Agreement of the General Partner to reduce the number of required independent directors on the SNMP Board and the audit committee of the SNMP Board from three to two, in each case in compliance with the rules and regulations of the NYSE American. As a result of the consummation of the SNMP GP Acquisition, (i) Eduardo A. Sanchez and Patricio D. Sanchez resigned from their positions as directors on the SNMP Board, (ii) G. M. Byrd Larberg was removed from his position as a director on the SNMP Board and (iii) John T. Steen, III, Michael Bricker and Steven E. Meisel were appointed to serve as directors on the SNMP Board.
On October 6, 2020, Stonepeak proposed non-binding discussions with the SNMP Board about terminating, or alternatively, amending and restating, the amended and restated shared services agreement, dated as of March 6, 2015 (the “Shared Services Agreement”), by and between SP Holdings and SNMP. The Shared Services Agreement can be terminated by either party at any time by 180 days’ prior written notice to the other party. The Shared Services Agreement provides that if there is a termination other than by either party at the end of the Shared Services Agreement’s term, by SNMP for an uncured breach by SP Holdings, or by SNMP upon a change of control of SP Holdings, then SNMP will owe a termination payment to SP Holdings in an amount equal to $5,000,000 plus 5% of the transaction value of all asset acquisitions theretofore consummated (the “Termination Fee”). Pursuant to the Board Representation Agreement (as defined below), SNMP must obtain Stonepeak’s consent to terminate the Shared Services Agreement. If the Shared Services Agreement is terminated and SNMP is required to pay the Termination Fee, Stonepeak estimates that such Termination Fee would be in excess of $40 million, inclusive of the accrued quarterly asset management fee payable in Common Units each quarter the Shared Services Agreement is in effect. In accordance with the Shared Services Agreement, SP Holdings has the option to receive payment of such Termination Fee in cash or Common Units.
As an alternative to terminating the Shared Services Agreement, Stonepeak also proposed to the SNMP Board amending and restating the Shared Services Agreement to, among other things, eliminate SP Holdings’ right to receive certain substantial fees payable by SNMP for services rendered to SNMP and upon termination of the Shared Services Agreement, in exchange for the issuance by SNMP of a number of Common Units to SP Holdings, the exact amount of which would be subject to negotiation.
On October 7, 2020, the SNMP Board referred the assessment of Stonepeak’s Shared Services Agreement proposal to the Conflicts Committee, which consists of two independent directors, Richard S. Langdon and Alan S. Bigman. Subsequent to the referral of the assessment of Stonepeak’s proposal regarding the Shared Services Agreement, the Conflicts Committee engaged the law firm of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson as legal advisor to the Conflicts Committee (“Hall Estill”).
On October 9, 2020, and again on October 13, 2020, the Conflicts Committee met telephonically, with representatives of Hall Estill in attendance, to discuss and consider Stonepeak’s request to engage in discussions regarding the termination of the Shared Services Agreement.
On October 15, 2020, the Conflicts Committee met telephonically, with representatives of Hall Estill and the General Partner’s Chief Executive Officer Gerry Willinger and Chief Financial Officer Charles Ward in attendance, to discuss and consider alternatives with respect to and the history of the Shared Services Agreement.
On October 19, 2020 the Conflicts Committee met telephonically, with Messrs. Willinger and Ward and a representative of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, legal advisor to SNMP (“HAK”), in attendance, for additional discussion of alternatives with respect to the Shared Services Agreement. Later on October 19, 2020, the Conflicts Committee reconvened telephonically, with representatives of Hall Estill in attendance, to continue such discussion.
On October 22, 2020, the Conflicts Committee met telephonically, with representatives of Hall Estill in attendance, in preparation for the Conflicts Committee members’ discussion later that same day with representatives of Stonepeak, during which Stonepeak provided the Conflicts Committee with additional details and context for Stonepeak’s consideration of alternatives with respect to the Shared Services Agreement.
On October 23, 2020 and October 25, 2020, the Conflicts Committee met telephonically, with a representative of Hall Estill in attendance, during which such representative of Hall Estill provided the