The Note Guarantees
Each guarantee of the notes:
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is a general unsecured obligation of the Guarantor; |
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is pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior Indebtedness of that Guarantor; and |
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is senior in right of payment to any future subordinated Indebtedness of that Guarantor. |
The
Note Guarantees, however, are effectively subordinated to all secured Indebtedness of the Guarantors, including their guarantees of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing
those guarantees.
All of Sunoco LPs current significant Subsidiaries, with the exception of Finance Corp., guarantee the notes. The
notes will also be guaranteed by any of Sunoco LPs future Domestic Subsidiaries that incurs Indebtedness under a Credit Facility and by any Restricted Subsidiaries that guarantee Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor under a Credit
Facility. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of our non-guaranteeing Subsidiaries, such non-guaranteeing Subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debt and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute
any of their assets to us and, as a result, the obligations of our non-guaranteeing subsidiaries will be structurally senior to the notes and Note Guarantees. See Risk FactorsRisks Related to Our Indebtedness and the NotesThe notes
and the guarantees are unsecured and effectively subordinated to the Issuers and the guarantors existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness and The notes
are structurally subordinated to all liabilities of any non-guarantor subsidiaries.
ETP Retail provided a limited contingent
guarantee of our obligations to pay the principal of the 2023 notes and the 2021 notes (the ETP Retail contingent guarantees). Under the ETP Retail contingent guarantees, ETP Retail generally has no obligation to make principal payments
with respect to the 2023 notes or the 2021 notes, as applicable, unless and until all remedies, including in the context of bankruptcy proceedings, have first been fully exhausted against us with respect to such payment obligations, and holders of
2023 notes or 2021 notes, as applicable, are still owed amounts in respect of the principal of the 2023 notes or the 2021 notes, as applicable. Two other subsidiaries of ETP, Sunoco R&M and Atlantic Refining, entered into separate support
agreements with ETP Retail and us, pursuant to which they agreed to provide contingent residual support to ETP Retail with respect to ETP Retails obligations under the ETP Retail contingent guarantees, subject to specified liability caps that
aggregate to the principal amount of the 2023 notes and the 2021 notes, respectively. References in this Description of the Exchange Notes to the Note Guarantees or Guarantors do not include the ETP Retail contingent guarantees or ETP
Retail, respectively.
All of our Subsidiaries are Restricted Subsidiaries. Under the circumstances described below under the
caption Certain CovenantsDesignation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, however, we are permitted to designate certain of our existing and future Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Our
Unrestricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the restrictive covenants in the Indenture. Our Unrestricted Subsidiaries do not guarantee the notes.
Principal, Maturity and Interest
The Issuers will issue up to $800 million in aggregate principal amount of 2023 exchange notes and $800 million in aggregate principal amount
of 2021 exchange notes in the exchange offers. The Issuers may issue additional notes under the Indenture from time to time after this offering. Any issuance of additional notes is subject to all the covenants in the Indenture, including the
covenant described below under the caption Certain CovenantsIncurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Equity. The 2023 exchange notes and any additional notes subsequently issued under the 2023 Indenture will be
treated as a single class for all purposes under the 2023 Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. The 2021 exchange notes and any additional notes subsequently issued under the 2021 Indenture will be treated as
a single class for all purposes under the 2021 Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to
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