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: July 6, 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  x            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   x

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).

Yes  ¨            No   x

 

 

 


Item 1- Information Contained in this Form 6-K Report

Series C Preferred Unit Issuance

On June 30, 2015, Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) entered into a Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the investors named on Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Partnership agreed to sell, and the Purchasers agreed to purchase approximately $250 million of the Partnership’s 8.60% Series C Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Units (the “Series C Preferred Units”) for a cash purchase price of $23.95 per Series C Preferred Unit (the “Unit Purchase Price”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement on:

 

    July 1, 2015 (the “Initial Closing Date”), the Purchasers purchased 5,427,975 Series C Preferred Units for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $130 million; and

 

    subject to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, on July 14, 2015 (the “Subsequent Closing Date”), the Purchasers will purchase an additional 5,010,438 Series C Preferred Units for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $120 million.

The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement of the Series C Preferred Units, together with the partial conversion, into Common Units of the Partnership, of loans made by Teekay Corporation under the Convertible Promissory Note (as defined below) to partially fund (a) the Partnership’s acquisition of the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO unit from Teekay Corporation and (b) initial installments of the three shuttle tanker newbuildings being constructed for the East Coast of Canada 15-year shuttle tanker contracts awarded to the Partnership in early-June 2015.

The Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties, covenants, indemnification provisions and closing conditions that are typical for private placements by public companies.

Neither the Series C Preferred Units nor the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Units (the “Conversion Units”) have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent a registration statement or exemption from registration. The Partnership conducted the private placement of the Series C Preferred Units pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and related rules and regulations. Each Purchaser has represented in the Purchase Agreement that it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and that the Purchaser is acquiring the Series C Preferred Units for its own account and not with a view to any distribution in violation of U.S. securities laws. Each Purchaser has agreed that it will not sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Series C Preferred Units except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In addition, each Purchaser agreed not to transfer any Series C Preferred Units prior to the 12-month anniversary of their issuance, subject to limited exceptions. In connection with the private placement, the Partnership entered into a registration rights agreement with the Purchasers, which provides the Purchasers with certain rights relating to registration under the Securities Act of the Series C Preferred Units and the Conversion Units and is described in greater detail below.

The description above of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Registration Rights Agreement

On July 1, 2015, the Partnership entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchasers relating to the registered resale of the Conversion Units and the Series C Preferred Units. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Partnership has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act (the “Common Unit Registration Statement”) with respect to the Conversion Units within 30 business days following the Subsequent Closing Date and (b) cause the Common Unit Registration Statement to be declared effective no later than 180 days after its filing.

 

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Under limited circumstances, the Purchasers also have the right to require the Partnership to prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act (the “Preferred Unit Registration Statement”) to permit the public resale of the Series C Preferred Units. The Partnership has agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Preferred Unit Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after its initial filing, but in any event no later than 180 days thereafter.

If (a) the Common Unit Registration Statement is not declared effective prior to the later of (i) such date as any Series C Preferred Units convert into Common Units pursuant to the Amended Partnership Agreement (as defined below) and (ii) 180 days after its initial filing date, or (b) the Preferred Unit Registration Statement is not declared effective within 180 days of its filing date (each a “Target Effective Date”), the Partnership will pay liquidated damages, accruing on a daily basis, to each holder of converted Common Units or Series C Preferred Units, as applicable, at the rate of 0.25% of the Liquidated Damages Multiplier (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) for the first 90-day period following such Target Effective Date, and increasing by an additional 0.25% of the Liquidated Damages Multiplier for each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.00% of the Liquidated Damages Multiplier per 90-day period. The aggregate liquidated damages payable by the Partnership may not exceed 8.0% of the Unit Purchase Price for the Series C Preferred Units, and 5.0% of the Unit Purchase Price for the Common Units.

The Purchasers have the right to demand one underwritten offering for the Conversion Units and one underwritten offering for the Series C Preferred Units, pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Purchasers also have customary “piggyback registration rights” relating to certain other registrations by the Partnership as described in the Registration Rights Agreement. The Partnership will be responsible for the registration expenses incurred in connection with the Common Unit Registration Statement, the Preferred Unit Registration Statement and one demand underwritten offering, and 25% of the registration expenses incurred in connection with a second demand underwritten offering. The Partnership will also pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel to the Purchasers, not to exceed $50,000. The Purchasers will be responsible for all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, fees and disbursements of counsel in excess of those to be paid by the Partnership and 75% of the registration expenses incurred in connection with a second underwritten offering.

The description above of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership

In connection with the Partnership’s issuance of Series C Preferred Units, the Partnership amended and restated its current Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., in the form of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (the “Amended Partnership Agreement”) attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Report. The preferences, rights, powers and duties of the holders of Series C Preferred Units are included in the Amended Partnership Agreement.

Series C Preferred Units

Distributions

Under the terms of the Amended Partnership Agreement, commencing with the quarter ending on September 30, 2015, the holders of Series C Preferred Units will be entitled to receive a quarterly distribution (the “Series C Preferred Distribution”) at a rate of 8.6% per annum, per unit, subject to certain adjustments described in the Amended Partnership Agreement (the “Series C Distribution Amount”), when, as and if declared by the board of directors of the Partnership’s general partner. Quarterly distributions are cumulative and payable in arrears on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing August 15, 2015. If the Partnership fails to pay the Series C Preferred Distribution in cash when due, until such time as all accrued and unpaid distributions are paid in full in

 

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cash (or until the earlier conversion or redemption of the Series C Preferred Units) (a) the Series C Distribution Amount will increase to a rate of 12.6% per annum, per unit (subject to adjustment), which increased rate shall be applied prospectively from the date the applicable Series C Preferred Distribution was not made in full until payment of such Series C Preferred Distribution, and (b) subject to certain exceptions, the Partnership will not be permitted to declare or make any distributions in respect of any Junior Securities (as defined in the Amended Partnership Agreement) (including Common Units) . The Series C Preferred Units are entitled to participate in certain Special Distributions (as defined in the Amended Partnership Agreement) made with respect to the Common Units, including to the extent any regular quarterly distribution per unit on the Common Units exceeds an amount equal to 130% of the distribution per unit made in the immediately preceding quarter.

Voting

The Series C Preferred Units have no voting rights, except that:

 

    the Series C Preferred Units are entitled to vote together with the Common Units as a single class, with each Series C Preferred Unit entitled to one vote for each Common Unit into which such Series C Preferred Unit is convertible, on certain change of control transactions;

 

    the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Series C Preferred Units, voting as a separate class, are required to approve (a) any amendment to the Amended Partnership Agreement that would modify any terms of the Series C Preferred Units (and following any listing of the Series C Preferred Units on a national securities exchange, any amendment that would have a material adverse effect on the then existing terms of the Series C Preferred Units), or (b) the creation or issuance of any Senior Securities (as such term is defined in the Amended Partnership Agreement); and

 

    the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and Series C Preferred Units, voting together as a separate class, are required to (a) approve the issuance of Parity Securities (as defined in the Amended Partnership Agreement and including the Series A and B preferred units and the Series C Preferred Units) or any Senior Securities if the cumulative distributions payable on any of the Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units are in arrears, or (b) create or issue any Senior Securities.

Redemptions and Conversions

If the Partnership elects to redeem for cash Series A or Series B preferred units pursuant to the terms of the Amended Partnership Agreement, it must also offer to redeem a corresponding percentage of outstanding Series C Preferred Units. The holders of Series C Preferred Units have other redemption rights in connection with certain Changes of Control as described below.

Subject to certain limitations, each Series C Preferred Unit holder may elect, in its own discretion, (a) at any time following the 18-month anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, to convert all or any portion of the Series C Preferred Units at the then applicable Series C Conversion Ratio (as defined in the Amended Partnership Agreement and equal to 1.00 to 1.00, subject to adjustment), subject to the payment of any accrued but unpaid distributions to the date of such conversion, and (b) in the event of a Change of Control, to convert all of the Series C Preferred Units held by such Series C Preferred Unit holder at the then applicable Series C Conversion Ratio, subject to payment of any accrued but unpaid distributions to the date of conversion. Upon any conversion of Series C Preferred Units, the Partnership may elect to pay any accrued and unpaid distributions on the converted units through the issuance of additional Common Units.

Under the Amended Partnership Agreement, the term “Change of Control” generally means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) Teekay Corporation or affiliate no longer owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting power or economic interest of the Partnership’s general partner; (b) the Common Units are no longer listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange; (c) any transaction pursuant to which (i) such general partner or any affiliate exercises its rights to purchase all of the outstanding Common Units for cash pursuant to the Amended Partnership Agreement or (ii) any person or group of persons acquires, in one or more series of related transactions, all of the outstanding Common Units, in each case where the aggregate consideration received by the holders of Common Units in their capacities as such is comprised of at least 90% cash (such event described in this clause (c) being a “Cash COC Event”); or (d) any direct or indirect

 

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sale, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that neither (i) a Liquidation Event (as defined in the Amended Partnership Agreement) nor (ii) a transaction undertaken for the principal purpose of (x) reincorporating the Partnership in a different jurisdiction, (y) converting the Partnership to a limited liability company or corporation or creating a holding company or (z) any similar transaction, shall be deemed a Change of Control.

At any time following the third anniversary of the Initial Closing Date and subject to minimum trading volume requirements for the Common Units, if the volume weighted-average trading price (the “VWAP Price”) of the Common Units on the national securities exchange on which the Common Units are then listed for 20 trading days over the 30 trading day period ending on the close of trading on the day immediately preceding the date notice is given by the Partnership of its conversion right is greater than 150% of the Unit Purchase Price, the Partnership’s general partner, in its sole discretion, may convert the outstanding Series C Preferred Units into Common Units, at the then applicable Series C Conversion Ratio, subject to the payment of any accrued but unpaid distributions to the date of conversion.

If a Cash COC Event occurs, each Series C Preferred Unit holder may, at its sole discretion:

 

    convert all of its Series C Preferred Units into Common Units at the then applicable Series C Conversion Ratio; or

 

    require redemption of each Series C Preferred Unit at the following applicable price (the “Change of Control Redemption Price”): (a) prior to the first anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, 130% of the Unit Purchase Price, (b) during the period commencing on the first anniversary and ending on the date immediately preceding the second anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, 110% of the Unit Purchase Price, (c) during the period commencing on the second anniversary and ending on the date immediately preceding the third anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, 105% of the Unit Purchase Price, and (d) thereafter, 101% of the Unit Purchase Price, in each case plus accrued but unpaid distributions.

If a Change of Control which is not a Cash COC Event occurs, each Series C Preferred Unit holder may, at its sole discretion:

 

  (i) convert all of its Series C Preferred Units into Common Units at the then applicable Series C Conversion Ratio;

 

  (ii) if the Partnership is not the surviving entity of such Change of Control, require the Partnership to use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Series C Preferred Unit holders, in exchange for such Series C Preferred units, a security in the surviving entity that has substantially similar terms as the Series C Preferred Units (a “Mirror Security”);

 

  (iii) if the Partnership is the surviving entity of the Change of Control, continue to hold the Series C Preferred Units; or

 

  (iv) require redemption of all of such holders Series C Preferred Units at the applicable Change of Control Redemption Price.

If the Partnership engages in a Change of Control transaction at such time as the Partnership has insufficient funds available to redeem the Series C Preferred Units pursuant to the terms of the Amended Partnership Agreement or if the Partnership is unable to deliver or cause to be delivered to a requesting Series C Preferred Unit holder a Mirror Security, the Series C Preferred Unit holders shall be entitled to (a) take any action otherwise permitted by clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, or (b) convert each of such holder’s Series C Preferred Units into a number of Common Units equal to the quotient of :

 

    (a) (i)150% multiplied by the Unit Purchase Price plus accrued and unpaid distributions as of the effective date of the conversion minus (ii) the sum of all cash distributions paid with respect to such Series C Preferred Unit on or prior to the date of the Change of Control (but in no event more than the sum of such cash distributions paid during the three years following the Initial Closing Date), divided by (b) the VWAP Price for the 10 consecutive trading days of the Common Units ending immediately prior to the date of the closing of such Change of Control.

 

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The description above of the Amended Partnership Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Partnership Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to Knarr Purchase Agreement; Convertible Promissory Note

On June 29, 2015, the Partnership entered into an amendment (the “Knarr Purchase Agreement Amendment”) to the Purchase Agreement, dated April 6, 2015, between Teekay Corporation and the Partnership relating to the sale to the Partnership of Knarr L.L.C. and Teekay Knarr AS, which own and operate the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO unit. The Knarr Purchase Agreement Amendment modifies the amount of the purchase price to be financed pursuant to the convertible promissory note the Partnership issued to Teekay Corporation as payment for a portion of the purchase price of the FPSO unit (the “Convertible Note”) from $400 million to $492 million (the “Principal Amount”). Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Note, the Principal Amount will accrue interest at a rate of 6.50% per annum, payable on each of March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, commencing September 30, 2015. No later than July 31, 2015, $300 million of the Principal Amount will be converted into Common Units, at a conversion price of $20.83 per Common Unit. The remainder of the Principal Amount is due no later than July 1, 2016.

The Conflicts Committee of the Partnership’s board of directors approved the terms of (a) the sale of the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO purchase by the Partnership, (b) the Convertible Note and (c) the issuance of Common Units upon partial conversion of the Convertible Note as described above.

The description above of the Knarr Purchase Agreement Amendment and the Convertible Note do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Knarr Purchase Agreement Amendment and the Convertible Note, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.3 and Exhibit 10.4, respectively, to this Report, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Press Release

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of an announcement of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. dated June 30, 2015.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements in this Report that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the subsequent investment by the Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the Purchasers’ obligation to purchase additional Series C Preferred Units under the Purchase Agreement. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements unless required to do so under the securities laws.

Item 6 — Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report:

 

  4.1 Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
10.1 Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement, dated June 30, 2015, by and among Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. and the Purchasers Named on Schedule A Thereto.
10.2 Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 1, 2015, by and among Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. and the Purchasers Named on Schedule A Thereto.

 

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10.3 Amendment No. 1 to Knarr Purchase Agreement, dated June 29, 2015, by and among Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. and Teekay Corporation.
10.4 Convertible Promissory Note, dated July 1, 2015, made by Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. for the benefit of Teekay Corporation.
99.1 Press Release dated June 30, 2015.

THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE FOLLOWING REGISTRATION STATEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP:

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (NO. 333-147682) FILED WITH THE SEC ON NOVEMBER 28, 2007

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-175685) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JULY 21, 2011

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-178620) FILED WITH THE SEC ON DECEMBER 19, 2011

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-183225) FILED WITH THE SEC ON AUGUST 10, 2012

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-188393) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MAY 7, 2013

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-188543) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MAY 10, 2013

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (NO. 333-193301) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JANUARY 10, 2014

 

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3ASR (NO. 333-196098) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MAY 20, 2014

 

    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.

 

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
By: Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., its general partner
Date: July 6, 2015 By:

/s/ Peter Evensen

Peter Evensen

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



EXHIBIT 4.1

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.


TABLE OF CONTENTS  
            Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS      1   

Section 1.1

    

Definitions.

     1   

Section 1.2

    

Construction.

     23   
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION      23   

Section 2.1

    

Formation.

     23   

Section 2.2

    

Name.

     24   

Section 2.3

    

Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices.

     24   

Section 2.4

    

Purpose and Business.

     24   

Section 2.5

    

Powers.

     25   

Section 2.6

    

Power of Attorney.

     25   

Section 2.7

    

Term.

     26   

Section 2.8

    

Title to Partnership Assets.

     26   
ARTICLE III RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS      27   

Section 3.1

    

Limitation of Liability.

     27   

Section 3.2

    

Management of Business.

     27   

Section 3.3

    

Outside Activities of the Limited Partners.

     27   

Section 3.4

    

Rights of Limited Partners.

     27   
ARTICLE IV CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS      28   

Section 4.1

    

Certificates.

     28   

Section 4.2

    

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.

     29   

Section 4.3

    

Record Holders.

     30   

Section 4.4

    

Transfer Generally.

     30   

Section 4.5

    

Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests.

     31   

Section 4.6

    

Transfer of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest.

     31   

Section 4.7

    

Transfer of Incentive Distribution Rights.

     32   

Section 4.8

    

Restrictions on Transfers.

     32   


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            Page  
ARTICLE V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS      33   

Section 5.1

    

Organizational Contributions.

     33   

Section 5.2

    

Initial Unit Issuances; General Partner Pre-emptive Rights.

     33   

Section 5.3

    

Contributions by Initial Limited Partners and Distributions to the General Partner and its Affiliates.

     34   

Section 5.4

    

Interest and Withdrawal.

     34   

Section 5.5

    

Issuances of Additional Partnership Securities.

     35   

Section 5.6

    

Limitations on Issuance of Additional Partnership Securities.

     36   

Section 5.7

    

Limited Preemptive Right.

     36   

Section 5.8

    

Splits and Combinations.

     36   

Section 5.9

    

Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests.

     37   
ARTICLE VI ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS      37   

Section 6.1

    

Allocations.

     37   

Section 6.2

    

Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record Holders.

     38   

Section 6.3

    

Distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus.

     39   

Section 6.4

    

Distributions of Available Cash from Capital Surplus.

     40   

Section 6.5

    

Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distribution Levels.

     40   

Section 6.6

    

Special Provisions Relating to the Holders of Incentive Distribution Rights.

     40   
ARTICLE VII MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS      40   

Section 7.1

    

Management.

     40   

Section 7.2

    

Certificate of Limited Partnership.

     43   

Section 7.3

    

Restrictions on the General Partner’s Authority.

     43   

Section 7.4

    

Reimbursement of the General Partner.

     44   

Section 7.5

    

Outside Activities.

     45   

Section 7.6

    

Loans from the General Partner; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership or Group Members.

     46   

Section 7.7

    

Indemnification.

     47   

Section 7.8

    

Liability of Indemnitees.

     48   

 

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            Page  

Section 7.9

    

Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties.

     49   

Section 7.10

    

Other Matters Concerning the General Partner.

     51   

Section 7.11

    

Purchase or Sale of Partnership Securities.

     51   

Section 7.12

    

Registration Rights of the General Partner and its Affiliates.

     52   

Section 7.13

    

Reliance by Third Parties.

     54   
ARTICLE VIII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS      55   

Section 8.1

    

Records and Accounting.

     55   

Section 8.2

    

Fiscal Year.

     55   

Section 8.3

    

Reports.

     55   
ARTICLE IX TAX MATTERS      56   

Section 9.1

    

Tax Elections and Information.

     56   

Section 9.2

    

Withholding.

     56   

Section 9.3

    

Conduct of Operations.

     56   
ARTICLE X ADMISSION OF PARTNERS      57   

Section 10.1

    

Admission of Initial Limited Partners.

     57   

Section 10.2

    

Admission of Additional Limited Partners.

     57   

Section 10.3

    

Admission of Successor General Partner.

     58   

Section 10.4

    

Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership.

     58   
ARTICLE XI WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS      58   

Section 11.1

    

Withdrawal of the General Partner.

     58   

Section 11.2

    

Removal of the General Partner.

     60   

Section 11.3

    

Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor General Partner.

     60   

Section 11.4

    

Withdrawal of Limited Partners.

     62   
ARTICLE XII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION      62   

Section 12.1

    

Dissolution.

     62   

Section 12.2

    

Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution.

     63   

Section 12.3

    

Liquidator.

     63   

Section 12.4

    

Liquidation.

     64   

 

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            Page  

Section 12.5

    

Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership.

     65   

Section 12.6

    

Return of Contributions.

     65   

Section 12.7

    

Waiver of Partition.

     66   
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE      66   

Section 13.1

    

Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the General Partner.

     66   

Section 13.2

    

Amendment Procedures.

     67   

Section 13.3

    

Amendment Requirements.

     68   

Section 13.4

    

Special Meetings.

     69   

Section 13.5

    

Notice of a Meeting.

     69   

Section 13.6

    

Record Date.

     69   

Section 13.7

    

Adjournment.

     70   

Section 13.8

    

Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes.

     70   

Section 13.9

    

Quorum and Voting.

     70   

Section 13.10

    

Conduct of a Meeting.

     71   

Section 13.11

    

Action Without a Meeting.

     71   

Section 13.12

    

Right to Vote and Related Matters.

     72   
ARTICLE XIV MERGER      72   

Section 14.1

    

Authority.

     72   

Section 14.2

    

Procedure for Merger or Consolidation.

     72   

Section 14.3

    

Approval by Limited Partners of Merger or Consolidation.

     73   

Section 14.4

    

Certificate of Merger.

     74   

Section 14.5

    

Amendment of Partnership Agreement.

     75   

Section 14.6

    

Effect of Merger.

     75   
ARTICLE XV RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS      75   

Section 15.1

    

Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests.

     75   
ARTICLE XVI SERIES A, SERIES B AND SERIES C PREFERRED UNITS      77   

Section 16.1

    

Designations.

     77   

Section 16.2

    

Units.

     77   

Section 16.3

    

Distributions.

     78   

Section 16.4

    

Liquidation Rights.

     81   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS  
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Section 16.5

    

Voting Rights.

     83   

Section 16.6

    

Optional Redemption.

     85   

Section 16.7

    

Rank.

     89   

Section 16.8

    

Series C Preferred Unit Conversion.

     89   

Section 16.9

    

Series C Preferred Rights Upon Change of Control.

     93   

Section 16.10

    

Series C Preferred Unit Legends and Transfer Restrictions.

     97   

Section 16.11

    

Listing of Series C Preferred Units.

     99   

Section 16.12

    

No Sinking Fund.

     99   

Section 16.13

    

Record Holders.

     99   

Section 16.14

    

Notices.

     99   

Section 16.15

    

Other Rights; Fiduciary Duties.

     99   
ARTICLE XVII GENERAL PROVISIONS      100   

Section 17.1

    

Addresses and Notices.

     100   

Section 17.2

    

Further Action.

     100   

Section 17.3

    

Binding Effect.

     101   

Section 17.4

    

Integration.

     101   

Section 17.5

    

Creditors.

     101   

Section 17.6

    

Waiver.

     101   

Section 17.7

    

Counterparts.

     101   

Section 17.8

    

Applicable Law.

     101   

Section 17.9

    

Invalidity of Provisions.

     101   

Section 17.10

    

Consent of Partners.

     102   

Section 17.11

    

Facsimile Signatures.

     102   

Section 17.12

    

Third-Party Beneficiaries.

     102   

 

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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP OF TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.

THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P., dated as of July 1, 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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.

“Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference” means a liquidation preference for each Series C Preferred Unit initially equal to the product of 101% multiplied by the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference per unit, which liquidation preference shall be subject to (a) increase by

 

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the per Series C Preferred Unit amount of any accumulated and unpaid quarterly 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 C Preferred Unit.

“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.

“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 Fourth 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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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

 

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(b) the amount of any cash reserves (or the Partnership’s 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 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).

 

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“Cash COC Event” means any transaction pursuant to which (a) the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner exercises its rights to purchase all of the Outstanding Common Units for cash pursuant to Section 15.1 of this Agreement or (b) any Person or group of Persons acquires, in one or more series of related transactions, all of the Outstanding Common Units, in each case where the aggregate consideration received by the holders of Common Units in their capacities as such is comprised of at least 90% cash.

“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, Exhibit C with respect to Series B Preferred Units or Exhibit D with respect to Series C 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.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) Teekay Corporation or Affiliates of Teekay Corporation have ceased, directly or indirectly, in one or more series of related transactions, to own more than 50% of the voting power or economic interest of the General Partner (the Person, if any, acquiring more than 50% of the voting power or economic interest of the General Partner, and each Person, if any, that subsequently acquires more than 50% of the voting power or economic interest of the General Partner, is hereinafter referred to as a “New GP Owner”); (b) the Common Units of the Partnership (excluding any successor thereto) are no longer listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another National Securities Exchange; (c) a Cash COC Event; or (d) any direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than Subsidiaries of the Partnership; provided, however, that neither (i) a Liquidation Event nor (ii) a transaction undertaken for the principal purpose of (x) reincorporating the Partnership in a different jurisdiction, (y) converting the Partnership to a limited liability company or corporation or creating a holding company or (z) any similar transaction, shall be deemed a Change of Control; and, provided further, that if a Change of Control under clause (a) of this definition has occurred, and one or more Series C Holders has elected, pursuant to Section 16.9(b)(iii), to continue to hold Series C Preferred Units, then, with respect to each such Series C Holder, a Change of Control shall also mean a New GP Owner has ceased, directly or indirectly, in one or more series of related transactions, to own more than 50% of the voting power or economic interest of the General Partner.

 

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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.

“disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.10(b).

“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 Partnership’s 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

 

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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.

“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.

 

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“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 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.

 

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“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.

“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 Person’s 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

 

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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.

“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, (b) the Series B Liquidation Preference is the Liquidation Preference with respect to the Series B Preferred Units and (c) the Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference is the Liquidation Preference with respect to the Series C 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.

 

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“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.

“Mirror Security Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 16.9.

“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.

“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.

“Non-Cash COC Event” means any Change of Control other than a Cash COC Event.

“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 Partnership’s 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;

 

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(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.

“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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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

 

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(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 Partnership’s 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.

“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 (or for purposes of Section 16.5(d) only), deemed issued by the Partnership and reflected as outstanding on the Partnership’s 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

 

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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.

“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.

 

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“Preferred Unit Distribution Payment Date” means the Series A Distribution Payment Date, Series B Distribution Payment Date or Series C Distribution Payment Date, as applicable.

“Preferred Unit Distributions” means Series A Distributions, Series B Distributions and/or Series C Distributions, as applicable.

“Preferred Unit Holders” means Series A Holders, Series B Holders and/or Series C Holders, as applicable.

“Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference” means the Series A Liquidation Preference, Series B Liquidation Preference, Series C Liquidation Preference or Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference, as applicable.

“Preferred Unit Payments” means Series A Payments, Series B Payments and/or Series C Payments, as applicable.

“Preferred Unit Redemption Payments” means Series A Redemption Payments, Series B Redemption Payments or Series C 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, the Series B Preferred Units and the Series C Preferred Units.

“Prior Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of April 13, 2015.

“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.

 

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“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, subject to Section 16.5(d) only, (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 Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2015 by and between the Partnership and the Series C Holders as of such date.

“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.

“Rule 144” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.12.

“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.

 

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“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 the Stated Series A Liquidation Preference per unit, 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).

“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.

 

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“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 8.50% 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 the Stated Series B Liquidation Preference per unit, 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 20, 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).

“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.

“Series C Cash COC Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9(a)(i).

“Series C COC Conversion Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.8(a).

“Series C COC Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.8(a).

 

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“Series C COC Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9(a)(iii).

“Series C COC Redemption Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.9(a).

“Series C COC Redemption Price” means (i) prior to the first anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date, 130% of the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference of such Series C Preferred Unit on the applicable Series C COC Redemption Date, (ii) during the period commencing on the first anniversary and ending on the date immediately preceding the second anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date, 110% of the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference of such Series C Preferred Unit on the applicable Series C COC Redemption Date, (iii) during the period commencing on the second anniversary and ending on the date immediately preceding the third anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date, 105% of the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference of such Series C Preferred Unit on the applicable Series C COC Redemption Date, and (iv) thereafter, 101% of the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference of such Series C Preferred Unit on the applicable Series C COC Redemption Date, in each case plus accrued but unpaid distributions to the Series C COC Redemption Date.

“Series C Conversion Ratio” means 1.00, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 16.8(c) and (i).

“Series C Distribution Payment Date” means each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing August 15, 2015; provided, however, that if any Series C Distribution Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such Series C Distribution Payment Date shall instead be on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

“Series C Distribution Period” means a period of time from and including the preceding Series C Distribution Payment Date (other than the initial Series C Distribution Period, which shall commence on and include the Series C Original Issue Date), to but excluding the next Series C Distribution Payment Date for such Series C Distribution Period.

“Series C Distribution Rate” means a rate equal to 8.6% per annum of the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference per Series C Preferred Unit; provided, however, that if a Series C Distribution is not made in full in cash when due on a Series C Distribution Payment Date, then the Series C Distribution Rate shall increase to a rate equal to 12.6%, which increased rate (a) shall be applied prospectively from the date the Series C Distribution was not made in full in cash and (b) shall apply only until such date as all then accrued and unpaid Series C Distributions are paid in full in cash, whereupon the Series C Distribution shall decrease to a rate equal to 8.6% (subject to any subsequent increase for any subsequent failure to make a Series C Distribution in full in cash when due on a Series C Distribution Payment Date).

“Series C Distribution Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.3(b).

“Series C Distributions” means distributions with respect to Series C Preferred Units pursuant to Section 16.3.

 

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“Series C Holder” means a Record Holder of the Series C Preferred Units.

“Series C Liquidation Preference” means a liquidation preference for each Series C Preferred Unit initially equal to the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference per unit, which liquidation preference shall be subject to (a) increase by the per Series C Preferred Unit amount of any accumulated and unpaid quarterly 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 C Preferred Unit.

“Series C Mandatory Conversion Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 16.8(b).

“Series C Mandatory Conversion Right” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 16.8(b).

“Series C Non-Cash COC Redemption” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 16.9(b)(iv).

“Series C Original Issue Date” means July 1, 2015.

“Series C Payments” means, collectively, Series C Distributions and Series C Redemption Payments.

“Series C Preferred Unit” means a Preferred Unit having the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties set forth in Article XVI.

“Series C Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6.

“Series C Redemption Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6(c).

“Series C Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6(b).

“Series C Redemption Payments” means payments to be made to the holders of Series C Preferred Units to redeem Series C Preferred Units in accordance with Section 16.6 or Section 16.9(a).

“Series C Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.6(a).

“Series C Restricted Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.10(b).

“Special Approval” means approval by a majority of the members of the Conflicts Committee.

“Special Distributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.3(c).

 

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“Stated Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference” means the Stated Series A Liquidation Preference, Stated Series B Liquidation Preference or Stated Series C 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.

“Stated Series C Liquidation Preference” means an amount equal to $23.95 per Series C 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 Person’s 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 (including, for purposes of Section 16.5(d) only, Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Outstanding Series C Preferred 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

 

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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.

“U.S. GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

“VWAP” as of a particular date means the volume-weighted average trading price, as adjusted for splits, combinations and other similar transactions, of a Common Unit on the National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are then listed or admitted to trading.

“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.

 

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Section 2.2 Name.

The name of the Partnership shall be “Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.” The Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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.

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.

 

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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:

(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.

 

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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 Partner’s Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s 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 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

 

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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.

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 Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s 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 Partner’s interest as a Limited Partner in the Partnership, upon reasonable written demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense, to:

(i) obtain, promptly after becoming available, a copy of the Partnership’s financial statements or income tax returns, if applicable, for each year;

 

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(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;

(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 Partnership’s 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 Partner’s 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

 

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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.

(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.

 

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(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.

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.

 

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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 holder’s 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, if any, 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.

(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 Partner’s 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.

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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 transferee or transferees of the Incentive Distribution Rights may agree in a separate instrument as to the General Partner’s 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.

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(c) 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 Corporation’s 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 Partner’s 2% General Partner Interest.

(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 Partner’s Percentage Interest immediately prior to such issuance by (B) 100 less the General Partner’s 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

 

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Contributions to the Partnership. The General Partner’s 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 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.

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.

 

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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 or any convertible Partnership Securities 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 of Partnership Securities or in connection with the conversion of the General Partner Interest or any Incentive Distribution Rights or any convertible Partnership Securities 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.

 

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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 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 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.

 

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(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 Partnership’s 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), (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) and (iii) Series C 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 C Liquidation Preference attributable to such Series C Holder over the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference attributable to such Series C Holder and (B) the cumulative amount of all prior allocations of income to such Series C Holder pursuant to this Section 6.1(a), provided that, in the event the

 

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Partnership’s gross income for a taxable year (or portion thereof) is less than the sum of the amounts determined pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), allocations shall be made pro rata to Series A Holders, Series B Holders and Series C Holders in proportion to the amounts set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above; and

(b) (after taking into account any allocations of gross income to a Series A Holder, Series B Holder or Series C Holder, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.1(a)), in a manner such that all allocations to the Partners (including allocations made pursuant to Section 6.1(a)) are in accordance with the Partners’ interests in the Partnership, taking into account Sections 6.3, 6.4 and 12.4 and Article XVI.

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 Partnership’s 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.

At any time there are accrued but unpaid distributions on the Series C Preferred Units, no Special Distributions with respect to Common Units shall be permitted.

 

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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-distribution 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.

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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 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;

 

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(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, 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 Partnership’s 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

 

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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.

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 Partner’s 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 Partnership’s Subsidiaries) without the approval of holders of a Unit Majority; provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude or limit the General Partner’s 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.

 

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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 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 Group’s 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

 

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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 Partner’s 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 other partnership or limited liability 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.

 

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(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.

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 party’s 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 Partner’s Percentage Interest of the total amount distributed to all partners.

 

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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 Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful; and, provided further, that no indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 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 Indemnitee’s 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 Partnership’s activities or such Person’s 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.

 

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(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.

(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 Indemnitee’s conduct was criminal.

 

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(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 Partnership’s 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.

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.

 

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(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 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 Partner’s 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 Partner’s general partner, if the General Partner is a limited partnership.

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(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.

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 Person’s 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).

 

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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) (“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 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 Holder’s 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

 

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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 Holder’s 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 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 Partnership’s 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

 

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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 Partner’s 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 Person’s present intent to offer such Partnership Securities for 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 Partnership’s 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

 

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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 Partnership’s 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.

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 Partnership’s 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.

 

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(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 Partnership’s 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 Partnership’s 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; provided that, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Series C Holders at least five (5) Business Days prior to any withholding with respect to any payments to be made to the Series C Holders. 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.

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 Canada’s tax legislation and neither the General Partner nor the Partnership is carrying on business in Canada for purposes of such legislation.

 

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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.

(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.

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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;

(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;

 

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(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 (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

 

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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 Partner’s 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 (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

 

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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 Partner’s 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 Partner’s 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 Partner’s 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 Partnership’s 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 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.

 

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(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 Partnership’s 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 Partner’s admission, the successor General Partner’s 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 Partner’s 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. Except as expressly provided in this Article XII, the Liquidator approved in the manner provided

 

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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 Partnership’s assets for a reasonable time if it determines that an immediate sale or distribution of all or some of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners. The Liquidator may distribute the Partnership’s 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 Partner’s 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 Partner’s 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)(B).

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.

 

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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.

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;

 

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(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;

(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

 

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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 Units (including Units deemed owned by 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 Partner’s 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 Partner’s 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.

 

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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 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.

 

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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 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 or deemed 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 or deemed 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.

 

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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.

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 or deemed 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.

 

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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 Person’s 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 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;

 

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(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 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.

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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 Partnership’s 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 contained.

(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.

 

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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;

(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

 

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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, 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).

 

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(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, SERIES B AND SERIES C 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) On April 13, 2015, the General Partner designated and created a series of Preferred Units designated as “8.50% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units,” and fixed 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.

(c) The General Partner hereby designates and creates a series of Preferred Units to be designated as “8.60% Series C Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Units,” and fixes the preferences, rights, powers and duties of the holders of the Series C Preferred Units as set forth in this Article XVI. Each Series C Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series C Preferred Unit, except as to the respective dates from which the Series C Liquidation Preference and Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference shall increase or from which Series C Distributions may begin accruing, to the extent such dates may differ.

Section 16.2 Units.

(a) The authorized number of Series A Preferred Units, of Series B Preferred Units and of Series C Preferred Units shall each be unlimited. Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units that are purchased or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be cancelled.

 

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(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 Holders shall be made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Depository. The Series C Preferred Units shall initially be registered with the Transfer Agent in book-entry form, and payments and communications made by the Partnership to Series C Holders shall initially be made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Transfer Agent. At such time as the restrictive legends from the Series C Preferred Units have been removed, the Series C Preferred Units shall be represented by a single Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, at which time no Series C 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. Once the Depository has been appointed and is serving with respect to such Series C Preferred Units, payments and communications made by the Partnership to Series C Holders 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. Distributions on each Series C Preferred Unit shall be cumulative and shall accrue at the applicable Series C Distribution Rate from the Series C Original Issue Date (or, for any subsequently issued and newly Outstanding Series C Preferred Units, from the Series C Distribution Payment Date immediately preceding the issuance date of such Units, or if there is no such immediately preceding Series C Distribution Payment Date, from the issuance date of such Units) until such time as (i) the Partnership pays the Series C Distribution, (ii) such Series C Preferred Unit is converted into Common Units in accordance with Section 16.8 or (iii) such

 

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Series C Preferred Unit is redeemed by the Partnership in accordance with Section 16.9(a), whether or not such Series C Distributions shall have been declared. Series A Holders, Series B Holders and Series C Holders shall be entitled to receive Series A Distributions, Series B Distributions or Series C 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, at the Series B Distribution Rate per Series B Preferred Unit or at the Series C Distribution Rate per Series C 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, Series B Distribution Payment Date or Series C Distribution 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 Period 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, and distributions shall accrue on accumulated Series B Distributions at the Series B Distribution Rate. Distributions shall accumulate in each Series C Distribution Period from and including the preceding Series C Distribution Payment Date (other than the initial Series C Distribution Period with respect to newly issued Series C Preferred Units, which shall commence on and include the Series C Original Issue Date for Series C Preferred Units issued on that date or, for any Series C Preferred Units subsequently issued, from the Series C Distribution Date immediately preceding the issuance date of such Units, or if there is no such immediately preceding Series C Distribution Payment Date, from the issuance date of such Units), to but excluding the next Series C Distribution Payment Date for such Series C Distribution Period, and distributions shall accrue on accumulated Series C Distributions at the applicable Series C Distribution Rate. If any Series A Distribution Payment Date, Series B Distribution Payment Date or Series C Distribution Payment Date otherwise would occur on a date that is not a Business Day, declared Series A Distributions, Series B Distributions or Series C Distributions, as applicable, shall be paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day without the accumulation of additional distributions. Series A Distributions, Series B Distributions and Series C 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, Series B Distribution Payment Date and Series C Distribution Payment Date, the Partnership shall pay those Series A Distributions, Series B Distributions or Series C Distributions, if any, that shall have been declared by the General Partner to Series A Holders, Series B Holders or Series C Holders, as applicable, on the Record Date for the applicable Series A Preferred Distribution, Series B Preferred Distribution or Series C Preferred Distribution. The Record Date (the “Series A Distribution Record Date”) for the payment of

 

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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. The Record Date (the “Series C Distribution Record Date”) for the payment of any Series C Distributions shall be the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Series C Distribution Payment Date, except that in the case of payments of Series C Distributions in arrears, the Series C Distribution Record Date with respect to a Series C Distribution Payment Date shall be such date as may be designated by the General Partner in accordance with this Article XVI. For the avoidance of doubt, each Series A Distribution Date, Series B Distribution Date and Series C Distribution Date shall all fall on the same date. 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, Series B Distributions and Series C Distributions have been or contemporaneously are being paid or provided for on all Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units, Series C Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities through the most recent respective Series A Distribution Payment Dates, Series B Distribution Payment Dates and Series C Distribution Payment Dates. Accumulated Series A Distributions, accumulated Series B Distributions or accumulated Series C Distributions in arrears for any past Series A Distribution Period, Series B Distribution Period or Series C 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, a Series B Distribution Payment Date or a Series C Distribution Payment Date, to Series A Holders or Series B Holders or Series C 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, Series B Distributions and Series C Distributions in arrears on all Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units, Series C 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, Series C 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, Series C 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, Series C Preferred Units and any such other Parity Securities entitled to a distribution payment at such time in proportion to the aggregate distribution amounts remaining due in respect of such Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units, Series C 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

 

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to any distribution, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative Series A Distributions or Series B Distributions, as applicable. Subject to Sections 12.4, 16.3(c), 16.6, 16.8(a), 16.8(b) and 16.9, Series C Holders, in their capacity as Series C Holders, shall not be entitled to any distribution, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative Series C Distributions. Except insofar as distributions accrue on the amount of any accumulated and unpaid Series A Distributions, Series B Distributions or Series C 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, the Series B Preferred Units or the Series C 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. Declared Series C Distributions shall initially be paid to the Transfer Agent in same-day funds on each Series C Distribution Payment Date. At such time, if any, as the Series C Preferred Units are held of record by the nominee of the Depository, declared Series C Distributions shall be paid to the Depository in same-day funds on each Series C Distribution Payment Date.

(c) Subject to and without limiting the other provisions of this Section 16.3, if the Partnership shall declare and make with respect to Outstanding Common Units any distributions of cash, securities or other property (including in connection with any spin-off transaction, but excluding, subject to the proviso to this Section 16.3, any regular quarterly distributions pursuant to Section 6.2(a) or distributions made pursuant to Article XII) (each, a “Special Distributions”), each Series C Preferred Unit shall have the right to share in any such Special Distributions by the Partnership in the form of such cash, securities or other property Pro Rata with the Common Units, as if the Series C Preferred Units had converted into Common Units at the then-applicable Series C Conversion Ratio; provided, however¸ that (i) at any time there are accrued but unpaid distributions on the Series C Preferred Units, no such Special Distributions with respect to the Common Units shall be permitted and (ii) Special Distributions shall not include regular quarterly distributions pursuant to Section 6.2(a) except to the extent that any such regular quarterly distribution is paid at a rate that exceeds 130% of the quarterly distribution rate for the immediately preceding quarter, on a per Unit basis, in which case the amount of such distribution in excess of 130% of such quarterly distribution rate shall be deemed a Special Distribution, and such Series C Preferred Unit’s Pro Rata share of amounts to be distributed on a per Common Unit basis shall be appropriately reduced to account for the 130% base amount of such distribution for which such Series C Preferred Unit does not participate.

Section 16.4 Liquidation Rights.

(a) Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event, Series A Holders, Series B Holders and Series C Holders (to the extent their Series C Preferred Units have not been converted to Common Units in accordance with Section 16.8 prior to the occurrence of such Liquidation Event) 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

 

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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, Series C 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, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units in an amount equal to the Series A Liquidation Preference, the Series B Liquidation Preference or the Adjusted Series C 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, the Series C 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, the Series B Holders shall be entitled to the Series B Liquidation Preference per Series B Preferred Unit in cash and the Series C Holders shall be entitled to the Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference per Series C 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, Series B Holders and Series C Holders shall not be entitled to any other amounts from the Partnership, in their capacity as Series A Holders, Series B Holders or Series C Holder, as applicable, after they have received the Series A Liquidation Preference, the Series B Liquidation Preference or the Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference, as applicable. The payment of the Series A Liquidation Preference, Series B Liquidation Preference or Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference shall be a payment in redemption of the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Preferred Units or the Series C Preferred Units, as applicable, such that, from and after payment of the full Series A Liquidation Preference, Series B Liquidation Preference or Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference, any such Series A Preferred Unit, Series B Preferred Unit or Series C Preferred Unit, as applicable, 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 Partnership’s assets available for distribution to holders of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units, Series C 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, Series C Preferred Units and Parity Securities, the Partnership’s then remaining assets or proceeds thereof legally available for distribution to unitholders of the Partnership shall be distributed among the holders of Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units, Series C 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, Series B Holders or Series C Holders receive a partial payment of their Series A Liquidation Preference, Series B Liquidation Preference or Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference, as applicable, such partial payment shall reduce the Series A Liquidation

 

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Preference of their Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Liquidation Preference of their Series B Preferred Units or the Adjusted Series C Liquidation Preference of their Series C 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, Series C Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities, the Partnership’s 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, none of the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Preferred Units or the Series C 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 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

 

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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. 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 C Preferred Units, voting as a separate class, the General Partner shall not adopt any amendment to this Agreement that would modify any terms of the Series C Preferred Units; provided, however, that following any listing of the Series C Preferred Units on a National Securities Exchange, such Series C Holder vote or consent shall only be required for any amendment to this Agreement that would have a material adverse effect on the then existing terms of the Series C 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, Series B Preferred Units and Series C 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 distributions payable on Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units are in arrears or (y) create or issue any Senior Securities. In addition, 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 C Preferred Units, voting as a separate class, the Partnership shall not create or issue any Senior Securities.

(d) If any transaction representing a Change of Control is submitted to a vote of the Limited Partners for approval, the Series C Preferred Units will have such voting rights pursuant to this Agreement as such Series C Preferred Units would have if they were converted into Common Units, at the then-applicable Series C Conversion Ratio, and shall vote together with the Common Units as a single class on such matter.

 

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(e) For any matter described in this Section 16.5 in which the Series A Holders, Series B Holders and/or Series C Holders are entitled to vote as a class (whether separately or together with the holders of any Parity Securities), such Series A Holders, Series B Holders or Series C Holders shall be entitled to one vote per Series A Preferred Unit, Series B Preferred Unit or Series C Preferred Unit, as applicable. Any Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units held by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote.

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 April 20, 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”). The Partnership shall not give or cause to be given a Series A Redemption Notice or Series B Redemption Notice, or otherwise redeem, repurchase or acquire any Series A Preferred Units or Series B Preferred Units, unless the Partnership contemporaneously offers to repurchase a corresponding percentage of outstanding Series C Preferred Units for cash. Any such redemption shall occur on a date set by the General Partner no later than the Series A Redemption Date or Series B Redemption Date, as applicable (the “Series C Redemption Date”).

(a) The Partnership shall effect any such redemption by paying cash for each Series A Preferred Unit, Series B Preferred Unit or Series C 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”), (ii) the Series B Liquidation Preference for such Series B Preferred Unit on such Series B Redemption Date (the “Series B Redemption Price”) or (iii) the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference plus accrued but unpaid distributions for each Series C Preferred Unit on such Series C Redemption Date (the “Series C 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. The Series C Redemption Price shall initially be paid to the Transfer Agent in same-day funds on each Series C Redemption Date. At such time, if any, as the Series C Preferred Units are held of record by the nominee of the Depository, the Series C Redemption Price shall be paid to the Depository in same-day funds on the Series C 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,

 

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Series B Redemption Date or Series C Redemption Date, to the Series A Holders or Series B Holders, as applicable, and the Series C Holders (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, and any Series C Preferred Units redeemable, as such Series A Holders’, Series B Holders’ or Series C Holders’ names appear on the books of the Transfer Agent and at the address of such Series A Holders, Series B Holders or Series C Holders shown therein. Such notice (the “Series A Redemption Notice,” “Series B Redemption Notice, or the “Series C Redemption Notice,” as applicable) shall state, as applicable: (1) the Series A Redemption Date, Series B Redemption Date or Series C Redemption Date, (2) the number of Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units redeemable or to be redeemed, as applicable, and, if less than all Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units are redeemable or to be redeemed, as applicable, the number (and the identification) of Units redeemable or to be redeemed, as applicable, from such Series A Holder, Series B Holder or Series C Holder, (3) the Series A Redemption Price, Series B Redemption Price or Series C Redemption Price, (4) the place where the Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units are redeemable or to be redeemed, as applicable, and shall be presented and surrendered for payment of the Series A Redemption Price, Series B Redemption Price or Series C 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, Series B Redemption Date or Series C Redemption Date.

(c) Upon receipt of the Series C Redemption Notice, one or more Series C Holders may elect, each in its own discretion, to have the Partnership redeem all, but not less than all, of the Series C Preferred Units which such Series C Holder is entitled to have redeemed for the Series C Redemption Price by providing written notice to the Partnership, in the form set forth as Exhibit E hereto (a “Series C Redemption Election”), setting forth the number of Series C Preferred Units such electing Series C Holder holds, together with such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that such delivery shall be made no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Series C Redemption Notice.

(d) 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 XVI. If the Partnership is required to redeem less than the aggregate number of the Series C Preferred Units for which Series C Redemption Elections have been delivered, such Series C Preferred Units shall be redeemed by such method of selection as the Transfer Agent or the Depository, as

 

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applicable, shall determine either Pro Rata or by lot amongst Series C Holders who have made such Series C Redemption Election, with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional Series C Preferred Units. The aggregate Series C Redemption Price for any such partial redemption of the Outstanding Series C Preferred Units shall be allocated correspondingly among the redeemed Series C Preferred Units. The Series C Preferred Units not redeemed shall remain Outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided in this Article XVI.

(e) If the Partnership gives or causes to be given a Series A Redemption Notice, Series B Redemption Notice or Series C 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, and the Series C Preferred Units as to which the Series C Redemption Elections have been received, if any, up to the number of Series C Preferred Units for which the Series C 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 the Series C Redemption Date, as applicable, 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, and the Series C Redemption Price to the Series C Holders, to be redeemed upon surrender or deemed surrender (which shall occur automatically if the Series C Preferred Units are held in book-entry form by the Transfer Agent or if the Certificate representing such Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units is issued in the name of the Depository or its nominee) of the Certificates therefor as set forth in the Series A Redemption Notice, Series B Redemption Notice or Series C Redemption Election, as applicable. If the Series A Redemption Notice or Series B Redemption Notice, and the Series C Redemption Notice shall have been given, from and after the Series A Redemption Date, Series B Redemption Date or Series C 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, Series B Redemption Notice or Series C 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, and all Series C Distributions on such Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed, shall cease to accumulate and all rights of holders of such Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units as Limited Partners with respect to such Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease, except the right to receive the Series A Redemption Price, Series B Redemption Price or Series C Redemption Price, as applicable, and such Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C 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, the Series B Redemption Price of the Series B Preferred Units or the Series C Redemption Price of the Series C Preferred Units, as applicable, to be redeemed), and the holders of any Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units so redeemed shall

 

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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, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after two years after the applicable Series A Redemption Date, Series B Redemption Date or Series C 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, Series B Holders or Series C Holders entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to the Partnership. Notwithstanding any Series A Redemption Notice, Series B Redemption Notice or Series C Redemption Notice, there shall be no redemption of any Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units, as applicable, called or accepted for redemption, as applicable, until funds sufficient to pay the full Series A Redemption Price of such Series A Preferred Units, the full Series B Redemption Price of such Series B Preferred Units and the full Series C Redemption Price of such Series C Preferred Units shall have been deposited by the Partnership with the Paying Agent.

(f) Any Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be canceled. If only a portion of the Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units represented by a Certificate shall have been called or accepted for redemption, as applicable, upon surrender of the Certificate to the Paying Agent (which shall occur automatically if the Series C Preferred Units are held in book-entry form by the Transfer Agent or if the Certificate representing such Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units is registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee), the Paying Agent shall issue to the Series A Holders, Series B Holders or Series C Holders, as applicable, a new Certificate (or adjust the applicable book-entry account) representing the number of Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units represented by the surrendered Certificate that have not been called or accepted for redemption.

(g) 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, Series C 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, Series C 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, Series C 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, Series C Preferred Units and any other Parity Securities for all prior and the then-ending Series A Distribution Periods, Series B Distribution Periods and Series C Distribution Periods shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment.

 

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Section 16.7 Rank.

The Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and Series C 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, Series B Preferred Units or Series C Preferred Units as to distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation Event (collectively referred to with the Partnership’s 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, Series B Preferred Units or Series C 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, Senior B Preferred Units and Series C Preferred Units as to distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation Event (collectively referred to as “Senior Securities”).

The Partnership may issue Junior Securities and, subject to any approvals required by Series A Holders, Series B Holders and/or Series C 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, Series B Holders or Series C Holders, as applicable . 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 Series C Preferred Unit Conversion.

(a) One or more Series C Holders may elect, each in its own discretion, (i) at any time on or after the 18-month anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date, to convert all or any portion of the Series C Preferred Units held by such electing Series C Holder(s) in an aggregate amount equaling or exceeding $10 million (or such lesser amount if representing all remaining Series C Preferred Units held by any such electing Series C Holder) into Common Units, at the then-applicable Series C Conversion Ratio, subject to payment of any accrued but unpaid distributions to the date of conversion, or adjustment of the Series C Conversion Ratio, in accordance with Section 16.8(c), and (ii) in the event of a Change of Control and in accordance with Section 16.9(b)(i) or Section 16.9(c), to convert all, but not less than all, of the Series C Preferred Units held by such Series C Holder(s) into Common Units, at the then-applicable Series C Conversion Ratio, subject to payment of any accrued but unpaid distributions on such

 

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converted Series C Preferred Units to the date of conversion, or adjustment of the Series C Conversion Ratio, in accordance with Section 16.8(c), in each case, by delivery of: (A) written notice to the Partnership, in the form set forth as Exhibit F hereto, setting forth the number of Series C Preferred Units such electing Series C Holder holds and the number of Series C Preferred Units such Series C Holder is electing to convert, and (B) if such Series C Preferred Units are Certificated, a Series C Preferred Unit Certificate to the Transfer Agent representing an amount of Series C Preferred Units at least equal to the amount such Series C Holder is electing to convert (or an instruction letter to the Transfer Agent, if the Series C Preferred Units are in book-entry form, indicating the amount of Series C Preferred Units such Series C Holder is electing to convert), together with such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that with respect to any conversion pursuant to clause (ii) above, such delivery shall be made by the later of (x) the date three (3) Business Days after receipt of notice from the Partnership (the “Series C COC Notice”) of such proposed Change of Control and (y) the date 20 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing or effective date of such Change of Control (which anticipated closing or effective date shall be specified by the Partnership in such notice and shall be based on the Partnership’s reasonable best estimate of such anticipated closing or effective date at the time of providing such notice) (the “Series C COC Conversion Election”). The Series C COC Notice shall be in such form as determined by the Partnership and must be received by the Series C Holders no earlier than the public announcement of such potential Change of Control and no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing or effective date of such Change of Control. Upon delivery, such Series C COC Conversion Election shall be irrevocable unless (1) any material terms related to the Change of Control consideration are subsequently changed or (2) the expected closing or effective date of the Change of Control is delayed by more than 20 Business Days; provided, however that any Series C Holder that makes a Series C COC Conversion Election shall have until the later of (I) the date five (5) Business Days from receipt of notice from the Partnership of the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (1) or (2) above and (II) the date 20 Business Days prior to the new anticipated closing or effective date (which new anticipated closing or effective date shall be specified by the Partnership in such notice and shall be based on the Partnership’s reasonable best estimate of such new anticipated closing or effective date at the time of providing such notice) of any such Change of Control to provide notice to the Partnership that such Series C Holder is revoking its Series C COC Conversion Election, and if such notice is not provided within such period, the Series C COC Conversion Election previously provided shall be irrevocable. Thereafter, the Partnership shall take all such actions as are necessary or appropriate to complete such conversion in accordance with this Section 16.8, provided, however, that such conversion shall be effected (x) with respect to any conversion pursuant to clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section 16.8(a), prior to the tenth Business Day following the date of receipt by the Partnership and the Transfer Agent of notice of conversion and any Certificates or instructions, and any other documentation reasonably requested by the Partnership or the Transfer Agent, from the applicable Series C Holder(s) as set forth in this Section 16.8 or (y) with respect to any conversion pursuant to clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 16.8(a), at any time prior to the occurrence of the Change of Control, and conditioned upon completion thereof, and subject to the timely delivery of such notices, Certificates and/or instructions, as applicable, and any other documentation reasonably requested by the Partnership

 

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or the Transfer Agent. In the case of any Certificate representing Series C Preferred Units that are converted in part only, upon such conversion the Transfer Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the applicable Series C Holder thereof, at the expense of the Partnership, a new Certificate representing the number of Series C Preferred Units not so converted.

(b) At any time on or after the third anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date, and provided that the average daily trading volume of the Common Units on the National Securities Exchange upon which such Common Units are listed or admitted to trading was at least 250,000 Common Units (subject to appropriate adjustments in accordance with Section 16.8(i)) for at least 20-trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days, if the VWAP for at least 20 trading days during such 30 consecutive-trading day period is greater than 150% of the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference, the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may cause the Partnership to cause all of the then Outstanding Series C Preferred Units to be automatically converted into Common Units, at the then-applicable Series C Conversion Ratio (the “Series C Mandatory Conversion Right”). In connection with any such conversion, the Partnership must also pay converting Series C Holders any accrued but unpaid distributions with respect to their Series C Preferred Units being converted to the Series C Mandatory Conversion Date, or adjust the Series C Conversion Ratio, in accordance with 16.8(c). To exercise the mandatory conversion right described in this Section 16.8(b), the Partnership shall deliver to each Series C Holder a written notice within five Business Days after the date on which the conditions described in the first sentence of this Section 16.8 are met and at least five Business Days prior to the Series C Mandatory Conversion Date. Such notice shall include, the conversion date selected by the Partnership, which shall not be more than 10 Business Days after the date of the notice (the “Series C Mandatory Conversion Date”), and the then-applicable Series C Conversion Ratio. Immediately as of the close of business on the Series C Mandatory Conversion Date, all of the Series C Preferred Units to be converted shall automatically convert into Common Units, at the then-applicable Series C Conversion Ratio, and the Partnership shall pay converting Series C Holders any accrued but unpaid distributions, with respect to their Series C Preferred Units being converted, to the Series C Mandatory Conversion Date, or adjust the Series C Conversion Ratio, in accordance with Section 16.8(c).

(c) The Partnership shall make a cash payment to any Series C Holder with respect to any Series C Preferred Units converted pursuant to this Section 16.8 to account for any accrued but unpaid distributions on such Series C Preferred Units as of the date of such conversion; provided, however, that in satisfaction of the payment of any accrued but unpaid distributions, the General Partner may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause the Partnership to adjust the Series C Conversion Ratio with respect to such Series C Preferred Units being converted, such that the number of Series C Preferred Units converted pursuant to this Section 16.8 includes a number of additional Common Units equal to the quotient of (i) the aggregate dollar amount of any accrued but unpaid distributions as of the date of such conversion with respect to such Series C Preferred Units for which the adjustment to the Series C Conversion Ratio is to be made pursuant to this Section 16.8(c) divided by (ii) the closing price of a Common Unit on the National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed or admitted to trading on the second trading day immediately prior to the date of conversion.

 

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(d) No fractional Common Units will be issued upon conversion of Series C Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 16.8. In lieu of any fractional Common Units otherwise issuable in respect of the aggregate number of Series C Preferred Units of any Series C Holder that are converted, such Series C Holder will be entitled to receive an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the product of (i) such fraction of a Common Unit (calculated to five decimal places) multiplied by (ii) the closing price of a Common Unit on the National Securities Exchange on which the Common Units are listed or admitted to trading on the second trading day immediately prior to the date of conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership may elect to round up the number of Common Units to be delivered upon conversion to the next highest whole number of Common Units in lieu of making such cash payment. If more than one Series C Preferred Unit is surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Series C Holder, the number of full Common Units issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Series C Preferred Units so surrendered.

(e) Upon conversion of Series C Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 16.8, (i) distributions will cease to accrue on the converted Series C Preferred Units and all rights of holders of the converted Series C Preferred Units as Limited Partners with respect to such Series C Preferred Units shall cease; provided, however, that such holder shall (A) retain the right to receive, as set forth in this Section 16.8, the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the converted Series C Preferred Units, any accrued but unpaid distributions (to the extent not paid by way of additional Common Units pursuant to the provision in Section 16.8(c)) prior to the conversion date in accordance with Section 16.8(c), and any cash in lieu of fractional Common Units and (B) not lose or relinquish any claims or rights of action such holder may then or thereafter have as a result of such holder’s ownership of the converted Series C Preferred Units and (ii) such holder shall be a Limited Partner with respect to the Common Units issued upon such conversion and have the rights of a holder of Common Units under this Agreement with respect to such Common Units. Prior to such conversion, such holder shall have no rights with respect to such Common Units, including, any rights to distributions or to vote. Each Series C Preferred Unit shall, upon its conversion, be deemed to be transferred to, and cancelled by, the Partnership in exchange for the issuance of the Common Unit(s) into which such Series C Preferred Unit converted.

(f) The Partnership shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Common Units upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Units; provided, however, that the Series C Holder shall pay any tax or duty which may be payable relating to any transfer involving the issuance or delivery of Common Units in a name other than the holder’s name. The Transfer Agent may refuse to deliver the Certificate representing Common Units (or make a notation of book entry) in connection with Common Units being issued in a name other than the holder’s name until the Transfer Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax or duties due because the Common Units are to be issued in a name other than the holder’s name. Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulation; provided that, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Series C Holders at least five (5) Business Days prior to any withholding with respect to any payments to be made to the Series C Holders.

 

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(g) The Partnership shall keep free from preemptive rights a sufficient number of Common Units to permit the conversion of all outstanding Series C Preferred Units into Common Units to the extent provided in, and in accordance with, this Section 16.8.

(h) All Common Units delivered upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Units in accordance with this Section 16.8 shall be (i) newly issued, (ii) fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partner Interests in the Partnership, except as such non-assessability may be affected by the Marshall Islands Act, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien, claim, rights or encumbrances, other than those arising under the Marshall Islands Act, this Agreement or applicable securities laws and (iii) with respect to Common Units delivered upon a conversion in accordance with Section 16.8(b), registered for public resale under the Securities Act, pursuant to an effective registration statement that is then available for the resale of such Common Units, subject to the obligations of the Series C Holders to provide all information required under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

(i) If, after the Series C Original Issue Date, the Partnership (i) makes a distribution on its Common Units in Common Units, (ii) subdivides or splits its outstanding Common Units into a greater number of Common Units, (iii) combines or reclassifies its Common Units into a smaller number of Common Units or (iv) issues by reclassification of its Common Units any Partnership Interests (including any reclassification in connection with a merger, consolidation or business combination in which the Partnership is the surviving Person), then the Series C Conversion Ratio in effect at the time of the Record Date for such distribution or of the effective date of such subdivision, split, combination, or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted (calculated to five decimal places) so that the conversion of the Series C Preferred Units after such time shall entitle the holder to receive the aggregate number of Common Units (or any Partnership Interests into which such Common Units would have been combined, consolidated, merged or reclassified pursuant to clause (iv) above) that such holder would have been entitled to receive if the Series C Preferred Units had been converted into Common Units immediately prior to such Record Date or effective date, as the case may be, and in the case of a merger, consolidation or business combination in which the Partnership is the surviving Person, the Partnership shall provide effective provisions to ensure that the provisions in this Article XVI relating to the Series C Preferred Units shall not be adversely abridged or amended and that the Series C Preferred Units shall thereafter retain substantially the same powers, preferences and relative participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon, that the Series C Preferred Units had immediately prior to such transaction or event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 16.8(i) shall become effective immediately after the Record Date in the case of a distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, split, combination or reclassification (including any reclassification in connection with a merger, consolidation or business combination in which the Partnership is the surviving Person). Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event described above shall occur.

Section 16.9 Series C Preferred Rights Upon Change of Control.

(a) Change of Control Redemptions

 

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(i) Subject to the Series C Mandatory Conversion Right and Section 16.6(f), in the event of a Cash COC Event, each Series C Holder may, at its sole election, (x) convert all, but not less than all, of the Series C Preferred Units held by such Series C Holder into Common Units pursuant to Section 16.8(a); provided, however, that each Series C Holder’s conversion right pursuant to this Section 16.9(a)(i)(x) shall be subject to all of such Common Units issued upon conversion of such Series C Preferred Units being purchased in such Cash COC Event, or (y) require the Partnership to redeem each then Outstanding Series C Preferred Unit for an amount in cash equal to the Series C COC Redemption Price (such redemption event, a “Series C Cash COC Redemption”).

(ii) Subject to the Series C Mandatory Conversion Right and Section 16.6(f), if in connection with a Non-Cash COC Event, a Series C Holder elects, pursuant to Section 16.9(b)(iv), to require the Partnership to redeem all of such Series C Holder’s Series C Preferred Units, the Partnership shall redeem each such Series C Preferred Unit for an amount in cash equal to the Series C COC Redemption Price.

(iii) Any redemption pursuant to either subclause (i) or (ii) of this Section 16.9(a) shall occur on the closing or effective date of such Cash COC Event or Non-Cash COC Event, as applicable (the “Series C COC Redemption Date”), provided that the Series C Holder has delivered: (A) written notice to the Partnership, in the form set forth as Exhibit G hereto, and (B) if such Series C Preferred Units are Certificated, a Series C Preferred Unit Certificate to the Transfer Agent (or an instruction letter to the Transfer Agent, if the Series C Preferred Units are in book-entry form), together with such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that such delivery shall be made by the later of (x) the date three (3) Business Days after receipt of a Series C COC Notice from the Partnership and (y) the date 20 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing or effective date of such Change of Control (which anticipated closing or effective date shall be specified by the Partnership in such notice and shall be based on the Partnership’s reasonable best estimate of such anticipated closing or effective date at the time of providing such notice) (the “Series C COC Redemption Election”). The Series C COC Notice shall be in such form as determined by the Partnership and must be received by the Series C Holders no earlier than the public announcement of such potential Change of Control and no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing or effective date of such Change of Control. Upon delivery, such Series C COC Redemption Election shall be irrevocable unless (1) any material terms related to the Change of Control consideration are subsequently changed or (2) the expected closing or effective date of the Change of Control is delayed by more than 20 Business Days; provided, however that any Series C Holder that makes a Series C COC Redemption Election shall have until the later of (I) the date five Business Days from receipt of notice from the Partnership of the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (1) or (2) above and (II) the date 20 Business Days prior to the new anticipated closing or effective date (which new anticipated closing or effective date shall be specified by the Partnership in such notice and shall be based on the Partnership’s reasonable best estimate of such new anticipated closing or effective date at the time of providing such notice) of any such Change of Control to provide notice to the Partnership that such Series C Holder is revoking its Series C COC Redemption Election, and if such notice is not provided within such period, the Series C COC Redemption Election previously provided shall be irrevocable.

 

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(iv) If the Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed pursuant to either subclause (i) or (ii) of this Section 16.9(a) are held of record by the nominee of the Depository, the Series C COC Redemption Price shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the Depository on the applicable Series C COC Redemption Date. If the Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed pursuant to either subclause (i) or (ii) of this Section 16.9(a) are not held of record by the nominee of the Depository, the Series C COC Redemption Price shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the Transfer Agent for distribution to the Series C Holders on the applicable Series C COC Redemption Date. The Partnership shall deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to redeem the applicable Series C Preferred Units no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Series C COC Redemption Date, and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Series C COC Redemption Price to the Series C Holders of the Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed upon surrender or deemed surrender (which shall occur automatically if the Series C Preferred Units are held in book-entry form by the Transfer Agent or if the Certificate representing such Series C Preferred Units is issued in the name of the Depository or its nominee) of the Certificates therefor. From and after the Series C COC Redemption Date, unless the Partnership defaults in providing funds sufficient for such redemption as specified in this Section 16.9(a)(iii), all Series C Distributions on the Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate and all rights of holders of the Series C Preferred Units as Limited Partners with respect to such Series C Preferred Units shall cease, except the right to receive the Series C COC Redemption Price and Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed 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 C COC Redemption Price of the Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed), and the holders of any Series C 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 C Preferred Units, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after two years after the applicable Series C COC 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 C Holders entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to the Partnership. Any Series C Preferred Units that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Partnership shall be canceled.

(b) Subject to the Series C Mandatory Conversion Right, if a Non-Cash COC Event occurs, then each Series C Holder may, at its sole election:

(i) convert all, but not less than all, of the Series C Preferred Units held by such Series C Holder into Common Units pursuant to Section 16.8(a);

(ii) if the Partnership is not the surviving entity of a Non-Cash COC Event, then the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or to cause to be

 

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delivered to the Series C Holders, in exchange for their Series C Preferred Units upon such Non-Cash COC Event, a security in the surviving entity that has substantially similar terms, including with respect to economics and structural protections, as the Series C Preferred Units (a “Mirror Security Request”);

(iii) if the Partnership is the surviving Person of such Non-Cash COC Event, continue to hold Series C Preferred Units; or

(iv) require the Partnership to redeem (a “Series C Non-Cash COC Redemption”) for cash all the Series C Preferred Units held by such Series C Holder in accordance with subclauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 16.9(a).

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Partnership’s obligations to redeem any Series C Preferred Units in cash pursuant to this Agreement is subject to such redemption not breaching or violating, or resulting in the breach or violation of, any terms of the Partnership’s credit facilities, indentures or other debt instruments. In the event (i) that the Partnership engages in any Change of Control transaction at such time as the Partnership has insufficient funds available to effect a Series C Non-Cash COC Redemption or Series C Cash COC Redemption, as well as any payments necessary to permit such redemption under Section 16.6(f) or (ii) the Partnership is not able to complete a Mirror Security Request of any Series C Holder, each Series C Holder shall be entitled to (x) take any action otherwise permitted by clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 16.9(b) (as applicable), or (y) convert each Series C Preferred Unit held by such Series C Holder immediately prior to such Change of Control into a number of Common Units equal to, if such Change of Control occurs:

(i) prior to the third anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date, the quotient of (a) (i) 150% multiplied by the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference plus accrued and unpaid distributions as of the effective date of the conversion with respect to each Series C Preferred Unit held by such electing Series C Holder less (ii) the sum of all cash distributions paid as of the effective date of the conversion with respect to such Series C Preferred Unit held by such electing Series C Holder on or prior to the date of the Change of Control, divided by (b) the VWAP Price for the 10 consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to the date of the closing of such Change of Control, or

(ii) after the third anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date, the quotient of (a) (i) 150% multiplied by the Stated Series C Liquidation Preference plus accrued and unpaid distributions as of the effective date of the conversion with respect to each Series C Preferred Unit held by such electing Series C Holder less (ii) the sum of all cash distributions paid as of the effective date of the conversion with respect to such Series C Preferred Unit held by such electing Series C Holder during the three year period following the Series C Original Issue Date, divided by (b) the VWAP Price for the 10 consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to the date of the closing of such Change of Control.

 

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Section 16.10 Series C Preferred Unit Legends and Transfer Restrictions.

(a) The Series C Preferred Units shall be evidenced by Certificates or by book-entry accounts maintained by the Transfer Agent and shall bear restrictive legends in substantially the following forms:

“THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER AND, IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT OR THE ISSUER HAS RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT.”

“THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE SERIES C PREFERRED UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 30, 2015, BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE UNIT PURCHASERS PARTY THERETO, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PARTNERSHIP AT ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.”

(b) Without the prior written consent of the Partnership, Series C Holders may not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) (each, for purposes of this Section 16.10, a “disposition”) by such Series C Holder or any Affiliate of such Series C Holder or any Person in privity with such Series C Holder or any Affiliate of such Series C Holder), directly or indirectly, any Series C Preferred Units or interest therein during the period beginning on the Series C Original Issue Date (or, for any subsequently issued and newly Outstanding Series C Preferred Units, the issuance date of such Units) and ending on the first anniversary of the Series C Original Issue Date (or, for any subsequently issued and newly Outstanding Series C Preferred Units, the first anniversary of the issuance date of such Units) (the “Series C Restricted Period”); provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such Series C Holder may, subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, effect a disposition of Series C Preferred Units or any interest therein to any Affiliate thereof or another Series C Holder during the Series C Restricted Period without the prior consent of the Partnership if any such transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Section 16.10(b) with respect to any subsequent disposition of any Series C Preferred Units or any interest therein. Following the Series C Restricted Period, the Series C Holders may, without the prior consent of the

 

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Partnership, effect a disposition of Series C Preferred Units or interests therein subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and (x) pursuant to any transaction on the New York Stock Exchange or another National Securities Exchange, if any, on which the Series C Preferred Units are listed at such time subject to compliance with applicable securities laws or (y) subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, pursuant to any other transaction other than to any Person that (i) is an operating company (and not a financial institution), or an Affiliate of such company, and (ii) engages in the offshore energy business or otherwise provides similar services or engages in similar business as the Partnership at any time during the 12 months preceding the proposed disposition. The Partnership may not waive any or all of the provisions of this Section 16.10(b) with respect to less than all of the Series C Holders.

(c) In connection with a sale of the Series C Preferred Units or any Common Units into which such Series C Preferred Units have been converted by a Series C Holder in reliance on Rule 144, the applicable Series C Holder or its broker shall deliver to the Transfer Agent and the Partnership a broker representation letter providing to the Transfer Agent and the Partnership any information the Partnership deems necessary to determine that the sale of the Series C Preferred Units or Common Units is made in compliance with Rule 144, including, as may be appropriate, a certification that the Series C Holder is not an Affiliate of the Partnership and regarding the length of time the Series C Preferred Units or Common Units have been held. Upon receipt of such representation letter and any other such information, and, with respect to Series C Preferred Units, provided the Series C Preferred Units are then permitted to be transferred pursuant to Section 16.10(b), the Partnership shall promptly direct the Transfer Agent to remove the notation of a restrictive legend in such Series C Holder’s book-entry account maintained by the Transfer Agent, including the legends referred to in Section 16.10(a), and the Partnership shall bear all costs associated therewith. After a registration statement under the Securities Act permitting the public resale of the Series C Preferred Units or any Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Units has become effective or any Series C Holder or its permitted assigns have held the Series C Preferred Units or any Common Units issued upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Units for one year, and, with respect to Series C Preferred Units, provided the Series C Preferred Units are then permitted to be transferred pursuant to Section 16.10(b), if the book-entry account of such Series C Preferred Units or Common Units issued conversion of the Series C Preferred Units still bears the notation of the restrictive legends referred to in Section 16.10(a), the Partnership agrees, upon request of the Series C Holder or permitted assignee, to take all steps necessary to promptly effect the removal of the legends described in Section 16.10(a) from the Series C Preferred Units or Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Units, and the Partnership shall bear all costs associated therewith, regardless of whether the request is made in connection with a sale or otherwise, so long as such Purchaser or its permitted assigns provide to the Partnership any information the Partnership deems reasonably necessary to determine that the legends are no longer required under the Securities Act or applicable state laws, including (if there is no such registration statement) a certification that the holder is not an Affiliate of the Partnership (and a covenant to inform the Partnership if it should thereafter become an Affiliate and to consent to the notation of an appropriate restriction) and regarding the length of time the Series C Preferred Units or Common Units have been held.

 

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Section 16.11 Listing of Series C Preferred Units

If, at any time after eighteen months following the Series C Original Issue Date, Series C Holders holding at least 50% of the Series C Preferred Units request that the Partnership list the Series C Preferred Units on a National Securities Exchange, the Partnership shall promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Series C Preferred Units to be listed on the same National Securities Exchange as either the Series A Preferred Units or the Series B Preferred Units, or if neither the Series A Preferred Units or the Series B Preferred Units are listed on a National Securities Exchange, any National Securities Exchange; provided, however, that any such listing shall be subject to the Series C Preferred Units qualifying for such listing and the Partnership shall be under no obligation under this Section 16.11 with respect to the satisfaction of listing criteria relating to the number of holders of Series C Preferred Units, the public float or market value of the Series C Preferred Units or the satisfaction of Partnership-based financial standards.

Section 16.12 No Sinking Fund.

None of the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Preferred Units or the Series C Preferred Units shall have the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 16.13 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, Series B Holder and Series C Holder as the true, lawful and absolute owner of the applicable Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C 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 16.14 Notices.

All notices or communications in respect of the Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units or Series C 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 16.15 Other Rights; Fiduciary Duties.

None of the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Preferred Units or the Series C 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, Series B Holders or Series C Holders, other than a contractual duty of good faith and fair dealing.

 

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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 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.

 

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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.

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.

 

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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 Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the date first written above.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C.
By:  

    /s/ Peter Evensen

Name: Peter Evensen
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

ORGANIZATIONAL LIMITED PARTNER:
Teekay Corporation
By:  

    /s/ Peter Evensen

Name: Peter Evensen
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

LIMITED PARTNERS:
All Limited Partners now and hereafter admitted as Limited Partners of the Partnership, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter executed in favor of, and granted and delivered to the General Partner.

 

Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C.
By:  

    /s/ Peter Evensen

Name: Peter Evensen
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 16.5(b):
Teekay Corporation
By:  

    /s/ Peter Evensen

Name: Peter Evensen
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

to the Fourth 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.

 

No.                                   Common Units

In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Fourth 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.

 

Dated:                  Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Countersigned and Registered by: By: Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., its General Partner
  By:  
as Transfer Agent and Registrar Title:
By:   By:  
Authorized Signature Secretary

 

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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:

 

TEN COM as tenants in common UNIF GIFT/TRANSFERS MIN ACT
Custodian
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts /Transfers to CD Minors Act (State)
JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

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

   
  (Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)
(Please print or typewrite name and address of Assignee)

                     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.

 

Date:                      NOTE: 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.
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  
(Signature)
 

(Signature)

 

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 Fourth 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.

 

No.                                   Series A Preferred Units

In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Fourth 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.

 

Dated:                  Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Countersigned and Registered by: By: Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., its General Partner
  By:  
as Transfer Agent and Registrar Title:
By:   By:  
Authorized Signature Secretary

 

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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:

 

TEN COM as tenants in common UNIF GIFT/TRANSFERS MIN ACT
Custodian
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts /Transfers to CD Minors Act (State)
JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

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

   
  (Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)
(Please print or typewrite name and address 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.

 

Date:                      NOTE: 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.
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  
(Signature)
 

(Signature)

 

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 Fourth 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.

 

No.                                   Series B Preferred Units

In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Fourth 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 8.50% 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.

 

Dated:                  Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Countersigned and Registered by: By: Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., its General Partner
  By:  
as Transfer Agent and Registrar Title:
By:   By:  
Authorized Signature Secretary

 

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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:

 

TEN COM as tenants in common UNIF GIFT/TRANSFERS MIN ACT
Custodian
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts /Transfers to CD Minors Act (State)
JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

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

   
  (Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)
(Please print or typewrite name and address of Assignee)

                     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.

 

Date:                      NOTE: 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.
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  
(Signature)
 

(Signature)

 

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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EXHIBIT D

to the Fourth Amended and Restated

Agreement of Limited Partnership of

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.

Certificate Evidencing Series C Cumulative

Convertible Perpetual Preferred Units

Representing Limited Partner Interests in

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.

 

No.                                   Series C Preferred Units

In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Fourth 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 8.60% Series C Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Series C 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 C Preferred Units are set forth in, and this Certificate and the Series C 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.

 

Dated:                  Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Countersigned and Registered by: By: Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., its General Partner
  By:  
as Transfer Agent and Registrar Title:
By:   By:  
Authorized Signature Secretary

 

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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:

 

TEN COM as tenants in common UNIF GIFT/TRANSFERS MIN ACT
Custodian
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts /Transfers to CD Minors Act (State)
JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations, though not in the above list, may also be used.

ASSIGNMENT OF SERIES C PREFERRED UNITS

in

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                  hereby assigns, conveys, sells and transfers unto

   
  (Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)
(Please print or typewrite name and address of Assignee)

                     Series C 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.

 

Date:                      NOTE: 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.
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  
(Signature)
 

(Signature)

 

No transfer of the Series C Preferred Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the books of the Partnership, unless the Certificate evidencing the Series C Preferred Units to be transferred is surrendered for registration or transfer.

 

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF REDEMPTION ELECTION

(OFFER TO REDEEM)

SERIES C PREFERRED UNIT REDEMPTION ELECTION

(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER FOR REDEMPTION OF SERIES C PREFERRED UNITS)

[Date]

The undersigned hereby elects to have the number of the 8.60% Series C Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Units (“Series C Preferred Units”) of Teekay Offshore Partners, L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the “Partnership”), indicted below, according to the conditions and in accordance with the provisions of the partnership agreement of the Partnership, as of the date written below. If payment is to be issued to an account in the name of a person or entity other than the holder of such Series C Preferred Units, such holder will deliver such certificates and opinions or other items as may be required by the Partnership or its transfer agent.

 

Number of Series C Preferred Units held by Undersigned:

 

     

 

Number of Series C Preferred Units to be Redeemed:

 

     

 

   
Wire Payment Instructions:

Bank Name:

Bank Routing Number (ABA Number):

Account Name:*

Account Number (DDA):

Bank Contact/Telephone Number:

Beneficiary Account Name:

Beneficiary Account Number:

*Please provide the name on the account not the type of account

 

FOR International WIRES, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

 

Bank Name:

SWIFT CODE:

IBAN:

Account Number (DDA):

Bank Address/Telephone:

Account Name:

For Further Credit:

For Further Credit Account Number:

For international wires, please also provide any details regarding correspondent banks in the United States used by your local bank to receive

wires from the United States:

HOLDER

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

SERIES C PREFERRED UNIT CONVERSION NOTICE

(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER

TO CONVERT SERIES C PREFERRED UNITS)

[Date]

The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of 8.60% Series C Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Units (“Series C Preferred Units”) of Teekay Offshore Partners, L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the “Partnership”), indicated below into common units (“Common Units”) of the Partnership, according to the conditions and in accordance with the provisions of the partnership agreement of the Partnership, as of the date written below. If Common Units are to be issued in the name of a person or entity other than the holder of such Series C Preferred Units, such holder will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and will deliver such certificates and opinions or other items as may be required by the Partnership or its transfer agent. No fee will be charged to the holders for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes.

Conversion calculations:

 

Date to Effect Conversion:

 

     

 

Number of Series C Preferred Units to be Converted:

 

     

 

Name in which Certificate for Common Units to be Issued:

 

     

 

Address for Delivery:

 

     

 

[HOLDER]

 

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EXHIBIT G

FORM OF REDEMPTION ELECTION

(CHANGE OF CONTROL)

SERIES C PREFERRED UNIT REDEMPTION ELECTION

(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER FOR REDEMPTION OF SERIES C PREFERRED UNITS)

[Date]

The undersigned hereby elects to have all of the 8.60% Series C Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Units (“Series C Preferred Units”) of Teekay Offshore Partners, L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the “Partnership”), held by the undersigned, according to the conditions and in accordance with the provisions of the partnership agreement of the Partnership, as of the date written below. If payment is to be issued to an account in the name of a person or entity other than the holder of such Series C Preferred Units, such holder will deliver such certificates and opinions or other items as may be required by the Partnership or its transfer agent.

 

Number of Series C Preferred Units held by Undersigned:

 

     

 

Number of Series C Preferred Units to be Redeemed:

 

     

 

   
Wire Payment Instructions:

Bank Name:

Bank Routing Number (ABA Number):

Account Name:*

Account Number (DDA):

Bank Contact/Telephone Number:

Beneficiary Account Name:

Beneficiary Account Number:

*Please provide the name on the account not the type of account

 

FOR International WIRES, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

 

Bank Name:

SWIFT CODE:

IBAN:

Account Number (DDA):

Bank Address/Telephone:

Account Name:

For Further Credit:

For Further Credit Account Number:

For international wires, please also provide any details regarding correspondent banks in the United States used by your local bank to receive

wires from the United States:

HOLDER

 

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EXHIBIT 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

 

 

 

SERIES C PREFERRED UNIT

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.

and

THE PURCHASERS NAMED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS   1   

Section 1.1 Definitions

  1   
ARTICLE II AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE   5   

Section 2.1 Sale and Purchase

  5   

Section 2.2 Closings

  5   

Section 2.3 Mutual Conditions

  6   

Section 2.4 Each Purchaser’s Conditions

  7   

Section 2.5 The Partnership’s Conditions

  8   

Section 2.6 Partnership Deliveries

  8   

Section 2.7 Purchaser Deliveries

  10   

Section 2.8 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights

  10   
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP   11   

Section 3.1 Existence

  11   

Section 3.2 Capitalization and Valid Issuance of Purchased Units

  12   

Section 3.3 Subsidiaries

  13   

Section 3.4 No Registration Required

  14   

Section 3.5 No Conflict

  14   

Section 3.6 No Default

  14   

Section 3.7 Authority; Enforceability

  14   

Section 3.8 Approvals

  15   

Section 3.9 Compliance with Laws

  15   

Section 3.10 Periodic Reports

  15   

Section 3.11 Litigation

  16   

Section 3.12 Insurance

  16   

Section 3.13 Books and Records; Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

  16   

Section 3.14 No Material Adverse Changes

  17   

Section 3.15 Certain Fees

  17   

Section 3.16 Investment Company Status

  17   

Section 3.17 Passive Foreign Investment Company

  17   

Section 3.18 Tax Status

  17   

Section 3.19 Title to Property

  17   

Section 3.20 Form F-3 Eligibility

  18   

Section 3.21 Disclosure of Material Information

  18   
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS   19   

Section 4.1 Existence

  19   

Section 4.2 Authorization, Enforceability

  19   

Section 4.3 No Breach

  19   

Section 4.4 Certain Fees

  19   

Section 4.5 Unregistered Securities

  20   

Section 4.6 Short Selling

  20   

Section 4.7 Purchaser Investigation; Partnership Projections

  20   

 

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ARTICLE V COVENANTS   21   

Section 5.1 Taking of Necessary Action

  21   

Section 5.2 Other Actions

  21   

Section 5.3 Modification of Convertible Promissory Note

  21   
ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION   21   

Section 6.1 Indemnification by the Partnership

  21   

Section 6.2 Indemnification by Purchasers

  22   

Section 6.3 Indemnification Procedure

  22   
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS   23   

Section 7.1 Interpretation

  23   

Section 7.2 Survival of Provisions

  24   

Section 7.3 No Waiver; Modifications in Writing

  24   

Section 7.4 Binding Effect; Assignment

  24   

Section 7.5 Disclosure

  25   

Section 7.6 Communications

  25   

Section 7.7 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

  26   

Section 7.8 Entire Agreement

  26   

Section 7.9 Governing Law

  26   

Section 7.10 Execution in Counterparts

  26   

Section 7.11 Termination

  27   

Section 7.12 Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Common Units

  27   

Schedule A — List of Purchasers and Commitment Amounts

Schedule B — Notice and Contact Information

Exhibit A — Form of Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP

Exhibit B — Form of Opinion of Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Exhibit C — Form of General Partner Waiver

Exhibit D — Form of Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership

Exhibit E — Form of Convertible Promissory Note

Exhibit F — Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

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SERIES C PREFERRED UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SERIES C PREFERRED UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated June 30, 2015 (as further defined below, this “Agreement”), is by and among TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and the purchasers listed on Schedule A hereof (each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

WHEREAS, to fund a portion of the Knarr Drop-down (as defined below), the Partnership desires to sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers desire to purchase from the Partnership, certain Series C Preferred Units (as defined below), in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, which funding is in addition to that funding to be provided by the Teekay Corporation Investment (as defined below).

WHEREAS, in order to establish the Series C Preferred Units, the Partnership shall enter into the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (as defined below).

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the Series C Preferred Units pursuant to this Agreement, the Partnership and the Purchasers will enter into the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which the Partnership will provide the Purchasers with certain registration rights with respect to the Conversion Units (as defined below).

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Partnership and each of the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

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.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph, as amended, supplemented, continued or modified.

Basic Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Convertible Promissory Note and, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership.

Business Day” means a day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) any day on which banks located in New York, New York, U.S.A. are authorized or obligated to close.


Closings” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

Closing Dates” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Units” means the Common Units representing limited partnership interests in the Partnership having the rights and obligations specified in the Partnership Agreement.

Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 7.8.

Conversion Units” means the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Units.

Convertible Promissory Note” means that $492 million principal amount convertible promissory note to be executed by the Partnership and delivered to Teekay Corporation on the Initial Closing Date, in the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit E, evidencing funding by Teekay Corporation to the Partnership in connection with the Knarr Drop-down.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

FCPA” has the meaning specified in Section 3.22.

Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, to be executed on the Initial Closing Date, in the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit D.

General Partner” means Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

Governmental Authority” means, with respect to a particular Person, any country, state, county, city and political subdivision in which such Person or such Person’s Property is located or that exercises valid jurisdiction over any such Person or such Person’s Property, and any court, agency, department, commission, board, bureau or instrumentality of any of them and any monetary authority that exercises valid jurisdiction over any such Person or such Person’s Property. Unless otherwise specified, all references to Governmental Authority herein with respect to the Partnership mean a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Partnership, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Properties.

GP LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner, dated December 19, 2006, as amended through the date hereof.

Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3.

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3.

 

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Initial Closing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).

Initial Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).

Knarr Drop-down” means that certain acquisition by the Partnership of the Petrojarl Knarr floating production, storage and off-loading unit from Teekay Corporation.

Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign order, writ, injunction, judgment, settlement, award, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation.

Lien” means any mortgage, claim, encumbrance, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment, preference or priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any property of any kind; provided, however, that any charter or services contracts to which the Partnership’s vessels are subject shall not be deemed Liens.

Marshall Islands LLC Act” means the Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company Act of 1996, as amended.

Marshall Islands LP Act” means the Marshall Islands Limited Partnership Act.

Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event or effect that, individually or together with any other changes, events or effects, has a material adverse effect on (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets or results of operations of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, (ii) the limited partners of the Partnership resulting from any event which subjects them to any material liability, or (iii) the ability of the Partnership Entities to perform their obligations under the Basic Documents; provided, however, that a Material Adverse Effect shall not include any material and adverse effect on the foregoing to the extent such material and adverse effect results from, arises out of, or relates to (w) the announcement of the Knarr Drop-down or of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the satisfaction of the obligations set forth herein, (x) a general deterioration in the economy or changes in the general state of the industries in which the Partnership operates, except to the extent that the Partnership, taken as a whole, is adversely affected in a disproportionate manner as compared to other industry participants, (y) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States, the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis, including acts of terrorism, or (z) any change in accounting requirements or principles imposed upon any Partnership Entity or their respective businesses or any change in applicable Law, or the interpretation thereof.

NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

OLP GP” means Teekay Offshore Operating GP L.L.C., a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

Operating Company” means Teekay Offshore Operating L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership.

Operative Agreements” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

 

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Partnership” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

Partnership Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated April 13, 2015, as amended to date.

Partnership Entities” and each a “Partnership Entity” means the General Partner, the Partnership and each of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, other than those Subsidiaries which, individually, would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X.

Partnership Related Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 6.2.

Partnership SEC Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 3.10.

Person” means an individual or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political subdivision thereof or other form of entity.

Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.

Purchase Price” means, as applicable, with respect to a particular Purchaser, the amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the column titled “Initial Closing Purchase Price”, “Subsequent Closing Purchase Price” or “Total Purchase Price” set forth on Schedule A hereto.

Purchased Units” means, with respect to a particular Purchaser, the number of Series C Preferred Units set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the columns titled “Initial Closing Series C Preferred Units”, “Subsequent Closing Series C Preferred Units” and “Total Series C Preferred Units” set forth on Schedule A.

Purchaser” and “Purchasers” have the meanings set forth in the introductory paragraph.

Purchaser Related Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, between the Partnership and the Purchasers, in the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit F.

Representatives” of any Person means the Affiliates, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, counsel, accountants, investment bankers and other representatives of such Person.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Series A Preferred Units” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2.

Series B Preferred Units” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2.

 

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Series C Preferred Unit Price” means an amount per Series C Preferred Unit of $23.95.

Series C Preferred Units” means the Partnership’s 8.6% Series C Perpetual Convertible Preferred Units.

Short Sales” means, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, and forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements.

Subsequent Closing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

Subsequent Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which: (i) such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner or manager; (ii) at least a majority of the outstanding equity interest having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time any equity interest of any other class or classes of such corporation or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) any corporation or other entity as to which such Person consolidates for accounting purposes.

Teekay Corporation Investment” means the conversion by the Partnership of $300 million principal amount of the Convertible Promissory Note into Common Units at a price per unit equal to $20.83.

ARTICLE II

AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE

Section 2.1 Sale and Purchase.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Partnership hereby agrees to issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Partnership, its respective Purchased Units, and each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to pay the Partnership the Series C Preferred Unit Price for each Purchased Unit as set forth in paragraph (b) below. The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are independent of the obligations of each other Purchaser, and the failure or waiver of performance by any Purchaser does not excuse performance by any other Purchaser or by the Partnership.

(b) The amount per Series C Preferred Unit each Purchaser will pay to the Partnership to purchase the Purchased Units hereunder shall be the Series C Preferred Unit Price.

Section 2.2 Closings.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the consummation of the initial purchase and sale of Purchased Units hereunder (the “Initial Closing”) shall take place at

 

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9:00 am, Pacific Time, on July 1, 2015 at the offices of Perkins Coie LLP, 1120 N.W. Couch Street, Tenth Floor, Portland, Oregon 97209-4128, or at such other location or on such other date as mutually agreed by the parties (the “Initial Closing Date”). At the Initial Closing, the Purchasers who are purchasing Preferred Units on the Initial Closing Date shall purchase Purchased Units as indicated on Schedule A attached hereto.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the consummation of a subsequent purchase and sale of Purchased Units hereunder (the “Subsequent Closing” and, together with the Initial Closing, collectively the “Closings”) shall take place at 9:00 am, Pacific Time, on July 14, 2015, at the offices of Perkins Coie LLP, 1120 N.W. Couch Street, Tenth Floor, Portland, Oregon 97209-4128, or at such other location or on such other date as mutually agreed by the parties (the “Subsequent Closing Date” and, together with the Initial Closing Date, collectively the “Closing Dates”). At the Subsequent Closing, the Purchasers who are purchasing Preferred Units on the Subsequent Closing Date shall purchase Purchased Units as indicated on Schedule A attached hereto.

(c) The parties agree that the Closings may occur via delivery of this Agreement and other closing deliveries by facsimile, electronic mail, courier service or personal delivery.

Section 2.3 Mutual Conditions. The respective obligations of each party to consummate the purchase and issuance and sale of the Purchased Units to be purchased at the applicable Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to such Closing of each of the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by a party on behalf of itself in writing, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable Law):

(a) No Law shall have been enacted or promulgated, and no action shall have been taken, by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that temporarily, preliminarily or permanently restrains, precludes, enjoins or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or makes the transactions contemplated hereby illegal;

(b) There shall not be pending any suit, action or proceeding by any Governmental Authority seeking to restrain, preclude, enjoin or prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

(c) The closing of the Knarr Drop-down shall have occurred, or shall occur concurrently with the Initial Closing, on the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement relating to the sale and purchase of the entire ownership interests in Knarr L.L.C. and Teekay Knarr AS, dated April 6, 2015, by and between Teekay Corporation, as Vendor, and the Partnership, as Purchaser, as amended on June 29, 2015 (without material modification or amendment), and the Partnership shall be entitled to the full Lease Daily Rate (as that term is defined in the agreement for lease and operation in respect of the Vessel (Agreement No. 109205 CNT) dated 30 June 2011 between (i) Teekay Knarr AS and (ii) BG Norge Limited (Norwegian Branch), as amended and/or assigned or novated from time to time.

 

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Section 2.4 Each Purchaser’s Conditions. The obligation of each Purchaser to consummate the purchase of its Purchased Units to be purchased at the applicable Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to such Closing of each of the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by a particular Purchaser on behalf of itself in writing with respect to its Purchased Units, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable Law):

(a) The Partnership shall have performed and complied with the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed and complied with by the Partnership on or prior to the applicable Closing Date;

(b) The Conversion Units shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to notice of issuance;

(c) (i) The representations and warranties of the Partnership contained in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality or a Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct when made and as of the applicable Closing Date as if made on and as of the applicable Closing Date (except that any such representations and warranties made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct as of such date only) and (ii) all other representations and warranties of the Partnership contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and as of the applicable Closing Date as if made on and as of the applicable Closing Date (except that any such representations and warranties made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects as of such date only);

(d) The Partnership shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchasers at the applicable Closing, the Partnership’s closing deliveries described in Section 2.6;

(e) No notice of delisting from the NYSE shall have been received by the Partnership with respect to the Common Units;

(f) The Common Units shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE from trading on the NYSE nor shall suspension by the Commission or the NYSE have been threatened in writing by the Commission or the NYSE;

(g) Since the date of this Agreement, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred; and

(h) The Partnership shall have issued to Teekay Corporation the Convertible Promissory Note.

Section 2.5 The Partnership’s Conditions. The obligation of the Partnership to consummate the sale of Purchased Units to a Purchaser shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to the applicable Closing of each of the following conditions with respect to such Purchaser (any or all of which may be waived by the Partnership in writing, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable Law):

(a) (i) The representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct when made and as of the

 

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applicable Closing Date (except that any such representations and warranties made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct as of such date only) and (ii) all other representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and as of the applicable Closing Date (except that any such representations of such Purchaser made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects as of such date only); and

(b) Such Purchaser shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Partnership at the applicable Closing such Purchaser’s closing deliveries described in Section 2.7;

(c) By acceptance of the applicable Purchased Units, each Purchaser shall be deemed to have represented to the Partnership that such Purchaser has performed and complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed and complied with by it on or prior to the applicable Closing Date; and the representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality are true and correct as of the applicable Closing Date (except that any such representations and warranties made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct as of such date only) and all other representations and warranties of such Purchaser are true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Closing Date (except that any such representations and warranties made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects as of such date only).

Section 2.6 Partnership Deliveries. At the applicable Closing, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Partnership will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Purchaser:

(a) Evidence of issuance of the Purchased Units purchased by the Purchasers at such applicable Closing credited to book-entry accounts maintained by the transfer agent, bearing a restrictive notation meeting the requirements of the Partnership Agreement, as amended by the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, free and clear of any Liens, other than transfer restrictions under the Partnership Agreement, as amended by the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, or the Marshall Islands LP Act and applicable federal and state securities laws;

(b) A “Supplemental Listing Application” approving the Conversion Units for listing by the NYSE, subject to notice of issuance;

(c) A copy of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, duly executed by the General Partner, on behalf of itself and the limited partners of the Partnership, and Teekay Corporation.

(d) Copies of (i) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership and (ii) the Certificate of Formation of the General Partner, each certified by the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands as of a recent date;

 

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(e) A certificate of the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, dated a recent date, to the effect that each of the General Partner and the Partnership is in good standing;

(f) A cross-receipt executed by the Partnership and delivered to such Purchaser certifying that it has received the Purchase Price from such Purchaser as of the applicable Closing Date for the Purchased Units purchased thereby at such Closing;

(g) An opinion addressed to the Purchasers from Perkins Coie LLP, legal counsel to the Partnership, dated as of the applicable Closing Date, in the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit A;

(h) An opinion addressed to the Purchasers from Watson Farley & Williams LLP, special counsel to the Partnership relating to Marshall Islands and New York law, dated as of the applicable Closing Date, in the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit B;

(i) A certificate, dated the applicable Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, or by the Vice President or Secretary of the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, in his or her capacities as such, stating that:

(i) The Partnership has performed and complied with the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed and complied with by the Partnership on or prior to the applicable Closing Date; and

(ii) The representations and warranties of the Partnership contained in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect were true and correct when made and are true and correct as of the applicable Closing Date and all other representations and warranties of the Partnership were true and correct in all material respects when made and are true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Closing Date; in each case as though made at and as of the applicable Closing Date (except that representations and warranties made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct or true and correct in all material respects, as applicable, as of such date only);

(j) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, certifying as to (1) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership and the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, (2) the Certificate of Formation of the General Partner and the GP LLC Agreement, (3) board resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of the Basic Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance of the Purchased Units and (4) the signatures of the officers executing this Agreement;

(k) A duly executed waiver of the General Partner with respect to certain of its rights under the Partnership Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C;

(l) The Registration Rights Agreement, which shall have been duly executed by the Partnership and the General Partner;

 

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(m) The Convertible Promissory Note, which shall have been duly executed by the Partnership and acknowledged by Teekay Corporation; and

(n) Such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Purchasers or their counsel may reasonably request.

Section 2.7 Purchaser Deliveries. At the applicable Closing, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Purchaser will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Partnership:

(a) Payment to the Partnership of the Purchase Price with respect to such Purchased Units purchased by such Purchaser at such applicable Closing, as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the column titled “Initial Closing Purchase Price” or “Subsequent Closing Purchase Price”, as applicable, on Schedule A hereto, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account that the Partnership shall have designated, at least two Business Days prior to the applicable Closing Date, in writing;

(b) A cross-receipt executed by such Purchaser and delivered to the Partnership certifying that it has received its Purchased Units to be purchased thereby at such applicable Closing, as of the applicable Closing Date; and

(c) The Registration Rights Agreement, which shall have been duly executed by such Purchaser.

Section 2.8 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement. The failure or waiver of performance under this Agreement of any Purchaser by the Partnership does not excuse performance by any other Purchaser and the waiver of performance of the Partnership by any Purchaser does not excuse performance by the Partnership with respect to each other Purchaser. Nothing contained herein or in any other Basic Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Basic Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Partnership and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Partnership and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, for purposes of this Section the definition of “Basic Document” excludes the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership.

 

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP

The Partnership represents and warrants to each Purchaser as follows:

Section 3.1 Existence.

(a) Each of the Partnership Entities has been duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation, as the case may be, in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has the full limited liability company, limited partnership or corporate, as the case may be, power and authority, and has all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals, necessary to own, lease or hold its Properties and assets and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, and is duly registered or qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of Property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so register or qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of the Partnership Entities is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any provision of, in the case of the Partnership, the Partnership Agreement or its Certificate of Limited Partnership, in the case of the General Partner, any provision of its certification of formation or the GP LLC Agreement, or, in the case of any Subsidiary of the Partnership, its respective certificate of incorporation, certification of formation, certificate of limited partnership, bylaws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other similar organizational documents.

(c) The Partnership Agreement has been, and in the case of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, at the Initial Closing will be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the General Partner and is (or, in the case of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as of the Initial Closing Date will be) a valid and legally binding agreement of the General Partner, enforceable against the General Partner in accordance with its terms; the GP LLC Agreement (together with the Partnership Agreement, the “Operative Agreements”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the parties thereto, enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms; provided that, with respect to each Operative Agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and provided further, that the indemnity, contribution and exoneration provisions contained in any of such Operative Agreements may be limited by applicable laws and public policy.

Section 3.2 Capitalization and Valid Issuance of Purchased Units.

(a) On the applicable Closing Date, the Purchased Units shall have those rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions governing the Purchased Units as set forth in the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership.

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Series B Preferred Units); such general partner interest is the only general partner interest of the Partnership that is issued and outstanding; and such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued and is owned by the General Partner free and clear of any Liens (except restrictions on transferability contained in the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership).

(c) As of the date of this Agreement, and excluding the issuance and sale of the Purchased Units as contemplated hereby, the issued and outstanding limited partner interests of the Partnership consist of 92,413,598 Common Units, 6,000,000 of the Partnership’s 7.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units (“Series A Preferred Units”), 5,000,000 of the Partnership’s 8.50% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units (“Series B Preferred Units”) and the Incentive Distribution Rights (as defined in the Partnership Agreement). All outstanding Common Units, Series A Preferred Units, Series B Preferred Units and Incentive Distribution Rights and, as applicable, the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 30, 41, 51 and 60 of the Marshall Islands LP Act and the Partnership Agreement).

(d) The Purchased Units being purchased by the Purchasers hereunder and the limited partner interests represented thereby will be duly authorized by Partnership pursuant to Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, prior to the Initial Closing, and, when issued and delivered to the Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required by the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 30, 41, 51 and 60 of the Marshall Islands LP Act and the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership) and will be free of any and all Liens and restrictions on transfer, other than (i) restrictions on transfer under the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, or this Agreement and under applicable state and federal securities laws, (ii) such Liens as are created by the Purchasers and (iii) such Liens as arise under the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, or the Marshall Islands LP Act. Except as disclosed in the Partnership SEC Documents, there are no persons entitled to statutory, preemptive or other similar contractual rights to subscribe for the Purchased Units; and, except for the Purchased Units to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or as disclosed in the Partnership SEC Documents, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, partnership securities or ownership interests in the Partnership are outstanding.

(e) Upon issuance upon conversion of the Conversion Units in accordance with the terms of the Series C Preferred Units and the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, the Conversion Units will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required by the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 30, 41, 51 and 60 of the Marshall Islands LP Act and the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership) and will be free of any and all Liens and restrictions on transfer, other than (i) restrictions on transfer under the Basic Documents and under applicable state and federal securities laws, (ii) such Liens as are created by the Purchasers and (iii) such Liens as arise under the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership or the Marshall Islands LP Act.

 

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(f) The Common Units are listed on the NYSE, and the Partnership has not received any notice of delisting. The issuance and sale of the Purchased Units and the offer of the Conversion Units and issuance of such Conversion Units upon conversion of the Purchased Units does not contravene NYSE rules and regulations.

Section 3.3 Subsidiaries.

(a) The Partnership owns a 100% membership interest in OLP GP; such membership interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of OLP GP and is fully paid (to the extent required under such agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 20, 31, 40 and 49 of the Marshall Islands LLC Act and the organizational documents of OLP GP); and the Partnership owns such membership interest free and clear of all Liens except for Liens pursuant to credit agreements and related security agreements disclosed or referred to in the Partnership SEC Documents.

(b) The Partnership directly owns a 99.09% limited partner interest in the Operating Company and OLP GP directly owns a 0.91% general partner interest in the Operating Company; such partner interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the partnership agreement of the Operating Company and are fully paid (to the extent required under such agreement) and, with respect to the limited partner interests, are nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 30, 41, 51 and 60 of the Marshall Islands LP Act and the organizational documents of the Operating Company); and the Partnership and OLP GP own such partner interests free and clear of all Liens except for Liens pursuant to credit agreements and related security agreements disclosed or referred to in the Partnership SEC Documents.

(c) The Partnership and the Operating Company own, directly or indirectly, the equity interests of the Subsidiaries named in Exhibit 8.1 to the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014; such equity interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the organizational documents of each Subsidiary, and are fully paid (to the extent required under such organizational documents) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by the applicable statutes of the jurisdiction of formation of the applicable Operating Subsidiary and the relevant organizational documents); and the Partnership and the Operating Company, as applicable, own such equity interests free and clear of all Liens except for Liens pursuant to credit agreements and related security agreements disclosed or referred to in the Partnership SEC Documents.

Section 3.4 No Registration Required. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained in Article IV, the issuance and sale of the Purchased Units pursuant to this Agreement is exempt from registration requirements of the Securities Act, and neither the Partnership nor, to the knowledge of the Partnership, any authorized Representative acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action hereafter that would cause the loss of such exemption.

 

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Section 3.5 No Conflict. None of (i) the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Purchased Units and the application of the proceeds therefrom, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Basic Documents, or (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby conflicts or will conflict with, or results or will result in a breach or violation of or imposition of any Lien upon any Property or assets of the Partnership Entities pursuant to, (A) the formation or governing documents of any of the Partnership Entities, (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party, by which any of them is bound or to which any of their respective Properties or assets is subject, or (C) any Law applicable to any of the Partnership Entities or injunction of any court or governmental agency or body to which any of the Partnership Entities of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over any of the Partnership Entities or any of their Properties, except in the case of clause (B) for such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.6 No Default. None of the Partnership Entities is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its respective formation or governing documents, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party, by which it is bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any Law of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Partnership Entities or any of their Properties, as applicable, except, in the case of clauses (ii) or (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.7 Authority; Enforceability. The Partnership has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement. On the applicable Closing Date, the Partnership will have all requisite power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the Purchased Units to be purchased at the applicable Closing, in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership. On the Initial Closing Date, all partnership or limited liability company action, as the case may be, required to be taken by the General Partner and the Partnership for the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Purchased Units, the execution and delivery of the Basic Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby shall have been validly taken. No approval from the holders of outstanding Common Units is required under the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, or the rules of the NYSE in connection with the Partnership’s issuance and sale of the Purchased Units to the Purchasers. Each of the Basic Documents has been duly and validly authorized and has been or, with respect to the Basic Documents to be delivered at the Initial Closing, will be, validly executed and delivered by the Partnership or the General Partner, as the case may be, and constitutes, or will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Partnership or the General Partner, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity, and provided that any indemnity, contribution and exoneration provisions contained in the Basic Documents may be limited by applicable laws and public policy.

 

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Section 3.8 Approvals. Except as required by the Commission in connection with the Registration Rights Agreement, no authorization, consent, approval, waiver, license, qualification or written exemption from, nor any filing, declaration, qualification or registration with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Partnership of any of the Basic Documents or the Partnership’s issuance and sale of the Purchased Units, except (i) as may be required under the state securities or “Blue Sky” Laws, or (ii) where the failure to receive such authorization, consent, approval, waiver, license, qualification or written exemption or to make such filing, declaration, qualification or registration would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.9 Compliance with Laws. Neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Law applicable to the Partnership or its Subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Partnership and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Partnership nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit, except where such potential revocation or modification would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.10 Periodic Reports. The Partnership’s forms, registration statements, reports, schedules and statements required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (all such documents filed prior to the date hereof, collectively the “Partnership SEC Documents”) have been filed with the Commission on a timely basis. The Partnership SEC Documents, including, any audited or unaudited financial statements and any notes thereto or schedules included therein, at the time filed (or in the case of registration statements, solely on the dates of effectiveness) (except to the extent corrected by a subsequent Partnership SEC Document) (a) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (b) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as the case may be, (c) in the case of the financial statements, complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto, (d) in the case of the financial statements, were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, for the absence of certain footnote disclosure and normal, recurring year-end adjustments or as otherwise permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission), and (e) fairly present (subject in the case of unaudited statements to normal and recurring audit adjustments) in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended. In addition, the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by

 

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reference in the Partnership SEC Documents fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. KPMG LLP is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Partnership and the General Partner and has not resigned or been dismissed as independent registered public accountants of the Partnership as a result of or in connection with any disagreement with the Partnership on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures.

Section 3.11 Litigation. As of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Partnership SEC Documents, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which any Partnership Entity is a party or to which any Property or asset of any Partnership Entity is subject that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or which challenges the validity of this Agreement or the right of any Partnership Entity to enter into this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and, to the knowledge of the Partnership, no such proceedings are threatened by Governmental Authorities or others.

Section 3.12 Insurance. The Partnership and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged. The Partnership does not have any reason to believe that it or any Subsidiary will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

Section 3.13 Books and Records; Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.

(a) The Partnership and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Partnership is not aware of any material weakness in the internal controls over financial reporting of any of the Partnership Entities.

(b) The Partnership has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (to the extent required by and as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, which are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Partnership in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and communicated to the Partnership’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Partnership has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.

(c) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Partnership and, to the Partnership’s knowledge, the General Partner’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

 

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Section 3.14 No Material Adverse Changes. As of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Partnership SEC Documents, since December 31, 2014, there has been no change, event, occurrence, effect, fact, circumstance or condition that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.15 Certain Fees. No fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Partnership to brokers, finders, or investment bankers with respect to the sale of any of the Purchased Units or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Partnership agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser from and against any and all claims, demands, or liabilities for broker’s, finder’s, placement, or other similar fees or commissions incurred by the Partnership in connection with the sale of the Purchased Units or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 3.16 Investment Company Status. The Partnership is not an “investment company” or a company controlled by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 3.17 Passive Foreign Investment Company. To the knowledge of the Partnership, after consultation with United States federal income tax counsel, none of the Partnership Entities is a Passive Foreign Investment Company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Section 3.18 Tax Status. None of the Partnership Entities, other than the Partnership and the General Partner, has elected to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. Each of the Partnership Entities, other than the Partnership and the General Partner, has properly elected to be classified as a disregarded entity if it has one owner or as a partnership if it has more than one owner for United States federal income tax purposes (other than any Partnership Entity that is classified other than as a corporation without regard to whether it makes an election).

Section 3.19 Title to Property. Each of the Partnership Entities has good and marketable title to all real property and good title to all personal property described in the Partnership SEC Documents as owned by applicable Partnership Entities, free and clear of all Liens except such (i) as are described in the Partnership SEC Documents or (ii) as do not materially affect the value of such property, taken as a whole, and do not materially interfere with the use of such properties, taken as a whole, as they have been used in the past and are proposed to be used in the future, as described in the Partnership SEC Documents (the Liens described in clauses (i) and (ii) above being “Permitted Liens”); provided that with respect to any interest in real property and buildings held under lease by any Partnership Entity, such real property and buildings are held under valid and subsisting and enforceable leases (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)), with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use of the properties of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole as they have been used in the past as described in the Partnership SEC Documents and are proposed to be used in the future as described in the Partnership SEC Documents.

 

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Section 3.20 Form F-3 Eligibility. As of the applicable Closing Date, the Partnership is eligible to register the resale of its Series C Preferred Units and Common Units for resale by the Purchasers under Form F-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Section 3.21 Disclosure of Material Information. All documents presented (including the Partnership SEC Documents) and information provided to the Purchasers or their Representatives by the Partnership, or its Representatives, concerning the Partnership Entities, when taken together as a whole, are complete and accurate in all material respects. All forecasts and projections provided to the Purchasers were prepared in good faith using reasonable assumptions.

Section 3.22 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. No Partnership Entity, nor any director, officer, or employee, nor, to the knowledge of the Partnership Entities, any agent or representative of the Partnership Entities, has taken or will take any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (such act, including the rules and regulations thereunder, the “FCPA”), including, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and the Partnership Entities have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS

Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Partnership that:

Section 4.1 Existence. Such Purchaser is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with all requisite power and authority to own, lease, use and operate its Properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted.

Section 4.2 Authorization, Enforceability. Such Purchaser has all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and the execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the Basic Documents has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Purchaser; and the Basic Documents, when executed as of the date hereof or prior to the Initial Closing, as applicable,

 

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constitute or will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, fair dealing and good faith.

Section 4.3 No Breach. The execution, delivery and performance of the Basic Documents by such Purchaser and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated thereby will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement to which such Purchaser is a party or by which such Purchaser is bound or to which any of the Property or assets of such Purchaser is subject, (b) conflict with or result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of such Purchaser, or (c) violate any statute, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Purchaser or the property or assets of such Purchaser, except in the cases of clauses (a) and (c), for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents.

Section 4.4 Certain Fees. No fees or commissions are or will be payable by such Purchaser to brokers, finders, or investment bankers with respect to the purchase of any of the Purchased Units or the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership from and against any and all claims, demands or liabilities for broker’s, finder’s, placement, or other similar fees or commissions incurred by such Purchaser or alleged to have been incurred by such Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Units or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.5 Unregistered Securities.

(a) Such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and is able to bear the risk of its investment in Purchased Units and the Conversion Units. Such Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Purchased Units and the Conversion Units. Such Purchaser is a resident for purposes of state “blue sky” securities laws of the jurisdiction set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.

(b) Such Purchaser understands that the Purchased Units and the Conversion Units will bear a restrictive legend or legends as provided in Section 16.10 of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership until such legends may be removed pursuant to such Section 16.10.

(c) Such Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased Units for its own account and not with a view to distribution in violation of any securities laws. Such Purchaser has been advised and understands that neither the Purchased Units nor the Conversion Units have been registered under the Securities Act or under the “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act (or if eligible, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act). Such Purchaser

 

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has been advised and understands that the Partnership, in issuing the Purchased Units (and any Conversion Units upon conversion of the Purchased Units), is relying upon, among other things, the representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained in this Article IV in concluding that such issuance is a “private offering” and is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

(d) Such Purchaser understands that there is no public trading market for the Purchased Units, that none is expected to develop and that the Purchased Units must be held indefinitely unless and until Purchased Units or Conversion Units received upon conversion thereof are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is available. Each Purchaser is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

(e) Such Purchaser understands that the Purchased Units are being offered and sold in reliance on a transactional exemption from the registration requirements of federal and state securities laws and that the Partnership is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the applicability of such exemptions and the suitability of such Purchaser to acquire the Purchased Units and the Conversion Units issuable upon conversion thereof.

Section 4.6 Short Selling. No Purchaser has engaged in any Short Sales involving Common Units owned by it between May 26, 2015 and the date of execution of this Agreement.

Section 4.7 Purchaser Investigation; Partnership Projections. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that it has made its own inquiry and investigation into, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning the Partnership and its businesses and operations and prospects, and such Purchaser has been furnished with or given full access to such information about the Partnership and its businesses and operations as it requested. In connection with such Purchaser’s investigation of the Partnership and its businesses and operations, such Purchaser and its Representatives have received from the Partnership or its Representatives certain projections and other forecasts for the Partnership and certain estimates, plans and budget information. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (a) there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make such projections, forecasts, estimates, plans and budgets, (b) such Purchaser is familiar with such uncertainties and (c) such Purchaser is taking full responsibility for making its own evaluations of the adequacy and accuracy of all estimates, projections, forecasts, plans and budgets so furnished to it or its Representatives.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

Section 5.1 Taking of Necessary Action. Each of the parties hereto shall use its commercially reasonable efforts promptly to take or cause to be taken all action and promptly to do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Partnership and each Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make all filings and obtain all consents of Governmental Authorities that may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the other parties, as the case may be, advisable for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.2 Other Actions. The Partnership shall, prior to the applicable Closing, file a supplemental listing application with the NYSE to list the Conversion Units.

Section 5.3 Modification of Convertible Promissory Note. The Partnership shall not amend or modify, or otherwise agree to any waiver of any provision of, the Convertible Promissory Note relating to the conversion of debt into Common Units, including Section 2.2 thereof, without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. There shall be no refinancing of the Convertible Promissory Note prior to the Teekay Corporation Investment. If the Teekay Corporation Investment has not occurred in accordance with this Section 5.3 by July 31, 2015, the Partnership shall promptly offer to purchase all outstanding Purchased Units at a price equal to the Series C Preferred Unit Price.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.1 Indemnification by the Partnership. The Partnership agrees to indemnify each Purchaser and its Representatives (collectively, “Purchaser Related Parties”) from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all actions, suits, proceedings (including any investigations, litigation or inquiries), demands, and causes of action, and, in connection therewith, and promptly upon demand, pay or reimburse each of them for all costs, losses, liabilities, damages, or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, including, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and all other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such matter that may be incurred by them or asserted against or involve any of them as a result of, arising out of, or in any way related to the breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Partnership contained herein, provided that such claim for indemnification relating to a breach of the representations or warranties is made prior to the expiration of such representations or warranties; and provided further, that no Purchaser Related Party shall be entitled to recover special, indirect, incidental, consequential (including lost profits or diminution in value) or punitive damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, indirect, incidental and consequential damages shall not be deemed to include diminution in value of the Purchased Units to the extent resulting from, arising out of or in any way related to the breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Partnership contained herein, which is specifically included in damages covered by the Purchaser Related Parties’ indemnification.

Section 6.2 Indemnification by Purchasers. Each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify the Partnership, the General Partner and their respective Representatives (collectively, “Partnership Related Parties”) from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all actions, suits, proceedings (including any investigations, litigation or inquiries), demands, and causes of action, and, in connection therewith, and promptly upon demand, pay or reimburse each of them for all costs, losses, liabilities, damages, or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, including, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and all other reasonable

 

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expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such matter that may be incurred by them or asserted against or involve any of them as a result of, arising out of, or in any way related to the breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of such Purchaser contained herein, provided that such claim for indemnification relating to a breach of the representations and warranties is made prior to the expiration of such representations and warranties; and provided further, that no Partnership Related Party shall be entitled to recover special, indirect, incidental, consequential (including lost profits or diminution in value) or punitive damages; and provided further, that in no event shall the liability of any Purchaser exceed the amount of such Purchaser’s Purchase Price.

Section 6.3 Indemnification Procedure. Promptly after any Partnership Related Party or Purchaser Related Party (hereinafter, the “Indemnified Party”) has received notice of any indemnifiable claim hereunder, or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by a third person, which the Indemnified Party believes in good faith is an indemnifiable claim under this Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall give the indemnitor hereunder (the “Indemnifying Party”) written notice of such claim or the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding, but failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability it may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure. Such notice shall state the nature and the basis of such claim to the extent then known. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend and settle, at its own expense and by its own counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party, any such matter as long as the Indemnifying Party pursues the same diligently and in good faith. If the Indemnifying Party undertakes to defend or settle any such action or claim, it shall promptly notify the Indemnified Party of its intention to do so, and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel in all commercially reasonable respects in the defense thereof and the settlement thereof. Such cooperation shall include, but shall not be limited to, furnishing the Indemnifying Party with any books, records and other information reasonably requested by the Indemnifying Party and in the Indemnified Party’s possession or control. Such cooperation of the Indemnified Party shall be at the cost of the Indemnifying Party. After the Indemnifying Party has notified the Indemnified Party of its intention to undertake to defend or settle any such asserted liability, and for so long as the Indemnifying Party diligently pursues such defense, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any additional legal expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with any defense or settlement of such asserted liability; provided, however, that the Indemnified Party shall be entitled (i) at its expense, to participate in the defense of such asserted liability and the negotiations of the settlement thereof and (ii) if (A) the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense or employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party or (B) if the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall have concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to the Indemnified Party that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party or if the interests of the Indemnified Party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to select a separate counsel and to assume such legal defense and otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other expenses related to such participation to be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party as incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not settle any indemnified claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party, unless the settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, includes a complete release from liability of, and does not include any admission of wrongdoing or malfeasance by, the Indemnified Party.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1 Interpretation. Article, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The word “including” shall mean “including but not limited to.” Whenever any party has an obligation under this Agreement, the expense of complying with that obligation shall be an expense of such party unless otherwise specified herein. Whenever any determination, consent, or approval is to be made or given by any party under this Agreement, such action shall be in such party’s sole discretion unless otherwise specified herein. If any provision in this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, not binding, or unenforceable, (i) such provision shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, not binding, or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and (ii) the parties thereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible. When calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded. If the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day. Any words imparting the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa. The words such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereof” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words appear unless the context otherwise requires. The provision of a Table of Contents, the division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect or be utilized in construing or interpreting this Agreement. This Agreement has been reviewed and negotiated by sophisticated parties with access to legal counsel and shall not be construed against the drafter.

Section 7.2 Survival of Provisions. The representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.7, 3.8, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 hereunder shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement indefinitely, and the other representations and warranties set forth herein shall survive for a period of twelve (12) months following the applicable Closing Date regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Partnership or any Purchaser. The covenants made in this Agreement shall, unless otherwise specified therein, survive the applicable Closing of the transactions described herein and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of acceptance of any of the Purchased Units and payment therefor and repayment, conversion, exercise or repurchase thereof. All indemnification obligations of the Partnership and the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement and the provisions of Article VI shall remain operative and in full force and effect unless such obligations are expressly terminated in a writing by the parties, regardless of any purported general termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.3 No Waiver; Modifications in Writing.

(a) No failure or delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power, or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or remedy. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to a party at law or in equity or otherwise.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, no amendment, waiver, consent, modification, or termination of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless signed by each of the parties thereto affected by such amendment, waiver, modification or termination. Any amendment, supplement or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any departure by the Partnership or any Purchaser from the terms of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement, no notice to or demand on the Partnership or any Purchaser in any case shall entitle the Partnership or such Purchaser to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

Section 7.4 Binding Effect; Assignment.

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon the Partnership, the Purchasers, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

(b) All or any portion of the rights and obligations of any Purchaser under this Agreement may be transferred by such Purchaser to any Affiliate of such Purchaser without the consent of the Partnership. No portion of the rights and obligations of any Purchaser under this Agreement may be transferred by such Purchaser to a non-Affiliate without the prior written consent of the Partnership (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld by the Partnership). As a condition to any assignment hereunder, the assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, and, notwithstanding any such assignment, the Purchaser shall remain liable for the payment of the purchase price of the applicable Purchased Units if not timely paid by such assignee. The Partnership may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person.

Section 7.5 Disclosure.

(a) The Partnership Entities and any of their respective Representatives shall disclose the identity of, or any other information concerning the Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates only after providing the Purchasers a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such disclosure (with such comments being incorporated or reflected, to the extent reasonable, in any such disclosure); provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7.5 shall delay any required filing or other disclosure with the Commission, NYSE or any Governmental Authority or otherwise hinder the Partnership Entities’ or their Representatives’ ability to timely comply with all laws or rules and regulations of the Commission, NYSE or other Governmental Authority.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.5, the Partnership and the General Partner agree that the Purchasers may, subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, (i) publicize in its marketing materials that the Purchaser acted as “Purchaser” in connection with the Purchased Units (which may include the reproduction of the Partnership’s logos) and, (ii) with respect to any marketing material distributed to a Purchasers’ Affiliates or funds managed or advised by a Purchaser or investors or potential investors of such funds, the Purchasers may disclose general information (including the size of the Purchaser’s investment and pricing terms) that is customary for such client or fund raising marketing.

Section 7.6 Communications. All notices and demands provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, telecopy, air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or personal delivery to the following addresses:

(a) If to any Purchaser:

To the respective address listed on Schedule B hereof

(b) If to the Partnership:

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.

4th Floor, Belvedere Building

69 Pitts Bay Road

Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile: (441) 292-3931

with a copy to:

Perkins Coie LLP

1120 N.W. Couch Street, 10th Floor

Portland, Oregon 97209-4128

Attention: David Matheson

Facsimile: (503) 346-2008

or to such other address as the Partnership or such Purchaser may designate in writing. All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; at the time of transmittal, if sent via electronic mail; upon actual receipt if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or regular mail, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent via facsimile; and upon actual receipt when delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Section 7.7 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

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their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto and thereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein or the other Basic Documents with respect to the rights granted by the Partnership or any of its Affiliates or any Purchaser or any of its Affiliates set forth herein. This Agreement, the other Basic Documents and the other agreements and documents referred to herein or therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter, other than the Confidentiality Agreement dated as of May 26, 2015 between the Partnership and Magnetar Capital LLC (the “Confidentiality Agreement”).

Section 7.9 Governing Law. This Agreement will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts laws thereof that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.

Section 7.10 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, including facsimile or .pdf format counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

Section 7.11 Termination.

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated at any time at or prior to the Initial Closing by (i) with respect to any particular Purchaser, the written consent of such Purchaser, upon a breach in any material respect by the Partnership of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any particular Purchaser, written notice by the Partnership to such Purchaser upon a breach in any material respect by such Purchaser of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the termination of this Agreement with respect to any particular Purchaser shall not affect the Agreement with respect to any other Purchaser.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall automatically terminate (i) at any time at or prior to the Closing if a statute, rule, order, decree or regulation shall have been enacted or promulgated, or if any action shall have been taken by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that permanently restrains, permanently precludes, permanently enjoins or otherwise permanently prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or makes the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal or (ii) if the Initial Closing shall not have occurred by July 31, 2015.

(c) In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 7.11, (1) this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void, and (2) there shall be no liability on the part of any Party hereto, except as set forth in Article VI of this Agreement.

Section 7.12 Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Common Units. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to any and all equity interests of the Partnership or any successor or assign of the Partnership (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of, the Common Units, and shall be appropriately adjusted for combinations, recapitalizations and the like occurring after the date of this Agreement and prior to the applicable Closing.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Agreement, effective as of the date first above written.

 

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
By: TEEKAY OFFSHORE GP L.L.C.
(its General Partner)
By:

    /s/ Peter Evensen

Name:  Peter Evensen
Title:    Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

Signature Page to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


MTP ENERGY FUND, LTD:
By: MTP Energy Management LLC, its Investment Advisor
By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its Sole Member
By:

    /s/ Michael Turro

Name:  Michael Turro
Title: Chief Compliance Officer

 

MTP ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND LLC:
By: MTP Energy Management LLC, its Managing Member
By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its Sole Member
By:

    /s/ Michael Turro

Name:  Michael Turro
Title: Chief Compliance Officer

 

MTP ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND II LLC:
By: MTP Energy Management LLC, its Managing Member
By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its Sole Member
By:

    /s/ Michael Turro

Name:  Michael Turro
Title: Chief Compliance Officer

 

MTP ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND II CAYMAN LP:
By: MTP EOF II GP Ltd, its General Partner
By:

    /s/ Michelle Morgan

Name:  Michelle Morgan
Title: Director

 

Signature Page to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


TRIANGLE PEAK PARTNERS II, LP
By: Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC, its General Partner
By:

    /s/ Michael C. Morgan

Name:  Michael C. Morgan
Title: Managing Member

 

TPP II ANNEX FUND, LP
By: Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC, its General Partner
By:

    /s/ Michael C. Morgan

Name:  Michael C. Morgan
Title: Managing Member

 

Signature Page to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Schedule A – List of Purchasers and Commitment Amounts

 

Purchaser

Initial
Closing
Series C
Preferred
Units
  Initial Closing
Purchase
Price*
  Subsequent
Closing
Series C
Preferred
Units
  Subsequent
Closing
Purchase Price*
  Total
Series C
Preferred
Units
  Total Purchase
Price*
 

MTP Energy Fund, LTD

  4,175,365    $ 99,999,991.75      —        —        4,175,365    $ 99,999,991.75   
MTP Energy Opportunities Fund LLC   584,551    $ 13,999,996.45      —        —        584,551    $ 13,999,996.45   
MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II LLC   —        —        4,559,499    $ 109,200,001.05      4,559,499    $ 109,200,001.05   
MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II Cayman LP   —        —        450,939    $ 10,799,989.05      450,939    $ 10,799,989.05   

Triangle Peak Partners II, LP

  125,261    $ 3,000,000.95      —        —        125,261    $ 3,000,000.95   

TPP II Annex Fund, LP

  542,798    $ 13,000,012.10      —        —        542,798    $ 13,000,012.10   

* The Purchase Price for each Purchaser is equal to the product of (i) the number of Series C Preferred Units set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name under the column titled “Initial Closing Series C Preferred Units”, “Subsequent Closing Series C Preferred Units” or “Total Series C Preferred Units”, as applicable, above, multiplied by (ii) the Series C Preferred Unit Price ($23.95 per unit).

 

Schedule A to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Schedule B – Notice and Contact Information

 

Purchaser

Notice and Contact Information

MTP Energy Fund LTD

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

MTP Energy Opportunities Fund LLC

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II LLC

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II Cayman LP

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

Triangle Peak Partners II, LP

Triangle Peak Partners II, LP

c/o Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC

PO Box 3788

Carmel, California 93921

Attn: Scott Bilyeu, CFO

Facsimile: (831) 622-0435

Email: scott@trianglepeakpartners.com

 

Schedule B to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


TPP II Annex Fund, LP

TPP II Annex Fund, LP

c/o Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC

PO Box 3788

Carmel, California 93921

Attn: Scott Bilyeu, CFO

Facsimile: (831) 622-0435

Email: scott@trianglepeakpartners.com

 

Schedule B to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Exhibit A – Form of Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”). The Partnership shall furnish to the Purchasers at the applicable Closing an opinion of Perkins Coie LLP, counsel for the Partnership, addressed to the Purchasers and dated the applicable Closing Date in form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, stating that:

 

  i. To our knowledge, except as described in the Partnership SEC Documents filed prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement, there are no outstanding options, warrants, or agreements for the purchase or acquisition from the Partnership of Partnership securities or ownership interests in the Partnership, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for Partnership securities or ownership interests in the Partnership.

 

  ii. No consent, approval, authorization or other action by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required for the issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Purchased Units, the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership of the Operative Documents or the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents, except for (a) those required by the Commission in connection with the Partnership’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement and (b) those that have been obtained or as may be required under state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, as to which we do not express any opinion.

 

  iii. To our knowledge, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between any of the Teekay Entities and any person granting such person the right to require any of the Teekay Entities to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Partnership owned or to be owned by such person or to require any of the Teekay Entities to include such securities in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by any Teekay Entity under the Act, except for any such rights held by the General Partner or an Affiliate (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) of the General Partner pursuant to the Partnership Agreement.

 

  iv. None of the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Purchased Units, the execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents by the Partnership, or the completion of the transactions contemplated thereby conflicts with or constitutes a breach or violation of, or a default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default), any indenture, contract, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 (including any document filed as an exhibit to any document incorporated by reference therein) (collectively, the “Material Agreements”). (We do not comment or opine as to compliance with any financial covenants or financial ratios contained in any such documents.)

 

  v.

Based in part upon the Partnership’s and the Purchaser’s representations and warranties in, and on the facts and circumstances contemplated by, the Purchase Agreement, the offer,

 

Exhibit A to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


  issuance and sale of the Purchased Units by the Partnership to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement do not require registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act. (We do not comment or opine as to any subsequent sale of the Purchased Units.)

 

  vi. The Partnership is not, and immediately after giving effect to the use of proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Units pursuant to the Purchase Agreement will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Exhibit A to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Exhibit B – Form of Opinion of Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”). The Partnership shall furnish to the Purchasers at the applicable Closing an opinion of Watson Farley & Williams LLP, special counsel to the Partnership relating to Marshall Islands and New York law, addressed to the Purchasers and dated the applicable Closing Date in form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, stating that:

 

  i. Each of the Partnership and the Operating Company has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited partnership under Marshall Islands Law, and has the limited partnership power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the Partnership’s reports and statements filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC Documents”).

 

  ii. Each of the General Partner and the OLP GP has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under Marshall Islands Law, and each has the limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the SEC Documents.

 

  iii. Each of the Marshall Islands Significant Subsidiaries is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, under Marshall Islands Law, and each has the limited liability company or corporate power, as applicable, and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the SEC Documents.

 

  iv. The Units to be issued and sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly authorized in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and, when issued and delivered to the purchaser thereof against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 30, 41, 51 and 60 of the Marshall Islands Limited Partnership Act and except as may otherwise be provided in the Partnership Agreement).

 

  v. Except as described in the SEC Documents, and except as contained in Articles V, VII, XI, XV and XVI of the Partnership Agreement, the Partnership Agreement does not contain any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase any limited partner interests in the Partnership.

 

  vi.

The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, do not (i) conflict with or constitute a violation of the organizational documents of any of the Teekay Parties or the Marshall

 

Exhibit B to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


  Islands Significant Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with or constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default), the agreements or instruments governed by Marshall Islands Law or New York Law and listed on Schedule 2 hereto, (iii) violate Marshall Islands Law or New York Law, or (iv) violate any judgment, order or decree of which we are aware of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority situated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands directed to any of the Teekay Parties or the Marshall Islands Significant Subsidiaries in a proceeding before such court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to which any of them is a party.

 

  vii. No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification of or with any court, governmental agency or body of the Republic of the Marshall Islands having jurisdiction over the Teekay Parties or any of the Marshall Islands Significant Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is required in connection with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement by the General Partner in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, the performance of the transactions contemplated thereby by the Partnership or the performance by the Partnership of its obligations thereunder, including the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

  viii. The choice of New York law to govern the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement constitutes a valid choice of law under Marshall Islands Law.

 

  ix. Each of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the General Partner in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Partnership, enforceable against the Partnership in accordance with its terms.

 

Exhibit B to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Exhibit C – Form of General Partner Waiver

[Date]

Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C. (the “General Partner”), a Marshall Islands limited liability company and the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”), in its own capacity and in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, hereby waives any preemptive rights it may hold pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of April 13, 2015, as amended, with respect to the Partnership’s privately-negotiated Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2015, by and among the Partnership and each of the Purchasers set forth in Schedule A thereto, to issue and sell an aggregate of 10,438,413 Series C Preferred Units representing limited partner interests of the Partnership for a cash purchase price of $23.95 per Series C Preferred Unit.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executes this General Partner Waiver, effective as of the date first above written.

 

TEEKAY OFFSHORE GP L.L.C.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

Exhibit C to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Exhibit D – Form of Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership

 

Exhibit D to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Exhibit E – Form of Convertible Promissory Note

 

Exhibit E to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement


Exhibit F – Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

Exhibit F to Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement



EXHIBIT 10.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

by and among

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.

and

THE PURCHASERS NAMED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO

 

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

Article I DEFINITIONS

     1   

Section 1.01 Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02 Registrable Securities

     6   

Article II REGISTRATION RIGHTS

     6   

Section 2.01 Registration

     6   

Section 2.02 Piggyback Rights

     10   

Section 2.03 Delay Rights

     11   

Section 2.04 Underwritten Offerings

     13   

Section 2.05 Sale Procedures

     14   

Section 2.06 Cooperation by Holders

     18   

Section 2.07 Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities

     18   

Section 2.08 Expenses

     19   

Section 2.09 Indemnification

     19   

Section 2.10 Rule 144 Reporting

     22   

Section 2.11 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights

     22   

Section 2.12 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights

     23   

Section 2.13 Compliance

     23   

Section 2.14 Information

     23   

Article III MISCELLANEOUS

     23   

Section 3.01 Communications

     23   

Section 3.02 Successor and Assigns

     24   

Section 3.03 Assignment of Rights

     24   

Section 3.04 Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Units

     24   

Section 3.05 Aggregation of Registrable Securities

     25   

Section 3.06 Specific Performance

     25   

Section 3.07 Counterparts

     25   

Section 3.08 Headings

     25   

Section 3.09 Governing Law

     25   

Section 3.10 Severability of Provisions

     25   

Section 3.11 Entire Agreement

     25   

Section 3.12 Amendment

     26   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Section 3.13 No Presumption

     26   

Section 3.14 Obligations Limited to Parties to Agreement

     26   

Section 3.15 Independent Nature of Purchaser’s Obligations

     26   

Section 3.16 Interpretation

     27   

 

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 1, 2015, by and among Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and each of the Persons set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

WHEREAS, this Agreement is made in connection with the closings of the issuance and sale of the Purchased Units pursuant to the Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2015, by and among the Partnership and the Purchasers (the “Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Partnership has agreed to provide the registration and other rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Purchasers pursuant to the Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to them in the Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement. The terms set forth below are used herein as so defined:

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.

Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership.

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) under the Securities Act.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, any federal legal holiday or day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or State of Texas are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


Common Initial Filing Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement.

Common Unit Price” means $23.95, and shall be appropriately adjusted for combinations, unit splits, recapitalizations, pro rata distributions of units and the like occurring after the date of this Agreement, in each case relating to the Common Units.

Common Unit Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Units issued or issuable upon the conversion of the Preferred Units acquired by the Purchasers pursuant to the Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement, and (ii) any Common Units issued as Liquidated Damages pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement, and includes any type of interest issued to the Holder as a result of Section 3.04 of this Agreement.

Common Unit Registration Statement” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement.

Common Units” has the meaning specified therefor in Article I of the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement.

Demand Holder” means any Magnetar Holder.

Effectiveness Period” means, (i) with respect to a particular Registration Statement that covers the offer and resale of all Common Unit Registrable Securities, the period beginning when such Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act and ending at the time all Common Unit Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities and (ii) with respect to a particular Registration Statement that covers the offer and resale of Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, the period beginning when such Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act and ending at the time all Registrable Securities (including Common Units issuable upon any conversion of such Preferred Unit Registrable Securities) covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

Exchange Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Funded Underwritten Offering” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08(a) of this Agreement.

General Partner” means Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local or foreign government, or other governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

Holder” means the record holder of any Registrable Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with Section 3.05 of this Agreement, for purposes of determining the availability of any rights and applicability of any obligations under this Agreement, including, calculating the amount of Registrable Securities held by a Holder (including a Magnetar Holder), a Holder’s Registrable Securities shall be aggregated together with all Registrable Securities held by other Holders who are Affiliates of such Holder.

 

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In-Kind LD Amount” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(d) of this Agreement.

Included Registrable Securities” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement.

Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, order, code, governmental restriction, decree, injunction or other requirement of law, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, of any Governmental Authority.

LD Period” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(d) of this Agreement.

LD Termination Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(d) of this Agreement.

Liquidated Damages” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(d) of this Agreement.

Liquidated Damages Multiplier” means, (i) for Common Unit Registrable Securities, the product of the Common Unit Price times the number of Common Units (which in the case of Common Units subject to issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Units shall be the number of Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Units at the date of determination) held by such Holder that may not be sold without restriction and without the need for current public information pursuant to any section of Rule 144 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) under the Securities Act and (ii) for Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, the product of the Common Unit Price times the number of Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities held by such Holder at the date of determination.

Losses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.09(a) of this Agreement.

Magnetar Holder” means any of MTP Energy Fund LTD, MTP Energy Opportunities Fund LLC, MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II LLC, and MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II Cayman LP, when such Person is a record holder of any Registrable Securities, and any other record holder of Registrable Securities transferred or assigned by a Magnetar Holder to such holder in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Agreement, provided that immediately following such transfer or assignment, such transferee or assignee (together with such transferee or assignee’s Affiliates) holds Registrable Securities that represent at least $50.0 million of Registrable Securities (calculated based on the Registrable Securities Amount).

Managing Underwriter” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, the book-running lead manager or managers of such Underwritten Offering.

NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

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Opt-Out Notice” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement.

Parity Securities” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(b) of this Agreement.

Partnership” has the meaning specified therefor in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Person” means an individual or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

Piggyback Threshold Amount” means $10.0 million.

Preferred Demand Notice” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement.

Preferred Initial Filing Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement.

Preferred Units” means Series C Preferred Units representing limited partnership interests of the Partnership, as described in the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement and issued pursuant to the Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement and the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement.

Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Preferred Unit Registrable Securities” means the Preferred Units acquired by the Purchasers pursuant to the Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement.

Preferred Unit Registration Statement” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement.

Purchaser” and “Purchasers” have the meanings specified therefor in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, the Common Unit Registrable Securities and the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, as further defined in Section 1.02.

Registrable Securities Amount” means, without duplication, (i) for the Common Unit Registrable Securities, the calculation based on the product of the Common Unit Price times the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities; and (ii) for the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, the calculation based on the product of the Common Unit Price times the number of Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities.

 

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Registration Expenses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08(b) of this Agreement.

Registration Statement” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Selling Expenses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08(b) of this Agreement.

Selling Holder” means a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement.

Selling Holder Indemnified Persons” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.09(a) of this Agreement.

Subsequent Closing Date” has the meaning specified therefor in the Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement.

Target Effective Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(d) of this Agreement.

Teekay” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(b) of this Agreement.

Underwritten Offering” means an offering (including an offering pursuant to a Registration Statement) in which Common Units or Preferred Units, as the case may be, are sold to one or more underwriters on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public or an offering that is a “bought deal” with one or more investment banks.

Underwritten Offering Notice” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.04(a) of this Agreement.

Underwritten Offering Withdrawal” has the meaning specified therein in Section 2.04(a) of this Agreement.

VWAP Price” means, for each such period of measurement, the volume weighted average closing price of a Common Unit on the national securities exchange on which the Common Units are then listed (or admitted to trading).

Section 1.02 Registrable Securities. Any Registrable Security will cease to be a Registrable Security (a) when a registration statement covering such Registrable Security becomes or has been declared effective by the Commission and such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement; (b) when such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of (excluding transfers or assignments by a Holder to an Affiliate of such Holder) pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) under the Securities Act under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of such Rule (then in effect) are met, other than any obligation by the

 

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Purchaser to file a Form 144; (c) when such Registrable Security is held by the Partnership or one of its subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided, however, that none of the Purchasers or their Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of the Partnership for purposes of this clause (c); or (d) when such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of such securities pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 2.01 Registration.

(a) Effectiveness Deadline. No later than 30 Business Days following the Subsequent Closing Date, the Partnership shall prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act to permit the public resale of all Common Unit Registrable Securities to be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Units pursuant to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) under the Securities Act, on the terms and conditions specified in this Section 2.01 (a “Common Unit Registration Statement”) and subject to any transfer restrictions in the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement. The Common Unit Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this Section 2.01(a) shall be on Form F-3 (or such successor form thereto permitting shelf registration of securities under the Securities Act), covering the Common Unit Registrable Securities, which shall contain a prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell its Common Unit Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 (or any successor or similar rule adopted by the Commission then in effect) under the Securities Act at any time beginning on the effective date thereof. The Common Unit Registration Statement shall not be filed as an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. The Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Unit Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.01(a) to become or be declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter, but in no event later than 180 calendar days after the initial filing date of such Common Unit Registration Statement (the “Common Initial Filing Date”). During the Effectiveness Period, the Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.01(a) to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Common Unit Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another registration statement is available for the resale of the Common Unit Registrable Securities until all Common Unit Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

(b) Registration Statement. Any Demand Holder has the option and right, one time after January 15, 2017, exercisable by providing a written notice to the Partnership (a “Preferred Demand Notice”), to require the Partnership to, pursuant to the terms of and subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement, prepare and file a registration statement (the “Preferred Unit Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act to permit the resale of all Preferred Unit Registrable Securities from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) under the Securities Act with respect to all of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities (the “Preferred Unit Registration Statement,” with each such Common Unit Registration Statement and Preferred

 

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Unit Registration Statement, as the case may be, for purposes of this Agreement, a “Registration Statement”) and subject to any transfer restrictions in the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement. The Partnership shall file the Preferred Unit Registration Statement (the “Preferred Initial Filing Date”) with respect to the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 calendar days, following receipt of such Preferred Demand Notice. The Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (i) to cause the Preferred Unit Registration Statement filed, with respect to the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, pursuant to this Section 2.01(b) to become or be declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter, but in any event, in the case of a Preferred Unit Registration Statement that is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, prior to the date that is 180 calendar days after the Preferred Initial Filing Date for such Preferred Unit Registration Statement with the Commission and (ii) to cause such Preferred Unit Registration Statement to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Preferred Unit Registration Statement is available for the resale of all Preferred Unit Registrable Securities covered by such Preferred Unit Registration Statement until all Preferred Unit Registrable Securities covered by such Preferred Unit Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities. If the Partnership is eligible to use an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to register the offer and resale of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities at a Demand Notice Date, and the Demand Notice requests the Partnership use an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, the Preferred Unit Registration Statement shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. If the Partnership is not eligible to use an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement to register the offer and resale of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities at the Demand Notice Date, then it shall not have any obligation under this Section 2.01(b) or any liability for failure to file the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, and the Preferred Unit Registration Statement shall be a Registration Statement on Form F-3 (or such successor form thereto permitting shelf registration of securities under the Securities Act). The Demand Holders, in the aggregate, shall have the right to no more than one (1) Preferred Unit Registration Statement to be filed to register the offer and resale of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities. The Preferred Unit Registration Statement that registers the offer and resale of Preferred Unit Registrable Securities shall also register the offer and sale of the number of Common Units issuable upon any conversion of such Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, to the extent such Common Units are not then subject to another Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

(c) Compliance. When effective, a Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated therein by reference) will comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and will, when it becomes effective, not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained in such Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made). The Partnership shall not include in a Registration Statement contemplated by Section 2.01(b) any securities which are not Registrable Securities, other than Common Units that are to be offered and sold for the Partnership’s own account pursuant to an Underwritten Offering without the prior written consent of each of the Demand Holders that are Selling Holders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. With respect to Common Units included in a Registration Statement pursuant to the preceding sentence, if the Managing Underwriter of any proposed Underwritten Offering of Common Units included in an Underwritten Offering involving Included Registrable

 

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Securities advises the Partnership that the total amount of Common Units that the Partnership and the Selling Holders intend to include in such offering exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Units offered or the market for the Common Units, then the Common Units to be included in such Underwritten Offering shall include the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities that such Managing Underwriter advises the Partnership can be sold without having such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated (i) first, pro rata among the Selling Holders who have requested participation in such Underwritten Offering, based, for each Selling Holder, on the percentage derived by dividing (x) the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by such Selling Holder by (y) the aggregate number of Common Unit Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by all Selling Holders, (ii) second, to the Partnership and (iii) third, to any current or future holder of any securities of the Partnership granted registration rights in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof. As soon as practicable following the date that a Registration Statement becomes effective, but in any event within two (2) Business Days of such date, the Partnership shall provide the Holders with written notice of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

(d) Failure to Go Effective. If a Registration Statement required by Section 2.01 is not declared effective (i) with respect to Common Unit Registrable Securities, prior to the later of (a) such date as any Preferred Units convert into Common Units for any reason pursuant to the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, or (b) 180 days after the Initial Filing Date or (ii) with respect to Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, within 180 days after the Initial Filing Date for such Registration Statement (each a “Target Effective Date”), then each Holder shall be entitled to a payment (with respect to the Registrable Securities of each such Holder), as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, of 0.25% of the Liquidated Damages Multiplier per 90-day period, that shall accrue daily, for the first 90 days following such Target Effective Date, increasing by an additional 0.25% of the Liquidated Damages Multiplier per 90-day period, that shall accrue daily, for each subsequent 90 days (i.e., 0.5% for 91-180 days following the Target Effective Date, 0.75% for 181-270 days following the Target Effective Date and 1.0% thereafter), up to a maximum of 1.00% of the Liquidated Damages Multiplier per 90-day period (the “Liquidated Damages”); provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Liquidated Damages payable by the Partnership per Purchased Unit may not exceed: (i) for Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, 8.0% of the Common Unit Price, and (ii) for Common Unit Registrable Securities, 5.0% of the Common Unit Price. The Liquidated Damages payable pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after the end of each such 90-day period. Any Liquidated Damages shall be paid to each Holder in immediately available funds; provided, however, if the Partnership certifies that it is unable to pay Liquidated Damages in cash because such payment would result in a breach under a credit facility or other debt instrument, or because the Partnership does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay, then the Partnership may pay such Liquidated Damages using as much cash on hand as available and permitted without breaching any such credit facility or other debt instrument and shall pay the balance of such Liquidated Damages (the “In-Kind LD Amount”) in kind in the form of the issuance of additional Common Units. Upon any issuance of Common Units as Liquidated Damages, the Partnership shall promptly (i) prepare and file an amendment to such Registration Statement prior to its effectiveness adding such Common Units to such Registration Statement as additional Registrable Securities and (ii) prepare and file a supplemental listing application with the NYSE (or such other market on which the Registrable Securities are then

 

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listed and traded) to list such additional Common Units. The determination of the number of Common Units to be issued as Liquidated Damages shall be equal to the In-Kind LD Amount divided by the VWAP Price calculated for the consecutive ten (10) trading day period ending on the close of trading on the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Liquidated Damages payment is due, less a discount to such average closing price of 2.00%. The accrual of Liquidated Damages to a Holder shall cease (a “LD Termination Date,” and, each such period beginning on a Target Effective Date and ending on a LD Termination Date being, a “LD Period”) at the earlier of (i) such Registration Statement becoming effective and (ii) when such Holder no longer holds Registrable Securities. Any amount of Liquidated Damages shall be prorated for any period of less than 90 calendar days accruing during a LD Period. If the Partnership is unable to cause a Registration Statement to go effective by the Target Effective Date as a result of an acquisition, merger, reorganization, disposition or other similar transaction, then the Partnership may request a waiver of the Liquidated Damages, and each Holder may individually grant or withhold its consent to such request in its discretion. The foregoing Liquidated Damages shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Holders for any failure of a Registration Statement to be declared effective.

Section 2.02 Piggyback Rights.

(a) Participation. So long as a Holder holds Registrable Securities, if the Partnership proposes to file (i) a shelf registration statement other than a Registration Statement contemplated by Section 2.01(a) or Section 2.01(b), (ii) a prospectus supplement to an effective shelf registration statement, other than a Registration Statement contemplated by Section 2.01(a) or Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement and Holders may be included in such Underwritten Offering without the filing of a post-effective amendment thereto, or (iii) a registration statement, other than a shelf registration statement, in each case, for the sale of Common Units in an Underwritten Offering for its own account or that of another Person, or both, and Holders may be included in such Underwritten Offering without the filing of a post-effective amendment thereto, then as soon as practicable following the engagement of counsel by the Partnership to prepare the documents to be used in connection with an Underwritten Offering, the Partnership shall give notice (including, notification by electronic mail) of such proposed Underwritten Offering to each Holder (together with its Affiliates) holding at least the Piggyback Threshold Amount of the then-outstanding Common Unit Registrable Securities (calculated based on the product of the Common Unit Price times the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities) and such notice shall offer such Holders the opportunity to include in such Underwritten Offering such number of Common Unit Registrable Securities (the “Included Registrable Securities”) as each such Holder may request in writing; provided, however, that (A) the Partnership shall not be required to provide such opportunity to any such Holder that does not offer a minimum of the Piggyback Threshold Amount of Common Unit Registrable Securities (based on the Common Unit Price), and (B) if the Partnership has been advised by the Managing Underwriter that the inclusion of Common Unit Registrable Securities for sale for the benefit of the Holders will have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Units in the Underwritten Offering, then (1) the Partnership shall not be required to offer such opportunity to the Holders or (2) if any Common Unit Registrable Securities can be included in the Underwritten Offering in the opinion of the Managing Underwriter, then the amount of Common Unit Registrable Securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders shall be determined based on the provisions of Section 2.02(b). Any notice required to be provided in this

 

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Section 2.02(a) to Holders shall be provided on a Business Day pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof. Each such Holder shall then have two (2) Business Days (or one (1) Business Day in connection with any overnight or bought Underwritten Offering) after notice has been delivered to request in writing the inclusion of Common Unit Registrable Securities in the Underwritten Offering. If no written request for inclusion from a Holder is received within the specified time, each such Holder shall have no further right to participate in such Underwritten Offering. If, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to undertake an Underwritten Offering and prior to the closing of such Underwritten Offering, the Partnership shall determine for any reason not to undertake or to delay such Underwritten Offering, the Partnership may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Selling Holders and, (i) in the case of a determination not to undertake such Underwritten Offering, shall be relieved of its obligation to sell any Included Registrable Securities in connection with such terminated Underwritten Offering, and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay such Underwritten Offering, shall be permitted to delay offering any Included Registrable Securities as part of such Underwritten Offering for the same period as the delay in the Underwritten Offering. Any Selling Holder shall have the right to withdraw such Selling Holder’s request for inclusion of such Selling Holder’s Common Unit Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering by giving written notice to the Partnership of such withdrawal at or prior to the time of pricing of such Underwritten Offering. Any Holder may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Partnership requesting that such Holder not receive notice from the Partnership of any proposed Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that such Holder may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from a Holder (unless subsequently revoked), the Partnership shall not be required to deliver any notice to such Holder pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) and such Holder shall no longer be entitled to participate in Underwritten Offerings by the Partnership pursuant to this Section 2.02(a).

(b) Priority. Other than situations described in Section 2.01 and Section 2.04 of this Agreement, if the Managing Underwriter of any proposed Underwritten Offering of Common Units included in an Underwritten Offering involving Included Registrable Securities advises the Partnership that the total amount of Common Units that the Selling Holders and any other Persons intend to include in such offering exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Units offered or the market for the Common Units, then the Common Units to be included in such Underwritten Offering shall include the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities that such Managing Underwriter advises the Partnership can be sold without having such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated (i) first, to the Partnership, (ii) second, to Teekay Corporation (“Teekay”) and its Affiliates pursuant to any registration rights existing as of the date of this Agreement, and (iii) third, pro rata among the Selling Holders and any other holder of securities of the Partnership (other than Teekay and its Affiliates) having rights of registration that are neither expressly senior nor subordinated to the Holders in respect of the Common Unit Registrable Securities (the “Parity Securities”) who have requested participation in such Underwritten Offering, based, for each Selling Holder and each other holder of Parity Securities, on the percentage derived by dividing (A) the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities proposed to be sold, in the aggregate, by all Selling Holders or such other holder of Parity Securities by (B) the aggregate number of Common Unit Registrable Securities proposed to be sold, in the aggregate, by all Selling Holders and the holders of Parity Securities.

 

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(c) Termination of Piggyback Registration Rights. Each Holder’s rights under Section 2.02 shall terminate upon such Holder (together with its Affiliates) ceasing to hold at least the Piggyback Threshold Amount of Registrable Securities (calculated based on the Common Unit Price).

Section 2.03 Delay Rights.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Partnership may, upon written notice to any Selling Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, suspend such Selling Holder’s use of any prospectus which is a part of such Registration Statement or other registration statement (in which event the Selling Holder shall discontinue sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement but may settle any previously made sales of Registrable Securities) if (i) the Partnership is pursuing an acquisition, merger, reorganization, disposition or other similar transaction and the Partnership determines in good faith that the Partnership’s ability to pursue or consummate such a transaction would be materially adversely affected by any required disclosure of such transaction in such Registration Statement or other registration statement or (ii) the Partnership has experienced or is undertaking some other material non-public event the disclosure of which at such time, in the good faith judgment of the Partnership, would materially adversely affect the Partnership; provided, however, in no event shall the Selling Holders be suspended from selling Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or other registration statement for a period that exceeds an aggregate of 60 calendar days in any 180-calendar day period or 105 calendar days in any 365-calendar day period, in each case, exclusive of days covered by any lock-up agreement executed by a Selling Holder in connection with any Underwritten Offering. Upon disclosure of such information or the termination of the condition described above, the Partnership shall provide prompt notice to the Selling Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement and shall promptly terminate any suspension of sales it has put into effect and shall take such other reasonable actions to permit registered sales of Registrable Securities as contemplated in this Agreement.

If (i) the Selling Holders shall be prohibited from selling their Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement as a result of a suspension pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph in excess of the periods permitted therein or (ii) a Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but, during the Effectiveness Period, shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded within 60 Business Days by a post-effective amendment thereto, a supplement to the prospectus or a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then, until the suspension is lifted or a post-effective amendment, supplement or report is filed with the Commission, but not including any day on which a suspension is lifted or such amendment, supplement or report is filed and declared effective, if applicable, the Partnership shall pay the Selling Holders an amount equal to the Liquidated Damages, following the earlier of (A) the date on which the suspension period exceeded the permitted period and (B) the sixty-first (61st) Business Day after such Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement ceased to be effective or failed to be useable for its

 

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intended purposes, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty (for purposes of calculating Liquidated Damages, the date in (A) or (B) above shall be deemed the “90th day,” as used in the definition of Liquidated Damages). For purposes of this paragraph, a suspension shall be deemed lifted with respect to a Selling Holder on the date that notice that the suspension has been terminated is delivered to such Selling Holder. Liquidated Damages shall cease to accrue pursuant to this paragraph upon the earlier of (i) a suspension being deemed lifted or (ii) when such Selling Holder no longer holds Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, and any payment of Liquidated Damages shall be prorated for any period of less than 90 days in which the payment of Liquidated Damages ceases. The foregoing Liquidated Damages shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Holders for any suspension period or of the registration statement ceasing to be effective or failing to be useable for its intended purposes as described in this Section 2.03.

Section 2.04 Underwritten Offerings.

(a) General Procedures. In the event that a Magnetar Holder delivers (i) a Demand Notice covering at least $50.0 million of Registrable Securities in the aggregate (calculated as of the date of the Demand Notice based on the Registrable Securities Amount) and such Demand Notice specifies that such Magnetar Holder intends to sell its Preferred Unit Registrable Securities under a registration statement pursuant to an Underwritten Offering or (ii) a written notice electing to sell at least $50.0 million of Common Unit Registrable Securities in the aggregate (calculated as of the date of such written notice based on the Registrable Securities Amount) under a Registration Statement pursuant to an Underwritten Offering (including a Registration Statement that is then currently effective) (but expressly excluding any notices delivered pursuant to Section 2.02 of this Agreement) (each such notice so delivered in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph is referred to herein as an “Underwritten Offering Notice”), the Partnership shall retain underwriters as contemplated below in this paragraph in order to permit such Magnetar Holder, together with all other Holders who elect to participate in such Underwritten Offering in accordance with the below provisions of this paragraph, to effect such sale through an Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that the Magnetar Holders shall have the option and right, to require the Partnership to effect not more than one (1) Underwritten Offering of Common Unit Registrable Securities and one (1) Underwritten Offering of Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, pursuant to and subject to the conditions of this Section 2.04. Upon delivery of an Underwritten Offering Notice to the Partnership, the Partnership shall as soon as practicable (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days following the date of delivery of such Underwritten Offering Notice to the Partnership) deliver notice of such Underwritten Offering Notice to all other Holders who shall then have two (2) Business Days from the date that such notice is given to them to notify the Partnership in writing of the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder that they want to be included in such Underwritten Offering. For the avoidance of doubt, any Holders notified about an Underwritten Offering by the Partnership after the Partnership has received the corresponding Underwritten Offering Notice, may participate in such Underwritten Offering, but shall not count toward the $50.0 million of Registrable Securities necessary to request an Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Offering Notice. In connection with any Underwritten Offering under this Agreement, the party responsible for payment of at least a majority of the Registration Expenses in connection with such Underwritten Offering shall be entitled to select the Managing Underwriter or Underwriters for such Underwritten Offering,

 

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subject to the consent of the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). In connection with an Underwritten Offering contemplated by this Agreement in which a Holder so elects to participate, each such Holder and the Partnership shall be obligated to enter into an underwriting agreement that contains such representations, covenants, indemnities and other rights and obligations as are customary in underwriting agreements for firm commitment offerings of securities. No such Holder may participate in such Underwritten Offering unless such Holder agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in such underwriting agreement and completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting agreement. Each such Holder may, at its option, require that any or all of the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Partnership to and for the benefit of such underwriters also be made to and for such Holder’s benefit and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement also be conditions precedent to its obligations. No such Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Partnership or the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder, its authority to enter into such underwriting agreement and to sell, and its ownership of, the securities whose offer and resale will be registered, on its behalf, its intended method of distribution and any other representation required by Law. If any such Holder disapproves of the terms of an underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by notice to the Partnership and the Managing Underwriter; provided, however, that any such withdrawal must be made no later than the time of pricing of such Underwritten Offering. If all such Holders (including the Magnetar Holder who delivered the applicable Underwritten Offering Notice) withdraw from one Underwritten Offering of either Common Unit Registrable Securities or Preferred Unit Registrable Securities prior to the public announcement of such Underwritten Offering (an “Underwritten Offering Withdrawal”), the Partnership and the Holders will share equally the Registration Expenses that the Partnership would otherwise be required to pay, and the Underwritten Offering Withdrawal will not be considered an Underwritten Offering and will not decrease the number of available Underwritten Offerings the Magnetar Holders have the right and option to request under this Section 2.04. Upon the occurrence of a subsequent Underwritten Offering Withdrawal of either Common Unit Registrable Securities or Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, the right of the Magnetar Holders to demand an Underwritten Offering for the Common Unit Registrable Securities or the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, as applicable, shall terminate unless the Holders pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with such Underwritten Offering Withdrawal. If the Managing Underwriter of any such Underwritten Offering advises the Partnership and the Magnetar Holder who delivered the applicable Underwritten Offering Notice that the total amount of Preferred Units in the case of a Preferred Unit Registration Statement or the total amount of Common Units in the case of a Common Unit Registration Statement (as applicable) that such Magnetar Holder and such other Holders exceeds the number that can be sold in such Underwritten Offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Preferred Units or the Common Units (as applicable) offered or the market for the Preferred Units or the Common Units (as applicable), then the Preferred Units or the Common Units (as applicable) to be included in such Underwritten Offering shall include the number of Preferred Unit Registrable Securities or Common Unit Registrable Securities (as applicable) that such Managing Underwriter advises such Magnetar Holder and the Partnership can be sold without having such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated (i) first, pro

 

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rata among such Magnetar Holder and such other Holders, based, for such Magnetar Holder or each such other Holder (as applicable), on the percentage derived by dividing (x) the number of Preferred Unit Registrable Securities or Common Unit Registrable Securities (as applicable) proposed to be sold by such Magnetar Holder or such other Holder (as applicable) by (y) the aggregate number of Preferred Unit Registrable Securities or Common Unit Registrable Securities (as applicable) proposed to be sold by such Magnetar Holder and all such other Holders, (ii) second, to the Partnership and Teekay and its Affiliates pursuant to any registration rights existing as of the date of this Agreement and (iii) third, to any current or future holder of any securities of the Partnership granted registration rights in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Holder shall be entitled to any “demand” rights that would require the Partnership to effect an Underwritten Offering on behalf of the Holders other than the one (1) Underwritten Offering of Common Unit Registrable Securities and one (1) Underwritten Offering of Preferred Unit Registrable Securities contemplated under this Section 2.04.

Section 2.05 Sale Procedures.

In connection with its obligations under this Article II, the Partnership will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement;

(b) if a prospectus supplement will be used in connection with the marketing of an Underwritten Offering from a Registration Statement and the Managing Underwriter at any time shall notify the Partnership in writing that, in the reasonable judgment of such Managing Underwriter, inclusion of detailed information to be used in such prospectus supplement is of material importance to the success of the Underwritten Offering of such Registrable Securities, the Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to include such information in such prospectus supplement;

(c) furnish to each Selling Holder (i) as far in advance as reasonably practicable before filing a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any supplement or amendment thereto, upon request, copies of reasonably complete drafts of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits and each document incorporated by reference therein to the extent then required by the rules and regulations of the Commission), and provide each such Selling Holder the opportunity to object to any information pertaining to such Selling Holder and its plan of distribution that is contained therein and make the corrections reasonably requested by such Selling Holder with respect to such information prior to filing a Registration Statement or such other registration statement or supplement or amendment thereto, and (ii) such number of copies of such Registration Statement or such other registration statement and the prospectus included therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as such Selling Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or other registration statement;

 

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(d) if applicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Selling Holders or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the Managing Underwriter, shall reasonably request; provided, however, that the Partnership will not be required to qualify generally to transact business in any jurisdiction where it is not then required to so qualify or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(e) promptly notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered by any of them under the Securities Act, of (i) the filing of a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement to be used in connection therewith, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any other registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; and (ii) the receipt of any written comments from the Commission with respect to any filing referred to in clause (i) and any written request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or any other registration statement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement thereto;

(f) immediately notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of (i) the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus or prospectus supplement contained in a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made); (ii) the issuance or express threat of issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; or (iii) the receipt by the Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction. Following the provision of such notice, the Partnership agrees to as promptly as practicable amend or supplement the prospectus or prospectus supplement or take other appropriate action so that the prospectus or prospectus supplement does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and to take such other commercially reasonable action as is necessary to remove a stop order, suspension, threat thereof or proceedings related thereto;

(g) upon request and subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations, furnish to each Selling Holder copies of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence with the Commission or any other governmental agency or self-regulatory body or other body having jurisdiction (including any domestic or foreign securities exchange) relating to such offering of Registrable Securities;

 

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(h) in the case of an Underwritten Offering, use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish upon request, (i) an opinion of counsel for the Partnership dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement and (ii) a “cold comfort” letter, dated the pricing date of such Underwritten Offering and a letter of like kind dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in each case, signed by the independent public accountants who have certified the Partnership’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference into the applicable registration statement, and each of the opinion and the “cold comfort” letter shall be in customary form and covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus and any prospectus supplement included therein) as have been customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel and in accountants’ letters delivered to the underwriters in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Partnership and such other matters as such underwriters and Selling Holders may reasonably request;

(i) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement, covering a period of twelve months after the effective date of such Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder;

(j) make available to the appropriate representatives of the Managing Underwriter and Selling Holders access to such information and Partnership and General Partner personnel as is reasonable and customary to enable such parties to establish a due diligence defense under the Securities Act; provided, that the Partnership need not disclose any non-public information to any such representative unless and until such representative has entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Partnership;

(k) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Common Unit Registrable Securities and, subject to Section 16.11 of the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, any Preferred Unit Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement to be listed on each securities exchange or nationally recognized quotation system on which the Common Units issued by the Partnership are then listed;

(l) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Partnership to enable the Selling Holders to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(m) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

(n) enter into customary agreements and take such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, (i) making appropriate officers of the General Partner available to participate via conference call in connection with no more than one (1) “road show” presentation per Underwritten Offering, and (ii) using commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate officers of the General Partner available to participate remotely in other marketing efforts reasonably requested by the Managing Underwriter); and

 

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(o) if requested by a Selling Holder, (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as such Selling Holder reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering and (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.

The Partnership will not name a Holder as an underwriter as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act in any Registration Statement without such Holder’s consent. If the staff of the Commission requires the Partnership to name any Holder as an underwriter as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, and such Holder does not consent thereto, then such Holder’s Registrable Securities shall not be included on such Registration Statement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, such Holder shall no longer be entitled to receive Liquidated Damages under this Agreement with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities and the Partnership shall have no further obligations hereunder with respect to Registrable Securities held by such Holder, unless such Holder has not had an opportunity to conduct customary underwriter’s due diligence (including receipt of comfort letters and opinions of counsel) with respect to the Partnership at the time such Holder’s consent is sought.

Each Selling Holder, upon receipt of notice from the Partnership of the happening of any event of the kind described in subsection (f) of this Section 2.05, shall forthwith discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Securities by means of a prospectus or prospectus supplement until such Selling Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subsection (f) of this Section 2.05 or until it is advised in writing by the Partnership that the use of the prospectus may be resumed and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings incorporated by reference in the prospectus, and, if so directed by the Partnership, such Selling Holder will, or will request the Managing Underwriter, if any, to deliver to the Partnership (at the Partnership’s expense) all copies in their possession or control, other than permanent file copies then in such Selling Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

Section 2.06 Cooperation by Holders.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Partnership shall have no obligation to include Registrable Securities of a Holder in a Registration Statement or in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to the terms of this Agreement who has failed to timely furnish such information that the Partnership determines, after consultation with its counsel, is reasonably required in order for the registration statement or prospectus supplement, as applicable, to comply with the Securities Act.

 

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Section 2.07 Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities.

Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees to enter into a customary letter agreement with underwriters providing such Holder will not effect any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities during the 60 calendar day period beginning on the date of a prospectus or prospectus supplement filed with the Commission with respect to the pricing of any Underwritten Offering, provided that (i) the duration of the foregoing restrictions shall be no longer than the duration of the shortest restriction imposed by the underwriters on the Partnership or the officers, directors or any other Affiliate of the Partnership on whom a restriction is imposed and (ii) the restrictions set forth in this Section 2.07 shall not apply to any Registrable Securities that are included in such Underwritten Offering by such Holder. In addition, this Section 2.07 shall not apply to any Holder that is not entitled to participate in such Underwritten Offering, whether because such Holder delivered an Opt-Out Notice prior to receiving notice of the Underwritten Offering or because such Holder (together with its Affiliates) holds less than the Piggyback Threshold Amount of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities (calculated (i) for the Common Unit Registrable Securities, based on the product of the Common Unit Price times the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities; and (ii) for the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities, based on the product of the Common Unit Price times the number of Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities). In addition, this Section 2.07 shall not apply to any Holder that does not participate in such Underwritten Offering.

Section 2.08 Expenses.

(a) Expenses. The Partnership will pay all reasonable Registration Expenses as determined in good faith, incurred in connection with (i) the registration of Registrable Securities under Section 2.01(a) or Section 2.01(b), if requested, and (ii) subject to Section 2.04 with respect to Underwritten Offering Withdrawals, one (1) Underwritten Offering completed pursuant to Section 2.04 for either the Common Unit Registrable Securities or the Preferred Unit Registrable Securities (the “Funded Underwritten Offering”). Each Selling Holder shall pay its pro rata share of all Selling Expenses in connection with any sale of its Registrable Securities hereunder, and, subject to Section 2.04 with respect to Underwritten Offering Withdrawals, its pro rata share of 75% of all reasonable Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.04, other than the Funded Underwritten Offering. For the avoidance of doubt, each Selling Holder’s pro rata allocation of Selling Expenses and Registration Expenses, as applicable, shall be the percentage derived by dividing (i) the number of Registrable Securities sold by such Selling Holder in connection with such sale by (ii) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities sold by all Selling Holders in connection with such sale. In addition, except as otherwise provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.09 hereof, the Partnership shall not be responsible for legal fees incurred by Holders in connection with the exercise of such Holders’ rights hereunder.

(b) Certain Definitions. “Registration Expenses” means all expenses incident to the Partnership’s performance under or compliance with this Agreement to effect the registration of Registrable Securities on a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or an Underwritten Offering covered under this Agreement, and the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, all registration, filing, securities exchange listing and NYSE fees, all registration, filing, qualification and other fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., fees of

 

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transfer agents and registrars, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, the fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Partnership, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Selling Holders participating in such Registration Statement or Underwritten Offering to effect the disposition of such Registrable Securities, selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities initially being registered under such Registration Statement or other registration statement as contemplated by this Agreement, subject to the reasonable consent of the Partnership, provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be responsible for reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Selling Holders in excess of $50,000. “Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts and selling commissions or similar fees or arrangements allocable to the sale of the Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel to the Selling Holders and any transfer taxes, except for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Selling Holders required to be paid by the Partnership pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 2.09.

Section 2.09 Indemnification.

(a) By the Partnership. In the event of a registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Partnership will indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder thereunder, its directors, officers, managers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls such Selling Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and its directors, officers, employees or agents (collectively, the “Selling Holder Indemnified Persons”), against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “Losses”), joint or several, to which such Selling Holder Indemnified Person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact (in the case of any prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such statement is made) contained in (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes documents incorporated by reference in) such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or any free writing prospectus relating thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and will reimburse each such Selling Holder Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or resolving any such Loss or actions or proceedings; provided, however, that the Partnership will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Selling Holder Indemnified Person in writing specifically for use in such Registration Statement or such other registration statement, or preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus or final prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as applicable. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Selling Holder Indemnified Person, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Selling Holder.

 

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(b) By Each Selling Holder. Each Selling Holder agrees severally and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership, the General Partner, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Partnership within the meaning of the Securities Act or of the Exchange Act, and its directors, officers, employees and agents, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Partnership to the Selling Holders, but only with respect to information regarding such Selling Holder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or any free writing prospectus relating thereto; provided, however, that in no event shall the liability of any Selling Holder exceed the amount of the proceeds (net of any Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification.

(c) Notice. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify the indemnifying party in writing thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party other than under this Section 2.09. In any action brought against any indemnified party, it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume and undertake the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume and undertake the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 2.09 for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable out-of-pocket costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so selected; provided, however, that, (i) if the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense or employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnified party or (ii) if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and counsel to the indemnified party shall have concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or if the interests of the indemnified party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the indemnifying party, then the indemnified party shall have the right to select a separate counsel and to assume such legal defense and otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the reasonable expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other reasonable expenses related to such participation to be reimbursed by the indemnifying party as incurred; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be responsible for the reasonable expenses and fees of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified parties. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no indemnifying party shall settle any action brought against any indemnified party with respect to which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the consent of the indemnified party, unless the settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, and includes a complete and unconditional release from all liability of, the indemnified party.

 

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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.09 is held by a court or government agency of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to any indemnified party or is insufficient to hold them harmless in respect of any Losses (other than as a result of any limitations set forth in the express terms of such indemnification provisions), then each such indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of such indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that in no event shall such Selling Holder be required to contribute an aggregate amount in excess of the dollar amount of proceeds (net of Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification. The relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact has been made by, or relates to, information supplied by such party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be deemed to include any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating, defending or resolving any Loss that is the subject of this paragraph. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) Other Indemnification. The provisions of this Section 2.09 shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution that an indemnified party may have pursuant to law, equity, contract or otherwise.

Section 2.10 Rule 144 Reporting.

With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Partnership agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

(a) make and keep public information regarding the Partnership available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) under the Securities Act, at all times from and after the date hereof;

 

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(b) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Partnership under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at all times from and after the date hereof; and

(c) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish, unless otherwise available electronically at no additional charge via the Commission’s EDGAR system, to such Holder forthwith upon request a copy of the most recent annual or, if applicable, quarterly, report of the Partnership, and such other reports and documents so filed as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing such Holder to sell any such securities without registration.

Section 2.11 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights.

The rights to cause the Partnership to register Registrable Securities granted to the Purchasers by the Partnership under this Article II may be transferred or assigned by any Purchaser to one or more transferees or assignees of Registrable Securities, subject to the transfer restrictions on Registrable Securities provided in Section 16.10 of the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, provided, however, that (i) unless the transferee or assignee is an Affiliate of, and after such transfer or assignment continues to be an Affiliate of, such Investor, the amount of Registrable Securities transferred or assigned to such transferee or assignee shall represent at least $10.0 million of Registrable Securities (based on the Common Unit Price), (ii) the Partnership is given written notice prior to any said transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of each of the transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, and (iii) each such transferee or assignee assumes in writing responsibility for its portion of the obligations of such Purchaser under this Agreement.

Section 2.12 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights.

From and after the date hereof, the Partnership shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, enter into any agreement with any current or future holder of any securities of the Partnership that would grant such current or future holder piggyback participation rights allowing such current or future holder to require the Partnership to include securities in any registration statement filed by the Partnership on a basis other than expressly subordinate to the rights of the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder.

Section 2.13 Compliance.

Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities and shall sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement.

Section 2.14 Information.

Each Holder shall supply such information with respect to itself, its directors, officers and shareholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary as the Partnership may reasonably request for the purpose of preparation of any registration statement, notice, form or other documents required to be filed with the Governmental Authority.

 

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ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.01 Communications.

All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by facsimile, electronic mail, courier service or personal delivery:

(a) if to a Purchaser:

To the respective address listed on Schedule A hereof

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

600 Travis St., Suite 3300

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Matthew R. Pacey

Facsimile: (713) 835-3601

Email: matt.pacey@kirkland.com

(b) if to a transferee of a Purchaser, to such Holder at the address provided pursuant to Section 2.11 above; and

(c) if to the Partnership:

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.

4th Floor, Belvedere Building

69 Pitts Bay Road

Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile: (441) 292-3931

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Perkins Coie LLP

1120 N.W. Couch Street, 10th Floor

Portland, OR 97209

Attention: David Matheson

Facsimile: (503) 346-2008

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when receipt acknowledged, if sent via facsimile or sent via Internet electronic mail; and when actually received, if sent by courier service.

 

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Section 3.02 Successor and Assigns.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties, including subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities to the extent permitted herein.

Section 3.03 Assignment of Rights.

All or any portion of the rights and obligations of any Purchaser under this Agreement may be transferred or assigned by such Purchaser only in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof.

Section 3.04 Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Units.

The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to any and all units of the Partnership or any successor or assign of the Partnership (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of, the Registrable Securities, and shall be appropriately adjusted for combinations, unit splits, recapitalizations, pro rata distributions of units and the like occurring after the date of this Agreement.

Section 3.05 Aggregation of Registrable Securities.

All Registrable Securities held or acquired by Persons who are Affiliates of one another shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights and applicability of any obligations under this Agreement.

Section 3.06 Specific Performance.

Damages in the event of breach of this Agreement by a party hereto may be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain, and it is therefore agreed that each such Person, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, will have the right to an injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining any such breach, and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, and each of the parties hereto hereby waives any and all defenses it may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an injunction or other equitable relief. The existence of this right will not preclude any such Person from pursuing any other rights and remedies at law or in equity that such Person may have.

Section 3.07 Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, including facsimile or .pdf counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

 

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Section 3.08 Headings.

The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

Section 3.09 Governing Law.

THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING ITS APPLICATION, CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT, SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 3.10 Severability of Provisions.

Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting or impairing the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 3.11 Entire Agreement.

This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the rights granted by the Partnership set forth herein. This Agreement and the Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

Section 3.12 Amendment.

This Agreement may be amended only by means of a written amendment signed by the Partnership and the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities; provided, however, that no such amendment shall materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder hereunder without the consent of such Holder.

Section 3.13 No Presumption.

If any claim is made by a party relating to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion shall be implied by virtue of the fact that this Agreement was prepared by or at the request of a particular party or its counsel.

Section 3.14 Obligations Limited to Parties to Agreement.

Each of the Parties hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Purchasers (and their permitted transferees and assignees) and the Partnership shall have any obligation hereunder. Notwithstanding that one or more of the Purchasers may be a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, no recourse under this Agreement or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against any

 

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former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the Purchasers or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate thereof, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate of any of the Purchasers or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, stockholder or Affiliate thereof, as such, for any obligations of the Purchasers under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligation or its creation, except in each case for any transferee or assignee of a Purchaser hereunder.

Section 3.15 Independent Nature of Purchaser’s Obligations.

The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

Section 3.16 Interpretation.

Article and Section references are to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” or words of similar import shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Whenever any determination, consent or approval is to be made or given by a Purchaser under this Agreement, such action shall be in such Purchaser’s sole discretion unless otherwise specified. Unless expressly set forth or qualified otherwise (e.g., by “Business” or “trading”), all references herein to a “day” are deemed to be a reference to a calendar day.

[Signature pages to follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto execute this Agreement, effective as of the date first above written.

 

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
By:  

Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C.,

its general partner

By:           /s/ Peter Evensen
Name: Peter Evensen
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


MTP ENERGY FUND, LTD:
By: MTP Energy Management LLC, its Investment Advisor
By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its Sole Member
By:         /s/ Michael Turro
Name: Michael Turro
Title: Chief Compliance Officer

 

MTP ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND LLC:
By: MTP Energy Management LLC, its Managing Member
By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its Sole Member
By:         /s/ Michael Turro
Name: Michael Turro
Title: Chief Compliance Officer

 

MTP ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND II LLC:
By: MTP Energy Management LLC, its Managing Member
By: Magnetar Financial LLC, its Sole Member
By:         /s/ Michael Turro
Name: Michael Turro
Title: Chief Compliance Officer

 

MTP ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND II CAYMAN LP:
By: MTP EOF II GP Ltd, its General Partner
By:         /s/ Michelle Morgan
Name: Michelle Morgan
Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


TRIANGLE PEAK PARTNERS II, LP
By:

Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC,

its General Partner

By:         /s/ Michael C. Morgan
Name: Michael C. Morgan
Title: Managing Member

 

TPP II ANNEX FUND, LP
By:

Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC,

its General Partner

By:         /s/ Michael C. Morgan
Name: Michael C. Morgan
Title: Managing Member

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


Schedule A

Purchaser Name; Notice and Contact Information

 

Purchaser

  

Contact Information

MTP Energy Fund LTD   

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

MTP Energy Opportunities Fund LLC   

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II LLC   

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

MTP Energy Opportunities Fund II Cayman LP   

Magnetar Financial LLC

1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor

Evanston, IL 60201

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (847) 869-2064

Email: mtpnotices@magnetar.com

Triangle Peak Partners II, LP   

Triangle Peak Partners II, LP

c/o Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC

PO Box 3788

Carmel, California 93921

Attn: Scott Bilyeu, CFO

Facsimile: (831) 622-0435

Email: scott@trianglepeakpartners.com


TPP II Annex Fund, LP

TPP II Annex Fund, LP

c/o Triangle Peak Partners II General Partner, LLC

PO Box 3788

Carmel, California 93921

Attn: Scott Bilyeu, CFO

Facsimile: (831) 622-0435

Email: scott@trianglepeakpartners.com



EXHIBIT 10.3

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 1 to Purchase Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of June 29, 2015, and amends the Purchase Agreement dated April 6, 2015, by and among Teekay Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Vendor”) and Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., a Marshall Islands limited partnership (the “Purchaser”), relating to the sale and purchase of the entire ownership interests in Knarr L.L.C. and Teekay Knarr AS (the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment will have the meaning given to them in the Purchase Agreement.

BACKGROUND

 

  (A) Section 3.1(b) of the Purchase Agreement allows the Purchaser to pay a portion of the Consideration, not to exceed $400,000,000, by issuance of an unsecured promissory note.

 

  (B) The Vendor and the Purchaser desire that the Purchaser pay $492,000,000 of the Consideration by issuance of an unsecured promissory note, a portion of which will be convertible into common units of Purchaser.

AGREEMENT

The Vendor and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Amendment to Purchase Agreement. Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

Payment of Consideration

The Consideration shall be paid by the Purchaser on the Closing Date by way of:

 

  (a) 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

 

  (b) the balance (but not more than $492 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 promissory note may be convertible into common units of the Purchaser, and 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.


2. Ratification of Other Provisions. Except as set forth in Section 1 of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement will remain in full force and effect, according to its terms.

 

3. Counterparts. This Amendment 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.

In witness whereof this Amendment has been executed by or on behalf of the parties the day and year first above written.

 

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EXECUTION PAGE

 

Executed by

TEEKAY CORPORATION

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/s/ Peter Evensen

 

Executed by

TEEKAY OFFSHORE

PARTNERS L.P. acting by its

General Partner: Teekay Offshore

GP L.L.C.

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/s/ Peter Evensen

 

Amendment No. 1 to Purchase Agreement



EXHIBIT 10.4

NO INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF BORROWER. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND NO INTEREST MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (A) THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION INVOLVING SAID SECURITIES, (B) BORROWER RECEIVES AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE SATISFACTORY TO BORROWER STATING THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, OR (C) BORROWER OTHERWISE SATISFIES ITSELF THAT SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$492,000,000 JULY 1, 2015

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P., a limited partnership formed and existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and having its principal office at Fourth Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda (“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of TEEKAY CORPORATION, a corporation existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and having its principal office at Fourth Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda (“Lender”), the principal sum of Four Hundred Ninety-Two Million United States Dollars (USD 492,000,000), together with interest thereon (the “Loan”), which Loan is required by Borrower for financing its purchase of the floating production storage and offloading unit named “PETROJARL KNARR” and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”).

1. INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions. Where used in this Note, each of the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set out below:

 

  (a) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday or a statutory holiday in New York.

 

  (b) “Effective Date” means July 1, 2015.

 

  (c) “Event of Default” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.1 hereof.


1.2 Currency. All references to currency in this Note are references to the United States Dollars.

1.3 Costs and Expenses. Borrower hereby agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Lender in connection with any action or proceeding instituted for collection of any payment under this Note or the Loan.

1.4 Governing Law. This Note shall in all respects be governed by and be construed in accordance with the laws of England without regard to the conflict of law rules of such nation. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Note shall be referred to the High Court of Justice in London, England.

1.5 Amendments. Subject to Section 5.3 of the Series C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Borrower and the purchasers named on Schedule A thereto, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Note, nor consent to any departure by Borrower from any such provision, shall in any event be effective unless such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing which is signed by Borrower and by Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

1.6 Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Note should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision or provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby in any other jurisdiction and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

1.7 Included Words. Wherever the singular or the masculine is used herein the same shall be deemed to include the plural or the feminine or the body politic or corporate where the context or the parties so require.

1.8 Headings. The headings to the clauses of this Note are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

2. TERMS OF THE LOAN

2.1 Loan Amount. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the outstanding balance of the Loan as of the Effective Date is Four Hundred Ninety-Two Million United States Dollars (USD 492,000,000.00).

2.2 Mandatory Conversion. No later than July 31, 2015, Borrower shall convert Three Hundred Million United States Dollars (USD 300,000,000) of the then-outstanding principal on this Note (the “Conversion Principal”) at a conversion rate of $20.83 per Common Unit into 14,402,304 Common Units (the “Conversion Units”) of Borrower. Immediately upon issuance of the Conversion Units pursuant to this Section 2.6, the Conversion Principal shall no longer be deemed outstanding, and will be deemed paid.

 

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2.3 Payments of Principal. If not sooner paid according to the terms hereof, Borrower shall pay the principal amount of the Loan that is not the Conversion Principal (the “Cash Principal,” and together with the Conversion Principal, the “Principal”), together with accrued interest on the unpaid Principal, in full on July 1, 2016.

2.3 Prepayments. Borrower, at any time or times and without premium or penalty, may prepay the unpaid Cash Principal, in whole or in part, together with accrued interest thereon.

2.4 Accrual and Payment of Interest. Interest shall accrue from day to day on the unpaid Principal at a rate of 6.50% per annum and shall be due and payable by Borrower to Lender quarterly on the dates of March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.

2.5 Place of Payments. All payments to be made by Borrower to Lender under this Note shall be made to Lender in immediately available funds at its office first noted above, or at such other place as Lender shall designate in writing.

3. COVENANTS

Borrower covenants and agrees with Lender that:

3.1 Conduct of Business. Borrower will carry on and conduct its business in a proper business-like manner in accordance with good business practice and, without limitation, will do or cause to be done all such acts and things to maintain its properties and assets in a business-like manner and preserve and maintain its existence, licences, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation, amalgamation or continuation, as the case may be, and all authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licences, exemptions from or registrations or qualifications with any court or governmental department, public body, authority, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality that are necessary or materially valuable in the operation of its business.

3.2 Comply with Laws. Borrower will comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority, non-compliance with which might adversely affect Borrower’s business or credit, except that Borrower need not comply with a requirement then being contested by Borrower in good faith by appropriate proceedings as long as no interest of Lender may be materially impaired thereby.

 

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3.3 Records. Borrower will keep adequate records and books of account reflecting all financial transactions in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and, when requested so to do, forthwith make available for inspection by duly authorized representatives of Lender any of its books and records and furnish Lender with any information regarding its business affairs and financial condition.

4. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

4.1 Events of Default. Each of the following events constitutes an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

  (a) Borrower defaults in the payment or conversion when due of any Principal of the Loan, any interest thereon or any other amount payable under this Note;

 

  (b) Borrower defaults in the performance of any other term, covenant, condition, agreement, undertaking or provision of this Note and such default continues for more than Thirty (30) days after written notice has been given by Lender to Borrower;

 

  (c) an order is made or a resolution passed for the liquidation or winding-up of Borrower; and/or

 

  (d) if Borrower becomes insolvent, admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due or otherwise acknowledges its insolvency, commits an act of bankruptcy, makes an assignment or bulk sale of its assets, is adjudged or declared bankrupt or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a proposal or similar action under any bankruptcy and insolvency legislation applicable to Borrower, or commences any other proceedings relating to it under any reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction whether now or thereafter in effect, or consents to any such proceeding.

4.2 Remedies For Events of Default. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender may:

 

  (a) forthwith declare due and payable the outstanding balance of the Loan and any accrued interest thereon without demand, protest or other notices of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived; and/or

 

  (b) exercise any and all rights, powers, remedies and recourses available to Lender under this Note, at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

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4.3 Waiver of Default. Lender may by written instrument in its absolute discretion at any time and from time to time waive any breach by Borrower of any of the covenants herein.

4.4 No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Note shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Note preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which Lender would otherwise have.

5. WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS

Borrower hereby warrants and represents to Lender that:

5.1 Due Formation. Borrower has been duly formed pursuant to the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and that it has been validly organized and is validly existing and in good standing with respect to the filing of all required reports under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

5.2 Power. Borrower has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as the same is now being conducted and in the jurisdictions where it is carried on and is authorized and empowered to authorize, create, execute and deliver and to carry out and perform its obligations, covenants and agreements under this Note.

5.3 Note Validly Authorized. This Note has been duly and validly authorized and executed by it and when delivered to Lender will constitute a valid, legal and binding obligation of it.

5.4 No Defaults. Neither the creation, authorization, execution or delivery of any of this Note, nor the performance or observance of covenants, agreements or obligations to be kept, observed or performed by it under the same conflicts with or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of any law or any regulation, any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or other agency of government or any agreement or instrument to which it is a party, by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets are subject.

6. MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Survival of Representations, etc. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein and in any certificate or other document expressed to be delivered pursuant hereto by or on behalf of Borrower shall continue in full force and effect so long as any of the principal amount of or interest on the Loan remains outstanding and unpaid.

 

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6.2 Notice. A notice, demand, consent or request required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Note may only be given in writing and by delivery or by confirmed facsimile transmission to the address or facsimile number of such party set out below or at such other address or facsimile number as that party may designate by notice under this Note:

 

  (a) if to Lender:

TEEKAY CORPORATION

c/o Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd.

Suite 2000, 550 Burrard Street

Vancouver BC V6C 2K2

Fax: +1 (604) 681-3001

Attention: Renee Eng, Manager Treasury

 

  (b) if to Borrower:

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.

c/o Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd.

Suite 2000, 550 Burrard Street

Vancouver BC V6C 2K2

Fax: +1 (604) 681-3001

Attention: Renee Eng, Manager Treasury

Any notice aforesaid shall, if actually delivered be deemed to have been given and made at the time of delivery and if sent by facsimile device be deemed to have been given or made on the day in the jurisdiction of the sender following the date it was sent.

6.3 Time of the Essence. Time is expressly declared and stipulated to be of the essence hereunder in respect of all payments to be made and all covenants, agreements and obligations to be performed and fulfilled hereunder. Any extension of time shall not be deemed to be or to operate in law as a waiver on the part of Lender that time is to be of the essence.

6.4 Non-Business Days. If the date upon which any act or payment hereunder is required to be done or made falls on a day which is not a Business day, then such act or payment shall be performed or made on the following Business day.

6.5 Granting Extensions, etc. Lender may grant extensions, accept compositions, grant releases and discharges, and otherwise make arrangements and deal with Borrower and with other persons as Lender may see fit, without prejudice to their respective liability to Lender or Lender’s rights hereunder.

 

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6.6 Enurement. This Note will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

6.7 Counterparts. This Note may be executed in any number of counterparts or facsimile counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned execute this Note, effective as of the date first above written.

 

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.
By: Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., its general partner
        /s/ Edith Robinson
Edith Robinson, Secretary

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
TEEKAY CORPORATION
        /s/ Art Bensler
Art Bensler, Secretary


Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS L.P.

4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road,

Hamilton, HM 08 Bermuda

NEWS RELEASE

TEEKAY OFFSHORE TO COMPLETE ACCRETIVE ACQUISITION OF KNARR FPSO AND EQUITY

FINANCING; ARENDAL SPIRIT UMS COMMENCES CHARTER CONTRACT

Hamilton, Bermuda, June 30, 2015 — Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) (NYSE:TOO) today announced that it will complete the acquisition of the Petrojarl Knarr (Knarr) floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit from Teekay Corporation (Teekay) for its fully built-up cost of approximately $1.26 billion on July 1, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. The FPSO has now completed all the required operational testing and has commenced its full charter rate under the long-term contract on the Knarr oil and gas field in the North Sea where BG Norge Limited (BG) is the operator.

The Knarr FPSO acquisition will be fully financed through the assumption of an existing $745 million long-term debt facility and $550 million of equity financings. The equity financings will also fund a portion of the initial installments of the three shuttle tanker newbuildings being constructed for the East Coast of Canada 15-year shuttle tanker contracts awarded to the Partnership in early-June 2015.

$250 million Issuance of Convertible Preferred Units

Teekay Offshore has agreed to issue $250 million of Series C Convertible Preferred units (Preferred Units) in a private placement to two strategic investors, Magnetar Capital and Triangle Peak Partners (collectively the Strategic Partners). The distribution rate for the Preferred Units is 8.6 percent per annum and the Preferred Units are convertible on a one-for-one basis at any time after 18 months into Teekay Offshore common units at a price of $23.95 per unit, which represents a premium of 15 percent above a unit price based on a volume-weighted average price mechanism. The Preferred Units will be issued in July 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.

$300 million Issuance of Common Units

Teekay Offshore has also agreed to issue $300 million of common units (and associated general partner interest) to Teekay at a price of $20.83 per unit. The issue price is based upon the same volume-weighted average price mechanism used to determine the unit price (excluding conversion premium) for the Preferred Units. The common units will be issued in mid-July 2015, subject to customary closing conditions and after the record date for Teekay Offshore’s second quarter of 2015 cash distribution. In the interim period, Teekay will provide the Partnership with short-term vendor financing for the required equity portion of the Knarr FPSO purchase price.

Arendal Spirit UMS Commences Charter Contract

The Partnership’s first Unit for Maintenance and Safety (UMS), the Arendal Spirit, recently completed the required operational testing and commenced its three-year charter contract with Petrobras in Brazil. This marks the addition of a new segment to Teekay Offshore’s offshore logistics portfolio and the world’s first UMS based on Sevan Marine ASA’s innovative cylindrical hull design.

“We are pleased to be completing the Partnership’s largest acquisition to-date, which will bring our total FPSO fleet to eight units, and to have successfully commenced the charter contract for the Partnership’s first UMS,” commented Peter Evensen, Chief Executive Officer of Teekay Offshore GP LLC. Mr. Evensen continued, “The Knarr FPSO will further strengthen our leading position in the harsh weather FPSO segment in the North Sea and highlights our strategic partnership with BG, who now represents one of the Partnership’s largest customers. Based on the stable fee-based cash flow to be contributed by the Knarr FPSO and the Arendal Spirit UMS, management


has recommended to the Partnership’s Board of Directors a distribution increase of four percent commencing in the third quarter, payable in November 2015. In addition, the combination of the Knarr FPSO and the Arendal Spirit UMS cash flows and the associated equity financings are expected to strengthen both the Partnership’s balance sheet and its cash distribution coverage ratio.”

Mr. Evensen added, “Our Sponsor, Teekay, and the Strategic Partners have demonstrated their long-term confidence in Teekay Offshore with their substantial equity investments.” Mr. Evensen continued, “With the Partnership’s existing growth pipeline of $2.4 billion, new growth projects that the Partnership is currently pursuing, and the potential for on-the-water acquisitions, we expect to continue growing the Partnership’s distributable cash flow to provide long-term value creation for our unitholders.”

The Conflicts Committee of the Partnership’s general partner’s board of directors approved the terms of the Knarr FPSO acquisition from, and the common unit issuance to, Teekay.

About Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. is an international provider of marine transportation, oil production, storage, long-distance towing and offshore installation, and maintenance and safety services to the offshore oil industry focusing on the growing deepwater offshore oil regions of the North Sea, Brazil and East Coast Canada. Teekay Offshore is structured as a publicly-traded master limited partnership (MLP) with consolidated assets of approximately $5.5 billion, comprised of 64 offshore assets, including shuttle tankers, floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units, floating storage and offtake (FSO) units, units for maintenance and safety (UMS), long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels and conventional tankers. The majority of Teekay Offshore’s fleet is employed on medium-term, stable contracts.

Teekay Offshore’s common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TOO”.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) which reflect management’s current views with respect to certain future events and performance, including statements regarding: the timing and certainty of completing the Knarr FPSO acquisition; the amount, pricing, timing and certainty of completing the common unit and Preferred Unit issuances; the impact of the Knarr FPSO acquisition on the Partnership’s position in the harsh weather FPSO segment in the North Sea; the impact of the Knarr FPSO acquisition (and associated equity financings) and the Arendal Spirit UMS charter commencement on the Partnership’s cash flows, potential cash distribution growth in the third quarter of 2015, balance sheet and cash distribution coverage ratio; and the Partnership’s growth projects, including the timing and certainty of new offshore projects and potential on-the-water acquisitions, and the impact of these projects on the Partnership’s future distributable cash flows and long-term value for the Partnership’s unitholders. The following factors are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, and that should be considered in evaluating any such statement: vessel operations and oil production volumes; significant changes in oil prices; variations in expected levels of field maintenance; different-than-expected levels of oil production in the North Sea, Brazil and East Coast Canada offshore fields; changes in exploration, production and storage of offshore oil and gas, either generally or in particular regions that would impact expected future growth; failure by the Partnership to complete the Knarr FPSO acquisition; failure by the Partnership to complete the common unit and Preferred Unit issuances; variances in expected operating costs of the Knarr FPSO and the Arendal Spirit UMS; potential early termination of charter contracts; failure to obtain required approvals by the Conflicts Committee of Teekay Offshore’s general partner to approve the acquisition of vessels from Teekay Corporation or third parties; the Partnership’s ability to raise adequate financing to purchase additional assets and complete organic growth projects; failure of the Partnership’s Board of Directors to approve future distribution increases; and other factors discussed in Teekay Offshore Partners’ filings from time to time with the SEC, including its Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. The Partnership expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Partnership’s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

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Investor Relations Enquiries

Ryan Hamilton

+1 (604) 609-6442

www.teekayoffshore.com

 

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