Amended and Restated Commitment Letter (together with the exhibits and other attachments hereto, this “Commitment Letter”) and such Original Commitment Letter (including, without limitation, any provision thereof that is required to remain in full force and effect pursuant to Section 13 thereof) shall be of no further force or effect (it being understood and agreed that the provisions ofSection 7 andSection 12 hereof shall apply with like force and effect to the Original Commitment Letter).
You have advised us that:
(a) Prairie Private Acquiror LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Buyer” or “you”), formed at the direction of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners L.P. (together with its affiliates, collectively, “BIP”), Jasmine Ventures Pte. Ltd (together with its affiliates, collectively, “GIC”) and Enagas Holding USA, S.L.U. (together with its affiliates, collectively, “Enagas” and together with BIP and GIC, collectively the “Sponsors”) and certain other investors designated by the Sponsors (together with the Sponsors, the “Investors”), intends to merge (the “TGE Merger”) with and into Tallgrass Energy, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“TGE” and, together with its subsidiaries, collectively, the “Acquired Business”), with TGE surviving the TGE Merger and the holders of Class A shares of TGE (other than the Sponsors) receiving cash in exchange for their Class A shares of TGE, such that following consummation of the TGE Merger and related transactions, the parent companies of the Buyer (prior to consummation of the TGE Merger) will own, directly or indirectly, approximately 55% of the economic interests (the “Subject Interests”) in Tallgrass Equity, LLC (“TE LLC”);
(b) it is intended that, substantially concurrent with the TGE Merger, Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“TEP”), which is wholly-owned by TE LLC and its subsidiaries, will (i)(x) issue an aggregate principal amount of up to $575 million in senior unsecured notes (the “Senior Notes”) or other debt securities in lieu thereof (the “Securities”) in one or more Rule 144A offerings or other private placements on or prior to the Closing Date and/or (y) obtain a senior unsecured bridge facility providing an aggregate principal amount of up to $575 million of increasing rate bridge loans (the “Senior Bridge Facility”) on the Closing Date having the terms set forth in the Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions attached hereto asExhibit B (the “Term Sheet”) and (ii) will use a portion of the proceeds of such Senior Notes, Securities and/or Senior Bridge Facility to make a distribution on the Closing Date (the “Closing Date Distribution”) through one or more of its parent companies to TGE to fund a portion of the Merger Consideration (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement);
(c) you wish for Credit Suisse, Citi, Jefferies, MUFG and Blackstone to provide the Senior Bridge Facility pursuant to this Commitment Letter; and
(d) you intend to consummate the other transactions described inExhibit A hereto (the “Transaction Description”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Exhibits attached hereto. For purposes of this Commitment Letter, “Citi” means CGMI, Citibank, N.A., Citicorp USA, Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc. and/or any of their affiliates as Citi shall determine to be appropriate to provide the services contemplated herein. It is understood and agreed that CGMI is entering into this Commitment Letter for and on behalf of Citi.
In connection with the Transactions, (a) CS is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide 23.34% of the Senior Bridge Facility, (b) Citi is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide 23.33% of the Senior Bridge Facility, (c) Jefferies is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide 20% of the Senior Bridge Facility, (d) MUFG is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide 13.33% of the Senior Bridge Facility and (e) Blackstone is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide 20% of the Senior Bridge Facility (CS, Citi, Jefferies, MUFG and Blackstone, each in such capacity together with any of its designated affiliates of similar creditworthiness in such capacity, an “Initial Lender” and, collectively, the “Initial Lenders”), in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth or referred to in this Commitment Letter and the Exhibits attached hereto.
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