As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2014
Registration No. 333-185179
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Regency Energy Partners LP
Regency Energy Finance Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 161731691 | |
Delaware | 383747282 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
2001 Bryan Street, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 750-1771
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Thomas E. Long
Regency GP LLC
2001 Bryan Street, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 750-1771
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
William N. Finnegan IV
Sean T. Wheeler
Latham & Watkins LLP
811 Main Street, Suite 3700
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 546-5400
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. x
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered/Proposed Maximum Offering Price / Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price /Amount of Registration Fee(1) | |
Common Units |
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Debt Securities |
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Guarantees of Debt Securities(2) |
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(1) | An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be offered hereunder at indeterminate prices. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee. |
(2) | Subsidiaries of Regency Energy Partners LP may fully and unconditionally guarantee on an unsecured basis the debt securities of Regency Energy Partners LP and Regency Energy Finance Corp. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate fee is payable with respect to the guarantees of the debt securities. |
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANT GUARANTORS
Exact Name of Registrant Guarantor(1) |
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Formation |
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number |
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CDM Resource Management LLC |
Delaware | 26-1716854 | ||||
FrontStreet Hugoton LLC |
Delaware | 68-0512892 | ||||
Gulf States Transmission LLC |
Louisiana | 72-1146059 | ||||
Pueblo Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware | 83-0477804 | ||||
Pueblo Midstream Gas Corporation |
Texas | 76-0645929 | ||||
Regal Midstream LLC |
Delaware | 46-4469286 | ||||
Regency Field Services LLC |
Delaware | 35-2270502 | ||||
Regency Gas Services LP |
Delaware | 03-0516215 | ||||
Regency Gas Utility LLC |
Delaware | 26-0103022 | ||||
Regency Haynesville Intrastate Gas LLC |
Delaware | 90-0446410 | ||||
Regency HEP LLC |
Delaware | 46-4463708 | ||||
Regency Liquids Pipeline LLC |
Delaware | 32-0077619 | ||||
Regency Midcontinent Express LLC |
Delaware | 27-2711062 | ||||
Regency Midstream LLC |
Delaware | 45-0921356 | ||||
Regency OLP GP LLC |
Delaware | 20-4188520 | ||||
Regency Ranch JV LLC |
Delaware | 45-5341886 | ||||
Regency Texas Pipeline LLC |
Delaware | 27-5225952 | ||||
RGP Marketing LLC |
Texas | 75-2468080 | ||||
RGP Westex Gathering Inc. |
Texas | 75-2400144 | ||||
RGU West LLC |
Texas | 20-0068473 | ||||
West Texas Gathering Company |
Delaware | 75-0976094 | ||||
WGP-KHC, LLC |
Delaware | 48-1267995 |
(1) | The address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each additional registrant guarantors principal executive office is 2001 Bryan Street, Suite 3700, Dallas, Texas 75201, (214) 750-1771. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-185179) of Regency Energy Partners LP (the Partnership), Regency Energy Finance Corp. and the Partnerships subsidiary guarantor registrants (the Registration Statement) is being amended to add Regal Midstream LLC and Regency HEP LLC, each subsidiaries of the Partnership, as co-registrants that are, or may potentially be, guarantors of some or all of the debt securities with respect to which offers and sales are registered under this Registration Statement. This Registration Statement is also being amended to remove CDM Resource Management I LLC, Zephyr Gas Services LLC and Zephyr Gas Services I LLC, each former subsidiaries of the Partnership, as co-registrants that were, or may potentially have been, guarantors of some or all of the debt securities with respect to which offers and sales are registered under this Registration Statement. No changes or additions are being made hereby to the base prospectus that already forms a part of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, such base prospectus is being omitted from this filing.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
The following sets forth the expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions.
SEC Registration Fee |
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Legal Fees and Expenses |
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Accountants Fees and Expenses |
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Trustee Fees and Expenses |
** | |||
Printing and Engraving Expenses |
** | |||
Miscellaneous |
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TOTAL |
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* | The registrants are deferring payment of the registration fee in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Accordingly, the registration fee will be paid at the time of the particular offering of securities, and is therefore not currently determinable. |
** | Because an indeterminate amount of securities is covered by this registration statement, the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities are not currently determinable. |
ITEM 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Regency Energy Partners LP
Under our partnership agreement, in most circumstances, we will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against all losses, claims, damages or similar events:
| our general partner; |
| any departing general partner; |
| any person who is or was an affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner; |
| any person who is or was a director, officer, member, partner, fiduciary or trustee of any entity set forth in the preceding three bullet points; |
| any person who is or was serving as director, officer, member, partner, fiduciary or trustee of another person at the request of our general partner or any departing general partner; and |
| any person designated by our general partner. |
Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of our assets. We also have indemnification agreements with our executive officers and directors. Pursuant to such indemnification agreements, we have agreed to indemnify our executive officers and directors against certain liabilities. Unless it otherwise agrees, our general partner will not be personally liable for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan funds or assets to us to enable us to effectuate, indemnification. We may purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for our activities, regardless of whether we would have the power to indemnify the person against liabilities under our partnership agreement. Subject to any terms, conditions or restrictions set forth in the partnership agreement, Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware limited partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other persons from and against all claims and demands whatsoever.
Any underwriting or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the sale of the securities offered pursuant to this registration statement will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors, including indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act.
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Regency Energy Finance Corp.
Regency Energy Finance Corp. (Regency Finance) is a Delaware corporation. Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the persons conduct was unlawful. Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification will be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person will be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL (unless ordered by a court) will be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. Such determination will be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders. Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 145 of the DGCL also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145.
Regency Finances certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that current and former directors and officers, or directors and officers serving at the request of Regency Finance in additional capacities, will be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. Regency Finance may also indemnify any employee or agent to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
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Subsidiary Guarantors
Delaware
Each of Pueblo Holdings, Inc. (Pueblo Holdings) and West Texas Gathering Company (West Texas and, together with Pueblo Holdings, the Delaware Corporate Guarantors) is a Delaware corporation. The indemnification provisions of the DGCL described in Regency Energy Finance Corp. above also relate to the directors and officers of Pueblo Holdings and West Texas. The certificates of incorporation and bylaws of the Delaware Corporate Guarantors provide generally that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is the legal representative of, is or was or has agreed to be become a director or officer of a Delaware Corporate Guarantor or otherwise is or was serving or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent will be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent of the DGCL.
Each of CDM Resource Management LLC, FrontStreet Hugoton LLC, Regal Midstream LLC, Regency Field Services LLC, Regency Gas Utility LLC, Regency Haynesville Intrastate Gas LLC, Regency HEP LLC, Regency Liquids Pipeline LLC, Regency Midcontinent Express LLC, Regency Midstream LLC, Regency OLP GP LLC, Regency Ranch JV LLC, Regency Texas Pipeline LLC and WGP-KHC, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company (each, a Delaware LLC). Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that a limited liability company may, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, and has the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The limited liability company agreement of each Delaware LLC contains indemnification provisions that generally provide that such Delaware LLC will indemnify any person against any losses, damages, claims or liabilities to which they may become subject or which the Delaware LLC may incur as a result of being or having been a member, director or officer of the Delaware LLC or an officer, director, stockholder, manager, member or partner of the Delaware LLCs member, or while serving in a similar capacity at the request of the Delaware LLC, and may advance to them or reimburse them for expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Regency Gas Services LP (RGSLP) is a Delaware limited partnership. Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware limited partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other persons from and against all claims and demands whatsoever. The RGSLP limited partnership agreement provides that RGSLP will indemnify the general partner, each affiliate of the general partner, each officer of RGSLP and each officer, director, stockholder, manager, member, representative of the management committee and partner of the general partner or any of its affiliates, and if so determined by the general partner, each employee of the general partner or any of its affiliates, against any claim, loss, damage, liability, or expense (including attorneys fees) suffered or incurred by reason of, arising from or related to the operations of RGSLP.
Louisiana
Gulf States Transmission LLC (Gulf States) is a Louisiana limited liability company. Section 12:1315 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law (the LBCL) provides that the articles of organization or a written operating agreement of a limited liability company may (a) eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or members, if management is reserved to the members, or a manager or managers, if management is vested in one or more managers pursuant to Section 12:1312 of the LBCL, for monetary damages for breach of any duty provided for in Section 12:1314 of the LBCL or (b) provide for indemnification of a member or members, or a manager or managers, for judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or expenses incurred because he is or was a member or manager; provided that no provision permitted under (a) or (b) will limit or eliminate the liability of a member or manager for the amount of a financial benefit received by a member or manager to which he is not entitled or for an intentional violation of a criminal law.
The limited liability company agreement of Gulf States contains indemnification provisions that generally provide that Gulf States will indemnify any person against any losses, damages, claims or liabilities to which they may become subject or which Gulf States may incur as a result of being or having been a member, director or officer of Gulf States or an officer, director, stockholder, manager, member or partner of Gulf States member, or while serving in a similar capacity at the request of Gulf States, and may advance to them or reimburse them for expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Texas
Each of Pueblo Midstream Gas Corporation and RGP Westex Gathering Inc. (each, a Texas Corporation) is a Texas corporation. Each of RGP Marketing LLC and RGU West LLC (each, a Texas LLC) is a Texas limited liability company. Sections 8.101 and 8.102 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (TBOC) provide that any governing person, former governing person or delegate of a Texas enterprise may be indemnified against judgments and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding, in which he was, is, or is threatened to be made a respondent if: (i) he acted in good faith, (ii) he
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reasonably believed (a) in the case of conduct in the persons official capacity, that the persons conduct was in the enterprises best interests or (b) in any other case, that the persons conduct was not opposed to the enterprises best interests, and (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, he did not have reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. In connection with any proceeding in which the person is (x) found liable because the person improperly received a personal benefit or (y) found liable to the enterprise, indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding and will not include a judgment, penalty, fine, or an excise or similar tax. Indemnification may not be made in relation to a proceeding in which the person has been found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the persons duty to the enterprise, breach of the persons duty of loyalty owed to the enterprise or an act or omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of a duty owed by the person to the enterprise. To limit indemnification, liability must be established by an order and all appeals of the order must be exhausted or foreclosed by law.
Under Section 8.051 of the TBOC, a corporation or limited liability company shall indemnify a director or officer against reasonable expenses incurred by such director or officer, in connection with a proceeding in which such director or officer is named defendant or respondent because they are or were a director or officer, if they have been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. In addition, such indemnification may be ordered in a proper case by a court of law under Section 8.052 of the TBOC.
The bylaws of each Texas Corporation and the limited liability company agreement of each Texas LLC generally provide that each Texas Corporation and each Texas LLC, as applicable, will indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees or agents, or any person who, while serving in such capacity, serves as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or similar entity at the request of each Texas Corporation and each Texas LLC, as applicable. Indemnitees are entitled to advancement of expenses and indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC.
ITEM 16. | Exhibits. |
(a) See the Exhibit Index on the page immediately preceding the exhibits for a list of exhibits filed as part of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Financial Statement Schedules.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 17. | Undertakings. |
(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrants pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, each of the undersigned registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by such undersigned registrants;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (Act) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on February 4, 2014.
REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP | ||||
By: | Regency GP LP, its general partner | |||
By: | Regency GP LLC, its general partner | |||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |||
Name: | Michael J. Bradley | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated, which are with Regency GP LLC, the general partner of Regency GP LP, the general partner of Regency Energy Partners LP, on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Michael J. Bradley |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Michael J. Bradley | ||||
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Thomas E. Long | ||||
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Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
A. Troy Sturrock | ||||
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Director |
February 4, 2014 | ||
James W. Bryant | ||||
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Director |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Rodney L. Gray | ||||
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
February 4, 2014 | ||
John D. Harkey | ||||
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Director |
February 4, 2014 | ||
John W. McReynolds |
* By: |
/s/ Michael J. Bradley | |
Michael J. Bradley, Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on February 4, 2014.
REGENCY ENERGY FINANCE CORP. | ||||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |||
Name: | Michael J. Bradley | |||
Title: | President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Michael J. Bradley |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Michael J. Bradley | ||||
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Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Thomas E. Long | ||||
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Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
A. Troy Sturrock |
* By: |
/s/ Michael J. Bradley |
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Michael J. Bradley, Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on February 4, 2014.
REGENCY GAS SERVICES LP | ||||
By: | Regency OLP GP LLC, its general partner | |||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |||
Name: | Michael J. Bradley | |||
Title: | President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated, which are with Regency OLP GP LLC, the general partner of Regency Gas Services LP, on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Michael J. Bradley |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Michael J. Bradley | ||||
* |
Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Thomas E. Long | ||||
* |
Vice President and Director (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
A. Troy Sturrock |
* By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley |
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Michael J. Bradley, Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrants (each, a Corporate Guarantor) certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on February 4, 2014.
PUEBLO HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
PUEBLO MIDSTREAM GAS CORPORATION RGP WESTEX GATHERING INC. WEST TEXAS GATHERING COMPANY | ||||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |||
Name: | Michael J. Bradley | |||
Title: | President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities with each Corporate Guarantor indicated on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Michael J. Bradley |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Michael J. Bradley | ||||
* |
Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
Thomas E. Long | ||||
* |
Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
A. Troy Sturrock |
* By: |
/s/ Michael J. Bradley |
|||
Michael J. Bradley, Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrants (each, a LLC Guarantor) certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on February 4, 2014.
CDM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LLC FRONTSTREET HUGOTON LLC GULF STATES TRANSMISSION LLC REGENCY FIELD SERVICES LLC REGENCY GAS UTILITY LLC REGENCY HAYNESVILLE INTRASTATE GAS LLC REGENCY LIQUIDS PIPELINE LLC REGENCY MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS LLC REGENCY MIDSTREAM LLC REGENCY RANCH JV LLC REGENCY TEXAS PIPELINE LLC RGP MARKETING LLC RGU WEST LLC WGP-KHC, LLC | ||||
By: | FrontStreet Hugoton LLC, its sole member | |||
By: | Regency Gas Services LP, its sole member | |||
By: | Regency OLP GP LLC, its general partner | |||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |||
Name: | Michael J. Bradley | |||
Title: | President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated, which are with Regency OLP GP LLC, the general partner of Regency Gas Services LP, the sole member of each LLC Guarantor (and, with respect to WGP-KHC, LLC, the sole member of such entitys sole member), on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Michael J. Bradley Michael J. Bradley |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
* Thomas E. Long |
Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
* A. Troy Sturrock |
Vice President and Director (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 4, 2014 |
* By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |
Michael J. Bradley, Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on February 4, 2014.
REGENCY OLP GP LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |||
Name: | Michael J. Bradley | |||
Title: | President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Michael J. Bradley Michael J. Bradley |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
* Thomas E. Long |
Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
* A. Troy Sturrock |
Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 4, 2014 |
* By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |
Michael J. Bradley, Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrants (each, a New LLC Guarantor) certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on February 4, 2014.
REGAL MIDSTREAM LLC | ||||
REGENCY HEP LLC | ||||
By: | Regency Gas Services LP, its sole member | |||
By: | Regency OLP GP LLC, its general partner | |||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Bradley | |||
Name: | Michael J. Bradley | |||
Title: | President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael J. Bradley and Thomas E. Long, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, or any Registration Statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits hereto and other documents in connection therewith or in connection with the registration of the securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities indicated, which are with Regency OLP GP LLC, the general partner of Regency Gas Services LP, the sole member of each New LLC Guarantor, on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Michael J. Bradley Michael J. Bradley |
President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
/s/ Thomas E. Long Thomas E. Long |
Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer) |
February 4, 2014 | ||
/s/ A. Troy Sturrock A. Troy Sturrock |
Vice President and Director (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 4, 2014 |
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EXHIBIT LIST
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1*** | Form of Underwriting Agreement. | |
2.1 | Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2011, by and among ETP-Regency Midstream Holdings, LLC, LDH Energy Asset Holdings LLC, Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Regency Energy Partners LP. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed March 25, 2011). | |
2.2 | Contribution Agreement dated of February 27, 2013, by and among Southern Union Company, Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Western G&P LLC, ETP Holdco Corporation, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 28, 2013). | |
2.3 | Amendment No. 1 to Contribution Agreement dated as of April 16, 2013, by and among Southern Union Company, Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Western G&P LLC, ETP Holdco Corporation, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 16, 2013). | |
2.4 | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 9, 2013, by and among Regency Energy Partners LP, RVP LLC, Regency GP LP, PVR Partners, L.P. and PVR GP, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 10, 2013). | |
2.5 | Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2013, by and among Regency Energy Partners LP, RVP LLC, Regency GP LP, PVR Partners, L.P. and PVR GP, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 7, 2013). | |
2.6 | Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2013, by and among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency HEP LLC, and Hoover Energy Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 22, 2013). | |
2.7 | Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2013, by and among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regal Midstream LLC, and Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 23, 2013). | |
4.1 | Certificate of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 15, 2005). | |
4.2 | Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP dated as of February 3, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 9, 2006). | |
4.3 | Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2006). | |
4.4 | Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 22, 2006). | |
4.5 | Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 8, 2008). | |
4.6 | Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 16, 2008). | |
4.7 | Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 28, 2008). | |
4.8 | Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 2, 2009). | |
4.9 | Amendment No. 7 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 4, 2009). |
4.10 | Amendment No. 8 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 30, 2013). | |
4.11 | Certificate of Formation of Regency GP LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 15, 2005). | |
4.12 | Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Regency GP LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 9, 2006). | |
4.13 | First Amendment to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Regency GP LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 1, 2010). | |
4.14 | Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Regency GP LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 10, 2010). | |
4.15 | Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Regency GP LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 6, 2011). | |
4.16 | Certificate of Limited Partnership of Regency GP LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 15, 2005). | |
4.17 | Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Regency GP LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 9, 2006). | |
4.18 | Second Amended and Restated General Partnership Agreement of RIGS Haynesville Partnership Co. dated as of December 18, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 1, 2010). | |
4.19 | First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated General Partnership Agreement of RIGS Haynesville Partnership Co. dated as of March 9, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 7, 2010). | |
4.20 | Form of Common Unit Certificate Evidencing Common Units Representing Limited Partnership Interests in Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed January 11, 2006). | |
4.21 | Registration Rights Agreement dated May 26, 2010 by and among Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 28, 2010). | |
4.22 | Registration Rights Agreement dated May 26, 2010 by and among Regency LP Acquirer, L.P. and Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 28, 2010). | |
4.23 | Investor Rights Agreement dated as of May 26, 2010 by and among Regency LP Acquirer LP, Regency GP LP and Regency GP LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 28, 2010). | |
4.24 | Registration Rights Agreement dated May 2, 2011 by and between Regency Energy Partners LP and the purchasers set forth on Schedule I thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 2, 2011). | |
4.25 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013, by and between Southern Union Company and Regency Energy Partners LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 30, 2013). | |
4.26 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013, among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., certain subsidiaries of Regency Energy Partners LP party thereto, PEPL Holdings, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 30, 2013). | |
4.27 | Indenture dated October 27, 2010 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 27, 2010). | |
4.28 | First Supplemental Indenture dated October 27, 2010 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including the form of the Notes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 27, 2010). | |
4.29 | Second Supplemental Indenture dated May 24, 2011 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including the form of the Notes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2011). |
4.30 | Third Supplemental Indenture dated May 26, 2011 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including the form of the Notes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2011). | |
4.31 | Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated May 22, 2012 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-169901) filed September 27, 2012). | |
4.32 | Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 2, 2012 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (including the form of the Notes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2012). | |
4.33** | Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated August 15, 2013 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. | |
4.34 | Indenture dated April 30, 2013 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 30, 2013). | |
4.35** | First Supplemental Indenture dated August 15, 2013 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. | |
4.36 | Indenture dated September 11, 2013 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 11, 2013). | |
4.37 | First Supplemental Indenture dated September 11, 2013 among Regency Energy Partners LP, Regency Energy Finance Corp., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 11, 2013). | |
4.38 | Regency Energy Partners LP 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 20, 2011). | |
4.39 | Form of Grant of Phantom Units with DERs (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 20, 2011). | |
4.40 | Form of Grant of Phantom Units with DERs (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 1, 2013). | |
4.41 | Form of Time-Vested Phantom Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 9, 2013). | |
4.42 | Form of Senior Indenture. | |
4.43 | Form of Restricted Common Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 9, 2013). | |
4.44** | Form of Time-Vested Phantom Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed May 9, 2013). | |
5.1** | Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered. | |
5.2** | Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP regarding the legality of the guarantees covered by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3. | |
5.3* | Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP regarding the legality of the guarantees covered by this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2. | |
12.1** | Statement of Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges. | |
23.1* | Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (Regency Energy Partners LP). | |
23.2* | Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (RIGS Haynesville Partnership Co.). |
23.3* | Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (Lone Star NGL LLC). | |
23.4* | Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (Southern Union Gathering Company, LLC). | |
23.5* | Consent of KPMG LLP (Regency Energy Partners LP). | |
23.6* | Consent of KPMG LLP (RIGS Haynesville Partnership Co.). | |
23.7* | Consent of KPMG LLP (PVR Partners, L.P.). | |
23.8* | Consent of KPMG LLP (certain assets and operations of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.). | |
23.9* | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC). | |
23.10* | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (LDH Energy Asset Holdings LLC). | |
23.11* | Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3 hereto). | |
24.1** | Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to the original Registration Statement). | |
24.2* | Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2). | |
25.1** | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification respecting the Senior Indenture. |
* | Filed herewith. |
** | Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. |
*** | To be filed as an exhibit to a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. |
Exhibit 5.3
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Brussels | New York | |||
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London | Singapore | |||
Los Angeles | Tokyo | |||
Madrid | Washington, D.C. |
Re: | Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration |
Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-185179)
Ladies and Gentlemen
We have acted as special counsel to Regency Energy Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), Regency Energy Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (Regency Finance and, together with the Partnership, the Issuers), and the entities listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the Guarantors), in connection with the filing on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (the Amendment) to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-185179) (as amended, the Registration Statement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act).
You have provided us with a draft of the Amendment in the form in which it will be filed. The Registration Statement registers the offering and sale of, among other things, (i) one or more series of the Issuers debt securities (the Debt Securities) to be issued pursuant to an indenture entered into among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 4.1 to the Partnerships Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 11, 2013, and one or more supplemental indentures thereto (collectively, the Indenture); and (ii) guarantees of the Debt Securities (the Guarantees) by the Guarantors. The Debt Securities and the Guarantees are collectively referred to as the Securities.
This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Amendment, Registration Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Securities.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Issuers, the Guarantors and others as to
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factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction, or as to any matters of municipal laws or the laws of any local agencies within any state.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, as applicable, of the Issuers and the Guarantors and duly executed and delivered, and when the specific terms of a particular Debt Security and Guarantee have been duly established in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, as applicable, of the Issuers and the Guarantors, and such Debt Security and such Guarantee have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and/or the applicable prospectus and by such corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, as applicable (i) such Debt Security will be a legally valid and binding obligation of each Issuer, enforceable against such Issuer in accordance with its terms; and (ii) such Guarantee will be a legally valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
Our opinions are subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; and (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. We express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial relief, (c) waivers of rights or defenses, (d) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (e) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of any Debt Security, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon, (f) the creation, validity, attachment, perfection, or priority of any lien or security interest, (g) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights, (h) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights, (i) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies, (j) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (k) grants of setoff rights, (l) proxies, powers and trusts, (m) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property, (n) provisions purporting to make a Guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety, (o) provisions purporting to waive modifications of any guaranteed obligation to the extent such modification constitutes a novation, (p) any provision to the extent it requires that a
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claim with respect to a security denominated in other than U.S. dollars (or a judgment in respect of such a claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides, and (q) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.
With your consent, we have assumed (i) that the Indenture, the Debt Securities and the Guarantees (collectively, the Documents) will be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, (ii) that each of the Documents will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (iii) that each of the Documents will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Issuers and the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms, and (iv) that the status of each of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties will not be affected by any (a) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (b) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or (c) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or to make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm contained in the base prospectus under the heading Legal Matters. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP |
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Schedule I
Name of Registrant Guarantor |
State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization | |
CDM Resource Management LLC |
Delaware | |
FrontStreet Hugoton LLC |
Delaware | |
Gulf States Transmission LLC |
Louisiana | |
Pueblo Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Pueblo Midstream Gas Corporation |
Texas | |
Regal Midstream LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Field Services LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Gas Services LP |
Delaware | |
Regency Gas Utility LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Haynesville Intrastate Gas LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency HEP LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Liquids Pipeline LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Midcontinent Express LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Midstream LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency OLP GP LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Ranch JV LLC |
Delaware | |
Regency Texas Pipeline LLC |
Delaware | |
RGP Marketing LLC |
Texas | |
RGP Westex Gathering Inc. |
Texas | |
RGU West LLC |
Texas | |
West Texas Gathering Company |
Delaware | |
WGP-KHC, LLC |
Delaware |
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have issued our report dated August 9, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 and for the years then ended, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Regency Energy Partners LP filed on August 9, 2013. We have also issued our report dated March 1, 2013, with respect to internal control over financial reporting included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 of Regency Energy Partners LP. Such reports are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned reports, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption Experts.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Dallas, Texas
February 3, 2014
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated March 1, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of RIGS Haynesville Partnership Co. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 and for the years then ended, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 of Regency Energy Partners LP, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned report, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption Experts.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Dallas, Texas
February 3, 2014
Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated March 1, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Lone Star NGL LLC and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2012 and for the period from March 21, 2011 (Inception) to December 31, 2011, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 of Regency Energy Partners LP, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned report, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption Experts.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Dallas, Texas
February 3, 2014
Exhibit 23.4
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated March 15, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Southern Union Gathering Company, LLC as of December 31, 2012 and for the period from March 26, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and for the period from January 1, 2012 to March 25, 2012, included in the Current Report of Regency Energy Partners LP on Form 8-K, filed on April 12, 2013, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned report, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption Experts.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Dallas, Texas
February 3, 2014
Exhibit 23.5
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Partners
Regency Energy Partners LP:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-3 of Regency Energy Partners LP, filed on February 3, 2014, of our report dated February 18, 2011, with respect to the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), cash flows, and partners capital and noncontrolling interest of Regency Energy Partners LP for the period from May 26, 2010 to December 31, 2010 and the period from January 1, 2010 to May 25, 2010.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
February 3, 2014
Exhibit 23.6
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Partners
Regency Energy Partners LP:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-3 of Regency Energy Partners LP, filed on February 3, 2014, of our report dated February 18, 2011, with respect to the consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and partners capital for the year ended December 31, 2010 of RIGS Haynesville Partnership Co.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
February 3, 2014
Exhibit 23.7
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Unitholders
PVR Partners L.P.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-185179) on Form S-3 filed by Regency Energy Partners LP of our reports dated February 27, 2013, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of PVR Partners, L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), cash flows, and partners capital for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, which reports appear in the December 31, 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K of PVR Partners, L.P.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
February 4, 2014
Exhibit 23.8
Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors of Eagle Rock Energy G&P, LLC and
Unitholders of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-3 of Regency Energy Partners, L.P. of our report dated January 20, 2014, with respect to the combined balance sheets of the Midstream Assets of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and the related combined statements of operations, members equity, and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and each of the years in the two year period ended December 31, 2012, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of Regency Energy Partners, L.P. dated January 24, 2014.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
February 4, 2014
Exhibit 23.9
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-185179) of Regency Energy Partners LP of our reports dated February 19, 2013 and February 17, 2012 relating to the financial statements of Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC, which appear in Exhibits 99.4 and 99.5, respectively, of Regency Energy Partners LPs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and our report dated February 15, 2011, which appears in Exhibit 99.3 of Regency Energy Partners LPs Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 9, 2013. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading Experts in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
February 4, 2014
Exhibit 23.10
Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Experts and to the use of our report dated February 28, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of LDH Energy Asset Holdings LLC as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, included in Exhibit 99.7 of Regency Energy Partners LPs Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 1, 2013, and incorporated by reference in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-185179) and related Prospectus of Regency Energy Partners LP for the registration of debt securities.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
February 3, 2014