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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
June 18, 2008
TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  001-33303
(Commission
File Number)
  65-1295427
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1000 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, TX 77002

(Address of principal executive office and Zip Code)
(713) 584-1000
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01—Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 2.03 — Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Commitment Increase Supplement


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Item 1.01—Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Credit Agreement
          On June 18, 2008, Targa Resources Partners LP (the “Partnership”) entered into a Commitment Increase Supplement (the “Supplement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and the Increasing Lenders signatory thereto (the “Lenders”). The Supplement increased the aggregate commitments under the Partnership’s senior secured credit facility by $100 million.
          This description of the Supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Supplement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.
Relationships
     Certain of the Lenders or their respective affiliates have performed investment banking, financial advisory and commercial banking services for the Partnership and certain of the Partnership’s affiliates, for which they have received customary compensation, and they may continue to do so in the future. An affiliate of each of Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association was a co-lead arranger under the Partnership’s senior secured credit facility. An affiliate of each of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Credit Suisse Cayman Island Branch and Wachovia Bank, National Association acted as a senior co-manager and an affiliate of Royal Bank of Canada acted as a
co-manager in connection with the Partnership’s October 2007 equity offering and received customary compensation. An affiliate of each of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Credit Suisse Cayman Island Branch and Bank of America, N.A. acted as a joint book-running manager; an affiliate of each of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and Wachovia Bank, National Association acted as a co-lead manager; and an affiliate of each of Compass Bank, BNP Paribas, Comerica Bank, Royal Bank of Canada and U.S. Bank National Association acted as a co-manager in connection with the Partnership’s June 2008 private placement of its 81/4% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes Offering”) and received customary compensation. In addition, U.S. Bank National Association serves as trustee under the Partnership’s indenture entered into in connection with the Notes Offering. Affiliates of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Credit Suisse Cayman Island Branch hold positions in the Partnership’s common units. The Partnership has entered into swap transactions with affiliates of each of Bank of America, N.A., Wachovia Bank, National Association, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and Compass Bank. The Partnership has agreed to pay these counter-parties a fee in an amount it believes to be customary in connection with these transactions.
Item 2.03 — Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
     The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits.
          (d)      Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
10.1
  Commitment Increase Supplement, dated June 18, 2008, by and among Targa Resources Partners LP, Bank of America, N.A. and the other parties signatory thereto.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
             
    TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP    
 
           
 
  By:   Targa Resources GP LLC,
its general partner
   
 
           
Dated: June 24, 2008
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey J. McParland
 
Jeffrey J. McParland
   
 
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
10.1
  Commitment Increase Supplement, dated June 18, 2008, by and among Targa Resources Partners LP, Bank of America, N.A. and the other parties signatory thereto.

 

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Exhibit 10.1
COMMITMENT INCREASE SUPPLEMENT
     This COMMITMENT INCREASE SUPPLEMENT (the “Commitment Increase Supplement”) is made as of June 18, 2008 by and among TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and the parties signatory hereto as the Increasing Lenders (hereinafter defined) and the New Lenders (hereinafter defined).
RECITALS
     Borrower, Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders named therein are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 14, 2007 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated October 24, 2007 and as otherwise amended, supplemented, restated, increased, extended, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning given to them in the Credit Agreement.
     Pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, Borrower has the right to cause from time to time an increase in the Aggregate Commitments by adding to the Credit Agreement, subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Swing Line Lender one or more additional Lenders (referred to in Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement as “additional Eligible Assignees”) and referred to herein as the “New Lenders”), or by allowing one or more Lenders to increase their respective Commitment (such Lenders being referred to herein as the “Increasing Lenders”), subject to the limitations contained in such Section 2.14.
AGREEMENT
     1. The Borrower and the parties signatory hereto as the Increasing Lenders and as the New Lenders hereby agree that, from and after the date hereof, the Increasing Lenders and the New Lenders shall have the respective Commitments as set forth on the attached Supplement to Schedule 2.01. By its execution and delivery of this Commitment Increase Supplement, each New Lender hereby assumes all of the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement. Such Commitments of the New Lenders and the increase in the Commitments of the Increasing Lenders shall represent an increase in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.
     2. Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer, and Borrower hereby consent to and approve the Commitment of each New Lender and the increase in the Commitment of each Increasing Lender, and such resulting increase in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.
     3. Each New Lender and each Increasing Lender hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer as follows: (a) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Commitment
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Increase Supplement, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become or to continue to be a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (b) from and after the Increase Effective Date (hereinafter defined), it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of its Commitment, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, and (c) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Commitment Increase Supplement on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer, or any other Lender; and agrees that (1) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (2) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
     4. This Commitment Increase Supplement shall be effective on the date (the “Increase Effective Date”) that (i) the Borrower and each New Lender and each Increasing Lender each execute a counterpart hereof and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, and L/C Issuer execute and deliver a counterpart hereof, and (iii) each of the conditions to the increase in the Aggregate Commitments in Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred. From and after the Increase Effective Date, each New Lender shall be a “Lender” under the Loan Documents.
     5. Upon any increase in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant Section 2.14, the Lenders have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to make non-ratable borrowings and prepayments of the Committed Loans, and if any such prepayment requires the payment of Eurodollar Rate Loans other than on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, Borrower shall pay any required amounts pursuant to Section 3.05, in order to keep the outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Commitment Increase Supplement. On the Increase Effective Date, each New Lender and each Increasing Lender shall make a Committed Loan for the account of the Borrower to implement such provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.
     6. Borrower (a) represents and warrants that, on and as of the Increase Effective Date, before and after giving effect to the increase in Aggregate Commitments resulting hereunder, (i) the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Commitment Increase Supplement, the representations and warranties contained in subsection (a) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 6.01, and (ii) no Default exists, (b) ratifies and confirms each of the Loan Documents, (c) agrees that all Loan Documents shall apply to the Obligations as they are or may be increased by this Commitment Increase Supplement, and (d)
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agrees that its obligations and covenants under each Loan Document are otherwise unimpaired hereby and shall remain in full force and effect.
     7. This Commitment Increase Supplement may not be amended, changed, waived or modified, except by a writing executed by the parties hereto.
     8. This Commitment Increase Supplement embodies the entire agreement among each New Lender, each Increasing Lender, the Borrower, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior arrangements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
     9. This Commitment Increase Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be deemed to be an original. Each such counterpart shall become effective when counterparts have been executed by all parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Commitment Increase Supplement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Commitment Increase Supplement.
     10. This Commitment Increase Supplement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each New Lender and each Increasing Lender and the Borrower and its respective successors and permitted assigns, except that neither party may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party.
     11. This Commitment Increase Supplement is a Loan Document, as defined in the Loan Agreement, and is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement governing Loan Documents.
     12. This Commitment Increase Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
     If requested by any New Lender or any Increasing Lender, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such New Lender or such Increasing Lender, as of the Increase Effective Date, a Note in the form attached to the Credit Agreement to evidence the Commitment of such New Lender or such Increasing Lender. If any Increasing Lender which requests a new Note is in possession of an existing Note in the amount of its Commitment before giving effect to the increase pursuant to this Commitment Increase Supplement (each an “Existing Note”), such Increasing Lender shall, promptly after receipt of its new Note, mark such Existing Note “cancelled” and return such Existing Note to the Borrower.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer, Borrower, each New Lender, and each Increasing Lender have executed this Commitment Increase Supplement as of the date shown above.
                 
    TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP    
 
               
    By:   Targa Resources GP LLC, its sole general partner    
 
               
 
      By:         /s/ Matthew J. Meloy
 
Name: Matthew J. Meloy
   
 
          Title: Vice President — Finance and Treasurer    

 


 

         
  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
 
 
  By:   /s/ Kathleen M. Carry    
    Name:   Kathleen M. Carry   
    Title:   Vice President   

 


 

         
         
  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer and
Swing Line Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Adam H. Fey    
    Name:   Adam H. Fey   
    Title:   Vice President   
 

 


 

         
  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Adam H. Fey    
    Name:   Adam H. Fey   
    Title:   Vice President   
 

 


 

         
  WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Leanne S. Phillips    
    Name:   Leanne S. Phillips   
    Title:   Director   
 

 


 

         
  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jason S. York    
    Name:   Jason S. York   
    Title:   Authorized Signatory   
 

 


 

         
  ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jamie Conn    
    Name:   Jamie Conn   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
         
     
  By:   /s/ John Reed    
    Name:   John Reed   
    Title:   Director   

 


 

         
         
  BNP PARIBAS, as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Richard Hawthorne    
    Name:   Richard Hawthorne   
    Title:   Director   
 
         
     
  By:   /s/ Polly Schott    
    Name:   Polly Schott   
    Title:   Director   

 


 

         
         
  COMPASS BANK, as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Dorothy Marchand    
    Name:   Dorothy Marchand   
    Title:   Senior Vice President   
 

 


 

         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Heather Wells Kiely    
    Name:   Heather Wells Kiely   
    Title:   Assistant Vice President   
 

 


 

         
  COMERICA BANK, as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark Fuqua    
    Name:   Mark Fuqua   
    Title:   Senior Vice President   
 

 


 

         
  CREDIT SUISSE CAYMAN ISLAND BRANCH,
as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ James Moran    
    Name:   James Moran   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
         
     
  By:   /s/ Laurence Lapeyre    
    Name:   Laurence Lapeyre   
    Title:   Associate   

 


 

         
         
  DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as an Increasing Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Evelyn Thierry    
    Name:   Evelyn Thierry   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
         
     
  By:   /s/ Dusan Lazaro    
    Name:   Dusan Lazaro   
    Title:   Vice President   

 


 

         
SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 2.01
OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
                         
    Existing   New   Amount of
    Commitment   Commitment   Commitment
Lender   Amount   Amount   Increase
Bank of America, N.A.
  $ 42,500,000     $ 54,000,000     $ 11,500,000  
Wachovia Bank, National Association
  $ 42,500,000     $ 52,500,000     $ 10,000,000  
Royal Bank of Canada
  $ 42,000,000     $ 51,000,000     $ 9,000,000  
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
  $ 35,000,000     $ 43,000,000     $ 8,000,000  
BNP Paribas
  $ 35,000,000     $ 44,000,000     $ 9,000,000  
Compass Bank
  $ 35,000,000     $ 46,500,000     $ 11,500,000  
U.S. Bank National Association
  $ 25,000,000     $ 34,000,000     $ 9,000,000  
Comerica Bank
  $ 25,000,000     $ 34,000,000     $ 9,000,000  
Credit Suisse
  $ 25,000,000     $ 36,500,000     $ 11,500,000  
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
  $ 25,000,000     $ 36,500,000     $ 11,500,000  
TOTAL
                  $ 100,000,000  

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT
June 18, 2008
     The undersigned Guarantors each hereby consents to the provisions of this Commitment Increase Supplement and the transactions contemplated herein and hereby ratifies and confirms each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and, without limiting the foregoing, agree that such Loan Documents shall apply to the Obligations as they are or may be increased by this Commitment Increase Supplement and that its obligations and covenants under such Loan Documents are otherwise unimpaired hereby and shall remain in full force and effect.
                 
    TARGA RESOURCES OPERATING LP    
 
               
    By:   Targa Resources Operating GP LLC,
its sole general partner
   
 
               
 
      By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy
 
Name: Matthew J. Meloy
   
 
          Vice President — Finance and Treasurer    
         
  TARGA RESOURCES OPERATING GP LLC
 
 
  By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy    
    Name:   Matthew J. Meloy   
    Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
                 
    TARGA NORTH TEXAS LP    
 
               
    By:   Targa North Texas GP LLC,
its sole general partner
   
 
               
 
      By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy
 
Name: Matthew J. Meloy
   
 
          Vice President — Finance and Treasurer    

 


 

         
  TARGA NORTH TEXAS GP LLC
 
 
  By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy    
    Name:   Matthew J. Meloy   
    Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  TARGA INTRASTATE PIPELINE LLC
 
 
  By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy    
    Name:   Matthew J. Meloy   
    Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  TARGA RESOURCES TEXAS GP LLC
 
 
  By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy    
    Name:   Matthew J. Meloy   
    Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
                 
    TARGA TEXAS FIELD SERVICES LP    
 
               
    By:   Targa Resources Texas GP LLC,
its sole general partner
   
 
               
 
      By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy
 
Name: Matthew J. Meloy
   
 
          Vice President — Finance and Treasurer    
         
  TARGA LOUISIANA FIELD SERVICES LLC
 
 
  By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy    
    Name:   Matthew J. Meloy   
    Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  TARGA LOUISIANA INTRASTATE LLC
 
 
  By:              /s/ Matthew J. Meloy    
    Name:   Matthew J. Meloy   
    Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 

 


 

Address of each Guarantor:
         
1000 Louisiana, Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Vice President — Finance
   
Telephone:
  713.584.1024    
Telecopier:
  713.584.1523