UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report: April 13, 2015
Commission file number 1- 33198
TEEKAY
OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
4th Floor
Belvedere Building
69 Pitts Bay Road
Hamilton, HM08 Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F
þ Form 40- F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).
Yes ¨ No
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7).
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Item 1 Information Contained in this Form 6-K Report
Form of Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
In connection with our proposed issuance of Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (we or
the Partnership) intends to amend and restate our current Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., in substantially the form attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Report.
Petrojarl Knarr FPSO Acquisition
In June
2011, Teekay Corporation entered into a contract with BG Norge Limited (BG) to provide a harsh weather FPSO unit to operate in the North Sea. The contract will be serviced by a newbuilding FPSO unit, the Petrojarl Knarr (or
Knarr), which arrived in Norway in mid-September 2014 following delivery from the shipyard. In December 2014, the Board of Directors of our general partner approved our acquisition of the Knarr FPSO unit from Teekay Corporation, and on
April 6, 2015, we entered into an agreement (the Knarr Acquisition Agreement) with Teekay Corporation to acquire the entities that own and operate the FPSO unit. The purchase price, which is based on a fully built-up cost for
the Knarr of approximately $1.25 billion, is expected to be financed through the assumption of an existing $815 million long-term debt facility and the balance through a combination of cash and short-term vendor financing from Teekay
Corporation. In March 2015, the Knarr achieved first oil under its charter contract with BG. We expect to complete the acquisition of the Knarr during the second quarter of 2015. Closing of the acquisition is subject to the unit
completing certain operational tests and commencing its charter contract at full rate, and other customary closing conditions.
Pursuant to the contract
with BG, we will be responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of the Knarr, including, among other things, providing supplies and personnel for the unit and complying with environmental and other laws related to the
Knarrs operations.
The daily base rate under the Knarr charter contract is fixed for a six-year term. BG has the option to extend the
term at 12-month intervals for a maximum period of 20 years. In the event BG does not elect to extend the charter contract for an additional four years following the initial term, it must pay a specified option fee. BG may terminate the charter
contract prior to the commencement of operations at any time, subject to reimbursement of all costs associated with such termination. In addition, BG may terminate the charter contract after operations have commenced upon six months, advance notice,
subject to payment of a specified termination fee for any such termination during the initial six-year period, or as a result of, among other things, an unremedied material breach by us under the charter contract.
The Knarr Acquisition Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Report.
Item 6 Exhibits
The following
exhibits are filed as part of this Report:
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Purchase Agreement for Knarr L.L.C. and Teekay Knarr AS, between Teekay Corporation and Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., dated April 6, 2015 |
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Form of Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. |
THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE FOLLOWING REGISTRATION STATEMENTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP:
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (NO. 333-147682) FILED WITH THE SEC ON NOVEMBER 28, 2007 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-175685) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JULY 21, 2011 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-178620) FILED WITH THE SEC ON DECEMBER 19, 2011 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-183225) FILED WITH THE SEC ON AUGUST 10, 2012 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-188393) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MAY 7, 2013 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-188543) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MAY 10, 2013 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-193301) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JANUARY 10, 2014 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3ASR (NO. 333-196098) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MAY 20, 2014 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-197053) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JUNE 26, 2014 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P. |
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By: Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., its general partner |
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Date: April 13, 2015 |
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/s/ Peter Evensen |
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Peter Evensen |
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Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Exhibit 1.1
DATED April 6, 2015
TEEKAY CORPORATION
as
Vendor
and
TEEKAY
OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
as Purchaser
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
relating to
the sale and purchase
of the entire ownership interests in
Knarr L.L.C.
and
Teekay Knarr AS
Contents
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Definitions and Interpretation |
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Agreement For Sale |
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Consideration |
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Completion |
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Warranties |
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Remedies of the Purchaser |
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Implementation |
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Costs |
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Notices |
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Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
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Termination |
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Disclosure Schedule |
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The Interests Transfer Documents |
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Warranties and Representations |
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The Vessel |
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Consideration Formula |
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DATED April 6, 2015
BETWEEN:
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TEEKAY CORPORATION, a Marshall Islands company having a principal office at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM08, Bermuda (the Vendor); and |
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TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership having a principal office at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM08, Bermuda (the Purchaser).
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BACKGROUND
(A) |
The Vendor is the indirect legal and beneficial owner of the Owner and the Operator. |
(B) |
The Owner is the direct legal and beneficial owner of the Vessel. |
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The Operator bareboat charters the Vessel from the Owner and has entered into a lease and operation contract with the Charterer. |
(D) |
Pursuant to the Offer Letter, the Vendor has now offered its 100% interest in both the Owner and the Operator for sale to the Purchaser, which will involve inter alia the sale of the Interests by the Vendor to
the Purchaser. |
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The Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Interests from the Vendor subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
In this Agreement, including the Schedules and the recitals, unless the
context requires otherwise:
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in New York are
open for the transaction of normal banking business (other than solely for trading and settlement in Dollars) or, for the purposes of Clause 10 (Notices ), a day on which banks are open for the transaction of normal banking
business in the country of receipt of a notice.
Business Information means all information and records (in whatever
form held and whether commercial, financial, technical or otherwise) relating to any Target Company or the business or activities or affairs of any Target Company, which can be reasonably considered to be confidential to the Target Companies or any
of them.
Charter means the agreement for lease and operation in respect of the Vessel (Agreement No. 109205 CNT)
dated 30 June 2011 between (i) the Operator and (ii) the Charterer, as amended and/or assigned or novated from time to time.
Charterer means BG Norge Limited (Norwegian Branch), a registered branch under the laws of Norway with organization no 986
592 288 (of a company incorporated in England and Wales with company no. 05028627) whose registered branch office is at Likkeveien 103 B, 4007 Stavanger, Norway as operator for and on behalf of the Jordbær Group.
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Claim means a claim for breach of Warranty by the Purchaser against the
Vendor.
Closing means completion of the sale and purchase of the Interests in accordance with
Clause 4.1 (Timing of Closing ).
Closing Date means the day on which Closing takes place, which
shall be the date that is five business days after the Operator receives an Interim Performance Test Certificate (as defined under the Charter) from the Charterer unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Purchaser and the Vendor; provided also that
the novation of the Facility Agreement as contemplated by Section 4.3(c) and the incurrence of any short-term Vendor financing pursuant to Section 3.1 as part of the Closing shall not breach or violate any covenants under credit facilities
of Purchaser or its subsidiaries.
Consideration means the consideration payable by the Purchaser for the Interests, as
set forth in Schedule 5 Consideration Formula.
Covered Environmental Losses means all environmental and
toxic tort Losses and Expenses suffered or incurred by the Purchaser, the Purchaser Group Companies or any of the Target Companies by reason of or arising out of:
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any violation or correction of violation of Environmental Laws by the Vendor or the Vendor Group Companies; or |
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any event or condition associated with ownership or operation by the Vendor or the Vendor Group Companies of the Interests (including, without limitation, the presence of Hazardous Substances on, under, about or
migrating to or from the Vessel or the disposal or release of Hazardous Substances generated by operation of the Vessel), including, without limitation: |
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the cost and expense of any investigation, assessment, evaluation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, repair, restoration, remediation or other corrective action required or necessary under Environmental Laws;
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the cost or expense of the preparation and implementation of any closure, remedial, corrective action or other plans required or necessary under Environmental Laws; and |
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the cost and expense for any environmental or toxic tort pre-trial, trial or appellate legal or litigation support work, |
but only to the extent that such violation complained of under (a), or such events or conditions included in (b), occurred before the Closing
Date and, provided that, in no event shall Losses or Expenses to the extent arising from a change in any Environmental Law after the Closing Date be deemed Covered Environmental Losses.
Disclosed means fully, fairly and expressly disclosed by this Agreement, including the Disclosure Schedule and, for this
purpose fairly disclosed means any information disclosed in such manner and in such detail or with sufficient explanation as to enable a reasonable purchaser to make an informed assessment or estimation of the matter concerned and its
financial, operational or other consequences to the Target Companies.
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Disclosure Schedule means the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto at Schedule
1.
Dollars or US$ means United States Dollars.
Environmental Laws means all federal, state, foreign and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments and
ordinances relating to protection of health and safety and the environment, each as amended up to and including the Closing Date.
Facility means the US$815,000,000 secured term loan facility made available by The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Citibank
N.A. London Branch and others to the Owner pursuant to the Facility Agreement.
Facility Agreement means the secured
term loan facility agreement dated as of 24 February 2014 and made between, amongst others, (i) the Owner as borrower and (ii) The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Citibank N.A. London Branch and other lenders pursuant to which the
lenders have agreed to make the Facility available to the Owner for the purposes stated in the Facility Agreement.
Financing
Arrangements means the financing and related security arrangements in relation to the Owner and the Vessel as contemplated by and created pursuant to the Facility Agreement.
Hazardous Substances means:
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substances which contain substances defined in or regulated under applicable Environmental Laws; |
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petroleum and petroleum products, including crude oil and any fractions thereof; |
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natural gas, synthetic gas and any mixtures thereof; |
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any substances with respect to which a federal, state, foreign or local agency requires environmental investigation, monitoring, reporting or remediation; |
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any hazardous waste or solid waste, within the meaning of any Environmental Law; |
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any solid, hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, material, waste or substance, within the meaning of and regulated by any Environmental Law; |
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any radioactive material; and |
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any asbestos-containing materials that represent a health hazard. |
Indebtedness means any borrowings or other indebtedness whatsoever owed by the Target Companies or any of them.
Insolvency Event means in relation to any of the Purchaser, the Vendor or the Target Companies (as the context may require)
that any of the following actions has occurred in relation to it:
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an order has been made or an effective resolution passed or other proceedings or actions taken (including, without limitation, the presentation of a petition) with a view to its administration, bankruptcy, winding-up,
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it has had a receiver, administrative receiver, manager or administrator appointed over all or any substantial part of its undertaking or assets; or |
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any event has occurred or situation arisen in any jurisdiction that has a substantially similar effect to any of the foregoing. |
Interests means 100% of the entire equity interests or share capital in the Target Companies.
Interests Transfer Documents means those documents further described in Schedule 2 hereto.
Jordbær Group means the licensees of the Knarr PL 3735 License Area from time to time, being, as at the
date of the Charter, BG Norge AS (45%), RWE Dea Norge AS (10%), Wintershall Norge ASA (20%) and Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (25%).
Losses and Expenses means liabilities, losses, damages, claims, demands, awards and expenses (including, without limitation,
legal costs) and includes, for the avoidance of doubt, any value added tax (VAT) (or similar tax) payable in relation to any such matter, circumstance or item (except to the extent that the party claiming Losses and Expenses obtains credit for such
VAT as input tax).
Offer Letter means the letter dated September 11, 2014 by the Vendor addressed to Teekay
Offshore GP LLC, in its capacity as general partner of the Purchaser.
Operator means Teekay Knarr AS, a company
organized and existing under the laws of Norway with its registered address at Beddingen 16, 7014 Trondheim, Norway.
Owner means Knarr L.L.C., a limited liability company incorporated and existing under the laws of The Republic of Marshall
Islands with a registered office at Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960.
Outstanding Contractual Items means any outstanding claims or disputes arising out of the Construction Contract (as further
described in Schedule 1) or the Charter in respect of, inter alia, liquidated damages, variation orders, force majeure etc.
Purchaser Group Companies means the Purchaser and any subsidiaries thereof.
Relevant Documents means those agreements, contracts, understandings and arrangements to which any of the Target Companies
is a party or to which any of the Interests, the Vessel or any other assets of any of the Target Companies are subject or by which they are bound which are material to any of the Target Companies, set out in the Disclosure Schedule.
Security Interest means any mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating), pledge, lien, hypothecation, encumbrance,
assignment, right of set-off, trust arrangement, title retention or other security interest or other agreement or arrangement of any kind having the effect of conferring security.
Specified Rate is the rate of interest equal to yearly LIBOR from time to time plus 100 basis points.
Target Companies means the Owner and the Operator.
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Target Company means each one of the Owner and the Operator.
Tax or Taxation means any tax, duty, contribution, impost, levy or charge in the nature of tax, whether
domestic or foreign, and any fine, penalty, surcharge or interest in relation thereto, including without limitation (and without prejudice to the foregoing) corporation tax, income tax (including tax failing to be deducted or withheld from or
accounted for in respect of any payment), capital gains tax, value added tax, customs excise and import duties, stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax, and any other payment whatsoever that any of the Target Companies is or may be or become bound to
make to any person and that is or purports to be in the nature of taxation or otherwise by reason of any taxation statutes.
Taxation Authority means any national, local municipal, governmental, state, federal or fiscal, revenue, customs or excise
authority, body, agency or official anywhere in the world having, or purporting to have power or authority in relation to Tax.
Transaction Documents means this Agreement and the other documents delivered at Closing pursuant to
Clause 4 (Completion ).
Vendors Account means such account of the Vendor as the Vendor may
specify to the Purchaser from time to time.
Vendor Group Companies means the Vendor and any subsidiary of the Vendor,
from time to time (except, with effect from Closing, the Target Companies and any Purchaser Group Companies).
Vessel
means the FPSO unit Petrojarl Knarr with IMO No. 9630987 owned by Owner, details of which are set out in Schedule 4 (The Vessel ).
Warranties means the representations and warranties set out in Clause 5 (Warranties ) and Schedule
3 (Warranties and Representations ).
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a person includes a legal or natural person, partnership, trust, company, government or local authority department or other body (whether corporate or unincorporated); |
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a statutory or regulatory body shall include its successors and any substituted body; |
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the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and |
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one gender includes all genders. |
1.2.2 |
Unless otherwise stated, a reference to a Clause, sub-clause or Schedule is a reference to a Clause or sub-clause of, or Schedule to, this Agreement and a reference to this Agreement includes its Schedules.
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1.2.3 |
Clause headings in this Agreement and in the Schedules are for ease of reference only and do not affect its construction. |
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1.2.4 |
In construing this Agreement the so-called eusdem generis rule does not apply and accordingly the interpretation of general words shall not be restricted by words indicating a particular
class or particular examples. |
2.1 |
Sale and purchase of Interests |
Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the
Vendor shall sell and transfer the Interests to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall purchase and take transfer of the Interests on the Closing Date.
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Absolute title to Interests; no Security Interest in Interests |
The Vendor shall take
all reasonable steps within its power and control to procure that the Purchaser will duly obtain absolute title to the entire legal and beneficial interest in the Interests, and all rights (whether in respect of distributions, voting or otherwise)
that at the date of this Agreement or any later time are conferred on or by any of the Interests, free from any Security Interest other than Disclosed.
3.1 |
Payment of Consideration |
The Consideration shall be paid by the Purchaser on the
Closing Date by way of:
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electronic transfer of such portion of the Consideration as determined by the Purchaser and specified in writing to the Vendor at least five (5) Business days before the Closing Date, in immediately available funds
to the account of the Vendor as specified by the Vendor in writing at least five (5) Business days before the Closing Date; and |
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the balance (but not more than $400 million) by means of the issuance by the Purchaser in favour of the Vendor of an unsecured promissory note of the Purchaser in the original principal amount of such balance, which
shall be due and payable, subject to permitted prepayment, on the first anniversary of the Closing Date and bear interest at the rate of 6.5% per annum, such note to be in such form as otherwise mutually agreed by the parties.
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Vendors Undertakings |
In addition to the transfer of the Interests to the
Purchaser, the Vendor further undertakes as follows:
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that on Closing, it shall procure that each of the Target Companies shall have no net liabilities other than the liabilities Disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule; |
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following the Closing Date and upon receiving any notices, correspondence, information or enquiries in relation to any of the Target Companies, the Interests, the Vessel or the Transaction Documents, it shall forthwith
pass copies thereof to the Purchaser and shall hold in trust for the relevant Target Company and account forthwith for any monies received after the Closing Date on account of such Target Company; |
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it shall procure that the Company shall not have made any distributions to its interest holder at any time on or prior to Closing. |
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Closing shall be
effected by the Vendor satisfying its obligations under Clause 4.2 (Vendors Closing obligations) and by the Purchaser satisfying its obligations under Clause 4.3 (Purchasers Closing obligations) and shall
take place on the Closing Date.
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Vendors Closing obligations |
4.2.1 |
The Vendor shall deliver or procure that there are delivered to the Purchaser on or before the Closing Date (as the context may permit): |
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a duly executed transfer in respect of the Interests in favour of the Purchaser, or as it may direct; |
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the Interests Transfer Documents; |
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the certificate, if any, for the Interests (or an indemnity in the approved form for any lost certificates); |
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certified copies of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the Vendor (certified as at the date of Closing to be a certified copy of such resolutions in full force and effect and certifying that such resolutions
have not been revoked), confirming, inter alia, that it has authorised the transfer of the Interests to the Purchaser; |
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where applicable, all statutory and minute books (in every case written up to, but not including, the Closing Date), common seals, certificates of formation and certificates of amendment (or equivalent), cheque books,
bank mandates and other books and records (whether statutory, financial or otherwise) of the Target Companies as applicable and all certificates and documents of title relating to any investments of any of the Target Companies; |
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the original or certified true copies of the Transaction Documents; |
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the original or certified true copies of the Relevant Documents; |
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evidence satisfactory to the Purchaser that all amounts payable by any of the Target Companies under any loan facilities made available by the Vendor (other than with respect to amounts Disclosed as liabilities in the
Disclosure Schedule), any bank, financial institution, or any other person whether on the basis of any Security Interest provided by any of the Target Companies, and whether in relation to the Vessel or otherwise, have been paid in full and all
associated Security Interests (other than those identified in the Disclosure Schedule) have been discharged or reassigned to the relevant Target Company or to the person giving the same; |
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a certified copy of the Interim Performance Test Certificate (as defined in the Operation Agreement (as described in Schedule 1 hereto); |
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the duly executed certificate of an officer of the Vendor dated on the Closing Date, in form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, certifying on behalf of the Vendor to the accuracy of the representations and
Warranties (save as Disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule ) of the Vendor contained in this Agreement; |
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evidence satisfactory to the Purchaser that Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in its capacity as agent under the Facility Agreement (on behalf of the lenders) has consented to the transfer of ownership of
the Target Companies to the Purchaser and that such amendments as Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank deems necessary to the Financing Arrangements in connection thereto have been effected to Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment
Banks satisfaction; |
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evidence satisfactory to the Purchaser that the Charterer has consented and agreed to the transfer of ownership of the Owner and the Operator to the Purchaser. |
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Purchasers Closing obligations |
The Purchaser shall on Closing and subject to the
transfer of the Interests:
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deliver or procure that there is delivered to the Vendor a certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of its general partner, authorising the execution of this Agreement and any other Transaction
Document that it is to execute pursuant to this Agreement; |
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pay to the Vendor the Consideration in accordance with Clause 3.1 (Payment of Consideration); |
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Deliver or procure there is delivered to the Vendor evidence satisfactory to the Vendor that Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in its capacity as agent under the Facility Agreement (on behalf of the lenders)
has consented and agreed to the novation from the Vendor to the Purchaser of all its rights and obligations under the Financial Guarantee, which document is listed under Finance Documents on the Disclosure Schedule. |
4.4 |
Closing obligations not fulfilled |
4.4.1 |
If either party fails, for any reason, to comply with any of its obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Clause 4 (Completion), the other party may, at its option: |
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by written notice to the first party defer the date for Closing by one or more periods that shall not exceed 20 (twenty) Business Days in aggregate in respect of either all of the parties obligations under the
foregoing provisions of this Clause 4 (Completion) or such of those obligations that have not been complied with; or |
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proceed to Closing so far as practicable but without prejudice to the second partys rights (whether under this Agreement or the general law) as regards the obligations with which the first party has not complied;
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waive all or any of the obligations in question of the first party. |
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If Closing is deferred to another date in accordance with Clause 4.4.1(a), and Closing is effected, the provisions of this Agreement shall apply as if that other date were the Closing Date. |
The Vendor represents, warrants and undertakes, subject to
Clause 5.9 (Disclosure in Disclosure Schedule ), that each statement in Schedule 3 (Warranties and Representations) is at the date of this Agreement, and will (save as Disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule) at the
Closing Date remain, true, accurate and not misleading in any respect on the basis that a reference to the Closing Date were substituted for any express or implied reference to the date of this Agreement in that Schedule.
The Vendor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably covenants with the Purchaser
that, subject always to the limitations set out in Clause 6 (Remedies of the Purchaser), it will indemnify the Purchaser and each of the Target Companies against all Losses and Expenses that any of the Purchaser Group Companies or
the Target Companies may suffer or incur or pay in enforcing its rights in connection with any matter referred to in this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents including, without limitation:
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the disputing and/or settlement of any Claims and any steps taken to avoid and advice sought in connection with any actual, threatened or anticipated Claims; |
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any legal proceedings in which any of the Purchaser Group Companies or the Target Companies makes a Claim; and |
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the enforcement of any such settlement or judgement. |
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Outstanding Contractual Items |
The Vendor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
covenants with the Purchaser that it shall be solely responsible for settling all Outstanding Contractual Items and that in the event that settlement of any such Outstanding Contractual Items requires the payment by the Vendor of any amount, that it
shall pay such amount promptly and shall not seek re-imbursement of such amount from the Purchaser or any Target Company. No amounts paid or due and payable by the Vendor under this Clause 5.3 shall fall within the Vendors aggregate limit of
liability as stated in Clause 6.2.
5.4 |
Reliance on Warranties |
The Vendor acknowledges that:
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the Purchaser has been induced to enter and is entering into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents on the basis of and in reliance upon the Warranties; |
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the Purchaser may rely on the Warranties to the exclusion of any other information, and that, with the exception of matters set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the Purchasers rights in respect thereof will not
be in any way impaired as a result of any other information being possessed by or available to any Purchaser Group Companies or any officer, employee, professional or financial adviser of, or person acting on behalf of, the Purchaser or any
Purchaser Group Companies. |
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5.5 |
Warranties are separate and independent |
Each Warranty shall be construed as a separate
and independent warranty and, save as expressly provided otherwise, shall not be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other terms of this Agreement or any other Warranty.
5.6 |
Reduction in Consideration |
Any payments made by the Vendor to the Purchaser in respect
of Claims shall, to the extent lawfully possible, be treated by the parties as a reduction in the Consideration; provided, however, that this Clause 5.6 (Reduction in Consideration) shall not in any way limit or restrict the amount
recoverable by the Purchaser or any other person under this agreement to the amount of the Consideration or any other amount (but this is without prejudice to the limitations set out in Clause 6 (Remedies of the Purchaser).
5.7 |
Awareness of Vendor and Ordinary Course of Business |
Where any Warranty is qualified by
reference to the awareness, knowledge, information or belief of the Vendor (or any similar expression), the Vendor shall be deemed to have such awareness, knowledge, information or belief as it would have after having made reasonable enquiry of the
senior executive managers and officers of the Vendor. In relation to each of the Warranties concerning the assets, liabilities, Transaction Documents, Relevant Documents, Vessel or results of any of the Target Companies, such Warranties shall be
deemed to be qualified by reference to exclude any matters (whether or not Disclosed) arising in the ordinary and normal course of trading as of the effective date of this Agreement.
5.8 |
Provision of information |
The Vendor undertakes promptly to provide the Purchaser with
any information that the Purchaser may by written notice request in relation to:
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any of the Warranties or any statement of fact contained elsewhere in this Agreement, any Relevant Document or any Transaction Document; or |
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the Disclosure Schedule or any other disclosure made or information provided (or purportedly made or provided) under this Clause 5.8 (Provision of information); or |
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any matter or question connected with or arising out of any of the foregoing, |
but this only
applies to information that is (either at the date of the Agreement or at the date of the request) in the possession of the Vendor or that the Vendor or any of its professional advisers can reasonably be expected to obtain and present without undue
efforts.
5.9 |
Disclosure in Disclosure Schedule |
The Vendor shall not have any liability in respect of
any Claim if and to the extent that any fact, matter or circumstance that causes any of the Warranties to be breached or that might result in a Claim or possible Claim has been Disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or otherwise in any of the
Transaction Documents or Relevant Documents. The parties agree that the Disclosure made by the documents listed in the Disclosure Schedule constitutes full, fair and express disclosure of the facts, matters, transactions, rights, obligations,
assets, liabilities, arrangements, relationships and scope of information to which those documents relate.
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5.10 |
Notification of potential Claims before Closing |
If, at any time before Closing, the
Vendor becomes aware of any Claim or any matter that could reasonably be expected to cause a Claim to arise or any matter that at Closing would constitute a Claim or could reasonably be expected to cause a Claim to arise, it shall forthwith disclose
the same in writing to the Purchaser.
5.11 |
Organisation and good standing |
Each party represents to the other party that it is duly
formed, organised and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
Each party represents to the other party that it has all necessary
power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the execution of this Agreement has been duly authorised by all necessary action on its part.
To the best knowledge of each party after making such diligent inquiry
as may be reasonable under the circumstances, neither party has any knowledge of any impediment that might impact the sale and purchase of the Interests as contemplated by this Agreement.
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REMEDIES OF THE PURCHASER |
Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement and
the Transaction Documents, the representations and warranties of the Vendor contained in this Agreement (including the Schedules hereto), the Disclosure Schedule and the Relevant Documents shall survive the Closing and remain in full force and
effect for a period of 12 months after the Closing Date; provided, however, that the warranties and indemnities given in Clause 5.3 and the Warranties in paragraph 1(b), paragraph 1(c), paragraph 11 (Taxation), and
paragraph 12(a) of Schedule 3 (Warranties and Representations) to this Agreement shall survive until, and shall terminate upon, the date of expiration of the applicable statute of limitations with respect to the liability in
question. The covenants and agreements of the Vendor contained in this Agreement and the Transaction Documents that by their terms extend beyond the Closing Date shall not terminate until all obligations with respect thereto have been performed or
satisfied or shall have expired or been terminated in accordance with their terms.
6.2 |
Indemnification by the Vendor |
6.2.1 |
The Vendor agrees, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, to indemnify each of the Purchaser, the Purchaser Group Companies and the Target Companies against and hold
them harmless from any and all: |
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Losses and Expenses to the Purchaser, any Purchaser Group Companies or any Target Company arising out of or related to the breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Vendor in this Agreement (including the Schedules |
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hereto), the Disclosure Schedule and the Transaction Documents, to the extent the Vendor is notified by the Purchaser of such Losses or Expenses prior to expiration of the applicable survival
period set forth in Clause 6.1 (Survival); |
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Covered Environmental Losses relating to the Interests to the extent that the Vendor is notified by the Purchaser of any such Covered Environmental Losses within five (5) years after the Closing Date;
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Losses and Expenses to the Purchaser, the Purchaser Group Companies or any of the Target Companies arising from: |
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the failure of the Purchaser Group Companies, immediately after the Closing Date, to be the owner of such ownership interests in and to the Interests as are necessary to enable the Purchaser Group Companies to own and
operate the Interests in substantially the same manner that the Interests were owned and operated by the Vendor Group Companies immediately prior to the Closing Date; or |
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the failure of the Purchaser Group Companies to have on the Closing Date any consent or governmental permit necessary to allow the Purchaser Group Companies to own or operate the Interests in substantially the same
manner that the Interests were owned and operated by the Vendor Group Companies immediately prior to the Closing Date, |
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in each of Clause 6.2.1(c)(i) and Clause 6.2.1(c)(ii), to the extent that the Vendor is notified by the Purchaser of such Losses or Expenses within three (3) years after the Closing Date;
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all federal, state, foreign and local income tax liabilities attributable to the operation of the Interests prior to the Closing Date; |
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Losses and Expenses to the Purchaser, any Purchaser Group Companies or any Target Company arising out of or related to the Relevant Documents in respect of any obligations of the Vendor or the Target Companies arising
prior to the Closing Date, including, without limitation any Losses and Expenses arising from the Outstanding Contractual Items. |
6.2.2 |
The aggregate liability of the Vendor under Clauses 6.2.1(a) to (e) (inclusive) shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate value of (a) the Consideration and (b) the amount of the Facility Agreement
outstanding on the Closing Date. |
6.3.1 |
The Purchaser agrees that within a reasonable period of time after it becomes aware of facts giving rise to a claim for indemnification pursuant to Clause 6.2 (Indemnification by the Vendor), it will
provide notice thereof in writing to the Vendor specifying the nature of and specific basis for such claim. |
6.3.2 |
The Vendor shall have the right to control all aspects of the defence of (and any counterclaims with respect to) any claims brought against the
Purchaser or any of the Purchaser Group Companies or the Target Companies that are covered by the indemnification set forth in Clause 6.2 (Indemnification by the Vendor), including, without limitation, the selection of counsel,
determination of whether to appeal any decision of any court and the settling of any |
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such matter or any issues relating thereto; provided, however, that no such settlement shall be entered into without the consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the
Purchaser (with the concurrence of the conflicts committee of the Purchaser) unless it includes a full release of the Purchaser, the Purchaser Group Companies and the Target Companies from such matter or issues, as the case may be.
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6.3.3 |
The Purchaser agrees to cooperate fully with the Vendor with respect to all aspects of the defence of any claims covered by the indemnification set forth in Clause 6.2 (Indemnification by the Vendor),
including, without limitation, the prompt furnishing to the Vendor of any correspondence or other notice relating thereto that the Purchaser, any Purchaser Group Companies or any Target Company may receive, permitting the names of such parties to be
utilized in connection with such defence, the making available to the Vendor of any files, records or other information of such parties that the Vendor considers relevant to such defence and the making available to the Vendor of any employees of the
Purchaser, the Purchaser Group Companies or the Target Companies; provided, however, that in connection therewith the Vendor agrees to use reasonable efforts to minimize the impact thereof on the operations of such parties and further agrees to
maintain the confidentiality of all files, records and other information furnished by any such party pursuant to this Clause 6.3 (General Provisions). In no event shall the obligation of the Purchaser to cooperate with the Vendor as
set forth in the immediately preceding sentence be construed as imposing upon the Purchaser an obligation to hire and pay for counsel in connection with the defence of any claims covered by the indemnification set forth in Clause 6 (Remedies of
the Purchaser); provided, however, that the Purchaser may, at its own option, cost and expense, hire and pay for counsel in connection with any such defence. The Vendor agrees to keep any such counsel hired by the Purchaser reasonably informed
as to the status of any such defence (including providing such counsel with such information related to any such defence as such counsel may reasonably request) but the Vendor shall have the right to retain sole control over such defence.
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6.3.4 |
In determining the amount of any Losses or Expenses for which the Purchaser, the Purchaser Group Companies or the Target Companies is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, the gross amount of the
indemnification will be reduced by (i) any insurance proceeds realized by such parties, and such correlative insurance benefit shall be net of any incremental insurance premium that becomes due and payable by such parties as a result of such
claim, and (ii) all amounts recovered by such parties under contractual indemnities from third persons. The Purchaser hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to realize any applicable insurance proceeds or amounts recoverable under
such contractual indemnities; provided, however, that the costs and expenses (including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys fees) of the Purchaser, the Purchaser Group Companies or the Target Companies in connection with
such efforts shall be promptly reimbursed by the Vendor in advance of any determination of whether such insurance proceeds or other amounts will be recoverable. |
6.3.5 |
The Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that its sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be pursuant
to the indemnification provisions set forth in Clause 5.2 and this Clause 6 (Remedies of the Purchaser). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Purchaser hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, any and all rights,
claims and causes of action it may have against the Vendor and the Vendor Group Companies arising under or based upon any federal, state, foreign or local statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, any such rights,
claims or causes of action arising under or based upon common law or otherwise). |
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The Vendor shall (and shall procure that any other relevant person
shall) execute any deeds or documents and exercise or waive any rights and generally take any action, including passing (or procuring that there is passed) any resolution of the Vendor or (whilst the Vendor remains the registered owner) any of the
Target Companies that the Purchaser may reasonably require, which may be necessary for this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be carried into effect.
8.1 |
Responsibility for costs |
Except where expressly provided otherwise, each party shall
pay its own costs connected with the negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any matters connected therewith and investigating the affairs of the Target Companies.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
regarding the sale and purchase of the Interests and supersedes any prior drafts, agreements, undertakings, representations, warranties and arrangements of any kind, whether or not in writing, regarding the same, all of which are hereby terminated
and shall cease to have effect in all respects.
9.2.1 |
This Agreement shall be binding on and enure for the benefit of each partys successors and permitted assigns. Save as provided in Clause 9.2.2, no party shall, without the prior written consent of the other party,
assign, transfer, charge or deal in any other manner with this Agreement or any of its rights (whether to damages or otherwise) or obligations arising under or in connection with the Agreement, or purport to do any of the same, nor sub-contract any
or all of its obligations under this Agreement, and any such assignment, transfer, charge or dealing shall be void for all purposes. |
9.2.2 |
The Purchaser may assign all or any part of its rights and benefits under this Agreement to any Purchaser Group Companies. |
9.2.3 |
Subject to and upon any succession or assignment permitted by this Agreement, any such successor or assignee shall in its own right be able to enforce any term of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement as if it were a party, but until such time shall have no rights whether as a third party or otherwise. The Vendor shall have no greater liabilities towards any successor or assignee of the Purchaser than it would have had to the Purchaser
had the Purchaser remained fully and solely entitled under this Agreement. |
9.3 |
Right of set-off, deductions and withholdings and Tax on payments |
9.3.1 |
The Purchaser shall not be entitled to set off against the Consideration any sums owing to it by the Vendor. |
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9.3.2 |
If any deduction or withholding is required by law to be made from any payment from one party to another party under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the party making the payment shall increase the
amount thereof so as to ensure that the recipient receives and is able to retain that amount that it would have received and retained had the payment not been the subject matter of such deduction or withholding provided always that if the recipient
is entitled to a credit or some other benefit as a consequence of the payment to it being the subject matter of a deduction or withholding it shall use its reasonable endeavours to utilise the credit (whether by set off, or by claiming a repayment
in respect thereof, or otherwise) or benefit so arising and in the event that it is able so to do it shall repay to the party who made the payment an amount equal to the credit or benefit so utilised, provided always that this Clause is without
prejudice to the limitations on the Vendors liabilities as set out in Clause 6 (Remedies of the Purchaser). For the avoidance of doubt, this Clause 9.3.2 shall not impose upon the recipient of the payment any obligation to utilise any
credit or benefit in priority to any other economic credit or benefit available to it or to pay to the party making the payment an amount greater than that by which the original payment was increased under this Clause 9.3 (Right of
set-off, deductions and withholdings and Tax on payments). |
9.3.3 |
If any payment from the Vendor to the Purchaser under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is liable to Tax in the hands of the Purchaser, the Vendor shall increase the payment by such an amount as will
ensure that the Purchaser is able to receive and retain, after paying Tax in respect of its receipt, an amount equal to that which would otherwise have been paid to it had the receipt not been subject to Tax in its hands, provided always that this
Clause is without prejudice to the limitations on the Vendors liabilities as set out in Clause 6 (Remedies of the Purchaser). The parties shall agree to the amount of any increase in a relevant payment to give effect to this
Clause 9.3 (Right of set-off, deductions and withholdings and Tax on payments). In the event that the parties are not able to agree the amount of any increase, the amount thereof shall be certified by the Purchasers auditors
acting as experts whose decision in respect thereof shall be binding on the relevant parties except in the case of manifest error. |
9.4 |
Waivers, rights and remedies |
9.4.1 |
No failure or delay on the part of either party to this Agreement in exercising any right or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or operate as a waiver or variation of it or
preclude its exercise at any subsequent time and no single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy. |
9.4.2 |
A waiver by either party under this Agreement of a breach of or default under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document shall not constitute a waiver of any other breach or default, shall not affect the
other terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the rights of any other person thereto and shall not prevent the Purchaser from subsequently requiring compliance with the waived obligation. |
9.4.3 |
Any waiver (in whole or in part) of any right or remedy under this Agreement must be set out in writing, signed by or on behalf of the person granting the waiver and may be given subject to any conditions thought fit by
the grantor and, unless otherwise expressly stated, any waiver shall be effective only in the instance and only for the purpose for, and in favour of the person to, which it is given. |
9.4.4 |
Unless specifically provided in this Agreement or otherwise, the rights and remedies of the Purchaser and the Vendor under or pursuant to any other Transaction Document are cumulative, may be exercised as often as the
Purchaser or the Vendor, as applicable considers appropriate and are in addition to its rights and remedies under the general law. |
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No variation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be
valid unless it is agreed in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties thereto.
This Agreement (other than obligations that have already been fully
performed) remains in full force after Closing.
9.7 |
Provisions of Agreement severable |
If any provisions of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document is, or becomes, invalid, unenforceable or illegal, in whole or in part, under the laws of any jurisdiction, such term or provision or part shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of this Agreement or the relevant
Transaction Document (as the case may be), but the validity, enforceability or legality of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the relevant Transaction Document shall not be impaired.
9.8 |
Interest for late payment |
Any sum owing by either party under this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document shall carry interest from (and excluding) the date on which it is payable until (and including) the date of actual payment at the Specified Rate. Such interest will be compounded semi-annually and be payable after as well
as before any judgment.
This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents may be entered
into in any number of counterparts and by the parties thereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but each such document shall not be effective until each party thereto has executed at least
one counterpart, but all the counterparts for document shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are made for the
benefit of the respective parties hereto and thereto and their successors and permitted assigns only and are not intended to benefit, and no term thereof shall be enforceable by, any other person by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999.
Any notice under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and
may be delivered by hand or fax to the address of the relevant party that is set out below or to such other address as that party may have notified in writing from time to time to the party serving the notice, which notice so served by fax shall be
deemed to have been received at the time of despatch:
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+011 441 292 3931 |
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marked for the attention of the Corporate Secretary |
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Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. |
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+011 441 292 3931 |
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marked for the attention of the Corporate Secretary |
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GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
This Agreement is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with,
English law.
11.2.1 |
Any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 and any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof before a sole arbitrator agreed by
the parties or failing agreement within 7 days of receipt by one party of a notice (the First Notice) from the other proposing an arbitrator, a tribunal of three arbitrators comprising: |
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the arbitrator proposed in the First Notice; |
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an arbitrator appointed by the party that received the First Notice; and |
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an arbitrator, who shall be the chairman, appointed by the two arbitrators referred to in Clause 11.2.1(a) and Clause 11.2.1(b). |
11.2.2 |
If the party receiving the First Notice does not within 14 days of receipt thereof notify the other party of its appointed arbitrator, the arbitrator referred to in Clause 11.2.1(a) shall be deemed appointed as
sole arbitrator. |
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11.2.3 |
Once appointed in relation to a dispute, a sole arbitrator or tribunal shall resolve all other disputes between the parties in relation to this Agreement, subject to the availability of the arbitrator(s).
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This Agreement may be terminated upon written notice given at any time
before the Closing:
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by the mutual written consent of Vendor and Purchaser; |
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by the Vendor, in the event of a material breach by the Purchaser of any representation, Warranty, covenant or agreement of the Purchaser contained herein that has not been cured or is not curable by the Closing Date;
or |
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by the Purchaser, (i) in the event of a material breach by the Vendor of any representation, Warranty, covenant or agreement of the Vendor contained herein that has not been cured or is not curable by the Closing Date,
or (ii) in the event that the Closing Date does not occur before December 31, 2015. |
12.2 |
Effect of Termination |
In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Clause 12.1 (Termination), the parties shall be relieved of their obligations under this Agreement, save that Clause 1 (Definitions and Interpretation) and Clause 10 (Notices) to
Clause 11 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction) shall continue in full force and effect, and neither party shall have any claims against the other party in connection with this Agreement except in respect of any accrued rights or
obligations arising under this Agreement before termination or in connection with any antecedent breach by any party of any provision of this Agreement or any breach by any party of any continuing provision of this Agreement.
In witness whereof this Agreement has been executed by or on behalf of the parties the day and year first above written.
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Schedule 1
Disclosure Schedule
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CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
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Knarr Construction Contract |
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English Law |
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9 May 2011 |
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Addendum No.1 Knarr Construction Contract |
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English Law |
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30 May 2011 |
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Addendum No.2 Knarr Construction Contract |
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English Law |
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1 July 2011 |
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Addendum No.3 Knarr Construction Contract |
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English Law |
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29 March 2012 |
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Addendum No.4 Knarr Construction Contract |
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English Law |
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25 September 2013 |
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Addendum No.5 Knarr Construction Contract |
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English Law |
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21 March 2014 |
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Exhibit A Scope of Work SHI |
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Attachment 1 to Exhibit A Interface Matrix |
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Attachment 2 to Exhibit A Contractors Interface Management Procedure |
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Attachment 3 to Exhibit A Interface Responsibility Matrix SHI |
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Attachment 4 to Exhibit A Interface Management Plan for Reference SHI |
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Attachment 5 to Exhibit A Interface Management Datasheet for Reference SHI |
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Attachment 6 to Exhibit A Deliverables Matrix SHI |
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Attachment 7 to Exhibit A Capital Spares Listing Commissioning, Start-up, Insurance and Operational Spares SHI |
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Attachment 8 to Exhibit A Early Engineering Deliverables SHI |
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Exhibit B Compensation |
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(Same document as Nos. 251-253 below) |
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Exhibit C Contract Schedule |
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Attachment 1 to Exhibit C Level 2 Project Schedule SHI |
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Attachment 2 to Exhibit C Project Execution Plan SHI |
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Exhibit D Admin Requirements SHI |
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Attachment 1 to Exhibit D Project Organisation Chart |
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Attachment 2 to Exhibit D Offices and Facilities |
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Exhibit E Companys Specifications |
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Attachment 1 to Exhibit E Jordbaer Development Design Basis |
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Attachment 2 to Exhibit E Jordbaer FPSO Functional Requirements |
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Attachment 3 to Exhibit E Process Safety in Design Standard |
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Attachment 4 to Exhibit E Asset Integrity Management Standard |
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Attachment 5 to Exhibit E Jordbaer Metocean Report |
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Attachment 6 to Exhibit E Sampling Philosophy |
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Attachment 7 to Exhibit E Isolation Philosophy |
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Attachment 8 to Exhibit E Shutdown Philosophy |
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Attachment 9 to Exhibit E SAS Philosophy |
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Attachment 10 to Exhibit E CCR Philosophy |
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Attachment 11 to Exhibit E SIL Assessment Philosophy |
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Attachment 12 to Exhibit E Telecom Philosophy Jordbaer |
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Attachment 13 to Exhibit E Flare, Vent and Relief Design Philosophy |
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Attachment 14 to Exhibit E Material Handling Philosophy |
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Attachment 15 to Exhibit E Weight Management Philosophy |
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Attachment 16 to Exhibit E Measurement Allocation & Sampling Philosophy |
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Attachment 17 to Exhibit E Process Laboratory Requirements |
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Attachment 18 to Exhibit E VOID |
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42. |
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Attachment 16 to Exhibit E Regulations Compliance Plan |
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43. |
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Attachment 17 to Exhibit E Winteriszation Philosophy |
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44. |
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Attachment 18 to Exhibit E HSSE and WE Philosophies |
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45. |
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Attachment 22 to Exhibit E FES and EERS Philosophy |
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46. |
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Attachment 23 to Exhibit E Working Environment Area Limits |
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47. |
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Attachment 24 to Exhibit E Working Environment Programme |
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48. |
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Attachment 25 to Exhibit E DAL Specification |
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49. |
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Attachment 26 to Exhibit E Documentation for Operation Philosophy |
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50. |
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Attachment 27 to Exhibit E Document for Operation (DFO) Specification |
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51. |
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Attachment 27 to Exhibit E Annex A Requirements for Documentation |
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52. |
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Attachment 27 to Exhibit E Annex B DFI resume for Loadbearing Structures (normative) |
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53. |
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Attachment 27 to Exhibit E Annex C DFI Resume for Pipeline Systems |
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54. |
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Attachment 28 to Exhibit E Numbering and Coding System |
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55. |
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Exhibit F Companys Deliverables |
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56. |
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Safety Study Plan SHI |
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57. |
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Appendix 1to Exhibit F Companys Deliverables Project Execution Phase SHI |
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58. |
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Appendix 2 Turret Contractor Deliverables (AFC-MTO-Equip) ROS dates SHI |
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59. |
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Exhibit G Companys Insurances NOT USED |
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60. |
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Exhibit H Suppliers and Subcontractors SHI |
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61. |
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Attachment 1 to Exhibit H Hull Vendor List |
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62. |
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Attachment 2 to Exhibit H Topsides Vendor List |
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63. |
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Attachment 3 to Exhibit H Subcontractor List SHI |
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64. |
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Exhibit I Contractors Specifications Vol I |
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65. |
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Exhibit I Contractors Specifications Vol II |
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66. |
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Exhibit J 1 Form of corporate guarantee |
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67. |
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Exhibit J 2 Form of refund guarantee |
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68. |
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Exhibit J 3 Form of warranty guarantee |
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69. |
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Exhibit K Acceptance Testing, Mechanical Completion and Handover SHI |
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70. |
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Exhibit L Health, Safety, Security and Environment Requirements SHI |
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71. |
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Exhibit M Quality Assurance Requirements SHI |
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2. REFUND GUARANTEE |
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72. |
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Letter of Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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9 May 2011 |
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73. |
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Amendment Number 1 |
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English Law |
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19 December 2011 |
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74. |
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Amendment Number 2 |
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English Law |
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2 April 2012 |
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75. |
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Amendment Number 3 |
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English Law |
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2 October 2013 |
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76. |
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Amendment Number 4 |
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English Law |
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3 March 2014 |
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77. |
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List of Authorised Signatories Lee Hee Jin |
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78. |
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List of Authorised Signatories Lee Jong Sung |
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3. PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT |
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79. |
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Purchase Option Agreement |
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Norwegian Law
(Same document as No. 256 below) |
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30 June 2011 |
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4. BAREBOAT CHARTER |
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80. |
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Bareboat Charter |
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English Law |
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30 June 2011 |
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5. LEASE AND OPERATION AGREEMENT |
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81. |
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Agreement for the Lease and Operation of a FPSO Vessel for the Jordbaer Field |
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Norwegian Law |
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30 June 2011 |
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82. |
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Addendum Number 1 |
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Norwegian Law |
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16 September 2013 |
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83. |
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Addendum Number 2 |
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Norwegian Law |
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20 March 2014 |
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84. |
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Side Letter Addendum Number 2 |
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Norwegian Law |
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2 June 2014 |
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85. |
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Addendum Number 3 |
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Norwegian Law |
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30 June 2014 |
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86. |
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Exhibit A Scope of the Services |
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87. |
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Attachments to Exhibit A |
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88. |
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Exhibit B (1) Compensation |
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89. |
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Exhibit B (2) Compensation |
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90. |
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Exhibit B (3) Compensation |
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91. |
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Exhibit C Contract Schedule |
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92. |
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Attachments to Exhibit C |
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93. |
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Exhibit D Administration Requirements |
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94. |
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Exhibit E Companys Documents |
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95. |
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Exhibit F Companys Deliverables |
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96. |
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Exhibit G NOT USED |
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97. |
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Exhibit H Subcontractors |
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98. |
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Exhibit I Contractors Specification |
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99. |
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Exhibit J Business Principles |
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100. |
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Exhibit K NOT USED |
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101. |
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Exhibit L Health Safety, Security and Environment Requirements |
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102. |
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Exhibit M Quality Assurance Requirements |
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103. |
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Exhibit N Form of Ultimate Holding Company Guarantee |
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104. |
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Exhibit O Form of Performance Bond |
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105. |
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Exhibit P NOT USED |
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106. |
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Exhibit Q Technical Supplement |
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107. |
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Exhibit R Bareboat Charter Terms |
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108. |
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Exhibit S Form of Company Guarantee |
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6. OPERATION AGREEMENT |
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109. |
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Production Support Services Agreement |
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Norwegian Law |
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1 January 2012 |
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7. FRAMO AGREEMENT |
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110. |
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Framo Engineering Knarr LLC Contract |
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English Law |
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17 June 2011 |
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111. |
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Exhibit A Scope of Work FE |
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112. |
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Attachment 1 Contractors Interface Matrix |
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113. |
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Attachment 2 NOT USED |
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114. |
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Attachment 3 FPSO Interface Responsibility Matrix |
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115. |
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Attachment 4 Jordbaer Interface Management Plan |
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116. |
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Attachment 4 Appendix A FE |
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117. |
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Attachment 4 Appendix B FE |
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118. |
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Attachment 4 Appendix C FE |
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119. |
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Exhibit B Compensation |
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120. |
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Exhibit C Contractors Schedule FE |
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121. |
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Attachment 1 Schedule Achievement Notification |
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122. |
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Attachment 2 Milestone Completion Certificatge |
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123. |
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Attachment 3 Notification Certificate |
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124. |
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Attachment 4 Project Schedule |
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125. |
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Attachment 5 Project Execution Plan |
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126. |
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Exhibit D Companys Deliverables List |
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127. |
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Exhibit E Companys Specifications |
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128. |
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Exhibit F Companys Deliverables |
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129. |
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Attachment 1 Companys Deliverables List |
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130. |
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Attachment 2 Safetec Safety Study Plan |
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131. |
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Exhibit G Contractors Insurance FE |
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132. |
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Exhibit H Suppliers and Subcontractors |
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133. |
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Attachment 1 Turret Vendor List |
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134. |
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Exhibit I Contractors Specifications |
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135. |
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Exhibit J Form of Company Guarantee |
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136. |
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Exhibit K Acceptance Testing, Mechanical Completion and Handover |
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137. |
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Exhibit L Health, Safety, Secuirty and Environment Requirements |
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138. |
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Exhibit M Quality Assurance Requirements |
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8. FACILITY AGREEMENT |
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8.1 FIRST AND SECOND ADVANCE (on system as 815M USD Feb 24, 2014) |
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139. |
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Facility Agreement |
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English Law and English Courts have jurisdiction (cl.22) |
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24 February 2014 |
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140. |
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Drawdown Notice to First Advance |
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21 March 2014 |
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141. |
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Drawdown Notice to Second Advance |
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21 March 2014 |
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142. |
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Waiver Request |
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As per cl. 22 of the Facility Agreement (above) |
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21 March 2014 |
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143. |
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Intentionally Blank |
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144. |
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TOO Financial Guarantee |
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English Law |
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24 February 2014 |
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145. |
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Teekay Financial Guarantee |
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English Law |
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24 February 2014 |
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146. |
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Citibank N.A. ISDA |
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English Law |
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24 February 2014 |
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147. |
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Nordea Bank Finland plc ISDA |
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English Law |
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148. |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V. ISDA |
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English Law |
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149. |
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Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank ISDA |
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English Law |
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150. |
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DNB Bank ASA ISDA |
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English Law |
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151. |
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Mortgage |
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(Registered in the Bahamas) |
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(Agreed Form) |
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152. |
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Deed of Covenants |
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English Law |
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(Agreed Form) |
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153. |
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Pre-Delivery Assignment |
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English Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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154. |
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Notice of Assignment in relation to Construction Contract and Acknowledgment and Undertaking (Builder) |
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English Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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155. |
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Notice of Assignment in relation to Refund Guarantee and Acknowledgment and Undertaking (Refund Guarantor) |
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English Law |
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2 April 2014 (Acknowledgment 4 April 2014) |
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156. |
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Notice of Assignment in relation to Refund Guarantee and Acknowledgment and Undertaking (Framo) |
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English Law |
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2 April 2014 (Acknowledgment 4 April 2014) |
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157. |
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Notice of Assignment of Insurances |
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2 April 2014 |
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158. |
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Borrower Share Pledge |
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English Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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159. |
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LLC Certificate and Instrument of Transfer to LLC Certified Assignment |
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LLC Certificate 22 December 2010
Instrument of Transfer N/A |
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160. |
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Irrevocable Proxy |
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2 April 2014 |
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161. |
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Bareboat Charterer Share Pledge |
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Norwegian Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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162. |
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Notice of Share Pledge |
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Norwegian Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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163. |
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Acknowledgement of Share Pledge and shareholder register of the Bareboat Charterer |
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2 April 2014 |
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164. |
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Assignment |
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English Law |
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(Agreed Form) |
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165. |
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Bareboat Charterer Assignment |
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English Law |
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(Agreed Form) |
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166. |
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Quiet Enjoyment Undertaking |
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Norwegian Law
(Borrower and Charterer signatures held in escrow) |
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(Agreed Form) |
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167. |
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Master Agreement Charge |
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English Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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168. |
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DNB Bank ASA Notice and Acknowledgment Charge |
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Notice 2 April 2014
Acknowledgment 3 April 2014 |
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169. |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Notice and Acknowledgment of Charge |
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Notice 2 April 2014
Acknowledgment 24 April 2014 |
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170. |
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Nordea Bank Finland Plc Notice and Acknowledgment of Charge |
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Notice 2 April 2014
Acknowledgment 9 April 2014 |
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171. |
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Citibank N.A. Notice and Acknowledgment of Charge |
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Notice 2 April 2014
Acknowledgment 10 April 2014 |
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172. |
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Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Notice and Acknowledgment of Charge |
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2 April 2014 |
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173. |
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Bareboat Charterer Account Charge |
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French Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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174. |
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Account Charge |
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French Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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175. |
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Deed of Release of Bridge Facility |
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English Law |
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3 March 2014 |
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176. |
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Notice of Reassignment of the Shipbuilding Contract |
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2 April 2014 |
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177. |
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Notice of Reassignment of the Refund Guarantee |
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2 April 2014 |
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178. |
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Notice of Reassignment of Current and Other Equipment |
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2 April 2014 |
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179. |
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Notice of Reassignment of the Insurances |
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2 April 2014 |
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180. |
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Operations Agreement |
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Norwegian Law |
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1 January 2012 |
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181. |
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Construction Contract |
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(Same document as No. 1 above) |
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9 May 2011 |
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182. |
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Addendum No 1 to the Construction Contract |
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30 May 2011 |
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183. |
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Addendum No 2 to the Construction Contract |
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1 July 2011 |
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184. |
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Addendum No 3 to the Construction Contract |
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29 March 2012 |
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185. |
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Addendum No 4 to the Construction Contract |
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25 September 2013 |
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186. |
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Addendum No 5 to the Construction Contract |
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21 March 2014 |
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187. |
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Charter |
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English Law
(Same document as No. 80 above) |
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30 June 2011 |
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188. |
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Amendment No 1 to the Charter |
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16 September 2013 |
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189. |
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Amendment No 2 to the Charter |
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20 March 2014 |
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190. |
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Purchase Option Agreement |
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Norwegian Law |
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30 June 2011 |
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191. |
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Bareboat Charter |
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English Law |
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30 June 2011 |
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192. |
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Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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23 May 2011 |
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193. |
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First Amendment to Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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19 December 2011 |
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194. |
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Second Amendment to Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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2 April 2012 |
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195. |
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Third Amendment to Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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2 October 2012 |
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196. |
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Fourth Amendment to Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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3 March 2014 |
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197. |
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Side Letter regarding Addendum No. 5 to Construction Contract |
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English Law |
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21 March 2014 |
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198. |
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Framo Contract |
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English Law |
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20 June 2011 |
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199. |
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Borrower Directors Certificate |
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2 April 2014 |
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200. |
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Bareboat Charterer Directors Certificate |
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2 April 2014 |
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201. |
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Teekay Directors Certificate |
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2 April 2014 |
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202. |
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TOO Directors Certificate |
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Laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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2 April 2014 |
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203. |
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Shareholder Directors Certificate |
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2 April 2014 |
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204. |
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Borrower Directors Certificate |
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2 April 2014 |
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205. |
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Borrower Officers Certificate |
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1 April 2014 |
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206. |
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Written Consent from the Charterer |
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English Law |
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20 March 2014 |
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207. |
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Process agent letter |
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English Law |
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24 February 2014 |
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208. |
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A Certificate from Teekay that it owns a minimum of 51% of the voting rights in the General Partner |
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2 April 2014 |
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209. |
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Invoice from the Builder evidencing the amount payable under Milestone 14 |
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26 March 2014 |
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210. |
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Milestone 14 completion Certificate |
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21 March 2014 |
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211. |
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Endorsed Notice of assignment of Insurances and Loss Payable Clause |
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Not available at the time the bible was produced |
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8.2 FINAL ADVANCE (on system as Delivery of Knarr FPSO) |
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212. |
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Facility Agreement |
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English Law |
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24 February 2014 |
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213. |
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Drawdown Notice |
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English Law |
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18 June 2014 |
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214. |
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Consent Request Letter |
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English Law |
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18 June 2014 |
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215. |
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Consent Request Letter Regarding P&I Cover |
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English Law |
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27 June 2014 |
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216. |
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Mortgage |
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Under the Commonwealth of the Bahamas |
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1 July 2014 |
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217. |
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Register of Transcript Issued by the BMA Evidencing Registration of the Vessel and the Mortgage |
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English Law |
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1 July 2014 |
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218. |
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Assignment |
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1 July 2014 |
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219. |
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Notice of Assignment of Insurances |
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1 July 2014 |
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220. |
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Notice to The Standard Club Europe re Disclosure |
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1 July 2014 |
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221. |
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Notice to DnK re Disclosure |
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1 July 2014 |
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222. |
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Notice of Assignment to the Bareboat Charterer and Acknowledgement |
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English Law |
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1 July 2014 |
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223. |
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Deed of Acknowledgement from the Bareboat Charterer |
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English Law |
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1 July 2014 |
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224. |
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Notice of Assignment of Purchase Option Agreement |
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English Law |
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1 July 2014 |
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225. |
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Deed of Covenants |
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English Law |
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1 July 2014 |
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226. |
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Operators Acknowledgement |
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1 July 2014 |
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227. |
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Amendment Deed to Deed of Covenants |
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228. |
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Bareboat Charterer Assignment |
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English Law |
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1 July 2014 |
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229. |
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Notice of Assignment of Insurances |
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1 July 2014 |
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230. |
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Quiet Enjoyment Undertaking |
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Norwegian Law |
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27 June 2014 |
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231. |
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Borrowers Certificate Attaching:
a) Evidence that the amount of the final advance is sufficient to pay all eligible delivered costs
b) A true copy of the agreed draft of the protocol of delivery and acceptance |
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27 June 2014 |
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232. |
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Borrowers Certificate Attaching:
a) Bringdown Certificate
b) Confirmation of no security interests
c) Confirmation that the charter date of acceptance will occur no later than the date failing fifteen months
d) Confirmation that no direct agreement under the purchase option agreement has been
exercised e) Confirmation that the project documents have not been amended and are in
force f) Confirmation that the DSCR is not less than 1:2:1 for each relevant
period g) Confirmation that the LLCR is not less than 1:2:1 for each relevant
period h) Confirmation that the representations made by the Company are true in all
material respects under clause 11 (other than clauses 11.2, 11.6 and 11.8) of the facility agreement
i) Confirmation that no default is continuing or would result from the making of the final advance |
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27 June 2014 |
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233. |
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Process Agent Letter |
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English Law |
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24 February 2014 |
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234. |
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Interim Classification Certificate |
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30 June 2014 |
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235. |
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Memorandum of Understanding |
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30 June 2014 |
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236. |
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2014 Budget |
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24 June 2014 |
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237. |
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Operating Directors Certificate Attaching:
a) Constitutional Documents
b) Board resolutions (and shareholder resolutions, if applicable)
c) Power of Attorney
d) Certificate of Incumbency
e) Proportion of shares held by each shareholder |
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Norwegian Law |
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27 June 2014 |
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238. |
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Budget (OPEX and CAPEX) |
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July 2014 June
2015 |
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239. |
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Interest Hedging: Interest Swap Confirmation from ABN AMRO |
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7 March 2014 |
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240. |
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Interest Swap Confirmation from Citibank N.A., London Branch |
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7 March 2014 |
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241. |
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Interest Swap Confirmation from CA-CIB |
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7 March 2014 |
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242. |
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Novation Agreement with Nordea (1) Containing the Swap Details That Were Novated |
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Laws of the State of New York |
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19 March 2014 |
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243. |
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Novation Agreement with Nordea (2) Amending the Governing Law of the Novation Agreement with Nordea (1) to English Law to be Consistent with the ISDA Master Agreement |
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English Law |
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19 March 2014 |
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244. |
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Novation Agreement with DnB Bank Containing the Swap Details were Novated |
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US (New York) Law |
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17 March 2014 |
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9. SETTLEMENT LETTER |
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245. |
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Settlement Contribution Letter (Signed) |
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1 July 2014 |
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10. OMNIBUS AGREEMENT |
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246. |
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Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement (Teekay Shipping) |
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US (New York) Law |
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DOCUMENTS REQUESTED IN EMAIL |
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247. |
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A. Knarr Protocol of Delivery |
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English Law |
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1 July 2014 at
04:40 |
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248. |
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A. Knarr Protocol of Delivery Appendix A |
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249. |
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Bareboat Charterer Account Charge |
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French Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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250. |
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Borrower Account Charge (signed, dated) |
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French Law |
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2 April 2014 |
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251. |
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Exhibit B Compensation pages 1-20 |
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English Law
(Same as document No. 16 above) |
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252. |
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Exhibit B Compensation pages 21-40 |
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English Law
(Same as document No. 16 above) |
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253. |
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Exhibit B Compensation pages 41-60 |
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English Law
(Same as document No. 16 above) |
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254. |
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I. Knarr Bill of Sale |
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25 June 2014 |
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255. |
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Mortgage |
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1 July 2014 |
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256. |
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Purchase Option Agreement |
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Norwegian Law
(Same document as No. 79 above) |
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30 June 2011 |
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257. |
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Exhibit J-1 Form of Corporate Guarantee |
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English Law |
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7 June 2011 |
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258. |
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First Amendment to Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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19 December 2011 |
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259. |
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Fourth Amendment to Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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11 March 2014 |
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260. |
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H Knarr Commercial Invoice |
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1 July 2014 |
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261. |
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Knarr LLC LLC Agreement 2nd Amendment and restated |
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Marshall Islands |
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8 September 2014 |
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262. |
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Knarr LLC Certificate of Limited Liability Interest |
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Marshall Islands |
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22 December 2010 |
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263. |
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Refund Guarantee issued by Kexim |
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English Law |
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23 May 2011 |
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264. |
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Second Amendment to Letter of Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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2 April 2012 |
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265. |
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Third Amendment to Letter of Refund Guarantee |
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English Law |
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2 October 2013 |
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266. |
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Onshore Completion Certificate |
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3 November 2014 |
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267. |
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Acknowledgement of Compliance (PSA) |
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31 October 2014 |
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268. |
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DNB Performance Bond (Operation Agreement) |
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Norwegian Law |
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30 June 2011 |
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269. |
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Amendment 3 to DNB Performance Bond (Operation Agreement) |
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Norwegian Law |
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11 June 2014 |
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270. |
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Ultimate Holding Company Guarantee (Operation Agreement) |
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Norwegian Law |
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30 June 2011 |
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271. |
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Nordea Performance Guarantee (Framo Agreement) |
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English Law |
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20 June 2011 |
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272. |
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Agreement re: Items Requiring Additional Works |
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English Law |
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30 June 2014 |
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273. |
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Settlement / Close Out Agreement |
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30 June 2014 |
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Registration/Vessel Documents |
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274. |
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Knarr LLC Certificate of Good Standing |
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Marshall Islands |
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23 September 2014 |
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275. |
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Knarr LLC Certificate of Formation |
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Marshall Islands |
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23 September 2014 |
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276. |
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Teekay Knarr AS Articles of Association |
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Norwegian |
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By meeting held 30 January 2014 |
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277. |
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Teekay Knarr AS Certificate of Registration |
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Norwegian |
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Incorporated 25 January 2011 |
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278. |
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Bahamas Transcript of Registry Petrojarl Knarr |
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Bahamas |
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23 September 2014 |
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Schedule 2 : The Interests Transfer Documents
Schedule 2
The Interests Transfer Documents
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1. |
Certificate of Limited Liability Interest of Knarr L.L.C., signed by its sole member, the Vendor Group Company, Teekay Holdings Limited, and duly endorsed by its sole member for transfer to the Purchaser or to its
direction. |
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Copy of the share register of Teekay Knarr AS, signed by a director, showing the purchaser as the sole holder of the shares of Teekay Knarr AS. |
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3. |
A board resolution of Teekay Knarr AS evidencing that the board of Teekay Knarr AS has approved the transfer of the shares to the Purchaser. |
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Schedule 3 : Warranties and Representations
Schedule 3
Warranties and Representations
1 |
The Company and the Interests |
The Target Companies are duly formed and validly existing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of incorporation. Each of the Target Companies has the requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business.
The Interests constitute 100% of the issued capital of the Target
Companies, the Vendor Group Company, Teekay Holdings Limited, is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Interests, and no claim has been made by any person to be entitled to any of them. The Interests have been duly authorized, properly allotted
and validly issued and are fully paid, or credited as fully paid, and non-assessable. Save as Disclosed there is no Security Interest, option, conversion right, right to acquire, or other adverse interest, right, equity, claim or potential claim of
any description on or over or affecting any of the Interests nor are there any agreements, arrangements or commitments to give or create any such Security Interest, right or claim, and no claim has been made by any person to be entitled to any.
(c) |
No arrangements relating to share capital |
None of the Target Companies have created or issued
any shares or equity or partnership interests (other than the Interests). There is no agreement, arrangement, obligation or commitment (including an option or right of pre-emption or conversion) requiring or granting any person the right to require
the creation, allotment, issue, transfer, redemption or repayment of, or creating or requiring the creation of any Security Interest over, or requiring the grant to a person of the right (conditional or not) to require the allotment, issue,
transfer, redemption or repayment of, any shares, equity or loan capital in any of the Target Companies (or any unissued shares, equity capital, loan capital or other securities of any of the Target Companies) now or at any time in the future, and
none of the Target Companies has agreed to do or enter into any of the foregoing and no person has made any claim to be entitled to any of the foregoing.
(d) |
No capital reorganisations |
Neither of the Target Companies has since its incorporation or
formation:
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made any issue of securities or partnership interests by way of capitalisation of profits or reserves (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve); or |
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repaid, purchased or redeemed any shares of any class of its share capital or otherwise reduced its share capital or partnership interests or any class of it; |
or agreed to do any of the foregoing (whether at the option of any other person or otherwise).
(e) |
No agreement/arrangement |
Save as Disclosed, neither the Vendor nor either of the Target
Companies are party to any agreement or arrangement concerning:
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(i) |
the transfer or disposal of the Interests or any interest therein or any restriction thereon or obligation relating thereto; |
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(ii) |
the exercise of votes at meetings of the board of the Target Companies (if any) or of the holders of any class of Interests; or |
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(iii) |
the right to appoint or remove any directors or officers of the Target Companies. |
(f) |
No Security Interest over assets |
Save as Disclosed, there is no Security Interest (other than
liens arising in the usual course of business consistent with past practices) affecting the whole or any material part of the assets of any of the Target Companies.
As regards the Vendor:
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(i) |
it has the requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and perform all its obligations thereunder; |
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(ii) |
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitute (or will constitute when executed) its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with their terms;
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(iii) |
it has the power and authority to absolutely and unconditionally sell and transfer the full legal and beneficial ownership in the Interests to the Purchaser on the terms set out in this Agreement; |
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(iv) |
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and performance by it of the obligations thereunder do not and will not result in a breach of, or constitute any default under, any law or
regulation, any order, judgement or decree by any court or governmental agency to which it is a party or by which it is bound, its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws or any agreement to which it or a Vendor Group Company is a party;
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(v) |
all consents, licences, approvals and authorisations required by it in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and
are in full force and effect; |
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(vi) |
no action, suit, proceeding, litigation or dispute against it or any Vendor Group Companies is presently taking place or pending or, to its knowledge, threatened that would or might reasonably be expected to inhibit its
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or that could materially and adversely affect the Interests; and |
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(vii) |
in so far as it is a body corporate: |
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(A) |
it is a body corporate duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated; |
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(B) |
no Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to it and no events or circumstances have arisen that entitle or could entitle any person to take any action, appoint any person, commence proceedings or obtain any order
instigating an Insolvency Event. |
(b) |
Vendor/Company relationship |
Save as Disclosed, neither the Vendor, nor any Vendor Group
Companies:
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(i) |
owe any indebtedness or other liability and which in aggregate exceeds US$100,000 to the Target Companies whether actually or contingently, whether solely or jointly with any other person and whether as principal or
surety, and there is no such indebtedness or liability and which in aggregate exceeds US$100,000 due or owing by the Target Companies to the Vendor, or any Vendor Group Companies and there is no guarantee or Security Interest in respect of any such
indebtedness or liability outstanding; |
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(ii) |
are party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, other than this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, with any of the Target Companies or relating to any of the Target Companies or the Interests in which
the Vendor or, any Vendor Group Companies is or has been interested, whether directly or indirectly, and there is no agreement, arrangement or understanding to which any of the Target Companies is a party and in which the Vendor, or any Vendor Group
Companies has or has had an interest, whether directly or indirectly; or |
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(iii) |
is entitled to a claim of any nature against any of the Target Companies, or which individually does not exceed US $100,000, or has assigned to any person the benefit of a claim against any of the Target Companies to
which it would otherwise be entitled. |
(a) |
Disclosure of Relevant Documents |
Complete and accurate copies of all Relevant Documents
(including all amendments and supplemental agreements relating thereto) have been provided to the Purchaser and all Relevant Documents are set out in the Disclosure Schedule.
(b) |
Enforceability of and compliance with agreements |
In relation to each Relevant Document:
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the Vendor has no reason to believe that any of the Target Companies will be unable to complete and fulfil each of the Relevant Documents by the due date and in accordance with its terms; |
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(ii) |
the Target Companies are in the possession or in the control of each Relevant Document; |
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(iii) |
so far as the Vendor is aware, there are no written or oral agreements that derogate from the obligations of any person other than the Target Companies or increase the obligations of any of the Target Companies under
the Relevant Documents; |
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(iv) |
each Relevant Document has been validly executed by the relevant Target Company, is valid and subsisting, has not been terminated and is fully enforceable against the relevant Target Company and, to the Vendors
knowledge, the other parties to such agreement in accordance with its terms; |
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(v) |
none of such Relevant Documents is subject to a Security Interest granted or created by any of the Target Companies or the Vendor Group Companies other than under the terms of the Relevant Documents; |
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(vi) |
to the Vendors knowledge, other than as Disclosed, there is no and has not been, at any time, any breach of, or any default in the performance of, the terms of any such Relevant Documents by any person other than
the Target Companies nor are there any circumstances likely to give rise to such breach or default. None of the Target Companies have granted any time or indulgence, or waived any right, in relation to any Relevant Document and, in particular, but
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, all amounts due and payable under such agreements have been duly paid in full on, or within a reasonable period of, the due date for payment of the same; |
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(vii) |
so far as the Vendor is aware, each of the Target Companies has fulfilled all of its obligations and performed and observed all warranties, undertakings, covenants and agreements on its part to be fulfilled, performed
and observed under each Relevant Document; |
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(viii) |
no notice of any intention to terminate, repudiate, rescind, modify or disclaim any provision of any Relevant Document has been given by any of the Target Companies or, so far as the Vendor is aware, received from a
person by any of the Target Companies in respect of any Relevant Document; |
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(ix) |
so far as the Vendor is aware, each of the Target Companies has paid all Taxes, duties, imposts and other charges payable in respect of the Relevant Documents so far as such Taxes, duties, imposts and other charges fall
upon the relevant Target Company and have become due and payable; |
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(x) |
all necessary licences, approvals and consents required by the relevant Target Company prior to the entry into of each of the Relevant Documents and for their continuation were duly obtained and are subsisting and, to
the Vendors knowledge, no circumstances have arisen that may lead to withdrawal or failure to renew, if applicable, of any such licence, approval or consent; |
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(xi) |
other than as Disclosed, there are no disputes or outstanding claims pending or, to the Vendors knowledge, threatened against any of the Target Companies under the Relevant Documents and, to the Vendors
knowledge, no person is entitled to make, or has threatened to make, a claim against any of the Target Companies in respect of any representation, breach of condition or warranty or other express or implied term relating to any of the Relevant
Documents and no matter exists that would or might enable a person other than the Target Companies to make such a claim or raise a set-off, deduction, withholding or counterclaim in any action for breach of any Relevant Document or otherwise give
any person other than the Target Companies the right to withhold or delay payment of any sum due from it under the terms of the Relevant Document or the performance of any of its obligations thereunder; |
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(xii) |
so far as the Vendor is aware, no person (other than the parties to the Relevant Documents) has any rights (including any Security Interests) in respect of any such Transaction Documents or the assets the subject
thereof; |
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(xiii) |
the execution of this Agreement by the Vendor and the exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations under the Agreement does not constitute and will not result in any breach of any Relevant Document or other
agreement or treaty to which the Vendor or any Target Company is a party; |
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(xiv) |
the obligations expressed to be assumed by the Vendor in this Agreement are legal and valid obligations, binding on them in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and no limit on any of their powers will be
exceeded as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the performance by the Vendor, of its obligations herein; and |
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(xv) |
so far as the Vendor is aware, no Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to any third party to any Relevant Documents. |
(c) |
No powers of attorney |
There are in force no powers of attorney given by any of the Target
Companies nor any other authority (express, implied or ostensible) given by any of the Target Companies to or in favour of any person (as agent or otherwise) to enter into any agreement, contract or commitment or to do anything on their behalf
except as set out in the Disclosure Schedule. The Disclosure Schedule sets out details of all persons who have authority to bind the Target Companies in the ordinary course of their business.
Neither the sale of the Interests hereunder nor any change in the management
of the Target Companies as a result of this Agreement will:
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(i) |
entitle any person to modify or terminate any Relevant Document or other arrangement with any of the Target Companies; |
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(ii) |
result in the breach by any of the Target Companies under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Relevant Document or other instrument to which the relevant Target Company is a party; |
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(iii) |
result in any present or future Indebtedness becoming due and payable or capable of being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or |
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(iv) |
entitle any person to receive from the any of the Target Companies any finders fee, brokerage or other commission in connection with the sale of the Interests. |
No offer or tender or similar arrangement given or made by any of the
Target Companies is capable of giving rise to an agreement solely by the unilateral act of any person other than the Target Companies.
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Other than as Disclosed, none of the Target Companies are or have agreed to, act or carry on
business in partnership with any other person and are or have agreed to act or become a member of any joint venture, consortium, corporate or unincorporated body, association or undertaking.
(g) |
Competition/Anti-trust |
None of the Target Companies is party to any practice, arrangement or
agreement that infringes or is likely to require registration or notification under any relevant anti-trust or competition law.
(h) |
Restrictive practices |
Other than as Disclosed, none of the Target Companies is or has been a
party to any agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice restricting the freedom of any of the Target Companies to carry on the whole or any part of their business in any place in such manner as they think fit or to provide or take goods
and/or services by such means and from and to such persons and into or from such places as they may from time to time think fit and/or to compete in any area or in any field or with any person.
(i) |
Directors or Officers |
The management of each Target Company is vested exclusively in its Board
of Directors (or comparable governing body). A Vendor Group Company is, and the Purchaser (or its nominee) shall be upon the Closing, the sole member or sole shareholder (as the case may be) of each Target Company with, in its capacity as such,
authority to select the Board of Directors (or comparable governing body) which shall make all decisions and take all actions for the Target Company as, in their sole discretion, they shall deem necessary and appropriate to enable the Target Company
to carry out any lawful activity, including but not limited to carrying on the acquisition, ownership, operation and disposition of oceangoing vessels.
Save as Disclosed, none of the Target Companies have outstanding nor have they
incurred or agreed to incur any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any indebtedness for moneys borrowed or raised under any acceptance credit, bond, rate, bill of exchange or commercial paper, finance lease, hire purchase agreement, trade
bills, forward sale or purchase agreement or conditional sale agreement or other transaction having the commercial effect of a borrowing).
(b) |
Financing Arrangements |
The sale by the Vendor and the purchase by the Purchaser of the
Interests are subject to the Financing Arrangements. No Default or Event of Default (as each of those terms are defined in the Facility Agreement) has occurred.
(c) |
Loans by the Target Companies |
None of the Target Companies have made any loans to the Vendor,
any Vendor Group Companies or any third party.
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None of the Target Companies have factored any of its debts. There are no debts owing to
any of the Target Companies.
(e) |
No guarantee or Security Interests |
Save as Disclosed, no guarantee or Security Interest has
been given or entered into by any of the Target Companies or any third party in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of any of the Target Companies and no guarantee or Security Interest has been given or entered into by any of the Target
Companies in respect of any other person.
(f) |
No indemnities given by any of the Target Companies |
None of the Target Companies is
responsible (including on a contingent basis) for the indebtedness, or for the default in the performance of any obligation, of any person nor are they party to any option or pre-emption right or any guarantee, suretyship or any other obligation
(whatever called) to pay, purchase or provide funds (whether by advance of money, the purchase of or subscription for shares or other securities or the purchase of assets or services or otherwise) for the payment of, or as an indemnity against the
consequence of default in the payment of, any indebtedness of any person.
Details of all bank accounts of each of the Target Companies, and particulars of
the balances of all the Target Companies bank accounts as at a date not more than 2 (two) Business Days before the date of this Agreement, have been disclosed to the Purchaser, and the Target Companies have no other bank accounts. Since the
date of such particulars, there have been no material payments out of any such bank accounts, except for routine payments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices.
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Assets, Liabilities and other Arrangements |
(a) |
No other assets and liabilities |
The Target Companies have no assets other than the Vessel and
the Target Companies have no liabilities other than those arising in connection with the Transaction Documents and as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule and, save for its obligations under the Transaction Documents, there are no agreements or
arrangements to which any of the Target Companies is a party that increase the obligations of any of the Target Companies under the Transaction Documents or that create or include any other obligation that might be binding on any of the Target
Companies.
The only business activity of the Target Companies since incorporation or
formation has been the acquisition, ownership, chartering and operation of the Vessel.
The Target Companies do not own, occupy or use any real property other than
leased offices at (i) 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM08 Bermuda;and Beddingen 16, 7014 Trondheim, Norway.
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The Target Companies maintain insurance coverage for, inter alia, the Vessel,
meeting the requirements set forth in the Facility Agreement.
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Litigation and other Disputes |
Save for the Outstanding Contractual Items, none of the Target Companies are,
and, to the Vendors knowledge, no director or officer of any of the Target Companies (in relation to the affairs of any Target Company or, if resolved in a manner adverse to such director or officer, could result in a materially adverse effect
on the Target Companies business) is, engaged in or a party to any dispute, litigation, arbitration, prosecution or other legal proceedings or in any proceedings or hearings before any statutory or governmental body, department, board or
agency, nor are any of the foregoing pending or, to the Vendors knowledge, threatened or expected either against or by any of the Target Companies, and, to the Vendors knowledge, there is no fact or circumstance or any other form of
written demand in existence that might give rise to the same, or form the basis of any criminal prosecution against any of the Target Companies.
(b) |
No orders or judgements |
There is no order, decree or judgement of any court, tribunal or any
governmental agency of any country outstanding against any of the Target Companies or, to the Vendors knowledge, any person for whose acts any of the Target Companies may be vicariously liable, and, to the Vendors knowledge, there are no
circumstances likely to give rise to vicarious liability of any of the Target Companies, and no injunction has been granted against any of the Target Companies.
None of the Target Companies has committed, or been prosecuted for, any
breach of a statutory or regulatory duty or any tortious or other criminal or unlawful or unauthorised act that could reasonably be expected to lead, or has led, to a claim for damages or an injunction or other order of a court or tribunal of
competent jurisdiction being made against it, and there are no circumstances likely to give rise to such a breach or act.
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Compliance with Legal Requirements |
(a) |
Compliance by Target Companies |
Each of the Target Companies has, so far as the Vendor is
aware, complied and is continuing to comply in all material respects with all relevant legislation and regulations and guidelines in any part of the world applicable to it and/or its business and/or its assets.
Each of the Target Companies is empowered and duly qualified to carry on business
in all jurisdictions in which its present business is now carried on and has not entered into any ultra vires transaction.
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All returns, particulars, resolutions and other documents required to be filed with or
delivered to the relevant authorities in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Norway by the relevant Target Company have been properly prepared and so filed or delivered.
(d) |
Governing Documents of the Target Companies |
The governing documents of, and all resolutions
passed by, the Target Companies and all other legal requirements concerning the Target Companies have been complied with. Copies of the governing documents of each of the Target Companies have been provided to the Purchaser, which are complete and
accurate in all material respects, have attached thereto or incorporated therein copies of all resolutions and other documents required by law to be so attached or incorporated, and fully set out the rights and restrictions attaching to the
Interests.
The statutory books (including all registers and minute books whether
electronic or otherwise), books of account and other statutory records of each of the Target Companies have been properly and accurately written up or maintained in accordance with all applicable laws and are up to date (but not including the date
of the Agreement) and comprise complete and accurate records of all information required to record therein other than to the extent that they are not material to the business of any of the Target Companies. None of the Target Companies have received
any notice or allegation that any of the statutory books, books of accounts or other records of whatsoever kind of any of the Target Companies are inaccurate or incomplete or should be rectified.
(f) |
Name of Target Companies |
Each of the Target Companies does not use or otherwise carry on
business under any name other than its full corporate name. Each of the Target Companies has the full right to use its corporate name without restriction, and the Company and the Vendor are not aware of any actual or threatened challenge to the use
of that name in respect of the business of each of the Target Companies or any claim that any such use infringes any rights of any third party.
(g) |
Consents and licences |
Each of the Target Companies holds any and all licences (including
statutory licences), permissions, authorisations, consents, registrations and exemptions required by such Target Company for the operation of its business as now carried on, and, to the Vendors knowledge, none of these is subject to revocation
or cancellation for any reason.
(h) |
No penalties or fines |
None of the Target Companies nor any of their officers (or agents during
the course of their duties) have committed or omitted to do any act or thing that has given or could give rise to a material claim, fine, penalty or other liability, at law or in equity, in respect of the physical or environmental condition of any
of their fixed or moveable assets, real property or products.
(i) |
No investigations and inquiries. |
No investigations, inquiries or reviews by or on behalf of
any governmental or other body in respect of any Target Company or its business or assets are pending or, to the Vendors knowledge, in existence or have been conducted or threatened, and there are no circumstances that might give rise to such
investigation, inquiry or review.
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None of the Target Companies have or have ever had any employees and there
are no arrangements (written or otherwise) under which remuneration or benefit or other sum whatsoever is paid or given to any person (including any officer or consultant of the Target Companies) other than as Disclosed.
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The Target Companies have always been resident in Bermuda and Norway (as appropriate) for the purposes of Taxation, and no Target Company has been resident in any other country for the purposes of Taxation or
treated as so resident for the purposes of any double taxation agreement. |
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(ii) |
No Target Company has traded through a branch, agency or permanent establishment situated outside the jurisdictions listed in 11(a)(i) above (as appropriate). |
(b) |
Disclosures, Notices, Returns, Clearances and Records. |
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(i) |
All notices, reports, disclosures, accounts, computations, statements, assessments, registrations, de-registrations and any other information that ought to have been made or supplied by or in respect of any of the
Target Companies for any Taxation purposes have been made or supplied on a proper basis, were punctually submitted, were accurate and complete when submitted and remain accurate and complete and are not the subject of any dispute, enquiry or
investigation with any Taxation Authority, and, to the Vendors knowledge, there are no present circumstances that are likely to give rise to any such dispute, enquiry or investigation. |
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(ii) |
No action has been taken by any of the Target Companies in respect of which any consent or clearance from any Taxation Authority was required except in circumstances where such consent or clearance was validly obtained,
and no conditions were attaching thereto. |
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(iii) |
Each of the Target Companies has made and submitted each claim, disclaimer, election, notice and consent to have been made and submitted, and details of all such claims, disclaimers, elections, notices and consents are
set forth in the Disclosure Schedule. |
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None of the Target Companies has ever been subject to any enquiry, visit, audit, investigation or discovery order by any Taxation Authority nor, to the Vendors knowledge. |
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(v) |
The Disclosure Schedule sets out details of all notices given by any Taxation Authority to or in relation to the Target Companies, the provisions of which remain in force. |
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(vi) |
Each of the Target Companies has sufficient records relating to past events to permit accurate calculation of the Taxation liability or relief that would arise upon a disposal or realisation on completion of each asset
owned by the relevant Target Company before Closing. |
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(vii) |
Except as set out in the Disclosure Schedule, the Target Companies Taxation affairs are not dependent on or subject to any concession, agreement or other formal or informal arrangement with any Taxation Authority.
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(i) |
All Taxation for which any of the Target Companies is liable and that ought to have been paid has been paid on a timely basis to the appropriate Taxation Authority. |
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(ii) |
None of the Target Companies has paid, within the three years ending on the date of this Agreement, any interest, penalty, fine or surcharge to any Taxation Authority. |
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(iii) |
None of the Target Companies has received from any Taxation Authority (nor has subsequently repaid to or settled with that Taxation Authority) any payment to which it was not entitled or any notice in which its
liability to Taxation was understated. |
All documents that are in the possession of any of the Target Companies or under
its control or to which any of the Target Companies is a party and that attract stamp duty have been properly stamped, and each of the Target Companies has duly paid all stamp duty to which it is, has been or may be made liable, and there is no
liability for any penalty in respect of such duty nor, to the Vendors knowledge, are there any circumstances or transactions to which any of the Target Companies is or has been a party, which may result in any of the Target Companies becoming
liable for any such penalty.
(e) |
U.S. Tax Classification |
Each of the Target Companies is classified for United States federal
income tax purposes as a disregarded entity pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 301.7701-3. Neither the Vendor nor any of the Target Companies will take any action to change the U.S. federal income tax classification of the Target Companies.
No one is entitled to receive from any of the Target Companies any
finders fee, brokerage, or other commission in connection with the purchase of the Interests.
(b) |
Effect of entering into this Agreement |
Compliance with the terms of this Agreement or Closing
does not and will not:
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(i) |
conflict with or result in the breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of: |
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(A) |
any agreement or instrument to which any of the Target Companies is now a party, including the Transaction Documents; or |
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(B) |
any Target Companys governing documents or give rise to or cause to become exercisable any right of pre-emption or right of first refusal; or |
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(C) |
any loan to or mortgage created by any Target Company or any lien, lease, order, judgment, award, injunction, decree, ordinance or regulation or any other restriction of any kind or character to which any property of
any Target Company is subject or by which any Target Company is bound; |
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(ii) |
result in any present or future Indebtedness becoming due or capable of becoming due and payable prior to its stated maturity; |
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(iii) |
relieve any other party to an agreement or arrangement with any of the Target Companies, including the Transaction Documents, of its obligations thereunder (whether contractual or otherwise) or enable it to vary or
terminate its rights or obligations thereunder or determine any right or benefit enjoyed by any of the Target Companies or to exercise any right, whether under an agreement with, or otherwise in respect of, any of the Target Companies;
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(iv) |
result in the creation or imposition of any Security Interest on any assets of any Target Company; |
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(v) |
cause any of the Target Companies to lose the benefit of any right or privilege it presently enjoys; |
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(vi) |
cause any person who normally does business with any Target Company not to continue to do so on the same basis as previously; or |
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(vii) |
cause any licence or authority necessary or desirable for the continuation of the relevant Target Companys respective business to be determined or not renewed or continued or renewed on less favourable terms.
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(c) |
Accurate information provided |
All information given by the Vendor or any Vendor Group
Companies or officials or professional advisers of any of the Target Companies or the Vendor to any of the directors, officials or professional advisers of the Purchaser in the course of negotiations leading to this Agreement, taken as a whole, was,
when given, and remains and will at Closing be true and accurate in all material respects, and there is no matter or fact that has not been disclosed to the Purchaser that renders any such information untrue or misleading in any material respect.
(d) |
Disclosure Schedule etc accurate |
All information contained in the Disclosure Schedule is true,
complete and accurate in all respects and nothing has been omitted and, there is no matter or fact, which renders any such information untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading in any material respect.
(e) |
All information disclosed |
All information relating to the Target Companies that the Vendor
knows or should reasonably know and that is material to be known by the Purchaser in the context of the sale of the Interests has been disclosed to the Purchaser and, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Vendor, there are no
other facts or matters undisclosed to the Purchaser that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Target Companies or the Interests.
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No Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to any of the Target
Companies and no events or circumstances have arisen that entitle or could entitle any person to take any action, appoint any person, commence proceedings or obtain any order instigating an Insolvency Event.
In relation to the Vessel:
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(i) |
the Vessel is properly registered in the name of the Owner under and pursuant to the flag and law of the Bahamas and all fees due and payable in connection with such registration have been paid; |
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(ii) |
the Vessel is entered with American Bureau of Shipping (or another classification society of like standing) and has the highest classification rating issued by such society for a vessel of the type, age and class of the
Vessel; |
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(iii) |
other than as Disclosed, the Vessel is in class without any recommendations or notation as to class or other requirement of the relevant classification society, and if the Vessel is in a port, it is in such condition
that it cannot be detained by any port state authority or the flag state authority for any deficiency; |
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the Vessel is owned free of all maritime liens, encumbrances and mortgages except those that have been Disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule and accepted by the Purchaser and the terms of any charters that continue
beyond the Closing Date, mortgages and loan documents do not prohibit the sale of the Target Companies; |
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(A) |
under arrest or otherwise detained; |
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(B) |
other than in the ordinary course of business, in the possession of any person (other than her master and crew) or subject to a possessory lien; or |
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(C) |
other than in the ordinary course of business, subject to any other lien; |
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(vi) |
the Vessel complies in all material respects with all laws, the requirements of any government agency having jurisdiction over the Vessel, the provisions of all international conventions and the provisions of the rules
and regulations issued under international conventions applicable to that Vessel; |
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(vii) |
the Vessel is supplied with valid and up-to-date safety, safety construction, safety equipment, radio, loadline, health, tonnage, trading and other certificates or documents as may for the time being be prescribed by
the law of the flag of the Vessel or of any other pertinent jurisdiction, or that would otherwise be deemed necessary by a shipowner acting in accordance with internationally accepted standards for good ship management and operations;
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(viii) |
no blacklisting or boycotting of any description whatsoever has been applied or currently exists against or in respect of the Vessel; and |
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(ix) |
the Charterers consent is not required for the transfer of ownership of the Company to the Purchaser. |
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Schedule 4 : The Vessel
Schedule 4
The Vessel
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Vessel |
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FPSO PETROJARL KNARR |
Class |
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DNV |
Flag |
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Bahamas |
Place of Registration |
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Nassau |
Call sign |
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C6AP8 |
IMO (Registration) No. |
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9630987 |
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Schedule 5 : Consideration Formula
Schedule 5
Consideration Formula
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Fully-Built-Up Cost of the Vessel on the Closing Date*; less |
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(Estimated at US$1,250,000,000) |
Amount outstanding under the Facility Agreement on the Closing Date |
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(Estimated at US$780,041,667) |
= Consideration |
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* |
Pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement among, inter alia, the Vendor and the Purchaser, Fully-Built-Up Cost means (a) the aggregate amount of all expenditures incurred prior to
the Closing Date to acquire, construct and/or convert the Vessel and bring the Vessel to the condition and location necessary for its intended use by the Purchaser, plus (b) a reasonable allocation of overhead costs related to the development
of the project and other projects that would have been subject to the offer rights set forth in such Omnibus Agreement but were not completed, the amount of which allocation the Purchaser and the Vendor hereby agree shall be US $9.7 million.
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EXECUTION PAGE
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TEEKAY CORPORATION |
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/s/ Peter Evensen |
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Executed by
TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
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/s/ Peter Evensen |
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Execution Page of Purchase Agreement relating to the sale and purchase of the
entire ownership interests in Knarr L.L.C. and Teekay Knarr AS
Exhibit 4.1
FORM OF
THIRD AMENDED
AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
TEEKAY OFFSHORE
PARTNERS L.P.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Definitions. |
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Construction. |
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION |
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Formation. |
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Name. |
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Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices. |
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Purpose and Business. |
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Powers. |
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Power of Attorney. |
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Section 2.7 |
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Term. |
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Section 2.8 |
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Title to Partnership Assets. |
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ARTICLE III RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS |
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Section 3.1 |
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Limitation of Liability. |
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Management of Business. |
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Outside Activities of the Limited Partners. |
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Rights of Limited Partners. |
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ARTICLE IV CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS |
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Certificates. |
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. |
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Record Holders. |
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Section 4.4 |
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Transfer Generally. |
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Section 4.5 |
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Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests. |
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Section 4.6 |
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Transfer of the General Partners General Partner Interest. |
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Transfer of Incentive Distribution Rights. |
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Restrictions on Transfers. |
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ARTICLE V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS |
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Organizational Contributions. |
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Initial Unit Issuances; General Partner Pre-emptive Rights. |
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Contributions by Initial Limited Partners and Distributions to the General Partner and its Affiliates. |
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Interest and Withdrawal. |
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Issuances of Additional Partnership Securities. |
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Limitations on Issuance of Additional Partnership Securities. |
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Limited Preemptive Right. |
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Splits and Combinations. |
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Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests. |
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Allocations. |
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Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record Holders. |
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Distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus. |
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Distributions of Available Cash from Capital Surplus. |
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Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distribution Levels. |
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Special Provisions Relating to the Holders of Incentive Distribution Rights. |
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Management. |
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Certificate of Limited Partnership. |
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Restrictions on the General Partners Authority. |
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Reimbursement of the General Partner. |
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Outside Activities. |
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Loans from the General Partner; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership or Group Members. |
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Indemnification. |
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Liability of Indemnitees. |
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Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties. |
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Other Matters Concerning the General Partner. |
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Purchase or Sale of Partnership Securities. |
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Registration Rights of the General Partner and its Affiliates. |
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Reliance by Third Parties. |
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Records and Accounting. |
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Fiscal Year. |
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Reports. |
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Tax Elections and Information. |
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Withholding. |
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Conduct of Operations. |
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ARTICLE X ADMISSION OF PARTNERS |
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Admission of Initial Limited Partners. |
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Admission of Additional Limited Partners. |
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Admission of Successor General Partner. |
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Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership. |
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Section 11.1 |
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Withdrawal of the General Partner. |
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Section 11.2 |
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Removal of the General Partner. |
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Section 11.3 |
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Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner. |
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Section 11.4 |
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Withdrawal of Limited Partners. |
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ARTICLE XII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION |
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Section 12.1 |
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Dissolution. |
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Section 12.2 |
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Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution. |
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Section 12.3 |
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Liquidator. |
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Section 12.4 |
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Liquidation. |
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Section 12.5 |
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Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership. |
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Section 12.6 |
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Return of Contributions. |
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Section 12.7 |
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Waiver of Partition. |
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ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE |
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Section 13.1 |
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Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the General Partner. |
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Section 13.2 |
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Amendment Procedures. |
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Section 13.3 |
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Amendment Requirements. |
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Section 13.4 |
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Special Meetings. |
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Section 13.5 |
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Notice of a Meeting. |
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Section 13.6 |
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Record Date. |
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Section 13.7 |
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Adjournment. |
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63 |
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Section 13.8 |
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Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes. |
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Section 13.9 |
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Quorum and Voting. |
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Section 13.10 |
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Conduct of a Meeting. |
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Section 13.11 |
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Action Without a Meeting. |
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Section 13.12 |
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Right to Vote and Related Matters. |
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ARTICLE XIV MERGER |
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Authority. |
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Section 14.2 |
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Procedure for Merger or Consolidation. |
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Section 14.3 |
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Approval by Limited Partners of Merger or Consolidation. |
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Section 14.4 |
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Certificate of Merger. |
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Section 14.5 |
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Amendment of Partnership Agreement. |
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Section 14.6 |
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Effect of Merger. |
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ARTICLE XV RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS |
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Section 15.1 |
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Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests. |
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ARTICLE XVI SERIES A AND SERIES B CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED UNITS |
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Designations. |
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Section 16.2 |
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Units. |
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Section 16.3 |
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Distributions. |
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Section 16.4 |
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Liquidation Rights. |
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Section 16.5 |
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Voting Rights. |
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Section 16.6 |
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Optional Redemption. |
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Section 16.7 |
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Rank. |
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Section 16.8 |
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No Sinking Fund. |
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Section 16.9 |
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Record Holders. |
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Section 16.10 |
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Notices. |
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Section 16.11 |
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Other Rights; Fiduciary Duties. |
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Section 17.1 |
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Addresses and Notices. |
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Section 17.2 |
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Further Action. |
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Section 17.3 |
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Binding Effect. |
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Section 17.4 |
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Integration. |
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Section 17.5 |
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Creditors. |
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Section 17.6 |
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Waiver. |
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Counterparts. |
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Applicable Law. |
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Section 17.9 |
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Invalidity of Provisions. |
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Consent of Partners. |
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Facsimile Signatures. |
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Third-Party Beneficiaries. |
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP OF TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P., dated as of April
, 2015, is entered into by and between Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., a Marshall Islands limited liability company, as the General Partner, and Teekay Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation, as the
Organizational Limited Partner, together with any other Persons who become Partners in the Partnership or parties hereto as provided herein. In consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions.
The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the
terms used in this Agreement.
Acquisition means any transaction in which any Group Member acquires (through an asset
acquisition, merger, stock acquisition or other form of investment) control over all or a portion of the assets, properties or business of another Person for the purpose of increasing the operating capacity or asset base of the Partnership Group
from the operating capacity or asset base of the Partnership Group existing immediately prior to such transaction; provided, however, that any acquisition of properties or assets of another Person that is made solely for investment
purposes shall not constitute an Acquisition under this Agreement.
Adjusted Operating Surplus means, with
respect to any period, Operating Surplus generated with respect to such period (a) less (i) any net increase in Working Capital Borrowings (or the Partnerships proportionate share of any net increase in Working Capital Borrowings in
the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) with respect to such period and (ii) any net decrease in cash reserves for Operating Expenditures with respect to such period to the extent such reduction does not relate to an Operating
Expenditure made with respect to such period, and (b) plus (i) any net decrease in Working Capital Borrowings (or the Partnerships proportionate share of any net decrease in Working Capital Borrowings in the case of Subsidiaries that
are not wholly owned) with respect to such period, and (ii) any net increase in cash reserves (or the Partnerships proportionate share of any net increase in cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) for
Operating Expenditures with respect to such period to the extent such reserve is required (A) by any debt instrument for the repayment of principal, interest or premium or (B) for any Preferred Unit Payments. Adjusted Operating Surplus
does not include that portion of Operating Surplus included in clause (a)(i) of the definition of Operating Surplus.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question. As used herein, the term control means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
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Agreed Value means the fair market value of the applicable property or other
consideration at the time of contribution or distribution, as the case may be, as determined by the General Partner.
Agreement means this Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., as it
may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Arrears means, with respect to Preferred Unit
Distributions for a particular series of Preferred Units for any quarter period, that the full cumulative Preferred Unit Distributions for such series of Preferred Units through the most recent Preferred Unit Distribution Payment Date for such
series of Preferred Units have not been paid on all Outstanding Preferred Units of such series.
Associate
means, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person: (a) any corporation or organization of which such Person is a director, officer, manager or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting
stock or other voting interest; (b) any trust or other estate in which such Person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (c) any relative or spouse of
such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same principal residence as such Person.
Available
Cash means, with respect to any Quarter ending prior to the Liquidation Date:
(a) the sum of (i) all
cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership Group (or the Partnerships proportionate share of cash and cash equivalents in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) on hand at the end of such Quarter, and (ii) all additional
cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership Group (or the Partnerships proportionate share of cash and cash equivalents in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) on hand on the date of determination of Available Cash with respect
to such Quarter resulting from Working Capital Borrowings made subsequent to the end of such Quarter, less
(b) the amount
of any cash reserves (or the Partnerships proportionate share of cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) established by the General Partner to (i) provide for the proper conduct of the business of the
Partnership Group (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Partnership Group) subsequent to such Quarter, (ii) comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement,
mortgage, debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which any Group Member is a party or by which it is bound or its assets are subject, (iii) provide funds for Preferred Unit Payments or (iv) provide funds for distributions
under Section 6.3 or Section 6.4 in respect of any one or more of the next four Quarters; provided, however, that the General Partner may not establish cash reserves pursuant to (iv) above if the effect of establishing
such reserves would be that the Partnership is unable to distribute the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all Common Units with respect to such Quarter; and, provided further, that disbursements
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made by a Group Member or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the end of such Quarter but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter
shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash, within such Quarter if the General Partner so determines.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Available Cash with respect to the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs and
any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero.
Board of Directors means the board of directors or managers of a
corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, or if a limited partnership, the board of directors or board of managers of the general partner of such limited partnership.
Business Day means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the government of
the United States of America or the State of New York shall not be regarded as a Business Day.
Capital
Contribution means any cash, cash equivalents or the Net Agreed Value of Contributed Property that a Partner contributes to the Partnership.
Capital Improvement means any (a) addition or improvement to the capital assets owned by any Group Member or
(b) acquisition or conversion of existing, or the construction of new, capital assets (including shuttle tankers, floating storage and offtake units, floating production, storage and offloading units, crude oil tankers and related assets), in
each case if such addition, improvement, acquisition, conversion or construction is made to increase the operating capacity or asset base of the Partnership Group from the operating capacity or asset base of the Partnership Group existing
immediately prior to such addition, improvement, acquisition, conversion or construction.
Capital Surplus has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.2(a).
Cause means a court of competent jurisdiction has
entered a final, non-appealable judgment finding the General Partner liable for actual fraud or willful misconduct in its capacity as a general partner of the Partnership.
Certificate means a certificate (i) substantially in the form of Exhibit A with respect to Common Units, Exhibit B
with respect to Series A Preferred Units or Exhibit C with respect to Series B Preferred Units, to this Agreement, (ii) issued in global or book entry form in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Depository or (iii) in
such other form as may be adopted by the General Partner, issued by the Partnership evidencing ownership of one or more Common Units or Preferred Units, or a certificate, in such form as may be adopted by the General Partner, issued by the
Partnership evidencing ownership of one or more other Partnership Securities.
Certificate of Limited
Partnership means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the Marshall Islands Registrar as referenced in Section 7.2 as such Certificate of Limited Partnership may be amended, supplemented or restated
from time to time.
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claim (as used in Section 7.12(c)) has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 7.12(c).
Closing Date means the first date on which Common Units are sold by the Partnership to
the Underwriters pursuant to the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement.
Closing Price means, in respect of
any class or series of Limited Partner Interests, as of the date of determination, the last sale price on such day, regular way, or in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, regular
way, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal National Securities Exchange on which the respective Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading or, if
such Limited Partner Interests are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities Exchange, the last quoted price on such day or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter
market, as reported by any quotation system then in use with respect to such Limited Partner Interests, or, if on any such day such Limited Partner Interests of such class or series are not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices on such day as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class or series selected by the General Partner, or if on any such day no market maker is making a market in such
Limited Partner Interests of such class or series, the fair value of such Limited Partner Interests on such day as determined by the General Partner.
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time. Any reference
herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of any successor law.
Combined Interest has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.3(a).
Commences Commercial Service and Commenced Commercial Service shall mean the date a Capital Improvement
is first put into service by a Group Member following, if applicable, completion of conversion or construction and testing.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Unit means a Partnership Security having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Common Units in this
Agreement.
Conflicts Committee means a committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner composed
entirely of two or more directors who are not (a) security holders, officers or employees of the General Partner, (b) officers, directors or employees of any Affiliate of the General Partner or (c) holders of any ownership interest in
the Partnership Group other than Common Units and who also meet the independence standards required of directors who serve on an audit committee of a board of directors established by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder and by the National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed or admitted to trading.
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Contributed Property means each property or other asset, in such form as may
be permitted by the Marshall Islands Act, but excluding cash, contributed to the Partnership.
Contribution
Agreement means that certain Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating Company, Teekay Corporation and the other parties named therein,
together with the additional conveyance documents and instruments contemplated or referenced thereunder.
Current Market
Price means, in respect of any class or series of Limited Partner Interests, as of the date of determination, the average of the daily Closing Prices per Limited Partner Interest of such class or series for the 20 consecutive Trading
Days immediately prior to such date.
Departing General Partner means a former General Partner from and after
the effective date of any withdrawal or removal of such former General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2.
Depository means, with respect to any Units issued in global form, The Depository Trust Company and its successors and
permitted assigns.
Estimated Maintenance Capital Expenditures means an estimate made in good faith by the Board
of Directors of the General Partner (with the concurrence of the Conflicts Committee) of the average quarterly Maintenance Capital Expenditures that the Partnership will need to incur to maintain the operating capacity or asset base of the
Partnership Group (including the Partnerships proportionate share of the average quarterly Maintenance Capital Expenditures of its Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned), existing at the time the estimate is made. The Board of Directors of
the General Partner (with the concurrence of the Conflicts Committee) will be permitted to make such estimate in any manner it determines reasonable. The estimate will be made at least annually and whenever an event occurs that is likely to result
in a material adjustment to the amount of Maintenance Capital Expenditures on a long-term basis. The Partnership shall disclose to its Partners any change in the amount of Estimated Maintenance Capital Expenditures in its reports made in accordance
with Section 8.3 to the extent not previously disclosed. Any adjustments to Estimated Maintenance Capital Expenditures shall be prospective only.
Event of Withdrawal has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1(a).
Expansion Capital Expenditures means cash expenditures for Acquisitions or Capital Improvements. Expansion Capital
Expenditures shall not include Maintenance Capital Expenditures. Expansion Capital Expenditures shall include interest (and related fees) on debt incurred and distributions on equity incurred, in each case, to finance the conversion or construction
of a Capital Improvement and paid during the period beginning on the date that the Partnership enters into a binding obligation to commence conversion or construction of the Capital Improvement and ending on the earlier to occur of the date that
such Capital Improvement Commences Commercial Service or the date that such Capital Improvement is abandoned or disposed of. Debt incurred or equity issued to fund any such conversion or construction period interest payments, or such conversion or
construction period distributions on equity paid during such period, shall also be deemed to be debt or equity, as the case may be, incurred to finance the conversion or construction of a Capital Improvement.
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First Target Distribution means $0.4025 per Common Unit per Quarter,
subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 6.5.
General Partner means Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., a
Marshall Islands limited liability company, and its successors and permitted assigns that are admitted to the Partnership as general partner of the Partnership, in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership (except as the context otherwise
requires).
General Partner Interest means the ownership interest of the General Partner in the Partnership (in
its capacity as a general partner and without reference to any Limited Partner Interest held by it) which is evidenced by General Partner Units, and includes any and all benefits to which the General Partner is entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with all obligations of the General Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
General Partner Unit means a fractional part of the General Partner Interest having the rights and obligations specified
with respect to the General Partner Interest. A General Partner Unit is not a Unit.
Group means a Person that
with or through any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response
to a proxy or consent solicitation made to 10 or more Persons) or disposing of any Partnership Securities with any other Person that beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates or Associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Partnership
Securities.
Group Member means a member of the Partnership Group.
Group Member Agreement means the partnership agreement of any Group Member, other than the Partnership, that is a limited
or general partnership, the limited liability company agreement of any Group Member that is a limited liability company, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or similar organizational documents) of any Group Member that is a corporation, the
joint venture agreement or similar governing document of any Group Member that is a joint venture and the governing or organizational or similar documents of any other Group Member that is a Person other than a limited or general partnership,
limited liability company, corporation or joint venture, in each case as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Holder as used in Section 7.12, has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.12(a).
Incentive Distribution Right means a non-voting Limited Partner Interest issued to the General Partner, which
Partnership Interest will confer upon the holder thereof only the rights and obligations specifically provided in this Agreement with respect to Incentive Distribution Rights (and no other rights otherwise available to or other obligations of a
holder of a
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Partnership Interest). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the holder of an Incentive Distribution Right shall not be entitled to vote such Incentive Distribution
Right on any Partnership matter except as may otherwise be required by law.
Incentive Distributions means any amount
of cash distributed to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights pursuant to Sections 6.3(c), (d) and (e).
Indemnified Persons has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.12(c).
Indemnitee means (a) the General Partner, (b) any Departing General Partner, (c) any Person who is or was an
Affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (d) any Person who is or was a member, partner, director, officer, fiduciary or trustee of any Person which any of the preceding clauses of this definition describes,
(e) any Person who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner as an officer, director, member, partner, fiduciary or trustee
of another Person (provided, however, that a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services), and (f) any other Person the General Partner designates as an
Indemnitee for purposes of this Agreement.
Initial Common Units means the Common Units sold
in the Initial Offering.
Initial Limited Partners means Teekay Corporation and the General Partner (with
respect to the Incentive Distribution Rights received by it pursuant to Section 5.1(b)), and the Underwriters, in each case upon being admitted to the Partnership in accordance with Section 10.1.
Initial Offering means the initial offering and sale of Common Units to the public, as described in the Registration
Statement.
Initial Unit Price means (a) with respect to the Common Units, $21.00 (the initial public
offering price per Common Unit at which the Underwriters offered the Common Units to the public for sale) or (b) with respect to any other class or series of Units, the price per Unit at which such class or series of Units is initially sold by
the Partnership, as determined by the General Partner, in each case adjusted as the General Partner determines to be appropriate to give effect to any distribution, subdivision or combination of Units.
Interim Capital Transactions means the following transactions if they occur prior to the Liquidation Date:
(a) borrowings, refinancings or refundings of indebtedness (other than Working Capital Borrowings and other than for items purchased on open account in the ordinary course of business) by any Group Member and sales of debt securities of any
Group Member; (b) sales of equity interests of any Group Member (including the Common Units sold to the Underwriters pursuant to the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option); (c) sales or other voluntary or involuntary dispositions of any
assets of any Group Member other than (i) sales or other dispositions of inventory, accounts receivable and other assets in the ordinary course of business and (ii) sales or other dispositions of assets as part of normal retirements or
replacements; (d) the termination of interest rate swap agreements; (e) capital contributions received; and (f) corporate reorganizations or restructurings.
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Investment Capital Expenditures means capital expenditures other than
Maintenance Capital Expenditures or Expansion Capital Expenditures.
Issue Price means the price at which a Unit
is purchased from the Partnership, after reflecting any sales commission or underwriting discount charged to the Partnership.
Junior Securities has the meaning set forth in Section 16.7.
Limited Partner means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Organizational Limited Partner prior to its withdrawal
from the Partnership, each Initial Limited Partner, each additional Person that becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and any Departing General Partner upon the change of its status from General Partner to Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 11.3, in each case, in such Persons capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership; provided, however, that when the term Limited Partner is used herein in the context of any vote or
other approval, including Articles XIII and XIV, such term shall not, solely for such purpose, include any holder of an Incentive Distribution Right (solely with respect to its Incentive Distribution Rights and not with respect to any other
Limited Partner Interest held by such Person) except as may otherwise be required by law. Limited Partners may include custodians, nominees or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity.
Limited Partner Interest means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership, which may be evidenced by
Common Units, Preferred Units, Incentive Distribution Rights or other Partnership Securities or a combination thereof or interest therein, and includes any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement,
together with all obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that when the term Limited Partner Interest is used herein in the context of any
vote or other approval, including Articles XIII and XIV, such term shall not, solely for such purpose, include any Incentive Distribution Right except as may otherwise be required by law.
Liquidation Date means (a) in the case of an event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership of the type
described in clauses (a) and (b) of the first sentence of Section 12.2, the date on which the applicable time period during which the holders of Outstanding Units have the right to elect to continue the business of the Partnership has
expired without such an election being made, and (b) in the case of any other event giving rise to the dissolution of the Partnership, the date on which such event occurs.
Liquidation Event means the occurrence of a dissolution or liquidation of the Partnership, whether voluntary or
involuntary; provided, however, that a Liquidation Event shall not precede the Liquidation Date. Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Partnership nor the consolidation or merger of the
Partnership with or into any other Person, individually or in a series of transactions, shall be deemed a Liquidation Event.
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Liquidation Preference means, in connection with any distribution in
connection with a Liquidation Event pursuant to Section 12.4 and with respect to any holder of any class or series of Partnership Securities, the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution with respect to such class or series
of Partnership Securities (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Partnership available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid distributions thereon to the date fixed for such payment, whether or not
declared (if the terms of the applicable class or series of Partnership Securities so provide). For avoidance of doubt, for the foregoing purposes (a) the Series A Liquidation Preference is the Liquidation Preference with respect to the
Series A Preferred Units and (b) the Series B Liquidation Preference is the Liquidation Preference with respect to the Series B Preferred Units.
Liquidator means one or more Persons selected by the General Partner to perform the functions described in
Section 12.4.
Maintenance Capital Expenditures means cash expenditures (including expenditures for the
addition or improvement to the capital assets owned by any Group Member or for the acquisition or conversion of existing, or the construction of new, capital assets) if such expenditure is made to maintain the operating capacity or asset base of the
Partnership Group. Maintenance Capital Expenditures shall not include (a) Expansion Capital Expenditures or (b) expenditures made solely for investment purposes (as opposed to maintenance purposes). Maintenance Capital Expenditures shall
include interest (and related fees) on debt incurred and distributions on equity incurred, in each case, to finance the conversion or construction of a replacement asset and paid during the period beginning on the date that the Group Member enters
into a binding obligation to commence converting or constructing a replacement asset and ending on the earlier to occur of the date that such replacement asset Commences Commercial Service or the date that such replacement asset is abandoned or
disposed of. Debt incurred to pay or equity issued to fund the conversion or construction period interest payments, or such conversion or construction period distributions on equity shall also be deemed to be debt or equity, as the case may be,
incurred to finance the conversion or construction of a replacement asset.
Marshall Islands Act means the
Limited Partnership Act of the Marshall Islands, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.
Marshall Islands Registrar means the Registrar of Corporations responsible for non-resident entities as described in
Section 4 of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act.
Merger Agreement has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 14.1.
Minimum Quarterly Distribution means $0.35 per Common Unit per Quarter, subject
to adjustment in accordance with Section 6.5.
National Securities Exchange means an exchange registered
with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.
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Net Agreed Value means, (a) in the case of any Contributed Property, the
Agreed Value of such property reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is subject when contributed, and (b) in the case of any property distributed to a Partner by the
Partnership, the Agreed Value of such property, reduced by any indebtedness either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such property is subject at the time of distribution.
Notice of Election to Purchase has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(b).
Omnibus Agreement means that Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Teekay
Corporation, Teekay LNG Partners L.P., Teekay GP L.L.C., Teekay LNG Operating L.L.C., the General Partner, the Partnership, Teekay Offshore Operating GP L.L.C. and the Operating Company.
Operating Company means Teekay Offshore Operating L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership, and any successors
thereto.
Operating Company Agreement means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
the Operating Company, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Operating Expenditures
means all Partnership Group expenditures (or the Partnerships proportionate share of expenditures in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned), including taxes, reimbursements of the General Partner, repayment of Working Capital
Borrowings, debt service payments, capital expenditures and Preferred Unit Distributions, subject to the following:
(a) repayment of Working Capital Borrowings deducted from Operating Surplus pursuant to clause (b)(iii) of the definition of
Operating Surplus shall not constitute Operating Expenditures when actually repaid;
(b) payments (including prepayments
and prepayment penalties) of principal of and premium on indebtedness other than Working Capital Borrowings shall not constitute Operating Expenditures; and
(c) Operating Expenditures shall not include (i) Expansion Capital Expenditures, Investment Capital Expenditures or actual
Maintenance Capital Expenditures, but shall include Estimated Maintenance Capital Expenditures, (ii) payment of transaction expenses (including taxes) relating to Interim Capital Transactions, (iii) Preferred Unit Redemption Payments,
(iv) payments made to Preferred Unit Holders to purchase or otherwise acquire Preferred Units in accordance with Section 7.1(a)(xiii) or 7.11, or (v) distributions to Partners, other than Preferred Unit Distributions.
Where capital expenditures consist of both (x) Maintenance Capital Expenditures and (y) Expansion Capital Expenditures and/or
Investment Capital Expenditures, the General Partner, with the concurrence of the Conflicts Committee, shall determine the allocation between the amounts paid for each.
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Operating Surplus means, with respect to any period ending prior to the
Liquidation Date, on a cumulative basis and without duplication:
(a) the sum of (i) $15 million,
(ii) all cash receipts of the Partnership Group (or the Partnerships proportionate share of cash receipts in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of
such period, other than cash receipts from Interim Capital Transactions, (iii) all cash receipts of the Partnership Group (or the Partnerships proportionate share of cash receipts in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned)
after the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of Operating Surplus with respect to such period resulting from Working Capital Borrowings and (iv) the amount of distributions paid on equity issued in connection with the
conversion or construction of a Capital Improvement or replacement asset and paid during the period beginning on the date that the Group Member enters into a binding obligation to commence conversion or construction of such Capital Improvement or
replacement asset and ending on the earlier to occur of the date that such Capital Improvement or replacement asset Commences Commercial Service or the date that it is abandoned or disposed of (equity issued to fund the conversion or construction
period interest payments on debt incurred (including periodic net payments under related interest rate swap agreements), or conversion or construction period distributions on equity issued, to finance the conversion or construction of a Capital
Improvement or replacement asset shall also be deemed to be equity issued to finance the conversion or construction of a Capital Improvement or replacement asset for purposes of this clause (iv)), less
(b) the sum of (i) Operating Expenditures for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of such
period, (ii) the amount of cash reserves (or the Partnerships proportionate share of cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) established by the General Partner to provide funds for future Operating
Expenditures and (iii) all Working Capital Borrowings not repaid within twelve months after having been incurred; provided, however, that disbursements made (including contributions to a Group Member or disbursements on behalf of a Group
Member) or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such period shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced,
for purposes of determining Operating Surplus, within such period if the General Partner so determines.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Operating Surplus with respect to the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel (who may be regular counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner
or any of its Affiliates) acceptable to the General Partner.
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Option Closing Date means the date or dates on which any Common Units are sold
by the Partnership to the Underwriters upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option.
Original Agreement means the
First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of December 19, 2006.
Organizational Limited Partner means Teekay Corporation in its capacity as the organizational limited partner of the
Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding means, with respect to Partnership Securities, all
Partnership Securities that are issued by the Partnership and reflected as outstanding on the Partnerships books and records as of the date of determination; provided, however, that if at any time any Person or Group (other than
the General Partner or its Affiliates) beneficially owns 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Securities of any class or series then Outstanding, all Partnership Securities owned by such Person or Group shall not be voted on any matter and
shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of Limited Partners to vote on any matter (unless otherwise required by law), calculating required votes, determining the presence of a quorum or for other similar purposes
under this Agreement, except that Partnership Securities so owned shall be considered to be Outstanding for purposes of Section 11.1(b)(iv) (such Partnership Securities shall not, however, be treated as a separate class or series of Partnership
Securities for purposes of this Agreement); provided, further, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Securities of any class or series then
Outstanding directly from the General Partner or its Affiliates, (ii) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of any Outstanding Partnership Securities of any class or series then Outstanding directly or indirectly from a Person or Group
described in clause (i) provided that the General Partner shall have notified such Person or Group in writing that such limitation shall not apply, (iii) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of any Partnership Securities issued by
the Partnership with the prior approval of the Board of Directors of the General Partner or (iv) with respect to any voting rights thereof, Preferred Units.
Over-Allotment Option means the over-allotment option granted to the Underwriters by the Partnership pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement.
Parity Securities has the meaning set forth in Section 16.7(b).
Partners means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
Partnership means Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership, and any successors thereto.
Partnership Group means the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, including the Operating Company, treated as a single
entity.
Partnership Interest means an interest in the Partnership, which shall include the General Partner
Interest and Limited Partner Interests.
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Partnership Security means any class or series of equity interest in the
Partnership (but excluding any options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to an equity interest in the Partnership), including Common Units, Preferred Units and Incentive Distribution Rights.
Paying Agent means Computershare, acting in its capacity as paying agent for the particular series of Preferred Units, and
its respective successors and assigns or any other payment agent appointed by the General Partner; provided, however, that if no Paying Agent is specifically designated for a particular series of Preferred Units, the General Partner
shall act in such capacity.
Percentage Interest means as of any date of determination (a) as to the
General Partner with respect to General Partner Units and as to any Unitholder with respect to Units (other than Preferred Units), the product obtained by multiplying (i) 100% less the percentage applicable to clause (b) below by
(ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the number of Units (other than Preferred Units) held by such Unitholder or the number of General Partner Units held by the General Partner, as the case may be, by (B) the total number of all
Outstanding Units (other than Preferred Units) and General Partner Units, and (b) as to the holders of other Partnership Securities issued by the Partnership in accordance with Section 5.5, the percentage established as a part of such
issuance. The Percentage Interest with respect to an Incentive Distribution Right and to a Preferred Unit shall at all times be zero.
Person means an individual or a corporation, firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization, association, governmental agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.
Preferred
Unit Distribution Payment Date means the Series A Distribution Payment Date or Series B Distribution Payment Date, as applicable.
Preferred Unit Distributions means Series A Distributions and/or Series B Distributions, as applicable.
Preferred Unit Holders means Series A Holders and/or Series B Holders, as applicable.
Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference means the Series A Liquidation Preference or Series B Liquidation Preference, as
applicable.
Preferred Unit Payments means Series A Payments and/or Series B Payments, as applicable.
Preferred Unit Redemption Payments means Series A Redemption Payments or Series B Redemption Payments, as
applicable.
Preferred Units means a Partnership Security, designated as a Preferred Unit,
which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any Liquidation Event, over Common Units, including the Series A Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units.
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Prior Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership dated as of April 23, 2013.
Pro Rata means (a) when used with respect
to Units (other than Preferred Units) or any class or series thereof, apportioned equally among all designated Units (other than Preferred Units) in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, (b) when used with respect to Partners or
Record Holders, apportioned among all Partners or Record Holders in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests and (c) when used with respect to holders of Incentive Distribution Rights or Preferred Units (or a particular series
thereof), apportioned equally among all holders of Incentive Distribution Rights or Preferred Units (or such series thereof) in accordance with the relative number or percentage of Incentive Distribution Rights or Preferred Units (or such series
thereof), as applicable, held by each such holder.
Purchase Date means the date determined by the General
Partner as the date for purchase of all Outstanding Limited Partner Interests of a certain class or series (other than Limited Partner Interests owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates) pursuant to Article XV.
Quarter means, unless the context requires otherwise, a fiscal quarter, or, with respect to the first fiscal quarter
including the Closing Date, the portion of such fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, of the Partnership.
Record
Date means the date established by the General Partner or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement for determining (a) the identity of the Record Holders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of Limited Partners or
entitled to vote by ballot or give approval of Partnership action in writing without a meeting or entitled to exercise rights in respect of any lawful action of Limited Partners or (b) the identity of Record Holders entitled to receive any
report or distribution or to participate in any offer.
Record Holder means (a) the Person in whose name a
Common Unit is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent as of the opening of business on a particular Business Day, (b) the Person in whose name a Preferred Unit is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent as of, unless otherwise set
forth in Article XVI, the opening of business on a particular Business Day, or (c) with respect to other Partnership Interests, the Person in whose name any such other Partnership Interest is registered on the books that the General
Partner has caused to be kept as of the opening of business on such Business Day.
Registrar means such bank,
trust company or other Person (including the General Partner or one of its Affiliates) as shall be appointed from time to time by the Partnership to act as registrar for the Common Units and the Preferred Units; provided, however, that
if no registrar is specifically designated for any other Partnership Securities, the General Partner shall act in such capacity.
Registration Statement means the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-139116) as it has been
or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, filed by the Partnership with the Commission under the Securities Act to register the offering and sale of the Common Units in the Initial Offering.
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Second Target Distribution means $0.4375 per Common Unit per Quarter, subject
to adjustment in accordance with Section 6.5.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute.
Senior Securities has the meaning
set forth in Section 16.7(c).
Series A Distribution Payment Date means each
February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing August 15, 2013; provided, however, that if any Series A Distribution Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business
Day, such Series A Distribution Payment Date shall instead be on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
Series A
Distribution Period means a period of time from and including the preceding Series A Distribution Payment Date (other than the initial Series A Distribution Period, which shall commence on and include the Series A Original
Issue Date), to but excluding the next Series A Distribution Payment Date for such Series A Distribution Period.
Series A Distribution Rate means a rate equal to 7.25% per annum of the Stated Series A Liquidation Preference
per Series A Preferred Unit.
Series A Distribution Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section
16.3(b).
Series A Distributions means distributions with respect to Series A Preferred Units pursuant to
Section 16.3.
Series A Holder means a Record Holder of the Series A Preferred Units.
Series A Liquidation Preference means a liquidation preference for each Series A Preferred Unit
initially equal to $25.00 per share, which liquidation preference shall be subject to (a) increase by the per Series A Preferred Unit amount of any accumulated and unpaid distributions (whether or not such distributions shall have been
declared) and (b) decrease upon a distribution in connection with a Liquidation Event described in Section 16.4 which does not result in payment in full of the liquidation preference of such Series A Preferred Unit.
Series A Original Issue Date means April 30, 2013.
Series A Payments means, collectively, Series A Distributions and Series A Redemption Payments.
Series A Preferred Unit means a Preferred Unit having the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties set forth in
Article XVI.
Series A Redemption Date has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6.
Series A Redemption Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6(b).
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Series A Redemption Price has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6(a).
Series A Redemption Payments means payments to be made to the holders of Series A Preferred Units to redeem
Series A Preferred Units in accordance with Section 16.6.
Series B Distribution Payment Date means
each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing August 15, 2015; provided, however, that if any Series B Distribution Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business
Day, such Series B Distribution Payment Date shall instead be on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
Series B
Distribution Period means a period of time from and including the preceding Series B Distribution Payment Date (other than the initial Series B Distribution Period, which shall commence on and include the Series B Original Issue Date), to
but excluding the next Series B Distribution Payment Date for such Series B Distribution Period.
Series B Distribution
Rate means a rate equal to % per annum of the Stated Series B Liquidation Preference per Series B Preferred Unit.
Series B Distribution Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 16.3(b).
Series B Distributions means distributions with respect to Series B Preferred Units pursuant to Section 16.3.
Series B Holder means a Record Holder of the Series B Preferred Units.
Series B Liquidation Preference means a liquidation preference for each Series B Preferred Unit initially equal to $25.00
per share, which liquidation preference shall be subject to (a) increase by the per Series B Preferred Unit amount of any accumulated and unpaid distributions (whether or not such distributions shall have been declared) and (b) decrease
upon a distribution in connection with a Liquidation Event described in Section 16.4 which does not result in payment in full of the liquidation preference of such Series B Preferred Unit.
Series B Original Issue Date means April , 2015.
Series B Payments means, collectively, Series B Distributions and Series B Redemption Payments.
Series B Preferred Unit means a Preferred Unit having the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties set forth in
Article XVI.
Series B Redemption Date has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6.
Series B Redemption Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6(b).
Series B Redemption Price has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6(a).
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Series B Redemption Payments means payments to be made to the holders of
Series B Preferred Units to redeem Series B Preferred Units in accordance with Section 16.6.
Special
Approval means approval by a majority of the members of the Conflicts Committee.
Stated Preferred Unit
Liquidation Preference means the Stated Series A Liquidation Preference or Stated Series B Liquidation Preference, as applicable.
Stated Series A Liquidation Preference means an amount equal to $25.00 per Series A Preferred Unit.
Stated Series B Liquidation Preference means an amount equal to $25.00 per Series B Preferred Unit.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation of which more than 50% of the voting power of shares
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors or other governing body of such corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more
Subsidiaries (as defined, but excluding subsection (d) of this definition) of such Person or a combination thereof, (b) a partnership (whether general or limited) in which such Person or a Subsidiary (as defined, but excluding
subsection (d) of this definition) of such Person is, at the date of determination, a general or limited partner of such partnership, but only if more than 50% of the partnership interests of such partnership (considering all of the
partnership interests of the partnership as a single class) is owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries (as defined, but excluding subsection (d) of this definition) of such
Person, or a combination thereof, (c) any other Person (other than a corporation or a partnership) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries (as defined, but excluding subsection (d) of this definition) of such Person, or a
combination thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i) a majority ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such Person, or
(d) any other Person in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries (as defined, but excluding subsection (d) of this definition) of such Person, or a combination thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has
(i) less than a majority ownership interest or (ii) less than the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such Person, provided that (A) such Person, one or more Subsidiaries (as
defined, but excluding this subsection (d) of this definition) of such Person, or a combination thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of the determination, has at least a 20% ownership interest in such other Person, (B) such
Person accounts for such other Person (under U.S. GAAP, as in effect on the later of the date of investment in such other Person or material expansion of the operations of such other Person) on a consolidated or equity accounting basis,
(C) such Person has directly or indirectly material negative control rights regarding such other Person including over such other Persons ability to materially expand its operations beyond that contemplated at the date of investment in
such other Person, and (D) such other Person is (i) other than with respect to the Operating Company, formed and maintained for the sole purpose of owning or leasing, operating and chartering no more than 10 vessels for a period of no
more than 40 years, and (ii) obligated under its constituent documents, or as a result of a unanimous agreement of its owners, to distribute to its owners all of its income on at least an annual basis (less any cash reserves that are
approved by such Person).
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Surviving Business Entity has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 14.2(b).
Third Target Distribution means $0.525 per unit per Quarter, subject to adjustment in
accordance with Section 6.5.
Trading Day means, for the purpose of determining the Current Market Price of any
class or series of Limited Partner Interests, a day on which the principal National Securities Exchange on which such class or series of Limited Partner Interests is listed is open for the transaction of business or, if Limited Partner Interests of
a class or series are not listed on any National Securities Exchange, a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are open.
transfer has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4(a).
Transfer Agent means such bank, trust company or other Person (including the General Partner or one of its Affiliates) as
shall be appointed from time to time by the Partnership to act as transfer agent for the Common Units and the Preferred Units; provided, however, that if no transfer agent is specifically designated for any other Partnership
Securities, the General Partner shall act in such capacity.
Underwriter means each Person named as an
underwriter in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement who purchases Common Units pursuant thereto.
Underwriting
Agreement means the Underwriting Agreement dated December 13, 2006 among the Underwriters, the Partnership, the General Partner, the Operating Company, and Teekay Corporation, providing for the purchase of Common Units by such
Underwriters.
Unit means a Partnership Security that is designated as a Unit and shall
include Common Units and Preferred Units, but shall not include (i) General Partner Units (or the General Partner Interest represented thereby) or (ii) the Incentive Distribution Rights.
Unit Majority means a majority of the Outstanding Common Units, voting as a class.
Unit Register means the register of the Partnership for the registration and transfer of Limited Partnership Interests
as provided in Section 4.5.
Unitholders means the holders of Units.
Unrecovered Capital means at any time, with respect to a Common Unit, the Initial Unit Price less the sum of all
distributions constituting Capital Surplus theretofore made in respect of an Initial Common Unit and any distributions of cash (or the Net Agreed Value of any distributions in kind) in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership theretofore made in respect of an Initial Common Unit, adjusted as the General Partner determines to be appropriate to give effect to any distribution, subdivision or combination of such Units.
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U.S. GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied.
Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.1(b).
Working Capital Borrowings means borrowings used solely for working capital purposes or
to pay distributions to Partners made pursuant to a credit facility, commercial paper facility or similar financing arrangement available to a Group Member, provided that when such borrowing is incurred it is the intent of the borrower to repay such
borrowing within 12 months from sources other than additional Working Capital Borrowings.
Section 1.2 Construction.
Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or
neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (b) references to Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement; (c) the term include or
includes means includes, without limitation, and including means including, without limitation; and (d) the terms hereof, herein and hereunder refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only, and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.1 Formation.
The
General Partner and the Organizational Limited Partner have previously formed the Partnership as a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Act and hereby amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety. This
amendment and restatement shall become effective on the date of this Agreement. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the rights, duties (including fiduciary duties), liabilities and obligations of the Partners and the
administration, dissolution and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Marshall Islands Act. All Partnership Interests shall constitute personal property of the owner thereof for all purposes and a Partner has no interest in
specific Partnership property.
Section 2.2 Name.
The name of the Partnership shall be Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. The Partnerships business may be conducted under any other
name or names as determined by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner. The words Limited Partnership or the letters L.P. or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnerships name
where necessary for the purpose of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Limited Partners of such change in the
next regular communication to the Limited Partners.
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Section 2.3 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices.
Unless and until changed by the General Partner, the registered office of the Partnership in the Marshall Islands shall be located at Trust
Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960, and the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the Marshall Islands at such registered office shall be The Trust Company of The Marshall
Islands, Inc. The principal office of the Partnership shall be located at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited
Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the Marshall Islands as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. The address of the General Partner shall be 4th Floor, Belvedere
Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners.
Section 2.4 Purpose and Business.
The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership shall be to (a) engage directly in, or enter into or form any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other arrangement to engage indirectly in, any business activity that is approved by the General Partner and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized
pursuant to the Marshall Islands Act and, in connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the Partnership pursuant to the agreements relating to such business activity, and (b) do anything necessary or
appropriate to the foregoing, including the making of capital contributions or loans to a Group Member. The General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose or approve, and may decline to propose or approve, the conduct by the Partnership
of any business free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership, any Limited Partner and, in declining to so propose or approve, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this
Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Marshall Islands Act or any other law, rule or regulation.
Section 2.5 Powers.
The Partnership
shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary and appropriate for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section 2.4 and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership.
Section 2.6 Power of Attorney.
(a)
Each Limited Partner hereby constitutes and appoints the General Partner and, if a Liquidator shall have been selected pursuant to Section 12.3, the Liquidator (and any successor to the Liquidator by merger, transfer, assignment, election or
otherwise) and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, with full power of substitution, as his true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his name, place and stead, to:
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(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices
(A) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments or restatements hereof or thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be
necessary or appropriate to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the Marshall Islands and in all other
jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (B) all certificates, documents and other instruments that the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect, in accordance
with its terms, any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement; (C) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including conveyances and a certificate of cancellation) that the General Partner or the Liquidator
determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (D) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal,
removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Articles IV, X, XI or XII; (E) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of
any class or series of Partnership Securities issued pursuant to Section 5.5; and (F) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including agreements and a certificate of merger) relating to a merger, consolidation or conversion of
the Partnership pursuant to Article XIV; and
(ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all ballots,
consents, approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other instruments that the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to (A) make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval,
agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or (B) effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement; provided, however, that when required by
Section 13.3 or any other provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of the Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners of any class or series required to take any action, the General Partner and the Liquidator may exercise the
power of attorney made in this Section 2.6(a)(ii) only after the necessary vote, consent or approval of the Limited Partners or of the Limited Partners of such class or series, as applicable.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.6(a) shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner to amend this Agreement except in accordance with
Article XIII or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared
to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, not be affected by the subsequent death, incompetency, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or termination of any
Limited Partner and the transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partners Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited Partners heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner hereby
agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or the Liquidator acting in good faith
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pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner, to the maximum extent permitted by law, hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm
the action of the General Partner or the Liquidator taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within 15 days after receipt of the request therefor,
such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership.
Section 2.7 Term.
The term of the
Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership in accordance with the Marshall Islands Act and shall continue in existence until the dissolution of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of
Article XII. The existence of the Partnership as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate of Limited Partnership as provided in the Marshall Islands Act.
Section 2.8 Title to Partnership Assets.
Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the
Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership,
the General Partner, one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which record title is held in the name of the General
Partner or one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees shall be held by the General Partner or such Affiliate or nominee for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided,
however, that the General Partner shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause record title to such assets (other than those assets in respect of which the General Partner determines that the expense and difficulty of conveyancing makes
transfer of record title to the Partnership impracticable) to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable; and, provided further, that, prior to the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner or as soon thereafter as
practicable, the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to effect the transfer of record title to the Partnership and, prior to any such transfer, will provide for the use of such assets in a manner satisfactory to the General Partner. All
Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which record title to such Partnership assets is held.
ARTICLE III
RIGHTS OF
LIMITED PARTNERS
Section 3.1 Limitation of Liability.
The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the Marshall Islands Act.
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Section 3.2 Management of Business.
No Limited Partner, in its capacity as such, shall participate in the operation, management or control (within the meaning of the Marshall
Islands Act) of the Partnerships business, transact any business in the Partnerships name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. Any action taken by any Affiliate of the General Partner or any officer,
director, employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, or any officer, director, employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or trustee of a Group Member, in its capacity as
such, shall not be deemed to be participation in the control of the business of the Partnership by a limited partner of the Partnership (within the meaning of Section 30 of the Marshall Islands Act) and shall not affect, impair or eliminate the
limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners under this Agreement.
Section 3.3 Outside Activities of the Limited Partners.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.5 and the Omnibus Agreement, which shall continue to be applicable to the Persons referred to
therein, regardless of whether such Persons shall also be Limited Partners, any Limited Partner shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including
business interests and activities in direct competition with the Partnership Group. Neither the Partnership nor any of the other Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner.
Section 3.4 Rights of Limited Partners.
(a) In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by applicable law, and except as limited by Section 3.4(b), each Limited
Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partners interest as a Limited Partner in the Partnership, upon reasonable written demand and at such Limited Partners own expense, to:
(i) obtain, promptly after becoming available, a copy of the Partnerships financial statements or income tax returns, if applicable, for
each year;
(ii) have furnished to him a current list of the name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each Partner;
(iii) obtain true and full information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of the Net Agreed Value of any other
Capital Contribution by each Partner and which each Partner has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each became a Partner;
(iv) have furnished to him a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments thereto, together with a
copy of the executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments thereto have been executed;
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(v) obtain true and full information regarding the status of the business and financial condition
of the Partnership Group; and
(vi) obtain such other information regarding the affairs of the Partnership as is just and reasonable.
(b) The General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner deems reasonable,
(i) any information that the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii) other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes (A) is not in the best interests of the
Partnership Group, (B) could damage the Partnership Group or (C) that any Group Member is required by law or by agreement with any third party to keep confidential (other than agreements with Affiliates of the Partnership the primary
purpose of which is to circumvent the obligations set forth in this Section 3.4).
ARTICLE IV
CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
Section 4.1 Certificates.
Upon the Partnerships issuance of Common Units or Preferred Units to any Person and subject to Section 16.2(b) with respect
to any series of Preferred Units described therein, the Partnership shall issue, upon the request of such Person, one or more Certificates in the name of such Person evidencing the number of such Units being so issued. In addition, (a) upon the
General Partners request, the Partnership shall issue to it one or more Certificates in the name of the General Partner evidencing its General Partner Units and (b) upon the request of any Person owning Incentive Distribution Rights or
any other Partnership Securities other than Common Units or Preferred Units, the Partnership shall issue to such Person one or more certificates evidencing such Incentive Distribution Rights or other Partnership Securities other than Common Units or
Preferred Units. Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Partnership by the Chairman of the Board, President or any Executive Vice President or Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the
General Partner. No Common Unit Certificate or Preferred Unit Certificate shall be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that if the General Partner elects to issue Common Units
or Preferred Units in global form, the Common Unit Certificates or the Preferred Unit Certificates shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that the Common Units or Preferred Units have been duly registered in
accordance with the directions of the Partnership.
Section 4.2 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
(a) If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Transfer Agent, the appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the
Partnership shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate evidencing the same number and type of Partnership Securities as the Certificate so surrendered.
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(b) The appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute
and deliver, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign, a new Certificate in place of any Certificate previously issued if the Record Holder of the Certificate:
(i) makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, that a previously issued Certificate has been lost,
destroyed or stolen;
(ii) requests the issuance of a new Certificate before the General Partner has notice that the Certificate has been
acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim;
(iii) if requested by the General Partner,
delivers to the General Partner a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, with surety or sureties and with fixed or open penalty as the General Partner may direct to indemnify the Partnership, the Partners, the General
Partner and the Transfer Agent against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction or theft of the Certificate; and
(iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the General Partner.
If a Limited Partner fails to notify the General Partner within a reasonable period of time after he has notice of the loss, destruction or
theft of a Certificate, and a transfer of the Limited Partner Interests represented by the Certificate is registered before the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent receives such notification, the Limited Partner shall be precluded
from making any claim against the Partnership, the General Partner or the Transfer Agent for such transfer or for a new Certificate.
(c)
As a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.2, the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) reasonably connected therewith.
Section 4.3 Record Holders.
The Partnership shall be entitled to recognize the Record Holder as the Partner with respect to any Partnership Interest and, accordingly,
shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such Partnership Interest on the part of any other Person, regardless of whether the Partnership shall have actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise
provided by law or any applicable rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading. Without limiting the foregoing, when a Person (such as a
broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or in some other representative capacity for another Person in acquiring and/or holding Partnership Interests, as
between the Partnership on the one hand, and such other Persons on the other, such representative Person shall be the Record Holder of such Partnership Interest.
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Section 4.4 Transfer Generally.
(a) The term transfer, when used in this Agreement with respect to a Partnership Interest, shall be deemed to
refer to a transaction (i) by which the General Partner assigns its General Partner Interest to another Person or by which a holder of Incentive Distribution Rights assigns its Incentive Distribution Rights to another Person, and includes a
sale, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise or (ii) by which the holder of a Limited Partner Interest (other than an Incentive Distribution Right) assigns such
Limited Partner Interest to another Person who is or becomes a Limited Partner, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise, including any transfer upon foreclosure of any pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation or mortgage.
(b) No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with
the terms and conditions set forth in this Article IV. Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article IV shall be null and void.
(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a disposition by any stockholder, member, partner or other owner of the
General Partner of any or all of the shares of stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests in the General Partner.
Section 4.5 Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests.
(a) The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Partnership a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe and subject to the provisions of Section 4.5(b), the Partnership will provide for the registration and transfer of Limited Partner Interests. The Registrar and Transfer Agent are hereby appointed registrar and transfer agent
for the purpose of registering Common Units and Preferred Units and transfers of such Common Units and Preferred Units as herein provided. The Partnership shall not recognize transfers of Certificates evidencing Limited Partner Interests unless such
transfers are effected in the manner described in this Section 4.5. Upon surrender of a Certificate for registration of transfer of any Limited Partner Interests evidenced by a Certificate, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.5(b),
the appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Common Units, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or
transferees, as required pursuant to the holders instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Limited Partner Interests as was evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered.
(b) The General Partner shall not recognize any transfer of Limited Partner Interests until the Certificates evidencing such Limited
Partner Interests are surrendered for registration of transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the General Partner for such transfer; provided, however, that as a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 4.5, the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto.
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(c) The General Partner and its Affiliates shall have the right at any time to transfer their
Common Units or any Preferred Units to one or more Persons.
Section 4.6 Transfer of the General Partners General Partner Interest.
(a) Subject to Section 4.6(c) below, prior to December 31, 2016, the General Partner shall not transfer all or any part of its
General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) to a Person unless such transfer (i) has been approved by the prior written consent or vote of the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Common Units (excluding Common Units
held by the General Partner and its Affiliates) or (ii) is of all, but not less than all, of its General Partner Interest to (A) an Affiliate of the General Partner (other than an individual) or (B) another Person (other than an
individual) in connection with (1) the merger or consolidation of the General Partner with or into such other Person or (2) the transfer by the General Partner of all or substantially all of its assets to such other Person.
(b) Subject to Section 4.6(c) below, on or after December 31, 2016, the General Partner may transfer all or any of its General
Partner Interest without Unitholder approval.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no transfer by the General Partner of
all or any part of its General Partner Interest to another Person shall be permitted unless (i) the transferee agrees to assume the rights and duties of the General Partner under this Agreement and to be bound by the provisions of this
Agreement, (ii) the Partnership receives an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner or of any limited partner or member of any other Group Member and (iii) such
transferee also agrees to purchase all (or the appropriate portion thereof, if applicable) of the partnership or membership interest of the General Partner as the general partner or managing member, if any, of each other Group Member. In the case of
a transfer pursuant to and in compliance with this Section 4.6, the transferee or successor (as the case may be) shall, subject to compliance with the terms of Section 10.3, be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner immediately
prior to the transfer of the General Partner Interest, and the business of the Partnership shall continue without dissolution.
Section 4.7
Transfer of Incentive Distribution Rights.
Prior to December 31, 2016, a holder of Incentive Distribution Rights may transfer any
or all of the Incentive Distribution Rights held by such holder without any consent of the Unitholders to (a) an Affiliate of such holder (other than an individual) or (b) another Person (other than an individual) in connection with
(i) the merger or consolidation of such holder of Incentive Distribution Rights with or into such other Person or (ii) the transfer by such holder of all or substantially all of its assets to such other Person. Any other transfer of the
Incentive Distribution Rights prior to December 31, 2016 shall require the prior approval of holders of a majority of the Outstanding Common Units (excluding Common Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates). On or after
December 31, 2016, the General Partner or any other holder of Incentive Distribution Rights may transfer any or all of its Incentive Distribution Rights without Unitholder approval. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no transfer
of Incentive Distribution Rights to another Person shall be permitted unless the transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. The General Partner and any
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transferee or transferees of the Incentive Distribution Rights may agree in a separate instrument as to the General Partners exercise of its rights with respect to the Incentive
Distribution Rights under Section 11.3 hereof.
Section 4.8 Restrictions on Transfers.
(a) Except as provided in Section 4.8(b) below, but notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article IV, no transfer of any
Partnership Interests shall be made if such transfer would (i) violate the then applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws, laws of the Marshall Islands, or rules and regulations of the Commission, any state securities
commission or any other governmental authority with jurisdiction over such transfer or (ii) terminate the existence or qualification of the Partnership or any Group Member under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation.
(b) Nothing contained in this Article IV, or elsewhere in this Agreement, shall preclude the settlement of any transactions involving
Partnership Interests entered into through the facilities of any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
Section 5.1 Organizational Contributions.
(a) In connection with the formation of the Partnership under the Marshall Islands Act, the General Partner made an initial Capital
Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of $20, for a 2% General Partner Interest in the Partnership and was admitted as the General Partner of the Partnership, and the Organizational Limited Partner made an initial Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in the amount of $980 for a 98% Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership and was admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date (i) the General Partner contributed its 0.52% ownership interest in the Operating Company to the
Partnership in exchange for (A) a continuation of its 2% General Partner Interest, (B) the Incentive Distribution Rights and (C) the assumption by the Partnership of a $2.7 million note representing 2% of the total cash to be
paid to Teekay Corporation from the proceeds of the Initial Offering, and (ii) Teekay Corporation contributed to the Partnership (A) all of its ownership interest in the general partner of the Operating Company and (B) a 25.47%
limited partner interest in the Operating Company, in exchange for a continuation of its 98% limited partner interest in the Partnership and a $131.7 million note representing 98% of the total cash to be paid to Teekay Corporation from the
proceeds of the Initial Offering.
Section 5.2 Initial Unit Issuances; General Partner Pre-emptive Rights.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date and pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, (i) Teekay Corporations 98% initial limited partner
interest was converted into (A) 2,800,000 Common Units and (B) 9,800,000 Subordinated Units (as defined in the Original Agreement) and (ii) the Partnership issued to the General Partner, for no additional consideration, 400,000
General Partner Units evidencing the General Partners 2% General Partner Interest.
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(b) Upon the issuance of any additional Limited Partner Interests by the Partnership (other than
Common Units issued in the Initial Offering, including any Common Units issued pursuant to the Over-Allotment Option), the General Partner may, in exchange for a proportionate number of General Partner Units, make additional Capital Contributions in
an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the General Partners Percentage Interest immediately prior to such issuance by (B) 100 less the General Partners Percentage
Interest immediately prior to such issuance by (ii) the amount contributed to the Partnership by the Limited Partners in exchange for such additional Limited Partner Interests. The General Partner shall not be obligated to make any additional
Capital Contributions to the Partnership. The General Partners Percentage Interest shall not change as a result of the issuance of any Preferred Units. However, the General Partner shall be entitled to participate in any Preferred Unit
Payments only to the extent of its proportionate Capital Contribution with respect to any such issuance of the applicable series of Preferred Units.
Section 5.3 Contributions by Initial Limited Partners and Distributions to the General Partner and its Affiliates.
(a) On the Closing Date and pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, each Underwriter contributed to the Partnership cash in an amount equal to
the Issue Price per Initial Common Unit, multiplied by the number of Common Units specified in the Underwriting Agreement to be purchased by such Underwriter at the Closing Date. In exchange for such Capital Contributions by the Underwriters, the
Partnership issued Common Units to each Underwriter on whose behalf such Capital Contribution was made in an amount equal to the number of Common Units specified in the Underwriting Agreement to be purchased by such Underwriter on the Closing Date.
(b) Upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, each Underwriter contributed to the Partnership cash in an amount equal to the Issue
Price per Initial Common Unit, multiplied by the number of Common Units to be purchased by such Underwriter at the Option Closing Date. In exchange for such Capital Contributions by the Underwriters, the Partnership issued Common Units to each
Underwriter on whose behalf such Capital Contribution was made in an amount equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the cash contributions to the Partnership by or on behalf of such Underwriter by (ii) the Issue Price per Initial
Common Unit. Upon receipt by the Partnership of the Capital Contributions from the Underwriters as provided in this Section 5.3(b), the Partnership used such cash to redeem from Teekay Corporation that number of Common Units equal to the number
of Common Units issued to the Underwriters as provided in this Section 5.3(b).
(c) No Limited Partner Interests were issued
or issuable as of or at the Closing Date other than (i) the Common Units issuable pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this Section 5.3 in aggregate number equal to 7,000,000, (ii) the Option Units as such term
is used in the Underwriting Agreement in an aggregate number up to 1,050,000 issuable upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option pursuant to subparagraph (c) hereof, (iii) the 9,800,000 Subordinated Units issuable to pursuant to
Section 5.2 hereof, (iv) the 2,800,000 Common Units issuable pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, and (v) the Incentive Distribution Rights.
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Section 5.4 Interest and Withdrawal.
No interest shall be paid by the Partnership on Capital Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital
Contribution, except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership may be considered and permitted as such by law and then only to the extent provided for in this Agreement. Except
to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have priority over any other Partner either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions.
Section 5.5 Issuances of Additional Partnership Securities.
(a) Subject to any approvals required by Preferred Unit Holders pursuant to Section 16.5(c)(ii), the Partnership may issue additional
Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to the Partnership Securities for any Partnership purpose at any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions
as the General Partner shall determine, all without the approval of any Limited Partners.
(b) Each additional Partnership Security
authorized to be issued by the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.5(a) may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes, with such designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties (which may be senior to
existing classes and series of Partnership Securities), as shall be fixed by the General Partner, including (i) the right to share in Partnership distributions; (ii) the rights upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership;
(iii) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Partnership may or shall be required to redeem the Partnership Security (including sinking fund provisions); (iv) whether such Partnership Security is issued with the privilege of
conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (v) the terms and conditions upon which each Partnership Security will be issued, evidenced by certificates and assigned or transferred; (vi) the
method for determining the Percentage Interest as to such Partnership Security; and (vii) the right, if any, of each such Partnership Security to vote on Partnership matters, including matters relating to the relative rights, preferences and
privileges of such Partnership Security.
(c) The General Partner shall take all actions that it determines to be necessary or appropriate
in connection with (i) each issuance of Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities pursuant to this Section 5.5, (ii) the conversion of the General Partner Interest
(represented by General Partner Units) or any Incentive Distribution Rights into Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the admission of additional Limited Partners and (iv) all additional issuances of Partnership Securities.
The General Partner shall determine the relative rights, powers and duties of the holders of the Units or other Partnership Securities being so issued. The General Partner shall do all things necessary to comply with the Marshall Islands Act and is
authorized and directed to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with any future issuance
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of Partnership Securities or in connection with the conversion of the General Partner Interest or any Incentive Distribution Rights into Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including
compliance with any statute, rule, regulation or guideline of any federal, state or other governmental agency or any National Securities Exchange on which the Units or other Partnership Securities are listed or admitted to trading.
Section 5.6 Limitations on Issuance of Additional Partnership Securities.
The Partnership may issue an unlimited number of Partnership Securities (or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights related
thereto) pursuant to Section 5.5 without the approval of the Limited Partners; provided, however, that no fractional units shall be issued by the Partnership.
Section 5.7 Limited Preemptive Right.
Except as provided in this Section 5.7 and in Section 5.2(b), no Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other
similar right with respect to the issuance of any Partnership Security, whether unissued, held in the treasury or hereafter created. The General Partner shall have the right, which it may from time to time assign in whole or in part to any of its
Affiliates, to purchase Partnership Securities from the Partnership whenever, and on the same terms that, the Partnership issues Partnership Securities to Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, to the extent necessary to maintain
the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and its Affiliates equal to that which existed immediately prior to the issuance of such Partnership Securities; provided, however, that the amount of any series of Preferred Units issued by the
Partnership from time to time that the General Partner shall have a right to purchase pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall equal the product of (a) the aggregate Percentage Interest of the General Partner and its Affiliates multiplied by
(b) the number of such series of Preferred Units so issued.
Section 5.8 Splits and Combinations.
(a) Subject to Sections 5.8(d) and 6.5 (dealing with adjustments of distribution levels), the Partnership may make a Pro Rata distribution of
Partnership Securities (other than Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units) to all Record Holders of the same class or series of Partnership Securities or may effect a subdivision or combination of the same class or series of
Partnership Securities so long as, after any such event, each Partner holding such class or series of such Partnership Securities shall have the same Percentage Interest in the Partnership as before such event, and any amounts calculated on a per
Unit basis (including those based on the applicable Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference or the applicable Stated Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference) or stated as a number of Units are proportionately adjusted, to the extent applicable.
(b) Whenever such a distribution, subdivision or combination of Partnership Securities is declared, the General Partner shall select a Record
Date as of which the distribution, subdivision or combination shall be effective and shall send notice thereof at least 20 days prior to such Record Date to each Record Holder as of a date not less than 10 days prior to the date of such
notice. The General Partner also may cause a firm of independent public accountants selected by it to calculate the number of Partnership Securities to be held by each Record Holder
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after giving effect to such distribution, subdivision or combination. The General Partner shall be entitled to rely on any certificate provided by such firm as conclusive evidence of the accuracy
of such calculation.
(c) Promptly following any such distribution, subdivision or combination, the Partnership may issue Certificates to
the Record Holders of Partnership Securities as of the applicable Record Date representing the new number of Partnership Securities held by such Record Holders, or the General Partner may adopt such other procedures that it determines to be
necessary or appropriate to reflect such changes. If any such combination results in a smaller total number of Partnership Securities Outstanding, the Partnership shall require, as a condition to the delivery to a Record Holder of such new
Certificate, the surrender of any Certificate held by such Record Holder immediately prior to such Record Date.
(d) The Partnership shall
not issue fractional Units upon any distribution, subdivision or combination of Units. If a distribution, subdivision or combination of Units would result in the issuance of fractional Units but for the provisions of this Section 5.8(d), each
fractional Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Unit (and a 0.5 Unit shall be rounded to the next higher Unit).
Section 5.9 Fully Paid and
Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests.
All Limited Partner Interests issued pursuant to, and in accordance with the
requirements of, this Article V shall be fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partner Interests in the Partnership, except as such non-assessability may be affected by the Marshall Islands Act.
ARTICLE VI
ALLOCATIONS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Allocations.
For purposes of the Marshall Islands Act, the Partnerships items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the
Partners in each taxable year (or portion thereof) as follows:
(a) to each (i) Series A Holder, an allocation of items of
income, including if necessary items of gross income, in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between (A) the excess of the Series A Liquidation Preference attributable to such Series A Holder over the Stated Series A
Liquidation Preference attributable to such Series A Holder and (B) the cumulative amount of all prior allocations of income to such Series A Holder pursuant to this Section 6.1(a) and (ii) Series B Holder, an allocation of items
of income, including if necessary items of gross income, in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between (A) the excess of the Series B Liquidation Preference attributable to such Series B Holder over the Stated Series B Liquidation
Preference attributable to such Series B Holder and (B) the cumulative amount of all prior allocations of income to such Series B Holder pursuant to this Section 6.1(a), provided that, in the event the Partnerships gross income for a
taxable year (or portion thereof) is less than the sum of the amounts determined pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii), allocations shall be made pro rata to Series A Holders and Series B Holders in proportion to the amounts set forth in clauses
(i) and (ii) above;
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(b) in a taxable year (or portion thereof) in which items of income and gain exceed items of loss
and deduction (taking into account any allocations of gross income to a Series A Holder or Series B Holder, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.1(a)), in a manner such that the allocations to the Partners (i) first, reverse any
allocations made to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(ii) and (ii) thereafter, first to the holders of Common Units in amounts which are in proportion to the distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus (actual or deemed)
made to the Partners pursuant to Article VI and Section 12.4 to the extent of their positive capital account balances and, second, to the Series A Holders and Series B Holders to the extent of their respective positive capital account balances
and, third, to the holders of Common Units in proportion to the distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus (actual or deemed) made to the Partners pursuant to Article VI and Section 12.4; and
(c) in a taxable year (or portion thereof) in which items of loss and deduction (taking into account any allocations of gross income to a
Series A Holder or Series B Holder, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.1(a)) exceed items of income and gain, in a manner such that the allocations to the Partners (i) first reverse any allocations made to the Partners pursuant to
Section 6.1(b)(ii) and (ii) thereafter, to each Partner other than a Series A Holder or Series B Holder in proportion to the Partners Percentage Interests.
Section 6.2 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record Holders.
(a) Subject to Section 16.3, within 45 days following the end of each Quarter commencing with the Quarter ending on
December 31, 2006, an amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter shall, subject to Section 51 of the Marshall Islands Act, be distributed in accordance with this Article VI by the Partnership to the Partners
as of the Record Date selected by the General Partner. All amounts of Available Cash distributed by the Partnership on any date from any source shall be deemed to be Operating Surplus until the sum of all amounts of Available Cash theretofore
distributed by the Partnership to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.3 equals the Operating Surplus from the Closing Date through the close of the immediately preceding Quarter. Any remaining amounts of Available Cash distributed by the
Partnership on such date shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.4, be deemed to be Capital Surplus. This Section 6.2(a) shall not apply to Preferred Units.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 6.2(a), in the event of the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, all receipts received during or
after the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs, other than from borrowings described in (a)(ii) of the definition of Available Cash, shall be applied and distributed solely in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of,
Section 12.4.
(c) Each distribution in respect of a Partnership Interest shall be paid by the Partnership, directly or through
the Transfer Agent or through any other Person or agent, only to the Record Holder of such Partnership Interest as of the Record Date set for such distribution. Such payment shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the
Partnerships liability in respect of such payment, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such payment by reason of an assignment or otherwise.
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Section 6.3 Distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus.
Available Cash with respect to any Quarter that is deemed to be Operating Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6.2 or 6.4,
shall, subject to Section 51 of the Marshall Islands Act, be distributed as follows (subject to Section 16.3 in respect of any series of Preferred Units described therein and except as otherwise required by Section 5.5 in respect of
additional Partnership Securities issued pursuant thereto):
(a) First, 100% to the General Partner and the Unitholders in accordance with
their respective Percentage Interests, until there has been distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter
(b) Second, 100% to the General Partner and the Unitholders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the First Target Distribution over the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;
(c) Third, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest; (ii) 13% to the holders of the Incentive
Distribution Rights, Pro Rata; and (iii) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (c), until there has been distributed in
respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the Second Target Distribution over the First Target Distribution for such Quarter;
(d) Fourth, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest; (ii) 23% to the holders of the Incentive
Distribution Rights, Pro Rata; and (iii) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclause (i) and (ii) of this clause (d), until there has been distributed in
respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the Third Target Distribution over the Second Target Distribution for such Quarter; and
(e) Thereafter, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest; (ii) 48% to the holders of the Incentive
Distribution Rights, Pro Rata; and (iii) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (e);
provided, however, that if the Minimum Quarterly Distribution, the First Target Distribution, the Second Target Distribution and the Third Target Distribution
have been reduced to zero pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6.5, the distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus with respect to any Quarter will be made solely in accordance with Section 6.3(e). No
distributions shall be made with respect to Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 6.3.
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Section 6.4 Distributions of Available Cash from Capital Surplus.
Available Cash that is deemed to be Capital Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.2(a) shall, subject to Section 51 of the
Marshall Islands Act and Section 16.3 in respect of any series of Preferred Units described therein, be distributed, unless the provisions of Section 6.2 require otherwise, 100% to the General Partner and the Unitholders (other than
Preferred Unit Holders) in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, until a hypothetical holder of a Common Unit acquired on the Closing Date has received with respect to such Common Unit, during the period since the Closing Date
through such date, distributions of Available Cash that are deemed to be Capital Surplus in an aggregate amount equal to the Initial Unit Price. Thereafter and subject to Section 16.3, all Available Cash shall be distributed as if it were
Operating Surplus and shall be distributed in accordance with Section 6.3.
Section 6.5 Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and
Target Distribution Levels.
The Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target
Distribution shall be proportionately adjusted in the event of any distribution, combination or subdivision (whether effected by a distribution payable in Units or otherwise) of Units or other Partnership Securities in accordance with
Section 5.8. In the event of a distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be from Capital Surplus, the then applicable Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution,
shall be reduced in the same proportion that the distribution had to the fair market value of the Common Units prior to the announcement of the distribution. If the Common Units are publicly traded on a National Securities Exchange, the fair market
value will be the Current Market Price before the ex-dividend date. If the Common Units are not publicly traded, the fair market value will be determined by the Board of Directors of the General Partner.
Section 6.6 Special Provisions Relating to the Holders of Incentive Distribution Rights.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights (a) shall possess
the rights and obligations provided in this Agreement with respect to a Limited Partner pursuant to Articles III and VII and (b) shall not (i) be entitled to vote on any matters requiring the approval or vote of the holders of
Outstanding Units, except as provided by law, or (ii) be entitled to any distributions other than as provided in Sections 6.3(c), (d) and (e) and 12.4.
ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT
AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS
Section 7.1 Management.
(a) The General Partner shall conduct, direct and manage all activities of the Partnership. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. In
addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited
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partnership under applicable law or that are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to Section 7.3, shall have full power
and authority to do all things and on such terms as it determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 2.5 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in
Section 2.4, including the following:
(i) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption or
guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness, including indebtedness that is convertible into Partnership Securities (subject to Section 16.5(c)(ii) with respect to any
Senior Securities), and the incurring of any other obligations;
(ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of
periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership;
(iii) the
acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any or all of the assets of the Partnership or the merger, consolidation or other combination of the Partnership with or into another Person (the matters described
in this clause (iii) being subject, however, to any prior approval that may be required by Section 7.3 and Article XIV);
(iv) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including
the financing of the conduct of the operations of the Partnership Group; subject to Section 7.6(a), the lending of funds to other Persons (including other Group Members); the repayment or guarantee of obligations of any Group Member; and the
making of capital contributions to any Group Member;
(v) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances or
other instruments (including instruments that limit the liability of the Partnership under contractual arrangements to all or particular assets of the Partnership, with the other party to the contract to have no recourse against the General Partner
or its assets other than its interest in the Partnership, even if such non-recourse provision results in the terms of the transaction being less favorable to the Partnership than would otherwise be the case);
(vi) the distribution of Partnership cash;
(vii) the selection and dismissal of employees (including employees having titles such as president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer) and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;
(viii) the maintenance of insurance for the benefit of the Partnership Group, the Partners and Indemnitees;
(ix) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property and the making of loans to, any further limited or
general partnerships, joint ventures,
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corporations, limited liability companies or other relationships (including the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any Group Member from time to time) subject to
the restrictions set forth in Section 2.4;
(x) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership,
including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of litigation, arbitration or mediation and the incurring of legal expenses and the settling of claims and litigation;
(xi) the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;
(xii) the entering into of listing agreements with any National Securities Exchange and the delisting of some or all of the Limited Partner
Interests from, or requesting that trading be suspended on, any such exchange (subject to any prior approval that may be required under Section 4.8);
(xiii) the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of Partnership Securities (subject to Section 16.6(f)), or the issuance of
options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities;
(xiv) the undertaking of any action in connection
with the Partnerships participation in any Group Member; and
(xv) the entering into of agreements with any of its Affiliates
to render services to a Group Member or to itself in the discharge of its duties as General Partner of the Partnership.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, the Marshall Islands Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation, each of the Partners and each other Person who may acquire an interest in Partnership Securities
hereby (i) approves, ratifies and confirms the execution, delivery and performance by the parties thereto of this Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement, the Omnibus Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, any Group Member Agreement of any other
Group Member and the other agreements described in or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are related to the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement; (ii) agrees that the General Partner (on its own or on behalf
of the Partnership) is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the agreements referred to in clause (i) of this sentence and the other agreements, acts, transactions and matters described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement on
behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners or the other Persons who may acquire an interest in Partnership Securities; and (iii) agrees that the execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner,
any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them of this Agreement or any agreement authorized or permitted under this Agreement (including the exercise by the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner of the rights accorded pursuant
to Article XV) shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty that the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or any other Persons under this Agreement (or any other agreements) or of any duty stated
or implied by law or equity.
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Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership.
The General Partner caused the Certificate of Limited Partnership to be filed with the Marshall Islands Registrar as required by the Marshall
Islands Act. The General Partner shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation,
qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership or other entity in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the Marshall Islands or any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own
property. To the extent the General Partner determines such action to be necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and do all things to maintain the Partnership
as a limited partnership (or a partnership or other entity in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the Marshall Islands or of any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.
Subject to the terms of Section 3.4(a), the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership, any qualification document or any amendment thereto to any Limited
Partner.
Section 7.3 Restrictions on the General Partners Authority.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the General Partner may not, without written approval of the specific act by holders of all
of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests or by other written instrument executed and delivered by holders of all of the Outstanding Limited Partner Interests subsequent to the date of this Agreement, take any action in contravention of this
Agreement.
(b) Except as provided in Articles XII and XIV, the General Partner may not sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group, taken as a whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (including by way of merger, consolidation, other combination or sale of ownership interests in the
Partnerships Subsidiaries) without the approval of holders of a Unit Majority; provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude or limit the General Partners ability to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a
security interest in all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group and shall not apply to any forced sale of any or all of the assets of the Partnership Group pursuant to the foreclosure of, or other realization upon, any such
encumbrance. Without the approval of holders of a Unit Majority, the General Partner shall not, on behalf of the Partnership, except as permitted under Sections 4.6, 11.1 and 11.2, elect or cause the Partnership to elect a successor general
partner of the Partnership.
Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 7.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services
as a general partner or managing member of any Group Member.
(b) The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such
other basis as the General Partner may determine, for (i) all direct and indirect expenses it incurs or
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payments it makes on behalf of the Partnership Group (including salary, bonus, incentive compensation and other amounts paid to any Person, including Affiliates of the General Partner, to perform
services for the Partnership or for the General Partner in the discharge of its duties to the Partnership Group, which amounts shall also include reimbursement for any Common Units purchased to satisfy obligations of the Partnership under any of its
equity compensation plans), and (ii) all other direct and indirect expenses allocable to the Partnership or otherwise incurred by the General Partner in connection with operating the Partnership Groups business (including expenses
allocated to the General Partner by its Affiliates). The General Partner shall determine the expenses that are allocable to the Partnership Group. Reimbursements pursuant to this Section 7.4 shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the
General Partner as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7.
(c) The General Partner and its Affiliates may charge any
member of the Partnership Group a management fee to the extent necessary to allow the Partnership Group to reduce the amount of any U.S. federal, state or local or any non-U.S. franchise or income tax or any other tax based upon the
revenues or gross margin of any member of the Partnership Group if the tax benefit produced by the payment of such management fee or fees exceeds the amount of such fee or fees.
(d) The General Partner, without the approval of the Limited Partners (who shall have no right to vote in respect thereof), may propose and
adopt on behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans, employee programs and employee practices (including plans, programs and practices involving the issuance of Partnership Securities or options to purchase or rights, warrants or appreciation
rights relating to Partnership Securities), or cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Securities in connection with, or pursuant to, any employee benefit plan, employee program or employee practice maintained or sponsored by the General Partner
or any of its Affiliates, in each case for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, any Group Member or any Affiliate thereof, or any of them, in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership
Group. The Partnership agrees to issue and sell to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates any Partnership Securities that the General Partner or such Affiliates are obligated to provide to any employees pursuant to any such employee benefit
plans, employee programs or employee practices. Expenses incurred by the General Partner in connection with any such plans, programs and practices (including the net cost to the General Partner or such Affiliates of Partnership Securities purchased
by the General Partner or such Affiliates from the Partnership or in the open market to fulfill options or awards under such plans, programs and practices) shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 7.4(b). Any and all obligations of the
General Partner under any employee benefit plans, employee programs or employee practices adopted by the General Partner as permitted by this Section 7.4(c) shall constitute obligations of the General Partner hereunder and shall be assumed by
any successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2 or the transferee of or successor to all of the General Partners General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6.
Section 7.5 Outside Activities.
(a)
After the Closing Date, the General Partner, for so long as it is the general partner of the Partnership (i) agrees that its sole business will be to act as a general partner or managing member, as the case may be, of the Partnership and any
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company of which the Partnership is, directly or indirectly, a partner or member and to undertake activities that are ancillary or related thereto (including being a limited partner in the
Partnership), (ii) shall not engage in any business or activity or incur any debts or liabilities except in connection with or incidental to (A) its performance as general partner or managing member, if any, of one or more Group Members or
as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or (B) the acquiring, owning or disposing of debt or equity securities in any Group Member and (iii) except to the extent permitted in the Omnibus Agreement, shall not, and
shall cause its controlled Affiliates not to, engage in any LNG Restricted Business or Crude Oil Restricted Business (as such terms are defined in the Omnibus Agreement).
(b) Teekay Corporation, Teekay LNG Partners L.P. and certain of their respective Affiliates have entered into the Omnibus Agreement, which
agreement sets forth certain restrictions on the ability of Teekay Corporation, Teekay LNG Partners L.P. and certain of their Affiliates to engage in any Offshore Restricted Business (as defined in the Omnibus Agreement).
(c) Except as specifically restricted by Section 7.5(a) or the Omnibus Agreement, each Indemnitee (other than the General Partner) shall
have the right to engage in businesses of every type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in and possess an interest in other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in businesses engaged in or
anticipated to be engaged in by any Group Member, independently or with others, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities of any Group Member, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of
this Agreement or any duty expressed or implied by law to any Group Member or any Partner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the possessing of competitive interests and engaging in competitive activities by any
Indemnitees (other than the General Partner) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.5 is hereby approved by the Partnership and all Partners and (ii) it shall be deemed not to be a breach of any fiduciary duty or any other
obligation of any type whatsoever of the General Partner or of any Indemnitee for the Indemnitees (other than the General Partner) to engage in such business interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion of the Partnership.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not
apply to an Indemnitee (including the General Partner) and, subject to the terms of Section 7.5(a), Section 7.5(b), Section 7.5(c) and the Omnibus Agreement, no Indemnitee (including the General Partner) who acquires knowledge of a
potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Partnership shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Partnership, and, subject to the terms of Section 7.5(a),
Section 7.5(b), Section 7.5(c) and the Omnibus Agreement, such Indemnitee (including the General Partner) shall not be liable to the Partnership, to any Limited Partner or any other Person for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by
reason of the fact that such Indemnitee (including the General Partner) pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to the Partnership.
(e) The General Partner and each of its Affiliates may acquire Units or other Partnership Securities in addition to those acquired on the
Closing Date and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, shall be entitled to exercise, at their option, all rights relating to all Units or other Partnership Securities acquired by them. The term Affiliates as used in this
Section 7.5(e) with respect to the General Partner shall not include any Group Member.
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Section 7.6 Loans from the General Partner; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership or Group Members.
(a) The General Partner or any of its Affiliates may lend to any Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow from the General
Partner or any of its Affiliates, funds needed or desired by the Group Member for such periods of time and in such amounts as the General Partner may determine; provided, however, that in any such case the lending party may not charge
the borrowing party interest at a rate greater than the rate that would be charged the borrowing party or impose terms less favorable to the borrowing party than would be charged or imposed on the borrowing party by unrelated lenders on comparable
loans made on an arms-length basis (without reference to the lending partys financial abilities or guarantees), all as determined by the General Partner. The borrowing party shall reimburse the lending party for any costs (other than any
additional interest costs) incurred by the lending party in connection with the borrowing of such funds. For purposes of this Section 7.6(a) and Section 7.6(b), the term Group Member shall include any Affiliate of a
Group Member that is controlled by the Group Member.
(b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to any Group Member, and any Group
Member may borrow from the Partnership, funds on terms and conditions determined by the General Partner. No Group Member may lend funds to the General Partner or any of its Affiliates (other than another Group Member).
(c) No borrowing by any Group Member or the approval thereof by the General Partner shall be deemed to constitute a breach of any duty,
expressed or implied, of the General Partner or its Affiliates to the Partnership or the Limited Partners by reason of the fact that the purpose or effect of such borrowing is directly or indirectly to enable distributions to the General Partner or
its Affiliates (including in their capacities as Limited Partners) to exceed the General Partners Percentage Interest of the total amount distributed to all partners.
Section 7.7 Indemnification.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to the limitations expressly provided in this Agreement, all Indemnitees shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts
arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its
status as an Indemnitee; provided, however, that the Indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect
of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the
Indemnitees conduct was unlawful; and, provided further, that no indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7
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shall be available to the General Partner or its Affiliates (other than a Group Member) with respect to its or their obligations incurred pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Omnibus
Agreement or the Contribution Agreement (other than obligations incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership). Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, it being
agreed that the General Partner shall not be personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant
to Section 7.7(a) in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to a determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the Partnership
of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 7.7.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled
under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the holders of Outstanding Limited Partner Interests, as a matter of law or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnitees capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other capacity, and
shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee.
(d) The Partnership may purchase and maintain (or reimburse the General Partner or its Affiliates for the cost of) insurance, on behalf of the
General Partner, its Affiliates and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such Person in connection with the Partnerships activities
or such Persons activities on behalf of the Partnership, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.
(e) For purposes of this Section 7.7, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an
employee benefit plan whenever the performance by the Indemnitee of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an
Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of Section 7.7(a); and action taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan in
the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the best interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose that is in the best interests of the Partnership.
(f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in
this Agreement.
(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.7 because the
Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
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(h) The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs,
successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.
(i) No
amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Partnership, nor the obligations of the
Partnership to indemnify any such Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters
occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.
Section 7.8 Liability of Indemnitees.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no Indemnitee shall be liable for monetary damages to the
Partnership, the Limited Partners or any other Persons who have acquired interests in the Partnership Securities, for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnitee unless there has been a final and
non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter in question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with
knowledge that the Indemnitees conduct was criminal.
(b) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in
Section 7.1(a), the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and the General Partner shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by the General Partner in good faith.
(c) To the
extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnitee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership or to the Partners, the General Partner and any other Indemnitee acting in connection with the
Partnerships business or affairs shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way
affect the limitations on the liability of the Indemnitees under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in
part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.
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Section 7.9 Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Group Member Agreement, whenever a potential conflict of interest
exists or arises between the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Partnership, any Group Member or any Partner, on the other, any resolution or course of action by the General Partner or its Affiliates in respect of
such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all Partners, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, of any Group Member Agreement, of any agreement contemplated herein or therein, or of any duty stated or implied
by law or equity, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) approved by the vote of a majority of the Outstanding Common Units (excluding Common Units owned by
the General Partner and its Affiliates), (iii) on terms no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iv) fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into
account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). The General Partner shall be authorized but not required in connection with
its resolution of such conflict of interest to seek Special Approval of such resolution, and the General Partner may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval. If Special Approval is not sought and the Board
of Directors of the General Partner determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (iii) or (iv) above, then it shall be presumed that,
in making its decision, the Board of Directors of the General Partner acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by any Limited Partner or by or on behalf of such Limited Partner or any other Limited Partner or the Partnership challenging
such approval, the Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of overcoming such presumption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the existence of the conflicts of interest described in the
Registration Statement are hereby approved by all Partners.
(b) Whenever the General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines
to take any other action, or any of its Affiliates causes it to do so, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership as opposed to in its individual capacity, whether under this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement or any other
agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then, unless another express standard is provided for in this Agreement, the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, shall make such determination or take or decline to take such other
action in good faith and shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Marshall Islands Act or any other law, rule or regulation
or at equity. In order for a determination or other action to be in good faith for purposes of this Agreement, the Person or Persons making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action must reasonably believe that
the determination or other action is in the best interests of the Partnership, unless the context otherwise requires.
(c) Whenever the
General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any of its Affiliates causes it to do so, in its individual capacity as opposed to in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, whether under this
Agreement, any Group Member Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then the
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General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, are entitled to make such determination or to take or decline to take such other action free of any fiduciary duty or obligation
whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, and the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member
Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Marshall Islands Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. By way of illustration and not of limitation, whenever the phrase, at the option of the General
Partner, or some variation of that phrase, is used in this Agreement, it indicates that the General Partner is acting in its individual capacity. For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the General Partner votes or transfers its Units (including
Common Units and any Preferred Units it may hold), General Partner Interest or Incentive Distribution Rights, to the extent permitted under this Agreement, or refrains from voting or transferring its Units (including Common Units and any Preferred
Units it may hold), General Partner Units or Incentive Distribution Rights, as appropriate, it shall be acting in its individual capacity. The General Partners organizational documents may provide that determinations to take or decline to take
any action in its individual, rather than representative, capacity may or shall be determined by its members, if the General Partner is a limited liability company, stockholders, if the General Partner is a corporation, or the members or
stockholders of the General Partners general partner, if the General Partner is a limited partnership.
(d) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner and its Affiliates shall have no duty or obligation, express or implied, to (i) sell or otherwise dispose of any asset of the Partnership Group other than in the ordinary course of business
or (ii) permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the General Partner and its Affiliates, except as may be provided in contracts entered into from time to time specifically dealing with such use. Any determination by the
General Partner or any of its Affiliates to enter into such contracts shall be at its option.
(e) Except as expressly set forth in this
Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any other Indemnitee shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the Partnership or any Limited Partner and the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict,
eliminate or otherwise modify the duties and liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of the General Partner or any other Indemnitee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners to replace such other duties and liabilities of
the General Partner or such other Indemnitee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, but subject to Section 7.9(c) and without reference to the definition of good faith in Section 7.9(b), neither the General Partner nor any
other Indemnitee shall owe any fiduciary duties to Preferred Unit Holders other than a contractual duty of good faith and fair dealing.
(f) The Unitholders hereby authorize the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership as a partner or member of a Group Member, to approve of
actions by the general partner or managing member of such Group Member similar to those actions permitted to be taken by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.9.
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Section 7.10 Other Matters Concerning the General Partner.
(a) The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(b) The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other
consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion (including an Opinion of Counsel) of such Persons as to matters that the General Partner reasonably believes to be within such
Persons professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion.
(c) The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly
authorized officers, a duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact or the duly authorized officers of the Partnership.
Section 7.11 Purchase or
Sale of Partnership Securities.
Subject to Section 16.6(f), the General Partner may cause the Partnership to purchase or
otherwise acquire Partnership Securities. As long as Partnership Securities are held by any Group Member, such Partnership Securities shall not be considered Outstanding for any purpose, except as otherwise provided herein. The General Partner or
any Affiliate of the General Partner may also purchase or otherwise acquire and sell or otherwise dispose of Partnership Securities for its own account, subject to the provisions of Articles IV and X and Section 16.6(f).
Section 7.12 Registration Rights of the General Partner and its Affiliates.
(a) If (i) the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner (including for purposes of this Section 7.12, any
Person that is an Affiliate of the General Partner at the date hereof notwithstanding that it may later cease to be an Affiliate of the General Partner) holds Partnership Securities that it desires to sell and (ii) Rule 144 of the
Securities Act (or any successor rule or regulation to Rule 144) or another exemption from registration is not available to enable such holder of Partnership Securities (the Holder) to dispose of the number of Partnership
Securities it desires to sell at the time it desires to do so without registration under the Securities Act, then at the option and upon the request of the Holder, the Partnership shall file with the Commission as promptly as practicable after
receiving such request, and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective and remain effective for a period of not less than six months following its effective date or such shorter period as shall terminate when all
Partnership Securities covered by such registration statement have been sold, a registration statement under the Securities Act registering the offering and sale of the number of Partnership Securities specified by the Holder; provided,
however, that the Partnership shall not be required to effect more than three registrations pursuant to this Section 7.12(a); and, provided further, that if the Conflicts Committee determines in good faith that the requested registration
would be materially detrimental to the Partnership and its Partners because such registration would (x) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, reorganization or other similar
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transaction involving the Partnership, (y) require premature disclosure of material information that the Partnership has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential or
(z) render the Partnership unable to comply with requirements under applicable securities laws, then the Partnership shall have the right to postpone such requested registration for a period of not more than six months after receipt of the
Holders request, such right pursuant to this Section 7.12(a) not to be utilized more than once in any 12-month period. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Partnership shall be deemed not to have used all commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the registration statement effective during the applicable period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Partnership Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Partnership
Securities at any time during such period, unless such action is required by applicable law. In connection with any registration pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Partnership shall (i) promptly prepare and file (A) such
documents as may be necessary to register or qualify the securities subject to such registration under the securities laws of such states as the Holder shall reasonably request (provided, however, that no such qualification shall be required in any
jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Partnership would become subject to general service of process or to taxation or qualification to do business as a foreign corporation or partnership doing business in such jurisdiction solely as a result
of such registration), and (B) such documents as may be necessary to apply for listing or to list the Partnership Securities subject to such registration on such National Securities Exchange as the Holder shall reasonably request, and
(ii) do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or appropriate to enable the Holder to consummate a public sale of such Partnership Securities in such states. Except as set forth in Section 7.12(c), all costs and expenses
of any such registration and offering (other than the underwriting discounts and commissions) shall be paid by the Partnership, without reimbursement by the Holder.
(b) If the Partnership shall at any time propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act for an offering of
Partnership Securities for cash (other than an offering relating solely to an employee benefit plan), the Partnership shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to include such number or amount of Partnership Securities held by any Holder in such
registration statement as the Holder shall request; provided, however, that the Partnership is not required to make any effort or take any action to so include the Partnership Securities of the Holder once the registration statement
becomes or is declared effective by the Commission, including any registration statement providing for the offering from time to time of Partnership Securities pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act. If the proposed offering pursuant to
this Section 7.12(b) shall be an underwritten offering, then, in the event that the managing underwriter or managing underwriters of such offering advise the Partnership and the Holder in writing that in their opinion the inclusion of all or
some of the Holders Partnership Securities would adversely and materially affect the success of the offering, the Partnership shall include in such offering only that number or amount, if any, of Partnership Securities held by the Holder that,
in the opinion of the managing underwriter or managing underwriters, will not so adversely and materially affect the offering. Except as set forth in Section 7.12(c), all costs and expenses of any such registration and offering (other than the
underwriting discounts and commissions) shall be paid by the Partnership, without reimbursement by the Holder.
(c) If underwriters
are engaged in connection with any registration referred to in this Section 7.12, the Partnership shall provide indemnification, representations, covenants, opinions
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and other assurance to the underwriters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such underwriters. Further, in addition to and not in limitation of the Partnerships obligation
under Section 7.7, the Partnership shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless the Holder, its officers, directors and each Person who controls the Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) and any agent
thereof (collectively, Indemnified Persons) from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, assessments, damages, liabilities (joint or several), costs and expenses (including interest, penalties
and reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements), resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by the Indemnified Persons, directly or indirectly, under the Securities Act or otherwise (hereinafter referred to in this Section 7.12(c) as a
claim and in the plural as claims) based upon, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement under which any Partnership
Securities were registered under the Securities Act or any state securities or Blue Sky laws, in any preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (if used prior to the effective date of
such registration statement), or in any summary or final prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (if used during the period the Partnership is required to keep the registration statement current), or arising out of, based upon or
resulting from the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be liable
to any Indemnified Person to the extent that any such claim arises out of, is based upon or results from an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, such preliminary, summary
or final prospectus or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Partnership by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(d) The provisions of Section 7.12(a) and Section 7.12(b) shall continue to be applicable with respect to the General Partner
(and any of the General Partners Affiliates) after it ceases to be a general partner of the Partnership, during a period of two years subsequent to the effective date of such cessation and for so long thereafter as is required for the Holder
to sell all of the Partnership Securities with respect to which it has requested during such two-year period inclusion in a registration statement otherwise filed or that a registration statement be filed; provided, however, that the
Partnership shall not be required to file successive registration statements covering the same Partnership Securities for which registration was demanded during such two-year period. The provisions of Section 7.12(c) shall continue in effect
thereafter.
(e) The rights to cause the Partnership to register Partnership Securities pursuant to this Section 7.12 may be
assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or assignee of such Partnership Securities, provided (i) the Partnership is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name
and address of such transferee or assignee and the Partnership Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned, and (ii) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms set
forth in this Section 7.12.
(f) Any request to register Partnership Securities pursuant to this Section 7.12 shall
(i) specify the Partnership Securities intended to be offered and sold by the Person making the request, (ii) express such Persons present intent to offer such Partnership Securities for
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distribution, (iii) describe the nature or method of the proposed offer and sale of Partnership Securities, and (iv) contain the undertaking of such Person to provide all such
information and materials and take all action as may be required in order to permit the Partnership to comply with all applicable requirements in connection with the registration of such Partnership Securities.
Section 7.13 Reliance by Third Parties.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the
General Partner and any officer of the General Partner authorized by the General Partner to act on behalf of and in the name of the Partnership has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the
Partnership and to enter into any authorized contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner or any such officer as if it were the Partnerships sole party in interest, both legally and
beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner or any such officer in connection with any such
dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of
any act or action of the General Partner or any such officer or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner, its officers or its representatives shall be
conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (a) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect,
(b) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (c) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and
delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.
ARTICLE VIII
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
Section 8.1 Records and Accounting.
The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect
to the Partnerships business, including all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information required to be provided pursuant to Section 3.4(a). Any books and records maintained by or on behalf of the
Partnership in the regular course of its business, including the record of the Record Holders of Units or other Partnership Securities, books of account and records of Partnership proceedings, may be kept on, or be in the form of, computer disks,
hard drives, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device; provided, however, that the books and records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a
reasonable period of time. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
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Section 8.2 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be a fiscal year ending December 31.
Section 8.3 Reports.
(a) As soon as
practicable, but in no event later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed or made available, by any reasonable means (including posting on the Partnerships
website), to each Record Holder of a Unit as of a date selected by the General Partner, an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership for such fiscal year of the Partnership, presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP,
including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Partnership equity and cash flows, such statements to be audited by a firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner.
(b) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after the close of each Quarter except the last Quarter of each fiscal
year, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed or made available, by any reasonable means (including posting on the Partnerships website), to each Record Holder of a Unit, as of a date selected by the General Partner, a report containing
unaudited financial statements of the Partnership and such other information as may be required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading, or as the General Partner
determines to be necessary or appropriate.
ARTICLE IX
TAX MATTERS
Section 9.1 Tax
Elections and Information.
(a) The Partnership has elected to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for United States
federal income tax purposes. Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall determine whether the Partnership should make any other elections permitted by the Code.
(b) The tax information reasonably required by Record Holders generally for United States federal and state income tax reporting purposes with
respect to a taxable year shall be furnished to them within 90 days of the close of the calendar year in which the Partnerships taxable year ends.
Section 9.2 Withholding.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that may be required to cause the
Partnership and other Group Members to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other U.S. federal, state or local or any non-U.S. law including pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442 and 1445 of the Code.
To the extent that the Partnership is required or elects to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting from the distribution of income to any Partner, the General Partner may treat the amount withheld as a distribution of
cash pursuant to Section 6.2 in the amount of such withholding from such Partner.
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Section 9.3 Conduct of Operations.
The General Partner shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct the business of the Partnership and its Affiliates in a manner that
does not require a holder of Common Units or Preferred Units to file a tax return in any jurisdiction with which the holder has no contact other than through ownership of Common Units or Preferred Units.
For greater certainty, the General Partner shall conduct the affairs and governance of the Partnership so that the General Partner and the
Partnership are not residents of Canada for purposes of Canadas tax legislation and neither the General Partner nor the Partnership is carrying on business in Canada for purposes of such legislation.
ARTICLE X
ADMISSION OF
PARTNERS
Section 10.1 Admission of Initial Limited Partners.
Upon the issuance by the Partnership of Partnership Securities to the General Partner, Teekay Corporation and the Underwriters as described in
Sections 5.1(b), 5.2 and 5.3, the General Partner shall admit such parties to the Partnership as Initial Limited Partners in respect of the Partnership Securities issued to them.
Section 10.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners.
(a) By acceptance of the transfer of any Limited Partner Interests in accordance with Article IV or the acceptance of any Limited Partner
Interests issued pursuant to Article V or pursuant to a merger or consolidation pursuant to Article XIV, each transferee of, or other such Person acquiring, a Limited Partner Interest (including any nominee holder or an agent or
representative acquiring such Limited Partner Interests for the account of another Person) (i) shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so transferred or issued to such Person when
any such transfer, issuance or admission is reflected in the books and records of the Partnership and such Limited Partner becomes the Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interests so transferred, (ii) shall become bound by the terms of this
Agreement, (iii) represents that the transferee has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (iv) grants the powers of attorney set forth in this Agreement and (v) makes the consents and waivers contained in
this Agreement, all with or without execution of this Agreement by such Person. The transfer of any Limited Partner Interests and the admission of any new Limited Partner shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement. A Person may become a
Limited Partner or Record Holder of a Limited Partner Interest without the consent or approval of any of the Partners. A Person may not become a Limited Partner until such Person acquires a Limited Partner Interest and such Person is reflected in
the books and records of the Partnership as the Record Holder of such Limited Partner Interest.
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(b) The name and mailing address of each Limited Partner shall be listed on the books and records
of the Partnership maintained for such purpose by the Partnership or the Transfer Agent. The General Partner shall update the books and records of the Partnership from time to time as necessary to reflect accurately the information therein (or shall
cause the Transfer Agent to do so, as applicable). A Limited Partner Interest may be represented by a Certificate, as provided in Section 4.1 hereof.
(c) Any transfer of a Limited Partner Interest shall not entitle the transferee to receive distributions or to any other rights to which the
transferor was entitled until the transferee becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 10.1(a).
Section 10.3 Admission of Successor
General Partner.
A successor General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2 or the transferee of or successor
to all of the General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) pursuant to Section 4.6 who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective
immediately prior to the withdrawal or removal of the predecessor or transferring General Partner, pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2 or the transfer of the General Partner Interest (represented by General Partner Units) pursuant to
Section 4.6; provided, however, that no such successor shall be admitted to the Partnership until compliance with the terms of Section 4.6 has occurred and such successor has executed and delivered such other documents or
instruments as may be required to effect such admission. Any such successor shall, subject to the terms hereof, carry on the business of the members of the Partnership Group without dissolution.
Section 10.4 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership.
To effect the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary or appropriate under the Marshall
Islands Act to amend the records of the Partnership to reflect such admission and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practicable an amendment to this Agreement and, if required by law, the General Partner shall prepare and file an amendment to the
Certificate of Limited Partnership and the General Partner may for this purpose, among others, exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.6.
ARTICLE XI
WITHDRAWAL
OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS
Section 11.1 Withdrawal of the General Partner.
(a) The General Partner shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Partnership upon the occurrence of any one of the following events
(each such event herein referred to as an Event of Withdrawal):
(i) The General Partner voluntarily withdraws
from the Partnership by giving written notice to the other Partners;
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(ii) The General Partner transfers all of its rights as General Partner pursuant to
Section 4.6;
(iii) The General Partner is removed pursuant to Section 11.2;
(iv) The General Partner (A) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (B) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy;
(C) files a petition or answer seeking for itself a liquidation, dissolution or similar relief (but not a reorganization) under any law; (D) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a
petition filed against the General Partner in a proceeding of the type described in clauses (A), (B) or (C) of this Section 11.1(a)(iv); or (E) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator of the General Partner or of all or any substantial part of its properties;
(v) The General Partner is adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
(vi) (A) in the event the
General Partner is a corporation, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter and the expiration of ninety (90) days after the date of notice to the corporation of
revocation without a reinstatement of its charter; (B) in the event the General Partner is a partnership or a limited liability company, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the General Partner; (C) in the event the General
Partner is acting in such capacity by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust; (D) in the event the General Partner is a natural person, his death or adjudication of incompetency; and (E) otherwise in the event
of the termination of the General Partner.
If an Event of Withdrawal specified in Section 11.1(a)(iv), (v) or (vi)(A), (B), (C) or
(E) occurs, the withdrawing General Partner shall give notice to the Limited Partners within 30 days after such occurrence. The Partners hereby agree that only the Events of Withdrawal described in this Section 11.1 shall result in
the withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership.
(b) Withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the
occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement under the following circumstances: (i) at any time during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending at 12:00 midnight, prevailing Eastern Time, on
December 31, 2016, the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the Limited Partners; provided, however, that prior to the effective date of such
withdrawal, the withdrawal is approved by Unitholders holding a majority of the Outstanding Common Units (excluding Common Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates) and the General Partner delivers to the Partnership an Opinion of
Counsel (Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel) that such withdrawal (following the selection of the successor General Partner) would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner or any Group Member; (ii) at
any time after 12:00 midnight, prevailing Eastern Time, on December 31, 2016, the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days advance notice to the Unitholders, such withdrawal to take effect on the date
specified in such notice; (iii) at any time that the General Partner ceases to be the General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(ii) or is removed pursuant to Section 11.2; or
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(iv) notwithstanding clause (i) of this sentence, at any time that the General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days advance notice of its intention to
withdraw to the Limited Partners, such withdrawal to take effect on the date specified in the notice, if at the time such notice is given one Person and its Affiliates (other than the General Partner and its Affiliates) own beneficially or of record
or control at least 50% of the Outstanding Units. The withdrawal of the General Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall also constitute the withdrawal of the General Partner as general partner or managing
member, if any, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members. If the General Partner gives a notice of withdrawal pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i), the holders of a Unit Majority, may, prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, elect
a successor General Partner. The Person so elected as successor General Partner shall automatically become the successor general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a
general partner or a managing member. If, prior to the effective date of the General Partners withdrawal, a successor is not selected by the Unitholders as provided herein or, if applicable, the Partnership does not receive a Withdrawal
Opinion of Counsel, the Partnership shall be dissolved in accordance with Section 12.1. Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.1 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.3.
Section 11.2 Removal of the General Partner.
The General Partner may be removed if such removal is approved by the Unitholders holding at least 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Units (including
Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates voting as a single class). Any such action by such holders for removal of the General Partner must also provide for the election of a successor General Partner by the Unitholders holding a
majority of the outstanding Common Units voting as a class (including Units held by the General Partner and its Affiliates). Such removal shall be effective immediately following the admission of a successor General Partner pursuant to
Section 10.3. The removal of the General Partner shall also automatically constitute the removal of the General Partner as general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is
a general partner or a managing member. If a Person is elected as a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2, such Person shall, upon admission pursuant to Section 10.3, automatically become a successor
general partner or managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the General Partner is a general partner or a managing member. The right of the holders of Outstanding Units to remove the General Partner shall not
exist or be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel opining as to the matters covered by a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel. Any successor General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2 shall
be subject to the provisions of Section 10.3.
Section 11.3 Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner.
(a) In the event of (i) withdrawal of the General Partner under circumstances where such withdrawal does not violate this Agreement or
(ii) removal of the General Partner by the holders of Outstanding Units under circumstances where Cause does not exist, if the successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 or 11.2, the Departing General
Partner shall have the option, exercisable prior to the effective date of the departure of such Departing General Partner, to require its successor to purchase its General Partner Interest
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(represented by General Partner Units) and its general partner interest (or equivalent interest), if any, in the other Group Members and all of the Incentive Distribution Rights (collectively,
the Combined Interest) in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of such Combined Interest, such amount to be determined and payable as of the effective date of its departure. If the General Partner is
removed by the Unitholders under circumstances where Cause exists or if the General Partner withdraws under circumstances where such withdrawal violates this Agreement, and if a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of
Section 11.1 or 11.2 (or if the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2 and the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner), such successor shall have the option, exercisable prior to the
effective date of the departure of such Departing General Partner (or, in the event the business of the Partnership is continued, prior to the date the business of the Partnership is continued), to purchase the Combined Interest for such fair market
value of such Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner. In either event, the Departing General Partner shall be entitled to receive all reimbursements due such Departing General Partner pursuant to Section 7.4, including any
employee-related liabilities (including severance liabilities), incurred in connection with the termination of any employees employed by the Departing General Partner for the benefit of the Partnership or the other Group Members.
For purposes of this Section 11.3(a), the fair market value of the Departing General Partners Combined Interest shall be determined
by agreement between the Departing General Partner and its successor or, failing agreement within 30 days after the effective date of such Departing General Partners departure, by an independent investment banking firm or other
independent expert selected by the Departing General Partner and its successor, which, in turn, may rely on other experts, and the determination of which shall be conclusive as to such matter. If such parties cannot agree upon one independent
investment banking firm or other independent expert within 45 days after the effective date of such departure, then the Departing General Partner shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, the Departing
General Partners successor shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, and such firms or experts shall mutually select a third independent investment banking firm or independent expert, which third
independent investment banking firm or other independent expert shall determine the fair market value of the Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner. In making its determination, such third independent investment banking firm or other
independent expert may consider the then current trading price of Units on any National Securities Exchange on which Units are then listed or admitted to trading, the value of the Partnerships assets, the rights and obligations of the
Departing General Partner and other factors it may deem relevant.
(b) If the Combined Interest is not purchased in the manner set forth
in Section 11.3(a), the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) shall become a Limited Partner and its Combined Interest shall be converted into Common Units pursuant to a valuation made by an investment banking firm or other independent
expert selected pursuant to Section 11.3(a), without reduction in such Partnership Interest (but subject to proportionate dilution by reason of the admission of its successor). Any successor General Partner shall indemnify the Departing
General Partner (or its transferee) as to all debts and liabilities of the Partnership arising on or after the date on which the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) becomes a Limited Partner. For purposes of this Agreement, conversion of
the Combined Interest of the Departing
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General Partner to Common Units will be characterized as if the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) contributed its Combined Interest to the Partnership in exchange for the newly issued
Common Units.
(c) If a successor General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 or 11.2 (or if the
Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2 and the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner) and the option described in Section 11.3(a) is not exercised by the party entitled to do so, the successor General
Partner shall, at the effective date of its admission to the Partnership, contribute to the Partnership cash in the amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest of the Departing General Partner and the Net Agreed Value of the
Partnerships assets on such date. In such event, such successor General Partner shall, subject to the following sentence, be entitled to its Percentage Interest of all Partnership allocations and distributions to which the Departing General
Partner was entitled. In addition, the successor General Partner shall cause this Agreement to be amended to reflect that, from and after the date of such successor General Partners admission, the successor General Partners interest in
all Partnership distributions and allocations shall be its Percentage Interest.
Section 11.4 Withdrawal of Limited Partners.
No Limited Partner shall have any right to withdraw from the Partnership; provided, however, that when a transferee of a
Limited Partners Limited Partner Interest becomes a Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interest so transferred, such transferring Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interest so
transferred.
ARTICLE XII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 12.1 Dissolution.
The
Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the removal or withdrawal of the General Partner, if a
successor General Partner is elected pursuant to Sections 11.1 or 11.2, the Partnership shall not be dissolved and such successor General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership. The Partnership shall dissolve, and (subject to
Section 12.2) its affairs shall be wound up, upon:
(a) an election to dissolve the Partnership by the General Partner that is
approved by the holders of a Unit Majority;
(b) at any time there are no Limited Partners, unless the Partnership is continued without
dissolution in accordance with the Marshall Islands Act;
(c) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to
the provisions of the Marshall Islands Act; or
(d) an Event of Withdrawal of the General Partner as provided in Section 11.1(a)
(other than Section 11.1(a)(ii)), unless a successor is elected and an Opinion of Counsel is received as provided in Sections 11.1(b) or 11.2 and such successor is admitted to the Partnership pursuant to Section 10.3.
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Section 12.2 Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution.
Upon (a) dissolution of the Partnership following an Event of Withdrawal caused by the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner as
provided in Sections 11.1(a)(i) or (iii) and the failure of the Partners to select a successor to such Departing General Partner pursuant to Sections 11.1 or 11.2, then within 90 days thereafter, or (b) dissolution of the
Partnership upon an event constituting an Event of Withdrawal as defined in Sections 11.1(a)(iv), (v) or (vi), then, to the maximum extent permitted by law, within 180 days thereafter, the holders of a Unit Majority may elect to
continue the business of the Partnership on the same terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement by appointing as a successor General Partner a Person approved by the holders of a Unit Majority. Unless such an election is made within the
applicable time period as set forth above, the Partnership shall conduct only activities necessary to wind up its affairs. If such an election is so made, then:
(i) the Partnership shall continue without dissolution unless earlier dissolved in accordance with this Article XII;
(ii) if the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner, then the interest of the former General Partner shall
be treated in the manner provided in Section 11.3; and
(iii) the successor General Partner shall be admitted to
the Partnership as General Partner, effective as of the Event of Withdrawal, by agreeing in writing to be bound by this Agreement; provided, however, that the right of the holders of a Unit Majority to approve a successor General
Partner and to reconstitute and to continue the business of the Partnership shall not exist and may not be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel that the exercise of the right would not result in the loss of limited
liability of any Limited Partner.
Section 12.3 Liquidator.
Upon dissolution of the Partnership, unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 12.2, the General Partner
shall select one or more Persons to act as Liquidator. The Liquidator (if other than the General Partner) shall be entitled to receive such compensation for its services as may be approved by holders of a majority of the Outstanding Common Units
voting as a single class. The Liquidator (if other than the General Partner) shall agree not to resign at any time without 15 days prior notice and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by notice of removal approved by
holders of a majority of the Outstanding Common Units voting as a single class. Upon dissolution, removal or resignation of the Liquidator, a successor and substitute Liquidator (who shall have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the
original Liquidator) shall within 30 days thereafter be approved by holders of a majority of the Outstanding Common Units voting as a single class. The right to approve a successor or substitute Liquidator in the manner provided herein shall be
deemed to refer also to any such successor or substitute Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided.
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Except as expressly provided in this Article XII, the Liquidator approved in the manner provided herein shall have and may exercise, without further authorization or consent of any of the
parties hereto, all of the powers conferred upon the General Partner under the terms of this Agreement (but subject to all of the applicable limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers, other than the limitation on sale
set forth in Section 7.3(b)) necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties and functions of the Liquidator hereunder for and during the period of time required to complete the winding up and liquidation of the Partnership as provided for
herein.
Section 12.4 Liquidation.
The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the Partnership, discharge its liabilities, and otherwise wind up its affairs in such
manner and over such period as determined by the Liquidator, subject to Section 60 of the Marshall Islands Act and the following:
(a) The assets may be disposed of by public or private sale or by distribution in kind to one or more Partners on such terms as the Liquidator
and such Partner or Partners may agree. If any property is distributed in kind, the Partner receiving the property shall be deemed for purposes of Section 12.4(c) to have received cash equal to its fair market value, and contemporaneously
therewith, appropriate cash distributions must be made to the other Partners. The Liquidator may defer liquidation or distribution of the Partnerships assets for a reasonable time if it determines that an immediate sale or distribution of all
or some of the Partnerships assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners. The Liquidator may distribute the Partnerships assets, in whole or in part, in kind if it determines that a sale would be impractical or
would cause undue loss to the Partners.
(b) Liabilities of the Partnership include amounts owed to the Liquidator as compensation for
serving in such capacity (subject to the terms of Section 12.3) and amounts to Partners otherwise than in respect of their distribution rights under Articles VI and XVI, as applicable. With respect to any liability that is contingent,
conditional or unmatured or is otherwise not yet due and payable, the Liquidator shall either settle such claim for such amount as it thinks appropriate or establish a reserve of cash or other assets to provide for its payment. When paid, any unused
portion of the reserve shall be distributed as additional liquidation proceeds.
(c) All property and all cash in excess of that required
to discharge liabilities as provided in Section 12.4(b) shall be distributed, subject to Section 16.4 in respect of any series of Preferred Units described therein, as follows:
(i) If the Current Market Price of the Common Units as of the date three trading days prior to the announcement of the proposed liquidation
exceeds the Unrecovered Capital for a Common Unit:
(A) First, (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its
Percentage Interest and (y) to all the Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the General Partners Percentage Interest, until there has been distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding
an amount equal to such Current Market Price of a Common Unit; and
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(B) Thereafter (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage
Interest, (y) 48% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata, and (z) to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (x) and
(y) of this clause (i)(B); and
(ii) If the Current Market Price of a Common Unit as of the date three trading days prior to the
announcement of the proposed liquidation is equal to or less than the Unrecovered Capital for a Common Unit:
(A) First,
(x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest and (y) to all the Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the General Partners Percentage Interest, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Unrecovered Capital for a Common Unit; and
(B) Thereafter, (x) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest; (y) 48% to the holders of the
Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata; and (z) to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (x) and (y) of this clause (ii)(D).
Distributions with respect to any series of Preferred Units described in Article XVI in connection with a liquidation or dissolution of the Partnership shall
be made pursuant to Section 16.4, rather than pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 12.4(c).
Section 12.5
Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership.
Upon the completion of the distribution of Partnership cash and property as
provided in Section 12.4 in connection with the liquidation of the Partnership, the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the Marshall Islands
shall be canceled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.
Section 12.6 Return of Contributions.
The General Partner shall not be personally liable for, and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to
the Partnership to enable it to effectuate, the return of the Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners or Unitholders, or any portion thereof, it being expressly understood that any such return shall be made solely from Partnership assets.
Section 12.7 Waiver of Partition.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Partner hereby waives any right to partition of the Partnership property.
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ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE
Section 13.1 Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the General Partner.
Each Partner agrees that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner, may amend any provision of this Agreement and execute, swear
to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect:
(a) a change in the
name of the Partnership, the location of the principal place of business of the Partnership, the registered agent of the Partnership or the registered office of the Partnership;
(b) admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement;
(c) a change that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to qualify or continue the qualification of the Partnership as
a limited partnership or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability under the laws of the Marshall Islands or to ensure that the Group Members will not be treated as associations taxable as corporations or otherwise taxed as
entities for Marshall Islands income tax purposes;
(d) subject to Section 16.5, to the extent applicable, a change that the General
Partner determines (i) does not adversely affect the Limited Partners (including any particular class or series of Partnership Interests as compared to other classes or series of Partnership Interests) in any material respect,
(ii) to be necessary or appropriate to (A) satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of any Marshall Islands authority (including the Marshall Islands Act) or
(B) facilitate the trading of the Units (including the division of any class, classes or series of Outstanding Units into different classes or series to facilitate uniformity of tax consequences within such classes or series of Units) or comply
with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are or will be listed, (iii) to be necessary or appropriate in connection with action taken by the General Partner pursuant to
Section 5.8 or (iv) is required to effect the intent expressed in the Registration Statement or the intent of the provisions of this Agreement or is otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
(e) a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership and any other changes that the General Partner determines to be necessary
or appropriate as a result of a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership including, if the General Partner shall so determine, a change in the definition of Quarter and the dates on which distributions (other than
Preferred Unit Distributions) are to be made by the Partnership;
(f) an amendment that is necessary, in the Opinion of Counsel, to
prevent the Partnership, or the General Partner or its directors, officers, trustees or agents from in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of
1940, as amended, or plan asset regulations adopted under the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, regardless of whether such regulations are substantially similar to plan asset regulations currently
applied or proposed by the United States Department of Labor;
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(g) subject to Section 16.5, an amendment that the General Partner determines to be
necessary or appropriate in connection with the authorization of issuance of any class or series of Partnership Securities pursuant to Section 5.5;
(h) any amendment expressly permitted in this Agreement to be made by the General Partner acting alone;
(i) an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a Merger Agreement approved in accordance with Section 14.3;
(j) an amendment that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect and account for the formation by the
Partnership of, or investment by the Partnership in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other Person, in connection with the conduct by the Partnership of activities permitted by the terms of Section 2.4;
(k) a conversion, merger or conveyance pursuant to Section 14.3(d); or
(l) any other amendments substantially similar to the foregoing.
Section 13.2 Amendment Procedures.
Except as provided in Sections 13.1 and 13.3, all amendments to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with the following
requirements. Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed only by the General Partner; provided, however, that the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose any amendment to this Agreement and may decline to do so
free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner and, in declining to propose an amendment, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any
other standard imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Marshall Islands Act or any other law, rule or regulation. Subject to Section 16.5, to the extent applicable, a proposed
amendment shall be effective upon its approval by the General Partner and the holders of a Unit Majority, unless a greater or different percentage is required under this Agreement or by the Marshall Islands Act. Each proposed amendment that requires
the approval of the holders of a specified percentage of Outstanding Units shall be set forth in a writing that contains the text of the proposed amendment. If such an amendment is proposed, the General Partner shall seek the written approval of the
requisite percentage of Outstanding Units or call a meeting of the Unitholders to consider and vote on such proposed amendment. The General Partner shall notify all Record Holders upon final adoption of any such proposed amendments.
Section 13.3 Amendment Requirements.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1 and 13.2, no provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of Outstanding
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the General Partner) required to take any action shall be amended, altered, changed, repealed or rescinded in any respect that would have the effect of reducing such voting percentage unless such
amendment is approved by the written consent or the affirmative vote of holders of Outstanding Units whose aggregate Outstanding Units constitute not less than the voting requirement sought to be reduced.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1 and 13.2, no amendment to this Agreement may (i) enlarge the obligations of any
Limited Partner without its consent, unless such enlargement shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of an amendment approved pursuant to Section 13.3(c), (ii) enlarge the obligations of, restrict in any way any action by or rights
of, or reduce in any way the amounts distributable, reimbursable or otherwise payable to, the General Partner or any of its Affiliates without its consent, which consent may be given or withheld at the General Partners option,
(iii) change Section 12.1(a), or (iv) change the term of the Partnership or, except as set forth in Section 12.1(a), give any Person the right to dissolve the Partnership.
(c) Except as provided in Section 14.3 and subject to Section 16.5(c)(i) with respect to the applicable series of Preferred Units
described therein, and without limitation of the General Partners authority to adopt amendments to this Agreement without the approval of any Partners as contemplated in Section 13.1, any amendment that would have a material adverse
effect on the rights or preferences of any class or series of Partnership Interests in relation to other classes or series of Partnership Interests must be approved by the holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Partnership Interests of the class or series affected.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, except for
amendments pursuant to Section 13.1 and except as otherwise provided by Section 14.3(b), no amendments shall become effective without the approval of the holders of at least 90% of the Outstanding Units voting as a single class unless the
Partnership obtains an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment will not affect the limited liability of any Limited Partner under applicable law.
(e) Except as provided in Section 13.1, this Section 13.3 shall only be amended with the approval of the holders of at least 90% of
the Outstanding Units.
Section 13.4 Special Meetings.
All acts of Limited Partners to be taken pursuant to this Agreement shall be taken in the manner provided in this Article XIII. Special
meetings of the Limited Partners may be called by the General Partner or by Limited Partners owning 20% or more of the Outstanding Units of the class, classes or series for which a meeting is proposed. Limited Partners shall call a special meeting
by delivering to the General Partner one or more requests in writing stating that the signing Limited Partners wish to call a special meeting and indicating the general or specific purposes for which the special meeting is to be called. Within
60 days after receipt of such a call from Limited Partners or within such greater time as may be reasonably necessary for the Partnership to comply with any statutes, rules, regulations, listing agreements or similar requirements governing the
holding of a meeting or the solicitation of proxies for use at such a meeting, the General Partner shall send a notice of the meeting to the Limited Partners either
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directly or indirectly through the Transfer Agent. A meeting shall be held at a time and place determined by the General Partner on a date not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days
after the mailing of notice of the meeting. Limited Partners shall not vote on matters that would cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to
jeopardize the Limited Partners limited liability under the Marshall Islands Act or the law of any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership is qualified to do business.
Section 13.5 Notice of a Meeting.
Notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section 13.4 shall be given to the Record Holders of the class, classes or series of Units for
which a meeting is proposed in writing by mail or other means of written communication in accordance with Section 17.1. The notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written
communication.
Section 13.6 Record Date.
For purposes of determining the Limited Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Limited Partners or to give approvals
without a meeting as provided in Section 13.11, the General Partner may set a Record Date, which shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days before (a) the date of the meeting (unless such requirement conflicts with any rule,
regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such National Securities Exchange shall govern) or
(b) in the event that approvals are sought without a meeting, the date by which Limited Partners are requested in writing by the General Partner to give such approvals. If the General Partner does not set a Record Date, then (a) the Record
Date for determining the Limited Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Limited Partners shall be the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, and (b) the Record Date for determining
the Limited Partners entitled to give approvals without a meeting shall be the date the first written approval is deposited with the Partnership in care of the General Partner in accordance with Section 13.11.
Section 13.7 Adjournment.
When a
meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting and a new Record Date need not be fixed, if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless such
adjournment shall be for more than 45 days. At the adjourned meeting, the Partnership may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 45 days or if a new Record Date
is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with this Article XIII.
Section 13.8
Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes.
The transactions of any meeting of Limited Partners, however called and
noticed, and whenever held, shall be as valid as if it had occurred at a meeting duly held after regular call and
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notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy. Attendance of a Limited Partner at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when the Limited Partner
attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened; and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any
right to disapprove the consideration of matters required to be included in the notice of the meeting, but not so included, if the disapproval is expressly made at the meeting.
Section 13.9 Quorum and Voting.
The
holders of a majority of the Outstanding Units of the class, classes or series for which a meeting has been called (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by the General Partner) represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at a
meeting of Limited Partners of such class, classes or series unless any such action by the Limited Partners requires approval by holders of a greater percentage of such Units, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage. At any meeting
of the Limited Partners duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present, the act of Limited Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate represent a majority of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote
and be present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act of all Limited Partners, unless a greater or different percentage is required with respect to such action under the provisions of this Agreement, in which
case the act of the Limited Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate represent at least such greater or different percentage shall be required. The Limited Partners present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is
present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Limited Partners to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of Outstanding
Units specified in this Agreement (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by the General Partner). In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of Limited Partners may be adjourned from time to time by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of
the Outstanding Units entitled to vote at such meeting (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by the General Partner) represented either in person or by proxy, but no other business may be transacted, except as provided in Section 13.7.
Section 13.10 Conduct of a Meeting.
The General Partner shall have full power and authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Limited Partners or solicitation
of approvals in writing, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence of a quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of Section 13.4, the conduct of voting, the validity and effect of any proxies and the
determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising in connection with or during the meeting or voting. The General Partner shall designate a Person to serve as chairman of any meeting and shall further designate a Person to take the
minutes of any meeting. All minutes shall be kept with the records of the Partnership maintained by the General Partner. The General Partner may make such other regulations consistent with applicable law and this Agreement as it may deem advisable
concerning the conduct of any meeting of the Limited Partners or solicitation of approvals in writing, including regulations in regard to the appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes and approvals, the submission and
examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote, and the revocation of approvals in writing.
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Section 13.11 Action Without a Meeting.
If authorized by the General Partner, any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Limited Partners may be taken without a meeting if an
approval in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by Limited Partners owning not less than the minimum percentage of the Outstanding Units (including Units deemed owned by the General Partner) that would be necessary to authorize or
take such action at a meeting at which all the Limited Partners were present and voted (unless such provision conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted
to trading, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such National Securities Exchange shall govern). Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Limited Partners who have not approved the
action in writing. The General Partner may specify that any written ballot submitted to Limited Partners for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Partnership within the time period, which shall be not less than
20 days, specified by the General Partner. If a ballot returned to the Partnership does not vote all of the Units held by the Limited Partners, the Partnership shall be deemed to have failed to receive a ballot for the Units that were not
voted. If approval of the taking of any action by the Limited Partners is solicited by any Person other than by or on behalf of the General Partner, the written approvals shall have no force and effect unless and until (a) they are deposited
with the Partnership in care of the General Partner, (b) approvals sufficient to take the action proposed are dated as of a date not more than 90 days prior to the date sufficient approvals are deposited with the Partnership and
(c) an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the General Partner to the effect that the exercise of such right and the action proposed to be taken with respect to any particular matter (i) will not cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to
be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners limited liability, and (ii) is otherwise permissible under the applicable statutes then governing the
rights, duties and liabilities of the Partnership and the Partners.
Section 13.12 Right to Vote and Related Matters.
(a) Only those Record Holders of the Units on the Record Date set pursuant to Section 13.6 (and also subject to the limitations
contained in the definition of Outstanding) shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of Limited Partners or to act with respect to matters as to which the holders of the Outstanding Units have the right to vote or
to act. All references in this Agreement to votes of, or other acts that may be taken by, the Outstanding Units shall be deemed to be references to the votes or acts of the Record Holders of such Outstanding Units.
(b) With respect to Units that are held for a Persons account by another Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or
clearing corporation, or an agent of any of the foregoing), in whose name such Units are registered, such other Person shall, in exercising the voting rights in respect of such Units on any matter, and unless the arrangement between such Persons
provides otherwise, vote such Units in favor of, and at the direction of, the Person who is
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the beneficial owner, and the Partnership shall be entitled to assume it is so acting without further inquiry. The provisions of this Section 13.12(b) (as well as all other provisions of
this Agreement) are subject to the provisions of Section 4.3.
ARTICLE XIV
MERGER
Section 14.1 Authority.
The Partnership may merge or consolidate with or into one or more corporations, limited liability companies, statutory trusts
or associations, real estate investment trusts, common law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a partnership (whether general or limited (including a limited liability partnership)), formed under the laws of the Marshall Islands or the
State of Delaware or any other state of the United States, pursuant to a written agreement of merger or consolidation (Merger Agreement) in accordance with this Article XIV.
Section 14.2 Procedure for Merger or Consolidation.
Merger or consolidation of the Partnership pursuant to this Article XIV requires the prior consent of the General Partner;
provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to consent to any merger or consolidation of the Partnership and may decline to do so free of any fiduciary duty or
obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Limited Partner and, in declining to consent to a merger or consolidation, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member
Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Marshall Islands Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. If the General Partner shall determine to consent to the merger or consolidation, the General Partner shall
approve the Merger Agreement, which shall set forth:
(a) the names and jurisdictions of formation or organization of each of the
business entities proposing to merge or consolidate;
(b) the name and jurisdiction of formation or organization of the business
entity that is to survive the proposed merger or consolidation (the Surviving Business Entity);
(c) the terms
and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation;
(d) the manner and basis of exchanging or converting the equity securities of
each constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity; and (i) if any general or limited partner interests, securities or rights of any constituent
business entity are not to be exchanged or converted solely for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity, the cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities
or obligations of any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated business or other Person (other than the Surviving Business Entity) which the holders of such interests, securities or rights are to
receive in exchange for, or upon conversion of their interests, securities or rights, and (ii) in the case of securities represented by certificates, upon the
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surrender of such certificates, which cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity or any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust,
limited liability company, unincorporated business or other Person (other than the Surviving Business Entity), or evidences thereof, are to be delivered;
(e) a statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the adoption of new constituent documents (the articles or certificate of
incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust, certificate or agreement of limited partnership or other similar charter or governing document) of the Surviving Business Entity to be effected by such merger or consolidation;
(f) the effective time of the merger, which may be the date of the filing of the certificate of merger pursuant to Section 14.4 or a
later date specified in or determinable in accordance with the Merger Agreement (provided, that if the effective time of the merger is to be later than the date of the filing of such certificate of merger, the effective time shall be fixed at a date
or time certain at or prior to the time of the filing of such certificate of merger and stated therein); and
(g) such other
provisions with respect to the proposed merger or consolidation that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.
Section 14.3
Approval by Limited Partners of Merger or Consolidation.
(a) Except as provided in Sections 14.3(d) and 14.3(e), the General
Partner, upon its approval of the Merger Agreement, shall direct that the Merger Agreement be submitted to a vote of Limited Partners, whether at a special meeting or by written consent, in either case in accordance with the requirements of
Article XIII. A copy or a summary of the Merger Agreement shall be included in or enclosed with the notice of a special meeting or the written consent.
(b) Except as provided in Sections 14.3(d) and 14.3(e), the Merger Agreement shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote or
consent of the holders of a Unit Majority.
(c) Except as provided in Sections 14.3(d) and 14.3(e), after such approval by vote or
consent of the Limited Partners, and at any time prior to the filing of the certificate of merger pursuant to Section 14.4, the merger or consolidation may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the Merger Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this Agreement, the General Partner is permitted, without
Limited Partner approval, to convert the Partnership or any Group Member into a new limited liability entity, to merge the Partnership or any Group Member into, or convey all of the Partnerships assets to, another limited liability entity
which shall be newly formed and shall have no assets, liabilities or operations at the time of such conversion, merger or conveyance other than those it receives from the Partnership or other Group Member if (i) the General Partner has received
an Opinion of Counsel that the conversion, merger or conveyance, as the case may be, would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner, (ii) the sole purpose of such conversion, merger or conveyance is to effect a
mere change in the legal form of the Partnership into another limited liability entity and (iii) the governing instruments of the new entity provide the Limited Partners and the General Partner with the same rights and obligations as are herein
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(e) Additionally, notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this
Agreement, the General Partner is permitted, without Limited Partner approval, to merge or consolidate the Partnership with or into another entity if (i) the General Partner has received an Opinion of Counsel that the merger or consolidation,
as the case may be, would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner, (ii) the merger or consolidation would not result in an amendment to this Agreement, other than any amendments that could be adopted pursuant to
Section 13.1, (iii) the Partnership is the Surviving Business Entity in such merger or consolidation, (iv) each Unit outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger or consolidation is to be an identical Unit of the
Partnership after the effective date of the merger or consolidation, and (v) the number of Partnership Securities to be issued by the Partnership in such merger or consolidation does not exceed 20% of the Partnership Securities Outstanding
immediately prior to the effective date of such merger or consolidation.
Section 14.4 Certificate of Merger.
Upon the required approval by the General Partner and the Unitholders of a Merger Agreement, a certificate of merger shall be executed and
filed in conformity with the requirements of the Marshall Islands Act.
Section 14.5 Amendment of Partnership Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 20(2) of the Marshall Islands Act, an agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance with
Section 20(2) of the Marshall Islands Act may (a) effect any amendment to this Agreement or (b) effect the adoption of a new partnership agreement for a limited partnership if it is the Surviving Business Entity. Any such amendment or
adoption made pursuant to this Section 14.5 shall be effective at the effective time or date of the merger or consolidation.
Section 14.6
Effect of Merger.
(a) At the effective time of the certificate of merger:
(i) all of the rights, privileges and powers of each of the business entities that has merged or consolidated, and all property, real,
personal and mixed, and all debts due to any of those business entities and all other things and causes of action belonging to each of those business entities, shall be vested in the Surviving Business Entity and after the merger or consolidation
shall be the property of the Surviving Business Entity to the extent they were of each constituent business entity;
(ii) the title to any
real property vested by deed or otherwise in any of those constituent business entities shall not revert and is not in any way impaired because of the merger or consolidation;
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(iii) all rights of creditors and all liens on or security interests in property of any of those
constituent business entities shall be preserved unimpaired; and
(iv) all debts, liabilities and duties of those constituent
business entities shall attach to the Surviving Business Entity and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if the debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.
(b) A merger or consolidation effected pursuant to this Article shall not be deemed to result in a transfer or assignment of assets or
liabilities from one entity to another.
ARTICLE XV
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS
Section 15.1 Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if at any time the General Partner and its Affiliates hold more than 80% of the
total Limited Partner Interests of any class or series then Outstanding, the General Partner shall then have the right, which right it may assign and transfer in whole or in part to the Partnership or any Affiliate of the General Partner,
exercisable at its option, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such Limited Partner Interests of such class or series then Outstanding held by Persons other than the General Partner and its Affiliates, at the greater of (x) the Current
Market Price as of the date three days prior to the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed and (y) the highest price paid by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates for any such Limited Partner Interest of such
class or series purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the repurchase right described in this Article XV shall not apply to Preferred
Units.
(b) If the General Partner, any Affiliate of the General Partner or the Partnership elects to exercise the right to
purchase Limited Partner Interests granted pursuant to Section 15.1(a), the General Partner shall deliver to the Transfer Agent notice of such election to purchase (the Notice of Election to Purchase) and shall cause the
Transfer Agent to mail a copy of such Notice of Election to Purchase to the Record Holders of Limited Partner Interests of such class or series (as of a Record Date selected by the General Partner) at least 10, but not more than 60, days prior
to the Purchase Date. Such Notice of Election to Purchase shall also be published for a period of at least three consecutive days in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation printed in the English language and published in the Borough of
Manhattan, New York. The Notice of Election to Purchase shall specify the Purchase Date and the price (determined in accordance with Section 15.1(a)) at which Limited Partner Interests will be purchased and state that the General Partner, its
Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, elects to purchase such Limited Partner Interests, upon surrender of Certificates representing such Limited Partner Interests in exchange for payment, at such office or offices of the Transfer Agent
as the Transfer Agent may specify, or as may be required by any National Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed. Any such Notice of Election to Purchase mailed to a Record Holder of Limited Partner Interests at his
address as reflected in the records of the Transfer Agent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given regardless of whether the owner receives such notice. On or prior to the Purchase Date, the General Partner,
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its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall deposit with the Transfer Agent cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all of such Limited Partner
Interests to be purchased in accordance with this Section 15.1. If the Notice of Election to Purchase shall have been duly given as aforesaid at least 10 days prior to the Purchase Date, and if on or prior to the Purchase Date the deposit
described in the preceding sentence has been made for the benefit of the holders of Limited Partner Interests subject to purchase as provided herein, then from and after the Purchase Date, notwithstanding that any Certificate shall not have been
surrendered for purchase, all rights of the holders of such Limited Partner Interests (including any rights pursuant to Articles IV, V, VI and XII) shall thereupon cease, except the right to receive the applicable purchase price
(determined in accordance with Section 15.1(a)) for Limited Partner Interests therefor, without interest, upon surrender to the Transfer Agent of the Certificates representing such Limited Partner Interests, and such Limited Partner Interests
shall thereupon be deemed to be transferred to the General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, on the record books of the Transfer Agent and the Partnership, and the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner,
or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the owner of all such Limited Partner Interests from and after the Purchase Date and shall have all rights as the owner of such Limited Partner Interests (including all rights as owner of
such Limited Partner Interests pursuant to Articles IV, V, VI and XII).
(c) At any time from and after the Purchase Date, a
holder of an Outstanding Limited Partner Interest subject to purchase as provided in this Section 15.1 may surrender his Certificate evidencing such Limited Partner Interest to the Transfer Agent in exchange for payment of the amount described
in Section 15.1(a), without interest thereon.
ARTICLE XVI
SERIES A AND SERIES B CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED UNITS
Section 16.1 Designations.
(a) On
April 23, 2013, the General Partner designated and created a series of Preferred Units designated as 7.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, and fixed the preferences, rights, powers and duties of the holders of
the Series A Preferred Units as set forth in this Article XVI. Each Series A Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series A Preferred Unit, except as to the respective dates from which the Series A
Liquidation Preference shall increase or from which Series A Distributions may begin accruing, to the extent such dates may differ. The Series A Preferred Units represent perpetual equity interests in the Partnership and shall not give
rise to a claim by the holder for redemption thereof at a particular date.
(b) The General Partner hereby designates and creates a series
of Preferred Units to be designated as % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, and fixes the preferences, rights, powers and duties of the holders of
the Series B Preferred Units as set forth in this Article XVI. Each Series B Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series B Preferred Unit, except as to the respective dates from which the Series B
Liquidation Preference shall increase or from which Series B Distributions may begin accruing, to the extent such dates may differ. The Series B Preferred Units represent perpetual equity interests in the Partnership and shall not give
rise to a claim by the holder for redemption thereof at a particular date.
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Section 16.2 Units.
(a) The authorized number of Series A Preferred Units and of Series B Preferred Units shall each be unlimited. Series A Preferred
Units or Series B Preferred Units that are purchased or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be cancelled.
(b) The Series A
Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units shall, as to each such series of Preferred Units, be represented by a single Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no Series A Holder or Series B Holder shall
be entitled to receive a Certificate evidencing such applicable Units, unless otherwise required by law or the Depository gives notice of its intention to resign or is no longer eligible to act as such with respect to such series of Preferred Units
and the Partnership shall have not selected a substitute Depository within 60 calendar days thereafter. So long as the Depository shall have been appointed and is serving with respect to such series of Preferred Units, payments and communications
made by the Partnership to Series A Holders or Series B Holder shall be made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Depository.
Section 16.3 Distributions.
(a)
Distributions on each Series A Preferred Unit shall be cumulative and shall accrue at the Series A Distribution Rate from the Series A Original Issue Date (or, for any subsequently issued and newly Outstanding Series A Preferred
Units, from the Series A Distribution Payment Date immediately preceding the issuance date of such Units) until such time as the Partnership pays the Series A Distribution or redeems the Series A Preferred Units in full in accordance with
Section 16.6 below, whether or not such Series A Distributions shall have been declared. Distributions on each Series B Preferred Unit shall be cumulative and shall accrue at the Series B Distribution Rate from the Series B
Original Issue Date (or, for any subsequently issued and newly Outstanding Series B Preferred Units, from the Series B Distribution Payment Date immediately preceding the issuance date of such Units) until such time as the Partnership pays
the Series B Distribution or redeems the Series B Preferred Units in full in accordance with Section 16.6 below, whether or not such Series B Distributions shall have been declared. Series A Holders and Series B Holders shall be
entitled to receive Series A Distributions or Series B Distributions, as applicable, from time to time out of any assets of the Partnership legally available for the payment of distributions at the Series A Distribution Rate per Series A
Preferred Unit or at the Series B Distribution Rate per Series B Preferred Unit, as applicable, in each case when, as, and if declared by the General Partner. Distributions, to the extent declared by the General Partner to be paid by the Partnership
in accordance with this Section 16.3, shall be paid quarterly on each Series A Distribution Payment Date or Series B Distribution Payment Date, as applicable. Distributions shall accumulate in each Series A Distribution Period from
and including the preceding Series A Distribution Payment Date (other than the initial Series A Distribution Period, which shall commence on and include the Series A Original Issue Date), to but excluding the next Series A
Distribution Payment Date for such Series A Distribution Period, and distributions shall accrue on accumulated Series A Distributions at the Series A Distribution Rate. Distributions shall accumulate in each Series B Distribution
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preceding Series B Distribution Payment Date (other than the initial Series B Distribution Period, which shall commence on and include the Series B Original Issue Date), to but excluding the next
Series B Distribution Payment Date for such Series B Distribution Period, and distributions shall accrue on accumulated Series B Distributions at the Series B Distribution Rate. If any Series A Distribution Payment Date or Series B Distribution
Payment Date otherwise would occur on a date that is not a Business Day, declared Series A Distributions or Series B Distributions, as applicable, shall be paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day without the accumulation of additional
distributions. Series A Distributions and Series B Distributions shall be payable based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(b) Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Series A Distribution Payment Date and Series B Distribution Payment Date, the
Partnership shall pay those Series A Distributions or Series B Distributions, if any, that shall have been declared by the General Partner to Series A Holders or Series B Holders, as applicable, on the Record Date for the applicable
Series A Preferred Distribution or Series B Preferred Distribution. The Record Date (the Series A Distribution Record Date) for the payment of any Series A Distributions shall be the fifth Business Day immediately
preceding the applicable Series A Distribution Payment Date, except that in the case of payments of Series A Distributions in arrears, the Series A Distribution Record Date with respect to a Series A Distribution Payment Date shall be
such date as may be designated by the General Partner in accordance with this Article XVI. The Record Date (the Series B Distribution Record Date) for the payment of any Series B Distributions shall be the fifth Business Day
immediately preceding the applicable Series B Distribution Payment Date, except that in the case of payments of Series B Distributions in arrears, the Series B Distribution Record Date with respect to a Series B Distribution Payment Date shall be
such date as may be designated by the General Partner in accordance with this Article XVI. No distribution shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Junior Securities (other than a distribution payable solely in Junior Securities)
unless full cumulative Series A Distributions and Series B Distributions have been or contemporaneously are being paid or provided for on all Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities through
the most recent respective Series A Distribution Payment Dates and Series B Distribution Payment Dates. Accumulated Series A Distributions or accumulated Series B Distributions in arrears for any past Series A Distribution Period or Series
B Distribution Period, as applicable, may be declared by the General Partner and paid on any date fixed by the General Partner, whether or not a Series A Distribution Payment Date or a Series B Distribution Payment Date, to Series A
Holders or Series B Holders, as applicable, on the record date for such payment, which may not be more than 60 days, nor less than 15 days, before such payment date. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, if all accumulated Series A
Distributions and Series B Distributions in arrears on all Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities shall not have been declared and paid, or if sufficient funds for the payment thereof
shall not have been set apart, payment of accumulated distributions in arrears on the Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any such Parity Securities shall be made in order of their respective distribution payment dates,
commencing with the earliest. If less than all distributions payable with respect to all Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities are paid, any partial payment shall be made pro rata with respect to the
Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any such other Parity Securities entitled to a distribution payment at such time in proportion to the aggregate
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distribution amounts remaining due in respect of such Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and such other Parity Securities at such time. Subject to Sections 12.4 and 16.6,
neither Series A Holders nor Series B Holders shall be entitled to any distribution, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative Series A Distributions or Series B Distributions, as applicable. Except insofar as
distributions accrue on the amount of any accumulated and unpaid Series A Distributions or Series B Distributions, as applicable, as described in Section 16.3(a), no interest or sum of money in lieu of interest shall be payable in respect of
any distribution payment which may be in arrears on the Series A Preferred Units or the Series B Preferred Units. So long as the Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, are held of record by the nominee of the
Depository, declared Series A Distributions or Series B Distributions shall be paid to the Depository in same-day funds on each Series A Distribution Payment Date or Series B Distribution Payment Date, as applicable.
Section 16.4 Liquidation Rights.
(a) Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event, Series A Holders and Series B Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of
the Partnership or proceeds thereof legally available for distribution to the Partners, (i) after satisfaction of all liabilities, if any, to creditors of the Partnership, (ii) after all applicable distributions of such assets or proceeds
being made to or set aside for the holders of any Senior Securities then Outstanding in respect of such Liquidation Event, (iii) concurrently with any applicable distributions of such assets or proceeds being made to or set aside for holders of
any Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or other Parity Securities then Outstanding in respect of such Liquidation Event and (iv) before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of
Common Units and any other classes or series of Junior Securities as to such distribution, a liquidating distribution or payment in full redemption of such Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units in an amount equal to the
Series A Liquidation Preference or the Series B Liquidation Preference, as applicable. For purposes of clarity, upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event, (x) the holders of then Outstanding Senior Securities shall be entitled to
receive the applicable Liquidation Preference on such Senior Securities before any distribution shall be made with respect to the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Preferred Units or any Parity Securities and (y) the Series A
Holders shall be entitled to the Series A Liquidation Preference per Series A Preferred Unit in cash and the Series B Holders shall be entitled to the Series B Liquidation Preference per Series B Preferred Unit in cash, in each case
concurrently with any distribution made to the holders of any Parity Securities and before any distribution shall be made to the holders of Common Units or any other Junior Securities. Series A Holders and Series B Holders shall not be entitled
to any other amounts from the Partnership, in their capacity as Series A Holders or Series B Holders, as applicable, after they have received the Series A Liquidation Preference or the Series B Liquidation Preference. The payment of the
Series A Liquidation Preference or Series B Liquidation Preference shall be a payment in redemption of the Series A Preferred Units or the Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, such that, from and after payment of the full Series A
Liquidation Preference or Series B Liquidation Preference, any such Series A Preferred Unit or Series B Preferred Unit shall thereafter be cancelled and no longer be Outstanding.
(b) If, in the event of any distribution or payment described in Section 16.4(a) above where the Partnerships assets available for
distribution to holders of the Outstanding Series A
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Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities are insufficient to satisfy the applicable Liquidation Preference for such Series A Preferred Units, Series B
Preferred Units and Parity Securities, the Partnerships then remaining assets or proceeds thereof legally available for distribution to shareholders of the Partnership shall be distributed among the holders of Outstanding Series A
Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and such Parity Securities, as applicable, ratably on the basis of their relative aggregate Liquidation Preferences. To the extent that the Series A Holders or Series B Holders receive a partial payment
of their Series A Liquidation Preference or Series B Liquidation Preference, as applicable, such partial payment shall reduce the Series A Liquidation Preference of their Series A Preferred Units or the Series B Liquidation
Preference of their Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, but only to the extent of such amount paid.
(c) After payment of the
applicable Liquidation Preference to the holders of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities, the Partnerships remaining assets and funds shall be distributed among the holders of
the Common Units and any other Junior Securities then Outstanding according to their respective rights and preferences.
Section 16.5 Voting
Rights.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Series A Preferred Units nor the Series B
Preferred Units shall have any voting rights except as set forth in Section 13.3(d), this Section 16.5 or as otherwise provided by the Marshall Islands Act.
(b) In the event that six quarterly Series A Distributions, whether consecutive or not, are in arrears, the Series A Holders shall have
the right, voting as a class together with holders of any other Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, at a meeting of the General Partner called for such purpose within 30 days after receipt by the
General Partner of a request by Series A Holders holding a majority of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, to elect one member of the Board of Directors of the General Partner, and the size of the Board of Directors of the General
Partner shall be increased as needed to accommodate such change; provided, however, that such right of the Series A Holders shall not apply to the election of another director if (i) Series A Holders and holders of Parity Securities upon which
like voting rights have been conferred, voting as a class, have previously elected a member of the Board of Directors of the General Partner and (ii) such director continues then to serve on the Board of Directors. Such right of such
Series A Holders to elect a member of the Board of Directors of the General Partner shall continue until the Partnership pays in full, or declares and sets aside funds for the payment of, all Series A Distributions accumulated and in arrears on
the Series A Preferred Units, at which time such right shall terminate, subject to the revesting of such right in the event of each and every subsequent failure to pay six quarterly Series A Distributions as described above in this
Section 16.5(b). In the event that six quarterly Series B Distributions, whether consecutive or not, are in arrears, the Series B Holders shall have the right, voting as a class together with holders of any other Parity Securities upon which
like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, at a meeting of the General Partner called for such purpose within 30 days after receipt by the General Partner of a request by Series B Holders holding a majority of the Outstanding Series
B Preferred Units, to elect one member of the Board of Directors of the
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General Partner, and the size of the Board of Directors of the General Partner shall be increased as needed to accommodate such change; provided, however, that such right of the Series B Holders
shall not apply to the election of another director if (i) Series B Holders and holders of Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred, voting as a class, have previously elected a member of the Board of Directors of the
General Partner and (ii) such director continues then to serve on the Board of Directors. Such right of such Series B Holders to elect a member of the Board of Directors of the General Partner shall continue until the Partnership pays in full,
or declares and sets aside funds for the payment of, all Series B Distributions accumulated and in arrears on the Series B Preferred Units, at which time such right shall terminate, subject to the revesting of such right in the event of each and
every subsequent failure to pay six quarterly Series B Distributions as described above in this Section 16.5(b). Upon any termination of the right of the Series A Holders, the Series B Holders and, if applicable, holders of any other
Parity Securities to vote as a class for such director, the term of office of the director then in office elected by such Series A Holders, Series B Holders and holders voting as a class shall terminate immediately. Any director elected by the
Series A Holders, the Series B Holders and, if applicable, holders of any other Parity Securities shall be entitled to one vote on any matter before the Board of Directors of the General Partner.
(c)
(i) Unless the General
Partner shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, voting as a separate class, the General Partner shall not adopt any amendment to this Agreement that
would have a material adverse effect on the existing terms of the Series A Preferred Units. Unless the General Partner shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Series B
Preferred Units, voting as a separate class, the General Partner shall not adopt any amendment to this Agreement that would have a material adverse effect on the existing terms of the Series B Preferred Units.
(ii) Unless the General Partner shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Outstanding
Series A Preferred Units and Series B Preferred Units, voting as a class together with holders of any other Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, the Partnership shall not (x) issue
any Parity Securities or Senior Securities if the cumulative dividends payable on Outstanding Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units are in arrears or (y) create or issue any Senior Securities.
(d) For any matter described in this Section 16.5 in which the Series A Holders or Series B Holders are entitled to vote as a class
(whether separately or together with the holders of any Parity Securities), such Series A Holders or Series B Holders shall be entitled to one vote per Series A Preferred Unit or Series B Preferred Unit, as applicable. Any Series A
Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units held by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote.
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Section 16.6 Optional Redemption.
The Partnership shall have the right at any time, and from time to time, on or after April 30, 2018 to redeem the Series A
Preferred Units, in whole or in part, from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. Any such redemption shall occur on a date set by the General Partner (the Series A Redemption Date). The Partnership shall
have the right at any time, and from time to time, on or after , 2020 to redeem the Series B Preferred Units, in whole or in part, from any source of funds legally available for
such purpose. Any such redemption shall occur on a date set by the General Partner (the Series B Redemption Date).
(a) The Partnership shall effect any such redemption by paying cash for each Series A Preferred Unit or Series B Preferred Unit,
as applicable, to be redeemed equal to (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference for such Series A Preferred Unit on such Series A Redemption Date (the Series A Redemption Price) or (ii) the Series B
Liquidation Preference for such Series B Preferred Unit on such Series B Redemption Date (the Series B Redemption Price). So long as the Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed are held of record
by the nominee of the Depository, the Series A Redemption Price or Series B Redemption Price, as applicable, shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the Depository on the Series A Redemption Date or the Series B Redemption Date.
(b) The Partnership shall give notice of any redemption by mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days
before the scheduled Series A Redemption Date or Series B Redemption Date, to the Series A Holders or Series B Holders, as applicable (as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day next preceding the day on which notice is given)
of any Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed as such Series A Holders or Series B Holders names appear on the books of the Transfer Agent and at the address of such Series A Holders or Series
B Holders shown therein. Such notice (the Series A Redemption Notice or the Series B Redemption Notice, as applicable) shall state, as applicable: (1) the Series A Redemption Date or Series B
Redemption Date, (2) the number of Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed and, if less than all Outstanding Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the number (and the
identification) of Units to be redeemed from such Series A Holder or Series B Holder, (3) the Series A Redemption Price or Series B Redemption Price, (4) the place where the Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred
Units are to be redeemed and shall be presented and surrendered for payment of the Series A Redemption Price or Series B Redemption Price therefor and (5) that distributions on the Units to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate from and
after such Series A Redemption Date or Series B Redemption Date.
(c) If the Partnership elects to redeem less than all of the
Outstanding Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, the number of Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed shall be determined by the General Partner, and such Series A Preferred
Units or Series B Preferred Units shall be redeemed by such method of selection as the Depository shall determine either Pro Rata or by lot, with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred
Units. The aggregate Series A Redemption Price or Series B Redemption Price for any such partial redemption of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units shall be allocated correspondingly among the redeemed
Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, as applicable. The Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units not redeemed shall remain Outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided in this Article
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(d) If the Partnership gives or causes to be given a Series A Redemption Notice or Series B
Redemption Notice, the Partnership shall deposit with the Paying Agent funds, sufficient to redeem the Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, as to which such Series A Redemption Notice or Series B Redemption
Notice shall have been given, no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Series A Redemption Date or Series B Redemption Date, and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority
to pay the Series A Redemption Price to the Series A Holders or the Series B Redemption Price to the Series B Holders to be redeemed upon surrender or deemed surrender (which shall occur automatically if the Certificate representing such
Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, is issued in the name of the Depository or its nominee) of the Certificates therefor as set forth in the Series A Redemption Notice or Series B Redemption Notice. If the
Series A Redemption Notice or Series B Redemption Notice shall have been given, from and after the Series A Redemption Date or Series B Redemption Date, as applicable, unless the Partnership defaults in providing funds sufficient for such
redemption at the time and place specified for payment pursuant to the Series A Redemption Notice or Series B Redemption Notice, all Series A Distributions on such Series A Preferred Units to be redeemed or Series B Distributions on such
Series B Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate and all rights of holders of such Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units as Limited Partners with respect to such Series A Preferred Units or Series B
Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease, except the right to receive the Series A Redemption Price or Series B Redemption Price, as applicable, and such Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units shall not thereafter be
transferred on the books of the Transfer Agent or be deemed to be Outstanding for any purpose whatsoever. The Partnership shall be entitled to receive from the Paying Agent the interest income, if any, earned on such funds deposited with the Paying
Agent (to the extent that such interest income is not required to pay the Series A Redemption Price of the Series A Preferred Units or the Series B Redemption Price of the Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, to be redeemed), and
the holders of any Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units so redeemed shall have no claim to any such interest income. Any funds deposited with the Paying Agent hereunder by the Partnership for any reason, including redemption of
Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after two years after the applicable Series A Redemption Date or Series B Redemption Date or other payment date, as applicable, shall be, to the extent
permitted by law, repaid to the Partnership upon its written request, after which repayment the Series A Holders or Series B Holders entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to the Partnership. Notwithstanding any
Series A Redemption Notice or Series B Redemption Notice, there shall be no redemption of any Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, as applicable, called for redemption until funds sufficient to pay the full Series A
Redemption Price of such Series A Preferred Units or the full Series B Redemption Price of such Series B Preferred Units shall have been deposited by the Partnership with the Paying Agent.
(e) Any Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be
canceled. If only a portion of the Series A
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Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units represented by a Certificate shall have been called for redemption, upon surrender of the Certificate to the Paying Agent (which shall occur
automatically if the Certificate representing such Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units is registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee), the Paying Agent shall issue to the Series A Holders or Series B Holders,
as applicable, a new Certificate (or adjust the applicable book-entry account) representing the number of Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units represented by the surrendered Certificate that have not been called for redemption.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article XVI, in the event that full cumulative distributions on the Series A
Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities shall not have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, none of the Partnership, the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner shall be permitted to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, in whole or in part, any Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or other Parity Securities except pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all Series A Holders,
Series B Holders and holders of any other Parity Securities. None of the Partnership, the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner shall be permitted to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Common Units or any other Junior
Securities unless full cumulative distributions on the Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities for all prior and the then-ending Series A Distribution Periods and Series B Distribution Periods
shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment.
Section 16.7 Rank.
The Series A Preferred Units and Series B Preferred Units shall each be deemed to rank:
(a) Senior to (i) the Common Units and (ii) any other class or series of Partnership Securities established after the
Series A Original Issue Date by the General Partner, the terms of which class or series do not expressly provide that it is made senior to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units as to distributions and
distributions upon any Liquidation Event (collectively referred to with the Partnerships Common Units as Junior Securities);
(b) On a parity with each other and with any other class or series of Partnership Securities established after the Series A
Original Issue Date by the General Partner, the terms of which class or series are not expressly subordinated or senior to the Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units as to distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation Event
(collectively referred to as Parity Securities); and
(c) Junior to any class or series of Partnership
Securities established after the Series A Original Issue Date by the General Partner, the terms of which class or series expressly provide that it ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Units and Senior B Preferred Units as to
distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation Event (collectively referred to as Senior Securities).
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The Partnership may issue Junior Securities and, subject to any approvals required by
Series A Holders and Series B Holders pursuant to Section 16.5(c)(ii), Parity Securities from time to time in one or more classes or series without the consent of the Series A Holders or Series B Holders. The General Partner has the
authority to determine the preferences, powers, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights or privileges, if any, of any such class or series before the issuance of any Partnership Securities of such class or series.
Section 16.8 No Sinking Fund.
Neither the Series A Preferred Units nor the Series B Preferred Units shall have the benefit of any sinking fund.
Section 16.9 Record Holders.
To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the General Partner, Partnership, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Paying Agent may deem and treat any Series A Holder and Series B Holder as the true, lawful and absolute owner of the
applicable Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units for all purposes, and neither the General Partner, the Partnership nor the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Paying Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 16.10 Notices.
All notices
or communications in respect of the Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be
permitted in this Article XVI, this Agreement or by applicable law.
Section 16.11 Other Rights; Fiduciary Duties.
Neither the Series A Preferred Units nor the Series B Preferred Units shall have any voting powers, preferences or relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth in this Article XVI or as provided by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but
subject to Section 7.9(c) and without reference to the definition of good faith in Section 7.9(b), neither the General Partner nor any other Indemnitee shall owe any fiduciary duties to Series A Holders or Series B
Holders, other than a contractual duty of good faith and fair dealing.
ARTICLE XVII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17.1
Addresses and Notices.
Any notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written communication to the Partner at the address described below. Any
notice, payment or report to be given or made to a Partner hereunder shall be deemed conclusively to have been
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given or made, and the obligation to give such notice or report or to make such payment shall be deemed conclusively to have been fully satisfied, upon sending of such notice, payment or report
to the Record Holder of such Partnership Securities at his address as shown on the records of the Transfer Agent or as otherwise shown on the records of the Partnership, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such
Partnership Securities by reason of any assignment or otherwise. An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice, payment or report in accordance with the provisions of this Section 17.1 executed by the General Partner, the Transfer Agent
or the mailing organization shall be prima facie evidence of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report. If any notice, payment or report addressed to a Record Holder at the address of such Record Holder appearing on the books and
records of the Transfer Agent or the Partnership is returned by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver it, such notice, payment or report and any subsequent notices, payments
and reports shall be deemed to have been duly given or made without further mailing (until such time as such Record Holder or another Person notifies the Transfer Agent or the Partnership of a change in his address) if they are available for the
Partner at the principal office of the Partnership for a period of one year from the date of the giving or making of such notice, payment or report to the other Partners. Any notice to the Partnership shall be deemed given if received by the General
Partner at the principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to Section 2.3. The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in relying on any notice or other document from a Partner or other Person if believed by it to be
genuine.
Section 17.2 Further Action.
The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or
appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
Section 17.3 Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
Section 17.4 Integration.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings pertaining thereto, including the Prior Agreement.
Section 17.5 Creditors.
None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.
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Section 17.6 Waiver.
No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise
any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach of any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
Section 17.7 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute an agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall
become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto or, in the case of a Person acquiring a Limited Partner Interest, pursuant to Section 10.2(a) without execution hereof.
Section 17.8 Applicable Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Marshall Islands, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.
Section 17.9 Invalidity of Provisions.
If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
Section 17.10 Consent of Partners.
Each Partner hereby expressly consents and agrees that, whenever in this Agreement it is specified that an action may be taken upon the
affirmative vote or consent of less than all of the Partners, such action may be so taken upon the concurrence of less than all of the Partners and each Partner shall be bound by the results of such action.
Section 17.11 Facsimile Signatures.
The use of facsimile signatures affixed in the name and on behalf of the transfer agent and registrar of the Partnership on Certificates
representing Common Units and Preferred Units is expressly permitted by this Agreement.
Section 17.12 Third-Party Beneficiaries.
Each Partner agrees that any Indemnitee shall be entitled to assert rights and remedies hereunder as a third-party beneficiary hereto with
respect to those provisions of this Agreement affording a right, benefit or privilege to such Indemnitee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Third Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
to the Third Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Certificate Evidencing Common Units
Representing Limited Partner Interests in
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time (the Partnership Agreement), Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the Partnership),
hereby certifies that (the Holder) is the registered owner of Common Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the
Common Units) transferable on the books of the Partnership, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. The rights, preferences and limitations of the Common Units are set forth
in, and this Certificate and the Common Units represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Partnership Agreement. Copies of the Partnership Agreement are on file at, and will be furnished
without charge on delivery of written request to the Partnership at, the principal office of the Partnership located at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
shall have the meanings given them in the Partnership Agreement.
The Holder, by accepting this Certificate, is deemed to have
(i) requested admission as, and agreed to become, a Limited Partner and to have agreed to comply with and be bound by and to have executed the Partnership Agreement, (ii) represented and warranted that the Holder has all right, power and
authority and, if an individual, the capacity necessary to enter into the Partnership Agreement, (iii) granted the powers of attorney provided for in the Partnership Agreement and (iv) made the waivers and given the consents and approvals
contained in the Partnership Agreement.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and
registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
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[Reverse of Certificate]
ABBREVIATIONS
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as follows according to applicable laws or regulations:
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Additional abbreviations, though not in the above list, may also be used.
ASSIGNMENT OF COMMON UNITS
in
TEEKAY OFFSHORE
PARTNERS L.P.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
hereby assigns, conveys, sells and transfers unto
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Common Units representing
limited partner interests evidenced by this Certificate, subject to the Partnership Agreement, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to transfer the same on the books of the Partnership.
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THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
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No transfer of the Common Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the books of the Partnership, unless the Certificate
evidencing the Common Units to be transferred is surrendered for registration or transfer.
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EXHIBIT B
to the Third Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Certificate Evidencing Series A Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Units
Representing Limited Partner Interests in
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
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In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time (the Partnership Agreement), Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the Partnership),
hereby certifies that (the Holder) is the registered owner of 7.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units representing limited partner
interests in the Partnership (the Series A Preferred Units) transferable on the books of the Partnership, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. The rights, preferences
and limitations of the Series A Preferred Units are set forth in, and this Certificate and the Series A Preferred Units represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Partnership
Agreement. Copies of the Partnership Agreement are on file at, and will be furnished without charge on delivery of written request to the Partnership at, the principal office of the Partnership located at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay
Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given them in the Partnership Agreement.
The Holder, by accepting this Certificate, is deemed to have (i) requested admission as, and agreed to become, a Limited Partner and to
have agreed to comply with and be bound by and to have executed the Partnership Agreement, (ii) represented and warranted that the Holder has all right, power and authority and, if an individual, the capacity necessary to enter into the
Partnership Agreement, (iii) granted the powers of attorney provided for in the Partnership Agreement and (iv) made the waivers and given the consents and approvals contained in the Partnership Agreement.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
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[Reverse of Certificate]
ABBREVIATIONS
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as follows according to applicable laws or regulations:
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Additional abbreviations, though not in the above list, may also be used.
ASSIGNMENT OF SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS
in
TEEKAY OFFSHORE
PARTNERS L.P.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
hereby assigns, conveys, sells and transfers unto
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identifying number of Assignee) |
Series A Preferred Units representing limited partner interests evidenced by this Certificate, subject to the Partnership Agreement, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to transfer the same on the books of the Partnership.
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THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
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No transfer of the Series A Preferred Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the books of the Partnership, unless
the Certificate evidencing the Series A Preferred Units to be transferred is surrendered for registration or transfer.
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EXHIBIT C
to the Third Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Certificate Evidencing Series B Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Units
Representing Limited Partner Interests in
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
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In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time (the Partnership Agreement), Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the Partnership),
hereby certifies that (the Holder) is the registered owner of %
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the Series B Preferred Units) transferable on the books of the Partnership, in person or by duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. The rights, preferences and limitations of the Series B Preferred Units are set forth in, and this Certificate and the Series B Preferred Units represented hereby are issued
and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Partnership Agreement. Copies of the Partnership Agreement are on file at, and will be furnished without charge on delivery of written request to the Partnership at, the
principal office of the Partnership located at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given them in the Partnership Agreement.
The Holder, by accepting this Certificate, is deemed to have (i) requested admission as, and agreed to become, a Limited Partner
and to have agreed to comply with and be bound by and to have executed the Partnership Agreement, (ii) represented and warranted that the Holder has all right, power and authority and, if an individual, the capacity necessary to enter into the
Partnership Agreement, (iii) granted the powers of attorney provided for in the Partnership Agreement and (iv) made the waivers and given the consents and approvals contained in the Partnership Agreement.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
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[Reverse of Certificate]
ABBREVIATIONS
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as follows according to applicable laws or regulations:
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survivorship and not as tenants |
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Additional abbreviations, though not in the above list, may also be used.
ASSIGNMENT OF SERIES B PREFERRED UNITS
in
TEEKAY OFFSHORE
PARTNERS L.P.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
hereby assigns, conveys, sells and transfers unto
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(Please insert Social Security or other
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Series B Preferred Units
representing limited partner interests evidenced by this Certificate, subject to the Partnership Agreement, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to transfer the same on the books of the Partnership.
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The signature to any endorsement hereon must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or change. |
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THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 |
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No transfer of the Series B Preferred Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the books of the Partnership, unless
the Certificate evidencing the Series B Preferred Units to be transferred is surrendered for registration or transfer.
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