Performance Metric | ●TUR for TLLP or any member of the performance peer group is defined as the percentage increase in the value of a $100 investment in a common unit purchased at the average closing price of such common unit over the 30 trading days prior to the first day of each of the discrete one-year performance measurement period with respect to which the grant is made, assuming: ¡ Distributions are reinvested in additional fractional units or common units on the date they are declared based on the closing price of common units on the date of such reinvestment; and ¡ Such investment is liquidated on the January 1 immediately following the last day of each of the discrete one-year performance period with respect to which the grant is made, at a price that is the average closing price of the common unit over the 30 trading days prior to the liquidation. |
Performance Peer Group | ● The Performance Peer Group for the award measured using the TUR performance measure are the following companies: ● Enbridge Energy Partners, NuStar Energy, Buckeye Partners, Targa Resources Partners, Holly Energy Partners, Genesis Energy, Magellan Midstream Partners, Sunoco Logistics Partners, MarkWest Energy Partners, Western Gas Partners, EnLink Midstream Partners, DCP Midstream Partners, ONEOK Partners, EQT Midstream Partners and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners. The Committee may make such changes and adjustments to the Performance Peer Group from time to time that it deems equitable or appropriate in its discretion as a result of or to account for a Change in Control or any transaction described in Section 4(c) or 7(c) of the Plan or any similar or other extraordinary transaction that may occur with respect a member of the Performance Peer Group or a member of the Performance Peer Group ceasing to be a publicly traded company, which change(s) or adjustment(s) may include, but are not limited to removing, replacing or adding additional members to the Performance Peer Group for all or any purposes under this Agreement. |
Early Vesting | ● Awards of phantom performance units will vest at target regardless of the TLLP’s performance relative to that of the performance peer group, and DERs accumulated on those units will be paid in the following events: ¡ A Change in Control of TLGP ¡ The death or Disability of the employee
● A percentage of awards of phantom performance units will be paid out based on actual TLLP’s performance relative to that of the performance peer group and DERs accumulated on those units will be paid in the following events. (For an involuntary termination without Cause, an employee must work a minimum of 12 full months during the performance period to receive a payout). Such percentage will be the number of full months worked in during the performance period divided the number of full months in the performance period. ¡ Retirement ¡ Involuntary termination without Cause |