/ Kenneth C. Lanik

  Name:    Kenneth C. Lanik
  Title:    Tax Officer
ENBRIDGE US HOLDINGS INC.
By  

/s/ David Taniguchi

  Name:    David Taniguchi
  Title:    Corporate Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger ]


Exhibit A

Form of Partnership Agreement Amendment


AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

EIGHTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

[●] [●], 20[●]

This Amendment No. 2 (this “ Amendment No.  2 ”) to the Eighth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (as amended to date, the “ Partnership Agreement ”) of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (the “ Partnership ”) is hereby adopted by Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ General Partner ”), as general partner of the Partnership, and the Limited Partners, together with any other Persons who become Partners in the Partnership. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the Partnership Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Section 15.1(j) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the approval of any Limited Partner or Assignee, may amend any provision of the Partnership Agreement to reflect an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a Merger Agreement approved in accordance with Section 16.3 of the Partnership Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Partnership entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated [●], 2018 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), among the Partnership, the General Partner, Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., Enbridge Inc., Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC and, solely for the purposes set forth therein, Enbridge US Holdings Inc.;

WHEREAS, Unitholder Approval (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of the Merger Agreement was obtained on [●], 2018, which Unitholder Approval constitutes approval of the Merger Agreement in accordance with Section 16.3 of the Partnership Agreement; and

WHEREAS, according pursuant to the power and authority granted to it under Section 15.1(j) of the Partnership Agreement, the General Partner has determined that the following amendment to the Partnership Agreement is effected, necessitated and contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, the General Partner does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as follows:

Section 1.     Amendment . Section 5.10(d)(iii) of the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: “[ Reserved .]”

Section 2.     Ratification of Partnership Agreement . Except as expressly modified and amended herein, all of the terms and conditions of the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


Section 3.     Governing Law . This Amendment No. 2 will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

[ Signature Page Follows ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the General Partner and the Limited Partners have executed this Amendment No. 2 as of [●][●], 20[●].

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

LIMITED PARTNERS:
All Limited Partners now and hereafter admitted as limited partners of the Partnership, pursuant to Powers of Attorney now and hereafter executed in favor of, and granted and delivered to, the General Partner.
By:   Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., General Partner, as attorney-in-fact for all Limited Partners pursuant to the Powers of Attorney granted pursuant to Section 1.4 of the Partnership Agreement.
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Exhibit 2.2

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Among

ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.,

ENBRIDGE INC.,

WINTER ACQUISITION SUB I, INC.

and, solely for purposes of ARTICLE I, Section 2.4 and ARTICLE X,

ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC.

Dated as of September 17, 2018


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I

 

Definitions; Interpretation and Construction

 

1.1

 

Definitions

     2  

1.2

 

Additional Definitions

     9  

1.3

 

Interpretation and Construction

     10  
ARTICLE II

 

The Merger

 

2.1

 

The Merger

     12  

2.2

 

Closing

     12  

2.3

 

Effective Time

     12  

2.4

 

Amendment of Company Agreement

     12  

2.5

 

Organizational Documents of the Surviving Entity

     12  
ARTICLE III

 

Merger Consideration; Effect of the Merger on Company Securities

 

3.1

 

Merger Consideration

     13  

3.2

 

Conversion of Listed Shares

     13  

3.3

 

Treatment of Excluded Shares and Other Parent-Owned Company Interests

     13  

3.4

 

Merger Sub

     13  

3.5

 

Tax Treatment of the Merger

     13  
ARTICLE IV

 

Delivery of Merger Consideration; Procedures for Surrender

 

4.1

 

Exchange Agent

     14  

4.2

 

Procedures for Surrender

     14  

4.3

 

Distributions with Respect to Unsurrendered Certificates

     15  

4.4

 

Transfers

     16  

4.5

 

Fractional Shares

     16  

4.6

 

Termination of Exchange Fund

     17  

4.7

 

Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates

     17  

4.8

 

Withholding Rights

     17  

4.9

 

Adjustments to Prevent Dilution

     18  

4.10

 

No Dissenters’ Rights

     18  

 

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ARTICLE V

 

Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

5.1

 

Organization, Good Standing and Qualification

     19  

5.2

 

Capital Structure of the Company

     19  

5.3

 

Authority; Approval and Fairness

     19  

5.4

 

Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts; Etc.

     20  

5.5

 

Company Reports; Financial Statements

     21  

5.6

 

Absence of Certain Changes

     22  

5.7

 

Litigation and Liabilities

     22  

5.8

 

Compliance with Laws; Licenses

     22  

5.9

 

Environmental Matters

     23  

5.10

 

Tax Matters

     23  

5.11

 

Property

     24  

5.12

 

Company Material Contracts

     24  

5.13

 

Opinion of Financial Advisor

     25  

5.14

 

Brokers and Finders

     25  

5.15

 

No Other Representations or Warranties

     25  
ARTICLE VI

 

Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub

 

6.1

 

Organization, Good Standing and Qualification

     26  

6.2

 

Capital Structure of Parent; Capitalization of Merger Sub

     26  

6.3

 

Authority; Approval

     27  

6.4

 

Governmental Filings; No Violations

     27  

6.5

 

Parent Reports; Financial Statements

     28  

6.6

 

Absence of Certain Changes

     29  

6.7

 

Litigation and Liabilities

     29  

6.8

 

Compliance with Laws; Licenses

     30  

6.9

 

Environmental Matters

     30  

6.10

 

Tax Matters

     31  

6.11

 

Property

     31  

6.12

 

Parent Material Contracts

     32  

6.13

 

Brokers and Finders

     32  

6.14

 

Insurance

     32  

6.15

 

EEP Merger Agreement

     32  

6.16

 

No Other Representations or Warranties

     32  
ARTICLE VII

 

Covenants

 

7.1

 

Interim Operations

     33  

7.2

 

Change in Recommendation

     35  

 

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7.3

 

Prospectus/Proxy Filing; Information Supplied

     39  

7.4

 

Shareholders Meeting

     40  

7.5

 

Cooperation; Efforts to Consummate

     41  

7.6

 

Status; Notifications

     41  

7.7

 

Information; Access and Reports

     42  

7.8

 

Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting

     42  

7.9

 

Expenses

     43  

7.10

 

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance

     43  

7.11

 

Takeover Statutes

     45  

7.12

 

Section 16 Matters

     45  

7.13

 

Transaction Litigation

     45  

7.14

 

Voting

     46  

7.15

 

Special Committee

     46  

7.16

 

Performance by Company

     46  
ARTICLE VIII

 

Conditions

 

8.1

 

Conditions to Obligation of Each Party

     47  

8.2

 

Conditions to Obligation of Parent and Merger Sub

     47  

8.3

 

Conditions to Obligation of the Company

     48  
ARTICLE IX

 

Termination

 

9.1

 

Termination by Mutual Written Consent

     49  

9.2

 

Termination by Either Parent or the Company

     49  

9.3

 

Termination by Parent

     50  

9.4

 

Termination by the Company

     50  

9.5

 

Effect of Termination and Abandonment

     50  

9.6

 

Payment of Company Expenses

     51  
ARTICLE X

 

Miscellaneous and General

 

10.1

 

Survival

     51  

10.2

 

Modification or Amendment; Waiver

     51  

10.3

 

Counterparts

     52  

10.4

 

Governing Law and Venue; Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by Jury

     52  

10.5

 

Specific Performance

     53  

10.6

 

Notices

     53  

10.7

 

Entire Agreement

     55  

10.8

 

Third-Party Beneficiaries

     55  

 

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10.9

 

Non-Recourse

     56  

10.10

 

Fulfillment of Obligations

     56  

10.11

 

Severability

     56  

10.12

 

Successors and Assigns

     57  

Exhibit A        Form of Company Agreement Amendment

  

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of September 17, 2018, is entered into by and among Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), Enbridge Inc., a Canadian corporation (“ Parent ”), Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”), and, solely for purposes of ARTICLE I, Section 2.4 and ARTICLE X, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EECI ” and, together with the Company, Parent and Merger Sub, the “ Parties ” and each, a “ Party ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS , the Parties intend that, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company (the “ Merger ”), with the Company surviving the Merger, pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ DLLCA ”) and the Delaware General Corporation Law (“ DGCL ”);

WHEREAS , the special committee composed of the independent members (the “ Special Committee ”) of the board of directors of the Company (the “ Company Board ”) has, acting in good faith, unanimously (a) determined, based upon the facts and circumstances it deemed relevant, reasonable or appropriate to its decision, that this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger (the “ Transactions ”), and the Company Agreement Amendment are fair and reasonable to the Company, including the holders of Listed Shares (other than Parent and its Affiliates) (the “ Public Shareholders ”), (b) approved this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (c) recommended that the Company Board approve this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions;

WHEREAS , the Company Board, upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, has, acting in good faith, unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Company, including the Public Shareholders, (b) approved this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (c) resolved to recommend that the holders of Listed Shares approve the Transactions, this Agreement and the Company Agreement Amendment, and waive Section 9.05(a)(v) of the Company Agreement (the “ Company Recommendation ”) and directed that this Agreement be submitted to the holders of Listed Shares for their approval;

WHEREAS , the board of directors of Parent (the “ Parent Board ”) has unanimously (of those voting) (a) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (b) approved the issuance of Parent’s common shares (the “ Parent Common Stock ”), in connection with the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS , the Parties desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with this Agreement and set forth certain conditions to the Merger.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION

1.1     Definitions . For the purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the following terms have meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

Acquisition Proposal ” means (a) any proposal, offer, inquiry or indication of interest relating to a merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, spin-off, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any acquisition by any Person or group (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), resulting in, or any proposal, offer, inquiry or indication of interest that if consummated would result in, any Person or group (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act) becoming the beneficial owner of, directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions, 15% or more of the total voting power or of any class of equity securities of the Company or 15% or more of the consolidated net revenues, net income or total assets ( it being understood that total assets include equity securities of Subsidiaries) of the Company, in each case, other than the Transactions.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Person as of the date on which, or at any time during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, prior to the Closing, the Company shall not be considered an Affiliate of Parent or any of Parent’s other Affiliates, nor shall Parent or any of Parent’s Affiliates be considered Affiliates of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Business Day ” means any day ending at 11:59 p.m. (New York Time) other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks in the City of New York or in Calgary, Alberta, Canada are required or authorized by Law to close.

Canadian Securities Laws ” means all applicable securities Laws in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and the respective rules and regulations made thereunder, together with applicable published national and local instruments, policy statements, notices, blanket orders and rulings thereunder of the Canadian Securities Regulators.

Canadian Securities Regulators ” means the applicable securities commission or securities regulatory authority in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

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Company Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of October 17, 2002, as amended.

Company Expenses ” means an amount in cash equal to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and consultants) incurred by the Company, including such expenses of the Special Committee, in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions up to a maximum amount of $4.0 million.

Company Material Adverse Effect ” means a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Company Securities ” has the meaning set forth in the Company Agreement.

Company Shareholders Meeting ” means the meeting of holders of Listed Shares of the Company to be held in connection with the Merger and to determine the manner in which I-Units shall be voted with respect to the EEP Merger Agreement, as may be adjourned or postponed from time to time.

Contract ” means any legally binding written contract, agreement, lease, license, note, mortgage, indenture, arrangement or other obligation.

DTC ” means The Depositary Trust Company.

EEP ” means Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

EEP Merger ” means the merger of Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC with and into EEP, with EEP surviving such merger, as provided in the EEP Merger Agreement.

EEP Merger Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 17, 2018, among Parent, EEP, Enbridge Energy Company Inc., the Company, Enbridge (U.S.) Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub II, LLC and, for certain purposes set forth therein, Enbridge US Holdings Inc., as may be amended from time to time in compliance with the applicable provisions thereof, including all annexes, exhibits, schedules, disclosure letters and other documents delivered in connection therewith.

Effect ” means any effect, event, development, change or occurrence.

Energy Products ” means, collectively, natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum products, other hydrocarbon products, natural gas liquids and products produced from the fractionation of natural gas liquids.

Environmental Law ” means any Law relating to (a) pollution, the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment (including air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource) or workplace health or occupational safety, or (b) the exposure to, or the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Hazardous Substances, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

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Environmental Permit ” means all Licenses required under Environmental Law.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Excluded Shares ” means Listed Shares owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any other direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent and Listed Shares owned by the Company or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, and in each case not held on behalf of third parties.

GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Governmental Entity ” means any United States, non-United States, supranational or transnational governmental (including public international organizations), quasi-governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority, agency, commission, body, department or instrumentality or any court, tribunal or arbitrator or other entity or subdivision thereof or other legislative, executive or judicial entity or subdivision thereof, in each case, of competent jurisdiction.

Governmental Order ” means any order, writ, judgment, temporary, preliminary or permanent injunction, decree, ruling, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Entity.

Hazardous Substance ” means any substance, material or waste that is listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic, radioactive, dangerous or a “pollutant” or “contaminant” or words of similar meaning under any Environmental Law or that is otherwise regulated by any Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over the environment, natural resources, or workplace health or occupational safety.

HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976.

I-Units ” has the meaning set forth in the Company Agreement.

Intervening Event ” means any Effect that is not known or reasonably foreseeable to or by the Special Committee as of the date of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known by the Special Committee as of the date of this Agreement), which Effect (or consequences) becomes known to or by the Special Committee prior to the Requisite Company Vote having been obtained; provided , however , that in no event shall any of the following constitute or be deemed to be an Intervening Event: (i) the receipt, existence or terms of an Acquisition Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequences thereof, (ii) any action taken by any Party pursuant to and in compliance with the covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and the consequences of any such action, (iii) changes in the Energy Products gathering, processing, treating, transportation and storage industries, (iv) the fact that, in and of itself, the Company exceeds internal or published projections, or (v) changes, in and of themselves, in the market price of the Listed Shares.

 

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Knowledge ” when used in this Agreement (a) with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries means the actual knowledge of the Persons listed on Section 1.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, and (b) with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries means the actual knowledge of the Persons listed on Section 1.1(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, in each case, after reasonable inquiry.

Laws ” means any federal, state, local, foreign, international or transnational law, statute, ordinance, common law, rule, regulation, standard, judgment, determination, order, writ, injunction, decree, arbitration award, treaty, agency requirement, authorization, license or permit of any Governmental Entity.

Licenses ” means permits, licenses, certifications, approvals, registrations, consents, authorizations, franchises, variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by a Governmental Entity.

Listed Share ” has the meaning set forth in the Company Agreement.

Material Adverse Effect ”, with respect to Parent or the Company, means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with any other Effect, is materially adverse to the financial condition, properties, assets, operations, liabilities, business or results of operations of such Party and its Subsidiaries, in each case taken as a whole; provided , however , that none of the following, alone or in combination, shall be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect, or be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur:

(a)    Effects affecting the economy, credit, capital, securities or financial markets or political, regulatory or business conditions in general in the U.S., Canada or elsewhere in the world;

(b)    Effects that are the result of factors affecting the Energy Products gathering, drilling, processing, treating, transportation, storage, marketing and other related industries, markets or geographical areas in which such Party and its Subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses (including any change in the prices of Energy Products, industry margins or any regulatory changes or changes in applicable Law);

(c)    Effects caused by the entry into, announcement or performance of the Transactions, including any impact on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, lenders, partners, Governmental Entities or employees or any Transaction Litigation or actions taken or requirements imposed by any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions;

(d)    changes or modifications in GAAP or applicable accounting regulations or principles, or in the interpretation or enforcement thereof, after the date of this Agreement;

(e)    any Effect resulting from any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation, change of enforcement or proposal of any Law, decision or protocol or any other legislative or political conditions or policy or practices of any Governmental Entity;

 

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(f)    changes in stock price, trading volume or credit rating or any failure by such Party to meet any internal or public projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues or earnings for any period; provided that the exception in this clause (f) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect;

(g)    any Effect resulting from acts of war (whether or not declared), civil disobedience, hostilities, terrorism, military actions or the escalation of any of the foregoing, any hurricane, flood, tornado, earthquake or other weather or natural disaster or acts of God, whether or not caused by any Person;

(h)    the performance by any Party of its obligations under this Agreement, including any action taken or omitted to be taken at the request or with the consent of Parent, with respect to the Company, or at the request or with the consent of the Company, with respect to Parent, as applicable;

(i)    any Effect or announcement of an Effect affecting the credit rating or other rating of financial strength of such Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities; provided that the exception in this clause (i) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such Effect or announcement of an Effect has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect;

(j)    a decline in the market price, or change in trading volume, of the Listed Shares on the NYSE or the shares of Parent Common Stock on the TSX or the NYSE, as applicable; provided that the exception in this clause (j) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such decline or change has resulted in, or contributed to, or would reasonably be expected to result in, or contribute to, a Material Adverse Effect;

(k)    any Proceeding commenced by or involving any current or former member, partner, unitholder or stockholder of such Person (on their own behalf or on behalf of such Person) arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Transactions; or

(l)    Effects caused by the entry into, announcement, consummation or performance of, or failure to enter into or consummate, the Other Parent Transactions, including any impact on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, lenders, partners, Governmental Entities or employees or any litigation related to the Other Parent Transactions or actions taken or requirements imposed by any Governmental Entity in connection with the Other Parent Transactions;

provided , further , that, with respect to clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) and (g), such Effect shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent it disproportionately adversely affects such Party and its Subsidiaries compared to other companies operating in the industries in which such Party and its Subsidiaries operate.

 

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NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Ordinary Course ” means, with respect to an action taken by any Person, that such action is consistent with the ordinary course of business and past practices of such Person.

Organizational Documents ” means (a) with respect to any person that is a corporation, its articles or certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association, as applicable, and bylaws, or comparable documents; (b) with respect to any person that is a partnership, its certificate of partnership and partnership agreement, or comparable documents; (c) with respect to any Person that is a limited liability company, its certificate of formation and limited liability company or operating agreement, or comparable documents; (d) with respect to any Person that is a trust or other entity, its declaration or agreement of trust or other constituent document or comparable documents; and (e) with respect to any other Person that is not an individual, its comparable organizational documents.

Other Parent Transactions ” means any and all potential transactions entered into between Parent, on the one hand, and any of EEP, Spectra Energy Partners, LP, or Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., on the other hand, pursuant to which Parent acquires ownership, directly or indirectly, of all equity interests of the respective counterparty, whether prior to, concurrently with or subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the EEP Merger.

Outstanding ” has the meaning set forth in the Company Agreement.

Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Person ” means any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity of any kind or nature.

Proceeding ” means any action, cause of action, claim, demand, litigation, suit, investigation, grievance, citation, summons, subpoena, inquiry, audit, hearing, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other similar proceeding of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory, administrative or otherwise, whether in equity or at law, in contract, in tort or otherwise.

Representative ” means, with respect to any Person, any director, officer, principal, partner, manager, member (if such Person is a member-managed limited liability company or similar entity), employee, consultant, investment banker, financial advisor, legal counsel, attorney-in-fact, accountant or other advisor, agent or other representative of such person, in each case acting in their capacity as such.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act ” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which (a) more than 50% of (i) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities of such other Person, (ii) the total combined equity interests or (iii) the capital or profit interests, in each case, is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or (b) the power to vote or to direct the voting of sufficient securities to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body is held by such first Person; provided , however , that when used with respect to Parent, the term “Subsidiary” shall not include the Company, and that when used with respect to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” shall not include EEP and its Subsidiaries.

Superior Proposal ” means an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that would result in a Person or group (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates, becoming the beneficial owner of, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company (or of the surviving entity in a merger involving the Company, as applicable) or more than 50% of the consolidated net revenues, net income or total assets (including equity securities of its Subsidiaries) of the Company that the Special Committee has determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that (a) if consummated, would result in a transaction more favorable to the Public Shareholders, from a financial point of view, than the Merger (after taking into account any revisions to the terms of this Agreement proposed by the Company pursuant to Section 7.2(d)(ii) and the time likely to be required to consummate such Acquisition Proposal), and (b) is reasonably likely to be consummated on the terms proposed, taking into account any legal, financial, regulatory and shareholder approval requirements, the sources, availability and terms of any financing, financing market conditions and the existence of a financing contingency, the likelihood of termination, the timing of closing, and the identity of the Person or Persons making the proposal; provided that any requisite vote or consent of Parent or its Affiliates that may be required to effect the proposal shall not be taken into account in determining whether a proposal is reasonably likely to be consummated.

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means (a) any and all federal, state, local or foreign or provincial taxes, charges, imposts, levies or other assessments, including all net income, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock, license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property and estimated taxes, customs duties, fees, escheat or unclaimed property obligations, assessments and similar charges, including any and all interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Entity with respect thereto and (b) any liability for the payment of amounts described in clause (a) of any other Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of applicable state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.

Tax Return ” means any return, report or similar filing (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto).

 

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Trading Day ” means any day on which the NYSE is open for trading.

TSX ” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Willful Breach ” means, subject to Section 7.16, an intentional and willful material breach, or an intentional and willful material failure to perform, in each case, that is the consequence of an act or omission by a Party with the actual knowledge that the taking of such act or failure to take such act would cause a breach of this Agreement.

1.2     Additional Definitions . For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaning specified in the Section set forth opposite to such term:

 

Term

   Section

Agreement

   Preamble

Aggregate Merger Consideration

   3.1

Alternative Acquisition Agreement

   7.2(d)(i)(D)

Company Agreement Amendment

   2.4

Applicable Date

   5.5(a)

Bankruptcy and Equity Exception

   5.3(a)

Book-Entry Share

   3.2

Certificate

   3.2

Certificate of Merger

   2.3

Change of Recommendation

   7.2(d)(i)(D)

Chosen Courts

   10.4(b)

Closing

   2.2

Closing Date

   2.2

Company

   Preamble

Company Approvals

   5.4(a)

Company Board

   Recitals

Company Disclosure Letter

   ARTICLE V

Company Material Contracts

   5.12(a)

Company Recommendation

   Recitals

Company Reports

   5.5(a)

D&O Insurance

   7.10(b)

DGCL

   Recitals

DLLCA

   Recitals

EECI

   Preamble

Effective Time

   2.3

Eligible Shares

   3.1

Encumber

   5.11

Encumbrance

   5.11

Exchange Agent

   4.1

Exchange Fund

   4.1

Exchange Ratio

   4.1

 

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Indemnified Parties

   7.10(a)

Letter of Transmittal

   4.2(a)

Merger

   Recitals

Merger Consideration

   3.1

Merger Sub

   Preamble

Non-DTC Book-Entry Share

   4.2(b)

Original Date

   7.4(b)

Outside Date

   9.2(a)

Parent

   Preamble

Parent Approvals

   6.4

Parent Board

   Recitals

Parent Capital Stock

   6.2(a)

Parent Common Stock

   Recitals

Parent Disclosure Letter

   ARTICLE VI

Parent Material Contract

   6.12(a)

Parent Reports

   6.5(a)

Party/Parties

   Preamble

Preference Shares

   6.2(a)

Proxy/Prospectus

   7.3(a)

Public Shareholders

   Recitals

Registration Statement

   7.3(a)

Requisite Company Vote

   5.3(a)

Special Committee

   Recitals

Surviving Entity

   2.1

Tail Period

   7.10(b)

Transaction Litigation

   7.13

Transactions

   Recitals

Voting Shares

   5.2(a)

1.3     Interpretation and Construction .

(a)    The table of contents and headings herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.

(b)    The Preamble, and all Recital, Article, Section, Subsection, schedule and exhibit references used in this Agreement are to the recitals, articles, sections, subsections, schedules and exhibits to this Agreement unless otherwise specified herein.

(c)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, for purposes of this Agreement: (i) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural and vice versa ; (ii) words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa ; (iii) whenever the words “includes” or “including” are used, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (iv) the word “or” is not exclusive; (v) the words “hereto”, “hereof”, “hereby”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar terms in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular provision of this Agreement; and (vi) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.

 

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(d)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Company Disclosure Letter or the Parent Disclosure Letter, as applicable, the term “dollars” and the symbol “$” mean United States Dollars, and currency amounts referenced in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter are in United States Dollars.

(e)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when calculating the period of time within which, or following which, any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference day in calculating such period shall be excluded and if the last day of the period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next Business Day or if any action must be taken hereunder on or by a day that is not a Business Day, then such action may be validly taken on or by the next day that is a Business Day. References to a number of days shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified.

(f)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all references in this Agreement to any statute include the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced from time to time and in the case of any such amendment, re-enactment, consolidation or replacement, reference herein to a particular provision shall be read as referring to such amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced provision and shall also include, unless the context otherwise requires, all applicable guidelines, bulletins or policies made in connection therewith.

(g)    The Company Disclosure Letter and Parent Disclosure Letter may include items and information the disclosure of which is not required either in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision of this Agreement or as an exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in ARTICLE V or ARTICLE VI, as applicable, or to one or more covenants contained in this Agreement. Inclusion of any items or information in the Company Disclosure Letter or Parent Disclosure Letter, as applicable, shall not be deemed to be an acknowledgement or agreement that any such item or information (or any non-disclosed item or information of comparable or greater significance) is “material” or that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have either a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable, or to affect the interpretation of such term for purposes of this Agreement.

(h)    The Parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

2.1     The Merger . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (a) at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance with the DGCL and DLLCA and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease; (b) the Company shall be the surviving limited liability company in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “ Surviving Entity ”) and from and after the Effective Time, shall be a Subsidiary of Parent, and the separate existence of the Company with all of its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue unaffected by the Merger, except as set forth in ARTICLE III; and (c) the Merger shall have such other effects as provided in the DLLCA and the DGCL, in each case, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

2.2     Closing . The closing of the Merger (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, at 9:00 a.m. (New York Time) on the third Business Day following the day on which the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing (so long as such conditions are reasonably capable of being satisfied) or that may be waived at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions) shall be satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement or at such other date, time or place (or by means of remote communication) as the Company and Parent may mutually agree in writing (the date on which the Closing actually occurs, the “ Closing Date ”). If the parties to the EEP Merger are ready, willing and able to consummate the EEP Merger substantially simultaneously with the Merger, then each of the Merger and the EEP Merger shall be consummated substantially concurrently on the same date in the sequence set forth in Section 2.2 of the Parent Disclosure Letter.

2.3     Effective Time . As soon as practicable following, and on the date of, the Closing, the Company will cause a certificate of merger relating to the Merger (the “ Certificate of Merger ”) to be executed, acknowledged and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Company Agreement, the DGCL and the DLLCA. The Merger shall become effective at the time when the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later date and time as may be agreed by the Parties in writing and specified in the Certificate of Merger (such date and time, the “ Effective Time ”).

2.4     Amendment of Company Agreement . Immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, EECI, as record holder of all of the Voting Shares of the Company, shall amend the Company Agreement as set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the “ Company Agreement Amendment ”).

2.5     Organizational Documents of the Surviving Entity . At the Effective Time, (a) the certificate of formation of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue as the certificate of formation of the Surviving Entity, until duly amended as provided therein or by applicable Law, and (b) the Company Agreement, as amended by the Company Agreement Amendment, shall remain unchanged and shall continue as the limited

 

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liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity, until duly amended as provided therein or by applicable Law, and in each case any further amendments or restatements must be consistent with the obligations set forth in Section 7.10 of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

MERGER CONSIDERATION; EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON COMPANY SECURITIES

3.1     Merger Consideration . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or any holder of any Company Securities, each Listed Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than Excluded Shares (each such Listed Share, an “ Eligible Share ”) shall be exchanged for the right to receive 0.335 shares of Parent Common Stock (such ratio, the “ Exchange Ratio ”, such number of shares of Parent Common Stock, the “ Merger Consideration ”, and the aggregate of such number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be exchanged for the Eligible Shares, the “ Aggregate Merger Consideration ”).

3.2     Conversion of Listed Shares . Each Eligible Share, upon being converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Section 3.2, and each certificate formerly representing any of the Eligible Shares (each, a “ Certificate ”) and each book-entry account formerly representing any non-certificated Eligible Shares (each, a “ Book-Entry Share ”) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration with respect to such Eligible Share(s) and the right, if any, to receive, pursuant to Section 4.5, cash in lieu of fractional shares into which such Eligible Share(s) have been converted pursuant to this Section 3.2 and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 4.3.

3.3     Treatment of Excluded Shares and Other Parent-Owned Company Interests . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or any holder of any limited liability company interests of the Company, each (i) Excluded Share shall remain outstanding as a Listed Share in the Surviving Entity, and (ii) Voting Share shall remain outstanding as a Voting Share in the Surviving Entity, in each case, unaffected by the Merger.

3.4     Merger Sub . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties, all shares of common stock in Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to be outstanding, be cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor and cease to exist.

3.5     Tax Treatment of the Merger . It is intended that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and that this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a part of a “plan of reorganization” for the purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code.

 

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ARTICLE IV

DELIVERY OF MERGER CONSIDERATION; PROCEDURES FOR SURRENDER

4.1     Exchange Agent . At or immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause to be deposited with a nationally recognized financial institution or trust company selected by Parent with the Company’s prior approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to serve as the exchange agent (the “ Exchange Agent ”), for the benefit of the holders of Eligible Shares upon Closing, (a) an aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in non-certificated book-entry form comprising the amounts required to be delivered in respect of Eligible Shares pursuant to Section 3.1 and (b) an aggregate amount of cash comprising approximately the amounts required to be delivered in respect of Eligible Shares pursuant to Section 4.5. In addition, Parent shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent, as necessary from time to time after the Effective Time, dividends or other distributions, if any, to which the holders of Eligible Shares may be entitled pursuant to Section 4.3 with both a record and payment date after the Effective Time and prior to the surrender of such Eligible Shares. Such shares of Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares payable pursuant to Section 4.5 and the amount of any dividends or other distributions deposited with the Exchange Agent pursuant to this Section 4.1 are referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “ Exchange Fund ”. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose other than the purpose expressly provided for in this Agreement. The cash portion of the Exchange Fund may be deposited by the Exchange Agent as reasonably directed by Parent. Any interest or other income resulting from such investment shall become a part of the Exchange Fund, and any amounts in excess of the amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be promptly returned to Parent. To the extent there are losses with respect to such investments, or the Exchange Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level required to fully satisfy all of the payment obligations to be made in cash by the Exchange Agent hereunder, Parent shall promptly replace or restore the cash in the Exchange Fund so that the Exchange Fund is at all times maintained at a level sufficient for the Exchange Agent to fully satisfy such cash payment obligations. No investment losses resulting from investment of the Exchange Fund shall diminish the rights of any former holder of Eligible Shares to receive the Merger Consideration as provided in this Agreement.

4.2     Procedure s for Surrender .

(a)    With respect to Certificates, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (and in any event within three Business Days thereafter), the Surviving Entity shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of each such Certificate (i) notice advising such holders of the effectiveness of the Merger; (ii) a letter of transmittal in customary form, which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to a Certificate shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 4.7 in lieu of a Certificate) to the Exchange Agent (the “ Letter of Transmittal ”); and (iii) instructions for surrendering a Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 4.7 in lieu of a Certificate) to the Exchange Agent. Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 4.7 in lieu of a Certificate) together with a duly executed and completed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as may reasonably be required pursuant to such

 

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instructions, the Surviving Entity shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of any such Certificate in exchange therefore, as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, (x) a statement reflecting the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to ARTICLE III in the name of such record holder and (y) a check in the amount (after giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as provided in Section 4.8) of (A) any cash in lieu of fractional shares plus (B) any unpaid dividends or other distributions that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE IV. Any Certificate that has been so surrendered shall be cancelled by the Exchange Agent.

(b)    With respect to Book-Entry Shares not held through DTC (each, a “ Non-DTC Book-Entry Share ”), as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (and in any event within three Business Days thereafter), the Surviving Entity shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of a Non-DTC Book-Entry Share (i) a notice advising such holders of the effectiveness of the Merger; (ii) a statement reflecting the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to ARTICLE III in the name of such record holder; and (iii) a check in the amount (after giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as provided in Section 4.8) of (A) any cash in lieu of fractional shares plus (B) any unpaid dividends or other distributions that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE IV. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any holder of an Eligible Share that is duplicatively evidenced by both a Certificate and a book-entry account shall not receive the notice, statement and check contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence with respect to such Eligible Share, but shall surrender the applicable Certificate in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.2(a) to receive the Merger Consideration and any other amounts due under this Agreement with respect to such Eligible Share, and no additional Merger Consideration or other amounts under this Agreement will accrue or be payable to the duplicative book-entry account for such Eligible Share.

(c)    With respect to Book-Entry Shares held through DTC, Parent and the Company shall cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent and DTC to ensure that the Exchange Agent will transmit to DTC or its nominees as soon as reasonably practicable on or after the Closing Date, upon surrender of Eligible Shares held of record by DTC or its nominees in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures, the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE IV.

(d)    No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable for Eligible Shares pursuant to this ARTICLE IV.

4.3     Distributions with Respect to Unsurrendered Certificates . All shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger shall be deemed issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time and whenever a dividend or other distribution is declared by Parent in respect of the Parent Common Stock, the record date for which is at or after the Effective Time, that declaration shall include dividends or other distributions in respect of all shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to Section 4.5, no dividends or other distributions in respect of shares of Parent Common Stock shall be paid to any holder with

 

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respect to any unsurrendered Certificate until the Certificate (or satisfaction of the conditions provided in Section 4.7 in lieu of a Certificate) is surrendered for exchange in accordance with this ARTICLE IV. Subject to applicable Law, following such surrender, dividends or distributions with respect to the Parent Common Stock issued in exchange for Eligible Shares in accordance with this ARTICLE IV shall be paid to the holders of record of such Eligible Shares, without interest, (a) promptly after the time of such surrender for any dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but a payment date prior to surrender and (b) at the appropriate payment date for any dividends or other distributions payable with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time and prior to surrender, but with a payment date subsequent to surrender.

4.4     Transfers .

(a)    From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the Eligible Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Eligible Shares except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable Law. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Entity for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Agreement.

(b)    With respect to Certificates, in the event of a transfer of ownership of any Certificate that is not registered in the transfer books of the Company as of the Effective Time, the proper number of shares of Parent Common Stock, together with a check for any cash (after giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as provided in Section 4.8) to be paid upon due surrender of the Certificate and any dividends or distributions in respect thereof, may be issued or paid to such a transferee if the Certificate is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer Taxes have been paid or are not applicable, in each case, in form and substance, reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 4.4, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, payable or issuable pursuant to this ARTICLE IV.

(c)    With respect to Book-Entry Shares, payment of the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, payable or issuable pursuant to this ARTICLE IV, shall only be made to the Person in whose name such Book-Entry Shares are registered in the stock transfer books of the Company as of the Effective Time.

4.5     Fractional Shares . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued upon the conversion of Listed Shares pursuant to Section 3.1. All fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that a holder of Eligible Shares would be otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.1, but for this Section 4.5, shall be aggregated and rounded to three decimal places, and such holder shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash, without interest, rounded down to the nearest cent,

 

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equal to the product of (a) the amount of the fractional share interest in a share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder would, but for this Section 4.5, be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.1, aggregated and rounded to three decimal points, and (b) an amount equal to the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of Parent Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange as reported by Bloomberg L.P., or, if not reported therein, in another authoritative source mutually selected by Parent and the Company on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Effective Time for ten Trading Days ending on the fifth full Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date. No holder of Eligible Shares shall be entitled by virtue of the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock described in this Section 4.5 to any dividends, distributions, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock. The payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock is not a separately bargained-for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding-off of the fractions in the exchange.

4.6     Termination of Exchange Fund . Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments of the Exchange Fund and any shares of Parent Common Stock) that remains unclaimed as of the date that is twelve months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent. Any holder of Eligible Shares who has not theretofore complied with this ARTICLE IV shall thereafter look only to Parent for delivery of the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this ARTICLE IV, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving Entity, Parent, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of Listed Shares for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of Eligible Shares immediately prior to the time at which the Exchange Fund would otherwise escheat to, or become property of, any Governmental Entity, shall, to the extent permitted by Law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.

4.7     Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount and upon such terms as may be required as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, and any unpaid dividends or other distributions, in each case, payable or issuable pursuant to this ARTICLE IV, had such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate been surrendered.

4.8     Withholding Rights . Each of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Exchange Agent and the Surviving Entity shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement, without duplication, such amounts, which may include shares of Parent Common Stock, as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, such withheld amounts

 

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(a) shall be timely remitted by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, to the applicable Governmental Entity, and (b) to the extent such withheld amounts are remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity, shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Listed Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable. If withholding is taken in shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Entity and the Exchange Agent, as applicable, shall be treated as having sold such consideration for an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of such consideration at the time of such deemed sale and paid such cash proceeds to the appropriate Governmental Entity.

4.9     Adjustments to Prevent Dilution . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, from the date of this Agreement to the earlier of the Effective Time and termination in accordance with ARTICLE IX, the issued and outstanding Listed Shares or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for Listed Shares or the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for shares of Parent Common Stock, shall have been changed into a different number of shares or securities or a different class by reason of any reclassification, stock split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend or distribution (other than a distribution required by Section 4.01 of the Company Agreement), recapitalization, merger, issuer tender or exchange offer, or other similar transaction, or a stock dividend with a record date within such period shall have been declared, then the Merger Consideration (and the Exchange Ratio) shall be equitably adjusted to provide the holders of Listed Shares and Parent the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event, and such items so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Merger Consideration (and the Exchange Ratio). Nothing in this Section 4.9 shall be construed to permit the Parties to take any action except to the extent consistent with, and not otherwise prohibited by, the terms of this Agreement.

4.10     No Dissenters Rights . No dissenters’ or appraisal rights shall be available with respect to the Merger or the other Transactions.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as set forth in the Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter delivered to Parent by the Company concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Company Disclosure Letter ”) ( it being agreed that for purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in this ARTICLE V, disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect

 

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to any other section or subsection to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent on its face), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that:

5.1     Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . The Company has no Subsidiaries. The Company is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

5.2     Capital Structur e of the Company .

(a)    As of the close of business on September 14, 2018, the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of the Company consisted of: (i) 98,611,085.3105910 Listed Shares, of which 11,524,315.6615660 were owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent; and (ii) 7.434953 Voting Shares representing limited liability company interests in the Company (“ Voting Shares ”), all of which were owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent; and (iii) no other equity interests or other voting securities of the Company were issued or outstanding. All of the outstanding Listed Shares and Voting Shares, and the limited liability company interests represented thereby, have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Company Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Company Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and 18-804 of the DLLCA and the Company Agreement).

(b)    The Company does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the holders of Listed Shares of the Company on any matter. Except as set forth in Section 5.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate the Company to issue or to sell any Company Securities or other securities of the Company or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, valued by reference to or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the Company, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding.

5.3     Authority; Approval and Fairness .

(a)    The Company has all requisite power and authority and has taken all action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to (i) approval of this Agreement and the Company Agreement Amendment and (ii) waiver of Section 9.01(a)(v) of the Company Agreement by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Listed Shares entitled to vote (which shall not include Excluded Shares) on such matter at a meeting of holders of Listed Shares of the Company duly called and held for such purpose (clauses (i) and (ii), together, the “ Requisite Company Vote ”). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,

 

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insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the “ Bankruptcy and Equity Exception ”).

(b)    As of the date of this Agreement, the Special Committee has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined based upon the facts and circumstances it deemed relevant, reasonable or appropriate to its decision, that this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Company, including the Public Shareholders, (ii) approved this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (iii) recommended that the Company Board approve this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions.

(c)    As of the date of this Agreement, the Company Board, upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, has, acting in good faith, unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions are fair and reasonable to the Company, including the Public Shareholders, (ii) approved this Agreement, the Company Agreement Amendment and the Transactions, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (iii) resolved to recommend that the holders of Listed Shares approve the Transactions, this Agreement and the Company Agreement Amendment and waive Section 9.05(a)(v) of the Company Agreement and directed that this Agreement be submitted to the holders of Listed Shares of the Company for their approval.

5.4     Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts; Etc.

(a)    Other than the filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations (i) pursuant to the DLLCA and the DGCL, (ii) under the HSR Act, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, (iii) required to be made with the NYSE and (iv) under state securities, takeover, public utility and “blue sky” Laws, no filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations are required to be made by the Company with, nor are any required to be made or obtained by the Company with or from, any Governmental Entity, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the Transactions, or in connection with the continuing operation of the business of the Company following the Effective Time, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Subject to obtaining the Requisite Company Vote, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, (i) contravene, violate, conflict with any of, result in any breach of, or require the consent of any Person under, the terms, conditions or provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company; (ii) contravene, conflict with or violate any provision of applicable Law; (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under (whether with notice or the lapse of time or both), or accelerate or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or approval under, or result in the suspension, termination or cancellation of, or in a right of suspension, termination or cancellation of, any Company Material Contract; or (iv) result in the creation of any lien on any of the assets or businesses of the Company under any such Company Material Contract, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for those items that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.5     Company Reports; Financial Statements .

(a)    The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since December 31, 2016 (the “ Applicable Date ”) (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the “ Company Reports ”). Each of the Company Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Company Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except for any statements (x) in any Company Report that may have been modified by an amendment to such report or a subsequent report filed with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement or (y) with respect to information supplied in writing by or on behalf of Parent, as to which the Company makes no representation or warranty. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding comments from, or unresolved issues raised by, the staff of the SEC with respect to the Company Reports.

(b)    Each of the statements of financial position included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of its date and each of the statements of comprehensive income, statements of shareholders’ equity and statements of cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the results of operations, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as applicable, of such companies for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein or in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.

(c)    The Company makes and keeps books, records, and accounts and has devised and maintains a system of internal controls, in each case, in all material respects, as required pursuant to Section 13(b)(2) under the Exchange Act. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act and applicable listing standards of the NYSE. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules, forms and regulations of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to its management as appropriate to allow timely

 

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decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer have disclosed, based on their most recent evaluation, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company Board (x) all significant deficiencies in the designation or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Company’s auditors any material weakness in internal controls and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls.

5.6     Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2017, there has not been any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

5.7     Litigation and Liabilities .

(a)    Except as set forth in Company Reports, there are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its properties or assets, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Except for obligations and liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against in the Company’s consolidated statements of financial position (and the notes thereto) included in the Company Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, or (ii) incurred in the Ordinary Course since December 31, 2017, the Company has not incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due and including any off-balance sheet financings, loans, indebtedness, make-whole or similar liabilities or obligations) that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company (or the notes thereto), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its properties or assets is party or subject to, or affected by, the provisions of any material judgment, order, writ, injunction, stipulation, ruling, determination, decree or award of any Governmental Entity except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 5.7, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 5.7 in respect of environmental matters.

5.8     Compliance with Laws; Licenses .

(a)    The business of the Company is not currently being conducted, and at no time since the Applicable Date has been conducted, in violation of any applicable Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

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the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No Licenses shall cease to be effective as a result of the consummation of the Transactions except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 5.8, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 5.8 in respect of environmental matters.

5.9     Environmental Matters . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) since January 1, 2013, the Company is and has been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Environmental Permits; (b) all Environmental Permits are in full force and effect and, where applicable, applications for renewal or amendment thereof have been timely filed; (c) as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of any Environmental Permit is pending or threatened in writing; (d) no property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings and surface and subsurface structures) is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance requiring remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law; (e) as of the date of this Agreement, there are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing against the Company or involving any real property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by or for the Company alleging noncompliance with, or liability under, any Environmental Law; and (f) the Company is not subject to any Governmental Order with any Governmental Entity or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party that imposes any current or future obligations under any Environmental Law.

5.10     Tax Matters . Except for any such matter that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect:

(a)    The Company has prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them with the appropriate Governmental Entity and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects.

(b)    All Taxes owed by the Company that are or have become due have been timely paid in full or an adequate reserve for the payment of such Taxes has been established on the statements of financial position of the Company included in the Company Reports.

(c)    Except as set forth in Section 5.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of the Company, no deficiency with respect to a material amount of Taxes has been proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company. There are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing regarding any material Taxes of the Company or the assets of the Company.

(d)    Except as set forth in Section 5.10(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is not a party to or is bound by any Tax sharing, allocation or indemnification agreement or arrangement (other than any customary Tax indemnification provisions in commercial agreements not primarily related to Taxes).

 

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(e)    The Company has no liability for Taxes of any person (other than the Company) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of Law), as a transferee or successor.

(f)    The Company has not been, within the past two years or otherwise, as part of a “plan (or series of related transactions)” within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code of which the Merger is also a part, a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code.

(g)    The Company has not participated in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) or any other transaction requiring disclosure under analogous provisions of Tax Law.

5.11     Property . The Company owns and has good title to all of its owned real property and good title to all of its owned personal property, and has valid leasehold interests in all of its leased real properties free and clear of all pledges, liens, charges, mortgages, encumbrances, options, rights of first refusal or other preferential purchase rights, adverse claims and interests, or security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any restrictions on the right to vote or transfer the same, except for such transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act, the “blue sky” Laws of the various States of the United States or similar Law of other applicable jurisdictions) and except those existing or arising pursuant to the applicable governing documents of such entities (each, an “ Encumbrance ”, and any action of correlative meaning, to “ Encumber ”), in each case, to an extent sufficient to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted (except in all cases for Encumbrances permissible under or not prohibited by any applicable material loan agreements and indentures (together with all related mortgages, deeds of trust and other security agreements)), except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. All leases under which the Company leases any real or personal property are valid and effective against the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the counterparties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing material default by the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, the counterparties thereto, or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default by the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, the counterparties thereto, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

5.12     Company Material Contracts .

(a)    Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed with or publicly furnished to the SEC by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company is not a party to or bound by any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, “ Company Material Contract ”).

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and effect, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is no default under any such Company Material Contracts by the Company, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by the Company, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

5.13     Opinion of Financial Advisor . The Special Committee has received the opinion of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (the financial advisor to the Special Committee), dated as of September 17, 2018, to the effect that, as of such date and based upon and subject to the factors and assumptions set forth therein, the Exchange Ratio pursuant to this Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the holders (other than Parent and its Affiliates) of Listed Shares. A copy of such opinion letter will be made available to Parent as soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement on a confidential basis solely for informational purposes ( it being agreed that such opinion is solely for the benefit of the Special Committee and may not be relied upon by Parent or Merger Sub).

5.14     Brokers and Finders . Neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders’ fees in connection with the Transactions, except that the Special Committee has engaged Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as its financial advisor. The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of all Contracts pursuant to which Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is entitled to any fees and expenses in connection with any of the Transactions.

5.15     No Other Representations or Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties made by the Company in this ARTICLE V, neither the Company nor any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, and the Company hereby expressly disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives with respect to (a) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospect information relating to the Company, any of its Affiliates or any of their respective businesses or (b) any oral or, except for the representations and warranties made by the Company in this ARTICLE V, written information made available to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives in the course of their evaluation of the Company, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 5.15 shall limit Parent’s or Merger Sub’s remedies with respect to intentional or willful misrepresentation of material facts that constitute common law fraud arising from or relating to the express representations and warranties made by the Company in this ARTICLE V.

 

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ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

Except as set forth in the Parent Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC or filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval maintained by the Canadian Securities Regulators prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter delivered to the Company by Parent concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Parent Disclosure Letter ”) (it being agreed that for purposes of the representations and warranties set forth in this ARTICLE VI, disclosure of any item in any section or subsection of the Parent Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent on its face), Parent and Merger Sub each hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

6.1     Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

6.2     Capital Structure of Parent ; Capitalization of Merger Sub .

(a)    The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of an unlimited number of shares of Parent Common Stock, of which 1,724,340,802 shares were outstanding as of the close of business on September 14, 2018, and an unlimited number of preference shares, issuable in series (“ Preference Shares ”), of which 5,000,000 Series A Preference Shares, 18,269,812 Series B Preference Shares, 1,730,188 Series C Preference Shares, 18,000,000 Series D Preference Shares, 20,000,000 Series F Preference Shares, 14,000,000 Series H Preference Shares, 8,000,000 Series J Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series L Preference Shares, 18,000,000 Series N Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series P Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series R Preference Shares, 16,000,000 Series 1 Preference Shares, 24,000,000 Series 3 Preference Shares, 8,000,000 Series 5 Preference Shares, 10,000,000 Series 7 Preference Shares, 11,000,000 Series 9 Preference Shares, 20,000,000 Series 11 Preference Shares, 14,000,000 Series 13 Preference Shares, 11,000,000 Series 15 Preference Shares, 30,000,000 Series 17 Preference Shares and 20,000,000 Series 19 Preference Shares were issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “ Parent Capital Stock ”). All of the outstanding shares of Parent Capital Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

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for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of Parent on any matter. Except as set forth in Section 6.2 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or to sell any shares of Parent Capital Stock or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, valued by reference to or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding.

(c)    All of the issued and outstanding shares of Merger Sub are, and at the Effective Time will be, owned by Parent. Merger Sub has not conducted any business prior to the date of this Agreement and has no, and prior to the Effective Time will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and the Transactions.

6.3     Authority; Approval .

(a)    No vote of holders of Parent Capital Stock is necessary to approve this Agreement and the Transactions, including the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock as the Aggregate Merger Consideration. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority and has taken all action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to approval of this Agreement by Parent as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.

(b)    Prior to the Effective Time, Parent will have taken all necessary action to permit it to issue the number of shares of Parent Common Stock required to be issued by it pursuant to ARTICLE V of this Agreement. The shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and no stockholder of Parent will have any preemptive right of subscription or purchase in respect thereof. The shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be registered under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and registered or exempt from registration under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws.

6.4     Governmental Filings; No Violations .

(a)    Other than the filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations (i) pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act, (ii) under the HSR Act, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws, (iii) required to be made with the NYSE and the TSX, and (iv) state or provincial securities, takeover, public utility and “blue sky” Laws, no filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations are required to be made by Parent or Merger Sub with, nor are any required to be made or obtained by Parent or Merger Sub with or from, any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation of the Transactions or in

 

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connection with the continuing operation of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent do not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, (i) contravene, violate, conflict with any of, result in any breach of, or require the consent of any Person under, the terms, conditions or provisions of the Organizational Documents of any of Parent or its Subsidiaries; (ii) contravene, conflict with or violate any provision of applicable Law; (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under (whether with notice or the lapse of time or both), or accelerate or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or approval under, or result in the suspension, termination or cancellation of, or in a right of suspension, termination or cancellation of, any Parent Material Contract; or (iv) result in the creation of any lien on any of the assets or businesses of any of Parent or its Subsidiaries under any such Parent Material Contract, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for those items that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

6.5     Parent Reports; Financial Statements .

(a)    Parent has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act and with applicable Canadian Securities Regulators since the Applicable Date (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the “ Parent Reports ”). Each of the Parent Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Parent Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except for any statements in any Parent Report that may have been modified by an amendment to such report or a subsequent report filed with the SEC or with applicable Canadian Securities Regulators prior to the date of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding comments from, or unresolved issues raised by, the staff of the SEC or applicable Canadian Securities Regulators with respect to the Parent Reports.

(b)    Each of the consolidated statements of financial position included in or incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of its date and each of the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into Parent Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects the results of operations, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as applicable, of such companies for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein or in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations of the SEC or Canadian Securities Regulators.

 

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(c)    Parent makes and keeps books, records, and accounts and has devised and maintains a system of internal controls, in each case, in all material respects, as required pursuant to Section 13(b)(2) under the Exchange Act and with applicable Canadian Securities Regulators, as applicable. Parent has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13A-15 under the Exchange Act, the applicable listing standards of the TSX and applicable Canadian Securities Laws. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by Parent in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules, forms and regulations of the SEC and Canadian Securities Regulators, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to its management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Parent’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer have disclosed, based on their most recent evaluation, to Parent’s auditors and the audit committee of the Parent Board (x) all significant deficiencies in the designation or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for Parent’s auditors any material weakness in internal controls and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal controls.

6.6     Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31, 2017, there has not been any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

6.7     Litigation and Liabilities .

(a)    Except as set forth in the Parent Reports, there are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened in writing against Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Except for obligations and liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against in Parent’s consolidated statements of financial position (and the notes thereto) included in the Parent Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) incurred in the Ordinary Course since December 31, 2017, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due and including any off-balance sheet financings, loans, indebtedness, make-whole or similar liabilities or obligations) that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated statement of financial position (or notes thereto) of Parent and its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)    As of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets are a party or subject to, or affected by, the provisions of any material judgment, order, writ, injunction, stipulation, ruling, determination, decree or award of any Governmental Entity except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.7, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 6.7 in respect of environmental matters.

6.8     Compliance with Laws; Licenses .

(a)    The businesses of each of Parent and its Subsidiaries are not currently being conducted, and at no time since the Applicable Date have been conducted, in violation of any applicable Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained and is in compliance with all Licenses necessary to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. No Licenses shall cease to be effective as a result of the consummation of the Transactions, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.8, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 6.8 in respect of environmental matters.

6.9     Environmental Matters . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect: (a) since January 1, 2013, each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Environmental Permits; (b) all Environmental Permits are in full force and effect and, where applicable, applications for renewal or amendment thereof have been timely filed; (c) as of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of any Environmental Permit is pending or threatened in writing; (d) no property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including soils, groundwater, surface water, buildings and surface and subsurface structures) is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance requiring remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law; (e) as of the date of this Agreement, there are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or involving any real property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by or for Parent or any of its Subsidiaries alleging noncompliance with, or liability under, any Environmental Law; and (f) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Governmental Order with any Governmental Entity or any indemnity or other agreement with any third party that imposes any current or future obligations under any Environmental Law.

 

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6.10     Tax Matters . Except for any such matter that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect:

(a)    Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have prepared in good faith and duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them with the appropriate Governmental Entity and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects.

(b)    All Taxes owed by Parent and each of its Subsidiaries that are or have become due have been timely paid in full or an adequate reserve for the payment of such Taxes has been established on the consolidated statement of financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries included in the Parent Reports.

(c)    Except as set forth in Section 6.10(c) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, to the Knowledge of Parent, no deficiency with respect to a material amount of Taxes has been proposed, asserted or assessed against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no Proceedings pending or threatened in writing regarding any material Taxes of Parent and its Subsidiaries or the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries.

(d)    Except as set forth in Section 6.10(d) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or is bound by any Tax sharing, allocation or indemnification agreement or arrangement (other than any (i) agreement or arrangement exclusively between or among Parent and its Subsidiaries or (ii) customary Tax indemnification provisions in commercial agreements not primarily related to Taxes).

(e)    Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability for Taxes of any person (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of Law), as a transferee or successor.

(f)    Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has been, within the past two years or otherwise, as part of a “plan (or series of related transactions)” within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code of which the Merger is also a part, a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code.

(g)    Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) or any other transaction requiring disclosure under analogous provisions of Tax Law.

6.11     Property . Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent owns and has good title to all of its owned real property and good title to all of its owned personal property, and has valid leasehold interests in all of its leased real properties free and clear of all Encumbrances, in each case, to an extent sufficient to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted (except in all cases for Encumbrances permissible under or not prohibited by any applicable material loan agreements and indentures (together with all related mortgages, deeds of trust and other security agreements)), except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. All leases under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries lease any real or personal property are valid and effective against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of Parent, the counterparties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing

 

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material default by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Parent, the counterparties thereto, or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Parent, the counterparties thereto, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

6.12     Parent Material Contracts .

(a)    Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed with or publicly furnished to the SEC or filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval maintained by the Canadian Securities Regulators by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, “ Parent Material Contract ”).

(b)    Each Parent Material Contract is valid and binding on Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of Parent, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. There is no default under any such Parent Material Contracts by Parent or its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by Parent or its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

6.13     Brokers and Finders . Neither Parent, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders fees in connection with the Transactions, except that Parent has employed Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Scotia Capital Inc. as its financial advisors.

6.14     Insurance . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (a) the businesses and assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries are covered by, and insured under, insurance policies underwritten by reputable insurers that include coverages and related limits and deductibles that are customary in the Energy Products gathering, processing, treating, transportation and storage industries and natural gas liquids marketing industry, (b) all such insurance policies are in full force and effect and all premiums due and payable on such policies have been paid, and (c) no notice of cancellation of or indication of an intention not to renew, any such insurance policy has been received by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the Ordinary Course.

6.15     EEP Merger Agreement . Parent has provided the Company a correct and complete copy of the EEP Merger Agreement.

6.16     No Other Representations or Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub in this ARTICLE VI, none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to

 

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Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, conditions (financial or otherwise) or prospects in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, and each of Parent and Merger Sub hereby expressly disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing, none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty to the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives with respect to (a) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospect information relating to Parent, any of its Affiliates or any of their respective businesses, or (b) any oral or, except for the representations and warranties made by Parent or Merger Sub in this ARTICLE VI, written information made available to the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in the course of their evaluation of Parent, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.16 shall limit the Company’s remedies with respect to intentional or willful misrepresentation of material facts that constitute common law fraud arising from or relating to the express representations and warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub in this

ARTICLE VII

COVENANTS

7.1     Interim Operations .

(a)    Each of the Company and Parent covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that, after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time (unless Parent or the Company, as applicable, shall otherwise approve in writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)), and except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, as provided in any Contract in effect as of the date of this Agreement, or as required by applicable Law, the business of it and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted in the Ordinary Course and, to the extent consistent therewith, it and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their business organizations intact and maintain existing relations and goodwill with Governmental Entities, customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors, creditors, lessors, employees and business associates. Without limiting the generality of and in furtherance of the foregoing, from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly: (i) contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) contemplated by any Contract entered into prior to, concurrently with or after the date of this Agreement by Parent with respect to the Other Parent Transactions (as such Contract may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time); (iii) required by applicable Law or the terms of any Contract in effect on the date of this Agreement, (iv) as approved in writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) by the other Party; or (v) set forth in the corresponding subsection of Section 7.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, as it relates to the Company and its Subsidiaries, or on Section 7.1 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, as it relates to Parent and its Subsidiaries, each Party, on its own account, shall not and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to:

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(ii)    make any change to its Organizational Documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement in any manner that would reasonably be expected to prohibit, prevent or materially impede, hinder or delay the ability of such Party to satisfy any of the conditions to, or the consummation of, the Merger or the other Transactions;

(iii)    (A) merge or consolidate itself or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person (expressly excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any of the Other Parent Transactions), or (B) adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization, in each case, except (1) such transactions solely between or among, or solely involving, such Party and one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, or a Subsidiary of such Party and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary, (2) as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable, or (3) as would not reasonably be expected to prohibit, prevent or materially impede, hinder or delay the ability of such Party to satisfy any of the conditions to, or the consummation of, the Merger or the other Transactions;

(iv)    except as required by the Company Agreement, issue, sell, grant, transfer or authorize the issuance, sale or grant, or otherwise enter into any Contract with respect to the voting of, any of its partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable (other than the issuance of partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests (A) by its wholly owned Subsidiary to it or another of its wholly owned Subsidiaries or (B) in respect of equity-based awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with their terms and, as applicable, the plan documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement), or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire any partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, or such convertible or exchangeable securities;

(v)    reclassify, split, combine, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any partnership interests, limited liability company interests, shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable;

(vi)    waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim, action or proceeding, including any state or federal regulatory proceeding seeking damages or injunction or other equitable relief, which waiver, release, assignment, settlement or compromise would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable;

(vii)    other than in the Ordinary Course, make, change or revoke any material Tax election, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method, file any material amended Tax Return, settle any material Tax claim, audit, assessment or dispute for an amount materially in excess of the amount reserved or accrued on such Party’s most recent consolidated balance sheet included in the Parent Reports or Company Reports, as applicable, or surrender any right to claim a refund of a material amount of Taxes;

 

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(viii)    make any material changes with respect to accounting policies, except as required by changes in GAAP;

(ix)    make or declare any dividends or distributions to the holders of Common Units or Parent Common Stock, in each case, other than in the Ordinary Course; or

(x)    agree, authorize or commit to do any of the foregoing.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, a Party’s obligations under Section 7.1(a) to take an action or not to take an action, or to cause its Subsidiaries to take an action or not to take an action, shall, with respect to any Persons (and their respective Subsidiaries) controlled by such Party, or in which such Party otherwise has a voting interest, but that are not wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Party or have public equity holders, only apply (i) to the extent permitted by the organizational documents and governance arrangements of such entity and its subsidiaries, (ii) to the extent a Party is authorized and empowered to bind such entity and its subsidiaries and (iii) to the extent permitted by the Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ duties (fiduciary or otherwise) to such entity and its subsidiaries or any of its equity holders.

7.2     Change in Recommendation .

(a)     No Solicitation . Except as expressly permitted by this Section 7.2, the Company shall not, and none of its Subsidiaries nor any of the directors, officers or employees of it or its Subsidiaries shall, and the Company shall instruct its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives not to, directly or indirectly:

(i)    initiate, solicit, propose, encourage or facilitate any inquiry or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal;

(ii)    engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions with or negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal;

(iii)    provide any non-public information to any Person in connection with any Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; or

(iv)    otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make an Acquisition Proposal.

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(b)     Exceptions . Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7.2(b) to the contrary, prior to the time, but not after, the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, in response to an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not arise from or in connection with a material breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 7.2, the Company may:

(i)    provide information in response to a request therefor (including non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to the Person who made such Acquisition Proposal, provided that such information has previously been made available to, or is made available to, Parent prior to or concurrently with the time such information is made available to such Person and, prior to furnishing any such information, the Company receives from the Person making such Acquisition Proposal an executed confidentiality agreement containing customary terms ( it being understood that such confidentiality agreement need not contain a standstill provision prohibiting the making or amending of an Acquisition Proposal); and

(ii)    participate in any discussions or negotiations with any such Person regarding such Acquisition Proposal;

in each case, if, and only if, prior to taking any action described in clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Special Committee determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel, based on the information then available and after consultation with its financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal (A) constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal and (B) such Acquisition Proposal did not result from a breach of this Section 7.2.

(c)     Notice of Acquisition Proposals . The Company shall promptly (and, in any event, within 24 hours) give notice to Parent if (i) any inquiries, proposals or offers with respect to an Acquisition Proposal are received by; (ii) any non-public information is requested in connection with any Acquisition Proposal from; or (iii) any discussions or negotiations with respect to an Acquisition Proposal are sought to be initiated or continued with, it or any of its Representatives, setting forth in such notice the name of such Person and the material terms and conditions of any proposals or offers (including, if applicable, complete copies of any written requests, proposals or offers, including proposed agreements) and thereafter shall keep Parent reasonably informed, on a current basis (and, in any event, within 24 hours), of the status and terms of any such proposals or offers (including any amendments thereto) and the status of any such discussions or negotiations, including any change in its intentions as previously notified.

(d)     No Change of Recommendation .

(i)    Except as permitted by Section 7.2(d)(ii), Section 7.2(d)(iii) and Section 7.2(e), the Special Committee agrees it shall not:

(A)    withhold, withdraw, qualify or modify (or publicly propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw, qualify or modify) the Company Recommendation in a manner adverse to Parent;

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(C)    fail to recommend, within ten Business Days after the commencement of such Acquisition Proposal through a tender or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act for outstanding Listed Shares (other than by Parent or an Affiliate of Parent), against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by its shareholders;

(D)    approve or recommend, or publicly declare advisable or publicly propose to enter into, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement (other than a confidentiality agreement referred to in Section 7.2(a) entered into in compliance with Section 7.2(a)) relating to any Acquisition Proposal (an “ Alternative Acquisition Agreement ”, and any of the actions set forth in the foregoing clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D), a “ Change of Recommendation ”); or

(E)    except as expressly permitted by, and after compliance with, Section 7.2(d)(ii), recommend that the Company to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement.

(ii)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the time the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, the Special Committee may effect a Change of Recommendation if (A) an unsolicited, bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not arise from or in connection with a breach of the obligations set forth in Section 7.2(a) is received by the Company and is not withdrawn, and (B) the Special Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; provided , however , that a Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until the Company has given Parent written notice of such action and the basis thereof five days in advance (unless at the time such notice is otherwise required to be given there are fewer than five days prior to the expected date of the Company Shareholders Meeting, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 7.4, in which case such notice shall be provided as far in advance as practicable), which notice shall set forth in writing that the Special Committee intends to consider whether to take such action and comply in form, substance and delivery with the provisions of Section 7.2(c). After giving such notice and prior to effecting such Change of Recommendation the Company shall negotiate in good faith with Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) to make such revisions to the terms of this Agreement as would permit the Special Committee not to effect a Change of Recommendation in response thereto. At the end of the five day period (or such shorter period as is permitted by this Section 7.2(d)(ii)), prior to taking action to effect a Change of Recommendation, the Special Committee shall take into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in writing and any other information offered by Parent in response to the notice, and shall have determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor that the Superior Proposal would continue to constitute a Superior Proposal if such changes offered in writing were to be given effect. Any modification to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of Section 7.2(c) and this Section 7.2(d)(ii) except that the advance written notice obligation set forth in this Section 7.2(d)(ii) shall be reduced to three days.

 

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(iii)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the time the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, the Special Committee may effect a Change of Recommendation in response to an Intervening Event if the Special Committee has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, that the failure to do so would be materially adverse to the interests of the Company or the Public Shareholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable Law or obligations under the Company Agreement; provided , however , that a Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until the Company has given Parent written notice of such action and the basis thereof five days in advance (unless at the time such notice is otherwise required to be given there are fewer than five days prior to the expected date of the Company Shareholders Meeting, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 7.4, in which case such notice shall be provided as far in advance as practicable), which notice shall set forth in writing that the Special Committee intends to consider whether to take such action and a reasonably detailed description of such Intervening Event. After giving such notice and prior to effecting such Change of Recommendation the Company shall negotiate in good faith with Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) to make such revisions to the terms of this Agreement as would permit the Special Committee not to effect a Change of Recommendation in response thereto. At the end of the five day period (or such shorter period as is permitted by this Section 7.2(d)(iii)), prior to taking action to effect a Change of Recommendation, the Special Committee shall take into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by Parent in writing and any other information offered by Parent in response to the notice, and shall have determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor that the failure to effect a Change of Recommendation would continue to be materially adverse to the interests of the Company or the Public Shareholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable Law or obligations under the Company Agreement.

(e)     Certain Permitted Disclosure . Nothing contained in this Section 7.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company or the Special Committee from disclosures to the Public Shareholders of: (A) a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or (B) any disclosure the Special Committee has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be materially adverse to the interests of the Company or the Public Shareholders or would otherwise be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under applicable Law or obligations under the Company Agreement.

(f)     Existing Discussions . The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall promptly deliver a written notice to each such Person providing only that the Company is ending all discussions and negotiations with such Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or proposal or transaction that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal and informing such Persons of the obligations undertaken in this Section 7.2 which notice shall also request the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information concerning the Company and any of its Subsidiaries heretofore furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable.

 

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7.3     Prospectus/Proxy Filing; Information Supplied .

(a)    As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the proxy statement relating to the Company Shareholders Meeting (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Proxy/Prospectus ”), and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC, Parent’s registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Registration Statement ”, with the Proxy/Prospectus constituting a part thereof). Parent and the Company each shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond promptly to comments from the SEC and have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing, to promptly thereafter mail the Proxy/Prospectus (including the Registration Statement) to the holders of Listed Shares of the Company, and to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for as long as necessary to consummate the Transactions or until this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.

(b)    Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other of the receipt of all comments from the SEC and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Proxy/Prospectus or for additional information and shall promptly provide to the other copies of all correspondence between it or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Registration Statement or Proxy/Prospectus.

(c)    Each of the Company and Parent agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it or its Subsidiaries for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) the Proxy/Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto will, at the date of mailing to the holders of Listed Shares of the Company and at the time of the Company Shareholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the Company and Parent further agrees that, if prior to the Closing Date, it should become aware of any information that would cause any of the statements in the Proxy/Prospectus or the Registration Statement to be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in light of the circumstances under which they were made, in the case of the Proxy/Prospectus) not false or misleading, it will promptly inform the other Party thereof and, subject to Section 7.3(d), take the steps necessary to correct such information in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy/Prospectus or the Registration Statement.

(d)    Each of Parent and the Company will provide the other Party and their respective legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of the Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement and other documents related to the Company Shareholders Meeting or the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock in respect of the Merger, prior to filing such documents with the applicable Governmental Entity and mailing such documents to the holders of Listed Shares of the Company. Each Party will include in the

 

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Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement and such other documents related to the Company Shareholders Meeting or the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock in respect of the Merger all comments reasonably and promptly proposed by the other Party or its legal counsel and each agrees that all information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries included in the Proxy/Prospectus and the Registration Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably, and all information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries included in the Proxy/Prospectus and the Registration Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to the Company, acting reasonably.

7.4     Shareholders Meeting .

(a)    The Company will take, in accordance with applicable Law and its Organizational Documents, all action necessary to convene the Company Shareholders Meeting as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective and the SEC advises it has no further comments on the Proxy/Prospectus to consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement and to cause such vote to be taken, and shall not postpone or adjourn such meeting except to the extent required by Law or pursuant to Section 7.4(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the partnership delivers a notice of an intent to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to Section 7.2(d)(ii) or Section 7.2(d)(iii) within the five days prior to the Original Date or any date that the Company Shareholders Meeting is scheduled to be held thereafter in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.4, if directed by Parent, the Company shall as promptly as practicable thereafter postpone or adjourn the Company Shareholders Meeting for up to ten days in accordance with Parent’s direction. Subject to Section 7.2 of this Agreement, the Company Board shall recommend such approval and shall take all lawful action to solicit such approval.

(b)    The Company agrees (i) to provide Parent reasonably detailed periodic updates concerning proxy solicitation results on a timely basis (including, if requested, promptly providing daily voting reports) and (ii) to give written notice to Parent one day prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting and, if requested, on the day of, but prior to, the Company Shareholders Meeting, indicating whether as of such date sufficient proxies representing the Requisite Company Vote have been obtained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, on a date that is two Business Days prior to the date the Company Shareholders Meeting is scheduled (in either case, the “ Original Date ”), (A) the Company has not received proxies representing the Requisite Company Vote, whether or not a quorum is present or (B) it is necessary to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Proxy/Prospectus is required to be delivered, the Company may, or if Parent so requests, shall, postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Company Shareholders Meeting as long as the date of the Company Shareholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than ten days in connection with any one postponement or adjournment or more than an aggregate of twenty days from the Original Date in reliance on the preceding sentence.

(c)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company agrees that its obligation to hold the Company Shareholders Meeting pursuant to this Section 7.4(c) shall not be affected by the making of a Change of Recommendation and its obligations pursuant to this Section 7.4(c) shall not be affected by the commencement of or announcement or disclosure of or communication to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal. The Company agrees that it

 

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shall not submit to the vote of the holders of Listed Shares any Acquisition Proposal (whether or not a Superior Proposal) prior to the vote of the Company’s stockholders with respect to the Requisite Company Vote at the Company Shareholders Meeting.

7.5     Cooperation; Efforts to Consummate .

(a)    On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) its respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Law to consummate and make effective the Transactions as soon as reasonably practicable, including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as reasonably practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings (including by filing as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement the notification and report form required under the HSR Act), (ii) obtaining as promptly as reasonably practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Transactions and (iii) defending any Proceedings challenging this Agreement or the Transactions and seeking to have lifted or rescinded any injunction or restraining order or other order adversely affecting the ability of the Parties to consummate the Merger and the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will require any Party to hold separate or make any divestiture of any asset or otherwise agree to any restriction on its operations or other condition in order to obtain any consent or approval or other clearance required by this Agreement.

(b)    Subject to applicable Law relating to the exchange of information, Parent shall have the right to direct all matters with any Governmental Entity consistent with its obligations hereunder; provided that Parent and the Company shall have the right to review in advance and, to the extent reasonably practicable, each will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all of the information relating to Parent or the Company, as applicable, and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions (including the Proxy/Prospectus). Neither the Company nor Parent shall permit any of its officers or other Representatives to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry relating to the Transactions unless it consults with the other Parties in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate thereat. The Company shall not agree to any actions, restrictions or conditions with respect to obtaining any consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations in connection with the Transactions without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent, subject to this Section 7.5, may be withheld in Parent’s sole discretion). In exercising the foregoing rights, each of the Company and Parent shall act reasonably and as promptly as reasonably practicable.

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the other with copies of notices or other communications received by Parent or the Company, as applicable, or any of their Subsidiaries, from any third party or any Governmental Entity with respect to the Transactions. The Company and Parent each shall give prompt notice to the other of any Effect that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect, as applicable, or of any failure of any condition to the other Party’s obligation to consummate the Transactions; provided that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.6 shall not affect or be deemed to modify any representation, warranty, covenant, right, remedy, or condition to any obligation of any Party or update the Company Disclosure Letter or Parent Disclosure Letter, as applicable.

7.7     Information; Access and Reports .

(a)    Subject to applicable Law and the other provisions of this Section 7.7, the Company and Parent each shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to), upon request by the other Party, furnish the other Party and its Representatives with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may be required in connection with the Proxy/Prospectus, the Registration Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions.

(b)    The foregoing provisions of this Section 7.7 shall not require and shall not be construed to require either the Company or Parent to permit any access to any of its officers, employees, agents, contracts, books or records, or its properties, offices or other facilities, or to permit any inspection, review, sampling or audit, or to disclose or otherwise make available any information that in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, would (i) violate the terms of any confidentiality provisions in any agreement with a third party entered into prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) result in a violation of applicable Law; (iii) waive the protection of any attorney-client privilege; or (iv) result in the disclosure of any personal information that would expose the Party to the risk of liability.

(c)    No exchange of information or investigation by Parent or its Representatives shall affect or be deemed to affect, modify or waive the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement, and no investigation by the Company or its Representatives shall affect or be deemed to affect, modify or waive the representations and warranties of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement.

7.8     Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting . Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger to be approved for listing on the NYSE and the TSX, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall cooperate with Parent and use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Law and rules and policies of the NYSE to enable the delisting by the Surviving Entity of the Listed Shares from the NYSE and the deregistration of the Listed Shares under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time.

 

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7.9     Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.9 or Section 9.6, whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the Transactions, including all fees and expenses of its Representatives, shall be paid by the Party incurring such expense, except that Parent shall pay for (a) any filing fees with respect to the Registration Statement, (b) the costs and expenses of printing and mailing of the Proxy/Prospectus and (c) any filing fees in connection with the HSR Act.

7.10     Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance .

(a)    From and after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, each of Parent and the Surviving Entity agrees that it will jointly and severally (i) indemnify, defend and hold harmless each present and former (determined as of the Effective Time) director and officer of the Company and EECI, in each case, when acting in such capacity (including the heirs, executors and administrators of any such director or officer, the “ Indemnified Parties ”), against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, penalties, sanctions, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any thereof) in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any acts or omissions or actual or threatened Proceeding, in each case, in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, including in connection with (A) the Transactions, and (B) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any Indemnified Party, and (ii) advance expenses as incurred in each case described in clause (i) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law; provided that any Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Person is not entitled to indemnification.

(b)    Parent shall maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect, (i) the insurance liability coverage of the existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies for directors and officers of the Company and EECI, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, the “ D&O Insurance ”) in place as of the date of this Agreement, in each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of six years from and after the Effective Time (the “ Tail Period ”), with terms, conditions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as provided in the existing policies providing such coverage as of the date of this Agreement; provided , however , that in no event during the Tail Period shall parent be required to expend more on the annual cost of the D&O Insurance than an amount per year equal to 300 percent of the current annual premiums charged to the Company by Parent for such insurance; and provided , further , that if the cost of such insurance coverage exceeds such amount, the Surviving Entity shall have the option to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. If Parent in its sole discretion elects, then, in lieu of the obligations of the Surviving Entity under this Section 7.10(b), Parent may, but shall be under no obligation to, prior to the Effective Time, obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of the D&O Insurance for the Tail Period with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions).

 

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(c)    Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 7.10, upon learning of any such Proceeding, shall promptly notify Parent thereof in writing, but the failure to so notify shall not relieve Parent or the Surviving Entity of any liability it may have to such Indemnified Party, except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party. In the event of any Proceeding: (i) Parent or the Surviving Entity shall have the right to assume the defense thereof (it being understood that by electing to assume the defense thereof, neither Parent nor the Surviving Entity will be deemed to have waived any right to object to the Indemnified Party’s entitlement to indemnification hereunder with respect thereto or assumed any liability with respect thereto), except that if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects not to assume such defense or legal counsel or the Indemnified Party advises that there are issues which raise conflicts of interest between Parent or the Surviving Entity and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party may retain legal counsel satisfactory to them, and Parent or the Surviving Entity shall pay all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such legal counsel for the Indemnified Party promptly as statements therefor are received; provided , however , that Parent and the Surviving Entity shall be obligated pursuant to this Section 7.10(c) to pay for only one firm of legal counsel for all Indemnified Parties with respect to any Proceeding in any jurisdiction unless the use of one legal counsel for such Indemnified Parties would present such legal counsel with a conflict of interest (provided that the fewest number of legal counsels necessary to avoid conflicts of interest shall be used); (ii) the Indemnified Parties shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects to assume such defense, and Parent and the Surviving Entity shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects not to assume such defense; (iii) the Indemnified Parties shall not be liable for any settlement effected without their prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects to assume such defense and Parent and the Surviving Entity shall not be liable for any settlement effected without their prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) if Parent or the Surviving Entity elects not to assume such defense; and (iv) all rights to indemnification in respect of any such Proceedings shall continue until final disposition of all such Proceedings.

(d)    During the Tail Period, Parent shall honor (and shall cause the Company, EECI and EEP to honor) all rights to indemnification, elimination of liability and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto as in effect as of the date of this Agreement in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the Organizational Documents of the Company, EECI, EEP and their respective Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Company, EECI, EEP or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case, as in effect on the date of this Agreement, and all of such rights shall survive the Transactions unchanged and shall not be amended, restated, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party.

(e)    If Parent or the Surviving Entity or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 7.10.

 

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(f)    The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 7.10 are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of the Company, EECI, EEP or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company, EECI, EEP or any of their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees ( it being understood that the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.10 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies).

(g)    This Section 7.10 is intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, who shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 7.10. Any right of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 7.10 shall not be amended, repealed, terminated or otherwise modified at any time in a manner that would adversely affect the rights of such Indemnified Party as provided herein.

7.11     Takeover Statutes . If any “fair price”, “moratorium”, “control share acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation is or may become applicable to the Transactions, each of Parent and the Company and the Parent Board and the Company Board, respectively, shall grant such approvals and use reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are necessary so that the Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation on the Transactions.

7.12     Section  16 Matters . The Company and Parent, and the Company Board and the Parent Board (or duly formed committees thereof consisting of non-employee directors (as such term is defined for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act)), shall, prior to the Effective Time, take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to cause the Transactions and any other dispositions of equity securities of the Company (including derivative securities) or acquisitions of equity securities of Parent Common Stock (including derivative securities) in connection with the Transactions by any individual who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company, or will become subject to such reporting requirements with respect to Parent, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, to the extent permitted by applicable Law.

7.13     Transaction Litigation . In the event that any shareholder litigation related to this Agreement or the Transactions is brought, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, against the Company or any members of the Company Board from and following the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time (such litigation, “ Transaction Litigation ”), the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify Parent of such Transaction Litigation and shall keep Parent reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement and shall consider in good faith Parent’s advice with respect to such Transaction Litigation; provided that the Company shall in any event control such defense or settlement and the disclosure of information to Parent in connection therewith shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7.7; provided , further , that the Company shall not agree to settle any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

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7.14     Voting . Parent covenants and agrees that, until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, at the Company Shareholders Meeting or any other meeting or vote of or in connection with any approval of holders of Company Securities, however called, Parent will vote, or cause to be voted, to the extent entitled to vote, all Company Securities then owned beneficially or of record by it or any of its Subsidiaries, as of the record date for such meeting, in favor of (a) the approval of this Agreement (as it may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time) and the Merger and the approval of any actions required in furtherance thereof, including the waiver of Section 9.01(a)(v) of the Company Agreement, and (b) for purposes of determining the manner in which the I-Units are voted, the approval of the EEP Merger Agreement (as it may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time) and the EEP Merger and the approval of any actions required in furtherance thereof.

7.15     Special Committee .

(a)    Prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Parent shall not and it shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and it shall not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to take any action intended to cause the Company to, without the consent of a majority of the then existing members of the Special Committee, eliminate the Special Committee, revoke or diminish the authority of the Special Committee or remove or cause the removal of any director of the Company Board that is a member of the Special Committee either as a director or as a member of such committee. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.15 shall not apply to the filling, in accordance with the provisions of the Company Agreement, of any vacancies caused by the resignation, death or incapacity of any such director.

(b)    Unless otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, whenever a determination, decision, approval, consent, waiver or agreement of the Company or the Company Board is permitted or required pursuant to this Agreement, such determination, decision, approval, consent, waiver or agreement must be authorized by the Special Committee.

7.16     Performance by Company . Parent shall cause the Company to comply with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that actions or inactions by the Company shall not be deemed to be breaches or violations or failures to perform by the Company of any of the provisions of this Agreement if such action or inaction was or was not taken, as applicable, at the direction of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

CONDITIONS

8.1     Conditions to Obligation of Each Party . The respective obligation of each Party to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:

(a)     Company Shareholder  Approval . This Agreement shall have been duly approved by holders of Listed Shares constituting the Requisite Company Vote in accordance with applicable Law and the Company Agreement.

(b)     Listing . The shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to the holders of Listed Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE and the TSX, subject to official notice of issuance.

(c)     Regulatory Approvals . The waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Transactions under the HSR Act shall have expired or been earlier terminated.

(d)     Laws or Governmental Orders . No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Governmental Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins, makes illegal or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the Transactions.

(e)     Registration Statement . The Registration Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and remain in effect, and no Proceedings for that purpose shall have commenced or been threatened in writing by the SEC, unless subsequently withdrawn.

(f)     Consummation of EEP Merger . All of the conditions set forth in the EEP Merger Agreement shall have been satisfied or irrevocably waived (if permitted under applicable Law) in writing by the applicable parties thereto (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied by actions taken at the closing under the EEP Merger Agreement), and the parties thereto shall be ready, willing and able to consummate the EEP Merger.

8.2     Conditions to Obligation of Parent and Merger Sub . The respective obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

(a)     Representations and Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5.3 ( Authority; Approval and Fairness ) and Section 5.6 ( Absence of Certain Changes ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time); (ii) the representations and warranties of the

 

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Company set forth in Section 5.2 ( Capital Structure of the Company ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time), except for such inaccuracies as would not be material in amount or effect; and (iii) each other representation and warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such particular date or period of time), except, in the case of this clause (iii), for any failure of any such representation and warranty to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification by materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect contained therein) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b)     Performance of Obligations of the Company . The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c)     Company Closing Certificate . Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer of the Company certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 8.2(a) and Section 8.2(b) have been satisfied.

8.3     Conditions to Obligation of the Company . The obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

(a)     Representations and Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Section 6.3 ( Authority; Approval ) and Section 6.6 ( Absence of Certain Changes ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time); (ii) the representations and warranties of Parent set forth in Section 6.2 ( Capital Structure of Parent; Capitalization of Merger Sub ) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such particular date or period of time), except for such inaccuracies as would not be material in amount or effect; and (iii) the other representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of a particular date or period of time, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such particular date or period of time), except, in the case of this clause (iii), for any failure of any such representation and warranty to be so true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification by materiality or Parent Material Adverse Effect set forth therein) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)     Performance of Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub . Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c)     Parent and Merger Sub Closing Certificate . The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub by an executive officer of Parent certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 8.3(a) and Section 8.3(b) have been satisfied.

(d)     Tax Opinion . The Company shall have received a written opinion of Vinson & Elkins LLP (or another nationally recognized tax counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company and Parent), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company Board and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion and subject to the qualifications and limitations as may be set forth therein, for United States federal income tax purposes, the Merger should be treated as a reorganization qualifying under Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall be entitled to receive and rely upon customary representations contained in certificates of officers of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such counsel and dated as of the Closing Date.

ARTICLE IX

TERMINATION

9.1     Termination by Mutual Written Consent . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company by action of the Parent Board and the Company Board, with approval of the Special Committee.

9.2     Termination by Either Parent or the Company . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by action of either the Parent Board or the Company Board, with approval of the Special Committee, if:

(a)    the Merger shall not have been consummated by March 18, 2019 (the “ Outside Date ”); provided , further , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.2(a) shall not be available to any Party that has breached in any material respect its obligations set forth in this Agreement in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the occurrence of the failure of a condition to the consummation of the Merger;

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(c)    any Law or Governmental Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger shall become final and non-appealable; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.2(c) shall not be available to any Party that has breached in any material respect its obligations set forth in this Agreement in any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the occurrence of the failure of a condition to the consummation of the Merger; or

(d)    if the EEP Merger Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms.

9.3     Termination by Parent . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by the Parent Board if:

(a)    prior to the time the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, the Special Committee shall have made a Change of Recommendation; or

(b)    at any time prior to the Effective Time, there has been a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue, in either case, such that the conditions in Section 8.2(a) or Section 8.2(b) would not be satisfied (and such breach or failure to be true and correct is not curable prior to the Outside Date, or if curable prior to the Outside Date, has not been cured within the earlier of (i) sixty days after the giving of notice thereof by Parent to the Company or (ii) the Outside Date); provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.3(b) shall not be available to Parent if it has breached in any material respect its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.

9.4     Termination by the Company . This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by the Company Board, with approval of the Special Committee, if, at any time prior to the Effective Time, there has been a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in either case, such that the conditions in Section 8.3(a) or Section 8.3(b) would not be satisfied (and such breach or failure to be true and correct is not curable prior to the Outside Date, or if curable prior to the Outside Date, has not been cured within the earlier of (a) sixty days after the giving of notice thereof by the Company to Parent or (b) the Outside Date); provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.4 shall not be available to the Company if it has breached in any material respect its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.

9.5     Effect of Termination and Abandonment . In the event of the termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger pursuant to this ARTICLE IX, this Agreement shall become void and of no effect with no liability to any Person on the part of any Party (or any of its Representatives or Affiliates); provided , however , and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) no such termination shall relieve any Party of any liability or damages to any other Party resulting from any Willful Breach of this Agreement and (b) the provisions set forth in this Section 9.5 and the second sentence of Section 10.1 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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9.6     Payment of Company Expenses . If this Agreement is terminated by (a) the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.4 or (b) the Company or Parent pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2(a) or 9.2(b), Parent shall pay to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds an account designated by the Company an amount equal to the Company Expenses, and such payment shall be made within five (5) Business Days after such termination.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

10.1     Survival . ARTICLE I, this ARTICLE X and the agreements of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in ARTICLE III, ARTICLE IV, Section 7.9 ( Expenses ) and Section 7.10 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ) shall survive the Effective Time. ARTICLE I, this ARTICLE X and the agreements of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in Section 7.9 ( Expenses ), Section 9.5 ( Effect of Termination and Abandonment ) and Section 9.6 ( Payment of Company Expenses ) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. All other representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement or in any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall not survive the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement.

10.2     Modification or Amendment ; Waiver .

(a)    Subject to the provisions of applicable Law and the provisions of Section 7.10 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ), at any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment or modification or waiver, by each of the Parties, or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective; provided that, in the case of amendments, modifications or waivers by the Company, any such amendments, modifications or waivers must be approved by the Special Committee. The conditions to each of the Parties’ respective obligations to consummate the Transactions are for the sole benefit of such Party and may be waived by such Party, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable Law; provided , however , that any such waiver shall only be effective if made in writing and executed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective; provided , further , that the Company may not make or authorize any such waiver without the prior approval of the Special Committee.

(b)    No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under applicable Law shall operate as a waiver of such rights and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no single or partial exercise thereof shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

 

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10.3     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, email or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

10.4     Governing Law and Venue; Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by Jury .

(a)    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD DIRECT A MATTER TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

(b)    Each of the Parties agrees that: (i) it shall bring any Proceeding in connection with, arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions exclusively in the courts of the State of Delaware in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware (Complex Commercial Division); provided that if subject matter jurisdiction over the matter that is the subject of the Proceeding is vested exclusively in the United States federal courts, such Proceeding shall be heard in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Chosen Courts ”); and (ii) solely in connection with such Proceedings, (A) it irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (B) it waives any objection to the laying of venue in any Proceeding in the Chosen Courts, (C) it waives any objection that the Chosen Courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any Party, (D) mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such Proceeding in the manner provided in Section 10.6 or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof and (E) it shall not assert as a defense, any matter or claim waived by the foregoing clauses (A) through (D) of this Section 10.4(b) or that any Governmental Order issued by the Chosen Courts may not be enforced in or by the Chosen Courts.

(c)    EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY BE IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISE OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY INSTRUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS, IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY INSTRUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY HEREBY

 

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ACKNOWLEDGES AND CERTIFIES: (i) THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OTHER PARTIES HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTIES WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (ii) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER; (iii) IT MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY; AND (iv) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 10.4(c).

10.5     Specific Performance .

(a)    Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that the rights of each Party to consummate the Transactions are special, unique and of extraordinary character and that if for any reason any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached (including by a Party’s failing to take such actions as are required of such Party hereunder in order to consummate the Transactions), immediate and irreparable harm or damage would be caused for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, each Party agrees that, in addition to any other available remedies a Party may have in equity or at law, each Party shall be entitled to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to obtain an injunction restraining any breach or violation or threatened breach or violation of the provisions of this Agreement in the Chosen Courts, provided that such Party seeking specific performance, injunction or other equitable remedy pursuant to this Section 10.5 is not in material default under this Agreement. Each Party agrees that no Party shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 11.5, and each Party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument. In the event that any Proceeding should be brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, no Party shall allege, and each Party hereby waives the defense, that there is an adequate remedy at law.

(b)    To the extent any Party brings a Proceeding to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement (other than a Proceeding to specifically enforce any provision that expressly survives termination of this Agreement) when expressly available to such Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Outside Date shall automatically be extended to (i) the twentieth Business Day following the resolution of such Proceeding, or (ii) such other time period established by the court presiding over such Proceeding.

10.6     Notices . All notices, requests, instructions, consents, claims, demands, waivers, approvals and other communications to be given or made hereunder by one or more Parties to one or more of the other Parties shall be in writing and delivered in person or by courier service, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by email; provided that any email transmission must e promptly confirmed by telephone or email. Such communications shall be sent to the respective Parties at the following street addresses or email addresses or at such other street address or email

 

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address for a Party as shall be specified for such purpose in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10.6:

If to the Company:

 

Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.

5400 Westheimer Court

Houston, TX 77056

Attention:

   Corporate Secretary

Telephone:

   (713) 627-5400

Email:

   USCorporateSecretary@enbridge.com

with a copy to the Special Committee’s legal counsel (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Bracewell LLP

Suite 2300

711 Louisiana Street

Houston, TX 77002

Attention:

   Will Anderson

Telephone:

   (713) 221-1122

Email:

   will.anderson@bracewell.com

If to Parent:

 

Enbridge Inc.

200 Fifth Avenue Place

425 1st Street S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

T2P 3L8

Attention:

   Corporate Secretary

Telephone:

   (201) 231-5935

Email:

   corporatesecretary@enbridge.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Attention:

   George J. Sampas

Telephone:

   (212) 558-4000

Email:

   sampasg@sullcrom.com

 

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If to Merger Sub:

 

5400 Westheimer Court

Houston, TX 77056

Attention:

   Corporate Secretary

Telephone:

   (713) 627-5400

Email:

   USCorporateSecretary@enbridge.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Attention:

  

George J. Sampas

Telephone:

  

(212) 558-4000

Email:

  

sampasg@sullcrom.com

10.7     Entire Agreement .

(a)    This Agreement (including any exhibits hereto), the Company Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, negotiations, understandings and representations and warranties, whether oral or written, with respect to such matters.

(b)    Each Party acknowledges the provisions set forth in Section 5.15 ( No Other Representations or Warranties ) and Section 6.16 ( No Other Representations or Warranties ) and, without limiting such provisions, additionally acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter, the Parent Disclosure Letter or any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement: (i) no Party has made or is making any other representations, warranties, statements, information or inducements; (ii) no Party has relied on or is relying on any other representations, warranties, statements, information or inducements; and (iii) each Party hereby disclaims reliance on any other representations, warranties, statements, information or inducements provided to such Party by the other Party, in each case for clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), oral or written, express or implied, or as to the accuracy or completeness of any statements or other information, made by, or made available by, itself or any of its Representatives, in each case with respect to, or in connection with, the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions, and notwithstanding the distribution, disclosure or other delivery to the other or the other’s Representatives of any documentation or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing, and waives any claims or causes of action relating thereto.

10.8     Third-Party Beneficiaries . Except for, from and after the Effective Time, the Indemnified Parties with respect to the provisions of Section 7.10 ( Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance ), the Parties hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement are solely for the benefit of

 

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the other Parties on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns any rights or remedies, express or implied, hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement. The representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the Parties. Any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties are subject to waiver by the Parties in accordance with Section 10.2 without notice or liability to any other Person. In some instances, the representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the Parties of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the Parties. Consequently, Persons other than the Parties may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date.

10.9     Non-Recourse . Unless expressly agreed to otherwise by the Parties in writing, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any Proceeding in connection with, arising out of or otherwise resulting from this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions may only be brought against the Persons expressly named as Parties (or any of their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns) and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such Party. No past, present or future director employee (including any officer), incorporator, manager, member, partner, stockholder, shareholder, other equity holder or persons in a similar capacity, controlling person, Affiliate or other Representative of any Party or of any Affiliate of any Party, or any of their respective successors, Representatives and permitted assigns shall have any liability or other obligation for any obligation of any Party under this Agreement or for any Proceeding in connection with, arising out of or otherwise resulting from this Agreement, any instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or the Transactions; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 10.9 shall limit any liability or other obligation of the Parties for breaches of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

10.10     Fulfillment of Obligations . Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Parent to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Parent to cause such Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of the Company to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of the Company to cause such Subsidiary to take such action and, after the Effective Time, on the part of the Surviving Entity to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.

10.11     Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or any circumstance, is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be legal, valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such legal, invalid or unenforceable provision, and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability affect the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any other jurisdiction.

 

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10.12     Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties (and any of their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns). No Party may assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, except as provided for in Section 10.10, and any attempted or purported assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 10.12 shall be null and void; provided , however , that Parent may designate another wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiary to be a constituent corporation in the Merger in lieu of Merger Sub, so long as Parent provides the Company with advance written notice thereof, in which event all references to Merger Sub in this Agreement shall be deemed references to such other wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent, except that all representations and warranties made in this Agreement with respect to Merger Sub as of the date of this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties made with respect to such other wholly owned Subsidiary as of the date of such designation; provided , further , that any such designation shall not prevent or materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions or otherwise adversely affect the rights of the shareholders of the Company under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties to this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
By  

/s/ Laura J. Buss Sayavedra

  Name:    Laura J. Buss Sayavedra
  Title:    Vice President
ENBRIDGE INC.
By  

/s/ Al Monaco

  Name:    Al Monaco
  Title:    President & Chief Executive Officer
By  

/s/ Tyler W. Robinson

  Name:    Tyler W. Robinson
  Title:    Vice President & Corporate Secretary
WINTER ACQUISITION SUB I, INC.
By  

/s/ Kenneth C. Lanik

  Name:    Kenneth C. Lanik
  Title:    Tax Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger ]


ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC.
By  

/s/ Kenneth C. Lanik

  Name:    Kenneth C. Lanik
  Title:    Tax Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger ]


Exhibit A

Form of Company Agreement Amendment


AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ENBRIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

[●] [●], 20[●]

This Amendment No. 3 (this “ Amendment No.  3 ”) to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (as amended to date, the “ LLC Agreement ”) of Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. (the “ Company ”) is hereby adopted by Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Sole Voting Shareholder ”), as the sole Record Holder of Voting Shares of the Company. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the LLC Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated [●], 2018 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), among the Company, the Enbridge Inc., Winter Acquisition Sub I, Inc. and, solely for the purposes set forth therein, the Sole Voting Shareholder;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, this Amendment No. 3 was submitted to the Record Holders of Listed Shares for their approval;

WHEREAS, the Requisite Company Vote (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of Amendment No. 3 was obtained on [●], 2018; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.01(a) of the LLC Agreement, the following amendment to the LLC Agreement has been approved by the Sole Voting Shareholder.

NOW THEREFORE, the Sole Voting Shareholder does hereby amend the LLC Agreement as follows:

 

  Section

1. Amendments .

a.    Section 4.03(b) of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

“The Record Holders of Listed Shares shall be entitled to one vote per Listed Share on matters submitted to a vote or consent of the Record Holders of Listed Shares, as provided in Section 4.03(c) and elsewhere in this Agreement.”

b.    Section 4.03(d) of the LLC Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

c.    Section 4.03(e) of the LLC Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.


d.    Section 5.02(a) of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

Number . The Board shall consist of one or more members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by approval of the Record Holders of a majority of the Voting Shares and Outstanding Listed Shares, voting as a single class.”

e.    Section 5.02(b) of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

Election of Directors; Term . The Record Holders of Voting Shares and Outstanding Listed Shares, voting as a single class, shall have the sole authority with respect to the election and removal of Directors as provided in this Section 5.02(b). Vacancies existing from time to time on the Board of Directors (including vacancies created by virtue of an increase by the Record Holders of Voting Shares and Outstanding Listed Shares, voting as a single class, in the number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.02(a)) shall be filled by nominees elected by the Record Holders of a majority of the Voting Shares and Outstanding Listed Shares, voting as a single class. Each Director shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Any Director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Secretary of the Company. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary for such resignation to become effective. Any Director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by approval of the Record Holders of a majority of the Voting Shares and Outstanding Listed Shares, voting as a single class. No Person shall be qualified to be elected or re-elected as a Director of the Company after attaining the age of 70 years, except to the extent that any such election or re-election is first approved by the affirmative vote of Record Holders owning a majority of the outstanding Voting Shares and Outstanding Listed Shares, voting as a single class, which approval may be limited to a single election or re-election or for such other specified period as set forth in such approval authorization.”

f.    Section 8.01(a) of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

“Any provision of this Agreement, including the Purchase Provisions, may be amended by the Record Holders of a majority of Voting Shares and Outstanding Listed Shares, voting as a single class.”

Section 2.     General Authority . The appropriate officers of the Sole Voting Shareholder are hereby authorized to make such further clarifying and conforming changes to the LLC Agreement as they deem necessary or appropriate, and to interpret the LLC Agreement, to give effect to the intent and purpose of this Amendment No. 3.


Section 3.     Ratification of LLC Agreement . Except as expressly modified and amended herein, all of the terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 4.     Governing Law . This Amendment No. 3 will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the sole Record Holder of Voting Shares has executed this Amendment No. 3 as of [●][●], 20[●].

 

SOLE VOTING SHAREHOLDER
ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC.
By:  

                                                     

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Exhibit 2.3

ENBRIDGE INC.

- AND -

ENBRIDGE INCOME FUND HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

     1  

1.1

 

Definitions

     1  

1.2

 

Interpretation Not Affected by Headings, etc.

     11  

1.3

 

Number, etc.

     12  

1.4

 

Date for Any Action

     12  

1.5

 

Entire Agreement

     12  

1.6

 

Currency

     12  

1.7

 

Accounting Matters

     12  

1.8

 

References to Legislation

     12  

1.9

 

Enforceability

     12  

1.10

 

Knowledge

     13  

1.11

 

Interpretation Not Affected by Party Drafting

     13  

1.12

 

Schedules

     13  

ARTICLE 2 THE ARRANGEMENT AND ENF MEETING

     13  

2.1

 

Plan of Arrangement

     13  

2.2

 

Interim Order, Final Order, etc.

     13  

2.3

 

Circular and ENF Meeting

     15  

2.4

 

Court Proceedings

     16  

2.5

 

ENF Board Recommendation

     17  

2.6

 

ENF Fairness Opinion and ENF Formal Valuation

     17  

2.7

 

Regulatory Matters

     17  

2.8

 

Closing

     18  

2.9

 

Effective Date

     18  

2.10

 

Public Communications

     18  

2.11

 

Resignation of Directors of ENF

     19  

2.12

 

Indemnities and Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance

     19  

2.13

 

Payment of Cash Consideration

     19  

2.14

 

Tax Withholdings

     19  

2.15

 

U.S. Securities Laws

     20  

ARTICLE 3 COVENANTS

     21  

3.1

 

Covenants of Enbridge

     21  

3.2

 

Covenants of ENF

     23  

3.3

 

Mutual Covenants Regarding the Arrangement

     26  

3.4

 

ENF’s Covenants Regarding Non-Solicitation

     28  

3.5

 

Access to Information

     32  

ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     33  

4.1

 

Representations and Warranties of Enbridge

     33  

4.2

 

Representations and Warranties of ENF

     37  

4.3

 

Privacy Issues

     40  


ARTICLE 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     41  

5.1

 

Mutual Conditions Precedent

     41  

5.2

 

Additional Conditions to Obligations of Enbridge

     42  

5.3

 

Additional Conditions to Obligations of ENF

     43  

5.4

 

Notice and Effect of Failure to Comply with Conditions

     44  

5.5

 

Satisfaction of Conditions

     45  

ARTICLE 6 AGREEMENT AS TO DAMAGES

     45  

6.1

 

Enbridge Damages

     45  

6.2

 

ENF Damages

     46  

6.3

 

Injunctive Relief and Remedies

     46  

ARTICLE 7 AMENDMENT

     47  

7.1

 

Amendment

     47  

7.2

 

Waiver

     47  

ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION

     47  

8.1

 

Term

     47  

8.2

 

Termination

     47  

ARTICLE 9 NOTICES

     49  

9.1

 

Notices

     49  

ARTICLE 10 GENERAL

     50  

10.1

 

Assignment and Enurement

     50  

10.2

 

Costs

     50  

10.3

 

Severability

     51  

10.4

 

Further Assurances

     51  

10.5

 

Time of Essence

     51  

10.6

 

Governing Law

     51  

10.7

 

Third Party Beneficiaries

     51  

10.8

 

Counterparts

     51  

10.9

 

Survival

     52  

SCHEDULE A – PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

     A-1  

SCHEDULE B – ARRANGEMENT RESOLUTION

     B-1  


ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT is dated as of the 17th day of September, 2018.

BETWEEN:

ENBRIDGE INC. , a corporation existing under the laws of Canada (“ Enbridge ”)

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ENBRIDGE INCOME FUND HOLDINGS INC. , a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta (“ ENF ”)

WHEREAS the Parties wish to effect the acquisition by Enbridge of all of the issued and outstanding ENF Shares not already owned by Enbridge;

AND WHEREAS the Parties intend to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by way of an arrangement under the provisions of the ABCA, substantially on the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan of Arrangement (attached hereto as Schedule A);

NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the Parties do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

Definitions

In this Agreement, including the recitals hereto, unless there is something in the context or subject matter inconsistent therewith, the following defined terms have the meanings hereinafter set forth:

 

(a)

ABCA ” means the Business Corporations Act (Alberta);

 

(b)

Acquisition Proposal ” means, other than the Arrangement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any written or oral offer, proposal or inquiry from any Person or group of Persons “acting jointly or in concert” (within the meaning of National Instrument 62-104, Takeover Bids and Issuer Bids ) (other than Enbridge or its affiliates) which contemplates, relates to or could reasonably be expected to lead to (in either case in one transaction or a series of transactions):

 

  (i)

any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase (or any lease, long-term supply agreement or other arrangement having the same economic effect as a purchase) of:

 

  (A)

assets of ENF and/or one or more of the Fund Group Entities representing 20% or more of the consolidated assets or contributing 20% or more of the consolidated revenue of ENF and the Fund Group Entities, taken as a whole; or


  (B)

20% or more of the voting or equity securities of ENF (or rights or interests therein or thereto) or any voting or equity securities of any Fund Group Entity (or rights or interests therein or thereto);

 

  (ii)

any direct or indirect take-over bid, issuer bid, exchange offer, treasury issuance or similar transaction that, if consummated, would result in a Person or joint actors beneficially owning 20% or more of any class of voting or equity securities or any other equity interests (including securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for equity interests) of ENF;

 

  (iii)

a plan of arrangement, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, joint venture, partnership, share exchange, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or other similar transaction involving ENF and/or one or more of the Fund Group Entities;

 

  (iv)

any other transaction or series of transactions the consummation of which would or could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay the Arrangement; or

 

  (v)

any public announcement or other public disclosure of an intention to do any of the foregoing;

 

(c)

affiliate ” has the meaning specified in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions ;

 

(d)

Agreement ”, “ herein ”, “ hereof ”, “ hereto ”, “ hereunder ” and similar expressions mean and refer to this Arrangement Agreement (including the schedules hereto) as supplemented, modified or amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, and not to any particular article, section, schedule or other portion hereof;

 

(e)

Applicable Canadian Securities Laws ” in the context that refers to one or more Persons, means, collectively, and as the context may require, the securities legislation of each of the provinces of Canada, and all rules, regulations, instruments, notices, blanket orders and policies published and/or promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time prior to the Effective Date, that apply to such Person or Persons or its business, undertaking, property or securities and emanate from a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Person or Persons or its business, undertaking, property or securities;

 

(f)

Applicable Laws ” in the context that refers to one or more Persons, means any domestic or foreign, national, federal, state, provincial, municipal, regional or local law (statutory, common, or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated, or applied by a Governmental Authority, that is binding upon or applicable to such Person or Persons or its business or their business, undertaking, property or securities and, to the extent that they have the force of law, policies, guidelines, notices and protocols of any Governmental Authority;

 

(g)

Applicable U.S. Securities Laws ” in the context that refers to one or more Persons, means, collectively, and as the context may require, the federal and state securities legislation of the United States and all rules, regulations and orders promulgated

 

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  thereunder, as amended from time to time prior to the Effective Date, that apply to such Person or Persons or its business, undertaking, property or securities and emanate from a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Person or Persons or its business, undertaking, property or securities;

 

(h)

Arrangement ” means the arrangement pursuant to section 193 of the ABCA, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan of Arrangement, subject to any amendments or variations thereto made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or Article 6 of the Plan of Arrangement or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order (provided that such amendments or variations are acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably);

 

(i)

Arrangement Resolution ” means the special resolution approving the Arrangement to be considered by the ENF Shareholders at the ENF Meeting substantially in the form set out in Schedule B;

 

(j)

Articles of Arrangement ” means the articles of arrangement of ENF in respect of the Arrangement required by section 193(10) of the ABCA to be sent to the Registrar after the Final Order is made, which shall include the Plan of Arrangement and otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to each of the Parties, acting reasonably;

 

(k)

Authorization ” means with respect to any Person, any order, permit, approval, consent, waiver, licence, certificate, registration, franchise, privilege, quota, exemption or similar authorization of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Person;

 

(l)

Breaching Party ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 5.4(b);

 

(m)

Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a statutory holiday in the Province of Alberta;

 

(n)

Cash Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in the Plan of Arrangement;

 

(o)

Circular ” means the notice of the ENF Meeting and the accompanying management information circular, including all schedules, appendices and exhibits thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(p)

Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Competition appointed pursuant to subsection 7(1) of the Competition Act or any Person authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Commissioner of Competition;

 

(q)

Competition Act ” means the Competition Act (Canada);

 

(r)

Competition Act Approval ” means, if Competition Act approval is required, the occurrence of one or more of the following:

 

  (i)

an advance ruling certificate (an “ ARC ”) pursuant to section 102 of the Competition Act having been issued by the Commissioner in respect of the transactions contemplated herein; or

 

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  (ii)

the Commissioner waiving the obligation to notify and supply information under Part IX of the Competition Act pursuant to subsection 113(c) of the Competition Act and confirming in writing that he has no intention to file an application under section 92 of the Competition Act (a “ No-Action Letter ”) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such No-Action Letter remains in full force and effect; or

 

  (iii)

the Parties having notified the Commissioner under section 114 of the Competition Act and the waiting period under section 123 of the Competition Act having expired or having been terminated or waived and the Commissioner having issued a No-Action Letter in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with such No-Action Letter remaining in full force and effect;

 

(s)

Confidentiality Agreement ” means the common interest privilege and confidentiality agreement dated August 16, 2018 and effective May 16, 2018 among Enbridge, ENF and certain other Persons;

 

(t)

Court ” means the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta;

 

(u)

CTA Act ” means the Canada Transportation Act (Canada);

 

(v)

CTA Act Approval ” means, if CTA Act approval is required, notification of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be provided to the Minister of Transport pursuant to subsection 53.1(1) of the CTA Act and the occurrence of one of the following: (i) Enbridge shall have received a notice from the Minister of Transport pursuant to subsection 53.1(4) of the CTA Act that the Minister of Transport is of the opinion that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not raise issues with respect to the public interest as it relates to national transportation; or (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been approved by the Governor in Council in accordance with subsection 53.2(7) of the CTA Act;

 

(w)

Depositary ” means such Person as may be appointed by Enbridge with the approval of ENF, acting reasonably, for the purpose of receiving deposits of certificates formerly representing ENF Shares in connection with the Arrangement;

 

(x)

Disclosing Party ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.3(a);

 

(y)

Dissent Rights ” means the rights of dissent in respect of the Arrangement described in the Plan of Arrangement and the Interim Order;

 

(z)

Dissenting Shareholder ” means a registered ENF Shareholder who has duly and validly exercised its Dissent Rights in accordance with Section 3.1 of the Plan of Arrangement, and who has not withdrawn or been deemed to have withdrawn such exercise of Dissent Rights;

 

(aa)

DRIP ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.2(n);

 

(bb)

EDGAR ” means the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System maintained by the SEC available at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml;

 

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(cc)

Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Plan of Arrangement;

 

(dd)

Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in the Plan of Arrangement;

 

(ee)

Enbridge Board ” means the board of directors of Enbridge;

 

(ff)

Enbridge Damages Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1;

 

(gg)

Enbridge Damages Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1;

 

(hh)

Enbridge Financial Statements ” means the audited consolidated financial statements of Enbridge as at and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, together with the notes thereto and the auditor’s report thereon, and the unaudited financial statements of Enbridge as at and for the interim period ended June 30, 2018;

 

(ii)

Enbridge Information ” means the information in respect of Enbridge specifically provided by Enbridge to ENF for inclusion in the Circular;

 

(jj)

Enbridge Public Record ” means all information filed by or on behalf of Enbridge with the Securities Authorities, in compliance, or intended compliance, with any Applicable Laws after January 1, 2018 and prior to the date hereof which is available for public viewing under Enbridge’s profile on EDGAR or SEDAR;

 

(kk)

Enbridge Shareholder Rights Plan ” means Enbridge’s shareholder rights plan dated as of November 9, 1995, as amended and restated effective May 1, 1996, February 24, 1999, May 3, 2002, May 5, 2005, May 7, 2008, May 11, 2011, May 7, 2014 and May 11, 2017;

 

(ll)

Enbridge Share Issuance Approval ” means the conditional approval of each of the TSX and the NYSE for the listing of the Enbridge Shares issuable in connection with the Arrangement, subject only to customary conditions reasonably expected to be satisfied;

 

(mm)

Enbridge Shares ” means common shares in the capital of Enbridge;

 

(nn)

Enbridge SRPs ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.1(r);

 

(oo)

ENF Board ” means the board of directors of ENF;

 

(pp)

ENF Damages Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2;

 

(qq)

ENF Damages Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2;

 

(rr)

ENF Financial Advisor ” means Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities – Canada, ULC, financial advisor to the Special Committee of the ENF Board;

 

(ss)

ENF Financial Statements ” means the audited consolidated financial statements of ENF as at and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, together with the notes thereto and the auditor’s report thereon and the unaudited financial statements of ENF as at and for the interim period ended June 30, 2018;

 

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(tt)

ENF Meeting ” means the special meeting of ENF Shareholders to consider, among other things, the Arrangement Resolution and related matters, and any adjournments or postponements thereof;

 

(uu)

ENF Public Record ” means all information filed by or on behalf of ENF with the Securities Authorities, in compliance, or intended compliance, with any Applicable Laws after January 1, 2018 and prior to the date hereof which is available for public viewing under ENF’s profile on SEDAR;

 

(vv)

ENF Shareholder Rights Plan ” means ENF’s shareholder rights plan dated as of December 17, 2010, as amended and restated effective May 5, 2014 and May 11, 2017;

 

(ww)

ENF Shareholders ” means the holders from time to time of ENF Shares;

 

(xx)

ENF Shares ” means common shares in the capital of ENF;

 

(yy)

ENF SRPs ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.2(n);

 

(zz)

Exchange Ratio ” means 0.7350 of an Enbridge Share for each ENF Share;

 

(aaa)

Exchangeable Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.2(n);

 

(bbb)

Final Order ” means a final order of the Court in respect of the Arrangement pursuant to paragraph 193(9)(a) of the ABCA, as such order may be amended by the Court at any time prior to the Effective Date, provided that such amendment is acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably, or, if appealed, then unless such appeal is withdrawn or denied, as affirmed or amended on appeal, provided that such amendment is acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably;

 

(ccc)

Fund Group Entities ” means Enbridge Income Fund, Enbridge Commercial Trust, Enbridge Income Partners GP Inc., Enbridge Income Partners LP and their respective subsidiaries, and “ Fund Group Entity ” means any one of them;

 

(ddd)

Governmental Authority ” means:

 

  (i)

any international, multinational, national, federal, provincial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government, governmental or public department, ministry, central bank, court, tribunal, arbitral body, commission, commissioner, board, bureau or agency, domestic or foreign;

 

  (ii)

any subdivision, agency, agent or authority of any of the foregoing; or

 

  (iii)

any quasi-governmental or private body, including any tribunal, commission, regulatory agency, stock exchange or self-regulatory organization, exercising any regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under or for the account of any of the foregoing including, for greater certainty, the Securities Authorities, the TSX and the NYSE;

 

(eee)

IFRS ” means Canadian generally accepted accounting principles for publicly accountable enterprises, being International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the Canadian Accounting Standards Board;

 

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(fff)

Interim Order ” means an interim order of the Court pursuant to subsection 193(4) of the ABCA in respect of the Arrangement, as such order may be affirmed, amended or modified (provided that such amendments or modifications are acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably) by the Court;

 

(ggg)

Investment Canada Act ” means the Investment Canada Act (Canada);

 

(hhh)

Investment Canada Act Approval ” means, if approval is required under the Investment Canada Act, Enbridge has been advised in writing that the Minister designated under the Investment Canada Act is satisfied, or the Minister is deemed to be satisfied, that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are likely to be of net benefit to Canada;

 

(iii)

Liens ” means any hypothecs, mortgages, pledges, assignments, liens, charges, security interests, encumbrances and adverse rights or claims, other third person interests or encumbrances of any kind, whether contingent or absolute, and any agreement, options, rights or privileges (whether by Applicable Law, contract or otherwise) capable of becoming any of the foregoing;

 

(jjj)

Material Adverse Change ” or “ Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to a Party, any effect, change, event, development, circumstance or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with such other effects, changes, events, developments, circumstances or occurrences is, or would reasonably be expected to:

 

  (i)

be material and adverse to the current or future financial condition, business, operations, results of operations, assets, properties, capitalization, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities (contingent or otherwise), or cash flows of such Party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any effect, change, event, development, circumstance or occurrence resulting from:

 

  (A)

any change in general economic, financial, securities, or credit market conditions or in currency exchange or commodity prices (benchmark, realized or otherwise) in Canada or elsewhere;

 

  (B)

any change in conditions affecting the oil, natural gas (including liquefied natural gas) and natural gas liquids transportation, storage, processing, terminalling and fractionation industries or other midstream business or related industries;

 

  (C)

any matter in respect of which there has been disclosure in writing to the other Party;

 

  (D)

changes in Applicable Laws (including tax laws);

 

  (E)

any changes in U.S. GAAP, with respect to Enbridge, or IFRS, with respect to ENF, or to applicable accounting regulations or principles, or in the interpretation or enforcement thereof, after the date of this Agreement;

 

  (F)

any changes in the trading price or trading volumes of the securities of such Party;

 

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  (G)

the failure of a Party to meet any internal or published forecasts, projections or estimates of revenue or cash flow;

 

  (H)

any acts of God, riots, terrorism, sabotage, natural disasters, epidemics, military action or war (whether or not declared), change in global, national or regional political conditions, civil unrest, or disturbances or similar event or escalation or worsening thereof;

 

  (I)

any changes or effects arising from matters expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement or consented to or approved in writing by the other Party; or

 

  (J)

the entry into, announcement, consummation or performance of, or failure to enter into or consummate, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or the Other Enbridge Transactions, including any impact on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, lenders, partners, Governmental Authorities or employees or any litigation related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Other Enbridge Transactions or actions taken or requirements imposed by any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or with the Other Enbridge Transactions;

provided, however, that in each case, the causes underlying such changes may be considered to determine whether such causes constitute a Material Adverse Change or a Material Adverse Effect and where, in the case of (A), (B), (D), (E) and (H), such effect relating to or resulting from the foregoing does not have a disproportionate effect on the current or future financial condition, business, operations, results of operations, assets, properties, capitalization, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or cash flows or prospects of such Party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to the corresponding effect on comparable Persons operating in the industries and geographic areas in which such Party or any of its affiliates operate; or

 

  (ii)

materially impair the ability of such Party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that would materially impair, delay or impact its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(kkk)

MI 61-101 ” means Multilateral Instrument 61-101, Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ;

 

(lll)

Minister ” means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Investment Canada Act;

 

(mmm)

Minority ENF Shareholders ” means ENF Shareholders whose votes may be counted for purposes of obtaining minority approval of the Arrangement Resolution in accordance with MI 61-101;

 

(nnn)

misrepresentation ” has the meaning set forth in the Securities Act;

 

(ooo)

NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange;

 

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(ppp)

Options ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.1(r);

 

(qqq)

Ordinary Course ” means, with respect to an action taken by any Person, that such action is consistent with the ordinary course of business and past practices of such Person;

 

(rrr)

Other Enbridge Transactions ” means any and all transactions and potential transactions entered into between Enbridge, on the one hand, and any of Spectra Energy Partners, LP, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. or Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., on the other hand, whether prior to, concurrently with or subsequent to the date of this Agreement;

 

(sss)

Outside Date ” means March 29, 2019 or such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Parties;

 

(ttt)

Parties ” means Enbridge and ENF; and “ Party ” means either one of them;

 

(uuu)

Person ” includes an individual, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, joint venture, association, body corporate, unincorporated organization, trustee, executor, administrator, legal representative, government (including any Governmental Authority) or any other entity, whether or not having legal status;

 

(vvv)

Plan of Arrangement ” means the plan of arrangement substantially in the form set out in Schedule A to this Agreement and any amendments or variations made in accordance with this Agreement or Article 6 of the Plan of Arrangement or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order provided that such amendments or variations are acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably;

 

(www)

Preference Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.1(p);

 

(xxx)

Proceeding ” means any action, cause of action, claim, demand, litigation, suit, investigation, grievance, citation, summons, subpoena, inquiry, audit, hearing, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other similar proceeding of any nature, whether in equity in law, in contract, in tort or otherwise;

 

(yyy)

Recipient ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.3(a);

 

(zzz)

Registrar ” means the Registrar of Corporations for the Province of Alberta duly appointed under section 263 of the ABCA;

 

(aaaa)

Regulatory Approvals ” means:

 

  (i)

the Competition Act Approval;

 

  (ii)

the CTA Act Approval;

 

  (iii)

the Investment Canada Act Approval;

 

  (iv)

the Enbridge Share Issuance Approval; and

 

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  (v)

such other approvals (including the lapse, without objection, of a prescribed time under any law that states that a transaction may be implemented if a prescribed time lapses following the giving of notice without an objection being made) required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(bbbb)

Representatives ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 3.4(a);

 

(cccc)

Section  3(a)(10) Exemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15;

 

(dddd)

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(eeee)

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act (Alberta);

 

(ffff)

Securities Authorities ” means, collectively, the securities commissions or similar securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada;

 

(gggg)

SEDAR ” means the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval available at www.sedar.com;

 

(hhhh)

Special Voting Share ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.2(l);

 

(iiii)

Spectra Awards ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.1(r);

 

(jjjj)

subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in the Securities Act (Alberta), provided, however, that:

 

  (i)

in respect of Enbridge, “ subsidiary ” shall: (A) include the Fund Group Entities; and (B) not include ENF; and

 

  (ii)

in respect of ENF, “ subsidiary ” shall not include the Fund Group Entities.

 

(kkkk)

Superior Proposal ” means any unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal made after the date of this Agreement and prior to the date upon which the Arrangement Resolution is approved by ENF Shareholders:

 

  (i)

that did not result from a breach of any agreement between the Person making such Acquisition Proposal and ENF of Section 3.4;

 

  (ii)

that involves the direct or indirect acquisition of (or, in the case of a take-over bid, an offer for) all of the voting or equity securities of ENF not held by Enbridge (in terms of number of shares or voting power) or all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of ENF and the Fund Group Entities, taken as a whole, and, for greater certainty and solely for purposes of this definition of “Superior Proposal”, all references to “20%” in the definition of “Acquisition Proposal” shall instead be construed to refer to “100%”;

 

  (iii)

that is not subject to any financing condition and that the funds or other consideration necessary for the consummation of the Acquisition Proposal have been demonstrated to be available to the satisfaction of the ENF Board, acting in good faith (after receiving advice from the ENF Financial Advisor and its outside legal counsel) at the time and on the bases set out therein;

 

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  (iv)

that is not subject to a due diligence and/or access condition;

 

  (v)

that the ENF Board has determined in good faith is reasonably capable of completion without undue delay taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Acquisition Proposal and the Person making such Acquisition Proposal; and

 

  (vi)

in respect of which the ENF Board determines in good faith (after receipt of advice from the ENF Financial Advisor and outside legal counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal would, if consummated in accordance with its terms (but not assuming away any risk of non-completion), result in a transaction more favourable to the ENF Shareholders, from a financial point of view, than the Arrangement, including any adjustment to the terms and conditions of the Arrangement proposed by Enbridge pursuant to Subsection 3.4(e) of this Agreement, and that, after receiving advice (as reflected in the meeting minutes of the ENF Board) from outside counsel, failure to accept, approve, recommend or enter into a definitive agreement to implement such Acquisition Proposal would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Applicable Laws;

 

(llll)

Tax Act ” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and all regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time;

 

(mmmm)

Terminating Party ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 5.4(b);

 

(nnnn)

Termination Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 5.4(b);

 

(oooo)

Third Party Beneficiaries ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.7;

 

(pppp)

Transferred Information ” has the meaning set forth in Subsection 4.3(a);

 

(qqqq)

TSX ” means the Toronto Stock Exchange;

 

(rrrr)

United States ” means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of Columbia;

 

(ssss)

U.S. GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(tttt)

U.S. Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ; and

 

(uuuu)

U.S. Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 .

 

1.2

Interpretation Not Affected by Headings, etc.

The division of this Agreement into articles, sections and subsections is for convenience of reference only and does not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement (including the Schedules hereto) and not to any particular article, section or other portion hereof and include any agreement or instrument supplementary or ancillary hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to Articles, Sections and Schedules are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules to this Agreement.

 

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1.3

Number, etc.

Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa and words importing the use of any gender include all genders.

 

1.4

Date for Any Action

If any date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder by any of the Parties is not a Business Day, such action is required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

 

1.5

Entire Agreement

This Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

1.6

Currency

All sums of money which are referred to in this Agreement are expressed in lawful money of Canada.

 

1.7

Accounting Matters

Unless otherwise stated, wherever in this Agreement reference is made to a calculation to be made or an action to be taken in accordance with U.S. GAAP, with respect to Enbridge, or IFRS, with respect to ENF, such reference will be deemed to be to the U.S. GAAP or IFRS, as applicable, from time to time approved by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the Canadian Accounting Standards Board, respectively, or any successor institute, and applicable as at the date on which such calculation or action is made or taken or required to be made or taken.

 

1.8

References to Legislation

References in this Agreement to any statute or sections thereof shall include such statute as amended or substituted and any regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

1.9

Enforceability

All representations, warranties, covenants and opinions in or contemplated by this Agreement as to the enforceability of any covenant, agreement or document are subject to enforceability being limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and the discretionary nature of certain remedies (including specific performance and injunctive relief and general principles of equity).

 

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1.10

Knowledge

Where any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement is expressly qualified by reference to the knowledge of a Party, it refers to the actual knowledge (having made due inquiry) of Al Monaco, President and Chief Executive Officer, and John K. Whelen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in respect of Enbridge and Perry F. Schuldhaus, President, and Patrick R. Murray, Vice President, Finance in respect of ENF and in each case in their capacities as officers of Enbridge or ENF, as applicable, and not in their personal capacities and without personal liability, and does not include the knowledge or awareness of any other individual or any constructive, implied or imputed knowledge.

 

1.11

Interpretation Not Affected by Party Drafting

The Parties acknowledge that their respective legal counsel have reviewed and participated in negotiating, drafting and settling the terms of this Agreement, and the Parties agree that any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguity is to be resolved against the drafting party will not be applicable in the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

1.12

Schedules

The following schedules attached hereto are incorporated into and form an integral part of this Agreement:

Schedule A - Plan of Arrangement

Schedule B - Arrangement Resolution

ARTICLE 2

THE ARRANGEMENT AND ENF MEETING

 

2.1

Plan of Arrangement

As soon as practicable following the date hereof, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, the Parties shall effect the Arrangement pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement.

 

2.2

Interim Order, Final Order, etc.

 

(a)

ENF shall by October 8, 2018 or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable and, in any event, by no later than October 22, 2018, apply to the Court, in a manner reasonably acceptable to Enbridge, for the Interim Order and thereafter diligently seek the Interim Order and, upon receipt thereof, ENF shall forthwith carry out the terms of the Interim Order to the extent applicable to it. The Interim Order shall provide, among other things:

 

  (i)

for the class of Persons to whom notice is to be provided in respect of the Arrangement and the ENF Meeting and the manner in which such notice is to be provided;

 

  (ii)

confirmation of the record date in respect of the ENF Meeting;

 

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  (iii)

that the ENF Shareholders shall be entitled to vote with respect to the Arrangement Resolution, with each ENF Shareholder being entitled to one vote for each ENF Share held;

 

  (iv)

that the requisite shareholder approval for the Arrangement Resolution shall be (A) at least two-thirds of the votes cast by the ENF Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the ENF Meeting and (B) a simple majority of the votes cast by Minority ENF Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the ENF Meeting;

 

  (v)

that in all other respects, the terms, restrictions and conditions of ENF’s articles and by-laws, including quorum requirements and all other matters shall apply in respect of the ENF Meeting;

 

  (vi)

for the grant of Dissent Rights in the manner contemplated in the Plan of Arrangement;

 

  (vii)

that the ENF Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to time by ENF in accordance with this Agreement or the Interim Order or with the consent of Enbridge without the need for additional approval of the Court;

 

  (viii)

that, except as required by Applicable Laws, the record date for determining ENF Shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the ENF Meeting will not change in respect of any adjournment or postponement of the ENF Meeting; and

 

  (ix)

for the notice requirements with respect to the presentation of the application to the Court for the Final Order.

Enbridge will use its reasonable commercial efforts to assist ENF in obtaining the Interim Order.

 

(b)

Provided the Interim Order is obtained and the Arrangement Resolution is passed at the ENF Meeting as provided for in the Interim Order, ENF shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the ENF Meeting, submit the Arrangement to the Court and apply for the Final Order by no later than three Business Days after the Arrangement Resolution is approved at the ENF Meeting or such later date as may be agreed to by Enbridge. Enbridge will use its reasonable commercial efforts to assist ENF in obtaining the Final Order. ENF will forthwith carry out the terms of the Final Order applicable to it.

 

(c)

Forthwith following the issuance of the Final Order and subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to Applicable Laws) of the conditions (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, where permitted, waiver of those conditions as of the Effective Date) set forth in Article 5, ENF shall proceed to file the Articles of Arrangement, the Final Order and such other documents as may be required to give effect to the Arrangement with the Registrar pursuant to subsection 193(10) of the ABCA, whereupon the transactions comprising the Arrangement shall occur and shall be deemed to have occurred in the order set out in the Plan of Arrangement without any further act or formality.

 

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2.3

Circular and ENF Meeting

 

(a)

As promptly as practicable following the execution of this Agreement and in compliance with the Interim Order and Applicable Laws:

 

  (i)

Enbridge shall furnish ENF with the Enbridge Information as reasonably required in a timely manner; and

 

  (ii)

ENF shall, subject to Enbridge’s compliance with Subsection 2.3(a)(i): (i) prepare the Circular and, after obtaining the Interim Order, cause the Circular to be mailed to the ENF Shareholders and filed with applicable Securities Authorities, other regulatory authorities and other Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions where the same is required to be mailed and filed so as to permit the ENF Meeting to be held on November 6, 2018 or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable and, in any event, by no later than November 20, 2018; and (ii) convene and conduct the ENF Meeting on November 6, 2018 or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable and, in any event, by no later than November 20, 2018 and, unless as otherwise agreed in writing between the Parties, shall not adjourn, postpone or cancel (or propose to adjourn, postpone or cancel) or fail to conduct the ENF Meeting without the prior written consent of Enbridge, except for adjournments or postponements:

 

  (A)

as required for quorum purposes (in which case the ENF Meeting shall be adjourned) or by Applicable Law or by a Governmental Authority;

 

  (B)

as required under Subsection 3.4(h) or 5.4(b);

 

  (C)

upon request of Enbridge (which request can only be made if Enbridge reasonably believes that the Arrangement Resolution will not receive the level of approval required by the Interim Order in order to become effective and advises ENF that Enbridge wishes to undertake measures intended to facilitate approval of the Arrangement Resolution); provided that the ENF Meeting so adjourned or postponed shall be held not later than 30 days after the date on which the ENF Meeting was originally scheduled and provided that this Subsection 2.3(a)(ii)(C) is not meant in any way to modify the rights of the Parties to terminate this Agreement following such adjournment or postponement if permitted to do so hereunder,

and ENF shall include in the Circular the fairness opinion contemplated by Section 2.6.

 

(b)

Each Party shall ensure that the information provided by it for inclusion in the Circular does not, at the time of the mailing of the Circular, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or that is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they are made.

 

(c)

ENF shall provide Enbridge and its representatives with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Circular and any other relevant documentation and reasonable consideration shall be given to any comments made by Enbridge, provided

 

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  that all Enbridge Information included in the Circular shall be in form and content satisfactory to Enbridge, acting reasonably, and provided that the Circular shall comply in all material respects with Applicable Laws. ENF shall provide Enbridge with a final copy of the Circular prior to mailing to the ENF Shareholders.

 

(d)

ENF shall instruct its registrar and transfer agent to advise Enbridge as Enbridge may reasonably request, and at least on a daily basis on each of the last seven Business Days prior to the date of the ENF Meeting, as to the aggregate tally of the proxies received by ENF in respect of the Arrangement Resolution.

 

(e)

ENF shall, subject to the terms hereof, use all commercially reasonable efforts to secure the approval of the Arrangement Resolution by ENF Shareholders and solicit proxies for the approval of the Arrangement Resolution in accordance with Applicable Laws, including, if so requested by Enbridge, in its sole discretion and at its own expense: (i) using dealer and proxy solicitation services; and (ii) cooperating with any Persons engaged by Enbridge to solicit proxies in favour of the approval of the Arrangement Resolution.

 

(f)

ENF will promptly advise Enbridge of any communications (written or oral) from any ENF Shareholder or other third parties in relation to the ENF Meeting that includes any opposition to the Arrangement Resolution.

 

(g)

ENF shall provide notice to Enbridge of the ENF Meeting and allow Enbridge’s representatives to attend the ENF Meeting.

 

(h)

ENF shall conduct the ENF Meeting in accordance with the constating documents of ENF, the Interim Order and as otherwise required by Applicable Laws.

 

2.4

Court Proceedings

ENF shall provide Enbridge and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon drafts of all material to be filed by ENF with the Court in connection with the Arrangement and any supplement or amendment thereto and provide counsel to Enbridge on a timely basis with copies of any notice of appearance and evidence served on ENF or its counsel in respect of the application for the Interim Order and/or the Final Order or any appeal therefrom and of any notice (written or oral) received by ENF indicating any intention to oppose the granting of the Interim Order or the Final Order or to appeal the Interim Order or the Final Order. ENF will ensure that all material filed with the Court in connection with the Arrangement is consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement. ENF will not, subject to Applicable Law, file any material with the Court in connection with the Arrangement or serve any such material, and will not agree to modify or amend materials so filed or served, except with the written consent of Enbridge, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In addition, ENF will not object to legal counsel to Enbridge making such submissions on the hearing of the motion for the Interim Order and the application for the Final Order as such counsel considers appropriate, acting reasonably, provided that any such submissions are consistent with this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement. ENF will oppose any proposal from any Person that the Final Order contain any provision inconsistent with this Agreement, and if required by the terms of the Final Order or by Applicable Law to return to Court with respect to the Final Order, to do so only after notice to, and in consultation and cooperation with, Enbridge.

 

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2.5

ENF Board Recommendation

Based upon, among other things, the receipt of the Special Committee of the opinion of the ENF Financial Advisor referred to in Section 2.6, the ENF Board has unanimously determined that the Arrangement is in the best interests of ENF, that the consideration to be received by the ENF Shareholders (other than Enbridge) pursuant to the Arrangement is fair to such ENF Shareholders and has unanimously (with the one director who is an officer of Enbridge abstaining) approved the Arrangement and the entering into of this Agreement and has unanimously (with the one director who is an officer of Enbridge abstaining) resolved to recommend that ENF Shareholders (other than Enbridge) vote in favour of the Arrangement Resolution. Notice of such approvals, determinations and resolution shall, subject to the terms hereof, be included in the Circular.

 

2.6

ENF Fairness Opinion and ENF Formal Valuation

 

(a)

Subject to the assumptions and qualifications included therein, the Special Committee has obtained a verbal opinion from the ENF Financial Advisor to the effect that the consideration to be received by the ENF Shareholders (other than Enbridge) pursuant to the Arrangement is fair, from a financial point of view, to such ENF Shareholders and has been advised by the ENF Financial Advisor that the ENF Financial Advisor will provide a written opinion to that effect for inclusion in the Circular, and ENF shall include a copy of such opinion in the Circular. The opinion of the ENF Financial Advisor has not been withdrawn, amended, modified or rescinded as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(b)

Subject to the assumptions and qualifications included therein, the Special Committee has obtained a presentation and verbal valuation range in respect of the valuation of an ENF Share from the ENF Financial Advisor and has been advised by the ENF Financial Advisor that the ENF Financial Advisor will provide to the Special Committee a written formal valuation for inclusion of such valuation or a summary of it in the Circular (and if only a summary is included the entire formal valuation will be filed by ENF on its SEDAR profile on or before the date of mailing the Circular).

 

2.7

Regulatory Matters

 

(a)

Subject to Subsections 3.3(e) and 3.3(f), the Parties shall, as promptly as practicable, co-operate in the preparation and filing of any necessary documents, registrations, statements, petitions, filings and applications for the Regulatory Approvals and use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Regulatory Approvals and provide or submit all documentation and information that is required or reasonably considered by the Parties to be advisable in connection with obtaining the Regulatory Approvals. In addition, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any other third party consents, waivers, permits, exemptions, orders, approvals, agreements, amendments or confirmations that are reasonably deemed by either of the Parties to be necessary in connection with the Arrangement.

 

(b)

Each Party shall promptly notify the other Party if at any time before the Effective Time it becomes aware that the Circular, an application for a Regulatory Approval or any other third party consents, waivers, permits, exemptions, orders, approvals, agreements, amendments or confirmations necessary pursuant to Subsection 2.7(a) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or that is necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in

 

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  light of the circumstances under which they are made, or of information that otherwise requires an amendment or supplement to the Circular, the application for a Regulatory Approval or such other consent, waiver, permit, exemption, order, approval, agreement, amendment or confirmation, as the case may be, and the Parties shall co-operate in the preparation of such amendment or supplement as required, including the distribution and filing of such amendment or supplement by the Parties.

 

(c)

Each Party will promptly inform the other Party of any requests or comments made by Securities Authorities in connection with the Circular. Each of the Parties will cooperate with the other and shall diligently do all such acts and things as may be reasonably necessary in the context of the preparation of the Circular and use its reasonable commercial efforts to resolve all requests or comments made by Securities Authorities with respect to the Circular and any other filings related to the Circular or the Arrangement and required under Applicable Laws as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof.

 

2.8

Closing

The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Arrangement will take place at the offices of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, in Calgary, Alberta on the Effective Date.

 

2.9

Effective Date

No later than the third Business Day after the satisfaction or, where not prohibited, the waiver by the applicable Party in whose favour the condition is, of the conditions (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, where not prohibited, the waiver by the applicable Party in whose favour the condition is, of those conditions as of the Effective Date) set forth in Article 5, unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by the Parties, the Articles of Arrangement shall be filed by ENF with the Registrar. The Articles of Arrangement shall implement the Plan of Arrangement and the proof of filing of the Articles of Arrangement issued by the Registrar shall be conclusive evidence that the Arrangement has become effective as of the Effective Time. The Parties shall use their reasonable commercial efforts to cause the Effective Date to occur on or about November 8, 2018 or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable and, in any event, by no later than the Outside Date.

 

2.10

Public Communications

Each Party shall receive the prior consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, of the other Party prior to issuing or permitting any director, officer, employee or agent to issue, any press release or other public written statement with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either Party is required by Applicable Law to make any disclosure relating to the transactions contemplated herein, such disclosure may be made, but that Party will use reasonable commercial efforts to consult with the other Party as to the wording of such disclosure prior to its being made. The Parties consent to this Agreement being filed on SEDAR and EDGAR.

 

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2.11

Resignation of Directors of ENF

ENF shall obtain and deliver to Enbridge at the Effective Time evidence reasonably satisfactory to Enbridge of the resignations effective as of the Effective Time of all of the directors of ENF as requested by Enbridge.

 

2.12

Indemnities and Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance

 

(a)

Enbridge agrees that it will honour all rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favour of present and former officers and directors of ENF pursuant to the provisions of the constating documents of ENF, applicable corporate legislation and any written indemnity agreements which have been entered into between ENF and its officers and directors effective on or prior to the date hereof and acknowledges that such rights shall survive the completion of the Plan of Arrangement and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms for a period of not less than six years from the Effective Date;

 

(b)

Prior to the Effective Date, ENF shall obtain “run off” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for its officers and directors, with such insurance having substantially equivalent coverage to ENF’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, covering claims made on or prior to or within six years after the Effective Date and Enbridge will, or will cause ENF to maintain such “run off” policies in effect without any reduction in scope or coverage for six years from the Effective Date, and agrees to not take or permit any action to be taken by or on behalf of ENF to terminate or adversely affect such directors’ and officers’ insurance; and

 

(c)

If ENF or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective successors or assigns: (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not a continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger; or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, Enbridge shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any such successor or assign (including, as applicable, any acquirer of substantially all of the properties and assets of ENF or its subsidiaries) assumes all of the obligations set forth in this Section 2.12.

 

2.13

Payment of Cash Consideration

Enbridge shall, at least two Business Days prior to the day of filing by ENF of the Articles of Arrangement with the Registrar in accordance with Subsection 2.2(c), provide, or cause to be provided, to the Depositary sufficient cash to be held in escrow (the terms and conditions of such escrow to be satisfactory to Enbridge and ENF, each acting reasonably) to satisfy the aggregate Cash Consideration payable to the ENF Shareholders.

 

2.14

Tax Withholdings

Enbridge, ENF and the Depositary shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration otherwise payable to any former ENF Shareholder under the Plan of Arrangement, including from any amount payable to any Dissenting Shareholder or any dividend or other distribution payable pursuant to Section 4.6 of the Plan of Arrangement, as the case may be, such amounts as Enbridge, ENF or the Depositary is required to deduct and withhold from such consideration in accordance with the Tax Act, the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any other provision of any Applicable Law. Any such amounts will be

 

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deducted and withheld from the consideration payable pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement and shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid to the former ENF Shareholder in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. To the extent that the amount so required to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a former ENF Shareholder exceeds the cash component, if any, of the consideration otherwise payable to the holder, Enbridge and the Depositary are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the Enbridge Shares otherwise issuable to the holder as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Enbridge or the Depositary, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and Enbridge or the Depositary shall notify the holder thereof and remit the applicable portion of the net proceeds of such sale to the appropriate taxing authority and shall remit to such holder any unapplied balance of the proceeds of such sale.

 

2.15

U.S. Securities Laws

The Arrangement shall be structured and executed such that, assuming the Court considers the fairness of the terms and conditions of the Arrangement (both procedurally and substantively) at a hearing at which ENF Shareholders have a right to appear and grants the Final Order, the issuance of the Enbridge Shares issuable to ENF Shareholders under the Arrangement will not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act, in reliance upon section 3(a)(10) thereof (the “ Section  3(a)(10) Exemption ”). Each Party agrees to act in good faith, consistent with the intent of the Parties and the intended treatment of the Arrangement as set forth in this Section 2.15.

In order to ensure the availability of the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption, the Parties agree that the Arrangement shall be carried out on the following basis:

 

(a)

the Arrangement shall be subject to the approval of the Court;

 

(b)

the Court shall be advised as to the intention of the Parties to rely on the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption prior to the hearing required to approve the Arrangement;

 

(c)

the Final Order shall state that the Plan of Arrangement is fair and reasonable and is approved by the Court as well as the following or substantially similar language: “This Order will serve as a basis of a claim to an exemption, pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, from the registration requirements otherwise imposed by that act regarding the distribution of securities of Enbridge pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement”;

 

(d)

the Parties shall ensure that each Person entitled to receive Enbridge Shares on completion of the Arrangement shall be given adequate notice advising them of their right to attend and appear before the Court at the hearing of the Court for the Final Order and providing them with adequate information to enable such Person to exercise such right;

 

(e)

each Person to whom Enbridge Shares shall be issued pursuant to the Arrangement shall be advised that such Enbridge Shares have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act and shall be issued by Enbridge in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act provided by Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and, in the case of Persons who are as of (or within 90 days of) the Effective Time affiliates (within the meaning of U.S. Securities Laws) of Enbridge, shall be subject to certain restrictions on resale under the U.S. Securities Laws, including Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act; and

 

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(f)

the Interim Order shall permit each Person to whom Enbridge Shares shall be issued pursuant to the Arrangement to appear before the Court at the Final Order hearing so long as such Person serves and files a notice of appearance within the required time set out in the Interim Order.

ARTICLE 3

COVENANTS

 

3.1

Covenants of Enbridge

From the date hereof until the earlier of the completion of the Arrangement and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 8, except with the prior written consent of ENF, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and except as otherwise expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by this Agreement, disclosed in the Enbridge Public Record (including, without limitation, the Other Enbridge Transactions) or as otherwise required by Applicable Laws:

 

(a)

Enbridge shall conduct its business and Enbridge shall cause the business of its subsidiaries to be conducted only in the Ordinary Course;

 

(b)

Enbridge shall not directly or indirectly do or permit to occur any of the following:

 

  (i)

amend its constating documents;

 

  (ii)

split, combine or reclassify any of its securities unless the Arrangement is amended upon the same terms and conditions;

 

  (iii)

declare any dividends on the Enbridge Shares other than quarterly dividends in the Ordinary Course;

 

  (iv)

adopt a plan of liquidation or resolutions providing for the liquidation, dissolution or reorganization of Enbridge;

 

  (v)

take any action, refrain from taking any commercially reasonable action, permit any action to be taken or not taken by it or any of its subsidiaries, which is inconsistent with this Agreement or which would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or otherwise impede the consummation of the Arrangement;

 

  (vi)

enter into or modify any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing; or

 

  (vii)

make any changes to its existing accounting policies other than as required by Applicable Laws or U.S. GAAP;

 

(c)

Enbridge shall not take any action or refrain from taking any action that would render, or may reasonably be expected to render, any representation or warranty made by Enbridge or on behalf of its subsidiaries in this Agreement untrue in any material respect at any time prior to completion of the Arrangement or termination of this Agreement, whichever first occurs;

 

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(d)

subject to Applicable Laws, Enbridge shall cause the record date for the fourth quarter 2018 cash dividend, expected to be in the amount of $0.671 per Enbridge Share, to be no later than November 15, 2018 and shall pay, or cause to be paid, such dividend on or before December 3, 2018;

 

(e)

Enbridge shall promptly notify ENF in writing of any material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or, to the knowledge of Enbridge threatened, financial or otherwise) in its or its subsidiaries’ business, operations, affairs, assets, capitalization, financial condition, permits, rights, privileges or liabilities, whether contractual or otherwise, or of any change in any representation or warranty provided by Enbridge or on behalf of its subsidiaries by Enbridge in this Agreement which change is or may be of such a nature to render any representation or warranty misleading or untrue in any material respect and Enbridge shall in good faith discuss with ENF any change in circumstances (actual, anticipated, contemplated, or to the knowledge of Enbridge threatened) which is of such a nature that there may be a reasonable question as to whether notice needs to be given to ENF pursuant to this provision;

 

(f)

Enbridge will use its reasonable commercial efforts to satisfy or cause the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 and Section 5.3 and to take all steps set forth in the Interim Order and Final Order applicable to it as soon as reasonably practicable;

 

(g)

Enbridge shall ensure that it has available funds to make, within the time periods contemplated herein, the payment of the amount which may be required by Section 6.2 and the Cash Consideration, as adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, if applicable, having regard to its other liabilities and obligations, and shall take all such actions as may be necessary to ensure that it maintains such availability to ensure that it is able to pay such amount and such Cash Consideration when required;

 

(h)

Enbridge shall cooperate with ENF in the preparation of the Circular and provide to ENF, in a timely and expeditious manner, the Enbridge Information for inclusion in the Circular, and any amendments or supplements thereto, in each case complying in all material respects with all Applicable Laws on the date of issue thereof and not containing any misrepresentation, and Enbridge shall provide ENF and its Representatives with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Enbridge Information and any other relevant documentation and reasonable consideration shall be given to any comments made by ENF on the Circular;

 

(i)

Enbridge shall indemnify and save harmless ENF and the directors, officers and agents of ENF from and against any and all liabilities, claims, demands, losses, costs, damages and expenses (excluding any loss of profits or consequential damages) to which ENF, or any director, officer or agent thereof, may be subject or which ENF, or any director, officer or agent thereof, may suffer, whether under the provisions of any Applicable Law or otherwise, in any way caused by, or arising, directly or indirectly, from or in consequence of:

 

  (i)

any misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation contained solely in the Enbridge Information;

 

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  (ii)

any order made or any inquiry, investigation or proceeding by any Securities Authority or other Governmental Authority based upon any misrepresentation or any alleged misrepresentation in the Circular or any material filed by or on behalf of Enbridge or by ENF, in each case only to the extent such misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation is contained in the Enbridge Information; or

 

  (iii)

Enbridge not complying with any requirement of Applicable Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement,

except that Enbridge shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such liabilities, claims, demands, losses, costs, damages and expenses arise out of or are based upon any misrepresentation or any alleged misrepresentation in the Circular (other than in the Enbridge Information), the negligence of ENF or the non-compliance by ENF with any requirement of Applicable Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(j)

other than non-substantive communications, Enbridge shall furnish promptly to ENF or ENF’s counsel, a copy of each notice, communication, report, schedule or other document delivered, filed or received by Enbridge from holders of Enbridge securities or Governmental Authorities in connection with: (i) the Arrangement; (ii) the ENF Meeting; (iii) any filings under Applicable Laws; (iv) any dealings with any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (v) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent (or waiver, permit, exemption, order, approval, agreement, amendment or confirmation) of such Person (or another Person) is or may be required in connection with this Agreement or the Arrangement;

 

(k)

Enbridge will use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations and filings as are required to be obtained or made by Enbridge under any Applicable Laws and to satisfy any condition provided for under this Agreement including, without limitation, causing the Enbridge Shares issuable pursuant hereto to be approved for listing on the NYSE and the TSX prior to the Effective Date;

 

(l)

Enbridge shall cause all of the ENF Shares it holds as of the date of this Agreement to be voted in favour of approving the Arrangement Resolution, and, from and after the date hereof until the Effective Time, it shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of its ENF Shares; and

 

(m)

Enbridge will use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain the Enbridge Share Issuance Approval as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof.

 

3.2

Covenants of ENF

From the date hereof until the earlier of the completion of the Arrangement and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 8, except with the prior written consent of Enbridge, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and except as otherwise expressly permitted or specifically contemplated by this Agreement, disclosed in writing to the other Party, disclosed in the ENF Public Record or as required by Applicable Laws:

 

(a)

ENF shall conduct its business only in the Ordinary Course;

 

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(b)

ENF shall not, directly or indirectly, do or permit to occur any of the following:

 

  (i)

amend its constating documents;

 

  (ii)

issue, grant, sell or pledge or agree to issue, grant, sell or pledge any ENF Shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or otherwise evidencing a right to acquire, ENF Shares;

 

  (iii)

redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the outstanding ENF Shares or other securities, including under any normal course issuer bid;

 

  (iv)

split, combine or reclassify any of its securities;

 

  (v)

declare any dividends on the ENF Shares other than monthly dividends in the Ordinary Course;

 

  (vi)

adopt a plan of liquidation or resolutions providing for the liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation or reorganization of ENF;

 

  (vii)

pursue, complete or agree to complete any corporate acquisition or disposition, amalgamation, merger, arrangement, make any investment therein either by purchase of shares or securities, contributions of capital or property transfer or make any material change to the business, capital or affairs of ENF;

 

  (viii)

take any action, refrain from taking any commercially reasonable action, permit any action to be taken or not taken by it or any of its subsidiaries, which is inconsistent with this Agreement or which would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or otherwise impede the consummation of the Arrangement;

 

  (ix)

enter into or modify any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the foregoing; or

 

  (x)

make any changes to its existing accounting policies other than as required by Applicable Laws or IFRS;

 

(c)

subject to Section 3.4 hereof, ENF shall not take any action or refrain from taking any action that would render, or may reasonably be expected to render, any representation or warranty made by ENF in this Agreement untrue in any material respect at any time prior to completion of the Arrangement or termination of this Agreement, whichever first occurs;

 

(d)

ENF shall promptly notify Enbridge in writing of any material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or, to the knowledge of ENF threatened, financial or otherwise) in its business, operations, affairs, assets, capitalization, financial condition, permits, rights, privileges or liabilities, whether contractual or otherwise, or of any change in any representation or warranty provided by ENF in this Agreement which change is or may be of such a nature to render any representation or warranty misleading or untrue in any material respect, and ENF shall in good faith discuss with Enbridge any change in circumstances (actual, anticipated, contemplated, or to the knowledge of ENF threatened) which is of such a nature that there may be a reasonable question as to whether notice needs to be given to Enbridge pursuant to this provision;

 

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(e)

ENF will use its reasonable commercial efforts to satisfy or cause the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 and to take all steps set forth in the Interim Order and Final Order applicable to it as soon as reasonably practicable;

 

(f)

ENF shall ensure that it has available funds to make, within the time periods contemplated herein, the payment of the amount which may be required by Section 6.1 having regard to its other liabilities and obligations, and shall take all such actions as may be necessary to ensure that it maintains such availability to ensure that it is able to pay such amount when required;

 

(g)

ENF will use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations and filings as are required to be obtained or made by ENF under any Applicable Laws and to satisfy any condition provided for under this Agreement;

 

(h)

ENF will use its reasonable commercial efforts to maintain the listing of the ENF Shares on the TSX;

 

(i)

ENF will use its reasonable commercial efforts to continue to maintain its status as a “reporting issuer” (or similar designation) not in default under the securities legislation in force in each of the provinces of Canada;

 

(j)

ENF shall indemnify and save harmless Enbridge and the directors, officers and agents of Enbridge from and against any and all liabilities, claims, demands, losses, costs, damages and expenses (excluding any loss of profits or consequential damages) to which Enbridge, or any director, officer or agent thereof, may be subject or which Enbridge, or any director, officer or agent thereof, may suffer, whether under the provisions of any Applicable Law or otherwise, in any way caused by, or arising, directly or indirectly, from or in consequence of:

 

  (i)

any misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation by ENF in the Circular;

 

  (ii)

any order made or any inquiry, investigation or proceeding by any Securities Authority or other competent authority based upon any misrepresentation or any alleged misrepresentation by ENF in the Circular, which prevents or restricts trading in the ENF Shares; or

 

  (iii)

ENF not complying with any requirement of Applicable Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement,

except that ENF shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such liabilities, claims, demands, losses, costs, damages and expenses arise out of or are based upon any misrepresentation or any alleged misrepresentation in the Circular contained in the Enbridge Information, the negligence of Enbridge or the non-compliance by Enbridge with any requirement of Applicable Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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(k)

except for proxies and other non-substantive communications with the holders of ENF securities, and communications that ENF is required to keep confidential pursuant to Applicable Laws, ENF shall furnish promptly to Enbridge or Enbridge’s counsel, a copy of each notice, communication, report, schedule or other document delivered, filed or received by ENF from holders of ENF securities or Governmental Authorities in connection with: (i) the Arrangement; (ii) the ENF Meeting; (iii) any filings under Applicable Laws; (iv) any dealings with any Governmental Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (v) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent (or waiver, permit, exemption, order, approval, agreement, amendment or confirmation) of such Person (or another Person) is or may be required in connection with this Agreement or the Arrangement;

 

(l)

ENF will ensure that all material filed with the Court in connection with the Arrangement is consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement; and

 

(m)

ENF shall, on an as received basis, promptly advise Enbridge of the number of ENF Shares for which ENF receives notices of dissent or written objections to the Arrangement or notices to appear in connection with the application for the Final Order and provide Enbridge with copies of such notices and written objections.

 

3.3

Mutual Covenants Regarding the Arrangement

From the date hereof until the earlier of the completion of the Arrangement and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 8, each Party shall:

 

(a)

use its reasonable commercial efforts to complete the Arrangement on November 8, 2018 or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable and, in any event, by no later than the Outside Date;

 

(b)

use its reasonable commercial efforts to satisfy (or cause the satisfaction of) the conditions precedent to its obligations hereunder and to take, or cause to be taken, all other actions and to do, or cause to be done, all other things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Laws to complete the Arrangement, including using its reasonable commercial efforts to:

 

  (i)

obtain all necessary waivers, consents and approvals required to be obtained by it from other parties to loan agreements, leases and other contracts;

 

  (ii)

obtain all necessary consents, assignments, waivers and amendments to or terminations of any instruments and take such measures as may be appropriate to fulfill its obligations hereunder and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

  (iii)

upon reasonable consultation with the other Party, oppose, lift or rescind any injunction, restraining or other order, decree or ruling seeking to restrain, enjoin or otherwise prohibit or adversely affect the consummation of the Arrangement;

 

(c)

use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all necessary waivers, consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the Arrangement from Governmental Authorities and effect all necessary registrations and filings and the

 

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  submission of all information requested by Governmental Authorities required to be effected by it in connection with the Arrangement including, without limitation, the Competition Act Approval, the CTA Act Approval, the Investment Canada Act Approval and the Enbridge Share Issuance Approval;

 

(d)

cooperate with each other in taking, or causing to be taken, all actions necessary to delist the ENF Shares from the TSX in accordance with the policies and procedures of the TSX following completion of the steps set out in the Plan of Arrangement; provided, however, that such delisting will not be effective until after the Effective Time;

 

(e)

in connection with the Competition Act Approval and the CTA Act Approval:

 

  (i)

Enbridge and ENF shall as promptly as reasonably practicable (A) duly file with the Competition Bureau, a request for an ARC under section 102 of the Competition Act and supply the Commissioner with such additional information as the Commissioner may request and (B) give notice to the Minister of Transport pursuant to subsection 53.1(1) of the Canada Transportation Act and supply the Minister with such additional information as the Minister may request. At Enbridge’s discretion, the Parties shall also file notifications under section 114 of the Competition Act with the Competition Bureau. Enbridge shall have the primary responsibility for the preparation and submission of a request for an ARC pursuant to section 102 of the Competition Act. Enbridge and ENF shall respond as promptly as reasonably practicable under the circumstances to any inquiries received from the Competition Bureau or Transport Canada for additional information or documentation and to all inquiries and requests received from the Competition Bureau or Transport Canada; and

 

  (ii)

the Parties shall coordinate and cooperate in exchanging information and supplying assistance that is reasonably requested in connection with Subsection 3.3(e)(i) above, including providing each other with advance copies and reasonable opportunities to comment on all filings made with the Competition Bureau and Transport Canada and any additional or supplementary information supplied pursuant thereto in respect of the Competition Act and the CTA Act (except for information which Enbridge or ENF, in each case acting reasonably, consider highly confidential and sensitive which may be provided on a confidential and privileged basis to outside counsel of the other Party), and all notices and correspondence received from the Competition Bureau and Transport Canada with respect to any filings under the Competition Act and the CTA Act;

 

(f)

in connection with the Investment Canada Act Approval:

 

  (i)

Enbridge shall as promptly as reasonably practicable duly file with the Investment Review Division, an application for review under section 17 of the Investment Canada Act. Enbridge and ENF shall respond as promptly as reasonably practicable under the circumstances to any inquiries received from the Investment Review Division for additional information or documentation and to all inquiries and requests received from the Investment Review Division; and

 

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  (ii)

ENF shall coordinate and cooperate in supplying information and assistance that is reasonably requested by Enbridge in connection with Subsection 3.3(f)(i) above; and

 

(g)

use its reasonable commercial efforts to cooperate with the other Party in connection with the performance by the other Party of their obligations under this Section 3.3 including, without limitation, to provide the other Party with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on all filings and material correspondence with and to Governmental Authorities and to promptly provide final copies thereof to the other Party once filed or given, to promptly provide the other Party with all approvals and material notices and correspondence received from Governmental Authorities, and to maintain ongoing communications as between representatives of the Parties in respect of the Regulatory Approvals, subject in all cases to the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

3.4

ENF’s Covenants Regarding Non-Solicitation

 

(a)

ENF shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated all solicitations, discussions and negotiations (including, without limitation, through any of its officers, directors, advisors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, the “ Representatives ”)), if any, with any third parties other than Enbridge, with respect to any actual or potential Acquisition Proposal. ENF shall immediately discontinue, and shall cause its Representatives to discontinue, access to any of its confidential information and not allow or establish access to any of its confidential information, or any data room, virtual or otherwise and shall promptly request the return or destruction of all confidential information regarding ENF or the Fund Group Entities provided to any third party in connection with any potential or actual Acquisition Proposal to the extent that such information has not previously been returned or destroyed, and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such requests are honored in accordance with the terms of any confidentiality agreement governing such information. ENF agrees that it shall not terminate, waive, release, amend, modify or otherwise forbear from the enforcement of, and agrees to take all commercially reasonable actions to actively prosecute and enforce, any agreement containing standstill provisions and any provision of any existing confidentiality agreement or any standstill agreement to which it is a party (it being acknowledged by Enbridge that the automatic termination or release of any standstill restrictions of any such agreements as a result of entering into and announcing this Agreement shall not be a violation of this Subsection 3.4(a)).

 

(b)

Except as expressly provided for in this Section 3.4, ENF shall not, directly or indirectly, do or authorize or permit any of its Representatives to do, any of the following:

 

  (i)

solicit, initiate, encourage or facilitate any inquiries, proposals or offers, whether publicly or otherwise, regarding an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal;

 

  (ii)

withdraw, amend, modify or qualify, or propose publicly to withdraw, amend, modify or qualify, in any manner adverse to Enbridge, the approval of the Arrangement by the ENF Board or the recommendation of the ENF Board that the ENF Shareholders vote in favour of the Arrangement Resolution at the ENF Meeting;

 

  (iii)

encourage or participate in any negotiations or discussions with any other Person regarding an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal, or furnish information or

 

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  provide access to any other Person any information with respect to ENF or any Fund Group Entities’ securities, business, properties, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) in connection with, or in furtherance of, an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal; and

 

  (iv)

accept, recommend, approve, agree to endorse or publicly propose to accept, recommend, approve, agree to endorse or enter into an agreement to implement any Acquisition Proposal, or take no positions or remain neutral with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or otherwise take any action that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal;

provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision hereof but subject to Subsection 3.4(d), ENF and its Representatives may, prior to obtaining the approval of the Arrangement Resolution by ENF Shareholders at the ENF Meeting, enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or furnish information or provide access to, any Person in response to an Acquisition Proposal by such Person if and only to the extent that:

 

  (v)

such Acquisition Proposal is an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal received by ENF from such Person other than as a result from a breach of this Section 3.4 and the ENF Board has determined, in good faith, after consultation with the ENF Financial Advisor and outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal, if completed in accordance with its terms, would constitute or could reasonably be expected to constitute a Superior Proposal; and

 

  (vi)

(A) ENF shall have complied with and continues to be in compliance with all other requirements of this Section 3.4 and the Person making the Acquisition Proposal shall not have been restricted from making such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to existing confidentiality, non-disclosure or standstill agreement or similar restriction; (B) the ENF Board, after consultation with the ENF Financial Advisor and outside legal counsel as reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the ENF Board, determines in good faith that failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Applicable Laws; and (C) prior to providing any information or data to such Person in connection with such Acquisition Proposal: (1) ENF notifies Enbridge of the determination by the ENF Board that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; and (2) the ENF Board receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement that contains provisions that are no less favourable to ENF than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement and Enbridge is provided promptly with a copy of such confidentiality agreement (provided that such confidentiality agreement may not grant such Person the exclusive right to negotiate with ENF and may not restrict ENF from complying with this Section) and any information that was provided to such Person which was not previously provided to Enbridge.

 

(c)

ENF shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of receipt by ENF) notify Enbridge, first orally and then in writing, of any proposal, inquiry or offer (or any amendment thereto) constituting an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal, in each case received after the date hereof by ENF or any of its Representatives, or any amendments to the foregoing, any request for discussions or negotiations, or any request for non-public information relating to ENF or any of the Fund Group Entities in connection with any proposal, inquiry, offer (or any amendment thereto) or request that constitutes or could

 

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  reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal or for access to the properties or facilities, personnel, books or records of ENF or any of the Fund Group Entities by any Person that informs ENF or any of its Representatives or otherwise indicates that it is considering making, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal and any amendment thereto; and ENF shall provide to Enbridge a copy of such Acquisition Proposal and shall provide the identity of the Person making any such Acquisition Proposal together with such other details of the Acquisition Proposal or request for material information as Enbridge may reasonably request. ENF shall keep Enbridge regularly and promptly informed of the status of and any change to the material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal in writing and shall provide to Enbridge copies of all material or substantive correspondence with respect to such Acquisition Proposal or proposal, inquiry, offer or request if in writing or electronic form, and if not in writing or electronic form, a description of the material terms of such correspondence.

 

(d)

ENF shall not accept, approve or recommend, nor enter into any agreement in respect of an Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement permitted by this Section 3.4), unless:

 

  (i)

the Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and the Person making the Acquisition Proposal shall not have been restricted from making such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to existing confidentiality, non-disclosure or standstill agreement or similar restriction;

 

  (ii)

ENF has complied with and continues to be in compliance with its obligations in this Section 3.4;

 

  (iii)

ENF has provided Enbridge with (A) notice in writing that the Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and, in connection therewith, the ENF Board has made the determinations contemplated in the definition of “ Superior Proposal ”, (B) copies of the proposed definitive agreement for the Superior Proposal and any confidentiality and standstill agreement between ENF and the Person making the Superior Proposal, if not previously delivered, as well as all supporting materials, including any financing documents supplied to ENF of its Representatives in connection therewith and (C) written notice regarding the value and financial terms that the ENF Board, in consultation with the ENF Financial Advisor, has determined should be ascribed to any non-cash consideration offered under such Superior Proposal, in each case, at least four Business Days prior to the time at which the ENF Board proposes to accept, approve, recommend or enter into any agreement relating to such Superior Proposal;

 

  (iv)

four Business Days shall have elapsed from the later of the date Enbridge received the notice, documentation and other materials referred to in Subsection 3.4(d)(iii) from ENF in respect of the Acquisition Proposal and the date on which Enbridge received notice of ENF’s proposed determination to accept, approve, recommend or to enter into any agreement relating to such Superior Proposal, and, if Enbridge has proposed to amend the terms of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Arrangement in accordance with Subsection 3.4(e), the ENF Board (after receiving advice from the ENF Financial Advisor and outside legal counsel) shall have determined in good faith that the Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal compared to the proposed amendment to the terms of this Agreement and the Arrangement proposed by Enbridge;

 

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  (v)

ENF concurrently terminates this Agreement pursuant to Subsection 8.2(d)(ii);

 

  (vi)

ENF concurrently will have delivered to Enbridge written confirmation that ENF or the ENF Board has accepted, approved or recommended, or entered into such agreement relating to, the Acquisition Proposal; and

 

  (vii)

ENF has previously paid, or concurrently pays, to Enbridge the Enbridge Damages Fee.

 

(e)

During the period(s) referred to in Subsection 3.4(d)(iii) and Subsection 3.4(d)(iv), Enbridge shall have the opportunity, but not the obligation, to propose to amend the terms of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Arrangement and ENF shall, and shall cause its counsel and other advisors to, co-operate with Enbridge with respect thereto, including negotiating with Enbridge and their counsel and other advisors to enable Enbridge to propose such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Arrangement as Enbridge deems appropriate and as would enable ENF to proceed with the Arrangement and the transactions contemplated in this Agreement on such adjusted terms. The ENF Board shall review any proposal by Enbridge to amend the terms of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Arrangement in order to determine, in good faith in the exercise of its fiduciary duties, whether Enbridge’s proposal to amend the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Arrangement would result in the Acquisition Proposal not being a Superior Proposal compared to the proposed amendment to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Arrangement. In the event that Enbridge proposes to amend the terms of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Arrangement such that the Acquisition Proposal would not result in a transaction more favourable to the ENF Shareholders, from a financial point of view, than the Arrangement as so amended, as determined by the ENF Board in good faith (after receiving advice from the ENF Financial Advisor and outside legal counsel) and Enbridge advises the ENF Board of such proposed amendment within four Business Days of receiving notice of such Superior Proposal, the ENF Board shall not: (i) accept, recommend, approve or enter into any agreement to implement such Superior Proposal; or (ii) withdraw, modify or change its recommendation in respect of the Arrangement. For greater certainty, each successive amendment to an Acquisition Proposal shall constitute a new Acquisition Proposal for the purposes of this Section 3.4 and shall initiate a new four Business Day match right period.

 

(f)

Enbridge agrees that all information that may be provided to it by ENF with respect to any Superior Proposal pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be treated as if it were “Confidential Information” as that term is defined in the Confidentiality Agreement and shall not be disclosed or used except in accordance with the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement or in order to enforce its rights under this Agreement in legal proceedings.

 

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(g)

If required by Enbridge, ENF shall reaffirm its recommendation of the approval of the Arrangement by press release promptly in the event that:

 

  (i)

any Acquisition Proposal is publicly announced unless such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and ENF otherwise complies with Subsections 3.4(d) and (e) in respect thereof; or

 

  (ii)

the Parties have entered into an amended agreement pursuant to Subsection 3.4(e) which results in any Acquisition Proposal not being a Superior Proposal.

Enbridge and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the form and content of any such press release. Such press release shall state that the ENF Board has determined that the Acquisition Proposal is not a Superior Proposal and shall reaffirm the approvals, determinations and recommendations of the ENF Board in respect of this Agreement and the Arrangement.

 

(h)

In the event that ENF provides the notice contemplated by Subsection 3.4(d)(iii) on a date which is less than four Business Days prior to the ENF Meeting, Enbridge shall be entitled to require ENF to adjourn or postpone the ENF Meeting to a date that is not more than seven Business Days following the date after ENF has complied with its obligations under Subsections 3.4(b)(vi)(B) and (C).

 

(i)

Neither ENF nor the ENF Board shall withdraw, or qualify, amend or modify in a manner adverse to Enbridge, the approval or recommendation of the Arrangement by the ENF Board, except if such withdrawal, qualification, amendment or modification occurs simultaneously with the entry by ENF, in accordance with the requirements of Subsection 3.4(d) and Subsection 3.4(e), into a definitive agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal constituting a Superior Proposal.

 

(j)

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the ENF Board from complying with Division 3 of National Instrument 62-104, Takeover Bids and Issuer Bids and similar provisions under Applicable Laws relating to the provision of directors’ circulars and making appropriate disclosure to its securityholders.

 

(k)

ENF shall ensure that its Representatives are aware of the provisions of this Section 3.4, and any violation of or the taking of any action which is inconsistent with any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.4 by any Representative shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 3.4 by its Representatives.

 

3.5

Access to Information

 

(a)

From and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, ENF shall, subject to compliance with Applicable Laws and the terms of any contracts, upon reasonable prior notice, provide Enbridge and its representatives access, during normal business hours, to its premises, books, contracts, records, computer systems, properties, employees and management personnel and will use its reasonable commercial efforts to furnish to Enbridge such information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Enbridge may reasonably request in order to permit Enbridge to be in a position to expeditiously and efficiently integrate ENF’s business and operations immediately upon, but not prior to, the Effective Date. ENF agrees to use reasonable commercial efforts to keep Enbridge fully apprised in a timely manner of every circumstance, action, occurrence or event occurring or arising after the date hereof that would be relevant and material to a prudent operator of the business and operations of ENF including, but not limited to, promptly providing Enbridge with any and all monthly activity reports.

 

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(b)

ENF agrees to:

 

  (i)

give the legal and professional representatives and agents of Enbridge reasonable access during normal business hours to ENF’s books, records and documents as Enbridge may reasonably request, provided that ENF is satisfied, acting reasonably, that the confidentiality of the subject matter of the disclosure can be maintained in accordance herewith; and

 

  (ii)

endeavour to include in the information furnished to Enbridge information which would reasonably be considered to be relevant for the purposes of Enbridge’s investigation and not knowingly withhold any information which would make anything contained in the information delivered erroneous or misleading.

 

(c)

The Parties acknowledge and agree that all information provided by ENF to Enbridge or by Enbridge to ENF pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall remain subject to the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

(d)

Nothing in the foregoing shall require ENF to disclose information which it is prohibited from disclosing pursuant to a written confidentiality agreement or confidentiality provision of an agreement with a third party or information which, in the opinion of ENF, acting reasonably, is competitively sensitive (provided that Enbridge acknowledges and agrees that Enbridge’s external counsel may have access to such information on a privileged and confidential basis in connection with obtaining the Competition Act Approval).

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

4.1

Representations and Warranties of Enbridge

Enbridge hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.1 to and in favour of ENF and acknowledges that ENF is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the matters contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(a)

Enbridge and each of its subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized and validly subsisting under the Applicable Laws of its jurisdiction of formation and Enbridge and each of its subsidiaries has the requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets.

 

(b)

Enbridge and each of its subsidiaries is duly registered to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties, owned, leased, operated, licensed or otherwise held, or the nature of its activities make such registration necessary under Applicable Laws, except where the failure to be so registered or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on Enbridge.

 

(c)

Enbridge has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by Enbridge of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement

 

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  have been duly authorized by the Enbridge Board and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Enbridge or any vote of holders of Enbridge Shares are or shall be necessary to approve this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Enbridge and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Enbridge enforceable against Enbridge in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Applicable Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

 

(d)

Enbridge has reserved and allotted or will reserve and allot prior to the Effective Time, and will have taken all necessary action to permit it to issue, a sufficient number of Enbridge Shares as are issuable pursuant to this Arrangement, and, subject to the terms and conditions of the Arrangement, such Enbridge Shares, when issued, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable pursuant to the Arrangement and no Person will have any pre-emptive right of subscription or purchase in respect thereof.

 

(e)

Subject to the issuance of the Interim Order and Final Order by the Court and receipt of Regulatory Approvals, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Enbridge, the consummation by Enbridge of the Arrangement nor compliance by Enbridge with any of the provisions hereof will:

 

  (i)

except as previously disclosed in writing to ENF, require any consent or other actions by any Person under, constitute a default, or an event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under, or cause or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Enbridge or any of its subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of any material contract or any material Authorization to which Enbridge or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Enbridge or any of its subsidiaries is bound;

 

  (ii)

result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Enbridge or its subsidiaries;

 

  (iii)

contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of the articles, bylaws or other constating documents of Enbridge or any of its subsidiaries; or

 

  (iv)

violate any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction, determination, award, decree, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or Applicable Law applicable to Enbridge or any of its subsidiaries; or

 

  (v)

cause a suspension or revocation of any Authorization;

except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iv) and (v), as would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Enbridge.

 

(f)

The execution, delivery and performance by Enbridge of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the Arrangement do not require any Authorization or other action by or in respect of, or filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority by Enbridge other than: (i) the Interim Order and any approvals required by the Interim Order; (ii) the Final Order; (iii) filings with the Securities Authorities; (iv) the Regulatory Approvals; (v) the TSX and the NYSE; and (vi) any Authorizations which, if

 

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  not obtained, or any other actions by or in respect of, or filings with, or notifications to, any Governmental Authority which, if not taken or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impede the ability of Enbridge to consummate the Arrangement.

 

(g)

Other than in connection with or in compliance with the provisions of Applicable Laws in relation to the completion of the Arrangement including receipt of Regulatory Approvals or which are required to be fulfilled post-Arrangement, there is no legal impediment to Enbridge’s consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(h)

Enbridge has sufficient funds available to pay the Cash Consideration, as adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, if applicable, and the amount which may be required pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement.

 

(i)

Except as disclosed in the Enbridge Public Record, since December 31, 2017:

 

  (i)

there has not been any Material Adverse Change respecting Enbridge and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

  (ii)

Enbridge and each of its subsidiaries has conducted its business only in the ordinary and normal course, consistent with past practice and in accordance with Applicable Laws, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

  (iii)

no liability or obligation of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), whether or not such liabilities would be required by U.S. GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet of Enbridge and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, material to Enbridge has been incurred other than in the ordinary and normal course of business.

 

(j)

The Enbridge Financial Statements fairly present, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, consistently applied, the consolidated financial position and condition of Enbridge and its subsidiaries at the dates thereof and the results of the operations of Enbridge for the periods then ended and reflect, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, consistently applied, all material assets, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of Enbridge and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as at the dates thereof.

 

(k)

No Securities Authority, other competent authority or stock exchange in Canada or the United States has issued any order which is currently outstanding preventing or suspending trading in any securities of Enbridge, no such proceeding is, to the knowledge of Enbridge, pending, contemplated or threatened and Enbridge is not, to its knowledge, in default of any material requirement of any Applicable Laws.

 

(l)

There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Enbridge, threatened, against Enbridge, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Enbridge.

 

(m)

Enbridge is a “reporting issuer” in each of the provinces of Canada and is in material compliance with all Applicable Canadian Securities Laws therein and the Enbridge Shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSX. The Enbridge Shares are registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the U.S. Exchange Act, and Enbridge is in compliance in all

 

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  material respects with its obligations thereunder. The Enbridge Shares are listed and posted for trading on the NYSE. Enbridge is not in material default of any material requirements of any Applicable Canadian Securities Laws, Applicable U.S. Securities Laws or any rules or regulations of, or agreement with, the TSX or the NYSE. No delisting, suspension of trading in or cease trading order with respect to the Enbridge Shares is pending or, to the knowledge of Enbridge, threatened. To the knowledge of Enbridge, none of its officers or directors are subject to an order or ruling of any securities regulatory authority or stock exchange prohibiting such individual from acting as a director or officer of a public entity or of an entity listed on a particular stock exchange. The documents and information comprising the Enbridge Public Record did not at the respective times they were filed with the relevant Securities Authorities, contain any misrepresentation, unless such document or information was subsequently corrected or superseded in the Enbridge Public Record prior to the date hereof. Enbridge has not filed any confidential material change report that, as of the date hereof, remains confidential.

 

(n)

To the knowledge of Enbridge, no “related party” of Enbridge (within the meaning of MI 61-101) will receive a “collateral benefit” (within the meaning of MI 61-101) as a consequence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or pursuant to any “connected transaction” (within the meaning of MI 61-101).

 

(o)

Enbridge is a taxable Canadian corporation for the purposes of the Tax Act and is not a non-resident of Canada for the purposes of the Tax Act.

 

(p)

As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital of Enbridge consists of an unlimited number of Enbridge Shares and an unlimited number of preference shares issuable in series (“ Preference Shares ”).

 

(q)

As of the date of this Agreement, there are issued and outstanding: (i) 1,724,340,802 Enbridge Shares; (ii) 5,000,000 Series A Preference Shares; (iii) 18,269,812 Series B Preference Shares; (iv) 1,730,188 Series C Preference Shares; (v) 18,000,000 Series D Preference Shares; (vi) 20,000,000 Series F Preference Shares; (vii) 14,000,000 Series H Preference Shares; (viii) 8,000,000 Series J Preference Shares; (ix) 16,000,000 Series L Preference Shares; (x) 18,000,000 Series N Preference Shares; (xi) 16,000,000 Series P Preference Shares; (xii) 16,000,000 Series R Preference Shares; (xiii) 16,000,000 Series 1 Preference Shares; (xiv) 24,000,000 Series 3 Preference Shares; (xv) 8,000,000 Series 5 Preference Shares; (xvi) 10,000,000 Series 7 Preference Shares; (xvii) 11,000,000 Series 9 Preference Shares; (xviii) 20,000,000 Series 11 Preference Shares; (xix) 14,000,000 Series 13 Preference Shares; (xx) 11,000,000 Series 15 Preference Shares; (xxi) 30,000,000 Series 17 Preference Shares; and (xxii) 20,000,000 Series 19 Preference Shares.

 

(r)

Except for the Enbridge Shares and the Preference Shares described in Subsection 4.1(q), there are currently no other shares of any class or series in the capital of Enbridge outstanding. Except for: (i) 35,741,815 options to purchase Enbridge Shares (“ Options ”) issued and outstanding pursuant to Enbridge’s incentive stock option plan; (ii) 2,612,153 Options issued and outstanding pursuant to Enbridge’s performance stock option plan; (iii) 1,526,587 Enbridge Shares issuable in connection with the awards outstanding under the Amended and Restated Spectra Energy 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan assumed by Enbridge on February 27, 2017 (the “ Spectra Awards ”); (iv) the Enbridge Shareholder Rights Plan and the rights issued thereunder in respect of

 

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  each issued and outstanding Enbridge Share (the “ Enbridge SRPs ”); and (v) Enbridge Shares issuable pursuant to the Other Enbridge Transactions, there are no options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights, shareholder rights plans, agreements or commitments of any character whatsoever (pre-emptive, contingent or otherwise) requiring or which may require the issuance, sale or transfer by Enbridge of any securities of Enbridge (including Enbridge Shares) or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, or otherwise evidencing a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of or other equity or voting interests in Enbridge (including Enbridge Shares).

 

(s)

All outstanding Enbridge Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable. All of the Enbridge Shares issuable pursuant to the Options, the Spectra Awards, the Enbridge SRPs and the Other Enbridge Transactions described in Subsection 4.1(r) have been, or will be, duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with their respective terms, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable and are not and will not be subject to or issued in violation of, any pre-emptive rights. Other than the Enbridge Shares, there are no securities of Enbridge outstanding which have the right to vote generally with Enbridge shareholders on any matter.

 

4.2

Representations and Warranties of ENF

ENF hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.2 to and in favour of Enbridge and acknowledges that Enbridge is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the matters contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(a)

ENF is a corporation duly organized and validly subsisting under the Applicable Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and ENF has the requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets.

 

(b)

ENF is duly registered to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties, owned, leased, operated, licensed or otherwise held, or the nature of its activities make such registration necessary under Applicable Laws, except where the failure to be so registered or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on ENF.

 

(c)

ENF has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by ENF of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by the ENF Board, other than approval by the ENF Shareholders of the Arrangement Resolution in the manner required by the Interim Order and Applicable Law and approval by the Court, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of ENF are or shall be necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by ENF and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of ENF enforceable against ENF in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Applicable Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

 

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(d)

Subject to the approval of the ENF Shareholders of the Arrangement Resolution, the issuance of the Interim Order and the Final Order by the Court and receipt of Regulatory Approvals, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by ENF, the consummation by ENF of the Arrangement nor compliance by ENF with any of the provisions hereof will:

 

  (i)

except as previously disclosed in writing to Enbridge, require any consent or other actions by any Person under, constitute a default, or an event that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under, or cause or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which ENF or any of its subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of any material contract or any material Authorization to which ENF or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ENF or any of its subsidiaries is bound;

 

  (ii)

result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of ENF or its subsidiaries;

 

  (iii)

contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of the articles, bylaws or other constating documents of ENF or any of its subsidiaries; or

 

  (iv)

violate any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction, determination, award, decree, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or Applicable Law applicable to ENF or any of its subsidiaries,

except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), as would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on ENF.

 

(e)

ENF has sufficient funds available to pay the amount which may be required pursuant to Section 6.1 of this Agreement.

 

(f)

Other than in connection with or in compliance with the provisions of Applicable Laws in relation to the completion of the Arrangement including receipt of Regulatory Approvals or which are required to be fulfilled post-Arrangement, there is no legal impediment to ENF’s consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(g)

The execution, delivery and performance by ENF of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the Arrangement do not require any Authorization or other action by or in respect of, or filing with, or notification to, any Governmental Authority by ENF other than: (i) the Interim Order and any approvals required by the Interim Order; (ii) the Final Order; (iii) filings with the Registrar under the ABCA; (iv) filings with the Securities Authorities; (v) the Regulatory Approvals; (vi) the TSX; (vii) approval of the Arrangement Resolution; and (viii) any Authorizations which, if not obtained, or any other actions by or in respect of, or filings with, or notifications to, any Governmental Authority which, if not taken or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impede the ability of ENF to consummate the Arrangement.

 

(h)

To the knowledge of ENF, no “related party” of ENF (within the meaning of MI 61-101) will receive a “collateral benefit” (within the meaning of MI 61-101) as a consequence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or pursuant to any “connected transaction” (within the meaning of MI 61-101).

 

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(i)

All information in the Circular pertaining to ENF (other than in respect of the Enbridge Information, in respect of which ENF makes no representation or warranty) shall, as of the respective dates of such information, be true and complete in all material respects and shall not contain any misrepresentation or omit to state any material fact required to be stated.

 

(j)

There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of ENF, threatened, against ENF, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on ENF.

 

(k)

ENF is a “reporting issuer” in each of the provinces of Canada and is in material compliance with all Applicable Canadian Securities Laws therein and the ENF Shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSX. ENF is not in material default of any material requirements of any Applicable Canadian Securities Laws or any rules or regulations of, or agreement with, the TSX. No delisting, suspension of trading in or cease trading order with respect to the ENF Shares is pending or, to the knowledge of ENF, threatened. To the knowledge of ENF , none of its officers or directors are subject to an order or ruling of any securities regulatory authority or stock exchange prohibiting such individual from acting as a director or officer of a public entity or of an entity listed on a particular stock exchange. The documents and information comprising the ENF Public Record did not at the respective times they were filed with the relevant Securities Authorities, contain any misrepresentation, unless such document or information was subsequently corrected or superseded in the ENF Public Record prior to the date hereof. ENF has not filed any confidential material change report that, as of the date hereof, remains confidential.

 

(l)

As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital of ENF consists of an unlimited number of ENF Shares, first preferred shares in the capital of ENF, issuable in series and limited to one-half of the number of ENF Shares issued and outstanding at the relevant time, and one special voting share in the capital of ENF (“ Special Voting Share ”).

 

(m)

As of the date of this Agreement, there are issued and outstanding: (i) 176,406,621 ENF Shares; and (ii) one Special Voting Share.

 

(n)

Except for the ENF Shares and the Special Voting Share described in Subsection 4.2(m), there are no other shares of any class or series in the capital of ENF outstanding. Except for: (i) 248,899,004 ordinary units of Enbridge Income Fund, 87,665,750 preferred units of Enbridge Commercial Trust, nil Class B Units of Enbridge Commercial Trust and 442,923,363 Class C Units of Enbridge Income Partners LP, each convertible into ENF Shares on a one-for-one basis in accordance with their terms (the “ Exchangeable Securities ”); (ii) the ENF Shareholder Rights Plan and the rights issued thereunder in respect of each issued and outstanding ENF Share (the “ ENF SRPs ”); and (iii) a dividend reinvestment share purchase plan applicable to holders of ENF Shares (the “ DRIP ”), there are no options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights, shareholder rights plans, agreements or commitments of any character whatsoever (pre-emptive, contingent or otherwise) requiring or which may require the issuance, sale or transfer by ENF of any of securities of ENF (including ENF Shares) or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, or otherwise evidencing a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of or other equity or voting interests in ENF (including ENF Shares).

 

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(o)

All outstanding ENF Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable. All of the ENF Shares issuable pursuant to the Exchangeable Securities, ENF SRPs and the DRIP described in Subsection 4.2(n) have been duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with their respective terms, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable and are not and will not be subject to or issued in violation of, any pre-emptive rights. Other than the ENF Shares and Enbridge’s right to vote its one Special Voting Share in respect of certain matters, there are no securities of ENF outstanding which have the right to vote generally with ENF Shareholders on any matter.

 

(p)

ENF is not a non-resident of Canada for the purposes of the Tax Act.

 

4.3

Privacy Issues

 

(a)

For the purposes of this Section 4.3, “ Transferred Information ” means the personal information (namely, information about an identifiable individual other than their business contact information when used or disclosed for the purpose of contacting such individual in that individual’s capacity as a representative of an organization and for no other purpose) to be disclosed or conveyed to one Party or any of its representatives or agents (for purposes of this Section 4.3, “ Recipient ”) by or on behalf of the other Party (for purposes of this Section 4.3, “ Disclosing Party ”) as a result of or in conjunction with the transactions contemplated herein, and includes all such personal information disclosed to the Recipient prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

(b)

Each Disclosing Party covenants and agrees to, upon request, use its reasonable commercial efforts to advise the Recipient of the purposes for which the Transferred Information was initially collected from or in respect of the individual to which such Transferred Information relates and the additional purposes where the Disclosing Party has notified the individual of such additional purpose, and where required by Applicable Law, obtained the consent of such individual to such use or disclosure.

 

(c)

In addition to its other obligations hereunder, Recipient covenants and agrees to:

 

  (i)

prior to the completion of the transactions contemplated herein, collect, use and disclose the Transferred Information solely for the purpose of reviewing and completing the transactions contemplated herein, including for the purpose of determining to complete such transactions;

 

  (ii)

after the completion of the transactions contemplated herein,

 

  (A)

collect, use and disclose the Transferred Information only for those purposes for which the Transferred Information was initially collected from or in respect of the individual to which such Transferred Information relates or for the completion of the transactions contemplated herein, unless (a) the Disclosing Party or Recipient has first notified such individual of such additional purpose, and where required by Applicable Law, obtained the consent of such individual to such additional purpose, or (b) such use or disclosure is permitted or authorized by Applicable Law, without notice to, or consent from, such individual; and

 

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  (B)

where required by Applicable Law, promptly notify the individuals to whom the Transferred Information relates that the transactions contemplated herein have taken place and that the Transferred Information has been disclosed to Recipient;

 

  (iii)

return or destroy the Transferred Information, at the option of the Disclosing Party, and to not thereafter use or disclose any of the Transferred Information, should the transactions contemplated herein not be completed; and

 

  (iv)

notwithstanding any other provision herein, where the disclosure or transfer of Transferred Information to Recipient requires the consent of, or the provision of notice to, the individual to which such Transferred Information relates, to not require or accept the disclosure or transfer of such Transferred Information until the Disclosing Party has first notified such individual of such disclosure or transfer and the purpose for same, and where required by Applicable Law, obtained the individual’s consent to same and to only collect, use and disclose such information to the extent necessary to complete the transactions contemplated herein and as authorized or permitted by Applicable Laws.

ARTICLE 5

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

5.1

Mutual Conditions Precedent

The respective obligations of the Parties to complete the Arrangement are subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Effective Time, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the mutual written consent of such Parties without prejudice to their right to rely on any other of such conditions:

 

(a)

the Interim Order shall have been obtained in form and substance satisfactory to the Parties, each acting reasonably, and such Interim Order shall not have been set aside or modified in a manner unacceptable to the Parties, each acting reasonably, on appeal or otherwise;

 

(b)

the Arrangement Resolution shall have been approved and adopted by the ENF Shareholders at the ENF Meeting in accordance with the requirements of the Interim Order and in form and substance satisfactory to the Parties, each acting reasonably;

 

(c)

the Final Order shall have been obtained in form and substance satisfactory to the Parties, each acting reasonably, and such Final Order shall not have been set aside or modified in a manner unacceptable to the Parties, each acting reasonably, on appeal or otherwise;

 

(d)

the Articles of Arrangement shall have been filed with the Registrar under the ABCA in accordance with this Agreement and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Parties, each acting reasonably;

 

(e)

the Effective Date shall have occurred on or before the Outside Date;

 

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(f)

all Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Parties, each acting reasonably;

 

(g)

the Enbridge Shares to be issued to the holders of ENF Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE and the TSX;

 

(h)

in addition to the approvals contemplated in Subsection 5.1(f), all other third party waivers or approvals required in connection with the consummation of the Arrangement shall have been provided or obtained on terms and conditions acceptable to the Parties, acting reasonably; and

 

(i)

no Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, applied for (or advised any of the Parties in writing that it has determined to make such application), enforced or entered any Applicable Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that makes illegal, restrains, enjoins or otherwise prohibits consummation of, or dissolves the Arrangement or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

5.2

Additional Conditions to Obligations of Enbridge

The obligation of Enbridge to complete the Arrangement is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Effective Time, of the following conditions, which conditions are for the exclusive benefit of Enbridge and may only be waived, in whole or in part, by Enbridge in its sole discretion:

 

(a)

all covenants of ENF under this Agreement to be performed on or before the Effective Time (without giving effect to, applying or taking into consideration any Material Adverse Effect, Material Adverse Change or other materiality qualifications already contained in such covenants) shall have been duly performed by ENF in all material respects; and Enbridge shall have received a certificate of ENF addressed to Enbridge dated the Effective Time, signed on behalf of ENF by two senior executive officers of ENF (on ENF’s behalf and without personal liability), confirming the same as at the Effective Time;

 

(b)

the representations and warranties of ENF set forth in this Agreement were true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Effective Time (except for representations and warranties as of a specified date, the accuracy of which shall be determined as of that specified date), except to the extent that the failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect (and, for this purpose, any reference to “material”, “Material Adverse Effect” or other concepts of materiality in such representations and warranties shall be ignored), and Enbridge shall have received a certificate of ENF addressed to Enbridge and dated the Effective Time, signed on behalf of ENF by two senior executive officers of ENF (on ENF’s behalf and without personal liability), confirming the above as at the Effective Time;

 

(c)

ENF shall have furnished Enbridge with:

 

  (i)

certified copies of the resolutions duly passed by the ENF Board approving this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

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  (ii)

a certified copy of the Arrangement Resolution duly passed by the ENF Shareholders;

 

(d)

no Material Adverse Change in respect of ENF shall have occurred after the date hereof;

 

(e)

no claims, actions, enquiries, applications, suits, demands, arbitrations, charges, indictments, hearings or other civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings, or other investigations or examinations (whether, for greater certainty, by a Governmental Authority or any other Person) shall be commenced, pending or threatened and no Applicable Law shall have been proposed, enacted, promulgated or applied, in either case:

 

  (i)

seeking to cease trade, restrict, enjoin, prohibit, materially delay or impose material conditions on the Arrangement or the transactions contemplated therein or herein or any of the material terms and conditions of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or seeking to obtain from ENF any material damages directly or indirectly in connection with the Arrangement;

 

  (ii)

seeking to cease trade, restrict, enjoin, prohibit, materially delay or impose material conditions on the rights of Enbridge to own, hold or exercise full rights of ownership over the ENF Shares upon the completion of the Arrangement or conduct the business conducted by ENF;

 

  (iii)

seeking to prohibit or restrict the completion of the Arrangement in accordance with the terms hereof or otherwise relating to the Arrangement;

 

  (iv)

seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by ENF, Enbridge or any of their respective affiliates of any material portion of the business or assets of ENF or to compel Enbridge or any of its affiliates to dispose or divest of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of ENF; or

 

  (v)

seeking to prohibit Enbridge or any of its affiliates from effectively controlling in any material respect the business or operations of ENF,

that would, if successful, in the judgment of Enbridge, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect in respect of ENF;

 

(f)

holders of not more than 10% of the issued and outstanding ENF Shares shall have exercised Dissent Rights in relation to the Arrangement; and

 

(g)

ENF shall have delivered a mutual release, in form and substance satisfactory to Enbridge, duly executed by each director and officer of ENF as requested by Enbridge.

 

5.3

Additional Conditions to Obligations of ENF

The obligation of ENF to complete the Arrangement is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Effective Time, of the following conditions, which conditions are for the exclusive benefit of ENF and may only be waived, in whole or in part, by ENF in its sole discretion:

 

(a)

all covenants of Enbridge under this Agreement to be performed on or before the Effective Time (without giving effect to, applying or taking into consideration any Material

 

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  Adverse Effect, Material Adverse Change or other materiality qualifications already contained in such covenants) shall have been duly performed by Enbridge in all material respects; and ENF shall have received a certificate of Enbridge addressed to ENF dated the Effective Time, signed on behalf of Enbridge by two senior executive officers of Enbridge (on Enbridge’s behalf and without personal liability), confirming the same as at the Effective Time;

 

(b)

the representations and warranties of Enbridge set forth in this Agreement were true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Effective Time (except for representations and warranties as of a specified date, the accuracy of which shall be determined as of that specified date), except to the extent that the failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect (and, for this purpose, any reference to “material”, “Material Adverse Effect” or other concepts of materiality in such representations and warranties shall be ignored), and ENF shall have received a certificate of Enbridge addressed to ENF and dated the Effective Time, signed on behalf of Enbridge by two senior executive officers of Enbridge (on Enbridge’s behalf and without personal liability), confirming the above as at the Effective Time;

 

(c)

Enbridge shall have furnished ENF with certified copies of the resolutions duly passed by the Enbridge Board approving this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d)

Enbridge shall have deposited or caused to be deposited in escrow with the Depositary the aggregate Cash Consideration that will be payable to the ENF Shareholders under the Arrangement in accordance with Section 2.13, and ENF shall have received written confirmation of the receipt of such funds by the Depositary; and

 

(e)

no Material Adverse Change in respect of Enbridge shall have occurred after the date hereof.

 

5.4

Notice and Effect of Failure to Comply with Conditions

 

(a)

Each Party shall give prompt notice to the other of the occurrence, or failure to occur of any event or state of facts which occurrence or failure would, or would reasonably be likely to:

 

  (i)

cause any of the representations or warranties of such Party contained herein to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect on the date hereof or at the Effective Time; or

 

  (ii)

result in the failure to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by any Party hereunder prior to or at the Effective Time.

 

(b)

Enbridge may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Subsection 8.2(c)(ii), and ENF may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Subsection 8.2(d)(i), unless the Party seeking to terminate the Agreement (the “ Terminating Party ”) has delivered a written notice (the “ Termination Notice ”) to the other Party (the “ Breaching Party ”) specifying in reasonable detail all breaches of covenants, representations and warranties or other matters which the Terminating Party

 

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  asserts as the basis for the termination right. If any such Termination Notice is delivered, provided that the Breaching Party is proceeding diligently to cure such matter and such matter is capable of being cured prior to the Outside Date (it being agreed that matters arising out of any fraudulent act or an act undertaken by the Breaching Party with the actual knowledge that the taking of such act would, or would be reasonably expected to, cause a breach of this Agreement, are not capable of being cured), the Terminating Party may not exercise such termination right until the earlier of (a) the Outside Date, and (b) the date that is 10 Business Days following receipt of such Termination Notice by the Breaching Party, if such matter has not been cured by such date. If the Terminating Party delivers a Termination Notice prior to the date of the ENF Meeting, unless the Parties agree otherwise, ENF shall postpone or adjourn the ENF Meeting to the earlier of (a) three Business Days prior to the Outside Date and (b) the date that is 10 Business Days following receipt of such Termination Notice by the Breaching Party.

 

(c)

Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, Enbridge shall not be entitled to exercise any right under this Agreement or claim a remedy available to it hereunder as a result of, or in relation to, Enbridge Management Services Inc. failing to take any action required by it in its capacity as the manager pursuant to the Management and Administrative Services Agreement dated December 17, 2010 between ENF and Enbridge Management Services Inc.

 

5.5

Satisfaction of Conditions

The conditions set out in this Article 5 are conclusively deemed to have been satisfied, waived or released when, with the agreement of the Parties, Articles of Arrangement are filed under the ABCA to give effect to the Arrangement.

ARTICLE 6

AGREEMENT AS TO DAMAGES

 

6.1

Enbridge Damages

If at any time after the execution of this Agreement this Agreement is terminated:

 

(a)

by Enbridge pursuant to Subsection 8.2(c)(i), 8.2(c)(ii) or 8.2(c)(iii);

 

(b)

by ENF or Enbridge pursuant to Subsection 8.2(b)(i) or Subsection 8.2(b)(ii), but prior to such termination an Acquisition Proposal shall have been announced, made or otherwise publicly disclosed (and not withdrawn) prior to the date proposed for the ENF Meeting and the ENF Shareholders do not approve the Arrangement or the Arrangement is not submitted for their approval, and thereafter ENF shall have entered into or become party to a contract with respect to any Acquisition Proposal (whether or not such Acquisition Proposal is the same Acquisition Proposal referred to above) within nine months of the date of such termination by ENF or Enbridge; or

 

(c)

by ENF pursuant to Subsection 8.2(d)(ii),

(each of the above being an “ Enbridge Damages Event ”), ENF shall pay to Enbridge $165,000,000 (the “ Enbridge Damages Fee ”) as liquidated damages in immediately available funds to an account designated by Enbridge, with the Enbridge Damages Fee to be paid (i) in the case of Subsection 6.1(a), within two Business Days of termination, (ii) in the case of

 

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Subsection 6.1(b), on the date on which the Acquisition Proposal (as it may be modified or amended) is consummated (whether occurring during such nine month period or thereafter, and (iii) in the case of Subsection 6.1(c), in accordance with Subsection 3.4(d). Following an Enbridge Damages Event, but prior to payment of the Enbridge Damages Fee as required, ENF shall be deemed to hold such funds in trust for Enbridge. ENF shall only be obligated to pay the Enbridge Damages Fee once pursuant to this Section 6.1. For the purposes of the foregoing, the term “Acquisition Proposal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.1, except that references to “20% or more” shall be deemed to be references to “50% or more”.

 

6.2

ENF Damages

If, at any time after the execution of this Agreement but prior to the termination of this Agreement, ENF shall have terminated this Agreement pursuant to Subsection 8.2(d)(i) (the “ ENF Damages Event ”), Enbridge shall pay to ENF $165,000,000 (the “ ENF Damages Fee ”) as liquidated damages in immediately available funds to an account designated by ENF within two Business Days of such termination. Following an ENF Damages Event, but prior to payment of the ENF Damages Fee as required, Enbridge shall be deemed to hold such funds in trust for ENF. Enbridge shall only be obligated to pay the ENF Damages Fee once pursuant to this Section 6.2.

 

6.3

Injunctive Relief and Remedies

Each Party agrees that irreparable harm would occur for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by the other Party in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Party shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief to restrain any breach or threatened breach by the other Party of the covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement or otherwise to obtain specific performance of any of such act, covenants or agreements, without the necessity of posting bond or security in connection therewith, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such Party may be entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties acknowledges that the agreements contained in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 are an integral part of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and that without these agreements the Parties would not enter into this Agreement; and further that the payment of the Enbridge Damages Fee in the circumstances set out in Section 6.1 and the payment of the ENF Damages Fee in the circumstances set out in Section 6.2 is a payment of liquidated damages which is a genuine pre-estimate of the damages which Enbridge or ENF, as applicable, shall suffer or incur as a result of the event giving rise to such damages and resultant termination of this Agreement and is not a penalty. ENF and Enbridge, as applicable, irrevocably waives any right it may have to raise as a defence that any such liquidated damages are excessive or punitive. For greater certainty, ENF agrees that its right to receive the ENF Damages Fee and Enbridge agrees that its right to receive the Enbridge Damages Fee, each in the manner provided in this Article 6, is such Party’s sole and exclusive remedy against the other Party in respect of the event(s) giving rise to such payment, as applicable; provided that, this limitation shall not apply to a Party in the event of fraud or willful breach of this Agreement by the other Party.

 

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ARTICLE 7

AMENDMENT

 

7.1

Amendment

This Agreement may, at any time and from time to time, before or after the holding of the ENF Meeting but not later than the Effective Time, be amended by written agreement of the Parties, subject to the Interim Order, the Final Order and Applicable Laws, without further notice to or authorization on the part of the ENF Shareholders, provided that no such amendment reduces or adversely affects the consideration to be received by an ENF Shareholder without approval by the ENF Shareholders given in the same manner as required for the approval of the Arrangement or as may be ordered by the Court.

 

7.2

Waiver

No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar). No waiver will be binding unless executed in writing by the Party to be bound by the waiver. A Party’s failure or delay in exercising any right under this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of that right. A single or partial exercise of any right will not preclude a Party from any other or further exercise of that right or the exercise of any other right.

ARTICLE 8

TERMINATION

 

8.1

Term

This Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

8.2

Termination

This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time:

 

(a)

by mutual written agreement of the Parties;

 

(b)

by either Party:

 

  (i)

if the Effective Time has not occurred on or prior to the Outside Date, except that the right to terminate this Agreement under this clause shall not be available to any Party whose failure to fulfill any of its obligations in this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or prior to the Outside Date;

 

  (ii)

if the Arrangement Resolution is not approved by the ENF Shareholders at the ENF Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) in accordance with the Interim Order; or

 

  (iii)

if any Applicable Law makes the consummation of the Arrangement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited, and such Applicable Law has become final and non-appealable;

 

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(c)

by Enbridge:

 

  (i)

if:

 

  (A)

the ENF Board shall have failed to publicly recommend this Agreement or the Arrangement in the manner contemplated by Section 2.5;

 

  (B)

the ENF Board shall have withdrawn or qualified, amended or modified in a manner adverse to Enbridge, the approval or recommendation of the Arrangement by the ENF Board;

 

  (C)

the ENF Board fails to publicly reaffirm its recommendation of this Agreement and the Arrangement within three Business Days after the public announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or within two Business Days after having been requested to do so by Enbridge;

 

  (D)

ENF or the ENF Board accepts, approves, endorses or recommends an Acquisition Proposal; or

 

  (E)

ENF or the ENF Board enters into any agreement in respect of an Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality and standstill agreement permitted by Subsection 3.4(b)(vi));

 

  (ii)

subject to Section 5.4, if ENF breaches any of its representations or warranties, or fails to perform any covenant or agreement made by it in this Agreement, which breach or breaches would cause any condition set forth in Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 not to be satisfied, and such breach or failure is incapable of being cured or is not cured in accordance with the terms of Section 5.4, except that the right to terminate this Agreement under this clause shall not be available to Enbridge if it is then in breach of this Agreement so as to cause, or result in, any condition in Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 not to be satisfied;

 

  (iii)

if ENF breaches any of its covenants or agreements in any material respect in Section 3.4; or

 

  (iv)

if after the date of this Agreement, there occurs a Material Adverse Effect in respect of ENF; or

 

(d)

by ENF:

 

  (i)

subject to Section 5.4, if Enbridge breaches any of its representations or warranties, or fails to perform any covenant or agreement made by it in this Agreement, which breach or breaches would cause any condition set forth in Section 5.1 or Section 5.3 not to be satisfied, and such breach or failure is incapable of being cured or is not cured in accordance with the terms of Section 5.4, except that the right to terminate this Agreement under this clause shall not be available to ENF if it is then in breach of this Agreement so as to cause, or result in, any condition in Section 5.1 or Section 5.3 not to be satisfied; or

 

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  (ii)

if the ENF Board accepts, approves or recommends, or ENF enters into any agreement with respect to, a Superior Proposal in compliance with the provisions of Subsection 3.4(d), provided that ENF concurrently will have delivered to Enbridge written confirmation that the ENF Board has accepted, approved or recommended, or ENF has entered into such agreement relating to, such Superior Proposal, and that ENF has previously or concurrently will have paid to Enbridge the Enbridge Damages Fee.

In the event of the termination of this Agreement in the circumstances set out in Section 8.1 or paragraphs (a) through (d) of this Section 8.2, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and of no further force and effect and neither Party (nor any shareholder, director, officer, agent, consultant or representative of such Party) shall have any liability or further obligation to the other hereunder except that: (a) in the event of termination under Section 8.1 as a result of the Effective Time occurring, Section 2.12 shall survive for a period of six years following such termination; and (b) in the event of termination under this Section 8.2, this Section 8.2 and Sections 1.5, 1.11, 3.1(i), 3.2(j), 4.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.6 and 10.7 shall survive termination of this Agreement and each Party’s obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof.

Unless otherwise provided herein, the exercise by either Party of any right of termination hereunder shall be without prejudice to any other remedy available to such Party and for greater certainty nothing in this Section 8.2 shall relieve any Party from liability for any breach by it of this Agreement that occurred prior to the date of termination.

ARTICLE 9

NOTICES

 

9.1

Notices

All notices which may or are required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement are to be given or made in writing and served personally or sent by email transmission and in the case of:

 

(a)     Enbridge, addressed to:

Enbridge Inc.

200, 425 – 1 st Street S.W.

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8

Attention:

  Vice President & Corporate Secretary

E-mail:

  corporatesecretary@enbridge.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

and to:

 

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

4000, 421 – 7 th Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta T2P 4K9

 

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Attention:

  John S. Osler, Q.C.

E-mail:

  josler@mccarthy.ca

(b)     ENF, addressed to:

Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc.

200, 425 – 1 st Street S.W.

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8

Attention:

  Corporate Secretary

E-mail:

  emsicorpsec@enbridge.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

400 – 3 rd Avenue S.W.

Suite 3700

Calgary, Alberta

T2P 4H2

Attention:

  Justin Ferrara

Email:

  justin.ferrara@nortonrosefulbright.com

or such other address as the Parties may, from time to time, advise to the other Party hereto by notice in writing. Any notice or other communication is deemed to be given and received: (i) if sent by personal delivery or same day courier, on the date of delivery if it is a Business Day and the delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time in place of receipt) and otherwise on the next Business Day; (ii) if sent by overnight courier, on the next Business Day; or (iii) if sent by email transmission, shall be deemed to have been received on the Business Day following the sending. Sending a copy of a notice or other communication to a Party’s legal counsel as contemplated above is for information purposes only and does not constitute delivery of the notice or other communication to that Party. The failure to send a copy of a notice or other communication to legal counsel does not invalidate delivery of that notice or other communication to a Party.

ARTICLE 10

GENERAL

 

10.1

Assignment and Enurement

This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by Enbridge without the prior written consent of ENF, except that Enbridge may assign all or a portion of its rights under this Agreement to any subsidiary of Enbridge, but no assignment shall relieve Enbridge of any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement may not be assigned by ENF without the prior written consent of Enbridge.

 

10.2

Costs

Except as contemplated herein, each Party covenants and agrees to bear its own fees, costs and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the

 

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Arrangement. For greater certainty, Enbridge and ENF shall pay one-half of the applicable filing fee for the request for the ARC under section 102 of the Competition Act contemplated by Subsection 3.3(c).

 

10.3

Severability

If any term or provision of this Agreement should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, the remaining terms and provisions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.

 

10.4

Further Assurances

Each Party hereto shall, from time to time and at all times hereafter, at the request of the other Party hereto, but without further consideration, do all such further acts and things, and execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments and provide all such further assurances as may be reasonably required in order to fully perform and carry out the terms and intent hereof.

 

10.5

Time of Essence

Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

 

10.6

Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein and the Parties hereto irrevocably attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta.

 

10.7

Third Party Beneficiaries

The provisions of Sections 2.12, 3.1(i) and 3.2(j) are: (i) intended for the benefit of the third Persons mentioned therein, as and to the extent applicable in accordance with their terms, and shall be enforceable by each of such Persons and his heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives (collectively, the “ Third Party Beneficiaries ”) and Enbridge shall hold the rights and benefits of Sections 2.12 and 3.1(i) and ENF shall hold the rights and benefits of Subsection 3.2(j) in trust for and on behalf of the Third Party Beneficiaries, as applicable, and each of Enbridge and ENF hereby accepts such trust and agrees to hold the benefit of and enforce performance of such covenants on behalf of the applicable Third Party Beneficiaries; and (ii) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights that the Third Party Beneficiaries may have by contract or otherwise.

 

10.8

Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. The Parties shall be entitled to rely upon the delivery of an executed facsimile or similar executed electronic copy of this Agreement, and such facsimile or similar executed electronic document shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding agreement between the Parties.

 

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10.9

Survival

The representations and warranties contained herein shall terminate on, and may not be relied upon, by either Party after the Effective Time.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

ENBRIDGE INC.
Per:  

/s/ Al Monaco

  Name:   Al Monaco
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Per:  

/s/ Tyler W. Robinson

  Name:   Tyler W. Robinson
  Title:   Vice President and Corporate Secretary
ENBRIDGE INCOME FUND HOLDINGS INC.
Per:  

/s/ Brian Frank

  Name:   Brian Frank
  Title:   Chair, Special Committee and Director
Per:  

/s/ Laura A. Cillis

  Name:   Laura A. Cillis
  Title:   Director

 

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SCHEDULE A

PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT UNDER SECTION 193

OF THE

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT (ALBERTA)

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

Definitions

In this Plan of Arrangement, the following terms have the following meanings:

ABCA ” means the Business Corporations Act (Alberta);

Applicable Laws ” in the context that refers to one or more Persons, means any domestic or foreign, national, federal, state, provincial, municipal, regional or local law (statutory, common, or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated, or applied by a Governmental Authority, that is binding upon or applicable to such Person or Persons or its business or their business, undertaking, property or securities and, to the extent that they have the force of law, policies, guidelines, notices and protocols of any Governmental Authority;

Arrangement ” means the arrangement pursuant to section 193 of the ABCA, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan of Arrangement, subject to any amendments or variations thereto made in accordance with the provisions of the Arrangement Agreement or Article 6 or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order (provided that such amendments or variations are acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably);

Arrangement Agreement ” means the arrangement agreement dated September 17, 2018 between Enbridge and ENF with respect to the Arrangement (including the schedules thereto) as supplemented, modified or amended from time to time in accordance with its terms;

Arrangement Resolution ” means the special resolution approving this Plan of Arrangement to be considered by the ENF Shareholders at the ENF Meeting;

Articles of Arrangement ” means the articles of arrangement of ENF in respect of the Arrangement required by section 193(10) of the ABCA to be sent to the Registrar after the Final Order is made, which shall include this Plan of Arrangement and otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to each of the Parties, acting reasonably;

Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a statutory holiday in the Province of Alberta;

Cash Consideration ” means a cash payment equal to the greater of (i) $0.45 plus the Enbridge Dividend Adjustment and less the ENF Dividend Adjustment; and (ii) $0.45;

Cash Consideration ENF Share ” means a fraction of an ENF Share held by an ENF Shareholder equal to the quotient obtained when (x) the Cash Consideration is divided by (y) the aggregate of the Cash Consideration and $32.85;

 

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Certificate ” means the Certificate of Arrangement or other confirmation of filing to be issued by the Registrar pursuant to subsection 193(11) of the ABCA in respect of the Articles of Arrangement;

Court ” means the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta;

Depositary ” means such Person as may be appointed by Enbridge with the approval of ENF, acting reasonably, for the purpose of receiving deposits of certificates formerly representing ENF Shares in connection with the Arrangement;

Dissent Rights ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of this Plan of Arrangement;

Dissenting Shareholder ” means a registered ENF Shareholder who has duly and validly exercised its Dissent Rights in accordance with Section 3.1 of this Plan of Arrangement, and who has not withdrawn or been deemed to have withdrawn such exercise of Dissent Rights;

Effective Date ” means the date shown on the Certificate of Arrangement giving effect to the Arrangement;

Effective Time ” means the time at which the Arrangement becomes effective on the Effective Date pursuant to the ABCA;

Election Deadline ” means 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on the date of the ENF Meeting or, if the ENF Meeting is adjourned, such time on the Business Day of such adjourned meeting if the Effective Date is to be more than two Business Days following the date of the ENF Meeting or such time on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such adjourned meeting if the Effective Date is to occur within two Business Days of the date of the ENF Meeting;

Eligible Holder ” means a beneficial holder of ENF Shares that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, is: (i) a resident of Canada for purposes of the Tax Act and not exempt from tax under Part I of the Tax Act; or (ii) a partnership, any member of which is a resident of Canada for purposes of the Tax Act and not exempt from tax under Part I of the Tax Act;

Enbridge ” means Enbridge Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of Canada;

Enbridge Dividend Adjustment ” means an amount calculated by multiplying: (i) the sum of the amount of the dividends per Enbridge Share declared by Enbridge in respect of which the record date for such dividend has occurred during the period commencing on the date of the Agreement and ending on the date immediately prior to the Effective Date; by (ii) the Exchange Ratio;

Enbridge Shares ” means common shares in the capital of Enbridge;

ENF ” means Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta;

ENF Dividend Adjustment ” means the sum of the amount of the dividends per ENF Share declared by ENF in respect of which the record date for such dividend has occurred during the period commencing on November 30, 2018 and ending on the Effective Date;

 

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ENF Electing Shareholder ” means an ENF Shareholder who is an Eligible Holder and who elects, in a Filed Letter of Transmittal, to transfer all (but not less than all) of the ENF Shares held by such ENF Shareholder to Enbridge in consideration for the Cash Consideration and Enbridge Shares in accordance with Subsection 2.2(c);

ENF Meeting ” means the special meeting of ENF Shareholders to consider, among other things, the Arrangement Resolution and related matters, and any adjournments or postponements thereof;

ENF Shareholder Rights Plan ” means ENF’s shareholder rights plan dated as of December 17, 2010, as amended and restated effective May 5, 2014 and May 11, 2017;

ENF Shareholders ” means the holders from time to time of ENF Shares;

ENF Shares ” means common shares in the capital of ENF;

ENF SRPs ” means the rights issued pursuant to the ENF Shareholder Rights Plan;

Exchange Ratio ” means 0.7350 of an Enbridge Share for each ENF Share;

Filed Letter of Transmittal ” means a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form deposited with the Depositary on or before the Election Deadline;

Final Order ” means a final order of the Court in respect of the Arrangement pursuant to paragraph 193(9)(a) of the ABCA, as such order may be amended by the Court at any time prior to the Effective Date, provided that such amendment is acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably, or, if appealed, then unless such appeal is withdrawn or denied, as affirmed or amended on appeal, provided that such amendment is acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably;

 

Governmental

Authority ” means:

 

  (a)

any international, multinational, national, federal, provincial, state, regional, municipal, local or other government, governmental or public department, ministry, central bank, court, tribunal, arbitral body, commission, commissioner, board, bureau or agency, domestic or foreign;

 

  (b)

any subdivision, agency, agent or authority of any of the foregoing; or

 

  (c)

any quasi-governmental or private body, including any tribunal, commission, regulatory agency, stock exchange or self-regulatory organization, exercising any regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under or for the account of any of the foregoing including, for greater certainty, the Securities Authorities, the TSX and the NYSE;

Interim Order ” means an interim order of the Court pursuant to subsection 193(4) of the ABCA in respect of the Arrangement, as such order may be affirmed, amended or modified (provided that such amendments or modifications are acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably) by the Court;

 

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Letter of Transmittal and Election Form ” means the letter of transmittal and election form sent to ENF Shareholders in connection with the Arrangement;

NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange;

Parties ” means Enbridge and ENF; and “ Party ” means either one of them;

Person ” includes an individual, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, joint venture, association, body corporate, unincorporated organization, trustee, executor, administrator, legal representative, government (including any Governmental Authority) or any other entity, whether or not having legal status;

Plan of Arrangement ” means this plan of arrangement and any amendments or variations made in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement or Article 6 hereof or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order provided that such amendments or variations are acceptable to both ENF and Enbridge, each acting reasonably;

Registrar ” means the Registrar of Corporations for the Province of Alberta duly appointed under section 263 of the ABCA;

Securities Authorities ” means, collectively, the securities commissions or similar securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada;

Share Consideration ENF Share ” means the fraction of an ENF Share equal to 1 minus the Cash Consideration ENF Share;

Tax Act ” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and all regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time; and

TSX ” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

1.2

Sections and Headings

The division of this Plan of Arrangement into articles, sections and subsections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Plan of Arrangement. Unless reference is specifically made to some other document or instrument, all references herein to articles, sections and subsections are to articles, sections and subsections of this Plan of Arrangement.

 

1.3

Number, Gender and Persons

Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; words importing any gender shall include all genders; and words importing Persons shall include individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, funds, unincorporated organizations, governments, regulatory authorities, and other entities.

 

1.4

Statutory References

References in this Plan of Arrangement to any statute or sections thereof shall include such statute as amended or substituted and any regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

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1.5

Date for Any Action

In the event that the date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder by either of the Parties is not a Business Day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

ARTICLE 2

THE ARRANGEMENT

 

2.1

Arrangement Agreement and Effect of Arrangement

This Plan of Arrangement is made pursuant and subject to the provisions of the Arrangement Agreement. This Plan of Arrangement and the Arrangement, upon the filing of the Articles of Arrangement and the issuance of the Certificate of Arrangement, will become effective and be binding on ENF, Enbridge and all registered and beneficial ENF Shareholders (including Dissenting Shareholders), all without any further act or formality required on the part of any Person.

 

2.2

Arrangement

Commencing at the Effective Time, each of the events and transactions set out below shall occur and shall be deemed to occur in the following order without any further act or formality:

 

  (a)

notwithstanding the terms of the ENF Shareholder Rights Plan and any agreements related thereto, the ENF Shareholder Rights Plan shall terminate and cease to have any further force or effect and the ENF SRPs shall be cancelled without any payment in respect thereof and ENF shall have no liabilities or obligations under the ENF Shareholder Rights Plan, the ENF SRPs or any agreement related thereto;

 

  (b)

the ENF Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders shall be deemed to be, without any further act or formality by the holders thereof, transferred to Enbridge (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) in consideration for a debt claim against Enbridge for the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof; and

 

  (i)

such Dissenting Shareholders shall cease to be the holders of such ENF Shares and to have any rights as holders of such ENF Shares other than the right to be paid fair value for such ENF Shares as set out in Section 3.1;

 

  (ii)

such Dissenting Shareholders’ names shall be removed as the holders of such ENF Shares from the registers of ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF; and

 

  (iii)

Enbridge shall be deemed to be the transferee of such ENF Shares (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) and shall be entered into the registers of ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF;

 

  (c)

all of the ENF Shares held by each ENF Electing Shareholder who so elects in a Filed Letter of Transmittal with respect to such ENF Shares shall be and shall be

 

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  deemed to be, without any further action by or on behalf of the ENF Electing Shareholder, transferred by the ENF Electing Shareholder to Enbridge (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) and each ENF Electing Shareholder whose ENF Shares are so transferred shall be entitled to receive, subject to Section 2.3, from Enbridge, for each ENF Share so transferred, 0.7350 of an Enbridge Share and a cash payment equal to the Cash Consideration; and

 

  (i)

each ENF Electing Shareholder shall cease to be the holder of, and to have any rights as holders of, such ENF Shares other than the right to receive, for each ENF Share, 0.7350 of an Enbridge Share and to be paid the Cash Consideration in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;

 

  (ii)

the name of such ENF Electing Shareholder shall be removed from the register of ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF;

 

  (iii)

Enbridge shall be deemed to be the transferee of such ENF Shares (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) and shall be entered into the register of the ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF; and

 

  (iv)

Enbridge shall allot and issue to such ENF Electing Shareholder 0.7350 of a fully paid and non-assessable Enbridge Share in respect of each ENF Share so transferred by such ENF Electing Shareholder on the basis set forth in this Subsection 2.2(c) and the name of such ENF Electing Shareholder shall be added to the register of the holders of Enbridge Shares on the Effective Date;

 

  (d)

a fraction of each ENF Share held by an ENF Shareholder (other than Enbridge and other than Dissenting Shareholders and ENF Electing Shareholders) that is equal to the Cash Consideration ENF Share shall be and shall be deemed to be, without any further action by or on behalf of the ENF Shareholder, transferred to Enbridge (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) and each ENF Shareholder whose Cash Consideration ENF Shares are so transferred shall be entitled to receive from Enbridge, for each Cash Consideration ENF Share so transferred, a cash payment equal to the Cash Consideration; and

 

  (i)

the holders of such Cash Consideration ENF Shares shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of the Cash Consideration ENF Shares other than the right to be paid the Cash Consideration for each Cash Consideration ENF Share in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;

 

  (ii)

such holders’ names shall, in respect of such Cash Consideration ENF Shares, be removed from the register of ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF;

 

  (iii)

Enbridge shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Cash Consideration ENF Shares (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) and shall, in respect of such Cash Consideration ENF Shares, be entered into the register of the ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF; and

 

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  (e)

a fraction of each ENF Share held by an ENF Shareholder (other than Enbridge and other than Dissenting Shareholders and ENF Electing Shareholders) that is equal to the Share Consideration ENF Share shall be and shall be deemed to be, without any further action by or on behalf of the ENF Shareholder, transferred to Enbridge (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) and each ENF Shareholder whose Share Consideration ENF Shares are so transferred shall be entitled to receive, receive, subject to Section 2.3, from Enbridge, for each Share Consideration ENF Share so transferred, 0.7350 of an Enbridge Share; and

 

  (i)

the holders of such Share Consideration ENF Shares shall cease to be the holders thereof and to have any rights as holders of such Share Consideration ENF Shares other than the right to receive 0.7350 of an Enbridge Share for each Share Consideration ENF Share in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement;

 

  (ii)

such holders’ names shall, in respect of the Share Consideration ENF Shares, be removed from the register of ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF;

 

  (iii)

Enbridge shall be deemed to be the transferee of such Cash Consideration ENF Shares (free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances) and shall, in respect of such Share Consideration ENF Shares, be entered into the register of the ENF Shares maintained by or on behalf of ENF; and

 

  (iv)

Enbridge shall allot and issue to such holder 0.7350 of a fully paid and non-assessable Enbridge Share in respect of each Share Consideration ENF Share so transferred by such holder on the basis set forth in this Subsection 2.2(e) and the name of such holder shall be added to the register of the holders of Enbridge Shares on the Effective Date.

 

2.3

Fractional Shares

Notwithstanding anything contained herein, no fractional Enbridge Shares will be issued under this Plan of Arrangement. Where the aggregate number of Enbridge Shares issuable to a former registered ENF Shareholder pursuant to Subsection 2.2(c) or Subsection 2.2(e) would result in a fraction of an Enbridge Share being issuable, such former ENF Shareholder shall receive, in lieu of such fractional share, the nearest whole number of Enbridge Shares, as applicable. For greater certainty where such fractional interest is greater than or equal to 0.5, the number of Enbridge Shares to be issued will be rounded up to the nearest whole number and where such fractional interest is less than 0.5, the number of Enbridge Shares to be issued will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. In calculating such fractional interests, all former ENF Shares registered in the name of such former ENF Shareholder shall be aggregated without regard to any underlying beneficial ownership of such former ENF Shares.

 

2.4

U.S. Securities Act Exemption

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, Enbridge and ENF agree that this Plan of Arrangement will be carried out with the intention that all the Persons to whom the Enbridge Shares are issued on completion of this Plan of Arrangement will be issued by Enbridge in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933 , as provided by section 3(a)(10) thereof and pursuant to exemptions from registration under any Applicable U.S. Securities Laws.

 

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2.5

Income Tax Election

An ENF Electing Shareholder shall be entitled to make an income tax election pursuant to subsection 85(1) of the Tax Act, or subsection 85(2) of the Tax Act if such beneficial owner is a partnership, (and in each case, where applicable, the analogous provisions of provincial income tax law) with respect to the transfer of its ENF Shares to Enbridge and receipt of the Enbridge Shares and Cash Consideration by providing two signed copies of the necessary prescribed election form(s) to the Depositary within 90 days following the Effective Date, duly completed with the details of the number of ENF Shares transferred and the applicable agreed amounts for the purposes of such elections. Thereafter, subject to the election forms being correct and complete and complying with the provisions of the Tax Act (and applicable provincial income tax law), the forms will be signed by Enbridge and returned to such ENF Electing Shareholder within 60 days after the receipt thereof by the Depositary for filing with the Canada Revenue Agency (or the applicable provincial taxing authority) by such ENF Electing Shareholder. Enbridge will not be responsible for the proper completion of any election form and, except for Enbridge’s obligation to return (within 60 days after the receipt thereof by the Depositary) duly completed election forms which are received by the Depositary within 90 days of the Effective Date, Enbridge will not be responsible for any taxes, interest or penalties resulting from the failure by an ENF Electing Shareholder to properly complete or file the election forms in the form and manner and within the time prescribed by the Tax Act (or any applicable provincial legislation). In its sole discretion, Enbridge may choose to sign and return an election form received by the Depositary more than 90 days following the Effective Date, but Enbridge will have no obligation to do so.

ARTICLE 3

DISSENT RIGHTS

3.1     Each registered ENF Shareholder may exercise rights of dissent with respect to the ENF Shares held by such registered ENF Shareholder in connection with the Arrangement pursuant to and in the manner set forth in section 191 of the ABCA, as modified by the Interim Order and this Article 3 (“ Dissent Rights ”). Dissenting Shareholders who duly exercise their Dissent Rights shall be deemed to have transferred the ENF Shares held by them and in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised to Enbridge free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, as provided in Subsection 2.2(b) and if they:

 

  (a)

are ultimately entitled to be paid fair value for their ENF Shares shall: (i) be deemed not to have participated in the transactions in Section 2.2 hereof, other than the transaction in Subsection 2.2(b); (ii) be entitled to be paid an amount equal to such fair value by Enbridge; and (iii) not be entitled to any other payment or consideration, including any payment that would be payable under the Arrangement had such Dissenting Shareholders not exercised their Dissent Rights in respect of such ENF Shares; or

 

  (b)

are ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for their ENF Shares shall: (i) be deemed to have participated in the Arrangement, as of the Effective Time, on the same basis as a non-dissenting holder of ENF Shares who is not an ENF Electing Shareholder; and (ii) be entitled to receive only the consideration contemplated in Subsection 2.2(d) and Subsection 2.2(e) that such ENF Shareholders would have received pursuant to the Arrangement if such ENF Shareholders had not exercised Dissent Rights and were not ENF Electing Shareholders,

 

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and, notwithstanding the provisions of section 191 of the ABCA, in no event shall Enbridge, ENF or any other Person be required to recognize: (i) any Person who exercises Dissent Rights unless such Person is the registered holder of those ENF Shares in respect of which such rights are sought to be exercised; or (ii) Dissenting Shareholders as holders of ENF Shares in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised after the completion of the transfer under Subsection 2.2(b), and the names of such Dissenting Shareholders shall be removed from the registers of holders of the ENF Shares in respect of which Dissent Rights have been validly exercised at the same time as the event described in Subsection 2.2(b) occurs.

3.2     The fair value of the ENF Shares for the purposes of Subsection 3.1(a) shall be determined as of the close of business on the last Business Day before the day on which the Arrangement Resolution is approved by the ENF Shareholders.

3.3     For greater certainty, in addition to any other restrictions in section 191 of the ABCA, any Person who has voted (including by way of instructing a proxy holder to vote) their ENF Shares in favour of the Arrangement Resolution shall not be entitled to exercise Dissent Rights (but only in respect of such ENF Shares). In addition, a Dissenting Shareholder may only exercise Dissent Rights in respect of all, and not less than all, of its ENF Shares or on behalf of any one beneficial owner and registered in the name of the Dissenting Shareholder.

3.4     Notwithstanding subsection 191(5) of the ABCA, the written objection to the Arrangement Resolution referred to in subsection 191(5) of the ABCA must be received in accordance with the Interim Order by ENF no later than 4:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the day of the ENF Meeting.

ARTICLE 4

OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATES AND PAYMENT

 

4.1

Deposit of Cash Consideration and Enbridge Shares

At least two Business Days prior to the Effective Time, Enbridge shall issue and deliver to the Depositary: (i) an irrevocable treasury order authorizing the Depositary, as the registrar and transfer agent for the Enbridge Shares, to issue certificates representing the aggregate number of Enbridge Shares to which the ENF Shareholders are entitled in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement; and (ii) by way of wire transfer, certified cheque or bank draft, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Cash Consideration that the ENF Shareholders are entitled to receive in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement.

 

4.2

Delivery of Enbridge Shares and Cash Consideration by Depositary

Promptly following the Effective Time, upon receipt of the treasury order and the Cash Consideration delivered by Enbridge pursuant to Section 4.1, the Depositary shall cause certificates representing Enbridge Shares and a cheque representing the Cash Consideration which such ENF Shareholder has the right to receive under the Arrangement for such ENF Shares, less any amounts withheld pursuant to Article 5, to be forwarded to those Persons who have deposited with the Depositary the certificates for ENF Shares, a duly completed and signed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form and such documents and instruments as the

 

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Depositary may reasonably require. Such certificates shall, if elected by the ENF Shareholder in the relevant Letter of Transmittal and Election Form, be held for pick-up at the noted offices of the Depositary and, in the absence of such election, shall be forwarded by first class mail, postage pre-paid, to the Person and at the address specified in the relevant Letter of Transmittal and Election Form or, if no address has been specified therein, at the address specified for the particular ENF Shareholder in the register of ENF Shareholders. Certificates mailed pursuant hereto will be deemed to have been delivered at the time of delivery thereof to the post office. The cash deposited with the Depositary shall be held in an interest-bearing account, and any interest earned on such funds shall be for the account of Enbridge or ENF, as applicable.

 

4.3

Rights of Holders

Until the ENF Shareholder deposits the certificates for ENF Shares, the duly completed and signed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form and the documents and instruments reasonably required by the Depositary in accordance with Section 4.2, each certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented ENF Shares shall be deemed after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive, upon such deposit, the Enbridge Shares and Cash Consideration to which the former holders of such ENF Shares are entitled under the Arrangement and this Plan of Arrangement or, as to those certificates held by Dissenting Shareholders, other than those Dissenting Shareholders deemed to have participated in the Arrangement pursuant to Subsection 3.1(b), the right to receive the fair value of the ENF Shares represented by such certificates.

 

4.4

Registration of Enbridge Shares

The Depositary shall register Enbridge Shares in the name of each ENF Shareholder entitled thereto or as otherwise instructed in the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form deposited by such ENF Shareholder as of the Effective Date and shall deliver such Enbridge Shares in accordance with Section 4.2.

 

4.5

Lost Certificates

In the event any certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented one or more outstanding ENF Shares that were exchanged pursuant to Section 2.2 shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such certificate to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Depositary will issue and deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the consideration deliverable in accordance with Section 2.2. The Person who is entitled to receive such consideration shall, as a condition precedent to the receipt thereof, give a bond to Enbridge, ENF and their respective transfer agents in form and substance satisfactory to Enbridge, ENF and their respective transfer agents, or otherwise indemnify Enbridge, ENF and their respective transfer agents, to the reasonable satisfaction of such parties, against any claim that may be made against any of them with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

4.6

Distributions with Respect to Unsurrendered Certificates

No dividend or other distribution declared or made after the Effective Time with respect to Enbridge Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the holder of any unsurrendered certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented outstanding ENF Shares unless and until the holder of such certificate shall have complied with the provisions of Section 4.3 or Section 4.5. Subject to Applicable Law, at the time of such

 

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compliance, there shall, in addition to the delivery of a certificate representing the Enbridge Shares to which such holder is thereby entitled, be delivered to such holder, without interest, the amount of the dividend or other distribution with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such Enbridge Shares.

 

4.7

Termination of Rights

Subject to Applicable Laws relating to unclaimed property, any certificate formerly representing ENF Shares that is not deposited with all other documents as required by this Plan of Arrangement, or any payment made by way of cheque to the Depositary pursuant to this Plan of Arrangement that has been returned to the Depositary or that otherwise remains unclaimed on or before the day prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date shall cease to represent a right or interest of or a claim by any former ENF Shareholder of any kind or nature against Enbridge. On such date, the Enbridge Shares and Cash Consideration to which the former holder of the certificate referred to in the preceding sentence was ultimately entitled, or the claim to payment hereunder that remains outstanding, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been surrendered and forfeited to Enbridge, together with all entitlements to dividends or distributions thereon held for such former registered holder, for no consideration, and such shares and rights shall thereupon terminate and be cancelled and the name of the former registered holder shall be removed from the register of holders of such shares.

ARTICLE 5

WITHHOLDINGS

Enbridge, ENF and the Depositary shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration otherwise payable to any former ENF Shareholder under this Plan of Arrangement, including from any amount payable to any Dissenting Shareholder or any dividend or other distribution payable pursuant to Section 4.6, as the case may be, such amounts as Enbridge, ENF or the Depositary is required to deduct and withhold from such consideration in accordance with the Tax Act, the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any other provision of any Applicable Laws. Any such amounts will be deducted and withheld from the consideration payable pursuant to this Plan of Arrangement and shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid to the former ENF Shareholder in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. To the extent that the amount so required to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a former ENF Shareholder exceeds the cash component, if any, of the consideration otherwise payable to the holder, Enbridge and the Depositary are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the Enbridge Shares otherwise issuable to the holder as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Enbridge or the Depositary, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and Enbridge or the Depositary shall notify the holder thereof and remit the applicable portion of the net proceeds of such sale to the appropriate taxing authority and shall remit to such holder any unapplied balance of the proceeds of such sale.

ARTICLE 6

AMENDMENTS

6.1     Enbridge and ENF may amend, modify and/or supplement this Plan of Arrangement at any time and from time to time prior to the Effective Time, provided that each such amendment, modification and/or supplement must be: (i) set out in writing; (ii) approved by both Parties; (iii) filed with the Court and, if made following the ENF Meeting, approved by the Court; and (iv) communicated to the ENF Shareholders if and as required by the Court.

 

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6.2     Any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan of Arrangement may be proposed by Enbridge or ENF at any time prior to or at the ENF Meeting (provided that the other Party shall have consented thereto) with or without any other prior notice or communication, and if so proposed and accepted by Persons voting at the ENF Meeting (other than as may be required under the Interim Order), shall become part of this Plan of Arrangement for all purposes.

6.3     Any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan of Arrangement that is approved or directed by the Court following the ENF Meeting shall be effective only: (i) if it is consented to in writing by each of Enbridge and ENF (each acting reasonably); and (ii) if required by the Court, it is consented to by the ENF Shareholders, voting in the manner directed by the Court.

6.4     Any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan of Arrangement may be made following the Effective Date unilaterally by Enbridge provided that it concerns a matter which, in the reasonable opinion of Enbridge, is of an administrative nature required to better give effect to the implementation of this Plan of Arrangement.

 

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SCHEDULE B

ARRANGEMENT RESOLUTION

BE IT RESOLVED AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE HOLDERS OF COMMON SHARES OF ENBRIDGE INCOME FUND HOLDINGS INC. (“ENF”) THAT:

 

1.

the arrangement (the “ Arrangement ”) under section 193 of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (the “ ABCA ”) of ENF, pursuant to the arrangement agreement (the “ Arrangement Agreement ”) between ENF and Enbridge Inc. (“ Enbridge ”) dated September 17, 2018, all as more particularly described and set forth in the management proxy circular of ENF dated October ●, 2018 (the “ Information Circular ”) accompanying the notice of meeting (as the Arrangement may be modified or amended in accordance with its terms) is hereby authorized, approved and adopted;

 

2.

the plan of arrangement of ENF (as it has been or may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement and its terms (the “ Plan of Arrangement ”)), the full text of which is attached as Appendix ● to the Information Circular, is hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed;

 

3.

ENF be and is hereby authorized to apply for a final order from the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (the “ Court ”) to approve the Arrangement on the terms set forth in the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement (as they may be amended, modified or supplemented and described in the Information Circular);

 

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notwithstanding that this resolution has been duly passed and/or has received the approval of the Court, the board of directors of ENF may, at their discretion and without further notice to or approval of the shareholders of ENF: (i) amend or terminate the Arrangement Agreement or the Plan of Arrangement to the extent permitted by the Arrangement Agreement and approved by the Court; or (ii) subject to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, determine not to proceed with the Arrangement and revoke this resolution at any time prior to the filing of articles of arrangement giving effect to the Arrangement;

 

5.

any director or officer of ENF is hereby authorized, for and on behalf of ENF, to execute and file with the Registrar under the ABCA the articles of arrangement and such other documents as are necessary to give effect to the Arrangement in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement, and to execute, with or without the corporate seal, and, if appropriate, deliver all other documents and instruments and to do all other things as in the opinion of such director or officer may be necessary or desirable to implement this resolution and the matters authorized hereby, such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of such articles of arrangement and any such document or instrument, and the taking of any such action; and

 

6.

all actions heretofore taken by or on behalf of ENF in connection with any matter referred to in any of the foregoing resolutions which were in furtherance of the Arrangement are hereby approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

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