2.	Pending Corporate Transactions

On October 18, 2018, InfraREIT and InfraREIT LP entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) for $21.00 per share or OP Unit, as applicable, in cash, valued at approximately $1.275 billion, plus the assumption of InfraREIT’s net debt of approximately $940 million as of March 31, 2019. As a condition to Oncor’s acquisition of InfraREIT, Sharyland Distribution & Transmission, L.L.C. (SDTS) and Oncor also signed a definitive agreement with Sharyland Utilities, L.P. (Sharyland) to exchange, immediately prior to Oncor’s acquisition, SDTS’s South Texas assets for Sharyland’s Golden Spread Electric Cooperative interconnection located in the Texas Panhandle, along with certain development projects in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains regions, including the Lubbock Power & Light interconnection. The difference between the net book value of the exchanged assets will be paid in cash at closing. SDTS and Sharyland have agreed to terminate their existing leases in connection with the asset exchange.

The asset exchange with Sharyland and merger with Oncor are mutually dependent on one another, and neither will become effective without the closing of the other.

Under the management agreement with Hunt Utility Services, LLC (Hunt Manager), which will be terminated upon the closing of the sale and asset exchange transaction described above, Hunt Manager is entitled to the payment of a termination fee upon the termination or non-renewal of the management agreement. The termination of the management agreement automatically triggers the termination of the development agreement between InfraREIT and Hunt. InfraREIT has agreed to pay Hunt approximately $40.5 million at the closing of the transactions to terminate the management agreement, development agreement, leases with Sharyland, and all other existing agreements between InfraREIT or its subsidiaries and Hunt, Sharyland or their affiliates. This amount is consistent with the termination fee, as calculated at the time the Company entered into the omnibus termination agreement, contractually required under the management agreement.

The closing of the transactions is dependent upon and subject to several closing conditions, including:

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Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approval of the transactions, including:

exchange of assets with Sharyland;

acquisition of InfraREIT by Oncor; and

Sempra Energy’s 50% ownership of Sharyland Holdings LP;

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other necessary regulatory approvals, including approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act) and clearance by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS);

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stockholder approval;

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certain lender consents; and

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other customary closing conditions.

Early termination of the 30-day waiting period required by the HSR Act was received in December 2018. In December 2018, the Operating Partnership’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Transmission and Distribution Company, L.L.C. (TDC) and SDTS entered into amendments that, effective as of the closing, will satisfy the closing condition with respect to the lender consents. Additionally, a special meeting of InfraREIT’s stockholders was held on February 7, 2019, at which time the stockholders voted to approve the transaction. Furthermore, in March 2019, CFIUS clearance was received for the transactions and FERC issued an order approving the transactions.

SDTS, Sharyland, Oncor and Sempra Energy filed a Sale-Transfer-Merger (STM) application with the PUCT on November 30, 2018. In April 2019, the parties to the STM proceeding filed a Stipulation (Settlement) with the PUCT, which is subject to review and approval by the PUCT. A hearing on the merits was held on April 10, 2019. The 180-day deadline for the STM is May 29, 2019, although the PUCT is permitted to extend that deadline for an additional 60 days if necessary.

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred expenses of $1.7 million for the sale of InfraREIT and related transactions which are included in general and administrative expense on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. We did not have these expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2018 as the definitive agreements with respect to the transactions were not executed until October 2018.

We continue to expect the transactions to close by mid-2019, subject to obtaining the PUCT approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. See Note 20, Subsequent Events for additional information.