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Form 8-K Oiltanking Partners, For: Feb 13

February 13, 2015 3:08 PM EST

 

 

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): February 13, 2015

 

 

OILTANKING PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-35230   45-0684578

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation )

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1100 Louisiana St., 10th Floor, Houston, Texas   77002
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 381-6500

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement

Following the closing of the Merger described in Item 2.01 below, Oiltanking Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Oiltanking”), and OTLP GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Oiltanking (“Oiltanking GP”) each entered into an Eighth Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement (the “Eighth ASA”), dated as of February 13, 2015, by and among Enterprise Products Company, a Texas corporation (“EPCO”), EPCO Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Enterprise GP”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Enterprise”), Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“OLPGP”), Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“EPO”), Oiltanking GP and Oiltanking, which amends and restates the Seventh Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement. The Eighth ASA governs administrative, management and operating services provided by EPCO to the MLP Group (as defined therein), and provides for reimbursement to EPCO from the MLP Group of all of EPCO’s costs and expenses that are directly or indirectly related to the business or activities of the MLP Group. The Eighth ASA terminates the rights of and releases Oiltanking and Oiltanking GP from their obligations under the agreement and terminates the rights of and releases the other parties to such agreement from their obligations to Oiltanking and Oiltanking GP under the agreement.

The description of the Eighth ASA in this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Eighth ASA, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Enterprise’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 13, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On February 13, 2015, Enterprise and Oiltanking jointly announced the completion of Enterprise’s acquisition of Oiltanking. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Enterprise, Enterprise GP, EPOT MergerCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise (“MergerCo”), Oiltanking and Oiltanking GP, Oiltanking agreed to merge with MergerCo with Oiltanking surviving the merger (the “Merger”). Enterprise completed the Merger following approval of the Merger Agreement and the Merger by a majority of the Oiltanking common unitholders entitled to vote on February 13, 2015.

At the effective time of the Merger, Oiltanking merged with MergerCo with Oiltanking surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise. As a result of the Merger and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, all outstanding common units representing limited partner interests in Oiltanking (“OILT Common Units”), other than OILT Common Units held by Enterprise and its subsidiaries, were cancelled and converted into the right to receive 1.30 common units representing limited partnership interests in Enterprise (“EPD Common Units”). No fractional EPD Common Units will be issued in connection with the Merger, and Oiltanking common unitholders will, instead, receive cash in lieu of fractional EPD Common Units, if any.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Oiltanking’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 12, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

Following the completion of the Merger, Oiltanking (i) notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on February 13, 2015 that the Merger was effected and that all OILT Common Units, other than OILT Common Units held by Enterprise and its subsidiaries, were cancelled and converted into the right to receive 1.30 EPD Common Units, and (ii) requested that the NYSE file a notification of removal from listing on Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the OILT Common Units. The trading of OILT Common Units on the NYSE will be suspended from trading before the opening of the market on February 17, 2015, the first business day following the completion of the Merger.

 

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Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information included under Item 2.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03 in its entirety.

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

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oiltanking

Immediately following the closing of the Merger described in Item 2.01, on February 13, 2015, Oiltanking GP, EPO and OLPGP entered into the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oiltanking (the “Second Amended LP Agreement”) reflecting the fact that Oiltanking no longer has any public unitholders, a contribution of Enterprise’s limited partner interests in Oiltanking to subsidiaries of Enterprise, and a cancellation of incentive distribution rights of Oiltanking in exchange for new limited partner interests of Oiltanking.

The description of the Second Amended LP Agreement in this Item 5.03 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amended LP Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oiltanking GP

Immediately following the closing of the Merger described in Item 2.01, on February 13, 2015, EPO entered into the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oiltanking GP (the “Third Amended LLC Agreement”). The Third Amended LLC agreement reflects the fact that Oiltanking no longer has any public unitholders.

The description of the Third Amended LLC Agreement in this Item 5.03 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Third Amended LLC Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Special Meeting of Unitholders (the “Special Meeting”) of Oiltanking held on February 13, 2015, Oiltanking unitholders approved the Merger Agreement and the Merger. The vote tabulation is set forth below:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

76,630,028

  

93,166

  

7,163

  

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No other business was submitted to Oiltanking unitholders for approval at the Special Meeting.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 13, 2015, Oiltanking and Enterprise issued a joint press release announcing the approval by the Oiltanking unitholders of the Merger Agreement and the Merger and the subsequent completion of the Merger.

A copy of the joint press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Enterprise’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 13, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, unless Oiltanking specifically states that the information is considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

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Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2014, by and among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, EPOT MergerCo LLC, Oiltanking Partners, L.P. and OTLP GP, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K filed November 12, 2014).
  3.1#    Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oiltanking Partners, L.P., dated effective as of February 13, 2015.
  3.2#    Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OTLP GP, LLC, dated effective as of February 13, 2015.
10.1    Eighth Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2015, by and among Enterprise Products Company, EPCO Holdings, Inc., Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., Enterprise Products Operating LLC, OTLP GP, LLC and Oiltanking Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (File No. 001-14323) on February 13, 2015).
99.1    Joint Press Release dated February 13, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (File No. 001-14323) on February 13, 2015).

 

# Filed herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    OILTANKING PARTNERS, L.P.
    By:   OTLP GP, LLC,
      its General Partner
Date: February 13, 2015     By:  

/s/ Michael J. Knesek

      Michael J. Knesek
      Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2014, by and among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, EPOT MergerCo LLC, Oiltanking Partners, L.P. and OTLP GP, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K filed November 12, 2014).
  3.1#    Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oiltanking Partners, L.P., dated effective as of February 13, 2015.
  3.2#    Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OTLP GP, LLC, dated effective as of February 13, 2015.
10.1    Eighth Amended and Restated Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2015, by and among Enterprise Products Company, EPCO Holdings, Inc., Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., Enterprise Products Operating LLC, OTLP GP, LLC and Oiltanking Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (File No. 001-14323) on February 13, 2015).
99.1    Joint Press Release dated February 13, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K filed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (File No. 001-14323) on February 13, 2015).

 

# Filed herewith

Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF

OILTANKING PARTNERS, L.P.

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (this “Agreement”) of Oiltanking Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), dated as of February 13, 2015 and effective immediately following the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement (as defined herein)) (the “Restatement Time”) is entered into and executed by OTLP GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OTLP GP”), as “General Partner,” and Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“EPO”), and Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“OLPGP”) as the “Limited Partners” and each a “Limited Partner.”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Enterprise”), Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, EPOT MergerCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise (“MergerCo”), the Partnership and the General Partner entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”), effecting, at the Effective Time, the merger of MergerCo with and into the Partnership, with the Partnership surviving the merger (the “Merger”) and the cancellation and conversion of each common unit representing limited partner interests in the Partnership into the right to receive 1.30 common units representing limited partner interests in Enterprise and the issuance of an equal number of common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership to Enterprise;

WHEREAS, Enterprise, OTLP GP, OLPGP and EPO entered into a Contribution Agreement, dated the date hereof (the “Contribution Agreement”), reflecting, among other things, effective at the Restatement Time, (i) the cancellation of the incentive distribution rights outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and the issuance of a 13.650% limited partner interest to OTLP GP, and the immediate distribution of such interests by OTLP GP to EPO (and included as portion of the limited partner interests reflected herein as owned by EPO), and (ii) the contribution in accordance with the Contribution Agreement by Enterprise of the limited partner interest in the Partnership acquired by Enterprise in the Merger, with the result that EPO and OLPGP become the sole limited partners of the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement, effective at the Restatement Time, amends and restates the Existing Partnership Agreement (as defined herein) in its entirety, to reflect, among other things, the cancellation of the incentive distribution rights and admission of the Limited Partners as the sole limited partners of the Partnership;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, the General Partner and the Limited Partners agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, apply to the terms used in this Agreement.

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

Agreement” has the meaning set forth for such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

Allocation Regulations” means Treas. Reg. §§ 1.704-1(b), 1.704-2 and 1.703-3 (including any temporary regulations) as such regulations may be amended and in effect from time to time and any corresponding provision of succeeding regulations.

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

Carrying Value” means (a) with respect to property contributed to the Partnership, the fair market value of such property at the time of contribution reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation, depletion (computed as a separate item of deduction), amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to the Partners’ capital accounts, (b) with respect to any property whose value is adjusted pursuant to the Allocation Regulations, the adjusted value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation and cost recovery deductions charged to the Partners’ capital accounts and (c) with respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination.

Certificate of Limited Partnership” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as described in the first sentence of Section 2.5 as amended or restated from time to time.

Code” has the meaning set forth for such term in Section 4.1.

Delaware Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor to such act.

EPO” has the meaning set forth for such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

Existing Partnership Agreement” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oiltanking Partners, L.P. dated July 19, 2011.

 

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General Partner” has the meaning set forth for such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

Indemnitee” means (a) the General Partner, (b) any Person who is an Affiliate of the General Partner, (c) any Person who is serving at the request of the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner as a member, partner, director, officer, fiduciary or trustee of the General Partner or any subsidiary or other Affiliate controlled by the Partnership, and (d) any Person the General Partner designates as an “Indemnitee” for purposes of this Agreement.

Law” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation, rule ordinance, order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration or interpretive or advisory opinion or letter of a governmental authority.

Limited Partner” or “Limited Partners” has the meaning set forth for such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

OLPGP” has the meaning set forth for such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

OTLP GP” has the meaning set forth for such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

Partner” means the General Partner or the Limited Partners.

Partnership” has the meaning set forth for such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

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

Percentage Interest” means, with respect to any Partner, the percentage interest of such Partner in the Partnership as set forth in Section 2.6 of this Agreement.

Regulatory Allocation” has the meaning set forth for such term in Section 4.2(b)(ix).

Required Interest” means one or more Limited Partners having among them more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of all Limited Partners in their capacities as such.

ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

2.1 Formation. The General Partner and the Limited Partners hereby continue the Partnership as a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act. The General Partner and the Limited Partners hereby enter into this Agreement to set forth the rights and obligations of the Partnership and certain matters related thereto. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration, dissolution and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Delaware Act.

 

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2.2 Name. The name of the Partnership shall be, and the business of the Partnership shall be conducted under the name of, “Oiltanking Partners, L.P.”

2.3 Principal Office; Registered Office.

(a) The principal office of the Partnership shall be at 1100 Louisiana Street, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002 or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate.

(b) Unless and until changed by the General Partner, the address of the Partnership’s registered office in the State of Delaware shall be the Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, and the name of the Partnership’s registered agent for service of process at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company.

2.4 Term. The Partnership shall continue in existence until an election to dissolve the Partnership is made by the General Partner.

2.5 Organizational Certificate. The Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership in accordance with the Delaware Act.

2.6 Partnership Interests. Effective as of the Restatement Time, OTLP GP continues as the sole general partner of the Partnership, EPO and OLPGP each continue as a limited partner of the Partnership, and the Partners shall have Percentage Interests as set forth below:

 

General Partner

OTLP GP, LLC

  

Percentage Interest

2.0% general partner interest

Limited Partners

Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

  

Percentage Interest

0.001% limited partner interest

97.999% limited partner interest

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose and business of the Partnership shall be to engage in any lawful activity for which limited partnerships may be organized under the Delaware Act.

 

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ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL ACCOUNT ALLOCATIONS

4.1 Capital Accounts. The Partnership shall maintain a capital account for each of the Partners in accordance with the regulations issued pursuant to Section 704 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and as determined by the General Partner as consistent therewith.

4.2 Allocations.

(a) General. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 4.2(b), for purposes of maintaining the capital accounts and in determining the rights of the Partners among themselves, all items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Partnership shall be allocated and charged to the Partners’ capital accounts in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

(b) Special Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 4.2, the following special allocations shall be made prior to making any allocations provided for in Section 4.2(a) above:

(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, if there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain (as generally defined under Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1 or § 1.704-2) for a taxable year (or if there was a net decrease in Minimum Gain for a prior taxable year and the Partnership did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior years to allocate among the Partners under this subsection 4.2(b)(i), then items of income and gain shall be allocated to each Partner in an amount equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in such Minimum Gain (as determined pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(g)(2)). It is the intent of the Partners that any allocation pursuant to this subsection 4.2(b)(i) shall constitute a “minimum gain chargeback” under Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(ii) Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 4, except subsection 4.2(b)(i), if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (as generally defined under Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1 or § 1.704-2), during any taxable year, any Partner who has a share of the Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be allocated such amount of income and gain for such year (and subsequent years, if necessary) determined in the manner required by Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(i)(4) as is necessary to meet the requirements for a chargeback of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain.

(iii) Priority Allocations. Items of Partnership gross income or gain for the taxable period shall be allocated to the Partners until the

 

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cumulative amount of such items allocated to each Partner pursuant to this Section 4.2(b)(iii) for the current and all previous taxable years equals the cumulative amount of distributions made to such Partner pursuant to Section 5.02(a) for the current and all previous taxable years.

(iv) Qualified Income Offset. Except as provided in subsections 4.2(b)(i) and (ii) hereof, in the event any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Treas. Reg. Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(i)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of Partnership income and gain shall be specifically allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Allocation Regulations, the deficit balance, if any, in its adjusted capital account created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible.

(v) Gross Income Allocations. In the event any Partner has a deficit balance in its adjusted capital account at the end of any Partnership taxable period, such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership gross income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided, that an allocation pursuant to this subsection 4.2(b)(v) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its adjusted capital account after all other allocations provided in this Section 4.2 have been tentatively made as if subsection 4.2(b)(v) were not in the Agreement.

(vi) Partnership Nonrecourse Deductions. Partnership Nonrecourse Deductions (as determined under Treas. Reg. Section 1.704-2(c)) for any fiscal year shall be allocated among the Partners in proportion to their Partnership Interests.

(vii) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions (as defined under Treas. Reg. Section 1.704-2(i)(2)) shall be allocated pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 1.704-2(i) to the Partner who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the partner nonrecourse debt to which it is attributable.

(viii) Code Section 754 Adjustment. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to the Allocation Regulations, to be taken into account in determining capital accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the capital accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their capital accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to the Allocation Regulations.

 

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(ix) Curative Allocation. The special allocations set forth in subsections 4.2(b)(i), (ii) and (iv)-(vii) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with the Allocation Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 4.2, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Partners such that, to the extent possible, the net amount of allocations of such items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Partner shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each Partner if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

(c) Tax Allocations. For federal income tax purposes, except as otherwise required by the Code, the Allocation Regulations or the following sentence, each item of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as corresponding items are allocated in Sections 4.2(a) and (b). Notwithstanding any provisions contained herein to the contrary, solely for federal income tax purposes, items of income, gain, depreciation, gain or loss with respect to property contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership by a Partner shall be allocated so as to take into account the variation between the Partnership’s tax basis in such contributed property and its Carrying Value in the manner provided under Section 704(c) of the Code and Treas. Reg. § 1.704-3(d) (i.e. the “remedial method”).

4.3 Distributions. From time to time, but not less often than quarterly, the General Partner shall review the Partnership’s accounts to determine whether distributions are appropriate. The General Partner may make such cash distribution as it, in its sole discretion, may determine without being limited to current or accumulated income or gains from any Partnership funds, including, without limitation, Partnership revenues, capital contributions or borrowed funds; provided, however, that no such distribution shall be made if, after giving effect thereto, the liabilities of the Partnership exceed the fair market value of the assets of the Partnership. In its sole discretion, the General Partner may, subject to the foregoing proviso, also distribute to the Partners other Partnership property, or other securities of the Partnership or other entities. All distributions by the General Partner shall be made in accordance with the Percentage Interests of the Partners.

ARTICLE V

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all powers to control and manage the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the General Partner; the Limited Partners shall not have any power to control or manage the Partnership.

ARTICLE VI

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement except as provided for herein or in the Delaware Act.

 

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ARTICLE VII

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

7.1 Dissolution. The Partnership shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up as provided in Section 2.4.

7.2 Liquidation and Termination. On dissolution of the Partnership the General Partner shall act as liquidator or may appoint one or more other Persons as liquidator; provided, however, that if the Partnership dissolves on account of an event of the type described in Section 17-402(a)(4)-(12) of the Delaware Act with respect to the General Partner, the liquidator shall be one or more Persons selected in writing by a Required Interest. The liquidator shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Partnership and make final distributions as provided in this Agreement. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Partnership expense. Until final distribution, the liquidator shall continue to operate the Partnership properties with all of the power and authority of the General Partner. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:

(a) as promptly as practicable after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Partnership’s assets, liabilities, and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable;

(b) the liquidator shall pay from Partnership funds all of the debts and liabilities of the Partnership or otherwise make adequate provision for them (including, without limitation, the establishment of a cash escrow fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidator may reasonably determine); and

(c) all remaining assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to the Partners as follows:

(i) the liquidator may sell any or all Partnership property, including to Partners, and any resulting gain or loss from each sale shall be computed and allocated to the capital accounts of the Partners;

(ii) with respect to all Partnership property that has not been sold, the fair market value of that property shall be determined and the capital accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized income, gain, loss, and deduction inherent in property that has not been reflected in the capital accounts previously would be allocated among the Partners if there were a taxable disposition of that property for the fair market value of that property on the date of distribution; and

(iii) Partnership property shall be distributed among the Partners in accordance with the positive capital account balances of the Partners, as determined after taking into account all capital account adjustments for the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs (other than those made by reason of this clause (iii)); and those distributions shall be made by the end of the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the Partnership occurs (or, if later, 90 days after the date of the liquidation).

 

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All distributions in kind to the Partners shall be made subject to the liability of each distributee for its allocable share of costs, expenses, and liabilities previously incurred or for which the Partnership has committed prior to the date of termination and those costs, expenses, and liabilities shall be allocated to the distributee under this Section 7.2. The distribution of cash and/or property to a Partner in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.2 constitutes a complete return to the Partner of its capital contributions and a complete distribution to the Partner of its Partnership Interest and all the Partnership’s property and constitutes a compromise to which all Partners have consented within the meaning of Section 17-502(b)(1) of the Delaware Act. To the extent that a Partner returns funds to the Partnership, it has no claim against any other Partner for those funds.

7.3 Termination. On completion of the distribution of Partnership assets as provided in this Agreement, the Partnership is terminated, and the General Partner (or such other Person or Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall cause the cancellation of the Certificate and any filings made as provided in Section 2.5 and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

The General Partner may amend any provision of this Agreement without the consent of the Limited Partners and may execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION

9.1 Indemnification.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by Law but subject to the limitations expressly provided in this Agreement, all Indemnitees shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, as a result of actions taken by such Indemnitee in its capacity as a Person of the type described in clauses (a)-(d) of the definition of the term “Indemnitee”; provided, that in each case the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner that

 

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such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or (in the case of a Person other than the General Partner) not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified above. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, it being agreed that the General Partner shall not be personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to Section 9.1(a) in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Partnership of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 9.1.

(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 9.1 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, as a matter of Law or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnitee’s capacity as a Person of the type described in clauses (a)-(d) of the definition of the term “Indemnitee,” and as to actions in any other capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee.

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

(e) For purposes of this Section 9.1, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, the Indemnitee to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable Law shall constitute “fines” within the meaning of Section 9.1(a); and action taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan in the performance of such Indemnittee’s duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such Indemnitee to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership.

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

 

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(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 9.1 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

(h) The provisions of this Section 9.1 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.

(i) No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 9.1 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to receive indemnification (including expense advancement as provided by Section 9.1(b)) from the Partnership, nor the obligations of the Partnership to indemnify, or advance the expenses of, any such Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.1 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted, and provided such Person became an Indemnitee hereunder prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

(j) THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDEMNIFICATION PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 9.1 ARE INTENDED BY THE PARTIES TO APPLY EVEN IF SUCH PROVISIONS HAVE THE EFFECT OF EXCULPATING THE INDEMNITEE FROM LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH PERSON’S NEGLIGENCE, FAULT OR OTHER CONDUCT.

9.2 Liability of Indemnitees.

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

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

(c) To the extent that, at Law or in equity, an Indemnitee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership or to the Partners, the General Partner and any other Indemnitee acting in connection with the Partnership’s business or affairs shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or otherwise modify the duties and liabilities of an Indemnitee otherwise existing at Law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnitee.

 

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(d) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 9.2 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability to the Partnership, the Limited Partners, the General Partner, and the Partnership’s and General Partner’s directors, officers and employees under this Section 9.2 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

ARTICLE X

TAX MATTERS

10.1 Tax Returns. The General Partner shall cause to be prepared and filed all necessary federal and state income tax returns for the Partnership, including making the elections described in Section 10.2. Each Limited Partner shall furnish to the General Partner all pertinent information in its possession relating to Partnership operations that is necessary to enable the Partnership’s income tax returns to be prepared and filed.

10.2 Tax Elections. The Partnership shall make the following elections on the appropriate tax returns:

(a) to adopt a fiscal year ending on December 31 of each year;

(b) to adopt the accrual method of accounting and to keep the Partnership’s books and records on the income-tax method;

(c) pursuant to section 754 of the Code, to adjust the basis of Partnership properties; and

(d) any other election the General Partner may deem appropriate and in the best interests of the Partners.

Neither the Partnership nor any Partner may make an election for the Partnership to be excluded from the application of the provisions of subchapter K of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code or any similar provisions of applicable state law.

10.3 Tax Matters Partner. The General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Partnership pursuant to section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. The General Partner shall take such action as may be necessary to cause each Limited Partner to become a “notice partner” within the meaning of section 6223 of the Code. The General Partner shall inform each Limited Partner of all significant matters that may come to its attention in its capacity as tax matters partner by giving notice on or before the fifth Business Day after becoming aware of the matter and, within that time, shall forward to each Limited Partner copies of all significant written communications it may receive in that capacity.

 

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ARTICLE XI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

11.1 Addresses and Notices. Any notice to the Partnership, the General Partner or the Limited Partners shall be deemed given if received by it in writing at the principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to Section 2.3(a).

11.2 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

11.3 Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.

11.4 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, or of such provision in other respects, shall not be affected thereby.

11.5 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

11.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (by original or telecopied signature) in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the General Partner and the Limited Partners as of the date set forth above.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
OTLP GP, LLC
  By:  

/s/ W. Randall Fowler

  Name:   W. Randall Fowler
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
LIMITED PARTNERS:
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OLPGP, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Michael A. Creel

  Name:   Michael A. Creel
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING, LLC
By:   Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., its sole manager
  By:  

/s/ Michael A. Creel

  Name:   Michael A. Creel
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
OTLP GP, LLC
  By:  

/s/ W. Randall Fowler

  Name:   W. Randall Fowler
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Acknowledged by:
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
By:   Enterprise Products Holdings LLC, its general partner
  By:  

/s/ Michael A. Creel

    Name:   Michael A. Creel
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oiltanking Partners, L.P.

Exhibit 3.2

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

OTLP GP, LLC

A Delaware Limited Liability Company

This Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “Agreement”) of OTLP GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated effective February 13, 2015, is entered into by Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the sole member (the “Member”) of the Company.

RECITALS

A. The Company owns all of the general partner interest in, and is the sole general partner of, Oiltanking Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Oiltanking”).

B. The Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OTLP GP, LLC was executed effective October 1, 2014 by its sole member, Enterprise Products Operating LLC (the “Existing Agreement”).

C. The Company is a party to that certain Contribution Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., the Company and the Member (the “Contribution Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company transferred and assigned to Oiltanking all of its right, title and interest in the incentive distribution rights (the “IDRs”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Contribution Agreement (the “Effective Time”), the IDRs were thereupon cancelled and ceased to exist, and Oiltanking issued to the Company the limited partner interests set forth as owned by the Company in the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oiltanking dated the date hereof.

D. The Member deems it advisable to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety, effective as of the Effective Time, as set forth herein.

1. Name. The name of the Company is:

OTLP GP, LLC

2. Formation. The Company was organized as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate of Formation”) effective as of March 15, 2011 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware under and pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”).

3. Purposes. The purposes of the Company are the transaction of any or all lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Act.


4. Powers. In furtherance of its purposes, but subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and is hereby authorized to:

(a) Acquire by purchase, lease, contribution of property or otherwise, own, hold, sell, convey, transfer or dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Company;

(b) Act as a trustee, executor, nominee, bailee, director, officer, agent or in some other fiduciary capacity for any Person (as defined below) and to exercise all of the powers, duties, rights and responsibilities associated therewith;

(c) Take any and all actions necessary, convenient or appropriate as trustee, executor, nominee, bailee, director, officer, agent or fiduciary, including the granting or approval of waivers, consents or amendments of rights or powers relating thereto and the execution of appropriate documents to evidence such waivers, consents or amendments;

(d) Operate, purchase, maintain, finance, improve, own, sell, convey, assign, mortgage, lease or demolish or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property that may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Company;

(e) Invest any funds of the Company pending distribution or payment of the same pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement;

(f) Enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, including without limitation, contracts with any Person affiliated with the Member, deemed by the Member to be necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Company;

(g) Employ or otherwise engage employees, managers, contractors, advisors, attorneys and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;

(h) Enter into partnerships, limited liability companies, trusts, associations, corporations or other ventures with other Persons in furtherance of the purposes of the Company; and

(i) Do such other things and engage in such other activities related to the foregoing as may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company, and have and exercise all of the powers and rights conferred upon limited liability companies formed pursuant to the Act.

 

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As used in this Agreement, “Person” means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, governmental entity, trust, estate, association, corporation, venture, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity.

5. Principal Business Office. The principal business office of the Company shall be located at such location as may hereafter be determined by the Member.

6. Registered Agent and Registered Office. The address of the initial registered office and name of the initial registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware, upon whom process against the Company may be served, is as contained in the Certificate of Formation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. At any time, the Member may designate another registered agent and/or registered office.

7. Member. The name and the address of the Member are as follows:

Name

Enterprise Products Operating LLC,

a Texas limited liability company

Address

1100 Louisiana Street

Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

8. Limited Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and the Member shall not be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a member of the Company.

9. Capital Contributions. The Member may make capital contributions to the Company, in cash, property or other assets as the Member in its sole discretion shall determine from time to time, but shall have no obligation to do so.

10. Allocation of Profits and Losses. The Company’s profits and losses shall be allocated solely to the Member.

11. Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Member at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Member. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable Law. “Law” means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration or interpretative or advisory opinion or letter of a governmental authority.

 

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12. Management. The management of the Company shall be exclusively vested in a Board of Directors (the “Board” or “Board of Directors”) and, subject to the direction of the Board, the officers (the “Officers”), who shall collectively (Board and Officers) constitute “managers” of the Company within the meaning of the Act. The authority and functions of the Board on the one hand and of the Officers on the other shall be identical to the activity and functions of the board of directors and officers, respectively, of a corporation organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Thus, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Board, and the day-to-day activities of the Company shall be conducted on the Company’s behalf by the Officers, who shall be agents of the Company.

13. Board of Directors. The Board shall consist of one or more individuals (the “Directors”) appointed by the Member, such number of Directors to be determined from time to time by the Member. Vacancies on the Board for whatever cause shall be filled by the Member. The Directors shall hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualify or until their earlier death, resignation or until removed by the Member, in the Member’s discretion. The Board may act (a) by majority vote of Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum (consisting of a majority of Directors) is present or (b) by written consent of a majority of the Directors.

14. Officers. The Board may, from time to time as it deems advisable, select natural persons, who shall be agents of the Company, and designate them as Officers of the Company and assign titles (including, without limitation, Chairman, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer) to any such person. Unless the Board decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 14 may be revoked at any time by the Board. An Officer may be removed with or without cause by the Board.

15. Other Business. The Member may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of every kind and description, independently or with others. The Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.

16. Indemnification.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by Law but subject to the limitations expressly provided in this Agreement, each Indemnitee (as defined below) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (joint or several), expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any such person may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party

 

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or otherwise, by reason of such person’s status as (i) a present or former member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, (ii) a present or former Member, (iii) a present or former Officer, or (iv) a Person serving at the request of the Company in another entity in a similar capacity as that referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (i) or (iii), provided, that the Person described in the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) (the “Indemnitee”) shall not be indemnified and held harmless if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Section 16, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 16 shall be made only out of the assets of the Company.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to Section 16(a) in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 16.

(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 16 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, as a matter of Law or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnitee’s capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity.

(d) The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the members of the Board of Directors, the Officers and such other persons as the Board of Directors shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expense that may be incurred by such person in connection with the Company’s activities or such person’s activities on behalf of the Company, regardless of whether the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

(e) For purposes of this Section 16, the Company shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by the Indemnitee of such Indemnitee’s duties to the Company also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, the Indemnitee to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable Law shall constitute “fines” within the meaning of Section 16; and action taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of such Indemnitee’s duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such

 

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Indemnitee to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company.

(f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject any Members of the Company to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.

(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 16 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

(h) The provisions of this Section 16 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.

(i) No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 16 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair either the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Company or the obligation of the Company to indemnify any such Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 16 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted, and provided such Person became an Indemnitee hereunder prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

(j) THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDEMNIFICATION PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 16 ARE INTENDED BY THE PARTIES TO APPLY EVEN IF SUCH PROVISIONS HAVE THE EFFECT OF EXCULPATING THE INDEMNITEE FROM LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH PERSON’S NEGLIGENCE, FAULT OR OTHER CONDUCT.

17. Liability of Indemnitees.

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

 

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(b) Subject to its obligations and duties as set forth in Sections 12 and 13, the Board of Directors and any committee thereof may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through the Company’s Officers or agents, and neither the Board of Directors nor any committee thereof shall be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such Officer or agent appointed by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof in good faith.

(c) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 17 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on liability under this Section 17 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may be asserted.

18. Assignments. The Member may at any time assign in whole or in part its limited liability company interest in the Company. If the Member transfers all of its interest in the Company pursuant to this Section 18, the transferee shall be admitted to the Company upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the transfer, and, immediately following such admission, the transferor Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.

19. Resignation. The Member may at any time resign from the Company. If the Member resigns pursuant to this Section 19, an additional member shall be admitted to the Company, subject to Section 20 hereof, upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the resignation, and, immediately following such admission, the resigning Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.

20. Admission of Additional Members. One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member.

21. Dissolution.

(a) The Company shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the written consent of the Member; (ii) at any time there are no members of the Company unless, within 90 days of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining member of the Company (the “Termination Event”), the personal representative of the last remaining member agrees in writing to continue the Company and to the admission to the Company of such personal representative or its nominee or designee as a Member, effective as of the occurrence of the Termination Event, and such successor or its nominee or designee shall be admitted upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement; or (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.

 

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(b) The bankruptcy of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the business of the Company shall continue without dissolution.

(c) In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 18-804 of the Act.

22. Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered severable, and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future Law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement that are valid, enforceable and legal.

23. Entire Agreement; Interpretation Under the Act. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Member with respect to the subject matter hereof. In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and (a) any provision of the Certificate of Formation, or (b) any mandatory, non-waivable provision of the Act, such provision of the Certificate of Formation or the Act shall control. If any provision of the Act provides that it may be varied or superseded in the limited liability company agreement (or otherwise by agreement of the members or managers of a limited liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and waived in its entirety if this Agreement contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject matter.

24. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

25. Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended except pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.

26. Sole Benefit of Member. The provisions of this Agreement (including Section 8) are intended solely to benefit the Member and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement), and no Member shall have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contributions or payments to the Company.

Signature Page Follows.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

 

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC
By:   Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.,
  its sole manager
By:  

/s/ Michael A. Creel

  Michael A. Creel
  Chief Executive Officer

Third Amended and Restated LLC Agreement



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