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6-Jul-2009
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Fina
the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its restricted
subsidiaries), if that default: (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of,
or interest or premium, if any, on such indebtedness prior to the expiration of
the grace period provided in such indebtedness on the date of such default (a
"Payment Default"); or (b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness
prior to its stated maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of any
such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such
indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of
which has been so accelerated, aggregates in excess of 3.0% of the Partnership's
consolidated net tangible assets, provided, however, that if, prior to any
acceleration of the Notes, (a) any such Payment Default is cured or waived,
(b) any such acceleration of such indebtedness is rescinded, or (c) such
indebtedness is repaid during the 30 day period commencing upon the end of any
applicable grace period for such Payment Default or the occurrence of such
acceleration of such indebtedness, as applicable, any default or event of
default (but not any acceleration of the notes) caused by such Payment Default
or acceleration of such indebtedness shall automatically be rescinded, so long
as such rescission does not conflict with any judgment, decree or applicable
law; (vii) failure by either Issuer or any of the Partnership's restricted
subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of 3.0% of the
Partnership's consolidated net tangible assets, which judgments are not paid,
discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (viii) except as permitted by the
Indenture, any subsidiary guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to
be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force
and effect or any Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of any Guarantor,
shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its guarantee of the Notes; and
(ix) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture with
respect to the Issuers or any of the Partnership's significant subsidiaries or
any group of restricted subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
significant subsidiary. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain
events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to either Issuer, all
outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action
or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
may declare all the notes to be due and payable immediately.
Registration Rights Agreement
On July 6, 2009, in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the
Partnership entered into a Registration Rights Agreement among the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. Pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, unless the restrictive legend has been removed from the Notes and the
Notes are freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act as of
the 370th day following the issuance of the Notes, the Issuers and the
Guarantors will file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC with
respect to an offer to exchange the Notes for substantially identical notes that
are registered under the Securities Act. Under some circumstances, in lieu of a
registered exchange offer, the Partnership and the Guarantors have agreed to
file a shelf registration statement with respect to the Notes and to use their
respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep the shelf registration
statement effective until the restrictive legend has been removed and the Notes
are freely tradable under Rule 144 or the sale pursuant to the shelf
registration statement of all of the Notes registered thereunder. The Issuers
and the Guarantors are required to pay additional interest if they fail to
comply with their obligations to exchange or register the Notes within the
specified time periods.
Relationships
The Initial Purchasers or their respective affiliates have performed
investment banking, financial advisory and commercial banking services for the
Partnership and certain of its affiliates, for which they have received
customary compensation, and they may continue to do so in the future. Banc of
America Securities LLC was co-lead arranger, administrative agent and
co-documentation agent under the Partnership's senior secured credit facility
and affiliates of certain of the Initial Purchasers are lenders under the
Partnership's senior secured credit facility. The Partnership has repaid a
portion of the outstanding borrowings under this facility using the proceeds of
the Notes offering and, accordingly, such Initial Purchasers and affiliates have
received a substantial portion of the proceeds from the Notes offering. In
addition, an affiliate of Banc of America Securities LLC acted as a joint book
runner, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as a senior co-manager and RBC
Capital Markets Corporation acted as a co-manager in connection with the
Partnership's October 2007 equity offering and received customary compensation.
Barclays Capital Inc. and its affiliates, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and its
affiliates and UBS Securities LLC and its affiliates hold approximately 0.01%,
2.2% and 0.38%, respectively, of the Partnership's common units. In addition,
affiliates of Banc of America Securities LLC own an approximate 6.5% fully
diluted indirect ownership interest in Targa Resources, Inc., an affiliate of
the Partnership. The Partnership has entered into swap transactions with
affiliates of Banc of America Securities LLC and certain of the other Initial
Purchasers and has agreed to pay these counter parties a fee in an amount the
Partnership believes to be customary in connection with these transactions. U.S.
Bancorp Investments, Inc. is an affiliate of the trustee under the indentures
for the Notes as well as the Issuers' 81/4% senior unsecured notes due 2016.
The descriptions set forth above in Item 1.01 are qualified in their entirety
by the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement,
which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1 and 4.2 and are incorporated
herein by reference.
Exhibit No. Description
4.1 Indenture dated as of July 6, 2009 among the Issuers and the
Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
4.2 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 6, 2009 among the
Issuers, the Guarantors and Barclays Capital Inc., as representative
of the several initial purchasers.
10.1 Purchase Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 among the Issuers, the
Guarantors and Barclays Capital Inc., as representative of the several
initial purchasers.
99.1 Press release dated June 30, 2009, announcing the pricing of the
Notes.
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