S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2019

Registration No. 333-        

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

ENERGY TRANSFER LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   4922   30-0108820

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75225 (214) 981-0700

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ENERGY TRANSFER LP 2008 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

ENERGY TRANSFER LP AMENDED AND RESTATED 2011 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

ENERGY TRANSFER LP 2015 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plans)

Thomas E. Long

Chief Financial Officer

Energy Transfer LP

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75225

(214) 981-0700

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

William N. Finnegan IV

Debbie P. Yee

Latham & Watkins LLP

811 Main Street, Suite 3700

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 546-5400

 

Thomas P. Mason

Executive Vice President

and General Counsel

Energy Transfer LP

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75225

(214) 981-0700

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
     Emerging Growth Company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Name of Plan  

Title of securities

to be registered

 

Amount to be

registered (1)(2)

 

Proposed maximum
offering price

per unit (3)

 

Proposed maximum
aggregate offering

price (3)

 

Amount of

registration fee

Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer LP 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan

  Common units representing limited partner interests   12,700,539   $14.15   $179,712,626.85   $21,781.17

Energy Transfer LP Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan

  Common units representing limited partner interests   1,488,182   $14.15   $21,057,775.30   $2,552.20

Energy Transfer LP Long-Term Incentive Plan

  Common units representing limited partner interests   14,447,438   $14.15   $204,431,247.70   $24,777.07

 

 

(1)

This Registration Statement (as defined below) registers an aggregate of 28,636,159 common units representing limited partner interests (the “Common Units”) in Energy Transfer LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Registrant”), that may be delivered with respect to awards under the Equity Plans (as defined herein).

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), there are also being registered such additional Common Units as may become issuable pursuant to the adjustment or anti-dilution provisions of the Equity Plans.

(3)

Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price for the 28,636,159 Common Units being registered hereby is calculated on the basis of the average high and low sale prices of the Common Units as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 28, 2019.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

In connection with the merger (“Merger”) of Streamline Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant (formerly Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, which, for purposes of clarity, was renamed Energy Transfer LP following the Merger), with and into Energy Transfer Operating, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (formerly Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, which, for purposes of clarity, was renamed Energy Transfer Operating, L.P. following the Merger and referred to herein as “ETP”), the Registrant assumed the Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer LP 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (formerly the Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan) (the “2008 Plan”), the Energy Transfer LP Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (formerly the Regency Energy Partners LP 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan) (the “2011 Plan”) and the Energy Transfer LP 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (formerly the Sunoco Partners LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended) (the “2015 Plan” and, together with the 2008 Plan and 2011 Plan, the “Equity Plans”). In connection with the Merger, awards outstanding under the Equity Plans, including each unvested award of ETP restricted units and ETP restricted phantom units, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger were converted into, and will continue as, outstanding awards under the Equity Plans, except that the number of ETP common units covered by each such converted award was adjusted to instead represent the number of Common Units of the Registrant equal to the number of ETP common units subject to the corresponding award multiplied by 1.28 (the exchange ratio in the Merger), rounded up to the nearest whole unit.

The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement relating to an aggregate of 28,636,159 Common Units, comprised of (i) 960,036 Common Units issuable pursuant to the 2008 Plan and 11,740,503 Common Units subject to converted awards previously issued thereunder, (ii) 205,923 Common Units issuable pursuant to the 2011 Plan and 1,282,259 Common Units subject to converted awards previously issued thereunder, and (iii) 10,646,574 Common Units issuable pursuant to the 2015 Plan and 3,800,864 Common Units subject to converted awards previously issued thereunder.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

LE GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Registrant (the “General Partner”), will provide all participants in the Equity Plans with the document(s) containing information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Registrant has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such documents (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (this “Registration Statement”) pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents:

 

  (a).

The Registrant’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-32740), filed with the Commission on February 23, 2018;


  (b).

The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2018, August 9, 2018 and November 8, 2018, respectively;

 

  (c).

The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 16, 2018, April 3, 2018, June 4, 2018, July 18, 2018, August 2, 2018, August 3, 2018, September 12, 2018, September 18, 2018, October 19, 2018, October 25, 2018 and January 22, 2019; and

 

  (d).

The description of the Registrant’s Common Units contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, originally filed with the SEC on January 31, 2006, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and all reports on Form 8-K subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

As provided in the Registrant’s partnership agreement, the Registrant will generally indemnify the General Partner, its officers, directors and affiliates to the fullest extent permitted by the law against all losses, claims, damages or similar events; provided, that the indemnitee will 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, the indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, or in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. Subject to any terms, conditions or restrictions set forth in the Registrant’s 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.

To the extent that the indemnification provisions in the Registrant’s partnership agreement purport to include indemnification of liabilities arising under the Securities Act, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is contrary to public policy and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.


Item 8. Exhibits.

The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement, which such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9. Undertakings.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a) (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;

 

  (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) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, 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 Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

 

     (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.

 

(b)

That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

  4.1*    Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer LP 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended by the First Amendment thereto (formerly the Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan).
  4.2*    Energy Transfer LP Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended by the First Amendment thereto (formerly the Regency Energy Partners LP 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan).
  4.3*    Energy Transfer LP 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended by the First Amendment thereto (formerly the Sunoco Partners LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended).
  5.1*    Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP regarding the legality of the securities registered hereby.
23.1*    Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2*    Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (Energy Transfer LP).
23.3*    Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.).
24.1*   

Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).

 

*

Filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on January 31, 2019.

 

ENERGY TRANSFER LP

By:   LE GP, LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/ Thomas E. Long
 

Thomas E. Long

Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas E. Long, Thomas P. Mason and William J. Healy and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated, which are with LE GP, LLC, the general partner of Energy Transfer LP, on January 31, 2019.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/    Kelcy L. Warren        

Kelcy L. Warren

  

Chief Executive Officer

and Chairman of the Board

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    Thomas E. Long        

Thomas E. Long

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/    Marshall S. McCrea, III        

Marshall S. McCrea, III

   President, Chief Commercial Officer and Director

   

Matthew S. Ramsey

   Chief Operating Officer and Director

/s/    John W. McReynolds        

John W. McReynolds

  

Special Advisor and Director

/s/    A. Troy Sturrock        

A. Troy Sturrock

  

Senior Vice President and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/    Steven R. Anderson        

Steven R. Anderson

   Director

/s/    Richard D. Brannon        

Richard D. Brannon

   Director

/s/    Ray C. Davis        

Ray C. Davis

   Director

/s/    Michael K. Grimm        

Michael K. Grimm

   Director
EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.

2008 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1.    PURPOSE OF THE PLAN.

The Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) has been adopted by Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “General Partner”) and the general partner of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”). The Plan is intended to promote the interests of the Partnership by providing to Employees and Directors incentive compensation awards based on Units to encourage superior performance. The Plan is also contemplated to enhance the ability of the Partnership and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries to attract and retain the services of individuals who are essential for the growth and profitability of the Partnership and to encourage them to devote their best efforts to advancing the business of the Partnership.

SECTION 2.    DEFINITIONS.

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

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.

ASC Topic 718” means Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, or any successor accounting standard.

Award” means an Option, Unit Appreciation Right, Restricted Unit, Phantom Unit, Other Unit-Based Award or Unit Award granted under the Plan, and includes any tandem DERs granted with respect to a Phantom Unit.

Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement by which an Award shall be evidenced.

Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Change of Control” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred upon one or more of the following events:

(i) any “person” or “group” within the meaning of those terms as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, other than an Affiliate of the Company, shall become the beneficial owner, by way of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the equity interests in the Company;

(ii) the members of the Company approve, in one or a series of transactions, a plan of complete liquidation of the Company;

(iii) the sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets in one or more transactions to any Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; or

(iv) a Person other than the Company, the General Partner or an Affiliate of the Company or the General Partner becomes the general partner of the Partnership.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A, the transaction or event described in subsection (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above must also constitute a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), as applied to non-corporate entities and as relates to the holder of such Award, to the extent required to comply with Section 409A.

Committee” means the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee as may be appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.

Company” means Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the General Partner.

DER” means a distribution equivalent right representing a contingent right, granted in tandem with a specific Phantom Unit, to receive with respect to each Phantom Unit subject to the Award an amount in cash, Units and/or Phantom Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, equal in value to the distributions made by the Partnership with respect to a Unit during the period such Award is outstanding.

Director” means a member of the board of directors or managers of the Company.

Disability” means, unless provided otherwise in the Award grant agreement, an illness or injury that lasts at least six continuous months, is expected to be permanent and renders the Participant unable to carry out his or her duties to the Board, the Company, the General Partner, the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Company, the General Partner or the Partnership.

Effective Date” means October 2, 2014.

Employee” means an employee of the Partnership, the Company, the General Partner, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Partnership, the Company, the General Partner or a Subsidiary.

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

Fair Market Value” means, as of any given date, the average closing sales price of a Unit on the New York Stock Exchange (or, if Units are not listed on such exchange, on any other national securities exchange or other market on which Units are then listed or traded) for the 10 trading days immediately preceding such date, as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or other reporting service approved by the Committee). If Units are not traded on a national securities exchange or other market at the time a determination of fair market value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of fair market value shall be made in good faith by the Committee and, to the extent applicable, in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A, to be the fair market value of a Unit as of such date.

General Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

Option” means an option to purchase Units granted under the Plan.

Other Unit-Based Award” means an Award granted under the Plan.

Participant” means an Employee or Director granted an Award under the Plan.

Partnership” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

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

 

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Phantom Unit” means a notional unit granted under the Plan that, to the extent vested, entitles the Participant to receive a Unit or an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a Unit or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its discretion and as provided in the applicable Award Agreement.

Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

Restricted Period” means the period established by the Committee with respect to an Award during which the Award remains subject to restrictions established by the Committee, including, without limitation, a period during which an Award or Unit is subject to forfeiture or restrictions on transfer, or is not yet exercisable by or payable to the Participant, as the case may be.

Restricted Unit” means a Unit granted under the Plan that is subject to a Restricted Period.

Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effect from time to time.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.

Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or guidance that may be amended or issued after the Effective Date.

Subsidiary” means any entity (i) in which, at the relevant time, the Partnership, the General Partner or the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, not less than 50% of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of equity interests issued by such entity, (ii) as to which, at the relevant time, the Partnership, the General Partner or the Company has the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or designate, either independently or jointly with another Person, 50% or more of the members of the board of directors or (iii) as to which at the relevant time, the Partnership, the General Partner or the Company, directly or indirectly, (A) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, not less than 50% of the total combined voting power represented by classes of equity interests issued by the general partner or managing member of such entity or (B) has the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or designate, either independently or jointly with another Person, 50% or more of the members of the board of directors of the general partner or managing member thereof.

UDR” means a distribution made by the Partnership with respect to a Restricted Unit.

Unit” means a common unit of the Partnership.

Unit Appreciation Right” or “UAR” means an Award that, upon exercise, entitles the holder to receive all or part of the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the exercise date of the UAR over the exercise price of the UAR. Such excess may be paid in Units, cash or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the Committee.

Unit Award” means a grant of a Unit under the Plan that is not subject to a Restricted Period.

SECTION 3.    ADMINISTRATION.

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of the members of the Committee who are present at any meeting thereof at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved by the members of the Committee in writing, shall be the acts of the Committee; provided, however, that in the event that the Board is not also serving as the Committee, the Board, in its sole discretion, may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan. Subject to the following and applicable law, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate any or all of its powers and duties under the Plan, including the power to grant Awards under the

 

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Plan, to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the General Partner, subject to such limitations on such delegated powers and duties as the Committee may impose, if any. Upon any such delegation, all references in the Plan to the “Committee”, other than in Section 7, shall be deemed to include the Chief Executive Officer; provided, however, that such delegation shall not limit the Chief Executive Officer’s right to receive Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer may not grant Awards to, or take any action with respect to any Award previously granted to, a Person who is then an officer subject to Rule 16b-3 or a member of the Board. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Units to be covered by Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be vested, settled, exercised, canceled, or forfeited; (vi) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to an Award made under the Plan; (vii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (viii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or an Award Agreement in such manner and to such extent as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Partnership, the Company, the General Partner, any of their respective Affiliates, any Participant, and any beneficiary of any Award.

SECTION 4.    UNITS.

(a) Limits on Units Deliverable. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(c), the number of Units that may be delivered with respect to Awards under the Plan is 10,000,000 (inclusive of Units delivered with respect to Awards under the Plan prior to the Effective Date); provided, however, that Units withheld from an Award to either satisfy the Partnership’s or one of its Affiliates’ tax withholding obligations with respect to the Award or pay the exercise price of an Award shall not be considered to be Units delivered under the Plan for this purpose. If any Award is forfeited, cancelled, exercised, settled in cash, or otherwise terminates or expires without the actual delivery of Units pursuant to such Award (the grant of Restricted Units is not a delivery of Units for this purpose unless and until the Restricted Period for such Restricted Units lapses), the Units subject to such Award shall again be available for delivery with respect to future Awards under the Plan. There shall not be any limitation on the number of Awards that may be paid in cash.

(b) Sources of Units Deliverable Under Awards. Any Units delivered pursuant to an Award shall consist, in whole or in part, of Units newly issued by the Partnership, Units acquired in the open market, from any Affiliate of the Partnership or from any other Person, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

(c) Anti-dilution Adjustments. With respect to any “equity restructuring” event that could result in an additional compensation expense to the General Partner, the Company or the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 718 if adjustments to Awards with respect to such event were discretionary, the Committee shall equitably adjust the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) covered by each outstanding Award and the terms and conditions, including the exercise price and performance criteria (if any), of such Award to equitably reflect such event and shall adjust the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan after such event. With respect to any other similar event that would not result in an accounting charge under ASC Topic 718 if the adjustment to Awards with respect to such event were subject to discretionary action, the Committee shall have complete discretion to adjust Awards and the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan in such manner as it deems appropriate with respect to such other event.

 

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SECTION 5.    ELIGIBILITY.

Any Employee or Director shall be eligible to be designated a Participant by the Committee and receive an Award under the Plan.

SECTION 6.    AWARDS.

(a) Options and UARs. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Employees and Directors to whom Options and/or UARs shall be granted, the number of Units to be covered by each Option or UAR, the exercise price therefor, the Restricted Period and other conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of the Option or UAR, including the following terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

(i) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Unit purchasable under an Option or subject to a UAR shall be determined by the Committee at the time the Option or UAR is granted, but may not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Unit as of the date of grant of the Option or UAR.

(ii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the exercise terms and the Restricted Period, if any, with respect to an Option or UAR, which may include, without limitation, (A) a provision for accelerated vesting upon the death or Disability of a Participant, the achievement of specified performance goals or such other events as the Committee may provide, and (B) the method or methods by which payment of the exercise price with respect to an Option or UAR may be made or deemed to have been made, which may include, without limitation, cash, check acceptable to the Committee, withholding Units having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price from the Award, a “cashless-broker” exercise through procedures approved by the Committee, or any combination of the above methods.

(iii) Forfeitures. Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the Option or UAR, upon termination of a Participant’s employment with the Partnership and its Affiliates or membership on the Board, whichever is applicable, for any reason during the applicable Restricted Period, all unvested Options and UARs shall be forfeited by the Participant. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Options or UARs.

(b) Restricted Units and Phantom Units. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Employees and Directors to whom Restricted Units and Phantom Units shall be granted, the number of Restricted Units or Phantom Units to be granted to each such Participant, the Restricted Period, the conditions under which the Restricted Units or Phantom Units may become vested or forfeited and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may establish with respect to such Awards which may include, without limitation, a provision for accelerated vesting upon the death or Disability of a Participant, the achievement of specified performance goals of such other events as the Committee may provide.

(i) DERs. To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, a grant of Phantom Units may include a tandem DER grant, which may provide that such DERs shall be paid directly to the Participant, be credited to a bookkeeping account (with or without interest in the discretion of the Committee), be “reinvested” in Restricted Units or additional Phantom Units and be subject to the same or different vesting restrictions as the tandem Phantom Unit Award, or be subject to such other provisions or restrictions as determined by the Committee in its discretion. Absent a contrary provision in the Award Agreement, upon a distribution with respect to a Unit, cash equal in value to such distribution shall be paid promptly to the Participant without vesting restrictions with respect to each Phantom Unit then held.

(ii) UDRs. To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, a grant of Restricted Units may provide that the distributions made by the Partnership with respect to the Restricted Units shall be subject to the same forfeiture and other restrictions as the Restricted Unit and, if restricted, such distributions shall be held, without interest, until the Restricted Unit vests or is forfeited with the UDR being paid or forfeited at the same time, as the case may be. In addition, the Committee may provide that such distributions be used to acquire additional Restricted Units for the Participant. Such additional Restricted Units may be subject to

 

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such vesting and other terms as the Committee may prescribe. Absent such a restriction on the UDRs in the Award Agreement, upon a distribution with respect to the Restricted Unit, such distribution shall be paid to the holder of the Restricted Unit without restrictions at the same time as cash distributions are paid by the Partnership to its unitholders.

(iii) Forfeitures. Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the Restricted Units or Phantom Units grant agreement, upon termination of a Participant’s employment with the Partnership and its Affiliates or membership on the Board, whichever is applicable, for any reason during the applicable Restricted Period, all outstanding, unvested Restricted Units and Phantom Units awarded to the Participant shall be automatically forfeited on such termination. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Restricted Units and/or Phantom Units.

(iv) Lapse of Restrictions.

(A) Phantom Units. Upon or as soon as reasonably practical following the vesting of each Phantom Unit, subject to the provisions of Section 8(b), the Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Company one Unit, cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a Unit or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

(B) Restricted Units. Upon or as soon as reasonably practicable following the vesting of each Restricted Unit, subject to satisfying the tax withholding obligations of Section 8(b), the Participant shall be entitled to have the restrictions removed from his or her Unit certificate so that the Participant then holds an unrestricted Unit.

(c) Unit Awards. Unit Awards may be granted under the Plan to such Employees and/or Directors and in such amounts as the Committee, in its discretion, may select.

(d) Other Unit-Based Awards. Other Unit-Based Awards may be granted under the Plan to such Employees and/or Directors and in such amounts as the Committee, in its discretion, may select. An Other Unit-Based Award shall be an award denominated or payable in, valued in or otherwise based on or related to Units, in whole or in part. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Unit-Based Award. An Other Unit-Based Award may be paid in cash, Units (including Restricted Units) or any combination thereof as provided in the Award Agreement.

(e) Director Automatic Grants.

(i) Each Director who is elected or appointed to the Board for the first time after the Plan’s effective date shall automatically receive, on the date of his or her election or appointment, a grant of 2,500 Restricted Units.

(ii) On each January 1 that the Plan continues in effect, each individual who is a Director on such January 1 automatically shall receive a grant of that number of Restricted Units equal to $100,000 divided by the Fair Market Value of a Unit on such date, rounded up to the nearest increment of ten Restricted Units.

(iii) Each grant of Restricted Units to a Director pursuant to clause (i) of Paragraph (e) of this Section 6 and each automatic grant of Restricted Units to a Director pursuant to clause (ii) of Paragraph (e) of this Section 6, and the UDRs with respect thereto, will vest 60% upon the third anniversary of the date of the Award and 40% upon the fifth anniversary of the date of the Award; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing (1) all such Awards to a Director shall become fully vested upon a Change of Control, unless voluntarily waived by such Director, and (2) all Awards that have not yet vested on the date a Director ceases to be a member of the Board shall be forfeited except to the extent the Committee, in its discretion, determines to vest all or part of such Award.

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entitled to receive an automatic grant of an Award on such date shall share ratably in the number of Units then available for award under the Plan and thereafter shall have no right to receive any additional grants under this Paragraph (e).

(v) Grants made pursuant to this Paragraph (e) shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan; however, if there is a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Paragraph (d) and the terms and conditions of any other provision hereof, then the terms and conditions of this Paragraph (e) shall control. The Committee may not exercise any discretion with respect to this Paragraph (e) that would be inconsistent with the intent that the Plan meets the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

(vi) Notwithstanding anything in clauses (i) and (ii) above, the number of Restricted Units automatically granted hereunder shall be reduced by the number of such Unit awards, if any, granted to the Director at the same time pursuant to the Amended and Restated Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2004 Unit Plan.

(f) General.

(i) Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together. Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Partnership. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or awards granted under any other plan of the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Partnership may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

(ii) Limits on Transfer of Awards.

(A) Except as provided in Paragraph (C) below, each Option and Unit Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or by the Person to whom the Participant’s rights shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

(B) Except as provided in Paragraph (C) below, no Award and no right under any such Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Partnership.

(C) To the extent specifically provided by the Committee with respect to an Award, such Award may be transferred by a Participant without consideration to any “family member” of the Participant, as defined in the instructions to use of the Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any related family trust, limited partnership or other transferee specifically approved by the Committee.

(iii) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Committee.

(iv) Unit Certificates. All certificates for Units or other securities of the Partnership delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any securities exchange upon which such Units or other securities are then listed, and any applicable laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be inscribed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

(v) Consideration for Grants. Awards may be granted for such consideration, including services, as the Committee shall determine.

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the exercise or vesting of an Award may be deferred for any period during which, in the good faith determination of the Committee, the Partnership is not reasonably able to obtain or deliver Units pursuant to such Award without violating applicable law or the applicable rules or regulations of any governmental agency or authority or securities exchange. No Units or other securities shall be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement (including, without limitation, any exercise price or tax withholding) is received by the Partnership.

(vii) Prohibition on Repricing of Options and UARs. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(c) and Section 7(c), the terms of outstanding Award Agreements may not be amended without the approval of the Partnership’s unitholders so as to (A) reduce the Unit exercise price of any outstanding Options or UARs, (B) grant a new Option, UAR or other Award in substitution for, or upon the cancellation of, any previously granted Option or UAR that has the effect of reducing the exercise price thereof, (C) exchange any Option or UAR for Units, cash or other consideration when the exercise price per Unit under such Option or UAR exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Units, or (D) take any other action that would be considered a “repricing” of an Option or UAR under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Units are not then-listed on such exchange, to the extent applicable, on any other national securities exchange on which the Units are listed. Subject to Section 4(c) and Section 7(c), the Committee shall have the authority, without the approval of the Partnership’s unitholders, to amend any outstanding Award to increase the per Unit exercise price of any outstanding Options or UARs or to cancel and replace any outstanding Options or UARs with the grant of Options or UARs having a per Unit exercise price that is equal to or greater than the per Unit exercise price of the original Options or UARs.

SECTION 7.    AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law:

(a) Amendments to the Plan. Except as required by applicable law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are traded and subject to Section 7(b) below, the Board or the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan in any manner, including increasing the number of Units available for Awards under the Plan, without the consent of any Participant, other holder or beneficiary of an Award, or any other Person.

(b) Amendments to Awards. Subject to Section 7(a), the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter any Award theretofore granted, provided no change, other than pursuant to Section 4(c) or Section 7(c), in any Award shall materially reduce the benefit to a Participant with respect to an Award without the consent of such Participant.

(c) Actions Upon the Occurrence of Certain Events. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, any change in applicable law or regulation affecting the Plan or Awards thereunder, or any change in accounting principles affecting the financial statements of the Company, the General Partner or the Partnership, the Committee, in its sole discretion, without the consent of any Participant or holder of the Award, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, may take any one or more of the following actions in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or an outstanding Award:

(i) provide for either (A) the termination of any Award in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of such transaction or event the Committee determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Committee without payment) or (B) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the Committee in its sole discretion;

 

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(ii) provide that such Award be assumed by the successor or survivor entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or be exchanged for similar options, rights or awards covering the equity of the successor or survivor, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of equity interests and prices;

(iii) make adjustments in the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, and in the number and kind of outstanding Awards or in the terms and conditions of (including the exercise price), and the vesting and performance criteria included in, outstanding Awards, or both;

(iv) provide that such Award shall be exercisable or payable, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement; and

(v) provide that the Award cannot be exercised or become payable after such event, i.e., shall terminate upon such event.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any “equity restructuring” event that could result in an additional compensation expense to the General Partner, the Company or the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 718, the provisions in Section 4(c) shall control to the extent they are in conflict with the discretionary provisions of this Section 7(c).

SECTION 8.    GENERAL PROVISIONS.

(a) No Rights to Award. No Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

(b) Tax Withholding. Unless other arrangements have been made that are acceptable to the Committee, the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Partnership is authorized to deduct, withhold, or cause to be deducted or withheld from any Award, from any payment due or transfer made under any Award or from any compensation or other amount owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Units, including Units that would otherwise be issued pursuant to such Award or other property) of any applicable taxes payable in respect of the grant or settlement of an Award, its exercise, the lapse of restrictions thereon, or any other payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee to satisfy the withholding obligations for the payment of such taxes. In the event that Units that would otherwise be issued pursuant to an Award are used to satisfy such withholding obligations, the number of Units that may be withheld or surrendered shall be limited to the number of Units that have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income.

(c) No Right to Employment or Board Membership. The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Partnership or to remain on the Board, as applicable. Furthermore, the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership, as applicable, may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or the Board free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, any Award agreement or other agreement between any such entity and a Participant.

(d) Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

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under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable law or, if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

(f) Other Laws. The Committee may refuse to issue or transfer any Units or other consideration under an Award if, in its sole discretion, it determines that the issuance or transfer of such Units or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation, the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are then traded, or entitle the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership to recover the same under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and any payment tendered to the Partnership by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.

(g) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Partnership or any participating Affiliate of the Partnership and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Partnership or any participating Affiliate of the Partnership pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Partnership or any participating Affiliate of the Partnership.

(h) No Fractional Units. No fractional Units shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Units or whether such fractional Units or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated with or without consideration.

(i) Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision hereof.

(j) Facility Payment. Any amounts payable hereunder to any individual under legal disability or who, in the judgment of the Committee, is unable to manage properly his financial affairs, may be paid to the legal representative of such individual, or may be applied for the benefit of such individual in any manner that the Committee may select, and the Partnership shall be relieved of any further liability for payment of such amounts.

(k) Gender and Number. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

(l) Allocation of Costs. Nothing herein shall be deemed to override, amend, or modify any cost sharing arrangement, omnibus agreement, or other arrangement between the Company, the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their respective Affiliates regarding the sharing of costs between such entities.

(m) Compliance with Section 409A. Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall operate or be construed to cause the Plan or an Award that is subject to Section 409A to fail to comply with the requirements of Section 409A. The applicable provisions of Section 409A are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any Plan or Award Agreement provision in conflict therewith or that would cause a failure of compliance thereunder, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict or obviate such failure. Subject to any other restrictions or limitations contained herein, in the event that a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) becomes entitled to a payment under an Award that constitutes a “deferral of compensation” (as defined under Section 409A) on account of a “separation from service” (as defined under Section 409A), to the extent required by the Code, such payment shall not occur until the date that is six months plus one day from the date of such separation from service. Any amount that is otherwise payable within the six-month period described herein will be aggregated and paid in a lump sum without interest.

 

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(n) No Guarantee of Tax Consequences. None of the Board, the Committee, the Partnership, the Company nor the General Partner (i) provides or has provided any tax advice to any Participant or any other Person or makes or has made any assurance, commitment or guarantee that any federal, state, local or other tax treatment will (or will not) apply or be available to any Participant or other Person or (ii) assumes any liability with respect to any tax or associated liabilities to which any Participant or other Person may be subject.

(o) Clawback. To the extent required by applicable law or any applicable securities exchange listing standards, or as otherwise determined by the Committee, Awards and amounts paid or payable pursuant to or with respect to Awards shall be subject to the provisions of any applicable clawback policies or procedures adopted by the Company, the General Partner or the Partnership, which clawback policies or procedures may provide for forfeiture, repurchase and/or recoupment of Awards and amounts paid or payable pursuant to or with respect to Awards. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Company, the General Partner and the Partnership reserve the right, without the consent of any Participant or beneficiary of any Award, to adopt any such clawback policies and procedures, including such policies and procedures applicable to the Plan or any Award Agreement with retroactive effect.

SECTION 9.    TERM OF THE PLAN.

The Plan shall be effective on the Effective Date, subject to approval by the unitholders of the Partnership and shall continue until the earliest of (i) the date it is terminated by the Board, (ii) all Units available under the Plan have been paid to Participants, or (iii) the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date. However, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award granted prior to such termination, and the authority of the Board or the Committee under the Plan to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under such Award, shall extend beyond such termination date.

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.

2008 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

January 14, 2019

This amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), is hereby adopted as of October 19, 2018 (the “Effective Date”) by LE GP, LLC (the “Company”), in its capacity as the general partner of Energy Transfer LP (the “Partnership”), on behalf of the Partnership. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

WHEREAS, in connection with the merger of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (“ETP”) with and into a subsidiary of the Partnership on October 19, 2018, the Partnership assumed the Plan from ETP and the Partnership now maintains the Plan for the purposes set forth therein; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has previously approved the change in the name of the Partnership from Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. to Energy Transfer LP, and the adoption of the Plan by the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, the officers of the Company have caused the aforementioned changes in the names of the Partnership to become effective in its jurisdictions of formation and qualifications and are now memorializing those changes in the books and records of the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan to give the full and proper effect to such name change.

NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date, the Plan is amended as follows:

 

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All references in the Plan to “Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.” (including in the name of the Plan) shall be, and hereby are, replaced with “Energy Transfer LP”.

 

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All references in the Plan to “Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P.” shall be, and hereby are, replaced with “LE GP, LLC”.

 

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The defined term “General Partner” shall be, and hereby is, deleted from the Plan and references to “the General Partner” in Section 2, Section 3, Section 4(c), Section 7 and Section 8 of the Plan shall be, and hereby are, deleted.

 

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All references in the Plan to the Company shall be to LE GP, LLC, and the definition of “Company” shall be, and hereby is, deleted and replaced with the following:

Company” means LE GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership.

 

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Subparagraph (iv) of the definition of “Change of Control” shall be, and hereby is, deleted and replaced with the following: “a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company becomes the general partner of the Partnership.”

All other provisions of the Plan shall remain the same and in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amendment, effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

LE GP, LLC
By:   /s/ William J. Healy
Name:   William J. Healy
Title:   Secretary
EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2011 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain merger agreement entered into on January 25, 2015, by and among Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., the general partner of the Partnership, Rendezvous I LLC, Rendezvous II LLC, Regency Energy Partners LP (“Regency”), Regency GP LP, the general partner of Regency, ETE GP Acquirer LLC and, solely for purposes of certain provisions therein, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (the “Merger Agreement”), Regency became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership (the “Merger”);

WHEREAS, Regency previously adopted the Regency Energy Partners LP 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Regency Plan”), which became effective on December 16, 2011 (the “Original Effective Date”), pursuant to which Regency has granted awards to certain of its employees, directors and consultants;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Partnership assumed the Regency Plan, including the number of Regency common units remaining available for issuance under the Regency Plan, and certain outstanding awards granted thereunder;

WHEREAS, the number of Regency common units initially reserved for issuance with respect to awards under the Regency Plan was 3,000,000;

WHEREAS, as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Merger Effective Time”), 1,819,664 Regency common units were subject to outstanding awards of Regency phantom units granted under the Regency Plan (after giving effect to the applicable vesting and settlement of such outstanding awards), no other awards were outstanding under the Regency Plan and 800,357 Regency common units remained available for issuance with respect to the grant of future awards under the Regency Plan;

WHEREAS, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time and in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, the outstanding awards of Regency phantom units were converted into 750,430 phantom units relating to Partnership common units;

WHEREAS, as of immediately following the Merger Effective Time, the number of Partnership common units that may be issued with respect to future awards under the Plan is 330,068, pursuant to Section 4(a) below; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Partnership’s assumption of the Regency Plan, the Partnership desires to amend and restate the Regency Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Regency Plan is hereby amended and restated as follows:

SECTION 1. Purpose of the Plan.

The Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) has been adopted by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”). The Plan is intended to promote the interests of the Partnership by providing to Employees, Directors and Consultants incentive compensation awards based on Units to encourage superior performance. The Plan is also contemplated to enhance the ability of the Partnership and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries to attract and retain the services of individuals who are essential for the growth and profitability of the Partnership and to encourage them to devote their best efforts to advancing the business of the Partnership.

SECTION 2. Definitions.

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

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.


Award” means an Option, Unit Appreciation Right, Restricted Unit, Phantom Unit, Other Unit-Based Award, or a Unit Award granted under the Plan, and includes any tandem DERs granted with respect to a Phantom Unit.

Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement by which an Award shall be evidenced.

Board” means the Board of Directors or Managers, as the case may be, of the Company.

Change of Control” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred upon one or more of the following events:

(i) any “person” or “group,” within the meaning of those terms as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, other than an Affiliate of the Company, shall become the beneficial owner, by way of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the equity interests in the Company;

(ii) the members of the Company approve, in one or a series of transactions, a plan of complete liquidation of the Company;

(iii) the sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets in one or more transactions to any Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; or

(iv) a Person other than the Company, the General Partner or an Affiliate of the Company or the General Partner becomes the general partner of the Partnership.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, “Change of Control” shall mean a “change of control event” as defined in the regulations and guidance issued under Section 409A.

Committee” means the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee as may be appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.

Company” means Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the General Partner.

Consultant” means an individual who renders consulting or advisory services to the General Partner, the Partnership or an Affiliate of either.

DER” means a contingent right, granted in tandem with a specific Phantom Unit, to receive with respect to such Phantom Unit an amount in cash, Units and/or Phantom Units equal in value to the distributions made by the Partnership with respect to a Unit during the period such Award is outstanding.

Director” means a member of the Board.

Disability” means, unless provided otherwise in the Award grant agreement, an illness or injury that lasts at least six continuous months, is expected to be permanent and renders the Participant unable to carry out his or her duties to the Board, the Company, the General Partner, the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Company, the General Partner or the Partnership.

Employee” means an employee of the Partnership, the Company, the General Partner, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Partnership, the Company, the General Partner or a Subsidiary.

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

Fair Market Value” means the closing sales price of a Unit on the principal national securities exchange or other market in which trading in Units occurs on the applicable date (or, if there is no trading in the Units on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was trading) as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or other reporting service approved by the Committee). If Units are not traded on a national securities exchange or other market at the time a determination of fair market value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of fair market value shall be made in good faith by the Committee.


General Partner” means Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the general partner of the Partnership.

Option” means an option to purchase Units granted under the Plan.

Other Unit-Based Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 6(d) of the Plan.

Participant” means an Employee, Consultant or Director granted an Award under the Plan.

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

Phantom Unit” means a notional unit granted under the Plan that upon vesting entitles the Participant to receive a Unit or an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a Unit, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

Restricted Period” means the period established by the Committee with respect to an Award during which the Award remains subject to forfeiture and is either not exercisable by or payable to the Participant, as the case may be.

Restricted Unit” means a Unit granted under the Plan that is subject to a Restricted Period.

Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effect from time to time.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.

Subsidiary” means any entity (i) in which, at the relevant time, the Partnership, the General Partner or the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, not less than 50% of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of equity interests issued by such entity, (ii) as to which, at the relevant time, the Partnership, the General Partner or the Company has the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or designate, either independently or jointly with another Person, 50% or more of the members of the board of directors or (iii) as to which at the relevant time, the Partnership, the General Partner or the Company, directly or indirectly, (A) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, not less than 50% of the total combined voting power represented by classes of equity interests issued by the general partner or managing member of such entity or (B) has the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or designate, either independently or jointly with another Person, 50% or more of the members of the board of directors of the general partner or managing member thereof.

UDR” means a distribution made by the Partnership with respect to a Restricted Unit.

Unit” means a Common Unit of the Partnership.

Unit Appreciation Right” or “UAR” means a contingent right that entitles the holder to receive all or part of the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the exercise date of the UAR over the exercise price of the UAR. Such excess shall be paid in Units, cash or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the Committee.

Unit Award” means a grant of a Unit that is not subject to a Restricted Period.

SECTION 3. Administration.

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of the members of the Committee who are present at any meeting thereof at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved by the members of the Committee in writing, shall be the acts of the Committee. Subject to the following and applicable law, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate any or all of its powers and duties under the Plan, including the power to grant Awards under the Plan, to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the General Partner, subject to such limitations on such delegated powers and duties as


the Committee may impose, if any. Upon any such delegation, all references in the Plan to the “Committee”, other than in Section 7, shall be deemed to include the Chief Executive Officer; provided, however, that such delegation shall not limit the Chief Executive Officer’s right to receive Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer may not grant Awards to, or take any action with respect to any Award previously granted to, a person who is an officer subject to Rule 16b-3 or a member of the Board. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Units to be covered by Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, or forfeited; (vi) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to an Award made under the Plan; (vii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (viii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or an Award Agreement in such manner and to such extent as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Partnership, the Company, the General Partner, any Affiliate, any Participant, and any beneficiary of any Award.

SECTION 4. Units.

(a) Limits on Units Deliverable. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(c), the number of Units that may be delivered with respect to Awards under the Plan is 330,068; provided, however, that Units withheld or “netted” from an Award to either satisfy the Partnership’s or an Affiliate’s tax withholding obligations with respect to the Award or pay the exercise price of an Award shall not be considered to be Units delivered under the Plan for this purpose. If any Award is forfeited, cancelled, exercised, paid, or otherwise terminates or expires without the actual delivery of Units pursuant to such Award (the grant of Restricted Units is not a delivery of Units for this purpose), the Units subject to such Award shall again be available for Awards under the Plan. There shall not be any limitation on the number of Awards that may be paid in cash.

(b) Sources of Units Deliverable Under Awards. Any Units delivered pursuant to an Award shall consist, in whole or in part, of Units newly issued by the Partnership, Units acquired in the open market, from any Affiliate of the Partnership or from any other Person, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

(c) Anti-dilution Adjustments. With respect to any “equity restructuring” event that could result in an additional compensation expense to the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Topic 718 (“ASC 718”) if adjustments to Awards with respect to such event were discretionary, the Committee shall equitably adjust the number and type of Units covered by each outstanding Award and the terms and conditions, including the exercise price and performance criteria (if any), of such Award to equitably reflect such restructuring event and shall adjust the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted after such event. With respect to any other similar event that would not result in an accounting charge under ASC 718 if the adjustment to Awards with respect to such event were subject to discretionary action, the Committee shall have complete discretion to adjust Awards in such manner as it deems appropriate with respect to such other event.

SECTION 5. Eligibility.

Any Employee, Consultant or Director shall be eligible to be designated a Participant by the Committee and receive an Award under the Plan; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will Awards be granted hereunder to individuals who were employed, immediately before the closing of the Merger, by the Company, the Partnership or any entity that was a Subsidiary of the Company or the Partnership immediately before the Merger.


SECTION 6. Awards.

(a) Options and UARs. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Employees, Consultants and Directors to whom Options and/or UARs shall be granted, the number of Units to be covered by each Option or UAR, the exercise price therefor, the Restricted Period and other conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of the Option or UAR, including the following terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

(i) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Unit purchasable under an Option or subject to a UAR shall be determined by the Committee at the time the Option or UAR is granted but may not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Unit as of the date of grant of the Option or UAR.

(ii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the exercise terms and the Restricted Period with respect to an Option or UAR grant, which may include, without limitation, (A) a provision for accelerated vesting upon the death or Disability of a Participant, the achievement of specified performance goals or such other events as the Committee may provide, and (B) the method or methods by which payment of the exercise price with respect to an Option may be made or deemed to have been made, which may include, without limitation, cash, check acceptable to the Committee, withholding or “netting” Units from the Award, a “cashless-broker” exercise through procedures approved by the Committee, or any combination of the above methods, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price.

(iii) Forfeitures. Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the Option or UAR grant, upon termination of a Participant’s employment with or consulting services to the Partnership and its Affiliates or membership on the Board, whichever is applicable, for any reason during the applicable Restricted Period, all unvested Options and UARs shall be forfeited by the Participant. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Options or UARs.

(b) Restricted Units and Phantom Units. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Employees, Consultants and Directors to whom Restricted Units and Phantom Units shall be granted, the number of Restricted Units or Phantom Units to be granted to each such Participant, the Restricted Period, the conditions under which the Restricted Units or Phantom Units may become vested or forfeited and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may establish with respect to such Awards which may include, without limitation, a provision for accelerated vesting upon the death or Disability of a Participant, the achievement of specified performance goals or such other events as the Committee may provide.

(i) DERs. To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, a grant of Phantom Units may include a tandem DER grant, which may provide that such DERs shall be paid directly to the Participant, be credited to a bookkeeping account (with or without interest in the discretion of the Committee), be “reinvested” in Restricted Units or additional Phantom Units and be subject to the same or different vesting restrictions as the tandem Phantom Unit Award, or be subject to such other provisions or restrictions as determined by the Committee in its discretion. Absent a contrary provision in the Award Agreement, upon a distribution with respect to a Unit, cash equal in value to such distribution shall be paid promptly to the Participant without vesting restrictions with respect to each Phantom Unit then held.

(ii) UDRs. To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, a grant of Restricted Units may provide that the distributions made by the Company with respect to the Restricted Units shall be subject to the same forfeiture and other restrictions as the Restricted Unit and, if restricted, such distributions shall be held, without interest, until the Restricted Unit vests or is forfeited with the UDR being paid or forfeited at the same time, as the case may be. In addition, the Committee may provide that such distributions be used to acquire additional Restricted Units for the Participant. Such additional Restricted Units may be subject to such vesting and other terms as the Committee may proscribe. Absent such a restriction on the UDRs in the Award Agreement, upon a distribution with respect to the Restricted Unit, such distribution shall be paid promptly to the holder of the Restricted Unit without vesting restrictions.

(iii) Forfeitures. Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the Restricted Units or Phantom Units Award Agreement, upon termination of a Participant’s employment with or consulting services to the


Partnership and its Affiliates or membership on the Board, whichever is applicable, for any reason during the applicable Restricted Period, all outstanding, unvested Restricted Units and Phantom Units awarded the Participant shall be automatically forfeited on such termination. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Restricted Units and/or Phantom Units.

(iv) Lapse of Restrictions.

(A) Phantom Units. Upon or as soon as reasonably practical following the vesting of each Phantom Unit, and not later than 15 calendar days thereafter, subject to the provisions of Section 8(b), the Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Company one Unit or cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a Unit, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

(B) Restricted Units. Upon or as soon as reasonably practical following the vesting of each Restricted Unit, and not later than 15 calendar days thereafter, subject to satisfying the tax withholding obligations of Section 8(b), the Participant shall be entitled to have the restrictions removed from his or her Unit certificate so that the Participant then holds an unrestricted Unit.

(c) Unit Awards. Unit Awards may be granted under the Plan to such Employees, Consultants and/or Directors and in such amounts as the Committee, in its discretion, may select.

(d) Other Unit-Based Awards. Other Unit-Based Awards may be granted under the Plan to such Employees, Consultants and/or Directors and in such amounts as the Committee, in its discretion, may select. An Other Unit-Based Award shall be an award denominated or payable in, valued in or otherwise based on or related to Units, in whole or in part and may include, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable securities. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Unit-Based Award. Upon vesting, an Other Unit-Based Award may be paid in cash, Units (including Restricted Units) or any combination thereof as provided in the Award Agreement.

(e) General.

(i) Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together. Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of the Partnership or any Affiliate. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or awards granted under any other plan of the Partnership or any Affiliate may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

(ii) Limits on Transfer of Awards.

(A) Except as provided in Paragraph (C) below, each Option and Unit Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or by the person to whom the Participant’s rights shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

(B) Except as provided in Paragraph (C) below, no Award and no right under any such Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Partnership or any Affiliate.

(C) To the extent specifically provided by the Committee with respect to an Option or Unit Appreciation Right, an Option or Unit Appreciation Right may be transferred by a Participant without consideration to immediate family members or related family trusts, limited partnerships or similar entities or on such terms and conditions as the Committee may from time to time establish.

(iii) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Committee.


(iv) Unit Certificates. All certificates for Units or other securities of the Partnership delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Units or other securities are then listed, and any applicable federal or state laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be inscribed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

(v) Consideration for Grants. Awards may be granted for such consideration, including services, as the Committee shall determine.

(vi) Delivery of Units or other Securities and Payment by Participant of Consideration. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any grant agreement to the contrary, delivery of Units pursuant to the exercise or vesting of an Award may be deferred for any period during which, in the good faith determination of the Committee, the Partnership is not reasonably able to obtain Units to deliver pursuant to such Award without violating applicable law or the applicable rules or regulations of any governmental agency or authority or securities exchange. No Units or other securities shall be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement (including, without limitation, any exercise price or tax withholding) is received by the Partnership or an Affiliate.

SECTION 7. Amendment and Termination.

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law:

(a) Amendments to the Plan. Except as required by applicable law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are traded and subject to Section 7(b) below, the Board or the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan in any manner, including increasing the number of Units available for Awards under the Plan, without the consent of any Participant, other holder or beneficiary of an Award, or any other Person.

(b) Amendments to Awards. Subject to Section 7(a), the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter any Award theretofore granted, provided no change, other than pursuant to Section 7(c), in any Award shall materially reduce the rights or benefits of a Participant with respect to an Award without the consent of such Participant.

(c) Actions Upon the Occurrence of Certain Events. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, any change in applicable law or regulation affecting the Plan or Awards thereunder, or any change in accounting principles affecting the financial statements of the Company, the General Partner or the Partnership, the Committee, in its sole discretion, without the consent of any Participant or holder of the Award, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, may take any one or more of the following actions in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or an outstanding Award:

(A) provide for either (i) the termination of any Award in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of such transaction or event the Committee determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Committee without payment) or (ii) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the Committee in its sole discretion;

(B) provide that such Award be assumed by the successor or survivor entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or be exchanged for similar options, rights or awards covering the equity of the successor or survivor, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of equity interests and prices;

(C) make adjustments in the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, and in the number and kind of outstanding Awards or in the terms and conditions of (including the exercise price), and the vesting and performance criteria included in, outstanding Awards, or both;


(D) provide that such Award shall be exercisable or payable, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement; and

(E) provide that the Award cannot be exercised or become payable after such event, i.e., shall terminate upon such event.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an above event that is an “equity restructuring” event that would be subject to a compensation expense pursuant ASC 718, the provisions in Section 4(c) shall control to the extent they are in conflict with the discretionary provisions of this Section 7.

SECTION 8. General Provisions.

(a) No Rights to Award. No Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

(b) Tax Withholding. Unless other arrangements have been made that are acceptable to the Committee, the Partnership or any Affiliate is authorized to withhold or “net” from any Award, from any payment due or transfer made under any Award or from any compensation or other amount owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Units, Units that would otherwise be issued pursuant to such Award or other property) of any applicable taxes payable in respect of the grant of an Award, its exercise, the lapse of restrictions thereon, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee to satisfy the withholding obligations for the payment of such taxes.

(c) No Right to Employment or Services. The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Partnership or any Affiliate, continue consulting services or to remain on the Board, as applicable. Furthermore, the Partnership or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, any Award Agreement or other agreement.

(d) Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

(e) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable law or, if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

(f) Other Laws. The Committee may refuse to issue or transfer any Units or other consideration under an Award if, in its sole discretion, it determines that the issuance or transfer of such Units or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation, the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are then traded, or entitle the Partnership or an Affiliate to recover the same under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and any payment tendered to the Partnership or an Affiliate by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.

(g) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Partnership or any participating Affiliate and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Partnership or any participating Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Partnership or any participating Affiliate.


(h) No Fractional Units. No fractional Units shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Units or whether such fractional Units or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

(i) Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

(j) Facility Payment. Any amounts payable hereunder to any person under legal disability or who, in the judgment of the Committee, is unable to manage properly his financial affairs, may be paid to the legal representative of such person, or may be applied for the benefit of such person in any manner that the Committee may select, and the Partnership shall be relieved of any further liability for payment of such amounts.

(k) Gender and Number. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

SECTION 9. Term of the Plan.

This amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective as of the Merger Effective Time, in accordance with the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are traded and shall continue until the earliest of (i) the date it is terminated by the Board, (ii) all Units available under the Plan have been paid to Participants, or (iii) the 10th anniversary of the Original Effective Date. However, any Award granted prior to such termination, and the authority of the Board or the Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under such outstanding Award, shall extend beyond such Plan termination date.


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP

2011 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

January 14, 2019

This amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Regency Energy Partners LP 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), is hereby adopted as of October 19, 2018 (the “Effective Date”) by LE GP, LLC (the “Company”), in its capacity as the general partner of Energy Transfer LP (the “Partnership”), on behalf of the Partnership. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

WHEREAS, on April 30, 2015, Regency Energy Partners LP (“Regency”) merged with and into Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (“ETP”) and in connection with such merger, ETP assumed the Plan from Regency; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the merger of ETP with and into a subsidiary of the Partnership on October 19, 2018, the Partnership assumed the Plan from ETP and the Partnership now maintains the Plan for the purposes set forth therein; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has previously approved the change in the name of the Partnership from Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. to Energy Transfer LP, and the adoption of the Plan by the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, the officers of the Company have caused the aforementioned changes in the names of the Partnership to become effective in its jurisdictions of formation and qualifications and are now memorializing those changes in the books and records of the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan to give the full and proper effect to such mergers and name change.

NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

 

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All references in the Plan to “Regency Energy Partners LP” (including in the name of the Plan) shall be, and hereby are, replaced with “Energy Transfer LP”.

 

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The defined term “General Partner” shall be, and hereby is, deleted from the Plan and references to “the General Partner” in Section 2, Section 3 and Section 7(c) of the Plan shall be, and hereby are, deleted.

 

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All references in the Plan to the Company shall be to LE GP, LLC, and the definition of “Company” shall be, and hereby is, deleted from the Plan and replaced with the following:

Company” means LE GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership.”

 

  4.

Subparagraph (iv) of the definition of “Change of Control” shall be, and hereby is, deleted and replaced with the following: “a Person other than the Company or an Affiliated of the Company becomes the general partner of the Partnership.”

All other provisions of the Plan shall remain the same and in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amendment, effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

LE GP, LLC
By:   /s/ William J. Healy
Name:   William J. Healy
Title:   Secretary
EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3

SUNOCO PARTNERS LLC

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Amended and Restated as of December 1, 2015

SECTION 1. Purpose and History of the Plan.

The Sunoco Partners LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is intended to promote the interests of Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), by providing to Eligible Recipients incentive compensation awards based on Units to encourage superior performance. The Plan is also intended to enhance the ability of the Partnership and its Affiliates to attract and retain the service of employees who are key to the growth and profitability of the Partnership, and to encourage them to devote their best efforts to advancing the business of the Partnership, thereby advancing the Partnership’s interests.

The Plan was originally adopted in 2002 in connection with the Partnership’s initial public offering. The Board has approved this amendment and restatement of the Plan to be effective as of December 1, 2015 (the “Amendment Date”), in order to add additional Units that may be delivered with respect to Awards under the Plan, and to update certain other administrative provisions. Awards granted under the Plan prior to the Amendment Date shall remain subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan as in effect on the date of grant of that Award, as well as any terms and conditions imposed upon that Award in the Award Agreement governing the applicable Award.

SECTION 2. Definitions.

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

2.1 “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.

2.2 “Amendment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

2.3 “ASC Topic 718” means Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, or any successor accounting standard.

2.4 “Award” means an Option, Unit Appreciation Right, Restricted Unit (including UDRs), Phantom Unit, Other Unit-Based Award or Unit Award granted under the Plan, and includes any tandem DERs granted with respect to a Phantom Unit.

2.5 “Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement by which an Award shall be evidenced.

2.6 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.7 “Change of Control” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

(i) the consolidation, reorganization, merger or other transaction pursuant to which more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding equity interests in the Company cease to be owned by ETP and/or its Affiliates;

(ii) the Members approve, in one or a series of transactions, a plan of complete liquidation of the Company;

 

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(iii) the sale or other disposition by the Partnership of all or substantially all of its assets in one or more transactions to any Person other than the Company, ETP or an Affiliate of ETP; or

(iv) a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company becomes the general partner of the Partnership.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change of Control constitutes a payment event with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A, the transaction or event described in subsection (i), (ii) or (iii) above must also constitute a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), as applied to non-corporate entities and as relates to the holder of such Award, to the extent required to comply with Section 409A.

2.8 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2.9 “Committee” means the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board, such subcommittee thereof, or such other committee of the Board as may be appointed from time to time to administer the Plan.

2.10 “Company” means Sunoco Partners LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company.

2.11 “DER” means a distribution equivalent right representing a contingent right, granted in tandem with a specific Phantom Unit, to receive with respect to each Phantom Unit subject to the Award an amount in cash, Units and/or Phantom Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, equal in value to the distributions made by the Partnership with respect to a Unit during the period such Award is outstanding.

2.12 “Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee.

2.13 “Disability” means, unless provided otherwise in the Award Agreement, an illness or injury that lasts at least six continuous months, is expected to be permanent and renders the Participant unable to carry out his or her duties to the Board, the Company, the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Company, ETP or the Partnership.

2.14 “Eligible Recipient” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.

2.15 “Employee” means an employee of Company or one or more of its Affiliates.

2.16 “ETP” means Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the controlling owner of the Company.

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

2.18 “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date and in respect of any Unit, the opening price of a Unit on such date (which price shall be the closing price of a Unit on the previous trading day, as reflected in the consolidated trading tables of The Wall Street Journal or any other publication selected by the Committee). If there is no sale of Units on the New York Stock Exchange for more than ten (10) days immediately preceding such date, or if deemed appropriate by the Committee for any other reason, the Fair Market Value of such Units shall be as determined in good faith by the Committee in such other manner as it may deem appropriate, and, to the extent applicable, in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A.

2.19 “Member” means, as of any date, any Person that has executed the limited liability company operating agreement of the Company (the “LLC Agreement”) as a member of the Company, and thereafter been admitted to the Company as a member as provided in the LLC Agreement, but such term does not include any Person who has ceased to be a member in the Company.

2.20 “Option” means an option to purchase Units granted under the Plan.

 

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2.21 “Other Unit-Based Award” means an Award granted under Section 6.4 of the Plan.

2.22 “Participant” means any Eligible Recipient granted an Award under the Plan.

2.23 “Partnership” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

2.24 “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.

2.25 “Phantom Unit” means a notional unit granted under the Plan that, to the extent vested, entitles the Participant to receive a Unit or an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a Unit or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its discretion and as provided in the applicable Award Agreement.

2.26 “Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

2.27 “Restricted Period” means the period established by the Committee with respect to an Award during which the Award remains subject to restrictions established by the Committee, including, without limitation, a period during which an Award or Unit is subject to forfeiture or restrictions on transfer, or is not yet exercisable by or payable to the Participant, as the case may be.

2.28 “Restricted Unit” means a Unit granted under the Plan that is subject to a Restricted Period.

2.29 “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effect from time to time.

2.30 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.

2.31 “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or guidance that may be amended or issued after the Amendment Date.

2.32 “Subsidiary” means any entity (i) in which, at the relevant time, the Company or the Partnership owns or controls, directly or indirectly, not less than 50% of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of equity interests issued by such entity, (ii) as to which, at the relevant time, the Company or the Partnership has the right, directly or indirectly, to appoint or designate, either independently or jointly with another Person, 50% or more of the members of the board of directors or (iii) as to which, at the relevant time, the Company or the Partnership, directly or indirectly, (A) owns or controls not less than 50% of the total combined voting power represented by classes of equity interests issued by the general partner or managing member of such entity or (B) has the right to appoint or designate, either independently or jointly with another Person, 50% or more of the members of the board of directors of the general partner or managing member thereof.

2.33 “UDR” means a distribution made by the Partnership with respect to a Restricted Unit.

2.34 “Unit” means a common unit of the Partnership.

2.35 “Unit Appreciation Right” or “UAR” means an Award that, upon exercise, entitles the holder to receive all or part of the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Unit on the exercise date of the UAR over the exercise price of the UAR. Such excess may be paid in Units, cash or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the Committee.

2.36 “Unit Award” means a grant of a Unit under the Plan that is not subject to a Restricted Period.

 

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SECTION 3. Administration.

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee; provided, however, that in the event that the Board is not also serving as the Committee, the Board, in its sole discretion, may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority to:

(i) designate Eligible Recipients and Participants;

(ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant;

(iii) determine the number of Units to be covered by Awards;

(iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award;

(v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be vested, settled, exercised, canceled, or forfeited;

(vi) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to an Award made under the Plan;

(vii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and

(viii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Company, the Partnership, any Affiliate, any Participant, and any beneficiary of any Award. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or an Award Agreement in such manner and to such extent as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate.

Subject to the following and any applicable law, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate any or all of its powers and duties under the Plan to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or such other designee determined by the Committee, including the power to grant Awards under the Plan, subject to such limitations on such delegated powers and duties as the Committee may impose, if any. Upon any such delegation all references in the Plan to the “Committee”, other than in Section 7 (“Amendment and Termination”), shall be deemed to include the Chief Executive Officer or such other designee; provided, however, that such delegation shall not limit the Chief Executive Officer’s or such other designee’s right to receive Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer or such other designee may not grant Awards to, or take any action with respect to any Award previously granted to, a person who is an officer subject to Rule 16b-3 or a member of the Board.

SECTION 4. Units Available for Awards.

4.1 Units Available. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3 and this Section 4.1, the number of Units that may be delivered with respect to Awards under the Plan is seventeen million five hundred thousand (17,500,000) (inclusive of Units delivered with respect to Awards under the Plan prior to the Amendment Date). Units withheld from an Award or surrendered by a Participant to satisfy the Partnership’s or one of its Affiliates’ tax withholding obligations (including the withholding of Units with respect to Restricted Units) or to pay the exercise price of an Award shall not be considered to be Units delivered under the Plan for this purpose. If any Award is forfeited, canceled, exercised, settled in cash, or otherwise terminates or expires without the actual delivery of Units pursuant to such Award (the grant of Restricted Units is not a delivery of Units for this

 

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purpose), then the Units covered by such Award, to the extent of such forfeiture, termination, or cancellation, shall again be Units with respect to which Awards may be granted (including Units not delivered in connection with the exercise of an Option or Unit Appreciation Right). There shall not be any limitation on the number of Awards that may be granted and paid in cash.

4.2 Sources of Units Deliverable Under Awards. Any Units delivered pursuant to an Award shall consist, in whole or in part, of Units newly issued by the Partnership, Units acquired in the open market, from any Affiliate, the Partnership or any other Person, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

4.3 Adjustments. With respect to any “equity restructuring” event that could result in an additional compensation expense to the Company or the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 718 if adjustments to Awards with respect to such event were discretionary, the Committee shall equitably adjust the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) covered by each outstanding Award and the terms and conditions, including the exercise price and performance criteria (if any), of such Award to equitably reflect such event and shall adjust the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan after such event. With respect to any other similar event that would not result in an accounting charge under ASC Topic 718 if the adjustment to Awards with respect to such event were subject to discretionary action, the Committee shall have complete discretion to adjust Awards and the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan in such manner as it deems appropriate with respect to such other event.

SECTION 5. Eligibility.

Persons who are eligible to be designated as a Participant and receive an Award under the Plan are (i) any Employee who performs services for the benefit of the Partnership and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) any Director (each, an “Eligible Recipient”).

SECTION 6. Awards.

6.1 Options and UARs. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Eligible Recipients to whom Options and/or UARs will be granted, the number of Units to be covered by each Option or UAR, the exercise or purchase price therefor, the Restricted Period and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of the Option or UAR, including the following terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

(i) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Unit purchasable under an Option or subject to a UAR shall be determined by the Committee at the time the Option or UAR is granted, but may not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Unit as of the date of grant of the Option or UAR.

(ii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine exercise terms and the Restricted Period, if any, with respect to an Option or UAR, which may include, without limitation, (A) a provision for accelerated vesting upon the death or Disability of a Participant, the achievement of specified performance goals or such other events as the Committee may provide, and (B) the method or methods by which payment of the exercise price with respect to an Option or UAR may be made or deemed to have been made, which may include, without limitation, cash, check acceptable to the Committee, withholding Units having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price from the Award, a “cashless-broker” exercise through procedures approved by the Committee, or any combination of the above methods.

(iii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the Option or UAR grant, upon termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company or one of its Affiliates, or membership on the Board, whichever is applicable, for any reason during the applicable Restricted Period, all unvested Options or UARs shall be forfeited by the Participant. The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Options or UARs.

 

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6.2 Restricted Units and Phantom Units. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the Eligible Recipients to whom Restricted Units and Phantom Units shall be granted, the number of Restricted Units or Phantom Units to be granted to each such Eligible Recipient, the duration of the Restricted Period, the conditions under which the Restricted Units or Phantom Units may become vested or forfeited, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may establish with respect to such Awards, which may include without limitation, a provision for accelerated vesting upon the death or Disability of a Participant, the achievement of specified performance goals or such other events as the Committee may provide.

(i) DERs. To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, a grant of Phantom Units may include a tandem DER grant, which may provide that such DERs shall be paid directly to the Participant, be credited to a bookkeeping account (with or without interest in the discretion of the Committee), be “reinvested” in Restricted Units or additional Phantom Units and be subject to the same or different vesting restrictions as the tandem Phantom Unit Award, or be subject to such other provisions or restrictions as determined by the Committee in its discretion. Absent a contrary provision in the Award Agreement, upon a distribution with respect to a Unit, cash equal in value to such distribution shall be paid promptly to the Participant without vesting restrictions with respect to each Phantom Unit then held.

(ii) UDRs. To the extent provided by the Committee, in its discretion, a grant of Restricted Units may provide that the distributions made by the Partnership with respect to the Restricted Units shall be subject to the same forfeiture and other restrictions as the Restricted Unit and, if restricted, such distributions shall be held, without interest, until the Restricted Unit vests or is forfeited with the UDR being paid or forfeited at the same time, as the case may be. In addition, the Committee may provide that such distributions be used to acquire additional Restricted Units for the Participant. Such additional Restricted Units may be subject to such vesting and other terms as the Committee may prescribe. Absent such a restriction on the UDRs in the Award Agreement, upon a distribution with respect to the Restricted Unit, such distribution shall be paid to the holder of the Restricted Unit without restrictions at the same time as cash distributions are paid by the Partnership to its unitholders.

(iii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the Award Agreement, upon termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company, the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Company or the Partnership, or membership on the Board, whichever is applicable, for any reason during the applicable Restricted Period, all Restricted Units or Phantom Units shall be forfeited by the Participant; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part such forfeiture with respect to a Participant’s Restricted Units or Phantom Units.

(iv) Lapse of Restrictions.

(a) Phantom Units. Upon or as soon as reasonably practical following the vesting of each Phantom Unit, subject to the provisions of Section 8.2, the Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Company one Unit, cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a Unit or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

(b) Restricted Units. Upon or as soon as reasonably practicable following the vesting of each Restricted Unit, subject to the provisions of Section 8.2, the Participant shall be entitled to have the restrictions removed from his or her Unit so that the Participant then holds an unrestricted Unit.

6.3 Unit Awards. Unit Awards may be granted under the Plan to any Eligible Recipient and in such amounts as the Committee, in its discretion, may select.

6.4 Other Unit-Based Awards. Other Unit-Based Awards may be granted under the Plan to any Eligible Recipient and in such amounts as the Committee, in its discretion, may select. An Other Unit-Based Award shall be an Award denominated or payable in, valued in or otherwise based on or related to Units, in whole or in part. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Unit-Based Award. An Other Unit-Based Award may be paid in cash, Units (including Restricted Units) or any combination thereof as provided in the Award Agreement.

 

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6.5 Automatic Director Grants.

(i) Each Director who is elected or appointed to the Board for the first time after the Plan’s Amendment Date shall automatically receive, on the date of his or her election or appointment, a grant of 2,500 Restricted Units.

(ii) On each January 1 that the Plan continues in effect, each individual who is a Director on such January 1 automatically shall receive a grant of that number of Restricted Units equal to $100,000 divided by the Fair Market Value of a Unit on such date, rounded up to the nearest increment of ten Restricted Units.

(iii) Each grant of Restricted Units to a Director pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 6.5 and each automatic grant of Restricted Units to a Director pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 6.5, and the UDRs with respect thereto, will vest 60% upon the third anniversary of the date of the Award and 40% upon the fifth anniversary of the date of the Award; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing (a) all such Awards to a Director shall become fully vested upon a Change of Control, unless voluntarily waived by such Director, and (b) all Awards that have not yet vested on the date a Director ceases to be a member of the Board shall be forfeited except to the extent the Committee, in its discretion, determines to vest all or part of such Award.

(iv) In the event that the number of Units available to be awarded under the Plan is insufficient to make all grants to Director as provided for in this Section 6.5 on the applicable date, all Directors who are entitled to receive an automatic grant of an Award on such date shall share ratably in the number of Units then available for award under the Plan and thereafter shall have no right to receive any additional grants under this Section 6.5.

(v) Grants made pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan; however, if there is a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Section 6.5 and the terms and conditions of any other provision hereof, then the terms and conditions of this Section 6.5 shall control. The Committee may not exercise any discretion with respect to this Section 6.5 that would be inconsistent with the intent that the Plan meets the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

6.6 General.

(i) Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together. Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of the Company, the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Company or Partnership. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or awards granted under any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

(ii) Limits on Transfer of Awards.

(a) Except as provided in (b) below:

(1) no Award and no right under any such Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate;

(2) each Option or UAR shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or by the person to whom the Participant’s rights shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution; and

(b) To the extent specifically provided by the Committee with respect to an Award, such Award may be transferred by a Participant without consideration to any “family member” of the Participant, as defined in the instructions to use of the Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any related family trust, limited partnership or other transferee specifically approved by the Committee.

 

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(iii) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Committee.

(iv) Unit Certificates. All certificates for Units or other securities of the Partnership delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Units or other securities are then listed, and any applicable federal or state laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

(v) Consideration for Grants. Awards may be granted for such consideration, including services, as the Committee determines.

(vi) Delivery of Units or other Securities and Payment by Participant of Consideration. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, delivery of Units pursuant to the exercise or vesting of an Award may be deferred for any period during which, in the good faith determination of the Committee, the Company or the Partnership is not reasonably able to obtain Units or deliver pursuant to such Award without violating applicable law or the applicable rules or regulations of any governmental agency or authority or securities exchange. No Units or other securities shall be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement (including, without limitation, any exercise price or any tax withholding) is received by the Company. Such payment may be made by such method or methods and in such form or forms as the Committee shall determine.

(vii) Prohibition on Repricing of Options and UARs. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.3 or Section 7(iii), the terms of outstanding Award Agreements may not be amended without the approval of the Partnership’s unitholders so as to (1) reduce the Unit exercise price of any outstanding Options or UARs, (2) grant a new Option, UAR or other Award in substitution for, or upon the cancellation of, any previously granted Option or UAR that has the effect of reducing the exercise price thereof, (3) exchange any Option or UAR for Units, cash or other consideration when the exercise price per Unit under such Option or UAR exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Units, or (4) take any other action that would be considered a “repricing” of an Option or UAR under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Units are not then-listed on such exchange, to the extent applicable, on any other national securities exchange on which the Units are listed. Subject to Section 4.3 or Section 7(iii), the Committee shall have the authority, without the approval of the Partnership’s unitholders, to amend any outstanding Award to increase the per Unit exercise price of any outstanding Options or UARs or to cancel and replace any outstanding Options or UARs with the grant of Options or UARs having a per Unit exercise price that is equal to or greater than the per Unit exercise price of the original Options or UARs.

SECTION 7. Amendment and Termination.

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law:

(i) Amendments to the Plan. Except as required by applicable law or the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are traded and subject to Section 7(ii) below, the Board or the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan in any manner; provided, however, that neither the Board nor the Committee may increase the number of Units available for Awards under the Plan, without the express prior written consent of the Members of the Company.

(ii) Amendments to Awards. Subject to Section 7(i), the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter any Award theretofore granted, provided no change, other than pursuant to Section 4.3 or Section 7(iii), in any Award shall materially reduce the benefit to Participant without the consent of such Participant.

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thereunder, or any change in accounting principles affecting the financial statements of the Company or the Partnership, the Committee, in its sole discretion, without the consent of any Participant or holder of the Award, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, may take any one or more of the following actions in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or an outstanding Award:

(a) provide for either (1) the termination of any Award in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of such transaction or event, the Committee determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Committee without payment) or (2) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the Committee in its sole discretion;

(b) provide that such Award be assumed by the successor or survivor entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or be exchanged for similar options, rights or awards covering the equity of the successor or survivor, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of equity interests and prices;

(c) make adjustments in the number and type of Units (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, and in the number and kind of outstanding Awards or in the terms and conditions of (including the exercise price), and the vesting and performance criteria included in, outstanding Awards, or both;

(d) provide that such Award shall be exercisable or payable, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement; and

(e) provide that the Award cannot be exercised or become payable after such event, i.e., shall terminate upon such event.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any “equity restructuring” event that could result in an additional compensation expense to the Company or the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 718, the provisions in Section 4.3 shall control to the extent they are in conflict with the discretionary provisions of this Section 7(iii).

SECTION 8. General Provisions.

8.1 No Rights to Awards. No Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

8.2 Tax Withholding. Unless other arrangements have been made that are acceptable to the Committee, the Company or the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Company or the Partnership is authorized to deduct, withhold or cause to be deducted or withheld from any Award, from any payment due or transfer made under any Award or from any compensation or other amount owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Units, other securities, Units that otherwise would be issued pursuant to such Award or other property) of any applicable taxes payable in respect of the grant or settlement of an Award, its exercise, the lapse of restrictions thereon, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee to satisfy the withholding obligations for the payment of such taxes. If such tax obligations are satisfied through the withholding of Units that are otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to an Award (or through the surrender of Units by the Participant to the Company), the maximum number of Units that may be so withheld (or surrendered) shall be the number of Units that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or repurchase equal to the aggregate amount of such tax liabilities determined based on the greatest withholding rates for federal, state, foreign and/or local tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that may be utilized without creating adverse accounting treatment with respect to such Award, as determined by the Committee.

 

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8.3 No Right to Employment or Board Membership. The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employment of the Company, the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Company or Partnership or to remain on the Board, as applicable. Further, the Company, the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Company or Partnership may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or the Board, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement.

8.4 Governing Law. THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND EFFECT OF THE PLAN AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE PLAN SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

8.5 Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

8.6 Other Laws. The Committee may refuse to issue or transfer any Units or other consideration under an Award if, in its sole discretion, it determines that the issuance or transfer of such Units or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation, the rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Units are then traded, or entitle the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership to recover the same under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and any payment tendered to the Company by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.

8.7 No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate of the Company and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

8.8 No Fractional Units. No fractional Units shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Units or whether such fractional Units or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

8.9 Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

8.10 Facility Payment. Any amounts payable hereunder to any person under legal disability or who, in the judgment of the Committee, is unable to properly manage his financial affairs, may be paid to the legal representative of such person, or may be applied for the benefit of such person in any manner which the Committee may select, and the Company shall be relieved of any further liability for payment of such amounts.

8.11 Compliance with Section 409A. Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall operate or be construed to cause the Plan or an Award that is subject to Section 409A to fail to comply with the requirements of Section 409A. The applicable provisions of Section 409A are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any Plan or Award Agreement provision in conflict therewith or that would cause a failure of

 

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compliance thereunder, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict or obviate such failure. Subject to any other restrictions or limitations contained herein, in the event that a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) becomes entitled to a payment under an Award that constitutes a “deferral of compensation” (as defined under Section 409A) on account of a “separation from service” (as defined under Section 409A), to the extent required by the Code, such payment shall not occur until the date that is six months plus one day from the date of such separation from service. Any amount that is otherwise payable within the six-month period described herein will be aggregated and paid in a lump sum without interest.

8.12 Clawback Policy. To the extent required by applicable law or any applicable securities exchange listing standards, or as otherwise determined by the Committee, Awards and amounts paid or payable pursuant to or with respect to Awards shall be subject to the provisions of any applicable clawback policies or procedures adopted by the Company or the Partnership, which clawback policies or procedures may provide for forfeiture, repurchase and/or recoupment of Awards and amounts paid or payable pursuant to or with respect to Awards. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Partnership reserve the right, without the consent of any Participant or beneficiary of any Award, to adopt any such clawback policies and procedures, including such policies and procedures applicable to the Plan or any Award Agreement with retroactive effect.

8.13 Gender and Number. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

SECTION 9. Term of the Plan.

The Plan, as amended and restated hereby, shall be effective on the Amendment Date, subject to approval by the Partnership’s unitholders and the Members of the Company, and shall continue until the earliest to occur of: (i) the date terminated by the Board, (ii) Units are no longer available for grants of Awards under the Plan, or (iii) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Amendment Date. However, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award granted prior to such termination, and the authority of the Board or the Committee under the Plan to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under such Award, shall extend beyond such termination date.

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

SUNOCO PARTNERS LLC

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(Amended and Restated as of December 1, 2015)

January 14, 2019

This amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Sunoco Partners LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), is hereby adopted as of October 19, 2018 (the “Effective Date”) by LE GP, LLC (the “Company”), in its capacity as the general partner of Energy Transfer LP (the “Partnership”), on behalf of the Partnership. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

WHEREAS, in connection with the merger of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (“ETP”) and Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. (“SXL”) on April 28, 2017, ETP assumed the Plan from SXL and Sunoco Partners LLC;

WHEREAS, in connection with the merger of ETP with and into a subsidiary of the Partnership on October 19, 2018, the Partnership assumed the Plan from ETP and maintains the Plan for the purposes set forth therein;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has previously approved the change in the name of the Partnership from Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. to Energy Transfer LP, and the adoption of the Plan by the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, the officers of the Company have caused the aforementioned changes in the names of the Partnership to become effective in its jurisdictions of formation and qualifications and are now memorializing those changes in the books and records of the Partnership; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan to give the full and proper effect to such name change.

NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date, the Plan is amended as follows:

 

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The name of the Plan shall be, and hereby is, changed to the “Energy Transfer LP 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan.”

 

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All references in the Plan to “Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.” shall be, and hereby are, replaced with “Energy Transfer LP”.

 

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All references in the Plan to “Sunoco Partners LLC” shall be, and hereby are, replaced with “LE GP, LLC”.

 

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All references in the Plan to the Company shall be to LE GP, LLC, and the definition of “Company” shall be, and hereby is, deleted and replaced with the following:

Company” means LE GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership.

All other provisions of the Plan shall remain the same and in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amendment, effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

LE GP, LLC
By:   /s/ William J. Healy
Name:   William J. Healy
Title:   Secretary
EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

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January 31, 2019

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Energy Transfer LP

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75225

 

  Re:

Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to 28,640,020 common units

   

representing limited partner interests

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Energy Transfer LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), in connection with the proposed issuance of up to 28,640,020 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Units”) issuable under (i) the Second Amended and Restated Energy Transfer LP 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan, (ii) the Energy Transfer LP Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan and (iii) the Energy Transfer LP 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (each of the incentive plans referred to in clauses (i)–(iii), a “Plan”). The Units are included in a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”). 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 Registration Statement or related Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance of the Units.

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 LE GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware LP Act”), and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.


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Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Units shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the recipient and have been issued by the Partnership against payment therefor in the circumstances contemplated by the applicable Plan, assuming in each case that the individual grants or awards under the applicable Plan are duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action and duly granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the applicable Plan (and the agreements and awards duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith), the Units will be validly issued and, under the Delaware LP Act, the recipients of the Units will have no obligation to make further payments for the Units or contributions to the Partnership solely by reason of their ownership of the Units or their status as limited partners of the Partnership and will have no personal liability for the obligations of the Partnership solely by reason of being limited partners of the Partnership.

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. 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

EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our reports dated February 23, 2018 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (renamed Energy Transfer LP on October 19, 2018) included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned reports in this Registration Statement.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Dallas, Texas

January 30, 2019

EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated February 23, 2018 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (renamed Energy Transfer Operating, L.P. on October 19, 2018) included in the Annual Report of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (renamed Energy Transfer LP on October 19, 2018) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned report in this Registration Statement.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Dallas, Texas

January 30, 2019