| downtime minimisation, and (v) achieve certain other administrative efficiencies, such as the simplification of intercompany accounting, corporate structure and marketing; WHEREAS, pursuant to such consolidation, the General Partner, LP-A and ENSCO Offshore International Company ("EOIC"), a corporation organized under the Jaws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, formed the Partnership and entered into an Agreement of Limited Partnership dated April 6, 201 O; WHEREAS, on April 6, 2010, the General Partner, LP-A and EOIC contributed drilling rigs, related operating assets and cash to the Partnership in exchange for partnership interests (the "April Contributions"); WHEREAS, on July 7, 2010, the General Partner, LP-A and EOIC contributed to the Partnership cash of $159.6 million, $4.2 million and $4.2 million, respectively, in exchange for increased common interests in the Partnership (the "July Coµtributions"); WHEREAS, on December .20, 2010, Ensco Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, formed LP-B and contributed thereto all of its interests in EOIC and, immediately thereafter, EOIC transferred its interest in the Partnership to LP-B and LP-B assumed EOIC's rights and obligations as a Limited Partner of the Partnership (the "EOIC Transfer''); · WHEREAS, immediately thereafter the General Partner, LP-A and LP-B contributed to the Partnership cash of $304 million, $8 million and $8 million, respectively, as well as additional drilling rigs and related operating assets, in exchange for additional common and preferred interests (the "December Contributions") and entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated December 20, 2010; WHEREAS, on February 14, 2011, the General Partner, LP-A and LP-B entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership to clarify certain ambiguities in, and make minor revisions to, the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated December 20, 20!'0; WHEREAS, on July 31, 2016, the Partnership returned (i) $350,000,000 to LP-A in cash in reduction of LP-A Original Preferred Capital of a corresponding amount and (ii) $272,000,000 to LP-B by way of the transfer of a promissory note issued by ENSCO Offshore International Holdings Limited (the outstanding balance on the note being repaid in complete satisfaction of the note on August 26, 2016) in reduction ofLP-B Original Preferred Capital of a corresponding amount (the "July 2016 Reduction"); WHEREAS, on November 18, 2016, the Partnership returned (i) all the shares of Ensco Offshore Services LLC to LP-A in reduction of LP-A Original Preferred Capital of $1,500,000 and (ii) $3 I 6,000 in cash and the offshore drilling rig identified by Ensco as rig number 56 to LP-B in reduction of LP-B Original Preferred Capital of $1,166,000 (the "November 2016 Reduction"); WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 10.4, the General Partner, LP-A and LP-B now wish to further amend and restate the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership 2 |