a division of BB&T Securities, LLC, Attention: Reid Burford, 901 East Byrd Street, Suite 300, Richmond, Virginia 23219, Facsimile: (804)780-3250; BTIG, LLC, Attention: ATM Trading Desk, 825 3rd Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, email: BTIGUSATMTrading@btig.com; Jefferies LLC, Attention: General Counsel, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Facsimile: (646)619-4437; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: Stephanie Little, 383 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10179, Facsimile: (312)300-7716; Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, with a copy to the office of the General Counselat legalnotices@us.mizuho-sc.com; MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Attention: Capital Markets Group, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Facsimile: (646)434-3455; RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10281-8098, Facsimile: (212)428-6260; SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 277 Park Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10271, Facsimile: (212)224-4954; SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 3333 Peachtree Road, 11th floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Facsimile: (404)926-5946; TD Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 31 West 52nd Street, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Facsimile: (212)827-7252; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10152, Facsimile: (212)214-5918; or (b), if sent to the Partnership, will be mailed or delivered to DCP Midstream, Attention: Legal Department, 370 17th Street, Suite 2500, Denver, Colorado.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and, to the extent provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof, their officers, directors, employees, and controlling persons, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of Offered Units through any Manager shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
12. No Fiduciary Duty. Each of the DCP Parties hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Offered Units pursuant to this Agreement is anarm’s-length commercial transaction between the DCP Parties, on the one hand, and the Managers and any affiliates through which they may be acting, on the other, (b) the Managers are acting solely as a sales agents and/or principals in connection with the purchase and sale of the Offered Units and not as fiduciaries of the DCP Parties, and (c) the DCP Parties’ engagement of each Manager in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, each of the DCP Parties agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any Manager has advised or is currently advising the DCP Parties on related or other matters). Each of the DCP Parties agrees that it will not claim that such Manager has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the DCP Parties, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the process leading thereto.
13. Research Analyst Independence. The DCP Parties acknowledge that each Manager’s research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from its investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that each Manager’s research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Partnership and/or the
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