Exhibit 1.1
Genesis Energy, L.P.
8,000,000 Common Units
Representing Limited Partner Interests
Underwriting Agreement
Representing Limited Partner Interests
Underwriting Agreement
December 4, 2007
Underwriting Agreement
December 4, 2007
UBS Securities LLC
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
as Managing Underwriters
c/o UBS Securities LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171-0026
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
as Managing Underwriters
c/o UBS Securities LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171-0026
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Genesis Energy, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named inSchedule A annexed hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives, an aggregate of 8,000,000 common units (the “Firm Units”) representing limited partnership interests of the Partnership (the “Common Units”). In addition, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, the Partnership grants to the Underwriters the option to purchase from the Partnership up to an additional 1,200,000 Common Units (the “Additional Units”). No Additional Units shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Units previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The Firm Units and the Additional Units are hereinafter collectively sometimes referred to as the “Units.” The Units are described in the Prospectus, which is referred to and defined below.
The Partnership has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-126482) under the Act (the “registration statement”), including a prospectus, which registration statement incorporates by reference documents which the Partnership has filed, or will file, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”). Amendments to such registration statement, if necessary or appropriate, have been similarly prepared and filed with the Commission in accordance with the Act. Such registration statement, as so amended, has become effective under the Act.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Registration Statement,” as used herein, means the registration statement, as amended at the time of such registration statement’s effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Act, as such section applies to the respective Underwriters (the “Effective Time”), including (i) all documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (ii) any information contained or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, to the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part of the registration statement at the Effective Time, and (iii) any registration statement filed to register the offer and sale of Units pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act.
The Partnership has furnished to UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”) and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (“Wachovia”, and together with UBS, collectively, the “Representatives”), for use by the Underwriters and by dealers in connection with the offering of the Units, copies of one or more preliminary prospectus supplements, and the documents incorporated by reference therein, relating to the Units. For purposes of this Agreement, documents available through the electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval system (“EDGAR”) or the equivalent thereof with the Commission shall be deemed furnished to the Representatives. Except where the context otherwise requires, “Pre-Pricing Prospectus,” as used herein, means each such preliminary prospectus supplement, in the form so furnished, including any basic prospectus (whether or not in preliminary form) furnished to the Representatives by the Partnership and attached to or used with such preliminary prospectus supplement. Except where the context otherwise requires, “Basic Prospectus,” as used herein, means any such basic prospectus and any basic prospectus furnished to the Representatives by the Partnership and attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement (as defined below).
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus Supplement,” as used herein, means the final prospectus supplement, relating to the Units, filed by the Partnership with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form furnished by the Partnership to the Representatives for use by the Underwriters and by dealers in connection with the offering of the Units.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus,” as used herein, means the Prospectus Supplement together with the Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement.
“Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses,” as used herein, means the documents listed onSchedule B attached hereto and each “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act), if any, related to the offering of the Units contemplated hereby that is a “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act). The Underwriters have not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, without the Partnership’s consent, any Units by means of any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that is required to be filed by the Underwriters with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act, other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
“Disclosure Package,” as used herein, means any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or Basic Prospectus, in either case together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, excluding each “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act).
Any reference herein to the registration statement, the Registration Statement, any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference, therein (the “Incorporated Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
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Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be.
As used in this Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day on which the Primary Stock Exchange is open for trading. The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereinafter” and similar terms, as used in this Agreement, shall in each case refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph, sentence or other subdivision of this Agreement. The term “or,” as used herein, is not exclusive.
“Partnership Agreement,” as used herein, means the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of June 9, 2005.
“Subsidiary,” as used herein, means, as to any person or entity, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity controlled by such person or entity directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a person or entity means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of this definition and this Agreement, T&P Syngas, Faustina and Sandhill, (each as defined in Section 3(e)(iii)), shall not be Subsidiaries.
“Lien,” as used herein, means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a person or entity other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes.
“Property,” as used herein, means any interest in any kind of property or assets, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“Davison Agreements,” as used herein, means collectively, that certain Contribution and Sale Agreement dated April 25, 2007, among the Partnership, Davison Petroleum Products, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (“DPP”), Davison Transport, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“DTI”), Transport Company, an Arkansas corporation (“TC”), Davison Terminal Service, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“DTS”), Sunshine Oil and Storage, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“SOS”), Fuel Masters, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, TDC, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, and Red River Terminal, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Contribution and Sale Agreement dated July 25, 2007; that certain Unitholder Rights Agreement dated as of July 25, 2007, as amended from time to time, among the Partnership, DPP, DTI, TC, DTS and SOS, that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated July 25, 2007, as amended from time to time, among the Partnership, DPP, DTI, TC, DTS and SOS and that certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated July 25, 2007, as amended from time to time, among the Partnership, Genesis Davison, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and DPP.
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“Law,” as used herein, means any federal, state, local or foreign order, writ, injunction, judgment, settlement, award, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation.
“Primary Stock Exchange,” as used herein, means the Partnership’s primary securities exchange or market, which is the American Stock Exchange as of the date of this Agreement.
The Partnership and the Underwriters agree as follows:
1. Sale and Purchase. Upon the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Partnership agrees to issue and sell to the respective Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Partnership the number of Firm Units set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter inSchedule A attached hereto, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8 hereof, in each case at a purchase price of $21.12 per Unit. The Partnership is advised by the Representatives that the Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Firm Units as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the Representatives’ judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Firm Units upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Representatives may from time to time increase or decrease the public offering price after the initial public offering to such extent as they may determine.
In addition, the Partnership hereby grants to the several Underwriters the option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) to purchase, and upon the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Partnership, ratably in accordance with the number of Firm Units to be purchased by each of them, all or a portion of the Additional Units as may be necessary to cover over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Units, at the same purchase price per Common Unit to be paid by the Underwriters to the Partnership for the Firm Units. The Over-Allotment Option may be exercised by the Representatives on behalf of the several Underwriters at any time and from time to time on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus Supplement, by written notice to the Partnership. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Units as to which the Over-Allotment Option is being exercised and the date and time when the Additional Units are to be delivered (any such date and time being herein referred to as an “additional time of purchase”);provided,however, that no additional time of purchase shall be earlier than the “time of purchase” (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the Over-Allotment Option shall have been exercised nor later than the tenth business day after the date on which the Over-Allotment Option shall have been exercised. The number of Additional Units to be sold to each Underwriter shall be the number which bears the same proportion to the aggregate number of Additional Units being purchased as the number of Firm Units set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter onSchedule A hereto bears to the total number of Firm Units (subject, in each case, to such adjustment as the Representatives may determine to eliminate fractional units), subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8 hereof.
2.Payment and Delivery. Payment of the purchase price for the Firm Units shall be made to the Partnership by Federal Funds wire transfer against delivery in book-entry form to UBS through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New
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York City time, on December 10, 2007 (unless another time shall be agreed to by the Representatives and the Partnership or unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 hereof). The time at which such payment and delivery are to be made is hereinafter sometimes called the “time of purchase.” Electronic transfer of the Firm Units shall be made to UBS at the time of purchase in such names and in such denominations as UBS shall specify.
Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Units shall be made at the additional time of purchase in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for the Firm Units. Electronic transfer of the Additional Units shall be made to UBS at the additional time of purchase in such names and in such denominations as UBS shall specify.
Deliveries of the documents described in Section 6 hereof with respect to the purchase of the Units shall be made at the offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, at 1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor, Houston, Texas, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date of the closing of the purchase of the Firm Units or the Additional Units, as the case may be.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Partnership. The Partnership represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) the Registration Statement has heretofore become effective under the Act or, with respect to any registration statement to be filed to register the offer and sale of Units pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be filed with the Commission and become effective under the Act no later than 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price for the Units; no stop order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission;
(b) the Registration Statement complied when it became effective, complies as of the date hereof and, as amended or supplemented, at the time of purchase, each additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act; the conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the Units as contemplated hereby have been satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the offering and sale of the Units as contemplated hereby complies with, the requirements of Rule 415 under the Act (including, without limitation, Rule 415(a)(5) under the Act); the Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; each Pre-Pricing Prospectus complied, at the time it was filed with the Commission, and complies as of the date hereof, in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of such Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the date such Pre-Pricing Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at the time of purchase did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus,
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as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and at no time during such period did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, together with any combination of one or more of the then issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each Basic Prospectus complied or will comply, as of its date and the date it was or will be filed with the Commission, complies as of the date hereof (if filed with the Commission on or prior to the date hereof) and, at the time of purchase, each additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act; at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of such Basic Prospectus and the date such Basic Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at the time of purchase did or will any Basic Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and at no time during such period did or will any Basic Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, together with any combination of one or more of the then issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each of the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus will comply, as of the date that it is filed with the Commission, the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the time of purchase, each additional time of purchase, if any, and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act (in the case of the Prospectus, including, without limitation, Section 10(a) of the Act); at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and the date the Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission and ends at the later of the time of purchase, the latest additional time of purchase, if any, and the end of the period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units did or will any Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; at no time during the period that begins on the date of such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the time of purchase did or will any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each electronic road show when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, and the price to the public, the number of Firm Units and the number
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of Additional Units to be included on the cover the Prospectus, do not, as of the date hereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in or to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each Permitted Issuer Free Writing Prospects does not include any information that conflicts with the information contain in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus;provided,however, that the Partnership makes no representation or warranty in this Section 3(b) with respect to any statement contained in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning an Underwriter and furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives to the Partnership expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each Incorporated Document, at the time such document was filed with the Commission or at the time such document became effective, as applicable, complied, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Exchange Act and did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(c) prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Partnership has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold any Units by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) or used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Units, in each case other than the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any; the Partnership has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus except in compliance with Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; assuming that such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus is so sent or given after the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (and after such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by any Underwriter, of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule 164 and Rule 433 (without reliance on subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164); the conditions set forth in one or more of subclauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of Rule 433(b)(1) under the Act are satisfied, and the registration statement relating to the offering of the Units contemplated hereby, as initially filed with the Commission, includes a prospectus that, other than by reason of Rule 433 or Rule 431 under the Act, satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Act; neither the Partnership nor the Underwriters are disqualified, by reason of subsection (f) or (g) of Rule 164 under the Act, from using, in connection with the offer and sale of the Units, “free writing prospectuses” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; the Partnership is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Units contemplated by the Registration Statement; the parties hereto agree and understand that the content of any and all “road shows” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) related to the offering of the Units contemplated hereby is solely the property of the Partnership;
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(d) in accordance with Rule 2710(b)(7)(C)(i) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), the Units have been registered with the Commission on Form S-3 under the Act pursuant to the standards for such Form S-3 in effect prior to October 21, 1992;
(e) (i) as of the date of this Agreement, the issued and outstanding limited partner interests of the Partnership consist of 28,318,532 Common Units and the incentive distribution rights in the Partnership (as defined in the Partnership Agreement, the “Incentive Distribution Rights”), and all of the Incentive Distribution Rights are owned by Genesis Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “General Partner”). The only issued and outstanding general partner interests of the Partnership are the interests of the General Partner described in the Partnership Agreement. All of the outstanding Common Units and Incentive Distribution Rights have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with applicable Law and the Partnership Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required by applicable Law and under the Partnership Agreement) and non assessable (except as such non assessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”));
(ii) the Partnership has no equity compensation plans that contemplate the issuance of Common Units or any other class of equity (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Units or any other class of equity). The Partnership has no outstanding indebtedness having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which the unitholders of the Partnership (within the meaning of the Partnership Agreement, the “Unitholders”) may vote. Except as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3(e)(ii), as contemplated by this Agreement or as are contained in the Partnership Agreement, there are no outstanding or authorized (A) options, warrants, preemptive rights, subscriptions, calls or other rights, convertible securities, agreements, claims or commitments of any character obligating the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell any partnership interests or other equity interests in the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such partnership interests or other equity interests, (B) obligations of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any partnership interests or other equity interests in the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or any such securities or agreements listed in clause (A) of this section or (C) voting trusts or similar agreements to which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with respect to the voting of the equity interests of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) the Partnership, directly or indirectly, owns (A) 99.99% of the partnership interests in Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) (and the General Partner owns 0.01% of the partnership interests in the Operating Partnership), (B) 100% of the limited partnership interests in each of Genesis Pipelines Texas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Genesis Pipeline USA, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Genesis CO2 Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Genesis Natural Gas Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Genesis Syngas Investments, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Limited
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Partnership Subsidiaries”), (C) 100% of the equity interests in each other Subsidiary not listed in clauses (A) or (B) of this Section 3(e)(iii), (D) 50% of the partnership interests in T&P Syngas Supply Company, a Delaware general partnership (“T&P Syngas”), (E) 50% of the outstanding limited liability company interests of Sandhill Group, LLC, a Mississippi limited liability company (“Sandhill”), and (F) 6.8% of the limited liability company interest in Faustina Hydrogen Products, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Faustina”), in each case free and clear of any Liens (except for such restrictions as may exist under applicable Law and except for such Liens as may be imposed under the Partnership’s or the Partnership’s Subsidiaries’ credit facilities filed as exhibits to the Partnership SEC Documents (defined below)), and all such ownership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid (to the extent required by applicable Law and the organizational documents of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, T&P Syngas, Sandhill and Faustina, as applicable) and non-assessable (except as non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act, Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”) (in the case of Sandhill and Faustina) or any analogous statue in the jurisdiction of formation of any Subsidiary, or the organizational documents of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, T&P Syngas, Sandhill and Faustina, as applicable) and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof, and except for T&P Syngas, Sandhill, and Faustina, neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries owns directly or indirectly any shares of capital stock or other securities of, or interest in, any other person or entity (other than another Subsidiary), or is obligated to make any capital contribution to or other investment in any other person or entity.Schedule C attached hereto contains a complete and accurate list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Partnership that constitute “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act);
(iv) the General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership and each Limited Partnership Subsidiary, with a 2% general partner interest in the Partnership and a non-economic general partner interest in each Limited Partnership Subsidiary. Such general partner interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with applicable Law, the Partnership Agreement and the partnership agreements of each Limited Partnership Subsidiary and are fully paid (to the extent required by applicable Law and under the Partnership Agreement and the partnership agreements of each Limited Partnership Subsidiary) and non assessable (except as such non assessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act);
(v) the offer and sale of the Firm Units and the limited partner interests represented thereby will be duly authorized by the Partnership pursuant to the Partnership Agreement prior to the Closing and, when issued and delivered to the Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required by applicable Law and the Partnership Agreement) and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-303, 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act) and will be free of any and all Liens and restrictions on transfer, other than restrictions on transfer under the Partnership
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Agreement and applicable state and federal securities Laws and other than such Liens as are created by the Underwriters;
(vi) the Firm Units will be issued in compliance with all applicable rules of the Primary Stock Exchange. Prior to the closing of the sale of the Firm Units, the Partnership will submit an additional listing application to the Primary Stock Exchange with respect to the Firm Units. The Partnership’s currently outstanding Common Units are listed on the Primary Stock Exchange and the Partnership has not received any notice of delisting;
(vii) the Firm Units shall have those rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions governing the Common Units as set forth in the Partnership Agreement. A true and correct copy of the Partnership Agreement, as amended through the date hereof, has been filed by the Partnership with the Commission on June 15, 2005 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K;
(viii) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the time of purchase and any additional time of purchase, the description of the partners’ capital as set forth in the sections of the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectus entitled “Capitalization” (and any similar sections, if any, contained in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses is accurate in all material respects); and
(ix) the Units are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Primary Stock Exchange;
(f) the Partnership: (i) is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has all requisite limited partnership power, and has all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals, necessary to own its Properties and carry on its business as its business is now being conducted as described in the Partnership SEC Documents, except where the failure to obtain such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualifications necessary, except where failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, the term “Partnership Material Adverse Effect” means any material and adverse effect on (i) the assets, liabilities, financial condition, business or operations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, measured against those assets, liabilities, financial condition, business, operations, prospects or affairs reflected in the Partnership SEC Documents or (ii) the ability of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to carry out their business as of the date of this Agreement or to meet their obligations under this Agreement and any and all other agreements or instruments executed and delivered by the parties hereto to evidence the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and any amendments, supplements, continuations or modifications thereto (collectively, the “Basic Documents”) on a timely basis;
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(g) the Partnership has all necessary limited partnership power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership of each of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part; and the Basic Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Partnership, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity. No approval by the Unitholders is required in connection with the Partnership’s issuance and sale of the Units;
(h) neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any Law applicable to the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect. The Partnership and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Partnership nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit, except where such potential revocation or modification would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Partnership Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee;
(i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership of the Basic Documents to which it is a party and all other agreements and instruments in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents, and compliance by the Partnership with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, do not and will not (i) violate any provision of any Law, governmental permit, determination or award having applicability to the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties, (ii) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership or the Partnership Agreement or any organizational documents of any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, (iii) require any consent, approval or notice under or result in a violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration) under (A) any note, bond, mortgage, license, or loan or credit agreement to which the Partnership or any of its
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Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties may be bound or (B) any other agreement, instrument or obligation, or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Properties now owned or hereafter acquired by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the cases of clauses (iii) and (iv) where such consent, approval or notice has been obtained or where such violation, failure to receive consent or approval, or acceleration with respect to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(i) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect;
(j) the Partnership has timely filed with the Commission all forms, registration statements, reports, schedules and statements required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Act (all such documents filed on or prior to the date of this Agreement, but specifically excluding any documents “furnished”, collectively, the “Partnership SEC Documents”). The Partnership SEC Documents, including any audited or unaudited financial statements and any notes thereto or schedules included therein (the “Partnership Financial Statements”), at the time filed (in the case of registration statements, solely on the dates of effectiveness) (except to the extent corrected by a subsequently filed Partnership SEC Document filed prior to the date of this Agreement) (i) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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, (ii) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Act, as the case may be, and (iii) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto. The Partnership Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America in effect from time to time (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the Commission) and fairly present (subject in the case of unaudited statements to normal, recurring and year-end audit adjustments) in all material respects the consolidated financial position and status of the business of the Partnership as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended. Deloitte & Touche LLP is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Partnership as required by the Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) and has not resigned or been dismissed as independent registered public accountants of the Partnership as a result of or in connection with any disagreement with the Partnership on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures;
(k) except as contemplated by this Agreement or as previously obtained, no authorization, consent, approval, waiver, license, qualification or written exemption from, nor any filing, declaration, qualification or registration with, any Governmental Authority or any other person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Partnership of any of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, other than (i) registration of the Units under the Act, which has been effected (or, with respect to any registration statement to be filed hereunder pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act,
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will be effected in accordance herewith), (ii) any necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky law of the various jurisdictions in which the Units are being offered by the Underwriters or (iii) the Conduct Rules of the Primary Stock Exchange;
(l) the Partnership met for the taxable year ended December 31, 2006, and the Partnership expects to meet for the taxable year ending December 31, 2007, the gross income requirements of Section 7704(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”), and accordingly the Partnership is not, and does not reasonably expect to be, taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or for applicable tax purposes;
(m) the Partnership is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(n) except as disclosed in the Partnership SEC Documents, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(o) except (i) as set forth in the Partnership Agreement, (ii) as set forth in the other organizational documents of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, (iii) as set forth in the Registration Statement, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and (iv) as provided in the Davison Agreements, (A) there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any capital stock or partnership or other equity interests of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) no person or entity has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Partnership to issue or sell to it any Common Units, (C) no person or entity has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Partnership to register under the Act any Common Units or to include any such Common Units in the Registration Statement or the offerings contemplated hereby, and (D) no person or entity has the right to act as an underwriter or financial advisor to the Partnership in connection with the offer and sale of the Units, in each case pursuant to any other agreement or instrument to which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any one of them may be bound;.
(p) the Partnership and its Subsidiaries are insured against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Partnership believes in its sole discretion to be prudent for its businesses taken as a whole. The Partnership does not have any reason to believe that it or any Subsidiary will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business;
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(q) each of the Partnership and the Subsidiaries has all necessary licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals and has made all necessary filings required under any applicable Law and has obtained all necessary licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals from other persons, in order to conduct their respective businesses except where the failure to obtain such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect; neither the Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default under, or has received notice of any proceedings relating to revocation or modification of, any such license, authorization, consent or approval or any Law applicable to the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries, except where such violation, default, revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect;
(r) except as described in the Partnership SEC Documents, there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated to which the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers is or would be a party or of which any of their respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or before or by any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the Primary Stock Exchange), except any such action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding which, if resolved adversely to the Partnership or any Subsidiary, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect;
(s) all pro forma financial statements or data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, comply with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances described therein and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data; the other financial and statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Partnership; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Partnership and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the
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Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable;
(t) except as set forth in or contemplated by the Partnership SEC Documents, since December 31, 2006 or since the date on which a relevant Subsidiary or asset was formed or acquired in connection with Davison acquisition, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and there has been no (i) change that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, (ii) acquisition or disposition of any material asset by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or any contract or arrangement therefor, otherwise than for fair value in the ordinary course of business, (iii) material change in the Partnership’s accounting principles, practices or methods or (iv) incurrence of material indebtedness;
(u) the Partnership has obtained for the benefit of the Underwriters the agreement (a “Lock-Up Agreement”), in the form set forth asExhibit A hereto, of each of its directors, officers (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act), James E. Davison, James E. Davison, Jr., Steven K. Davison, Todd A. Davison and Genesis Energy, Inc.;
(v) the Partnership and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property (real and personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, as being owned by any of them, free and clear of all Liens (except for such Liens as may exist under applicable Law (and would not have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect) and as may be imposed under the Partnership’s or Subsidiaries’ credit facilities filed as exhibits to the Partnership SEC Documents); all the property described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, as being held under lease by the Partnership or a Subsidiary is held thereby under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect;
(w) each of the Partnership and the Subsidiaries owns or possesses all inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names, service names, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, as being owned or licensed by it or which is necessary for the conduct of, or material to, its businesses (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, and the Partnership is unaware of any claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Intellectual Property. Neither the Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has infringed or is infringing the intellectual property of a third party, and neither the Partnership nor any Subsidiary has received notice of a claim by a third party to the contrary;
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(x) neither the Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice; except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened against the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened against the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries and (C) no union representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) to the Partnership’s knowledge, no union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries and (iii) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign Law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour Laws or any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries;
(y) the Partnership and the Subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets and operations are in compliance with, and the Partnership and each of the Subsidiaries hold all permits, authorizations and approvals required under, Environmental Laws (as defined below), except to the extent that failure to so comply or to hold such permits, authorizations or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect; there are no past, present or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, reasonably anticipated future events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions, omissions or plans that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any material costs or liabilities to the Partnership or any Subsidiary under, or to interfere with or prevent compliance by the Partnership or any Subsidiary with, Environmental Laws; except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, neither the Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) is the subject of any investigation, (ii) has received any notice or claim, (iii) is a party to or affected by any pending or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened action, suit or proceeding, (iv) is bound by any judgment, decree or order or (v) has entered into any agreement, in each case relating to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law or any actual or alleged release or threatened release or cleanup at any location of any Hazardous Materials (as defined below) except as described in the Partnership SEC Documents or which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect (as used herein, “Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, decree, judgment, injunction, permit, license, authorization or other binding requirement, or common law, relating to health, safety or the protection, cleanup or restoration of the environment or natural resources, including those relating to the distribution, processing, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, other handling or release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials, and “Hazardous Materials” means any material (including, without limitation, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes) that is regulated by or may give rise to liability under any Environmental Law);
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(z) all tax returns required to be filed by the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries have been timely filed, except for such failure to file which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities have been timely paid, other than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided, or where such failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect;
(aa) neither the Partnership nor any Subsidiary has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the material contracts or agreements referred to or described in any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Partnership or any Subsidiary or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, any other party to any such contract or agreement;
(bb) the Partnership has established and maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Partnership, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the General Partner’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Partnership’s independent auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Partnership’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and (ii) all fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Partnership’s internal controls; all material weaknesses, if any, in internal controls have been identified to the Partnership’s independent auditors; since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; the principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of the Partnership have made all certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in each such certification are complete and correct; the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Partnership’s directors and officers are each in compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and the Primary Stock Exchange promulgated thereunder;
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(cc) all statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, are based on or derived from sources that the Partnership reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Partnership has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required;
(dd) the Partnership has not received any notice from the Primary Stock Exchange regarding the delisting of the Common from the Primary Stock Exchange;
(ee) except pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Registration Statement;
(ff) neither the Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors, officers, affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units;
(gg) to the Partnership’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of the FINRA and (ii) the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s officers, directors or 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Partnership’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectus;
(hh) the statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Our Equity Securities,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Units, under the caption “Tax considerations,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair; and
(ii) neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Prospectus supplement any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus Supplement; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus Supplement.
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In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Units shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Partnership, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
4. Certain Covenants of the Partnership. The Partnership hereby agrees:
(a) to furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to cooperate in qualifying the Units for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states or other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as the Representatives may request for the distribution of the Units;provided,however, that the Partnership shall not be required to qualify as a foreign entity or to consent to the service of process under the Laws of any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the Units); and to promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Units for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
(b) to furnish or make available to the Underwriters, as soon as practicable after this Agreement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish to the Underwriters, as many copies of the Prospectus (exclusive of Incorporated Documents) or of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (exclusive of Incorporated Documents) if the Partnership shall have made any amendments or supplements thereto after the effective date of the Registration Statement as the Underwriters may request for the purposes contemplated by the Act; in case any Underwriter is required to deliver (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule), in connection with the sale of the Units, a prospectus after the nine-month period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, or after the time a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is required pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, the Partnership will prepare, at its expense, promptly upon request such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, as the case may be;
(c) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary or appropriate for a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a Registration Statement under Rule 462(b) under the Act, to be filed with the Commission and become effective before the Units may be sold, the Partnership will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement to be filed and become effective, and will pay any applicable fees in accordance with the Act, as soon as reasonably possible; and the Partnership will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement has become effective, and (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used, when the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (which the Partnership agrees to file in a timely manner in accordance with such Rules);
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(d) if, at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, the Registration Statement shall cease to comply with the requirements of the Act with respect to eligibility for the use of the form on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission or the Registration Statement shall cease to be an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) or the Partnership shall have received, from the Commission, a notice, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), of objection to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, to (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file with the Commission a new registration statement under the Act, relating to the Units, or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, which new registration statement or post-effective amendment shall comply with the requirements of the Act and shall be in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such new registration statement or post-effective amendment to become effective under the Act as soon as practicable, (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness and (v) take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Units to continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, if any;
(e) if the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement (within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(5) under the Act) shall occur at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, to file with the Commission, prior to such third anniversary, a new registration statement under the Act relating to the Units, which new registration statement shall comply with the requirements of the Act (including, without limitation, Rule 415(a)(6) under the Act) and shall be in a form satisfactory to the Representatives; such new registration statement shall constitute an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act);provided,however, that if the Partnership is not then eligible to file an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), then such new registration statement need not constitute an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), but the Partnership shall use its best efforts to cause such new registration statement to become effective under the Act as soon as practicable, but in any event within 180 days after such third anniversary and promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness; the Partnership shall take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Units to continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement, if any;
(f) to advise the Representatives promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness of the
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Registration Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such order as soon as possible; to advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and to provide the Representatives’ and Underwriters’ counsel copies of any such documents for review and comment a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives shall reasonably object in writing (unless the Partnership is advised by counsel that it is required by Law to make such filing);
(g) subject to Section 4(f) hereof and subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, to file promptly all reports and documents and any preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the Partnership with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act for so long as a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with the offering or sale of the Units;
(h) to advise the Underwriters promptly of the happening of any event known to the Partnership within the period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, which event, in the opinion of the Partnership or the Underwriters (upon advice of counsel), would require the making of any change in the Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and to advise the Underwriters promptly if, during such period, it shall become necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to cause the Prospectus to comply with the requirements of the Act, and, in each case, during such time, subject to Section 4(f) hereof, to prepare and furnish, at the Partnership’s expense, to the Underwriters promptly such amendments or supplements to such Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such change or to effect such compliance;
(i) to make generally available to its Unitholders, and to deliver to the Representatives, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) of the Partnership (which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of twelve months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act) as soon as is reasonably practicable after the termination of such twelve month period but in any case not later than the due date for filing the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2008;
(j) to furnish or make available to the Representatives upon request a reasonable number of copies of the Registration Statement, as initially filed with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and sufficient copies of the foregoing (other than exhibits) for distribution of a copy to each of the other Underwriters;
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(k) unless otherwise available through EDGAR, if requested by the Representatives, to furnish to the Representatives as early as practicable prior to the time of purchase and any additional time of purchase, as the case may be, but not later than two business days prior thereto, a copy of the latest available unaudited interim and monthly consolidated financial statements, if any, of the Partnership and the Subsidiaries which have been read by the Partnership’s independent registered public accountants, as stated in their letter to be furnished pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof;
(l) to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units in the manner set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus Supplement;
(m) to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, each Basic Prospectus, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Units including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Units to the Underwriters, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or printing of this Agreement, any Agreement Among Underwriters, any dealer agreements, any Powers of Attorney and any closing documents (including compilations thereof) and the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and (except closing documents) to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the Units for offering and sale under state or foreign Laws and the determination of their eligibility for investment under state or foreign Law (including the reasonable legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters) and the reasonable printing and furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys to the Underwriters and to dealers, (v) any listing of the Units on any securities exchange or qualification of the Units for quotation on the Primary Stock Exchange and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) any filing for review of the public offering of the Units by the FINRA, including the reasonable legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters relating to FINRA matters in an amount not to exceed $20,000; (vii) the fees and disbursements of any transfer agent or registrar for the Units, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Partnership relating to presentations or meetings undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the Units to prospective investors and the Underwriters’ sales forces, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Partnership and any such consultants, and half the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, and (ix) the performance of the Partnership’s other obligations hereunder;provided,however, that except as otherwise provided in this Section 4(m) (including, without limitation, clauses (iv), (v) and (vi)), Section 5 and Section 9, the Underwriters shall bear and pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel and any “tombstone” or other advertising expenses incurred by them in connection with the announcement of their participation in the offering of the Units.
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(n) to comply with Rule 433(d) under the Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b) under the Act) and with Rule 433(g) under the Act;
(o) beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is 90 days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement (as extended pursuant to this Section 4(o), the “Lock-Up Period”), without the prior written consent of the Representatives, not to (i) issue, sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to, any Common Units or any other securities of the Partnership that are substantially similar to Common Units, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing, (ii) file or cause to become effective a registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any Common Units or any other securities of the Partnership that are substantially similar to Common Units, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing, (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Units or any other securities of the Partnership that are substantially similar to Common Units, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Units or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iv) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), except, in each case, for (A) the registration of the offer and sale of the Units as contemplated by this Agreement or the offer and sale to the General Partner as referenced in the Prospectus, (B) issuances of Common Units upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (C) the issuance of options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period pursuant to option or long-term incentive plans referenced in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, (D) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 to register Common Units under option or long-term incentive plans referenced in the Registration Statement, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, (E) the filing of a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 on or after 30 days after the date of this Agreement, to register Common Units and/or other Partnership securities,provided that the Partnership shall not issue any Common Units thereunder until expiration of the Lock-Up Period and, promptly upon the filing of the applicable registration statement with respect thereto, the Partnership shall issue a press release including a statement regarding existing Lock-Up Agreements and the prohibition on sale of such Common Units until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, (F) the issuance of no more than $150,000,00 aggregate total amount of Common Units in a private placement exempt from registration under the Act, provided that the purchaser of such Common Units enters into a Lock-Up Agreement for the remainder of the Lock-Up Period, (G) the issuance of Common Units to one or more sellers in connection with an acquisition by the Partnership,provided that no more than 20% of the Common Units so issued shall be unrestricted and freely tradeable at the closing of such
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acquisition,provided, further that each such seller enters into a Lock-Up Agreement for the remainder of the Lock-Up Period with respect to the aggregate total amount of Common Units issued, and (H) the filing of a resale shelf registration statement on Form S-3 to register Common Units issued in the Davison acquisition (as described in the Partnership SEC Documents),provided that a press release is promptly issued by the Partnership in connection with the filing of such resale shelf registration statement that includes a statement regarding existing Lock-Up Agreements and prohibitions on sale of such Common Units until the expiration of Lock-Up Periods;provided,further, however, that if (x) during the period that begins on the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days plus three (3) business days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period and ends on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Partnership issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Partnership occurs; or (y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Partnership announces that it will release earnings results during the sixteen (16) day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed by this Section 4(o) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the issuance of the earnings release or the material news or material event occurs unless the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, waive such extension in writing;provided,further,however, that the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply if (i) the Representatives determine that the safe harbor provided by Rule 139 under the Act is available in the manner contemplated by Rule 2711(f)(4) of FINRA and (ii) within the three business days preceding the 15th calendar day before the last day of the Lock -Up Period, the Partnership delivers (in connection with the notice provisions of the Underwriting Agreement) to the Representatives a certificate, signed by the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, certifying on behalf of the Partnership that the Partnership’s Common Units are “actively traded securities,” within the meaning of Rule 2711(f)(4) of the FINRA.
(p) not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Units by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or use any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Units, in each case other than the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus;
(q) not to, and to cause the Subsidiaries not to, take, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which will constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units;
(r) to use its best efforts to cause the Units to be listed on the Primary Stock Exchange and to maintain the listing of the Common Units, including the Units, on such exchange or any other exchange or primary market that is the Partnership’s Primary Stock Exchange; and
(s) to maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of formation of the Partnership, a registrar for the Common Units.
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5. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the Units are not delivered at the time of purchase or additional time of purchase, as the case may be, for any reason other than the termination of this Agreement pursuant to (a) the fifth paragraph of Section 8 hereof, (b) clauses (A), (C), (D) or (E) of the second paragraph of Section 7 hereunder, or (c) the default by one or more of the Underwriters in its or their respective obligations hereunder, the Partnership shall, in addition to paying the amounts described in Section 4(m) hereof, reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with the registration and offering of the Units.
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Partnership on the date hereof, at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the additional time of purchase, the performance by the Partnership of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Partnership shall furnish to the Representatives at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the additional time of purchase, an opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Liskow & Lewis, counsel for the Partnership, and an opinion of the general counsel of the General Partner, each addressed to the Underwriters, and dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, with executed copies for each of the other Underwriters, and in form and substance as set forth inExhibit B-1,Exhibit B-2 andExhibit B-3 hereto, respectively, and as otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
(b) The Representatives shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP letters dated, respectively, the date of this Agreement, the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the time of purchase and, if applicable, the additional time of purchase, and addressed to the Underwriters (with executed copies for each of the Underwriters) in the forms reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, which letters shall cover, without limitation, the various financial disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any.
(c) The Representatives shall have received at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the additional time of purchase, the opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(d) No Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall have been filed to which the Representatives shall have a right to object under this Agreement and shall have so objected in writing.
(e) The Registration Statement and any registration statement required to be filed, prior to the sale of the Units, under the Act pursuant to Rule 462(b) shall have been filed and shall have become effective under the Act. The Prospectus Supplement shall
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have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act at or before 4:30 P.M., Houston time, on the second full business day after the date of this Agreement (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act).
(f) Prior to and at the time of purchase, and, if applicable, the additional time of purchase, (i) no stop order with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Act or proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act; (ii) the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iii) none of the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses or the Prospectus, and no amendment or supplement thereto, shall include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; (iv) the Disclosure Package, and any amendment or supplement thereto, shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and (v) none of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, shall include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
(g) The Partnership will, at the time of purchase and, if applicable, at the additional time of purchase, deliver to the Representatives a certificate of its or the General Partner’s Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer or any executive or senior vice president, or any other person with an office of equal or greater status than any of the foregoing, dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, in the form attached asExhibit C hereto.
(h) The Representatives shall have received each of the signed Lock-Up Agreements referred to in Section 3(u) hereof, and each such Lock-Up Agreement shall be in full force and effect at the time of purchase and the additional time of purchase, as the case may be.
(i) The Partnership shall have furnished to the Representatives such other documents and certificates as to the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of the time of purchase and, if applicable, the additional time of purchase, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(j) The Units shall have been approved for listing on the Primary Stock Exchange, subject only to notice of issuance at or prior to the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be.
(k) The Primary Stock Exchange shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions, contemplated hereby.
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7. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination. This Agreement shall become effective when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement.
The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, if (i) since the time of execution of this Agreement or the earlier respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, there has been any change or any development involving a prospective change in the business, properties, management, financial condition or results of operations of the Partnership and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, the effect of which change or development is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (ii) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have occurred: (A) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the NYSE, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ; (B) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Partnership’s securities on the Primary Stock Exchange; (C) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (D) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (E) any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (D) or (E), in the sole judgment of UBS, makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (iii) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have occurred any downgrading, or any notice or announcement shall have been given or made of: (X) any intended or potential downgrading or (Y) any watch, review or possible change that does not indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Partnership or any Subsidiary by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act.
If the Representatives elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 7, the Partnership and each other Underwriter shall be notified promptly in writing.
If the sale to the Underwriters of the Units, as contemplated by this Agreement, is not carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under this Agreement, or if such sale is not carried out because the Partnership shall be unable to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement, the Partnership shall not be under any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Sections 4(m), 5 and 9 hereof), and the Underwriters shall be under no obligation or liability to the Partnership under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof) or to one another hereunder.
8. Increase in Underwriters’ Commitments. Subject to Sections 6 and 7 hereof, if any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to take up and pay for the Firm Units to be purchased by it hereunder (otherwise than for a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6 hereof
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or a reason sufficient to justify the termination of this Agreement under the provisions of Section 7 hereof) and if the number of Firm Units which all Underwriters so defaulting shall have agreed but failed to take up and pay for does not exceed 10% of the total number of Firm Units, the non-defaulting Underwriters (including the Underwriters, if any, substituted in the manner set forth below) shall take up and pay for (in addition to the aggregate number of Firm Units they are obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 1 hereof) the number of Firm Units agreed to be purchased by all such defaulting Underwriters, as hereinafter provided. Such Units shall be taken up and paid for by such non-defaulting Underwriters in such amount or amounts as the Representatives may designate with the consent of each Underwriter so designated or, in the event no such designation is made, such Units shall be taken up and paid for by all non-defaulting Underwriters pro rata in proportion to the aggregate number of Firm Units set forth opposite the names of such non-defaulting Underwriters inSchedule A.
Without relieving any defaulting Underwriter from its obligations hereunder, the Partnership agrees with the non-defaulting Underwriters that it will not sell any Firm Units hereunder unless all of the Firm Units are purchased by the Underwriters (or by substituted Underwriters selected by the Representatives with the approval of the Partnership or selected by the Partnership with the Representatives’ approval).
If a new Underwriter or Underwriters are substituted by the Underwriters or by the Partnership for a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in accordance with the foregoing provision, the Partnership or the Representatives shall have the right to postpone the time of purchase for a period not exceeding five business days in order that any necessary changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and other documents may be effected.
The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall refer to and include any Underwriter substituted under this Section 8 with like effect as if such substituted Underwriter had originally been named inSchedule A hereto.
If the aggregate number of Firm Units which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase exceeds 10% of the total number of Firm Units which all Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, and if neither the non-defaulting Underwriters nor the Partnership shall make arrangements within the five business day period stated above for the purchase of all the Firm Units which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate without further act or deed and without any liability on the part of the Partnership to any Underwriter and without any liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter to the Partnership. Nothing in this paragraph, and no action taken hereunder, shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
9. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Partnership agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, and any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation)
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which, jointly or severally, any such Underwriter or any such person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Partnership) or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information specified in Section 10 hereof furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives to the Partnership expressly for use in, the Registration Statement or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the Registration Statement in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was required to be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any Prospectus (the term Prospectus for the purpose of this Section 9 being deemed to include any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing), in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) of the Partnership or in any Prospectus together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except, with respect to such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information specified in Section 10 hereof furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives to the Partnership expressly for use in, such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements in such information, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Partnership, its directors and officers, and any person who controls the Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Partnership or any such person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information specified in Section 10 hereof furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the
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Representatives to the Partnership expressly for use in, the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Partnership), or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Registration Statement in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was required to be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information specified in Section 10 hereof furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives to the Partnership expressly for use in, a Prospectus or a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements in such information, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) If any action, suit or proceeding (each, a “Proceeding”) is brought against a person (an “indemnified party”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Partnership or an Underwriter (as applicable, the “indemnifying party”) pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), respectively, of this Section 9, such indemnified party shall promptly notify such indemnifying party in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and such indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses;provided,however, that the omission to so notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability which such indemnifying party may have to the indemnified party unless such indemnifying party is materially prejudiced in its defense by reason of such delay as determined in a final nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party in connection with the defense of such Proceeding or the indemnifying party shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to defend such Proceeding or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those available to such indemnifying party (in which case such indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by such indemnifying party and paid as incurred (it being understood, however, that such indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such Proceeding). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with its written consent, such indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party or parties from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing
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sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this Section 9(d), then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have fully reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault or culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to an indemnified party under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 9 or insufficient to hold an indemnified party harmless in respect of any losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Units or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable Law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Partnership on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Partnership, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Units. The relative fault of the Partnership on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Partnership or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Proceeding.
(e) The Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation
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(even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in subsection (d) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Units underwritten by such Underwriter and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damage which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and the covenants, warranties and representations of the Partnership contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its partners, directors or officers or any person (including each partner, officer or director of such person) who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the Partnership, its directors or officers or any person who controls the Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Units. The Partnership and each Underwriter agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding against it and, in the case of the Partnership, against any of the Partnership’s officers or directors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Units, or in connection with the Registration Statement, any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
10. Information Furnished by the Underwriters. The statements set forth in the last paragraph on the cover page of the Prospectus and the statements set forth in (i) the first paragraph of the subsection entitled “Commissions and Discounts” and (ii) the subsection entitled “Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids”, in each case under the caption “Underwriting” in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, only insofar as such statements relate to the amount of selling concession and reallowance or to stabilization activities that may be undertaken by the Underwriters, constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters, as such information is referred to in Sections 3 and 9 hereof.
11. Notices. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests, notices and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram or facsimile and, if to the Underwriters, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to UBS Securities LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171-0026, Attention: Syndicate Department and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department and, if to the Partnership, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to the Partnership at the offices of the Partnership at 500 Dallas, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Chief Executive Officer.
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12. Governing Law; Construction. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement (“Claim”), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York. The section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.
13. Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Partnership consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. The Partnership hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against any Underwriter or any indemnified party. Each Underwriter and the Partnership (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, on behalf of its Unitholders and affiliates) waive all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Partnership agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Partnership and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Partnership is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
14. Parties at Interest. The Agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Partnership and to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof the controlling persons, partners, directors and officers referred to in such Section, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and executors and administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser, as such purchaser, from any of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.
15. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Partnership hereby acknowledges that the Underwriters are acting solely as underwriters in connection with the purchase and sale of the Partnership’s securities. The Partnership further acknowledges that the Underwriters are acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Underwriters act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Partnership, its management, Unitholders or creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that the Underwriters may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Partnership’s securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriters hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Partnership, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Partnership hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect. The Partnership and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to the Partnership regarding such transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Partnership’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Partnership. The Partnership hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by Law,
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any claims that the Partnership may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Partnership in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties.
17. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriters and the Partnership and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of any substantial portion of the Partnership’s and any of the Underwriters’ respective businesses and/or assets.
18. Miscellaneous. UBS, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of UBS AG, is not a bank and is separate from any affiliated bank, including any U.S. branch or agency of UBS AG. Because UBS is a separately incorporated entity, it is solely responsible for its own contractual obligations and commitments, including obligations with respect to sales and purchases of securities. Securities sold, offered or recommended by UBS are not deposits, are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are not guaranteed by a branch or agency, and are not otherwise an obligation or responsibility of a branch or agency.
19. Non-recourse. The Underwriters agree that all of the obligations of the Partnership hereunder are non-recourse with respect to the General Partner, and each Underwriter agrees that it will not seek to enforce against or recover damages from the General Partner in connection with the existence of this Agreement or the Partnership’s performance or failure to perform under this Agreement, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to any actions taken by the General Partner that constitute bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the Partnership and the several Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this Agreement and the Representatives’ acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement among the Partnership and the Underwriters, severally.
| Very truly yours, GENESIS ENERGY, L.P. By: Genesis Energy, Inc., its general partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ GRANT E. SIMS | |||
| Grant E. Sims | ||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written, on behalf of itself and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule A
| UBS Securities LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ MICHAEL JAMIESON | |||
| Managing Director | ||||
| By: | /s/ JOEL FOOTE | |||
| Managing Director | ||||
| Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ LEAR BEYER | |||
| Managing Director | ||||
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